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
Previously each section kind had its own code to loop over the section and
parse it into atoms. This refactoring has two tables. The first maps sections
to ContentType. The second maps ContentType to information on how to find
the atom boundaries.
A few bugs in test cases were discovered as part of the refactoring.
No change in functionality intended.
llvm-svn: 210138
Jez Ng