[lld] [lld][WebAssembly] LTO: Use PIC reloc model with dynamic imports (PR #165342)

[Sam Clegg via llvm-commits]

https://github.com/sbc100 created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/165342

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>From 4e4528bec42110ad32d33fa3fc9eb9cddf2c9a18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Clegg <sbc at chromium.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:34:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [lld][WebAssembly] LTO: Use PIC reloc model with dynamic
 imports

---
 lld/test/wasm/lto/relocation-model.ll | 5 +++++
 lld/wasm/LTO.cpp                      | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lld/test/wasm/lto/relocation-model.ll b/lld/test/wasm/lto/relocation-model.ll
index 8fe198d0c64e6..a042615b8fe1c 100644
--- a/lld/test/wasm/lto/relocation-model.ll
+++ b/lld/test/wasm/lto/relocation-model.ll
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 ; RUN: wasm-ld %t.o -o %t_static.wasm -save-temps -r -mllvm -relocation-model=static
 ; RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t_static.wasm.lto.o | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=STATIC
 
+;; Linking with --unresolved-symbols=import-dynamic should also generate PIC
+;; code for external references.
+; RUN: wasm-ld %t.o -o %t_import.wasm -save-temps --experimental-pic --unresolved-symbols=import-dynamic
+; RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t_import.wasm.lto.o | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PIC
+
 ; PIC: R_WASM_GLOBAL_INDEX_LEB foo
 ; STATIC: R_WASM_MEMORY_ADDR_LEB foo
 
diff --git a/lld/wasm/LTO.cpp b/lld/wasm/LTO.cpp
index ae85f4693214b..668cdf21ea3ed 100644
--- a/lld/wasm/LTO.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/LTO.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ static lto::Config createConfig() {
     c.RelocModel = std::nullopt;
   else if (ctx.isPic)
     c.RelocModel = Reloc::PIC_;
+  else if (ctx.arg.unresolvedSymbols == UnresolvedPolicy::ImportDynamic)
+    // With ImportDynamic we also need to use the PIC relocation model so that
+    // external symbols are references via the GOT.
+    // TODO(sbc): This should probably be Reloc::DynamicNoPIC, but the backend
+    // doesn't currently support that.
+    c.RelocModel = Reloc::PIC_;
   else
     c.RelocModel = Reloc::Static;