Currently clang uses stub function to launch kernel. This is inconvenient
to interop with C++ programs since the stub function has different name
as kernel, which is required by ROCm debugger.
This patch emits a variable symbol which has the same name as the kernel
and uses it to register and launch the kernel. This allows C++ program to
launch a kernel by using the original kernel name.
Reviewed by: Artem Belevich
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D86376
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 `{{.*}} `.
NoDebug attr does not totally eliminate debug info about a function when
inlining is enabled. This is inconsistent with when inlining is disabled.
This patch fixes that.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D79967
The stub function is generated by compiler and its instructions have nothing
to do with the kernel source code.
Currently clang generates debug info for the stub function, which causes
confusion for the HIP debugger. For example, when users set break point
on a line of a kernel, the debugger should break on that line when the kernel is
executed and reaches that line, but instead the debugger breaks in the stub function.
This patch disables debug info for stub function for HIP.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D79866
Yaxun (Sam) Liu