Revert "Revert "[ThinLTO] Populate declaration import status except for distr…"revert-92715-revert-88024-users/minglotus-6/spr/summary2

This reverts commit 6b0733e3a35350679ea9c6056ecd28652d99017f.

9 files changed, 443 insertions, 85 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ModuleSummaryIndex.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ModuleSummaryIndex.h
index 5d137d4..a6bb261 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ModuleSummaryIndex.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ModuleSummaryIndex.h
@@ -587,6 +587,10 @@ public:
 
   void setImportKind(ImportKind IK) { Flags.ImportType = IK; }
 
+  GlobalValueSummary::ImportKind importType() const {
+    return static_cast<ImportKind>(Flags.ImportType);
+  }
+
   GlobalValue::VisibilityTypes getVisibility() const {
     return (GlobalValue::VisibilityTypes)Flags.Visibility;
   }
@@ -1272,6 +1276,9 @@ using ModulePathStringTableTy = StringMap<ModuleHash>;
 /// a particular module, and provide efficient access to their summary.
 using GVSummaryMapTy = DenseMap<GlobalValue::GUID, GlobalValueSummary *>;
 
+/// A set of global value summary pointers.
+using GVSummaryPtrSet = SmallPtrSet<GlobalValueSummary *, 4>;
+
 /// Map of a type GUID to type id string and summary (multimap used
 /// in case of GUID conflicts).
 using TypeIdSummaryMapTy =
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.h
index c4d19e8..024bba8 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.h
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ class Module;
 /// based on the provided summary informations.
 class FunctionImporter {
 public:
-  /// Set of functions to import from a source module. Each entry is a set
-  /// containing all the GUIDs of all functions to import for a source module.
-  using FunctionsToImportTy = std::unordered_set<GlobalValue::GUID>;
+  /// The functions to import from a source module and their import type.
+  using FunctionsToImportTy =
+      DenseMap<GlobalValue::GUID, GlobalValueSummary::ImportKind>;
 
   /// The different reasons selectCallee will chose not to import a
   /// candidate.
@@ -99,8 +99,13 @@ public:
   /// index's module path string table).
   using ImportMapTy = DenseMap<StringRef, FunctionsToImportTy>;
 
-  /// The set contains an entry for every global value the module exports.
-  using ExportSetTy = DenseSet<ValueInfo>;
+  /// The map contains an entry for every global value the module exports.
+  /// The key is ValueInfo, and the value indicates whether the definition
+  /// or declaration is visible to another module. If a function's definition is
+  /// visible to other modules, the global values this function referenced are
+  /// visible and shouldn't be internalized.
+  /// TODO: Rename to `ExportMapTy`.
+  using ExportSetTy = DenseMap<ValueInfo, GlobalValueSummary::ImportKind>;
 
   /// A function of this type is used to load modules referenced by the index.
   using ModuleLoaderTy =
diff --git a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp
index 5c603ac..e2754d7 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ void llvm::computeLTOCacheKey(
     support::endian::write64le(Data, I);
     Hasher.update(Data);
   };
+  auto AddUint8 = [&](const uint8_t I) {
+    Hasher.update(ArrayRef<uint8_t>((const uint8_t *)&I, 1));
+  };
   AddString(Conf.CPU);
   // FIXME: Hash more of Options. For now all clients initialize Options from
   // command-line flags (which is unsupported in production), but may set
@@ -156,18 +159,18 @@ void llvm::computeLTOCacheKey(
   auto ModHash = Index.getModuleHash(ModuleID);
   Hasher.update(ArrayRef<uint8_t>((uint8_t *)&ModHash[0], sizeof(ModHash)));
 
-  std::vector<uint64_t> ExportsGUID;
+  std::vector<std::pair<uint64_t, uint8_t>> ExportsGUID;
   ExportsGUID.reserve(ExportList.size());
-  for (const auto &VI : ExportList) {
-    auto GUID = VI.getGUID();
-    ExportsGUID.push_back(GUID);
-  }
+  for (const auto &[VI, ExportType] : ExportList)
+    ExportsGUID.push_back(
+        std::make_pair(VI.getGUID(), static_cast<uint8_t>(ExportType)));
 
   // Sort the export list elements GUIDs.
   llvm::sort(ExportsGUID);
-  for (uint64_t GUID : ExportsGUID) {
+  for (auto [GUID, ExportType] : ExportsGUID) {
     // The export list can impact the internalization, be conservative here
     Hasher.update(ArrayRef<uint8_t>((uint8_t *)&GUID, sizeof(GUID)));
+    AddUint8(ExportType);
   }
 
   // Include the hash for every module we import functions from. The set of
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ void llvm::computeLTOCacheKey(
              [](const ImportModule &Lhs, const ImportModule &Rhs) -> bool {
                return Lhs.getHash() < Rhs.getHash();
              });
-  std::vector<uint64_t> ImportedGUIDs;
+  std::vector<std::pair<uint64_t, uint8_t>> ImportedGUIDs;
   for (const ImportModule &Entry : ImportModulesVector) {
     auto ModHash = Entry.getHash();
     Hasher.update(ArrayRef<uint8_t>((uint8_t *)&ModHash[0], sizeof(ModHash)));
@@ -207,11 +210,13 @@ void llvm::computeLTOCacheKey(
     AddUint64(Entry.getFunctions().size());
 
     ImportedGUIDs.clear();
-    for (auto &Fn : Entry.getFunctions())
-      ImportedGUIDs.push_back(Fn);
+    for (auto &[Fn, ImportType] : Entry.getFunctions())
+      ImportedGUIDs.push_back(std::make_pair(Fn, ImportType));
     llvm::sort(ImportedGUIDs);
-    for (auto &GUID : ImportedGUIDs)
+    for (auto &[GUID, Type] : ImportedGUIDs) {
       AddUint64(GUID);
+      AddUint8(Type);
+    }
   }
 
   // Include the hash for the resolved ODR.
@@ -281,9 +286,9 @@ void llvm::computeLTOCacheKey(
   // Imported functions may introduce new uses of type identifier resolutions,
   // so we need to collect their used resolutions as well.
   for (const ImportModule &ImpM : ImportModulesVector)
-    for (auto &ImpF : ImpM.getFunctions()) {
+    for (auto &[GUID, UnusedImportType] : ImpM.getFunctions()) {
       GlobalValueSummary *S =
-          Index.findSummaryInModule(ImpF, ImpM.getIdentifier());
+          Index.findSummaryInModule(GUID, ImpM.getIdentifier());
       AddUsedThings(S);
       // If this is an alias, we also care about any types/etc. that the aliasee
       // may reference.
@@ -1395,6 +1400,7 @@ public:
                   llvm::StringRef ModulePath,
                   const std::string &NewModulePath) {
     std::map<std::string, GVSummaryMapTy> ModuleToSummariesForIndex;
+
     std::error_code EC;
     gatherImportedSummariesForModule(ModulePath, ModuleToDefinedGVSummaries,
                                      ImportList, ModuleToSummariesForIndex);
@@ -1403,6 +1409,8 @@ public:
                       sys::fs::OpenFlags::OF_None);
     if (EC)
       return errorCodeToError(EC);
+
+    // TODO: Serialize declaration bits to bitcode.
     writeIndexToFile(CombinedIndex, OS, &ModuleToSummariesForIndex);
 
     if (ShouldEmitImportsFiles) {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOBackend.cpp b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOBackend.cpp
index d4b89ed..58434fe 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOBackend.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOBackend.cpp
@@ -721,7 +721,14 @@ bool lto::initImportList(const Module &M,
       if (Summary->modulePath() == M.getModuleIdentifier())
         continue;
       // Add an entry to provoke importing by thinBackend.
-      ImportList[Summary->modulePath()].insert(GUID);
+      // Try emplace the entry first. If an entry with the same key already
+      // exists, set the value to 'std::min(existing-value, new-value)' to make
+      // sure a definition takes precedence over a declaration.
+      auto [Iter, Inserted] = ImportList[Summary->modulePath()].try_emplace(
+          GUID, Summary->importType());
+
+      if (!Inserted)
+        Iter->second = std::min(Iter->second, Summary->importType());
     }
   }
   return true;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
index 68f9799..a116fd6 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,17 @@ static cl::opt<bool>
     ImportAllIndex("import-all-index",
                    cl::desc("Import all external functions in index."));
 
+/// This is a test-only option.
+/// If this option is enabled, the ThinLTO indexing step will import each
+/// function declaration as a fallback. In a real build this may increase ram
+/// usage of the indexing step unnecessarily.
+/// TODO: Implement selective import (based on combined summary analysis) to
+/// ensure the imported function has a use case in the postlink pipeline.
+static cl::opt<bool> ImportDeclaration(
+    "import-declaration", cl::init(false), cl::Hidden,
+    cl::desc("If true, import function declaration as fallback if the function "
+             "definition is not imported."));
+
 /// Pass a workload description file - an example of workload would be the
 /// functions executed to satisfy a RPC request. A workload is defined by a root
 /// function and the list of functions that are (frequently) needed to satisfy
@@ -245,8 +256,12 @@ static auto qualifyCalleeCandidates(
 }
 
 /// Given a list of possible callee implementation for a call site, select one
-/// that fits the \p Threshold. If none are found, the Reason will give the last
-/// reason for the failure (last, in the order of CalleeSummaryList entries).
+/// that fits the \p Threshold for function definition import. If none are
+/// found, the Reason will give the last reason for the failure (last, in the
+/// order of CalleeSummaryList entries). While looking for a callee definition,
+/// sets \p TooLargeOrNoInlineSummary to the last seen too-large or noinline
+/// candidate; other modules may want to know the function summary or
+/// declaration even if a definition is not needed.
 ///
 /// FIXME: select "best" instead of first that fits. But what is "best"?
 /// - The smallest: more likely to be inlined.
@@ -259,24 +274,32 @@ static const GlobalValueSummary *
 selectCallee(const ModuleSummaryIndex &Index,
              ArrayRef<std::unique_ptr<GlobalValueSummary>> CalleeSummaryList,
              unsigned Threshold, StringRef CallerModulePath,
+             const GlobalValueSummary *&TooLargeOrNoInlineSummary,
              FunctionImporter::ImportFailureReason &Reason) {
+  // Records the last summary with reason noinline or too-large.
+  TooLargeOrNoInlineSummary = nullptr;
   auto QualifiedCandidates =
       qualifyCalleeCandidates(Index, CalleeSummaryList, CallerModulePath);
   for (auto QualifiedValue : QualifiedCandidates) {
     Reason = QualifiedValue.first;
+    // Skip a summary if its import is not (proved to be) legal.
     if (Reason != FunctionImporter::ImportFailureReason::None)
       continue;
     auto *Summary =
         cast<FunctionSummary>(QualifiedValue.second->getBaseObject());
 
+    // Don't bother importing the definition if the chance of inlining it is
+    // not high enough (except under `--force-import-all`).
     if ((Summary->instCount() > Threshold) && !Summary->fflags().AlwaysInline &&
         !ForceImportAll) {
+      TooLargeOrNoInlineSummary = Summary;
       Reason = FunctionImporter::ImportFailureReason::TooLarge;
       continue;
     }
 
-    // Don't bother importing if we can't inline it anyway.
+    // Don't bother importing the definition if we can't inline it anyway.
     if (Summary->fflags().NoInline && !ForceImportAll) {
+      TooLargeOrNoInlineSummary = Summary;
       Reason = FunctionImporter::ImportFailureReason::NoInline;
       continue;
     }
@@ -358,17 +381,27 @@ class GlobalsImporter final {
         if (!GVS || !Index.canImportGlobalVar(GVS, /* AnalyzeRefs */ true) ||
             LocalNotInModule(GVS))
           continue;
-        auto ILI = ImportList[RefSummary->modulePath()].insert(VI.getGUID());
+
+        // If there isn't an entry for GUID, insert <GUID, Definition> pair.
+        // Otherwise, definition should take precedence over declaration.
+        auto [Iter, Inserted] =
+            ImportList[RefSummary->modulePath()].try_emplace(
+                VI.getGUID(), GlobalValueSummary::Definition);
         // Only update stat and exports if we haven't already imported this
         // variable.
-        if (!ILI.second)
+        if (!Inserted) {
+          // Set the value to 'std::min(existing-value, new-value)' to make
+          // sure a definition takes precedence over a declaration.
+          Iter->second = std::min(GlobalValueSummary::Definition, Iter->second);
           break;
+        }
         NumImportedGlobalVarsThinLink++;
         // Any references made by this variable will be marked exported
         // later, in ComputeCrossModuleImport, after import decisions are
         // complete, which is more efficient than adding them here.
         if (ExportLists)
-          (*ExportLists)[RefSummary->modulePath()].insert(VI);
+          (*ExportLists)[RefSummary->modulePath()][VI] =
+              GlobalValueSummary::Definition;
 
         // If variable is not writeonly we attempt to recursively analyze
         // its references in order to import referenced constants.
@@ -545,10 +578,11 @@ class WorkloadImportsManager : public ModuleImportsManager {
       LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "[Workload][Including]" << VI.name() << " from "
                         << ExportingModule << " : "
                         << Function::getGUID(VI.name()) << "\n");
-      ImportList[ExportingModule].insert(VI.getGUID());
+      ImportList[ExportingModule][VI.getGUID()] =
+          GlobalValueSummary::Definition;
       GVI.onImportingSummary(*GVS);
       if (ExportLists)
-        (*ExportLists)[ExportingModule].insert(VI);
+        (*ExportLists)[ExportingModule][VI] = GlobalValueSummary::Definition;
     }
     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "[Workload] Done\n");
   }
@@ -769,9 +803,28 @@ static void computeImportForFunction(
       }
 
       FunctionImporter::ImportFailureReason Reason{};
-      CalleeSummary = selectCallee(Index, VI.getSummaryList(), NewThreshold,
-                                   Summary.modulePath(), Reason);
+
+      // `SummaryForDeclImport` is an summary eligible for declaration import.
+      const GlobalValueSummary *SummaryForDeclImport = nullptr;
+      CalleeSummary =
+          selectCallee(Index, VI.getSummaryList(), NewThreshold,
+                       Summary.modulePath(), SummaryForDeclImport, Reason);
       if (!CalleeSummary) {
+        // There isn't a callee for definition import but one for declaration
+        // import.
+        if (ImportDeclaration && SummaryForDeclImport) {
+          StringRef DeclSourceModule = SummaryForDeclImport->modulePath();
+
+          // Since definition takes precedence over declaration for the same VI,
+          // try emplace <VI, declaration> pair without checking insert result.
+          // If insert doesn't happen, there must be an existing entry keyed by
+          // VI.
+          if (ExportLists)
+            (*ExportLists)[DeclSourceModule].try_emplace(
+                VI, GlobalValueSummary::Declaration);
+          ImportList[DeclSourceModule].try_emplace(
+              VI.getGUID(), GlobalValueSummary::Declaration);
+        }
         // Update with new larger threshold if this was a retry (otherwise
         // we would have already inserted with NewThreshold above). Also
         // update failure info if requested.
@@ -816,11 +869,15 @@ static void computeImportForFunction(
              "selectCallee() didn't honor the threshold");
 
       auto ExportModulePath = ResolvedCalleeSummary->modulePath();
-      auto ILI = ImportList[ExportModulePath].insert(VI.getGUID());
+
+      // Try emplace the definition entry, and update stats based on insertion
+      // status.
+      auto [Iter, Inserted] = ImportList[ExportModulePath].try_emplace(
+          VI.getGUID(), GlobalValueSummary::Definition);
+
       // We previously decided to import this GUID definition if it was already
       // inserted in the set of imports from the exporting module.
-      bool PreviouslyImported = !ILI.second;
-      if (!PreviouslyImported) {
+      if (Inserted || Iter->second == GlobalValueSummary::Declaration) {
         NumImportedFunctionsThinLink++;
         if (IsHotCallsite)
           NumImportedHotFunctionsThinLink++;
@@ -828,11 +885,14 @@ static void computeImportForFunction(
           NumImportedCriticalFunctionsThinLink++;
       }
 
+      if (Iter->second == GlobalValueSummary::Declaration)
+        Iter->second = GlobalValueSummary::Definition;
+
       // Any calls/references made by this function will be marked exported
       // later, in ComputeCrossModuleImport, after import decisions are
       // complete, which is more efficient than adding them here.
       if (ExportLists)
-        (*ExportLists)[ExportModulePath].insert(VI);
+        (*ExportLists)[ExportModulePath][VI] = GlobalValueSummary::Definition;
     }
 
     auto GetAdjustedThreshold = [](unsigned Threshold, bool IsHotCallsite) {
@@ -939,12 +999,20 @@ static bool isGlobalVarSummary(const ModuleSummaryIndex &Index,
 }
 
 template <class T>
-static unsigned numGlobalVarSummaries(const ModuleSummaryIndex &Index,
-                                      T &Cont) {
+static unsigned numGlobalVarSummaries(const ModuleSummaryIndex &Index, T &Cont,
+                                      unsigned &DefinedGVS,
+                                      unsigned &DefinedFS) {
   unsigned NumGVS = 0;
-  for (auto &V : Cont)
-    if (isGlobalVarSummary(Index, V))
+  DefinedGVS = 0;
+  DefinedFS = 0;
+  for (auto &[GUID, Type] : Cont) {
+    if (isGlobalVarSummary(Index, GUID)) {
+      if (Type == GlobalValueSummary::Definition)
+        ++DefinedGVS;
       ++NumGVS;
+    } else if (Type == GlobalValueSummary::Definition)
+      ++DefinedFS;
+  }
   return NumGVS;
 }
 #endif
@@ -954,13 +1022,12 @@ static bool checkVariableImport(
     const ModuleSummaryIndex &Index,
     DenseMap<StringRef, FunctionImporter::ImportMapTy> &ImportLists,
     DenseMap<StringRef, FunctionImporter::ExportSetTy> &ExportLists) {
-
   DenseSet<GlobalValue::GUID> FlattenedImports;
 
   for (auto &ImportPerModule : ImportLists)
     for (auto &ExportPerModule : ImportPerModule.second)
-      FlattenedImports.insert(ExportPerModule.second.begin(),
-                              ExportPerModule.second.end());
+      for (auto &[GUID, Type] : ExportPerModule.second)
+        FlattenedImports.insert(GUID);
 
   // Checks that all GUIDs of read/writeonly vars we see in export lists
   // are also in the import lists. Otherwise we my face linker undefs,
@@ -979,7 +1046,7 @@ static bool checkVariableImport(
   };
 
   for (auto &ExportPerModule : ExportLists)
-    for (auto &VI : ExportPerModule.second)
+    for (auto &[VI, Unused] : ExportPerModule.second)
       if (!FlattenedImports.count(VI.getGUID()) &&
           IsReadOrWriteOnlyVarNeedingImporting(ExportPerModule.first, VI))
         return false;
@@ -1015,7 +1082,11 @@ void llvm::ComputeCrossModuleImport(
     FunctionImporter::ExportSetTy NewExports;
     const auto &DefinedGVSummaries =
         ModuleToDefinedGVSummaries.lookup(ELI.first);
-    for (auto &EI : ELI.second) {
+    for (auto &[EI, Type] : ELI.second) {
+      // If a variable is exported as a declaration, its 'refs' and 'calls' are
+      // not further exported.
+      if (Type == GlobalValueSummary::Declaration)
+        continue;
       // Find the copy defined in the exporting module so that we can mark the
       // values it references in that specific definition as exported.
       // Below we will add all references and called values, without regard to
@@ -1034,22 +1105,31 @@ void llvm::ComputeCrossModuleImport(
         // we convert such variables initializers to "zeroinitializer".
         // See processGlobalForThinLTO.
         if (!Index.isWriteOnly(GVS))
-          for (const auto &VI : GVS->refs())
-            NewExports.insert(VI);
+          for (const auto &VI : GVS->refs()) {
+            // Try to emplace the declaration entry. If a definition entry
+            // already exists for key `VI`, this is a no-op.
+            NewExports.try_emplace(VI, GlobalValueSummary::Declaration);
+          }
       } else {
         auto *FS = cast<FunctionSummary>(S);
-        for (const auto &Edge : FS->calls())
-          NewExports.insert(Edge.first);
-        for (const auto &Ref : FS->refs())
-          NewExports.insert(Ref);
+        for (const auto &Edge : FS->calls()) {
+          // Try to emplace the declaration entry. If a definition entry
+          // already exists for key `VI`, this is a no-op.
+          NewExports.try_emplace(Edge.first, GlobalValueSummary::Declaration);
+        }
+        for (const auto &Ref : FS->refs()) {
+          // Try to emplace the declaration entry. If a definition entry
+          // already exists for key `VI`, this is a no-op.
+          NewExports.try_emplace(Ref, GlobalValueSummary::Declaration);
+        }
       }
     }
-    // Prune list computed above to only include values defined in the exporting
-    // module. We do this after the above insertion since we may hit the same
-    // ref/call target multiple times in above loop, and it is more efficient to
-    // avoid a set lookup each time.
+    // Prune list computed above to only include values defined in the
+    // exporting module. We do this after the above insertion since we may hit
+    // the same ref/call target multiple times in above loop, and it is more
+    // efficient to avoid a set lookup each time.
     for (auto EI = NewExports.begin(); EI != NewExports.end();) {
-      if (!DefinedGVSummaries.count(EI->getGUID()))
+      if (!DefinedGVSummaries.count(EI->first.getGUID()))
         NewExports.erase(EI++);
       else
         ++EI;
@@ -1064,18 +1144,29 @@ void llvm::ComputeCrossModuleImport(
   for (auto &ModuleImports : ImportLists) {
     auto ModName = ModuleImports.first;
     auto &Exports = ExportLists[ModName];
-    unsigned NumGVS = numGlobalVarSummaries(Index, Exports);
-    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "* Module " << ModName << " exports "
-                      << Exports.size() - NumGVS << " functions and " << NumGVS
-                      << " vars. Imports from " << ModuleImports.second.size()
-                      << " modules.\n");
+    unsigned DefinedGVS = 0, DefinedFS = 0;
+    unsigned NumGVS =
+        numGlobalVarSummaries(Index, Exports, DefinedGVS, DefinedFS);
+    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "* Module " << ModName << " exports " << DefinedFS
+                      << " function as definitions, "
+                      << Exports.size() - NumGVS - DefinedFS
+                      << " functions as declarations, " << DefinedGVS
+                      << " var definitions and " << NumGVS - DefinedGVS
+                      << " var declarations. Imports from "
+                      << ModuleImports.second.size() << " modules.\n");
     for (auto &Src : ModuleImports.second) {
       auto SrcModName = Src.first;
-      unsigned NumGVSPerMod = numGlobalVarSummaries(Index, Src.second);
-      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " - " << Src.second.size() - NumGVSPerMod
-                        << " functions imported from " << SrcModName << "\n");
-      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " - " << NumGVSPerMod
-                        << " global vars imported from " << SrcModName << "\n");
+      unsigned DefinedGVS = 0, DefinedFS = 0;
+      unsigned NumGVSPerMod =
+          numGlobalVarSummaries(Index, Src.second, DefinedGVS, DefinedFS);
+      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " - " << DefinedFS << " function definitions and "
+                        << Src.second.size() - NumGVSPerMod - DefinedFS
+                        << " function declarations imported from " << SrcModName
+                        << "\n");
+      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " - " << DefinedGVS << " global vars definition and "
+                        << NumGVSPerMod - DefinedGVS
+                        << " global vars declaration imported from "
+                        << SrcModName << "\n");
     }
   }
 #endif
@@ -1089,11 +1180,17 @@ static void dumpImportListForModule(const ModuleSummaryIndex &Index,
                     << ImportList.size() << " modules.\n");
   for (auto &Src : ImportList) {
     auto SrcModName = Src.first;
-    unsigned NumGVSPerMod = numGlobalVarSummaries(Index, Src.second);
-    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " - " << Src.second.size() - NumGVSPerMod
-                      << " functions imported from " << SrcModName << "\n");
-    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " - " << NumGVSPerMod << " vars imported from "
-                      << SrcModName << "\n");
+    unsigned DefinedGVS = 0, DefinedFS = 0;
+    unsigned NumGVSPerMod =
+        numGlobalVarSummaries(Index, Src.second, DefinedGVS, DefinedFS);
+    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " - " << DefinedFS << " function definitions and "
+                      << Src.second.size() - DefinedFS - NumGVSPerMod
+                      << " function declarations imported from " << SrcModName
+                      << "\n");
+    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " - " << DefinedGVS << " var definitions and "
+                      << NumGVSPerMod - DefinedGVS
+                      << " var declarations imported from " << SrcModName
+                      << "\n");
   }
 }
 #endif
@@ -1149,7 +1246,13 @@ static void ComputeCrossModuleImportForModuleFromIndexForTest(
     if (Summary->modulePath() == ModulePath)
       continue;
     // Add an entry to provoke importing by thinBackend.
-    ImportList[Summary->modulePath()].insert(GUID);
+    auto [Iter, Inserted] = ImportList[Summary->modulePath()].try_emplace(
+        GUID, Summary->importType());
+    if (!Inserted) {
+      // Use 'std::min' to make sure definition (with enum value 0) takes
+      // precedence over declaration (with enum value 1).
+      Iter->second = std::min(Iter->second, Summary->importType());
+    }
   }
 #ifndef NDEBUG
   dumpImportListForModule(Index, ModulePath, ImportList);
@@ -1339,13 +1442,17 @@ void llvm::gatherImportedSummariesForModule(
   // Include summaries for imports.
   for (const auto &ILI : ImportList) {
     auto &SummariesForIndex = ModuleToSummariesForIndex[std::string(ILI.first)];
+
     const auto &DefinedGVSummaries =
         ModuleToDefinedGVSummaries.lookup(ILI.first);
-    for (const auto &GI : ILI.second) {
-      const auto &DS = DefinedGVSummaries.find(GI);
+    for (const auto &[GUID, Type] : ILI.second) {
+      const auto &DS = DefinedGVSummaries.find(GUID);
       assert(DS != DefinedGVSummaries.end() &&
              "Expected a defined summary for imported global value");
-      SummariesForIndex[GI] = DS->second;
+      if (Type == GlobalValueSummary::Declaration)
+        continue;
+
+      SummariesForIndex[GUID] = DS->second;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -1617,6 +1724,16 @@ Expected<bool> FunctionImporter::importFunctions(
   for (const auto &FunctionsToImportPerModule : ImportList) {
     ModuleNameOrderedList.insert(FunctionsToImportPerModule.first);
   }
+
+  auto getImportType = [&](const FunctionsToImportTy &GUIDToImportType,
+                           GlobalValue::GUID GUID)
+      -> std::optional<GlobalValueSummary::ImportKind> {
+    auto Iter = GUIDToImportType.find(GUID);
+    if (Iter == GUIDToImportType.end())
+      return std::nullopt;
+    return Iter->second;
+  };
+
   for (const auto &Name : ModuleNameOrderedList) {
     // Get the module for the import
     const auto &FunctionsToImportPerModule = ImportList.find(Name);
@@ -1634,17 +1751,27 @@ Expected<bool> FunctionImporter::importFunctions(
       return std::move(Err);
 
     auto &ImportGUIDs = FunctionsToImportPerModule->second;
+
     // Find the globals to import
     SetVector<GlobalValue *> GlobalsToImport;
     for (Function &F : *SrcModule) {
       if (!F.hasName())
         continue;
       auto GUID = F.getGUID();
-      auto Import = ImportGUIDs.count(GUID);
-      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << (Import ? "Is" : "Not") << " importing function "
+      auto MaybeImportType = getImportType(ImportGUIDs, GUID);
+
+      bool ImportDefinition =
+          (MaybeImportType &&
+           (*MaybeImportType == GlobalValueSummary::Definition));
+
+      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << (MaybeImportType ? "Is" : "Not")
+                        << " importing function"
+                        << (ImportDefinition
+                                ? " definition "
+                                : (MaybeImportType ? " declaration " : " "))
                         << GUID << " " << F.getName() << " from "
                         << SrcModule->getSourceFileName() << "\n");
-      if (Import) {
+      if (ImportDefinition) {
         if (Error Err = F.materialize())
           return std::move(Err);
         // MemProf should match function's definition and summary,
@@ -1670,11 +1797,20 @@ Expected<bool> FunctionImporter::importFunctions(
       if (!GV.hasName())
         continue;
       auto GUID = GV.getGUID();
-      auto Import = ImportGUIDs.count(GUID);
-      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << (Import ? "Is" : "Not") << " importing global "
+      auto MaybeImportType = getImportType(ImportGUIDs, GUID);
+
+      bool ImportDefinition =
+          (MaybeImportType &&
+           (*MaybeImportType == GlobalValueSummary::Definition));
+
+      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << (MaybeImportType ? "Is" : "Not")
+                        << " importing global"
+                        << (ImportDefinition
+                                ? " definition "
+                                : (MaybeImportType ? " declaration " : " "))
                         << GUID << " " << GV.getName() << " from "
                         << SrcModule->getSourceFileName() << "\n");
-      if (Import) {
+      if (ImportDefinition) {
         if (Error Err = GV.materialize())
           return std::move(Err);
         ImportedGVCount += GlobalsToImport.insert(&GV);
@@ -1684,11 +1820,20 @@ Expected<bool> FunctionImporter::importFunctions(
       if (!GA.hasName() || isa<GlobalIFunc>(GA.getAliaseeObject()))
         continue;
       auto GUID = GA.getGUID();
-      auto Import = ImportGUIDs.count(GUID);
-      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << (Import ? "Is" : "Not") << " importing alias "
+      auto MaybeImportType = getImportType(ImportGUIDs, GUID);
+
+      bool ImportDefinition =
+          (MaybeImportType &&
+           (*MaybeImportType == GlobalValueSummary::Definition));
+
+      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << (MaybeImportType ? "Is" : "Not")
+                        << " importing alias"
+                        << (ImportDefinition
+                                ? " definition "
+                                : (MaybeImportType ? " declaration " : " "))
                         << GUID << " " << GA.getName() << " from "
                         << SrcModule->getSourceFileName() << "\n");
-      if (Import) {
+      if (ImportDefinition) {
         if (Error Err = GA.materialize())
           return std::move(Err);
         // Import alias as a copy of its aliasee.
@@ -1754,6 +1899,7 @@ Expected<bool> FunctionImporter::importFunctions(
   NumImportedFunctions += (ImportedCount - ImportedGVCount);
   NumImportedGlobalVars += ImportedGVCount;
 
+  // TODO: Print counters for definitions and declarations in the debugging log.
   LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Imported " << ImportedCount - ImportedGVCount
                     << " functions for Module "
                     << DestModule.getModuleIdentifier() << "\n");
diff --git a/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/funcimport-stats.ll b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/funcimport-stats.ll
index 913b130..7fcd338 100644
--- a/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/funcimport-stats.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/funcimport-stats.ll
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 ; RUN: cat %t4 | grep 'Is importing aliasee' | count 1
 ; RUN: cat %t4 | FileCheck %s
 
-; CHECK:      - [[NUM_FUNCS:[0-9]+]] functions imported from
-; CHECK-NEXT: - [[NUM_VARS:[0-9]+]] global vars imported from
+; CHECK:      - [[NUM_FUNCS:[0-9]+]] function definitions and 0 function declarations imported from
+; CHECK-NEXT: - [[NUM_VARS:[0-9]+]] global vars definition and 0 global vars declaration imported from
 
 ; CHECK:      [[NUM_FUNCS]] function-import - Number of functions imported in backend
 ; CHECK-NEXT: [[NUM_FUNCS]] function-import - Number of functions thin link decided to import
diff --git a/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/import_callee_declaration.ll b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/import_callee_declaration.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df8a9ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/import_callee_declaration.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+; "-debug-only" requires asserts.
+; REQUIRES: asserts
+; RUN: rm -rf %t && split-file %s %t && cd %t
+
+; Generate per-module summaries.
+; RUN: opt -module-summary main.ll -o main.bc
+; RUN: opt -module-summary lib.ll -o lib.bc
+
+; Generate the combined summary and distributed indices.
+
+; - For function import, set 'import-instr-limit' to 7 and fall back to import
+;   function declarations.
+; - In main.ll, function 'main' calls 'small_func' and 'large_func'. Both callees
+;   are defined in lib.ll. 'small_func' has two indirect callees, one is smaller
+;   and the other one is larger. Both callees of 'small_func' are defined in lib.ll.
+; - Given the import limit, in main's combined summary, the import type of 'small_func'
+;   and 'small_indirect_callee' will be 'definition', and the import type of
+;   'large_func' and 'large_indirect_callee' will be 'declaration'.
+;
+; The test will disassemble combined summaries and check the import type is
+; correct. Right now postlink optimizer pipeline doesn't do anything (e.g.,
+; import the declaration or de-serialize summary attributes yet) so there is
+; nothing to test more than the summary content.
+;
+; RUN: llvm-lto2 run \
+; RUN:   -debug-only=function-import \
+; RUN:   -import-instr-limit=7 \
+; RUN:   -import-declaration \
+; RUN:   -thinlto-distributed-indexes \
+; RUN:   -r=main.bc,main,px \
+; RUN:   -r=main.bc,small_func, \
+; RUN:   -r=main.bc,large_func, \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,callee,pl \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,large_indirect_callee,px \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,small_func,px \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,large_func,px \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,large_indirect_callee_alias,px \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,calleeAddrs,px -o summary main.bc lib.bc 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DUMP
+;
+; RUN: llvm-lto -thinlto-action=thinlink -import-declaration -import-instr-limit=7  -o combined.index.bc main.bc lib.bc
+; RUN: llvm-lto -thinlto-action=distributedindexes -debug-only=function-import -import-declaration -import-instr-limit=7 -thinlto-index combined.index.bc main.bc lib.bc 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DUMP
+
+; DUMP: - 2 function definitions and 3 function declarations imported from lib.bc
+
+; First disassemble per-module summary and find out the GUID for {large_func, large_indirect_callee}.
+;
+; RUN: llvm-dis lib.bc -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=LIB-DIS
+; LIB-DIS: [[LARGEFUNC:\^[0-9]+]] = gv: (name: "large_func", summaries: {{.*}}) ; guid = 2418497564662708935
+; LIB-DIS: [[LARGEINDIRECT:\^[0-9]+]] = gv: (name: "large_indirect_callee", summaries: {{.*}}) ; guid = 14343440786664691134
+; LIB-DIS: [[LARGEINDIRECTALIAS:\^[0-9]+]] = gv: (name: "large_indirect_callee_alias", summaries: {{.*}}, aliasee: [[LARGEINDIRECT]]
+;
+; Secondly disassemble main's combined summary and test that large callees are
+; not imported as declarations yet.
+;
+; RUN: llvm-dis main.bc.thinlto.bc -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=MAIN-DIS
+;
+; MAIN-DIS: [[LIBMOD:\^[0-9]+]] = module: (path: "lib.bc", hash: (0, 0, 0, 0, 0))
+; MAIN-DIS-NOT: [[LARGEFUNC:\^[0-9]+]] = gv: (guid: 2418497564662708935, summaries: (function: (module: [[LIBMOD]], flags: ({{.*}} importType: declaration), insts: 8, {{.*}})))
+; MAIN-DIS-NOT: [[LARGEINDIRECT:\^[0-9]+]] = gv: (guid: 14343440786664691134, summaries: (function: (module: [[LIBMOD]], flags: ({{.*}} importType: declaration), insts: 8, {{.*}})))
+; MAIN-DIS-NOT: [[LARGEINDIRECTALIAS:\^[0-9]+]] = gv: (guid: 16730173943625350469, summaries: (alias: (module: [[LIBMOD]], flags: ({{.*}} importType: declaration)
+
+; Run in-process ThinLTO and tests that
+; 1. `callee` remains internalized even if the symbols of its callers
+; (large_func and large_indirect_callee) are exported as declarations and visible to main module.
+; 2. the debugging logs from `function-import` pass are expected.
+
+; RUN: llvm-lto2 run \
+; RUN:   -debug-only=function-import \
+; RUN:   -save-temps \
+; RUN:   -import-instr-limit=7 \
+; RUN:   -import-declaration \
+; RUN:   -r=main.bc,main,px \
+; RUN:   -r=main.bc,small_func, \
+; RUN:   -r=main.bc,large_func, \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,callee,pl \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,large_indirect_callee,px \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,small_func,px \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,large_func,px \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,large_indirect_callee_alias,px \
+; RUN:   -r=lib.bc,calleeAddrs,px -o in-process main.bc lib.bc 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=IMPORTDUMP
+
+; Test import status from debugging logs.
+; TODO: Serialize declaration bit and test declaration bits are correctly set,
+; and extend this test case to test IR once postlink optimizer makes use of
+; the import type for declarations.
+; IMPORTDUMP-DAG: Not importing function 11825436545918268459 callee from lib.cc
+; IMPORTDUMP-DAG: Is importing function declaration 14343440786664691134 large_indirect_callee from lib.cc
+; IMPORTDUMP-DAG: Is importing function definition 13568239288960714650 small_indirect_callee from lib.cc
+; IMPORTDUMP-DAG: Is importing function definition 6976996067367342685 small_func from lib.cc
+; IMPORTDUMP-DAG: Is importing function declaration 2418497564662708935 large_func from lib.cc
+; IMPORTDUMP-DAG: Not importing global 7680325410415171624 calleeAddrs from lib.cc
+; IMPORTDUMP-DAG: Is importing alias declaration 16730173943625350469 large_indirect_callee_alias from lib.cc
+
+; RUN: llvm-dis in-process.1.3.import.bc -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=IMPORT
+
+; RUN: llvm-dis in-process.2.2.internalize.bc -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=INTERNALIZE
+
+; IMPORT-DAG: define available_externally void @small_func
+; IMPORT-DAG: define available_externally hidden void @small_indirect_callee
+; IMPORT-DAG: declare void @large_func
+; IMPORT-NOT: large_indirect_callee
+; IMPORT-NOT: large_indirect_callee_alias
+
+; INTERNALIZE: define internal void @callee()
+
+;--- main.ll
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-i128:128-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+define i32 @main() {
+  call void @small_func()
+  call void @large_func()
+  ret i32 0
+}
+
+declare void @small_func()
+
+; large_func without attributes
+declare void @large_func()
+
+;--- lib.ll
+source_filename = "lib.cc"
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-i128:128-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+@calleeAddrs = global [3 x ptr] [ptr @large_indirect_callee, ptr @small_indirect_callee, ptr @large_indirect_callee_alias]
+
+define void @callee() #1 {
+  ret void
+}
+
+define void @large_indirect_callee()#2 {
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  ret void
+}
+
+define internal void @small_indirect_callee() #0 {
+  ret void
+}
+
+@large_indirect_callee_alias = alias void(), ptr @large_indirect_callee
+
+define void @small_func() {
+entry:
+  %0 = load ptr, ptr @calleeAddrs
+  call void %0(), !prof !0
+  %1 = load ptr, ptr getelementptr inbounds ([3 x ptr], ptr @calleeAddrs, i64 0, i64 1)
+  call void %1(), !prof !1
+  %2 = load ptr, ptr getelementptr inbounds ([3 x ptr], ptr @calleeAddrs, i64 0, i64 2)
+  call void %2(), !prof !2
+  ret void
+}
+
+define void @large_func() #0 {
+entry:
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  call void @callee()
+  ret void
+}
+
+attributes #0 = { nounwind norecurse }
+
+attributes #1 = { noinline }
+
+attributes #2 = { norecurse }
+
+!0 = !{!"VP", i32 0, i64 1, i64 14343440786664691134, i64 1}
+!1 = !{!"VP", i32 0, i64 1, i64 13568239288960714650, i64 1}
+!2 = !{!"VP", i32 0, i64 1, i64 16730173943625350469, i64 1}
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/FunctionImport/funcimport.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/FunctionImport/funcimport.ll
index a0968a6..635750b 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/FunctionImport/funcimport.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/FunctionImport/funcimport.ll
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ declare void @variadic_va_start(...)
 ; GUID-DAG: GUID {{.*}} is linkoncefunc
 
 ; DUMP:       Module [[M1:.*]] imports from 1 module
-; DUMP-NEXT:  15 functions imported from [[M2:.*]]
-; DUMP-NEXT:  4 vars imported from [[M2]]
+; DUMP-NEXT:  15 function definitions and 0 function declarations imported from [[M2:.*]]
+; DUMP-NEXT:  4 var definitions and 0 var declarations imported from [[M2]]
+
 ; DUMP:       Imported 15 functions for Module [[M1]]
 ; DUMP-NEXT:  Imported 4 global variables for Module [[M1]]
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-link/llvm-link.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-link/llvm-link.cpp
index 7794f2d..1b90fce 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-link/llvm-link.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-link/llvm-link.cpp
@@ -377,9 +377,13 @@ static bool importFunctions(const char *argv0, Module &DestModule) {
     if (Verbose)
       errs() << "Importing " << FunctionName << " from " << FileName << "\n";
 
+    // `-import` specifies the `<filename,function-name>` pairs to import as
+    // definition, so make the import type definition directly.
+    // FIXME: A follow-up patch should add test coverage for import declaration
+    // in `llvm-link` CLI (e.g., by introducing a new command line option).
     auto &Entry =
         ImportList[FileNameStringCache.insert(FileName).first->getKey()];
-    Entry.insert(F->getGUID());
+    Entry[F->getGUID()] = GlobalValueSummary::Definition;
   }
   auto CachedModuleLoader = [&](StringRef Identifier) {
     return ModuleLoaderCache.takeModule(std::string(Identifier));