[all-commits] [llvm/llvm-project] adc317: llvm-nm ignore the Import symbol file for the --ex...

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  Branch: refs/heads/main
  Home:   https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
  Commit: adc317d36908f856821df94bd8983a3ec8dae148
      https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/adc317d36908f856821df94bd8983a3ec8dae148
  Author: zhijian <zhijian at ca.ibm.com>
  Date:   2023-08-30 (Wed, 30 Aug 2023)

  Changed paths:
    M llvm/test/tools/llvm-nm/XCOFF/export-symbols.test
    M llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp

  Log Message:
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  llvm-nm ignore the Import symbol file for the --export-symbol option.

Summary:

On AIX OS, clang may use llvm-nm to export the symbols from all input files (see https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/515c435e378b243b1be3da1587c9e206055f2c32/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/AIX.cpp#L236). However, the clang command-line may include import files (identified by them starting with #!). llvm-nm previously reported "invalid object file" errors for import files, meaning that the clang driver would fail to link when import files are included this way.

In this patch, llvm-nm is changed to ignore import files when the --export-symbol option, meaning that clang will now succeed in this case.

For more information about AIX import files, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=l-ld-command

Reviewers: Hubert Tong, James Henderson, MaskRay, Stephen Peckham
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D158004