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-rw-r--r--docs/LangRef.rst14
-rw-r--r--lib/IR/Verifier.cpp1
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/LangRef.rst b/docs/LangRef.rst
index 949dc4a..2c55d33 100644
--- a/docs/LangRef.rst
+++ b/docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -2932,8 +2932,8 @@ The '``llvm.used``' Global Variable
The ``@llvm.used`` global is an array which has
:ref:`appending linkage <linkage_appending>`. This array contains a list of
-pointers to global variables, functions and aliases which may optionally have a
-pointer cast formed of bitcast or getelementptr. For example, a legal
+pointers to named global variables, functions and aliases which may optionally
+have a pointer cast formed of bitcast or getelementptr. For example, a legal
use of it is:
.. code-block:: llvm
@@ -2948,11 +2948,11 @@ use of it is:
If a symbol appears in the ``@llvm.used`` list, then the compiler, assembler,
and linker are required to treat the symbol as if there is a reference to the
-symbol that it cannot see. For example, if a variable has internal linkage and
-no references other than that from the ``@llvm.used`` list, it cannot be
-deleted. This is commonly used to represent references from inline asms and
-other things the compiler cannot "see", and corresponds to
-"``attribute((used))``" in GNU C.
+symbol that it cannot see (which is why they have to be named). For example, if
+a variable has internal linkage and no references other than that from the
+``@llvm.used`` list, it cannot be deleted. This is commonly used to represent
+references from inline asms and other things the compiler cannot "see", and
+corresponds to "``attribute((used))``" in GNU C.
On some targets, the code generator must emit a directive to the
assembler or object file to prevent the assembler and linker from
diff --git a/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp b/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
index 41364b2..f8774bc 100644
--- a/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ void Verifier::visitGlobalVariable(GlobalVariable &GV) {
Assert1(
isa<GlobalVariable>(V) || isa<Function>(V) || isa<GlobalAlias>(V),
"invalid llvm.used member", V);
+ Assert1(V->hasName(), "members of llvm.used must be named", V);
}
}
}