[PATCH] D61446: Generalize the pass registration mechanism used by Polly to any third-party tool

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serge-sans-paille added inline comments.


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Comment at: polly/lib/Support/RegisterPasses.cpp:727
+extern "C" ::llvm::PassPluginLibraryInfo LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_WEAK
+llvmGetPassPluginInfo() {
+  return getPassPluginInfo();
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Meinersbur wrote:
> [serious] Unfortunately, the new pass manager's plugin system relies on the function name to be `llvmGetPassPluginInfo` in each plugin. This works with multiple dynamic libraries all declaring the same name using the `PassPlugin::Load` mechanism, but linking them all statically will violate the one-definition-rule.
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> IMHO, Polly.cpp would have been a better place for this function.
> but linking them all statically will violate the one-definition-rule.

They are unused when liked statically, and flagged as weak to avoid link-time conflict.

> IMHO, Polly.cpp would have been a better place for this function.
I still agree it's more explicit if linked conditionaly.


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