Visibilities of `hidden` and `protected` are meaningless for symbols
with local linkage.
- Change the assembler to reject non-default visibility on symbols
with local linkage.
- Change the bitcode reader to auto-upgrade `hidden` and `protected`
to `default` when the linkage is local.
- Update LangRef.
<rdar://problem/16141113>
llvm-svn: 208263
During LTO, user-supplied definitions of C library functions often
exist. -instcombine uses Module::getOrInsertFunction() to get a handle
on library functions (e.g., @puts, when optimizing @printf).
Previously, Module::getOrInsertFunction() would rename any matching
functions with local linkage, and create a new declaration. In LTO,
this is the opposite of desired behaviour, as it skips by the
user-supplied version of the library function and creates a new
undefined reference which the linker often cannot resolve.
After some discussing with Rafael on the list, it looks like it's
undesired behaviour. If a consumer actually *needs* this behaviour, we
should add new API with a more explicit name.
I added two testcases: one specifically for the -instcombine behaviour
and one for the LTO flow.
<rdar://problem/16165191>
llvm-svn: 203513
Duncan P. N. Exon Smith