[MC] Add a separate flag for skipping comdat constant sections for MinGW. NFC.

This actually has nothing to do with the associative comdat sections
that aren't supported by GNU binutils ld.

Clarify the comments from SVN r335918 and use a separate flag for it.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D49645

llvm-svn: 337757

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
index b726b21f6b9..b5dd2d4cca8 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
@@ -1397,9 +1397,11 @@ MCSection *TargetLoweringObjectFileCOFF::getSectionForConstant(
     const DataLayout &DL, SectionKind Kind, const Constant *C,
     unsigned &Align) const {
   if (Kind.isMergeableConst() && C &&
-      getContext().getAsmInfo()->hasCOFFAssociativeComdats()) {
-    // GNU binutils doesn't support the kind of symbol with a null
-    // storage class that this generates.
+      getContext().getAsmInfo()->hasCOFFComdatConstants()) {
+    // This creates comdat sections with the given symbol name, but unless
+    // AsmPrinter::GetCPISymbol actually makes the symbol global, the symbol
+    // will be created with a null storage class, which makes GNU binutils
+    // error out.
     const unsigned Characteristics = COFF::IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA |
                                      COFF::IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ |
                                      COFF::IMAGE_SCN_LNK_COMDAT;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCAsmInfoCOFF.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCAsmInfoCOFF.cpp
index 8bb02c3f649..d8fb875b67c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCAsmInfoCOFF.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCAsmInfoCOFF.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ MCAsmInfoCOFF::MCAsmInfoCOFF() {
   // If this is a COFF target, assume that it supports associative comdats. It's
   // part of the spec.
   HasCOFFAssociativeComdats = true;
+
+  // We can generate constants in comdat sections that can be shared,
+  // but in order not to create null typed symbols, we actually need to
+  // make them global symbols as well.
+  HasCOFFComdatConstants = true;
 }
 
 void MCAsmInfoMicrosoft::anchor() {}
@@ -58,4 +63,7 @@ MCAsmInfoGNUCOFF::MCAsmInfoGNUCOFF() {
   // comdats for jump tables, unwind information, and other data associated with
   // a function.
   HasCOFFAssociativeComdats = false;
+
+  // We don't create constants in comdat sections for MinGW.
+  HasCOFFComdatConstants = false;
 }