/// Check whether the DIE for this MDNode can be shared across CUs.
static bool isShareableAcrossCUs(DIDescriptor D) {
- // When the MDNode can be part of the type system, the DIE can be
- // shared across CUs.
+ // When the MDNode can be part of the type system, the DIE can be shared
+ // across CUs.
+ // Combining type units and cross-CU DIE sharing is lower value (since
+ // cross-CU DIE sharing is used in LTO and removes type redundancy at that
+ // level already) but may be implementable for some value in projects
+ // building multiple independent libraries with LTO and then linking those
+ // together.
return (D.isType() ||
(D.isSubprogram() && !DISubprogram(D).isDefinition())) &&
!GenerateTypeUnits;
ImportedEntityMap;
ImportedEntityMap ScopesWithImportedEntities;
- // Holder for types that are going to be extracted out into a type unit.
+ // Map from type MDNodes to a pair used as a union. If the pointer is
+ // non-null, proxy DIEs in CUs meant to reference this type should be stored
+ // in the vector. The hash will be added to these DIEs once it is computed. If
+ // the pointer is null, the hash is immediately available in the uint64_t and
+ // should be directly used for proxy DIEs.
DenseMap<const MDNode *, std::pair<uint64_t, SmallVectorImpl<DIE*>* > > TypeUnits;
// Whether to emit the pubnames/pubtypes sections.