llvm/tools/gold
Rafael Espindola 438900938c Optimize linkonce_odr unnamed_addr functions during LTO.
Generalize the API so we can distinguish symbols that are needed just for a DSO
symbol table from those that are used from some native .o.

The symbols that are only wanted for the dso symbol table can be dropped if
llvm can prove every other dso has a copy (linkonce_odr) and the address is not
important (unnamed_addr).

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@191922 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
2013-10-03 18:29:09 +00:00
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CMakeLists.txt Use absolute path to exportsfile in gold plugin CMake build. 2011-11-05 04:17:20 +00:00
gold-plugin.cpp Optimize linkonce_odr unnamed_addr functions during LTO. 2013-10-03 18:29:09 +00:00
gold.exports Create an exports file, so that the plugin only exports the onload symbol. 2010-04-16 00:43:25 +00:00
Makefile Pass -lLTO after gold-plugin.o so that it gets used in systems that default to 2012-08-27 03:03:07 +00:00
README.txt s/libLLVMgold/LLVMgold/g 2010-08-08 21:14:26 +00:00

This directory contains a plugin that is designed to work with binutils
gold linker. At present time, this is not the default linker in
binutils, and the default build of gold does not support plugins.

Obtaining binutils:

  cvs -z 9 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src login
  {enter "anoncvs" as the password}
  cvs -z 9 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co binutils

This will create a src/ directory. Make a build/ directory and from
there configure binutils with "../src/configure --enable-gold --enable-plugins".
Then build binutils with "make all-gold".

To build the LLVMgold plugin, configure LLVM with the option
--with-binutils-include=/path/to/binutils/src/include/ --enable-pic. To use the
plugin, run "ld-new --plugin /path/to/LLVMgold.so".
Without PIC libLTO and LLVMgold are not being built (because they would fail
link on x86-64 with a relocation error: PIC and non-PIC can't be combined).
As an alternative to passing --enable-pic, you can use 'make ENABLE_PIC=1' in
your entire LLVM build.