Fangrui Song a84f4fc0df [InstrProfiling] Place __llvm_prf_vnodes and __llvm_prf_names in llvm.used on ELF ...

`__llvm_prf_vnodes` and `__llvm_prf_names` are used by runtime but not
referenced via relocation in the translation unit.

With `-z start-stop-gc` (LLD 13 (D96914); GNU ld 2.37 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27451),
the linker does not let `__start_/__stop_` references retain their sections.

Place `__llvm_prf_vnodes` and `__llvm_prf_names` in `llvm.used` to make
them retained by the linker.

This patch changes most existing `UsedVars` cases to `CompilerUsedVars`
to reflect the ideal state - if the binary format properly supports
section based GC (dead stripping), `llvm.compiler.used` should be sufficient.

`__llvm_prf_vnodes` and `__llvm_prf_names` are switched to `UsedVars`
since we want them to be unconditionally retained by both compiler and linker.

Behaviors on COFF/Mach-O are not affected.

Reviewed By: davidxl

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D97649

2021-03-03 11:32:24 -08:00

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