[lld] [LLD][COFF] Add support for importing ARM64X images (PR #210080)

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Author: Jacek Caban (cjacek)

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<summary>Changes</summary>

When importing ARM64X image, add both native and EC views to the symbol table on EC targets. Also getMachine() on such images returns ARM64X, treat it as ARM64 instead.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/210080.diff


4 Files Affected:

- (modified) lld/COFF/Driver.cpp (+16-1) 
- (modified) lld/COFF/InputFiles.cpp (+5-3) 
- (modified) lld/COFF/InputFiles.h (+2-2) 
- (added) lld/test/COFF/link-dll-arm64x.s (+81) 


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diff --git a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
index dc4903a5fe126..10ceabce603a8 100644
--- a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,22 @@ void LinkerDriver::addBuffer(std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> mb,
     break;
   case file_magic::pecoff_executable:
     if (ctx.config.mingw) {
-      addFile(make<DLLFile>(ctx.symtab, mbref));
+      std::unique_ptr<COFFObjectFile> obj =
+          ObjFile::createCOFFObject(ctx, mbref);
+      if (ctx.symtab.isEC()) {
+        // When importing an ARM64X image, add both the native and EC views.
+        if (std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> hybridView =
+                obj->getHybridObjectView()) {
+          std::unique_ptr<COFFObjectFile> hybridObj = ObjFile::createCOFFObject(
+              ctx, hybridView.release()->getMemBufferRef());
+          addFile(make<DLLFile>(ctx.symtab, hybridObj.release()));
+          addFile(make<DLLFile>(*ctx.hybridSymtab, obj.release()));
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      addFile(make<DLLFile>(
+          ctx.getSymtab(static_cast<MachineTypes>(obj->getMachine())),
+          obj.release()));
       break;
     }
     if (filename.ends_with_insensitive(".dll")) {
diff --git a/lld/COFF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/COFF/InputFiles.cpp
index 757a0f7be9b36..6db9da2f5fab5 100644
--- a/lld/COFF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -1564,8 +1564,10 @@ void DLLFile::parse() {
 }
 
 MachineTypes DLLFile::getMachineType() const {
-  if (coffObj)
-    return static_cast<MachineTypes>(coffObj->getMachine());
+  if (coffObj) {
+    auto machine = static_cast<MachineTypes>(coffObj->getMachine());
+    return machine == ARM64X ? ARM64 : machine;
+  }
   return IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
@@ -1581,7 +1583,7 @@ void DLLFile::makeImport(DLLFile::Symbol *s) {
   auto *imp = reinterpret_cast<coff_import_header *>(p);
   p += sizeof(*imp);
   imp->Sig2 = 0xFFFF;
-  imp->Machine = coffObj->getMachine();
+  imp->Machine = static_cast<uint16_t>(getMachineType());
   imp->SizeOfData = impSize;
   imp->OrdinalHint = 0; // Only linking by name
   imp->TypeInfo = (s->nameType << 2) | s->importType;
diff --git a/lld/COFF/InputFiles.h b/lld/COFF/InputFiles.h
index b8a2acf6e1b41..7c88b7cec3bd8 100644
--- a/lld/COFF/InputFiles.h
+++ b/lld/COFF/InputFiles.h
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ class BitcodeFile : public InputFile {
 // .dll file. MinGW only.
 class DLLFile : public InputFile {
 public:
-  explicit DLLFile(SymbolTable &symtab, MemoryBufferRef m)
-      : InputFile(symtab, DLLKind, m) {}
+  explicit DLLFile(SymbolTable &symtab, COFFObjectFile *coffObj)
+      : InputFile(symtab, DLLKind, coffObj->getMemoryBufferRef()) {}
   static bool classof(const InputFile *f) { return f->kind() == DLLKind; }
   void parse() override;
   MachineTypes getMachineType() const override;
diff --git a/lld/test/COFF/link-dll-arm64x.s b/lld/test/COFF/link-dll-arm64x.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b97a61aa3f5be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/COFF/link-dll-arm64x.s
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+REQUIRES: aarch64, x86
+RUN: split-file %s %t.dir && cd %t.dir
+
+RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=arm64ec-windows sym-ec.s -o sym-ec.obj
+RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=arm64ec-windows ref-ec.s -o ref-ec.obj
+RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-windows sym-native.s -o sym-native.obj
+RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-windows ref-native.s -o ref-native.obj
+RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=arm64ec-windows %S/Inputs/loadconfig-arm64ec.s -o loadconfig-arm64ec.obj
+RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-windows %S/Inputs/loadconfig-arm64.s -o loadconfig-arm64.obj
+
+RUN: lld-link -machine:arm64x -dll -noentry -out:import.dll sym-ec.obj sym-native.obj loadconfig-arm64ec.obj loadconfig-arm64.obj
+
+RUN: lld-link -machine:arm64 -dll -noentry -out:out-arm64.dll ref-native.obj import.dll \
+RUN:          -lldmingw -exclude-all-symbols -auto-import:no
+
+RUN: llvm-readobj --coff-imports out-arm64.dll | FileCheck --check-prefix=NATIVE %s
+NATIVE:      Import {
+NATIVE-NEXT:   Name: import.dll
+NATIVE-NEXT:   ImportLookupTableRVA:
+NATIVE-NEXT:   ImportAddressTableRVA:
+NATIVE-NEXT:   Symbol: native_data (0)
+NATIVE-NEXT: }
+
+RUN: lld-link -machine:arm64ec -dll -noentry -out:out-arm64ec.dll ref-ec.obj import.dll \
+RUN:          loadconfig-arm64ec.obj -lldmingw -exclude-all-symbols -auto-import:no
+
+RUN: llvm-readobj --coff-imports out-arm64ec.dll | FileCheck --check-prefix=EC %s
+EC:      Import {
+EC-NEXT:   Name: import.dll
+EC-NEXT:   ImportLookupTableRVA:
+EC-NEXT:   ImportAddressTableRVA:
+EC-NEXT:   Symbol: ec_data (0)
+EC-NEXT: }
+
+RUN: lld-link -machine:arm64x -dll -noentry -out:out-arm64x.dll ref-ec.obj ref-native.obj import.dll \
+RUN:          loadconfig-arm64ec.obj loadconfig-arm64.obj -lldmingw -exclude-all-symbols -auto-import:no
+
+RUN: llvm-readobj --coff-imports out-arm64x.dll | FileCheck --check-prefix=ARM64X %s
+ARM64X:      Import {
+ARM64X-NEXT:   Name: import.dll
+ARM64X-NEXT:   ImportLookupTableRVA:
+ARM64X-NEXT:   ImportAddressTableRVA:
+ARM64X-NEXT:   Symbol: native_data (0)
+ARM64X-NEXT: }
+ARM64X-NEXT: HybridObject {
+ARM64X-NEXT:   Format: COFF-ARM64EC
+ARM64X-NEXT:   Arch: aarch64
+ARM64X-NEXT:   AddressSize: 64bit
+ARM64X-NEXT:   Import {
+ARM64X-NEXT:     Name: import.dll
+ARM64X-NEXT:     ImportLookupTableRVA:
+ARM64X-NEXT:     ImportAddressTableRVA:
+ARM64X-NEXT:     Symbol: ec_data (0)
+ARM64X-NEXT:   }
+ARM64X-NEXT: }
+
+#--- sym-ec.s
+    .data
+    .globl ec_data
+ec_data:
+    .word 0
+
+    .section .drectve, "yn"
+    .ascii " -export:ec_data"
+
+#--- sym-native.s
+    .data
+    .globl native_data
+native_data:
+    .word 0
+
+    .section .drectve, "yn"
+    .ascii " -export:native_data"
+
+#--- ref-ec.s
+    .data
+    .rva __imp_ec_data
+
+#--- ref-native.s
+    .data
+    .rva __imp_native_data

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/210080


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