[PATCH] D89986: [AIX] do not emit visibility attribute into IR when there is -mignore-xcoff-visibility

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DiggerLin added inline comments.


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Comment at: clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp:520
   Options.DataSections = CodeGenOpts.DataSections;
-  Options.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility = CodeGenOpts.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility;
   Options.UniqueSectionNames = CodeGenOpts.UniqueSectionNames;
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jasonliu wrote:
> DiggerLin wrote:
> > DiggerLin wrote:
> > > jasonliu wrote:
> > > > DiggerLin wrote:
> > > > > jasonliu wrote:
> > > > > > DiggerLin wrote:
> > > > > > > jasonliu wrote:
> > > > > > > > Instead of just removing this line, should this get replaced with the new LangOpts option?
> > > > > > > I do not think we need a CodeGenOp of ignore-xcoff-visibility in clang, we only need the LangOpt of the ignore-xcoff-visilbity to control whether we will  generate the visibility in the IR,  when the LangOpt of ignore-xcoff-visibility do not generate the visibility attribute of GV in the IR. it do not need CodeGenOp of ignore-xcoff-visibility any more for the clang .
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > we have still CodeGen ignore-xcoff-visibility op in  llc.
> > > > > > We removed the visibility from IR level with this patch. But there is also visibility settings coming from CodeGen part of clang, which needs to get ignore when we are doing the code gen in llc. So I think you still need to set the options correct for llc.
> > > > > yes we have the set the options correct for llc in the code.
> > > > > 
> > > > > in the source file llvm/lib/CodeGen/CommandFlags.cpp, we have (in the patch https://reviews.llvm.org/D87451 add new option -mignore-xcoff-visibility) , the function
> > > > > TargetOptions codegen::InitTargetOptionsFromCodeGenFlags() {
> > > > > ....
> > > > > Options.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility = getIgnoreXCOFFVisibility(); 
> > > > > ...}
> > > > > 
> > > > What I'm saying is... 
> > > > I think we need a line like this:
> > > > `Options.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility = LangOpts.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility;`
> > > > so that when you invoke clang, backend would get the correct setting as well. 
> > > I do not think so, from the clang FE, we do not generated the visibility in the IR. so there is no need these line.
> > or we can say that because we do not set the hidden visibility into the GlobalValue , so we do not need the 
> > Options.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility = LangOpts.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility;
> I think I mentioned this before, we could have extra visibility settings in clang/lib/CodeGen that's not depending on the existing visibility setting in the IR. (You could search for `setVisibility` there.) That was the reason we did it in llc first. 
I will add Options.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility = LangOpts.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility;  here.


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