static GlobalVariable *createPrivateGlobalForString(
Module &M, StringRef Str, bool AllowMerging) {
Constant *StrConst = ConstantDataArray::getString(M.getContext(), Str);
- // For module-local strings that can be merged with another one we set the
- // private linkage and the unnamed_addr attribute.
- // Non-mergeable strings are made linker_private to remove them from the
- // symbol table. "private" linkage doesn't work for Darwin, where the
- // "L"-prefixed globals end up in __TEXT,__const section
- // (see http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=17976 for more info).
- GlobalValue::LinkageTypes linkage =
- AllowMerging ? GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage
- : GlobalValue::LinkerPrivateLinkage;
+ // We use private linkage for module-local strings. If they can be merged
+ // with another one, we set the unnamed_addr attribute.
GlobalVariable *GV =
new GlobalVariable(M, StrConst->getType(), true,
- linkage, StrConst, kAsanGenPrefix);
- if (AllowMerging) GV->setUnnamedAddr(true);
+ GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage, StrConst, kAsanGenPrefix);
+ if (AllowMerging)
+ GV->setUnnamedAddr(true);
GV->setAlignment(1); // Strings may not be merged w/o setting align 1.
return GV;
}