[clang] [C++20] [Modules] [Itanium ABI] Generate the vtable in the module unit of dynamic classes (PR #75912)

Chuanqi Xu via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed May 29 20:47:04 PDT 2024


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@@ -1180,6 +1185,21 @@ bool CodeGenVTables::isVTableExternal(const CXXRecordDecl *RD) {
       TSK == TSK_ExplicitInstantiationDefinition)
     return false;
 
+  // Itanium C++ ABI [5.2.3]:
+  // Virtual tables for dynamic classes are emitted as follows:
+  //
+  // - If the class is templated, the tables are emitted in every object that
+  // references any of them.
+  // - Otherwise, if the class is attached to a module, the tables are uniquely
+  // emitted in the object for the module unit in which it is defined.
+  // - Otherwise, if the class has a key function (see below), the tables are
+  // emitted in the object for the translation unit containing the definition of
+  // the key function. This is unique if the key function is not inline.
+  // - Otherwise, the tables are emitted in every object that references any of
+  // them.
+  if (Module *M = RD->getOwningModule(); M && M->isNamedModule())
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ChuanqiXu9 wrote:

Maybe it is not strictly correct to use `hasExternalDefinitions()` since it can't handle the global module case. I mean, from the current wording, the class in the global module should follow the old ABI rules (key functions). But `hasExternalDefinitions()`  won't make that clear.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/75912


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