Skip to content
Commit 43ea3478 authored by Duncan P. N. Exon Smith's avatar Duncan P. N. Exon Smith
Browse files

LTO: add API to set strategy for -internalize

Add API to LTOCodeGenerator to specify a strategy for the -internalize
pass.

This is a new attempt at Bill's change in r185882, which he reverted in
r188029 due to problems with the gold linker.  This puts the onus on the
linker to decide whether (and what) to internalize.

In particular, running internalize before outputting an object file may
change a 'weak' symbol into an internal one, even though that symbol
could be needed by an external object file --- e.g., with arclite.

This patch enables three strategies:

- LTO_INTERNALIZE_FULL: the default (and the old behaviour).
- LTO_INTERNALIZE_NONE: skip -internalize.
- LTO_INTERNALIZE_HIDDEN: only -internalize symbols with hidden
  visibility.

LTO_INTERNALIZE_FULL should be used when linking an executable.

Outputting an object file (e.g., via ld -r) is more complicated, and
depends on whether hidden symbols should be internalized.  E.g., for
ld -r, LTO_INTERNALIZE_NONE can be used when -keep_private_externs, and
LTO_INTERNALIZE_HIDDEN can be used otherwise.  However,
LTO_INTERNALIZE_FULL is inappropriate, since the output object file will
eventually need to link with others.

lto_codegen_set_internalize_strategy() sets the strategy for subsequent
calls to lto_codegen_write_merged_modules() and lto_codegen_compile*().

<rdar://problem/14334895>

llvm-svn: 199191
parent 1de36917
Loading
Loading
Loading
Loading
0% Loading or .
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment