1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Globals.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Globals.cpp
index 1a328d80f6..229b0127a4 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Globals.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Globals.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,16 @@ void GlobalValue::destroyConstant() {
   assert(0 && "You can't GV->destroyConstant()!");
   abort();
 }
-  
+
+/// copyAttributesFrom - copy all additional attributes (those not needed to
+/// create a GlobalValue) from the GlobalValue Src to this one.
+void GlobalValue::copyAttributesFrom(const GlobalValue *Src) {
+  setAlignment(Src->getAlignment());
+  setSection(Src->getSection());
+  setVisibility(Src->getVisibility());
+}
+
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // GlobalVariable Implementation
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -160,6 +169,16 @@ void GlobalVariable::replaceUsesOfWithOnConstant(Value *From, Value *To,
   this->setOperand(0, cast<Constant>(To));
 }
 
+/// copyAttributesFrom - copy all additional attributes (those not needed to
+/// create a GlobalVariable) from the GlobalVariable Src to this one.
+void GlobalVariable::copyAttributesFrom(const GlobalValue *Src) {
+  assert(isa<GlobalVariable>(Src) && "Expected a GlobalVariable!");
+  GlobalValue::copyAttributesFrom(Src);
+  const GlobalVariable *SrcVar = cast<GlobalVariable>(Src);
+  setThreadLocal(SrcVar->isThreadLocal());
+}
+
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // GlobalAlias Implementation
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//