and extern_weak_odr.  These are the same as the non-odr versions,
except that they indicate that the global will only be overridden
by an *equivalent* global.  In C, a function with weak linkage can
be overridden by a function which behaves completely differently.
This means that IP passes have to skip weak functions, since any
deductions made from the function definition might be wrong, since
the definition could be replaced by something completely different
at link time.   This is not allowed in C++, thanks to the ODR
(One-Definition-Rule): if a function is replaced by another at
link-time, then the new function must be the same as the original
function.  If a language knows that a function or other global can
only be overridden by an equivalent global, it can give it the
weak_odr linkage type, and the optimizers will understand that it
is alright to make deductions based on the function body.  The
code generators on the other hand map weak and weak_odr linkage
to the same thing.

llvm-svn: 66339

Split Support/Registry.h into two files so that we have less to
recompile every time CommandLine.h is changed.

llvm-svn: 62312

llvm-svn: 62307

s/ParamAttr/Attribute/g
s/PAList/AttrList/g
s/FnAttributeWithIndex/AttributeWithIndex/g
s/FnAttr/Attribute/g

This sets the stage 
- to implement function notes as function attributes and 
- to distinguish between function attributes and return value attributes.

This requires corresponding changes in llvm-gcc and clang.

llvm-svn: 56622

In particular, Collector was confusing to implementors. Several
thought that this compile-time class was the place to implement
their runtime GC heap. Of course, it doesn't even exist at runtime.
Specifically, the renames are:

  Collector               -> GCStrategy
  CollectorMetadata       -> GCFunctionInfo
  CollectorModuleMetadata -> GCModuleInfo
  CollectorRegistry       -> GCRegistry
  Function::getCollector  -> getGC (setGC, hasGC, clearGC)

Several accessors and nested types have also been renamed to be
consistent. These changes should be obvious.

llvm-svn: 54899

Factor GC metadata table assembly generation out of Collector in preparation for splitting AsmPrinter into its own library.

llvm-svn: 54881

names. This can save a lot of allocations if you aren't going to be
looking at the output.

llvm-svn: 54546

several things that were neither in an anonymous namespace nor static
but not intended to be global.

llvm-svn: 51017

llvm-svn: 50836

llvm-svn: 50775

the result IRBuilder.  Patch by Dominic Hamon.

llvm-svn: 49604

Specifically, introduction of XXX::Create methods
for Users that have a potentially variable number of
Uses.

llvm-svn: 49277

llvm-svn: 46320

llvm-svn: 45700

ShadowStackCollector, which additionally has reduced overhead with
no sacrifice in portability.

Considering a function @fun with 8 loop-local roots,
ShadowStackCollector introduces the following overhead
(x86):

; shadowstack prologue
        movl    L_llvm_gc_root_chain$non_lazy_ptr, %eax
        movl    (%eax), %ecx
        movl    $___gc_fun, 20(%esp)
        movl    $0, 24(%esp)
        movl    $0, 28(%esp)
        movl    $0, 32(%esp)
        movl    $0, 36(%esp)
        movl    $0, 40(%esp)
        movl    $0, 44(%esp)
        movl    $0, 48(%esp)
        movl    $0, 52(%esp)
        movl    %ecx, 16(%esp)
        leal    16(%esp), %ecx
        movl    %ecx, (%eax)

; shadowstack loop overhead
        (none)

; shadowstack epilogue
        movl    48(%esp), %edx
        movl    %edx, (%ecx)

; shadowstack metadata
        .align  3
___gc_fun:                              # __gc_fun
        .long   8
        .space  4

In comparison to LowerGC:

; lowergc prologue
        movl    L_llvm_gc_root_chain$non_lazy_ptr, %eax
        movl    (%eax), %ecx
        movl    %ecx, 48(%esp)
        movl    $8, 52(%esp)
        movl    $0, 60(%esp)
        movl    $0, 56(%esp)
        movl    $0, 68(%esp)
        movl    $0, 64(%esp)
        movl    $0, 76(%esp)
        movl    $0, 72(%esp)
        movl    $0, 84(%esp)
        movl    $0, 80(%esp)
        movl    $0, 92(%esp)
        movl    $0, 88(%esp)
        movl    $0, 100(%esp)
        movl    $0, 96(%esp)
        movl    $0, 108(%esp)
        movl    $0, 104(%esp)
        movl    $0, 116(%esp)
        movl    $0, 112(%esp)

; lowergc loop overhead
        leal    44(%esp), %eax
        movl    %eax, 56(%esp)
        leal    40(%esp), %eax
        movl    %eax, 64(%esp)
        leal    36(%esp), %eax
        movl    %eax, 72(%esp)
        leal    32(%esp), %eax
        movl    %eax, 80(%esp)
        leal    28(%esp), %eax
        movl    %eax, 88(%esp)
        leal    24(%esp), %eax
        movl    %eax, 96(%esp)
        leal    20(%esp), %eax
        movl    %eax, 104(%esp)
        leal    16(%esp), %eax
        movl    %eax, 112(%esp)

; lowergc epilogue
        movl    48(%esp), %edx
        movl    %edx, (%ecx)

; lowergc metadata
        (none)

llvm-svn: 45670