1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/CommandLine.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/CommandLine.cpp
index 55633d7..a7e0cae 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/CommandLine.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/CommandLine.cpp
@@ -1667,6 +1667,13 @@ bool CommandLineParser::ParseCommandLineOptions(int argc,
       Handler = LookupLongOption(*ChosenSubCommand, ArgName, Value,
                                  LongOptionsUseDoubleDash, HaveDoubleDash);
 
+      // If Handler is not found in a specialized subcommand, look up handler
+      // in the top-level subcommand.
+      // cl::opt without cl::sub belongs to top-level subcommand.
+      if (!Handler && ChosenSubCommand != &SubCommand::getTopLevel())
+        Handler = LookupLongOption(SubCommand::getTopLevel(), ArgName, Value,
+                                   LongOptionsUseDoubleDash, HaveDoubleDash);
+
       // Check to see if this "option" is really a prefixed or grouped argument.
       if (!Handler && !(LongOptionsUseDoubleDash && HaveDoubleDash))
         Handler = HandlePrefixedOrGroupedOption(ArgName, Value, ErrorParsing,