eandrews created this revision. Update IR generated to retain section information for external declarations. This is related to https://reviews.llvm.org/D36487
https://reviews.llvm.org/D36712 Files: docs/LangRef.rst Index: docs/LangRef.rst =================================================================== --- docs/LangRef.rst +++ docs/LangRef.rst @@ -622,6 +622,12 @@ Additionally, the global can placed in a comdat if the target has the necessary support. +External declarations may have an explicit section specified. When generating +LLVM IR, external declarations are ignored and the variables are emitted on +their first use. While sections are not generated in the object file +corresponding to the LLVM module, section information specified in the +declaration is retained in LLVM IR to enable OpenCL processes. + By default, global initializers are optimized by assuming that global variables defined within the module are not modified from their initial values before the start of the global initializer. This is
Index: docs/LangRef.rst =================================================================== --- docs/LangRef.rst +++ docs/LangRef.rst @@ -622,6 +622,12 @@ Additionally, the global can placed in a comdat if the target has the necessary support. +External declarations may have an explicit section specified. When generating +LLVM IR, external declarations are ignored and the variables are emitted on +their first use. While sections are not generated in the object file +corresponding to the LLVM module, section information specified in the +declaration is retained in LLVM IR to enable OpenCL processes. + By default, global initializers are optimized by assuming that global variables defined within the module are not modified from their initial values before the start of the global initializer. This is
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