Add unnamed_addr when creating artificial string globals. For example, in

static const char foo[] = "foo";
static const char *bar = "bar";

the global created to hold "bar" will have it, but foo will not.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk@123192 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index 1376164a22..f582238456 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -1749,9 +1749,12 @@ static llvm::Constant *GenerateStringLiteral(const std::string &str,
       llvm::ConstantArray::get(CGM.getLLVMContext(), str, false);
 
   // Create a global variable for this string
-  return new llvm::GlobalVariable(CGM.getModule(), C->getType(), constant,
-                                  llvm::GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage,
-                                  C, GlobalName);
+  llvm::GlobalVariable *GV =
+    new llvm::GlobalVariable(CGM.getModule(), C->getType(), constant,
+                             llvm::GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage,
+                             C, GlobalName);
+  GV->setUnnamedAddr(true);
+  return GV;
 }
 
 /// GetAddrOfConstantString - Returns a pointer to a character array