This patch restricts the behaviour of referencing via .Lfoo$local
local aliases, introduced in https://reviews.llvm.org/D73230, to
STV_DEFAULT globals only.
Hidden symbols via --fvisiblity=hidden (https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility)
is an important scenario.
Benefits:
- Improves the size of object files by using fewer STT_SECTION symbols.
- The code reads a bit better (it was not obvious to me without going
back to the code reviews why the canBenefitFromLocalAlias function
currently doesn't consider visibility).
- There is also a side benefit in restoring the effectiveness of the
--wrap linker option and making the behavior of --wrap consistent
between LTO and normal builds for references within a translation-unit.
Note: this --wrap behavior (which is specific to LLD) should not be
considered reliable. See comments on https://reviews.llvm.org/D73230
for more.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D85782
4cb016cd2d