[llvm-dev] RFC: New function attribute "patchable-prologue"="<kind>"

[Sanjoy Das via llvm-dev]

Reid Kleckner wrote:
> I'm assuming this attribute won't affect inlining or other IPO in any
> way, but you should probably mention that in the langref.

To directly answer this, this is just a *mechanism* to implement 
linkonce_odr type linkage.  This in itself does not imply in IPO 
restrictions, that should come directly from the linkage type.

-- Sanjoy