[clang] [llvm] [PowerPC][AIX] Support #pragma comment copyright for AIX (PR #178184)

[Tony Varghese via cfe-commits]

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+//===-- LowerCommentStringPass.cpp - Lower Comment string metadata -------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// LowerCommentStringPass pass lowers module-level comment string metadata
+// emitted by Clang:
+//
+//     !comment_string.loadtime = !{!"Copyright ..."}
+//
+// into concrete, translation-unit–local globals.
+// This Pass is enabled only for AIX.
+// For each module (translation unit), the pass performs the following:
+//
+//   1. Creates a null-terminated, internal constant string global
+//      (`__loadtime_comment_str`) containing the copyright text in
+//      `__loadtime_comment` section.
+//
+//   2. Marks the string in `llvm.used` so it cannot be dropped by
+//      optimization or LTO.
+//
+//   3. Attaches `!implicit.ref` metadata referencing the string to every
+//      defined function in the module. The PowerPC AIX backend recognizes
+//      this metadata and emits a `.ref` directive from the function to the
+//      string, creating a concrete relocation that prevents the linker from
+//      discarding it (as long as the referencing symbol is kept).
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tonykuttai wrote:

addressed

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/178184