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-rw-r--r--docs/LangRef.html25
-rw-r--r--lib/Target/X86/AsmPrinter/X86ATTAsmPrinter.cpp7
-rw-r--r--lib/VMCore/Verifier.cpp7
3 files changed, 27 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/docs/LangRef.html b/docs/LangRef.html
index 33fc7d4..52ec978 100644
--- a/docs/LangRef.html
+++ b/docs/LangRef.html
@@ -552,19 +552,22 @@ define i32 @main() { <i>; i32()* </
translation unit that uses it. Unreferenced <tt>linkonce</tt> globals are
allowed to be discarded.</dd>
+ <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_weak">weak</a></b></tt>: </dt>
+ <dd>"<tt>weak</tt>" linkage has the same merging semantics as
+ <tt>linkonce</tt> linkage, except that unreferenced globals with
+ <tt>weak</tt> linkage may not be discarded. This is used for globals that
+ are declared "weak" in C source code.</dd>
+
<dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_common">common</a></b></tt>: </dt>
- <dd>"<tt>common</tt>" linkage is exactly the same as <tt>linkonce</tt>
- linkage, except that unreferenced <tt>common</tt> globals may not be
- discarded. This is used for globals that may be emitted in multiple
- translation units, but that are not guaranteed to be emitted into every
- translation unit that uses them. One example of this is tentative
- definitions in C, such as "<tt>int X;</tt>" at global scope.</dd>
+ <dd>"<tt>common</tt>" linkage is most similar to "<tt>weak</tt>" linkage, but
+ they are used for tentative definitions in C, such as "<tt>int X;</tt>" at
+ global scope.
+ Symbols with "<tt>common</tt>" linkage are merged in the same way as
+ <tt>weak symbols</tt>, and they may not be deleted if unreferenced.
+ Further, <tt>common</tt> symbols may not have an explicit section, and
+ must have a zero initializer. Functions and aliases may not have common
+ linkage.</dd>
- <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_weak">weak</a></b></tt>: </dt>
- <dd>"<tt>weak</tt>" linkage is the same as <tt>common</tt> linkage, except
- that some targets may choose to emit different assembly sequences for them
- for target-dependent reasons. This is used for globals that are declared
- "weak" in C source code.</dd>
<dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_appending">appending</a></b></tt>: </dt>
<dd>"<tt>appending</tt>" linkage may only be applied to global variables of
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/AsmPrinter/X86ATTAsmPrinter.cpp b/lib/Target/X86/AsmPrinter/X86ATTAsmPrinter.cpp
index 2f56c2a..d5279ef 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/AsmPrinter/X86ATTAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/AsmPrinter/X86ATTAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -782,8 +782,13 @@ void X86ATTAsmPrinter::PrintGlobalVariable(const GlobalVariable* GVar) {
if (Subtarget->isTargetELF())
O << "\t.type\t" << name << ",@object\n";
+
+ SectionKind GVKind = TargetLoweringObjectFile::getKindForGlobal(GVar, TM);
+
+
+
const MCSection *TheSection =
- getObjFileLowering().SectionForGlobal(GVar, Mang, TM);
+ getObjFileLowering().SectionForGlobal(GVar, GVKind, Mang, TM);
SwitchToSection(TheSection);
// FIXME: get this stuff from section kind flags.
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Verifier.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Verifier.cpp
index 2b83298..f50299b 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Verifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Verifier.cpp
@@ -378,6 +378,12 @@ void Verifier::visitGlobalVariable(GlobalVariable &GV) {
"Global variable initializer type does not match global "
"variable type!", &GV);
+ // If the global has common linkage, it must have a zero initializer.
+ if (GV.hasCommonLinkage())
+ Assert1(GV.getInitializer()->isNullValue(),
+ "'common' global must have a zero initializer!", &GV);
+
+
// Verify that any metadata used in a global initializer points only to
// other globals.
if (MDNode *FirstNode = dyn_cast<MDNode>(GV.getInitializer())) {
@@ -544,6 +550,7 @@ void Verifier::visitFunction(Function &F) {
const FunctionType *FT = F.getFunctionType();
unsigned NumArgs = F.arg_size();
+ Assert1(!F.hasCommonLinkage(), "Functions may not have common linkage", &F);
Assert2(FT->getNumParams() == NumArgs,
"# formal arguments must match # of arguments for function type!",
&F, FT);