Clang currently picks the second tentative definition when
VarDecl::getActingDefinition is called.
This can lead to attributes being dropped if they are attached to
tentative definitions that appear after the second one. This is
because VarDecl::getActingDefinition loops through VarDecl::redecls
assuming that the last tentative definition is the last element in the
iterator. However, it is the second element that would be the last
tentative definition.
This changeset modifies getActingDefinition to iterate through the
declaration chain in reverse, so that it can immediately return when
it encounters a tentative definition.
Originally the unit test for this changeset did not have a -triple
flag for the clang invocation, leading to this test being broken on
MacOS, since Mach-O does not support the section attribute.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D99732
Clang currently picks the second tentative definition when
VarDecl::getActingDefinition is called.
This can lead to attributes being dropped if they are attached to
tentative definitions that appear after the second one. This is
because VarDecl::getActingDefinition loops through VarDecl::redecls
assuming that the last tentative definition is the last element in the
iterator. However, it is the second element that would be the last
tentative definition.
This changeset modifies getActingDefinition to iterate through the
declaration chain in reverse, so that it can immediately return when
it encounters a tentative definition.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D99732
Benson Chu