[PATCH] D137441: [IR] Allow available_externally GlobalAlias

[Fangrui Song via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

MaskRay added inline comments.


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Comment at: llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp:820
+    Check(GA.hasAvailableExternallyLinkage() || !GV->isDeclarationForLinker(),
+          "Alias must point to a definition", &GA);
 
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nikic wrote:
> Why is an available_externally alias allowed to point to a declaration?
An available_externally alias may refer to another available_externally GlobalValue. This is the case when an alias is in a non-prevailing COMDAT after my pending ThinLTO change.


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