For a definition (of most linkage types), dso_local is set for ELF -fno-pic/-fpie
and COFF, but not for Mach-O. This nuance causes unneeded binary format differences.
This patch replaces (function) `define ` with `define{{.*}} `,
(variable/constant/alias) `= ` with `={{.*}} `, or inserts appropriate `{{.*}} `
if there is an explicit linkage.
* Clang will set dso_local for Mach-O, which is currently implied by TargetMachine.cpp. This will make COFF/Mach-O and executable ELF similar.
* Eventually I hope we can make dso_local the textual LLVM IR default (write explicit "dso_preemptable" when applicable) and -fpic ELF will be similar to everything else. This patch helps move toward that goal.
LLVM IR recently added a Type parameter to the byval Attribute, so that
when pointers become opaque and no longer have an element type the
information will still be present in IR.
For now the Type parameter is optional (which is why Clang didn't need
this change at the time), but it will become mandatory soon.
llvm-svn: 362652
This avoids problems on code like this:
char buf[16];
__asm {
movups xmm0, [buf]
mov [buf], eax
}
The frontend size in this case (1) is wrong, and the register makes the
instruction matching unambiguous. There are also enough bytes available
that we shouldn't complain to the user that they are potentially using
an incorrectly sized instruction to access the variable.
Supersedes D32636 and D26586 and fixes PR28266
llvm-svn: 302179
Fangrui Song