[llvm] [SystemZ] Avoid modifying IR in mcount instrumentation. (PR #152298)

[Dominik Steenken via llvm-commits]

https://github.com/dominik-steenken updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/152298

>From 153d711c79e1087cee2154a941472fd0e0aee008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Steenken <dost at de.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 13:46:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [SystemZ] Avoid modifying IR in mcount instrumentation.

This commit changes how the call to `mcount` is inserted in `emitPrologue`.
It is now emitted as an external symbol rather than a global variable,
preventing potentially unexpected IR modification.
---
 llvm/lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZFrameLowering.cpp | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZFrameLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZFrameLowering.cpp
index 6297916310803..5ee66e3dfa7a8 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZFrameLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZFrameLowering.cpp
@@ -574,13 +574,11 @@ void SystemZELFFrameLowering::emitPrologue(MachineFunction &MF,
 
     // Call mcount (Regmask from CC AnyReg since mcount preserves all normal
     // argument registers).
-    FunctionCallee FC = MF.getFunction().getParent()->getOrInsertFunction(
-        "mcount", Type::getVoidTy(MF.getFunction().getContext()));
     const uint32_t *Mask = MF.getSubtarget<SystemZSubtarget>()
                                .getSpecialRegisters()
                                ->getCallPreservedMask(MF, CallingConv::AnyReg);
     BuildMI(MBB, MBBI, DL, ZII->get(SystemZ::CallBRASL))
-        .addGlobalAddress(dyn_cast<Function>(FC.getCallee()))
+        .addExternalSymbol("mcount")
         .addRegMask(Mask);
 
     // Reload return address from 8 bytes above stack pointer.