It was never fully disallowed. We were rejecting it in the asm parser,
but not in the verifier.
Currently TargetMachine::shouldAssumeDSOLocal returns true for hidden
ifuncs. I considered changing it and moving the check from the asm
parser to the verifier.
The reason for deciding to allow it instead is that all linkers handle
a direct reference just fine. They use the plt address as the address
of the function. In fact doing that means that clang doesn't have the
same bug as gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83782.
This patch then removes the check from the asm parser and updates the
bitcode reader and writer.
llvm-svn: 322378
Rafael Espindola