https://github.com/MaskRay updated 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/218845

>From 5cbe94a17858f9bf6ec6aa224671293fb6fd12b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fangrui Song <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:06:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [OptTable] Store Info strings in the string table

Change HelpText, MetaVar, AliasArgs, and Values from `const char *` to
StringTable::Offset, making the fields smaller, and removing dynamic
relocations in .data.rel.ro in PIC links.

Values declared with ValuesCode are computed by generated code that
TableGen cannot see, so they move into a separate OptionValuesCodeTable;
only clang has any.

An empty HelpText is now indistinguishable from an absent one, so an
alias with HelpText<""> no longer suppresses the aliased option's help
text under ShowAllAliases.
---
 clang-tools-extra/clangd/CompileCommands.cpp |   4 +-
 clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp          |   4 +-
 llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h          |  58 +++++---
 llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h            |  19 ++-
 llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp                 |  45 ++++---
 llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp                   |  14 +-
 llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp  |  11 ++
 llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td                |   1 +
 llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp  | 132 +++++++++++--------
 9 files changed, 176 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/CompileCommands.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/CompileCommands.cpp
index b5965d163d7db..2ba9446aa57dc 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/CompileCommands.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/CompileCommands.cpp
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ llvm::ArrayRef<ArgStripper::Rule> 
ArgStripper::rulesFor(llvm::StringRef Arg) {
     struct {
       DriverID ID;
       DriverID AliasID;
-      const void *AliasArgs;
+      unsigned AliasArgsOffset;
     } AliasTable[] = {
 #define OPTION(PREFIX, PREFIXED_NAME, ID, KIND, GROUP, ALIAS, ALIASARGS,       
\
                FLAGS, VISIBILITY, PARAM, HELPTEXT, HELPTEXTSFORVARIANTS,       
\
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ llvm::ArrayRef<ArgStripper::Rule> 
ArgStripper::rulesFor(llvm::StringRef Arg) {
 #undef OPTION
     };
     for (auto &E : AliasTable)
-      if (E.AliasID != DriverID::OPT_INVALID && E.AliasArgs == nullptr)
+      if (E.AliasID != DriverID::OPT_INVALID && !E.AliasArgsOffset)
         AddAlias(E.ID, E.AliasID);
 
     auto Result = std::make_unique<TableTy>();
diff --git a/clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp 
b/clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp
index c9c826a439123..133fc0babae14 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ class DriverOptTable : public PrecomputedOptTable {
 public:
   DriverOptTable()
       : PrecomputedOptTable(OptionStrTable, OptionPrefixesTable, InfoTable,
-                            OptionPrefixesUnion) {}
+                            OptionPrefixesUnion, /*IgnoreCase=*/false,
+                            /*SubCommands=*/{}, /*SubCommandIDsTable=*/{},
+                            OptionValuesCodeTable) {}
 };
 } // anonymous namespace
 
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h 
b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h
index 45083b31c11f4..58be2bda0d30a 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h
@@ -60,11 +60,14 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
     const char *Usage;
   };
 
+  /// An option ID together with the values produced by TableGen `ValuesCode`.
+  using ValuesCodeEntry = std::pair<unsigned, const char *>;
+
   /// Entry for a single option instance in the option data table.
   struct Info {
     unsigned PrefixesOffset;
     StringTable::Offset PrefixedNameOffset;
-    const char *HelpText;
+    StringTable::Offset HelpTextOffset;
     // Help text for specific visibilities. A list of pairs, where each pair
     // is a list of visibilities and a specific help string for those
     // visibilities. If no help text is found in this list for the visibility 
of
@@ -73,10 +76,10 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
     // here if you need more entries and adjust the constants in
     // OptionParserEmitter::EmitHelpTextsForVariants.
     std::array<std::pair<std::array<unsigned int, 2 /*MaxVisibilityPerHelp*/>,
-                         const char *>,
+                         StringTable::Offset>,
                1 /*MaxVisibilityHelp*/>
         HelpTextsForVariants;
-    const char *MetaVar;
+    StringTable::Offset MetaVarOffset;
     unsigned ID;
     unsigned char Kind;
     unsigned char Param;
@@ -84,8 +87,11 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
     unsigned int Visibility;
     unsigned short GroupID;
     unsigned short AliasID;
-    const char *AliasArgs;
-    const char *Values;
+    /// The alias arguments as a \0 separated list terminated by an empty
+    /// string, e.g. "foo\0bar\0".
+    StringTable::Offset AliasArgsOffset;
+    /// The possible values as a comma separated list; see ValuesCodeTable.
+    StringTable::Offset ValuesOffset;
     // Offset into OptTable's SubCommandIDsTable.
     unsigned SubCommandIDsOffset;
 
@@ -179,6 +185,10 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
   /// The subcommand IDs table.
   ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable;
 
+  /// Values of options declared with TableGen `ValuesCode`: only the generated
+  /// code knows them, so they cannot go in the string table.
+  ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable;
+
   bool GroupedShortOptions = false;
   bool DashDashParsing = false;
   const char *EnvVar = nullptr;
@@ -205,6 +215,15 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
     return OptionInfos[id - 1];
   }
 
+  StringRef getOptionValues(const Info &I) const {
+    if (I.ValuesOffset.value())
+      return (*StrTable)[I.ValuesOffset];
+    for (const auto &[ID, Values] : ValuesCodeTable)
+      if (ID == I.ID)
+        return Values;
+    return StringRef();
+  }
+
   std::unique_ptr<Arg> parseOneArgGrouped(InputArgList &Args,
                                           unsigned &Index) const;
 
@@ -215,7 +234,8 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
            ArrayRef<StringTable::Offset> PrefixesTable,
            ArrayRef<Info> OptionInfos, bool IgnoreCase = false,
            ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands = {},
-           ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable = {});
+           ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable = {},
+           ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable = {});
 
   /// Build (or rebuild) the PrefixChars member.
   void buildPrefixChars();
@@ -276,27 +296,27 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
   }
 
   /// Get the help text to use to describe this option.
-  const char *getOptionHelpText(OptSpecifier id) const {
+  StringRef getOptionHelpText(OptSpecifier id) const {
     return getOptionHelpText(id, Visibility(0));
   }
 
   // Get the help text to use to describe this option.
   // If it has visibility specific help text and that visibility is in the
   // visibility mask, use that text instead of the generic text.
-  const char *getOptionHelpText(OptSpecifier id,
-                                Visibility VisibilityMask) const {
-    auto Info = getInfo(id);
-    for (auto [Visibilities, Text] : Info.HelpTextsForVariants)
+  StringRef getOptionHelpText(OptSpecifier id,
+                              Visibility VisibilityMask) const {
+    const Info &I = getInfo(id);
+    for (auto [Visibilities, TextOffset] : I.HelpTextsForVariants)
       for (auto Visibility : Visibilities)
         if (VisibilityMask & Visibility)
-          return Text;
-    return Info.HelpText;
+          return (*StrTable)[TextOffset];
+    return (*StrTable)[I.HelpTextOffset];
   }
 
   /// Get the meta-variable name to use when describing
   /// this options values in the help text.
-  const char *getOptionMetaVar(OptSpecifier id) const {
-    return getInfo(id).MetaVar;
+  StringRef getOptionMetaVar(OptSpecifier id) const {
+    return (*StrTable)[getInfo(id).MetaVarOffset];
   }
 
   /// Specify the environment variable where initial options should be read.
@@ -481,7 +501,8 @@ class GenericOptTable : public OptTable {
                            ArrayRef<StringTable::Offset> PrefixesTable,
                            ArrayRef<Info> OptionInfos, bool IgnoreCase = false,
                            ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands = {},
-                           ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable = {});
+                           ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable = {},
+                           ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable = {});
 };
 
 class PrecomputedOptTable : public OptTable {
@@ -492,9 +513,10 @@ class PrecomputedOptTable : public OptTable {
                       ArrayRef<StringTable::Offset> PrefixesUnionOffsets,
                       bool IgnoreCase = false,
                       ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands = {},
-                      ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable = {})
+                      ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable = {},
+                      ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable = {})
       : OptTable(StrTable, PrefixesTable, OptionInfos, IgnoreCase, SubCommands,
-                 SubCommandIDsTable) {
+                 SubCommandIDsTable, ValuesCodeTable) {
     for (auto PrefixOffset : PrefixesUnionOffsets)
       PrefixesUnion.push_back(StrTable[PrefixOffset]);
     buildPrefixChars();
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h 
b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h
index eac964159dc42..53c13239e0943 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h
@@ -117,14 +117,17 @@ class Option {
     return Owner->getOption(Info->AliasID);
   }
 
-  /// Get the alias arguments as a \0 separated list.
-  /// E.g. ["foo", "bar"] would be returned as "foo\0bar\0".
+  /// Get the alias arguments as a \0 separated list terminated by an empty
+  /// string. E.g. ["foo", "bar"] would be returned as "foo\0bar\0".
   const char *getAliasArgs() const {
     assert(Info && "Must have a valid info!");
-    assert((!Info->AliasArgs || Info->AliasArgs[0] != 0) &&
-           "AliasArgs should be either 0 or non-empty.");
+    assert(Owner && "Must have a valid owner!");
+    return Owner->getStrTable().getCString(Info->AliasArgsOffset);
+  }
 
-    return Info->AliasArgs;
+  bool hasAliasArgs() const {
+    assert(Info && "Must have a valid info!");
+    return Info->AliasArgsOffset.value() != 0;
   }
 
   /// Get the default prefix for this option.
@@ -144,13 +147,15 @@ class Option {
   /// Get the help text for this option.
   StringRef getHelpText() const {
     assert(Info && "Must have a valid info!");
-    return Info->HelpText;
+    assert(Owner && "Must have a valid owner!");
+    return Owner->getStrTable()[Info->HelpTextOffset];
   }
 
   /// Get the meta-variable list for this option.
   StringRef getMetaVar() const {
     assert(Info && "Must have a valid info!");
-    return Info->MetaVar;
+    assert(Owner && "Must have a valid owner!");
+    return Owner->getStrTable()[Info->MetaVarOffset];
   }
 
   unsigned getNumArgs() const { return Info->Param; }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp b/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp
index 8444675b847e6..ff1d27d297c4b 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp
@@ -80,10 +80,12 @@ OptTable::OptTable(const StringTable &StrTable,
                    ArrayRef<StringTable::Offset> PrefixesTable,
                    ArrayRef<Info> OptionInfos, bool IgnoreCase,
                    ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands,
-                   ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable)
+                   ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable,
+                   ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable)
     : StrTable(&StrTable), PrefixesTable(PrefixesTable),
       OptionInfos(OptionInfos), IgnoreCase(IgnoreCase),
-      SubCommands(SubCommands), SubCommandIDsTable(SubCommandIDsTable) {
+      SubCommands(SubCommands), SubCommandIDsTable(SubCommandIDsTable),
+      ValuesCodeTable(ValuesCodeTable) {
   // Explicitly zero initialize the error to work around a bug in array
   // value-initialization on MinGW with gcc 4.3.5.
 
@@ -193,11 +195,12 @@ OptTable::suggestValueCompletions(StringRef Option, 
StringRef Arg) const {
   // Search all options and return possible values.
   for (size_t I = FirstSearchableIndex, E = OptionInfos.size(); I < E; I++) {
     const Info &In = OptionInfos[I];
-    if (!In.Values || !optionMatches(*StrTable, PrefixesTable, In, Option))
+    StringRef Values = getOptionValues(In);
+    if (Values.empty() || !optionMatches(*StrTable, PrefixesTable, In, Option))
       continue;
 
     SmallVector<StringRef, 8> Candidates;
-    StringRef(In.Values).split(Candidates, ",", -1, false);
+    Values.split(Candidates, ",", -1, false);
 
     std::vector<std::string> Result;
     for (StringRef Val : Candidates)
@@ -214,19 +217,20 @@ OptTable::findByPrefix(StringRef Cur, Visibility 
VisibilityMask,
   std::vector<std::string> Ret;
   for (size_t I = FirstSearchableIndex, E = OptionInfos.size(); I < E; I++) {
     const Info &In = OptionInfos[I];
-    if (In.hasNoPrefix() || (!In.HelpText && !In.GroupID))
+    if (In.hasNoPrefix() || (!In.HelpTextOffset.value() && !In.GroupID))
       continue;
     if (!(In.Visibility & VisibilityMask))
       continue;
     if (In.Flags & DisableFlags)
       continue;
 
+    StringRef HelpText = (*StrTable)[In.HelpTextOffset];
+
     StringRef Name = In.getName(*StrTable, PrefixesTable);
     for (auto PrefixOffset : In.getPrefixOffsets(PrefixesTable)) {
       StringRef Prefix = (*StrTable)[PrefixOffset];
       std::string S = (Twine(Prefix) + Name + "\t").str();
-      if (In.HelpText)
-        S += In.HelpText;
+      S += HelpText;
       if (StringRef(S).starts_with(Cur) && S != std::string(Cur) + "\t")
         Ret.push_back(S);
     }
@@ -616,12 +620,12 @@ static std::string getOptionHelpName(const OptTable 
&Opts, OptSpecifier Id) {
     llvm_unreachable("Invalid option with help text.");
 
   case Option::MultiArgClass:
-    if (const char *MetaVarName = Opts.getOptionMetaVar(Id)) {
+    if (StringRef MetaVarName = Opts.getOptionMetaVar(Id);
+        !MetaVarName.empty()) {
       // For MultiArgs, metavar is full list of all argument names.
       Name += ' ';
       Name += MetaVarName;
-    }
-    else {
+    } else {
       // For MultiArgs<N>, if metavar not supplied, print <value> N times.
       for (unsigned i=0, e=O.getNumArgs(); i< e; ++i) {
         Name += " <value>";
@@ -641,7 +645,7 @@ static std::string getOptionHelpName(const OptTable &Opts, 
OptSpecifier Id) {
     [[fallthrough]];
   case Option::JoinedClass: case Option::CommaJoinedClass:
   case Option::JoinedAndSeparateClass:
-    if (const char *MetaVarName = Opts.getOptionMetaVar(Id))
+    if (StringRef MetaVarName = Opts.getOptionMetaVar(Id); 
!MetaVarName.empty())
       Name += MetaVarName;
     else
       Name += "<value>";
@@ -695,7 +699,7 @@ static void PrintHelpOptionList(raw_ostream &OS, StringRef 
Title,
   }
 }
 
-static const char *getOptionHelpGroup(const OptTable &Opts, OptSpecifier Id) {
+static StringRef getOptionHelpGroup(const OptTable &Opts, OptSpecifier Id) {
   unsigned GroupID = Opts.getOptionGroupID(Id);
 
   // If not in a group, return the default help group.
@@ -706,7 +710,7 @@ static const char *getOptionHelpGroup(const OptTable &Opts, 
OptSpecifier Id) {
   // name.
   //
   // FIXME: Split out option groups.
-  if (const char *GroupHelp = Opts.getOptionHelpText(GroupID))
+  if (StringRef GroupHelp = Opts.getOptionHelpText(GroupID); 
!GroupHelp.empty())
     return GroupHelp;
 
   // Otherwise keep looking.
@@ -814,17 +818,17 @@ void OptTable::internalPrintHelp(
 
     // If an alias doesn't have a help text, show a help text for the aliased
     // option instead.
-    const char *HelpText = getOptionHelpText(Id, VisibilityMask);
-    if (!HelpText && ShowAllAliases) {
+    StringRef HelpText = getOptionHelpText(Id, VisibilityMask);
+    if (HelpText.empty() && ShowAllAliases) {
       const Option Alias = getOption(Id).getAlias();
       if (Alias.isValid())
         HelpText = getOptionHelpText(Alias.getID(), VisibilityMask);
     }
 
-    if (HelpText && (strlen(HelpText) != 0)) {
-      const char *HelpGroup = getOptionHelpGroup(*this, Id);
+    if (!HelpText.empty()) {
+      StringRef HelpGroup = getOptionHelpGroup(*this, Id);
       const std::string &OptName = getOptionHelpName(*this, Id);
-      GroupedOptionHelp[HelpGroup].push_back({OptName, HelpText});
+      GroupedOptionHelp[std::string(HelpGroup)].push_back({OptName, HelpText});
     }
   }
 
@@ -841,9 +845,10 @@ GenericOptTable::GenericOptTable(const StringTable 
&StrTable,
                                  ArrayRef<StringTable::Offset> PrefixesTable,
                                  ArrayRef<Info> OptionInfos, bool IgnoreCase,
                                  ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands,
-                                 ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable)
+                                 ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable,
+                                 ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable)
     : OptTable(StrTable, PrefixesTable, OptionInfos, IgnoreCase, SubCommands,
-               SubCommandIDsTable) {
+               SubCommandIDsTable, ValuesCodeTable) {
 
   std::set<StringRef> TmpPrefixesUnion;
   for (auto const &Info : OptionInfos.drop_front(FirstSearchableIndex))
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp b/llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp
index 838dd344b18a9..306c96c9d564a 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Option::Option(const OptTable::Info *Info, const OptTable 
*Owner)
   assert((!Info || !getAlias().isValid() || !getAlias().getAlias().isValid()) 
&&
          "Multi-level aliases are not supported.");
 
-  if (Info && getAliasArgs()) {
+  if (Info && hasAliasArgs()) {
     assert(getAlias().isValid() && "Only alias options can have alias args.");
     assert(getKind() == FlagClass && "Only Flag aliases can have alias args.");
     assert(getAlias().getKind() != FlagClass &&
@@ -281,15 +281,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<Arg> Option::accept(const ArgList &Args, 
StringRef CurArg,
   }
 
   // FlagClass aliases can have AliasArgs<>; add those to the unaliased arg.
-  if (const char *Val = getAliasArgs()) {
-    while (*Val != '\0') {
-      UnaliasedA->getValues().push_back(Val);
-
-      // Move past the '\0' to the next argument.
-      Val += strlen(Val) + 1;
-    }
-  }
-  if (UnaliasedOption.getKind() == JoinedClass && !getAliasArgs())
+  for (const char *Val = getAliasArgs(); *Val; Val += strlen(Val) + 1)
+    UnaliasedA->getValues().push_back(Val);
+  if (UnaliasedOption.getKind() == JoinedClass && !hasAliasArgs())
     // A Flag alias for a Joined option must provide an argument.
     UnaliasedA->getValues().push_back("");
   return UnaliasedA;
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp 
b/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp
index 3da015e343eb9..51030ee7018b9 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,17 @@ TYPED_TEST(OptTableTest, AliasArgs) {
   EXPECT_EQ("bar", AL.getAllArgValues(OPT_B)[1]);
 }
 
+TYPED_TEST(OptTableTest, AliasArgsMultiple) {
+  TypeParam T;
+  unsigned MAI, MAC;
+
+  const char *MyArgs[] = {"-Jmulti"};
+  InputArgList AL = T.ParseArgs(MyArgs, MAI, MAC);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(AL.hasArg(OPT_D));
+  EXPECT_EQ((std::vector<std::string>{"foo", "bar"}),
+            AL.getAllArgValues(OPT_D));
+}
+
 TYPED_TEST(OptTableTest, IgnoreCase) {
   TypeParam T(true);
   unsigned MAI, MAC;
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td b/llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td
index 5be67c9decdbc..2c6c552232ebe 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def I : Flag<["-"], "I">, Alias<H>, Group<my_group>;
 
 def J : Flag<["-"], "J">, Alias<B>, AliasArgs<["foo"]>;
 def Joo : Flag<["-"], "Joo">, Alias<B>, AliasArgs<["bar"]>;
+def Jmulti : Flag<["-"], "Jmulti">, Alias<D>, AliasArgs<["foo", "bar"]>;
 
 def K : Flag<["-"], "K">, Alias<B>;
 
diff --git a/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp 
b/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp
index 829c202b495e4..98741d3c0d402 100644
--- a/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,17 @@ static std::string getOptionName(const Record &R) {
   return R.getValueAsString("EnumName").str();
 }
 
+// Long strings and strings that may contain "*/" need EmitComment=false.
 static raw_ostream &writeStrTableOffset(raw_ostream &OS,
                                         const StringToOffsetTable &Table,
-                                        llvm::StringRef Str) {
-  OS << Table.GetStringOffset(Str) << " /* ";
-  OS.write_escaped(Str);
-  OS << " */";
+                                        llvm::StringRef Str,
+                                        bool EmitComment = true) {
+  OS << Table.GetStringOffset(Str);
+  if (EmitComment) {
+    OS << " /* ";
+    OS.write_escaped(Str);
+    OS << " */";
+  }
   return OS;
 }
 
@@ -47,6 +52,34 @@ static raw_ostream &writeCstring(raw_ostream &OS, 
llvm::StringRef Str) {
   return OS;
 }
 
+// An unset field maps to the empty string, which the table keeps at offset 0.
+static StringRef getOptionalString(const Record &R, StringRef Field) {
+  return R.getValueAsOptionalString(Field).value_or("");
+}
+
+static void addOptionalString(StringToOffsetTable &Table, const Record &R,
+                              StringRef Field) {
+  Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(getOptionalString(R, Field));
+}
+
+static void writeOptionalStrOffset(raw_ostream &OS,
+                                   const StringToOffsetTable &Table,
+                                   const Record &R, StringRef Field) {
+  writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, getOptionalString(R, Field),
+                      /*EmitComment=*/false);
+}
+
+// The alias arguments as a \0 separated list, e.g. ["foo", "bar"] becomes
+// "foo\0bar\0". The string table appends the terminating empty string.
+static std::string getAliasArgsBlob(const Record &R) {
+  std::string Blob;
+  for (StringRef AliasArg : R.getValueAsListOfStrings("AliasArgs")) {
+    Blob += AliasArg;
+    Blob += '\0';
+  }
+  return Blob;
+}
+
 static std::string getOptionPrefixedName(const Record &R) {
   std::vector<StringRef> Prefixes = R.getValueAsListOfStrings("Prefixes");
   StringRef Name = R.getValueAsString("Name");
@@ -196,8 +229,9 @@ static MarshallingInfo createMarshallingInfo(const Record 
&R) {
 }
 
 static void emitHelpTextsForVariants(
-    raw_ostream &OS, std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::string>, 
StringRef>>
-                         HelpTextsForVariants) {
+    raw_ostream &OS, const StringToOffsetTable &Table,
+    std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::string>, StringRef>>
+        HelpTextsForVariants) {
   // OptTable must be constexpr so it uses std::arrays with these capacities.
   const unsigned MaxVisibilityPerHelp = 2;
   const unsigned MaxVisibilityHelp = 1;
@@ -216,7 +250,7 @@ static void emitHelpTextsForVariants(
         {std::vector<std::string>(MaxVisibilityPerHelp, "0"), ""});
 
   OS << ", (std::array<std::pair<std::array<unsigned, " << MaxVisibilityPerHelp
-     << ">, const char*>, " << MaxVisibilityHelp << ">{{ ";
+     << ">, llvm::StringTable::Offset>, " << MaxVisibilityHelp << ">{{ ";
 
   auto VisibilityHelpEnd = HelpTextsForVariants.cend();
   for (auto VisibilityHelp = HelpTextsForVariants.cbegin();
@@ -229,10 +263,7 @@ static void emitHelpTextsForVariants(
     OS << "{std::array<unsigned, " << MaxVisibilityPerHelp << ">{{"
        << llvm::interleaved(Visibilities) << "}}, ";
 
-    if (Help.size())
-      writeCstring(OS, Help);
-    else
-      OS << "nullptr";
+    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, Help, /*EmitComment=*/false);
     OS << "}";
 
     if (std::next(VisibilityHelp) != VisibilityHelpEnd)
@@ -307,10 +338,20 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
   // We can add all the prefixes via the union.
   for (const auto &Prefix : PrefixesUnion)
     Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(Prefix);
-  for (const Record &R : llvm::make_pointee_range(Groups))
+  for (const Record &R : llvm::make_pointee_range(Groups)) {
     Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(R.getValueAsString("Name"));
-  for (const Record &R : llvm::make_pointee_range(Opts))
+    addOptionalString(Table, R, "HelpText");
+  }
+  for (const Record &R : llvm::make_pointee_range(Opts)) {
     Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(getOptionPrefixedName(R));
+    addOptionalString(Table, R, "HelpText");
+    addOptionalString(Table, R, "MetaVarName");
+    addOptionalString(Table, R, "Values");
+    Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(getAliasArgsBlob(R));
+    for (const Record *VisibilityHelp :
+         R.getValueAsListOfDefs("HelpTextsForVariants"))
+      Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(VisibilityHelp->getValueAsString("Text"));
+  }
 
   // Dump string table.
   OS << "/////////\n";
@@ -401,16 +442,28 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
   OS << "/////////\n";
   OS << "// ValuesCode\n\n";
   OS << "#ifdef OPTTABLE_VALUES_CODE\n";
+  std::vector<const Record *> ValuesCodeOpts;
   for (const Record &R : llvm::make_pointee_range(Opts)) {
     // The option values, if any;
     if (!isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("ValuesCode"))) {
       assert(isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("Values")) &&
              "Cannot choose between Values and ValuesCode");
+      ValuesCodeOpts.push_back(&R);
       OS << "#define VALUES_CODE " << getOptionName(R) << "_Values\n";
       OS << R.getValueAsString("ValuesCode") << "\n";
       OS << "#undef VALUES_CODE\n";
     }
   }
+  // Option IDs use the OPT_ prefix; a table with a different prefix cannot use
+  // ValuesCode.
+  if (!ValuesCodeOpts.empty()) {
+    OS << "static constexpr llvm::opt::OptTable::ValuesCodeEntry "
+          "OptionValuesCodeTable[] = {\n";
+    for (const Record *R : ValuesCodeOpts)
+      OS << "  {OPT_" << getOptionName(*R) << ", " << getOptionName(*R)
+         << "_Values},\n";
+    OS << "};\n";
+  }
   OS << "#endif\n";
 
   OS << "/////////\n";
@@ -441,25 +494,20 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
       OS << "INVALID";
 
     // The other option arguments (unused for groups).
-    OS << ", INVALID, nullptr, 0, 0, 0";
+    OS << ", INVALID, 0, 0, 0, 0";
 
     // The option help text.
-    if (!isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("HelpText"))) {
-      OS << ",\n";
-      OS << "       ";
-      writeCstring(OS, R.getValueAsString("HelpText"));
-    } else {
-      OS << ", nullptr";
-    }
+    OS << ", ";
+    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "HelpText");
 
     // Not using Visibility specific text for group help.
-    emitHelpTextsForVariants(OS, {});
+    emitHelpTextsForVariants(OS, Table, {});
 
     // The option meta-variable name (unused).
-    OS << ", nullptr";
+    OS << ", 0";
 
     // The option Values (unused for groups).
-    OS << ", nullptr";
+    OS << ", 0";
 
     // The option SubCommandIDsOffset.
     OS << ", ";
@@ -505,19 +553,8 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
       OS << "INVALID";
 
     // The option alias arguments (if any).
-    // Emitted as a \0 separated list in a string, e.g. ["foo", "bar"]
-    // would become "foo\0bar\0". Note that the compiler adds an implicit
-    // terminating \0 at the end.
     OS << ", ";
-    std::vector<StringRef> AliasArgs = R.getValueAsListOfStrings("AliasArgs");
-    if (AliasArgs.size() == 0) {
-      OS << "nullptr";
-    } else {
-      OS << "\"";
-      for (StringRef AliasArg : AliasArgs)
-        OS << AliasArg << "\\0";
-      OS << "\"";
-    }
+    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, getAliasArgsBlob(R), /*EmitComment=*/false);
 
     // "Flags" for the option, such as HelpHidden and Render*
     OS << ", ";
@@ -552,13 +589,8 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
     OS << ", " << R.getValueAsInt("NumArgs");
 
     // The option help text.
-    if (!isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("HelpText"))) {
-      OS << ",\n";
-      OS << "       ";
-      writeCstring(OS, R.getValueAsString("HelpText"));
-    } else {
-      OS << ", nullptr";
-    }
+    OS << ", ";
+    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "HelpText");
 
     std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::string>, StringRef>>
         HelpTextsForVariants;
@@ -574,23 +606,15 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
       HelpTextsForVariants.emplace_back(
           VisibilityNames, VisibilityHelp->getValueAsString("Text"));
     }
-    emitHelpTextsForVariants(OS, std::move(HelpTextsForVariants));
+    emitHelpTextsForVariants(OS, Table, std::move(HelpTextsForVariants));
 
     // The option meta-variable name.
     OS << ", ";
-    if (!isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("MetaVarName")))
-      writeCstring(OS, R.getValueAsString("MetaVarName"));
-    else
-      OS << "nullptr";
+    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "MetaVarName");
 
     // The option Values. Used for shell autocompletion.
     OS << ", ";
-    if (!isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("Values")))
-      writeCstring(OS, R.getValueAsString("Values"));
-    else if (!isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("ValuesCode")))
-      OS << getOptionName(R) << "_Values";
-    else
-      OS << "nullptr";
+    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "Values");
 
     // The option SubCommandIDsOffset.
     OS << ", ";

>From ee2fafd2242498ae51b4acee632b8c22e0a49974 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fangrui Song <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:31:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add ExplicitlyEmptyOffset to ensure clang
 --autocomplete=- output is byte-identical

---
 llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h         | 16 +++--
 llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp                |  5 +-
 llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp | 20 +++++-
 llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td               |  5 ++
 llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp | 67 ++++++++++++---------
 5 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h 
b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h
index 58be2bda0d30a..1ed901cad5599 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h
@@ -215,6 +215,15 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
     return OptionInfos[id - 1];
   }
 
+  StringTable::Offset getHelpTextOffset(const Info &I,
+                                        Visibility VisibilityMask) const {
+    for (auto [Visibilities, TextOffset] : I.HelpTextsForVariants)
+      for (auto Visibility : Visibilities)
+        if (VisibilityMask & Visibility)
+          return TextOffset;
+    return I.HelpTextOffset;
+  }
+
   StringRef getOptionValues(const Info &I) const {
     if (I.ValuesOffset.value())
       return (*StrTable)[I.ValuesOffset];
@@ -305,12 +314,7 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
   // visibility mask, use that text instead of the generic text.
   StringRef getOptionHelpText(OptSpecifier id,
                               Visibility VisibilityMask) const {
-    const Info &I = getInfo(id);
-    for (auto [Visibilities, TextOffset] : I.HelpTextsForVariants)
-      for (auto Visibility : Visibilities)
-        if (VisibilityMask & Visibility)
-          return (*StrTable)[TextOffset];
-    return (*StrTable)[I.HelpTextOffset];
+    return (*StrTable)[getHelpTextOffset(getInfo(id), VisibilityMask)];
   }
 
   /// Get the meta-variable name to use when describing
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp b/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp
index ff1d27d297c4b..3f694bbb38690 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp
@@ -819,7 +819,8 @@ void OptTable::internalPrintHelp(
     // If an alias doesn't have a help text, show a help text for the aliased
     // option instead.
     StringRef HelpText = getOptionHelpText(Id, VisibilityMask);
-    if (HelpText.empty() && ShowAllAliases) {
+    if (!getHelpTextOffset(CandidateInfo, VisibilityMask).value() &&
+        ShowAllAliases) {
       const Option Alias = getOption(Id).getAlias();
       if (Alias.isValid())
         HelpText = getOptionHelpText(Alias.getID(), VisibilityMask);
@@ -828,7 +829,7 @@ void OptTable::internalPrintHelp(
     if (!HelpText.empty()) {
       StringRef HelpGroup = getOptionHelpGroup(*this, Id);
       const std::string &OptName = getOptionHelpName(*this, Id);
-      GroupedOptionHelp[std::string(HelpGroup)].push_back({OptName, HelpText});
+      GroupedOptionHelp[HelpGroup.str()].push_back({OptName, HelpText});
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp 
b/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp
index 51030ee7018b9..04dec42e0279a 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ enum ID {
 #undef OPTION
 };
 
+#define OPTTABLE_VALUES_CODE
+#include "Opts.inc"
+#undef OPTTABLE_VALUES_CODE
+
 #define OPTTABLE_PREFIXES_TABLE_CODE
 #include "Opts.inc"
 #undef OPTTABLE_PREFIXES_TABLE_CODE
@@ -62,14 +66,16 @@ class TestOptTable : public GenericOptTable {
 public:
   TestOptTable(bool IgnoreCase = false)
       : GenericOptTable(OptionStrTable, OptionPrefixesTable, InfoTable,
-                        IgnoreCase) {}
+                        IgnoreCase, /*SubCommands=*/{},
+                        /*SubCommandIDsTable=*/{}, OptionValuesCodeTable) {}
 };
 
 class TestPrecomputedOptTable : public PrecomputedOptTable {
 public:
   TestPrecomputedOptTable(bool IgnoreCase = false)
       : PrecomputedOptTable(OptionStrTable, OptionPrefixesTable, InfoTable,
-                            OptionPrefixesUnion, IgnoreCase) {}
+                            OptionPrefixesUnion, IgnoreCase, 
/*SubCommands=*/{},
+                            /*SubCommandIDsTable=*/{}, OptionValuesCodeTable) 
{}
 };
 }
 
@@ -240,6 +246,16 @@ TYPED_TEST(OptTableTest, AliasArgsMultiple) {
             AL.getAllArgValues(OPT_D));
 }
 
+TYPED_TEST(OptTableTest, SuggestValueCompletions) {
+  TypeParam T;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ((std::vector<std::string>{"inline1", "inline2"}),
+            T.suggestValueCompletions("-values-inline=", ""));
+  // Values computed by ValuesCode live outside the string table.
+  EXPECT_EQ((std::vector<std::string>{"code1", "code2"}),
+            T.suggestValueCompletions("-values-from-code=", ""));
+}
+
 TYPED_TEST(OptTableTest, IgnoreCase) {
   TypeParam T(true);
   unsigned MAI, MAC;
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td b/llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td
index 2c6c552232ebe..89c20359bd2a0 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Option/Opts.td
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ def Jmulti : Flag<["-"], "Jmulti">, Alias<D>, 
AliasArgs<["foo", "bar"]>;
 
 def K : Flag<["-"], "K">, Alias<B>;
 
+def ValuesInline : Joined<["-"], "values-inline=">, Values<"inline1,inline2">;
+def ValuesFromCode : Joined<["-"], "values-from-code=">, ValuesCode<[{
+  static constexpr const char VALUES_CODE [] = "code1,code2";
+}]>;
+
 def Slurp : Option<["-"], "slurp", KIND_REMAINING_ARGS>;
 
 def SlurpJoined : Option<["-"], "slurpjoined", KIND_REMAINING_ARGS_JOINED>;
diff --git a/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp 
b/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp
index 98741d3c0d402..685a15ee9cc3e 100644
--- a/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Option/OptTable.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/InterleavedRange.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
+#include "llvm/TableGen/Error.h"
 #include "llvm/TableGen/Record.h"
 #include "llvm/TableGen/StringToOffsetTable.h"
 #include "llvm/TableGen/TableGenBackend.h"
@@ -31,12 +32,15 @@ static std::string getOptionName(const Record &R) {
   return R.getValueAsString("EnumName").str();
 }
 
-// Long strings and strings that may contain "*/" need EmitComment=false.
+// Only pass EmitComment for short strings that cannot contain "*/".
 static raw_ostream &writeStrTableOffset(raw_ostream &OS,
                                         const StringToOffsetTable &Table,
                                         llvm::StringRef Str,
-                                        bool EmitComment = true) {
-  OS << Table.GetStringOffset(Str);
+                                        bool EmitComment = false) {
+  std::optional<unsigned> Offset = Table.GetStringOffset(Str);
+  if (!Offset)
+    PrintFatalError("string was not added to the option string table: " + Str);
+  OS << *Offset;
   if (EmitComment) {
     OS << " /* ";
     OS.write_escaped(Str);
@@ -52,28 +56,35 @@ static raw_ostream &writeCstring(raw_ostream &OS, 
llvm::StringRef Str) {
   return OS;
 }
 
-// An unset field maps to the empty string, which the table keeps at offset 0.
-static StringRef getOptionalString(const Record &R, StringRef Field) {
-  return R.getValueAsOptionalString(Field).value_or("");
-}
-
 static void addOptionalString(StringToOffsetTable &Table, const Record &R,
                               StringRef Field) {
-  Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(getOptionalString(R, Field));
+  if (std::optional<StringRef> S = R.getValueAsOptionalString(Field))
+    Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(*S);
 }
 
+// Offset zero is the empty string and stands for an unset field. A field that
+// is set to the empty string, e.g. HelpText<"">, marks an option as
+// deliberately undocumented and gets \p ExplicitlyEmptyOffset instead, so that
+// the two stay distinguishable.
 static void writeOptionalStrOffset(raw_ostream &OS,
                                    const StringToOffsetTable &Table,
-                                   const Record &R, StringRef Field) {
-  writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, getOptionalString(R, Field),
-                      /*EmitComment=*/false);
+                                   const Record &R, StringRef Field,
+                                   unsigned ExplicitlyEmptyOffset) {
+  std::optional<StringRef> S = R.getValueAsOptionalString(Field);
+  if (!S)
+    OS << '0';
+  else if (S->empty())
+    OS << ExplicitlyEmptyOffset;
+  else
+    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, *S);
 }
 
-// The alias arguments as a \0 separated list, e.g. ["foo", "bar"] becomes
-// "foo\0bar\0". The string table appends the terminating empty string.
+// The string table appends the empty string that terminates the list.
 static std::string getAliasArgsBlob(const Record &R) {
   std::string Blob;
   for (StringRef AliasArg : R.getValueAsListOfStrings("AliasArgs")) {
+    if (AliasArg.empty())
+      PrintFatalError(R.getLoc(), "AliasArgs entries must not be empty");
     Blob += AliasArg;
     Blob += '\0';
   }
@@ -240,11 +251,7 @@ static void emitHelpTextsForVariants(
          "Too many help text variants to store in "
          "OptTable::HelpTextsForVariants");
 
-  // This function must initialise any unused elements of those arrays.
-  for (auto [Visibilities, _] : HelpTextsForVariants)
-    while (Visibilities.size() < MaxVisibilityPerHelp)
-      Visibilities.push_back("0");
-
+  // Unused visibility slots are left to aggregate value-initialization.
   while (HelpTextsForVariants.size() < MaxVisibilityHelp)
     HelpTextsForVariants.push_back(
         {std::vector<std::string>(MaxVisibilityPerHelp, "0"), ""});
@@ -263,7 +270,7 @@ static void emitHelpTextsForVariants(
     OS << "{std::array<unsigned, " << MaxVisibilityPerHelp << ">{{"
        << llvm::interleaved(Visibilities) << "}}, ";
 
-    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, Help, /*EmitComment=*/false);
+    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, Help);
     OS << "}";
 
     if (std::next(VisibilityHelp) != VisibilityHelpEnd)
@@ -335,6 +342,10 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
   array_pod_sort(PrefixesUnion.begin(), PrefixesUnion.end());
 
   llvm::StringToOffsetTable Table;
+  // An empty string that is not at offset zero, for fields that are explicitly
+  // set to it; see writeOptionalStrOffset.
+  const unsigned ExplicitlyEmptyOffset =
+      Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(StringRef("\0", 1));
   // We can add all the prefixes via the union.
   for (const auto &Prefix : PrefixesUnion)
     Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(Prefix);
@@ -478,7 +489,8 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
 
     // The option string offset.
     OS << ", ";
-    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, R.getValueAsString("Name"));
+    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, R.getValueAsString("Name"),
+                        /*EmitComment=*/true);
 
     // The option identifier name.
     OS << ", " << getOptionName(R);
@@ -498,7 +510,7 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
 
     // The option help text.
     OS << ", ";
-    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "HelpText");
+    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "HelpText", ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
 
     // Not using Visibility specific text for group help.
     emitHelpTextsForVariants(OS, Table, {});
@@ -525,7 +537,8 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
     OS << Prefixes[PrefixKeyT(RPrefixes.begin(), RPrefixes.end())] << ", ";
 
     // The option prefixed name.
-    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, getOptionPrefixedName(R));
+    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, getOptionPrefixedName(R),
+                        /*EmitComment=*/true);
 
     // The option identifier name.
     OS << ", " << getOptionName(R);
@@ -554,7 +567,7 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
 
     // The option alias arguments (if any).
     OS << ", ";
-    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, getAliasArgsBlob(R), /*EmitComment=*/false);
+    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table, getAliasArgsBlob(R));
 
     // "Flags" for the option, such as HelpHidden and Render*
     OS << ", ";
@@ -590,7 +603,7 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
 
     // The option help text.
     OS << ", ";
-    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "HelpText");
+    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "HelpText", ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
 
     std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::string>, StringRef>>
         HelpTextsForVariants;
@@ -610,11 +623,11 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
 
     // The option meta-variable name.
     OS << ", ";
-    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "MetaVarName");
+    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "MetaVarName", ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
 
     // The option Values. Used for shell autocompletion.
     OS << ", ";
-    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "Values");
+    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "Values", ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
 
     // The option SubCommandIDsOffset.
     OS << ", ";

>From 93ea6b55bb74022ca85e1d26635ae4420972a07d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fangrui Song <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:55:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] .

---
 clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp         |  2 +-
 llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h         | 37 ++++++------
 llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h           |  5 +-
 llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp                | 37 ++++++------
 llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp                  |  1 +
 llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp |  4 +-
 llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp | 66 ++++++++++-----------
 7 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp 
b/clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp
index 133fc0babae14..ac3c1e788c9c6 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Options/DriverOptions.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class DriverOptTable : public PrecomputedOptTable {
       : PrecomputedOptTable(OptionStrTable, OptionPrefixesTable, InfoTable,
                             OptionPrefixesUnion, /*IgnoreCase=*/false,
                             /*SubCommands=*/{}, /*SubCommandIDsTable=*/{},
-                            OptionValuesCodeTable) {}
+                            getOptionValuesCode) {}
 };
 } // anonymous namespace
 
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h 
b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h
index 1ed901cad5599..13021884e9ee7 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/OptTable.h
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
     const char *Usage;
   };
 
-  /// An option ID together with the values produced by TableGen `ValuesCode`.
-  using ValuesCodeEntry = std::pair<unsigned, const char *>;
+  /// Returns the values produced by TableGen `ValuesCode` for an option ID, or
+  /// the empty string. Generated code supplies this; see ValuesCodeFn.
+  using ValuesCodeFnTy = StringRef (*)(unsigned);
 
   /// Entry for a single option instance in the option data table.
   struct Info {
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
     // Help text for specific visibilities. A list of pairs, where each pair
     // is a list of visibilities and a specific help string for those
     // visibilities. If no help text is found in this list for the visibility 
of
-    // the program, HelpText is used instead. This cannot use std::vector
+    // the program, HelpTextOffset is used instead. This cannot use std::vector
     // because OptTable is used in constexpr contexts. Increase the array sizes
     // here if you need more entries and adjust the constants in
     // OptionParserEmitter::EmitHelpTextsForVariants.
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
     /// The alias arguments as a \0 separated list terminated by an empty
     /// string, e.g. "foo\0bar\0".
     StringTable::Offset AliasArgsOffset;
+
+    bool hasAliasArgs() const { return AliasArgsOffset.value() != 0; }
     /// The possible values as a comma separated list; see ValuesCodeTable.
     StringTable::Offset ValuesOffset;
     // Offset into OptTable's SubCommandIDsTable.
@@ -109,6 +112,10 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
                                                  
getNumPrefixes(PrefixesTable));
     }
 
+    /// Whether the .td supplied a help text. An explicitly empty one is not 
the
+    /// same as none: it marks the option as deliberately undocumented.
+    bool hasHelpText() const { return HelpTextOffset.value() != 0; }
+
     bool hasSubCommands() const { return SubCommandIDsOffset != 0; }
 
     unsigned getNumSubCommandIDs(ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable) const {
@@ -187,7 +194,7 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
 
   /// Values of options declared with TableGen `ValuesCode`: only the generated
   /// code knows them, so they cannot go in the string table.
-  ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable;
+  ValuesCodeFnTy ValuesCodeFn = nullptr;
 
   bool GroupedShortOptions = false;
   bool DashDashParsing = false;
@@ -217,20 +224,16 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
 
   StringTable::Offset getHelpTextOffset(const Info &I,
                                         Visibility VisibilityMask) const {
-    for (auto [Visibilities, TextOffset] : I.HelpTextsForVariants)
-      for (auto Visibility : Visibilities)
-        if (VisibilityMask & Visibility)
+    for (const auto &[Visibilities, TextOffset] : I.HelpTextsForVariants)
+      for (auto Vis : Visibilities)
+        if (VisibilityMask & Vis)
           return TextOffset;
     return I.HelpTextOffset;
   }
 
   StringRef getOptionValues(const Info &I) const {
-    if (I.ValuesOffset.value())
-      return (*StrTable)[I.ValuesOffset];
-    for (const auto &[ID, Values] : ValuesCodeTable)
-      if (ID == I.ID)
-        return Values;
-    return StringRef();
+    StringRef Values = (*StrTable)[I.ValuesOffset];
+    return Values.empty() && ValuesCodeFn ? ValuesCodeFn(I.ID) : Values;
   }
 
   std::unique_ptr<Arg> parseOneArgGrouped(InputArgList &Args,
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptTable {
            ArrayRef<Info> OptionInfos, bool IgnoreCase = false,
            ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands = {},
            ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable = {},
-           ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable = {});
+           ValuesCodeFnTy ValuesCodeFn = nullptr);
 
   /// Build (or rebuild) the PrefixChars member.
   void buildPrefixChars();
@@ -506,7 +509,7 @@ class GenericOptTable : public OptTable {
                            ArrayRef<Info> OptionInfos, bool IgnoreCase = false,
                            ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands = {},
                            ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable = {},
-                           ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable = {});
+                           ValuesCodeFnTy ValuesCodeFn = nullptr);
 };
 
 class PrecomputedOptTable : public OptTable {
@@ -518,9 +521,9 @@ class PrecomputedOptTable : public OptTable {
                       bool IgnoreCase = false,
                       ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands = {},
                       ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable = {},
-                      ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable = {})
+                      ValuesCodeFnTy ValuesCodeFn = nullptr)
       : OptTable(StrTable, PrefixesTable, OptionInfos, IgnoreCase, SubCommands,
-                 SubCommandIDsTable, ValuesCodeTable) {
+                 SubCommandIDsTable, ValuesCodeFn) {
     for (auto PrefixOffset : PrefixesUnionOffsets)
       PrefixesUnion.push_back(StrTable[PrefixOffset]);
     buildPrefixChars();
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h 
b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h
index 53c13239e0943..2cb0a7b32acce 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Option/Option.h
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ class Option {
     return Owner->getOption(Info->AliasID);
   }
 
-  /// Get the alias arguments as a \0 separated list terminated by an empty
-  /// string. E.g. ["foo", "bar"] would be returned as "foo\0bar\0".
+  /// Get the alias arguments; see Info::AliasArgsOffset for the encoding.
   const char *getAliasArgs() const {
     assert(Info && "Must have a valid info!");
     assert(Owner && "Must have a valid owner!");
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ class Option {
 
   bool hasAliasArgs() const {
     assert(Info && "Must have a valid info!");
-    return Info->AliasArgsOffset.value() != 0;
+    return Info->hasAliasArgs();
   }
 
   /// Get the default prefix for this option.
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp b/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp
index 3f694bbb38690..fabf0131ff4a4 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Option/OptTable.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cctype>
-#include <cstring>
 #include <map>
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
@@ -81,11 +80,11 @@ OptTable::OptTable(const StringTable &StrTable,
                    ArrayRef<Info> OptionInfos, bool IgnoreCase,
                    ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands,
                    ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable,
-                   ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable)
+                   ValuesCodeFnTy ValuesCodeFn)
     : StrTable(&StrTable), PrefixesTable(PrefixesTable),
       OptionInfos(OptionInfos), IgnoreCase(IgnoreCase),
       SubCommands(SubCommands), SubCommandIDsTable(SubCommandIDsTable),
-      ValuesCodeTable(ValuesCodeTable) {
+      ValuesCodeFn(ValuesCodeFn) {
   // Explicitly zero initialize the error to work around a bug in array
   // value-initialization on MinGW with gcc 4.3.5.
 
@@ -195,12 +194,12 @@ OptTable::suggestValueCompletions(StringRef Option, 
StringRef Arg) const {
   // Search all options and return possible values.
   for (size_t I = FirstSearchableIndex, E = OptionInfos.size(); I < E; I++) {
     const Info &In = OptionInfos[I];
-    StringRef Values = getOptionValues(In);
-    if (Values.empty() || !optionMatches(*StrTable, PrefixesTable, In, Option))
+    if (!In.ValuesOffset.value() ||
+        !optionMatches(*StrTable, PrefixesTable, In, Option))
       continue;
 
     SmallVector<StringRef, 8> Candidates;
-    Values.split(Candidates, ",", -1, false);
+    getOptionValues(In).split(Candidates, ",", -1, false);
 
     std::vector<std::string> Result;
     for (StringRef Val : Candidates)
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ OptTable::findByPrefix(StringRef Cur, Visibility 
VisibilityMask,
   std::vector<std::string> Ret;
   for (size_t I = FirstSearchableIndex, E = OptionInfos.size(); I < E; I++) {
     const Info &In = OptionInfos[I];
-    if (In.hasNoPrefix() || (!In.HelpTextOffset.value() && !In.GroupID))
+    if (In.hasNoPrefix() || (!In.hasHelpText() && !In.GroupID))
       continue;
     if (!(In.Visibility & VisibilityMask))
       continue;
@@ -620,8 +619,7 @@ static std::string getOptionHelpName(const OptTable &Opts, 
OptSpecifier Id) {
     llvm_unreachable("Invalid option with help text.");
 
   case Option::MultiArgClass:
-    if (StringRef MetaVarName = Opts.getOptionMetaVar(Id);
-        !MetaVarName.empty()) {
+    if (StringRef MetaVarName = O.getMetaVar(); !MetaVarName.empty()) {
       // For MultiArgs, metavar is full list of all argument names.
       Name += ' ';
       Name += MetaVarName;
@@ -645,7 +643,7 @@ static std::string getOptionHelpName(const OptTable &Opts, 
OptSpecifier Id) {
     [[fallthrough]];
   case Option::JoinedClass: case Option::CommaJoinedClass:
   case Option::JoinedAndSeparateClass:
-    if (StringRef MetaVarName = Opts.getOptionMetaVar(Id); 
!MetaVarName.empty())
+    if (StringRef MetaVarName = O.getMetaVar(); !MetaVarName.empty())
       Name += MetaVarName;
     else
       Name += "<value>";
@@ -755,7 +753,7 @@ void OptTable::internalPrintHelp(
 
   // Render help text into a map of group-name to a list of (option, help)
   // pairs.
-  std::map<std::string, std::vector<OptionInfo>> GroupedOptionHelp;
+  std::map<StringRef, std::vector<OptionInfo>> GroupedOptionHelp;
 
   auto ActiveSubCommand = llvm::find_if(
       SubCommands, [&](const auto &C) { return SubCommand == C.Name; });
@@ -818,18 +816,19 @@ void OptTable::internalPrintHelp(
 
     // If an alias doesn't have a help text, show a help text for the aliased
     // option instead.
-    StringRef HelpText = getOptionHelpText(Id, VisibilityMask);
-    if (!getHelpTextOffset(CandidateInfo, VisibilityMask).value() &&
-        ShowAllAliases) {
+    StringTable::Offset HelpTextOffset =
+        getHelpTextOffset(CandidateInfo, VisibilityMask);
+    if (!HelpTextOffset.value() && ShowAllAliases) {
       const Option Alias = getOption(Id).getAlias();
       if (Alias.isValid())
-        HelpText = getOptionHelpText(Alias.getID(), VisibilityMask);
+        HelpTextOffset =
+            getHelpTextOffset(getInfo(Alias.getID()), VisibilityMask);
     }
 
-    if (!HelpText.empty()) {
+    if (StringRef HelpText = (*StrTable)[HelpTextOffset]; !HelpText.empty()) {
       StringRef HelpGroup = getOptionHelpGroup(*this, Id);
       const std::string &OptName = getOptionHelpName(*this, Id);
-      GroupedOptionHelp[HelpGroup.str()].push_back({OptName, HelpText});
+      GroupedOptionHelp[HelpGroup].push_back({OptName, HelpText});
     }
   }
 
@@ -847,9 +846,9 @@ GenericOptTable::GenericOptTable(const StringTable 
&StrTable,
                                  ArrayRef<Info> OptionInfos, bool IgnoreCase,
                                  ArrayRef<SubCommand> SubCommands,
                                  ArrayRef<unsigned> SubCommandIDsTable,
-                                 ArrayRef<ValuesCodeEntry> ValuesCodeTable)
+                                 ValuesCodeFnTy ValuesCodeFn)
     : OptTable(StrTable, PrefixesTable, OptionInfos, IgnoreCase, SubCommands,
-               SubCommandIDsTable, ValuesCodeTable) {
+               SubCommandIDsTable, ValuesCodeFn) {
 
   std::set<StringRef> TmpPrefixesUnion;
   for (auto const &Info : OptionInfos.drop_front(FirstSearchableIndex))
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp b/llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp
index 306c96c9d564a..8e3638485b667 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Option/Option.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cstring>
 
 using namespace llvm;
 using namespace llvm::opt;
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp 
b/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp
index 04dec42e0279a..baac6623948af 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Option/OptionParsingTest.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class TestOptTable : public GenericOptTable {
   TestOptTable(bool IgnoreCase = false)
       : GenericOptTable(OptionStrTable, OptionPrefixesTable, InfoTable,
                         IgnoreCase, /*SubCommands=*/{},
-                        /*SubCommandIDsTable=*/{}, OptionValuesCodeTable) {}
+                        /*SubCommandIDsTable=*/{}, getOptionValuesCode) {}
 };
 
 class TestPrecomputedOptTable : public PrecomputedOptTable {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TestPrecomputedOptTable : public PrecomputedOptTable {
   TestPrecomputedOptTable(bool IgnoreCase = false)
       : PrecomputedOptTable(OptionStrTable, OptionPrefixesTable, InfoTable,
                             OptionPrefixesUnion, IgnoreCase, 
/*SubCommands=*/{},
-                            /*SubCommandIDsTable=*/{}, OptionValuesCodeTable) 
{}
+                            /*SubCommandIDsTable=*/{}, getOptionValuesCode) {}
 };
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp 
b/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp
index 685a15ee9cc3e..b38dd8815eb9b 100644
--- a/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/utils/TableGen/OptionParserEmitter.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ static std::string getOptionName(const Record &R) {
 }
 
 // Only pass EmitComment for short strings that cannot contain "*/".
-static raw_ostream &writeStrTableOffset(raw_ostream &OS,
-                                        const StringToOffsetTable &Table,
-                                        llvm::StringRef Str,
-                                        bool EmitComment = false) {
+static void writeStrTableOffset(raw_ostream &OS,
+                                const StringToOffsetTable &Table,
+                                llvm::StringRef Str, bool EmitComment = false) 
{
   std::optional<unsigned> Offset = Table.GetStringOffset(Str);
   if (!Offset)
     PrintFatalError("string was not added to the option string table: " + Str);
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ static raw_ostream &writeStrTableOffset(raw_ostream &OS,
     OS.write_escaped(Str);
     OS << " */";
   }
-  return OS;
 }
 
 static raw_ostream &writeCstring(raw_ostream &OS, llvm::StringRef Str) {
@@ -62,15 +60,14 @@ static void addOptionalString(StringToOffsetTable &Table, 
const Record &R,
     Table.GetOrAddStringOffset(*S);
 }
 
-// Offset zero is the empty string and stands for an unset field. A field that
-// is set to the empty string, e.g. HelpText<"">, marks an option as
-// deliberately undocumented and gets \p ExplicitlyEmptyOffset instead, so that
-// the two stay distinguishable.
-static void writeOptionalStrOffset(raw_ostream &OS,
-                                   const StringToOffsetTable &Table,
-                                   const Record &R, StringRef Field,
-                                   unsigned ExplicitlyEmptyOffset) {
-  std::optional<StringRef> S = R.getValueAsOptionalString(Field);
+// Offset zero is the empty string and stands for an unset HelpText. A
+// HelpText<""> marks an option as deliberately undocumented and gets \p
+// ExplicitlyEmptyOffset instead, so that the two stay distinguishable.
+static void writeHelpTextOffset(raw_ostream &OS,
+                                const StringToOffsetTable &Table,
+                                const Record &R,
+                                unsigned ExplicitlyEmptyOffset) {
+  std::optional<StringRef> S = R.getValueAsOptionalString("HelpText");
   if (!S)
     OS << '0';
   else if (S->empty())
@@ -253,8 +250,7 @@ static void emitHelpTextsForVariants(
 
   // Unused visibility slots are left to aggregate value-initialization.
   while (HelpTextsForVariants.size() < MaxVisibilityHelp)
-    HelpTextsForVariants.push_back(
-        {std::vector<std::string>(MaxVisibilityPerHelp, "0"), ""});
+    HelpTextsForVariants.push_back({});
 
   OS << ", (std::array<std::pair<std::array<unsigned, " << MaxVisibilityPerHelp
      << ">, llvm::StringTable::Offset>, " << MaxVisibilityHelp << ">{{ ";
@@ -457,24 +453,22 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
   for (const Record &R : llvm::make_pointee_range(Opts)) {
     // The option values, if any;
     if (!isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("ValuesCode"))) {
-      assert(isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("Values")) &&
-             "Cannot choose between Values and ValuesCode");
+      if (!isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("Values")))
+        PrintFatalError(R.getLoc(), "cannot set both Values and ValuesCode");
       ValuesCodeOpts.push_back(&R);
       OS << "#define VALUES_CODE " << getOptionName(R) << "_Values\n";
       OS << R.getValueAsString("ValuesCode") << "\n";
       OS << "#undef VALUES_CODE\n";
     }
   }
-  // Option IDs use the OPT_ prefix; a table with a different prefix cannot use
-  // ValuesCode.
-  if (!ValuesCodeOpts.empty()) {
-    OS << "static constexpr llvm::opt::OptTable::ValuesCodeEntry "
-          "OptionValuesCodeTable[] = {\n";
-    for (const Record *R : ValuesCodeOpts)
-      OS << "  {OPT_" << getOptionName(*R) << ", " << getOptionName(*R)
-         << "_Values},\n";
-    OS << "};\n";
-  }
+  // A function keeps these strings out of a relocated table. Option IDs use 
the
+  // OPT_ prefix; a table with a different prefix cannot use ValuesCode.
+  OS << "static llvm::StringRef getOptionValuesCode(unsigned ID) {\n";
+  OS << "  switch (ID) {\n";
+  for (const Record *R : ValuesCodeOpts)
+    OS << "  case OPT_" << getOptionName(*R) << ": return " << 
getOptionName(*R)
+       << "_Values;\n";
+  OS << "  }\n  return {};\n}\n";
   OS << "#endif\n";
 
   OS << "/////////\n";
@@ -510,7 +504,7 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
 
     // The option help text.
     OS << ", ";
-    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "HelpText", ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
+    writeHelpTextOffset(OS, Table, R, ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
 
     // Not using Visibility specific text for group help.
     emitHelpTextsForVariants(OS, Table, {});
@@ -603,7 +597,7 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
 
     // The option help text.
     OS << ", ";
-    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "HelpText", ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
+    writeHelpTextOffset(OS, Table, R, ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
 
     std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<std::string>, StringRef>>
         HelpTextsForVariants;
@@ -623,11 +617,17 @@ static void emitOptionParser(const RecordKeeper &Records, 
raw_ostream &OS) {
 
     // The option meta-variable name.
     OS << ", ";
-    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "MetaVarName", ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
+    writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table,
+                        
R.getValueAsOptionalString("MetaVarName").value_or(""));
 
-    // The option Values. Used for shell autocompletion.
+    // The option Values. Used for shell autocompletion. ValuesCode options
+    // carry theirs outside the string table but must still test as present.
     OS << ", ";
-    writeOptionalStrOffset(OS, Table, R, "Values", ExplicitlyEmptyOffset);
+    if (!isa<UnsetInit>(R.getValueInit("ValuesCode")))
+      OS << ExplicitlyEmptyOffset;
+    else
+      writeStrTableOffset(OS, Table,
+                          R.getValueAsOptionalString("Values").value_or(""));
 
     // The option SubCommandIDsOffset.
     OS << ", ";

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