An global value in the `llvm.used` list does not have GC root semantics on ELF targets.
This will be changed in a subsequent backend patch.
Change some `llvm.used` in the ELF code path to use `llvm.compiler.used` to
prevent undesired GC root semantics.
Change one extern "C" alias (due to `__attribute__((used))` in extern "C") to use `llvm.compiler.used` on all targets.
GNU ld has a rule "`__start_/__stop_` references from a live input section retain the associated C identifier name sections",
which LLD may drop entirely (currently refined to exclude SHF_LINK_ORDER/SHF_GROUP) in a future release (the rule makes it clumsy to GC metadata sections; D96914 added a way to try the potential future behavior).
For `llvm.used` global values defined in a C identifier name section, keep using `llvm.used` so that
the future LLD change will not affect them.
rnk kindly categorized the changes:
```
ObjC/blocks: this wants GC root semantics, since ObjC mainly runs on Mac.
MS C++ ABI stuff: wants GC root semantics, no change
OpenMP: unsure, but GC root semantics probably don't hurt
CodeGenModule: affected in this patch to *not* use GC root semantics so that __attribute__((used)) behavior remains the same on ELF, plus two other minor use cases that don't want GC semantics
Coverage: Probably want GC root semantics
CGExpr.cpp: refers to LTO, wants GC root
CGDeclCXX.cpp: one is MS ABI specific, so yes GC root, one is some other C++ init functionality, which should form GC roots (C++ initializers can have side effects and must run)
CGDecl.cpp: Changed in this patch for __attribute__((used))
```
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D97446
For a default visibility external linkage definition, dso_local is set for ELF
-fno-pic/-fpie and COFF and Mach-O. Since default clang -cc1 for ELF is similar
to -fpic ("PIC Level" is not set), this nuance causes unneeded binary format differences.
To make emitted IR similar, ELF -cc1 -fpic will default to -fno-semantic-interposition,
which sets dso_local for default visibility external linkage definitions.
To make this flip smooth and enable future (dso_local as definition default),
this patch replaces (function) `define ` with `define{{.*}} `,
(variable/constant/alias) `= ` with `={{.*}} `, or inserts appropriate `{{.*}} `.
Summary:
Clang -fpic defaults to -fno-semantic-interposition (GCC -fpic defaults
to -fsemantic-interposition).
Users need to specify -fsemantic-interposition to get semantic
interposition behavior.
Semantic interposition is currently a best-effort feature. There may
still be some cases where it is not handled well.
Reviewers: peter.smith, rnk, serge-sans-paille, sfertile, jfb, jdoerfert
Subscribers: dschuff, jyknight, dylanmckay, nemanjai, jvesely, kbarton, fedor.sergeev, asb, rbar, johnrusso, simoncook, sabuasal, niosHD, jrtc27, zzheng, edward-jones, atanasyan, rogfer01, MartinMosbeck, brucehoult, the_o, arphaman, PkmX, jocewei, jsji, Jim, lenary, s.egerton, pzheng, sameer.abuasal, apazos, luismarques, cfe-commits
Tags: #clang
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D73865
* Accept as an argument constants in range 0..63 (aligned with TI headers and linker scripts provided with TI GCC toolchain).
* Emit function attribute 'interrupt'='xx' instead of aliases (used in the backend to create a section for particular interrupt vector).
* Add more diagnostics.
Patch by Kristina Bessonova!
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D56663
llvm-svn: 351344
Fangrui Song