[llvm-dev] [RFC][LLVM] New Constant type for representing function PLT entries

[Renato Golin via llvm-dev]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 at 16:20, Hal Finkel <hfinkel at anl.gov> wrote:

> FWIW, I think that we all agree to that. I don't see that what's being
> proposed changes this general philosophy. The general problem is: what
> happens when that lowering has multiple good options, and the ABI requires
> particular choices under certain circumstances?
>

If this is decided from the front-end and needs to survive all the way to
the back-end, why not just add a generic function attribute?

Perhaps I'm interpreting this the wrong way, but adding a special
(independent) entry to the IR that hints at an ABI correctness seems
fragile to me.

--reanto

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