[pr19844] Add thread local mode to aliases.

This matches gcc's behavior. It also seems natural given that aliases
contain other properties that govern how it is accessed (linkage,
visibility, dll storage).

Clang still has to be updated to expose this feature to C.

llvm-svn: 209759

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCFastISel.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCFastISel.cpp
index ed3cb4d3293..f55984ea9dd 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCFastISel.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCFastISel.cpp
@@ -1859,15 +1859,9 @@ unsigned PPCFastISel::PPCMaterializeGV(const GlobalValue *GV, MVT VT) {
   // handle switches; if that changes, we need them as well.  For now,
   // what follows assumes everything's a generic (or TLS) global address.
   const GlobalVariable *GVar = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(GV);
-  if (!GVar) {
-    // If GV is an alias, use the aliasee for determining thread-locality.
-    if (const GlobalAlias *GA = dyn_cast<GlobalAlias>(GV))
-      GVar = dyn_cast_or_null<GlobalVariable>(GA->getAliasee());
-  }
 
   // FIXME: We don't yet handle the complexity of TLS.
-  bool IsTLS = GVar && GVar->isThreadLocal();
-  if (IsTLS)
+  if (GV->isThreadLocal())
     return 0;
 
   // For small code model, generate a simple TOC load.