[WebAssembly] section kind can be code

Currently, when creating a named section, the Wasm
frontend forces it to use `SectionKind::Data`, whereas
in fact C++ does generate code sections with custom
names.

Patch by Nicholas Wilson

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D40906

llvm-svn: 320002

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
index 910ca4682b9..925e67b01f6 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
@@ -1265,11 +1265,22 @@ static void checkWasmComdat(const GlobalValue *GV) {
                      "' cannot be lowered.");
 }
 
+static SectionKind getWasmKindForNamedSection(StringRef Name, SectionKind K) {
+  // If we're told we have function data, then use that.
+  if (K.isText())
+    return SectionKind::getText();
+
+  // Otherwise, ignore whatever section type the generic impl detected and use
+  // a plain data section.
+  return SectionKind::getData();
+}
+
 MCSection *TargetLoweringObjectFileWasm::getExplicitSectionGlobal(
     const GlobalObject *GO, SectionKind Kind, const TargetMachine &TM) const {
   StringRef Name = GO->getSection();
   checkWasmComdat(GO);
-  return getContext().getWasmSection(Name, SectionKind::getData());
+  Kind = getWasmKindForNamedSection(Name, Kind);
+  return getContext().getWasmSection(Name, Kind);
 }
 
 static MCSectionWasm *selectWasmSectionForGlobal(