[llvm-commits] [patch][gold plugin] Add an extra-library-path option to the plugin

[Nick Lewycky]

Rafael Espindola wrote:
> Add an extra-library-path option to the plugin. This is used to support
> having a library both as bitcode and native code. We want to use the
> bitcode first, but if codegen produces new undefined references we have to use
> the native code to satisfy those references.
>
> Gold has no notion of bitcode and native search directories, so instead it has
> an API where the plugin can instruct it to look for the libraries it is passing
> to it. This patch uses that API.

I wish it were named 'late-bound native libraries' or last-chance native 
libraries or something. It also seems odd that it only supports one 
library. Anyhow, this patch is implements the feature as exposed by 
gold. Thanks!

Nick