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Commit 56cc9904 authored by Duncan P. N. Exon Smith's avatar Duncan P. N. Exon Smith
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Module: Don't rename in getOrInsertFunction()

During LTO, user-supplied definitions of C library functions often
exist.  -instcombine uses Module::getOrInsertFunction() to get a handle
on library functions (e.g., @puts, when optimizing @printf).

Previously, Module::getOrInsertFunction() would rename any matching
functions with local linkage, and create a new declaration.  In LTO,
this is the opposite of desired behaviour, as it skips by the
user-supplied version of the library function and creates a new
undefined reference which the linker often cannot resolve.

After some discussing with Rafael on the list, it looks like it's
undesired behaviour.  If a consumer actually *needs* this behaviour, we
should add new API with a more explicit name.

I added two testcases: one specifically for the -instcombine behaviour
and one for the LTO flow.

<rdar://problem/16165191>

llvm-svn: 203513
parent 2528631f
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