Commit bf176c49 authored by Fangrui Song's avatar Fangrui Song
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[InstrProfiling] Use llvm.compiler.used instead of llvm.used for ELF

Many optimizers (e.g.  GlobalOpt/ConstantMerge) do not respect linker semantics
for comdat and may not discard the sections as a unit.

The interconnected `__llvm_prf_{cnts,data}` sections (in comdat for ELF)
are similar to D97432: `__profd_` is not directly referenced, so
`__profd_` may be discarded while `__profc_` is retained, breaking the
interconnection.  We currently conservatively add all such sections to
`llvm.used` and let the linker do GC for ELF.

In D97448, we will change GlobalObject's in the llvm.used list to use SHF_GNU_RETAIN,
causing the metadata sections to be unnecessarily retained (some `check-profile` tests check for GC).
Use `llvm.compiler.used` to retain the current GC behavior.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D97585
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