From what I can tell, it's pretty similar to arm64. The two main differences
are:
1. No 64-bit relocations
2. Stub code writes to 32-bit registers instead of 64-bit
Plus of course the various on-disk structures like `segment_command` are using
the 32-bit instead of the 64-bit variants.
Reviewed By: #lld-macho, gkm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D99822
From what I can tell, it's pretty similar to arm64. The two main differences
are:
1. No 64-bit relocations
2. Stub code writes to 32-bit registers instead of 64-bit
Plus of course the various on-disk structures like `segment_command` are using
the 32-bit instead of the 64-bit variants.
Reviewed By: #lld-macho, gkm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D99822
We previously defaulted to x86_64 and an unknown platform, which was fine when
we only supported one arch and did no platform checks, but that will no longer
be true going ahead. Therefore, we should require those flags to be specified
whenever the linker is invoked.
Note that LLD-ELF and ld64 both infer the arch from their input object files,
but the usefulness of that is questionable since clang will always specify these
flags, and most of the time `lld` will be invoked via clang.
Reviewed By: #lld-macho, thakis
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D97799
The new Darwin backend for LLD is now able to link reasonably large
real-world programs on x86_64. For instance, we have achieved
self-hosting for the X86_64 target, where all LLD tests pass when
building lld with itself on macOS. As such, we would like to make it the
default back-end.
The new port is now named `ld64.lld`, and the old port remains
accessible as `ld64.lld.darwinold`
This [annoucement email][1] has some context. (But note that, unlike
what the email says, we are no longer doing this as part of the LLVM 12
branch cut -- instead we will go into LLVM 13.)
Numerous mechanical test changes were required to make this change; in
the interest of creating something that's reviewable on Phabricator,
I've split out the boring changes into a separate diff (D95905). I plan to
merge its contents with those in this diff before landing.
(@gkm made the original draft of this diff, and he has agreed to let me
take over.)
[1]: https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2021-January/147665.html
Reviewed By: #lld-macho, thakis
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D95204
This helps us catch cases where we add support for a flag but forget to
remove HelpHidden from Options.td.
More explicit alternative to D92455
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D92575
Jez Ng