arsenm added a comment.

In D130096#3850708 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D130096#3850708>, @b-sumner wrote:

>> Different functions providing different behaviors can be handled at link 
>> time like any other function, instead of the same functions providing 
>> different behaviors per translation unit and requires cloning. The current 
>> scheme transfers complexity from the device library build system into the 
>> driver and user binaries
>
> OK, but we are talking about trading a solved problem with a solution working 
> for years for adding a large amount of new work and new maintenance and new 
> bugs.  Does this need to be done now, or at all?

I wouldn't really call it a solved problem when only one of the many users is 
currently linking these libraries correctly


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