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Purpose

This patch is one in a series of code-mods that annotate LLVM’s public interface for export. This patch annotates the llvm/SandboxIR library. These annotations currently have no meaningful impact on the LLVM build; however, they are a prerequisite to support an LLVM Windows DLL (shared library) build.

Background

This effort is tracked in #109483. Additional context is provided in this discourse, and documentation for LLVM_ABI and related annotations is found in the LLVM repo here.

The bulk of these changes were generated automatically using the Interface Definition Scanner (IDS) tool, followed formatting with git clang-format.

The following manual adjustments were also applied after running IDS on Linux:

  • Remove explicit GlobalWithNodeAPI::LLVMGVToGV::operator() template function instantiations that were previously added for the dylib build. Instead, directly annotate the LLVMGVToGV::operator() method with LLVM_ABI. This is done so the DLL build works with both MSVC and clang-cl.
  • Explicitly #include "llvm/SandboxIR/Value.h" in Tracker.h so that the symbol is available for exported templates in this file. These templates get fully instantiated on DLL export, so they require the full definition of Value.
  • Add extern template instantiation declarations for GlobalWithNodeAPI template types in Constants.h and annotate them with LLVM_TEMPLATE_ABI.
  • Add LLVM_EXPORT_TEMPLATE to GlobalWithNodeAPI template instantiations in Constants.cpp.

Validation

Local builds and tests to validate cross-platform compatibility. This included llvm, clang, and lldb on the following configurations:

  • Windows with MSVC
  • Windows with Clang
  • Linux with GCC
  • Linux with Clang
  • Darwin with Clang

@andrurogerz andrurogerz force-pushed the llvmdll-lib-SandboxIR branch from f255b67 to f1f1079 Compare June 9, 2025 16:28
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@andrurogerz andrurogerz force-pushed the llvmdll-lib-SandboxIR branch 2 times, most recently from 7da5599 to 8751dcb Compare June 9, 2025 21:40
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@compnerd @vgvassilev please have a look when you have a chance, thanks

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LGTM!

@andrurogerz andrurogerz force-pushed the llvmdll-lib-SandboxIR branch from 8751dcb to 106cff7 Compare June 11, 2025 00:04
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Please have another look at the manual fix-ups in the middle commit. My changes to GlobalWithNodeAPI::LLVMGVToGV::operator clean up the declarations and make the DLL build properly with both MSVC and clang-cl.

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LGTM^2!

@compnerd compnerd merged commit 8f8ed23 into llvm:main Jun 11, 2025
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## Purpose

This patch is one in a series of code-mods that annotate LLVM’s public
interface for export. This patch annotates the `llvm/SandboxIR` library.
These annotations currently have no meaningful impact on the LLVM build;
however, they are a prerequisite to support an LLVM Windows DLL (shared
library) build.

## Background

This effort is tracked in llvm#109483. Additional context is provided in
[this
discourse](https://discourse.llvm.org/t/psa-annotating-llvm-public-interface/85307),
and documentation for `LLVM_ABI` and related annotations is found in the
LLVM repo
[here](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/llvm/docs/InterfaceExportAnnotations.rst).

The bulk of these changes were generated automatically using the
[Interface Definition Scanner (IDS)](https://github.com/compnerd/ids)
tool, followed formatting with `git clang-format`.

The following manual adjustments were also applied after running IDS on
Linux:
- Remove explicit `GlobalWithNodeAPI::LLVMGVToGV::operator()` template
function instantiations that were previously added for the dylib build.
Instead, directly annotate the `LLVMGVToGV::operator()` method with
`LLVM_ABI`. This is done so the DLL build works with both MSVC and
clang-cl.
- Explicitly `#include "llvm/SandboxIR/Value.h"` in `Tracker.h` so that
the symbol is available for exported templates in this file. These
templates get fully instantiated on DLL export, so they require the full
definition of `Value`.
- Add extern template instantiation declarations for `GlobalWithNodeAPI`
template types in `Constants.h` and annotate them with
`LLVM_TEMPLATE_ABI`.
- Add `LLVM_EXPORT_TEMPLATE` to `GlobalWithNodeAPI` template
instantiations in `Constants.cpp`.

## Validation

Local builds and tests to validate cross-platform compatibility. This
included llvm, clang, and lldb on the following configurations:

- Windows with MSVC
- Windows with Clang
- Linux with GCC
- Linux with Clang
- Darwin with Clang
akuhlens pushed a commit to akuhlens/llvm-project that referenced this pull request Jun 24, 2025
)

## Purpose

This patch is one in a series of code-mods that annotate LLVM’s public
interface for export. This patch annotates the `llvm/SandboxIR` library.
These annotations currently have no meaningful impact on the LLVM build;
however, they are a prerequisite to support an LLVM Windows DLL (shared
library) build.

## Background

This effort is tracked in llvm#109483. Additional context is provided in
[this
discourse](https://discourse.llvm.org/t/psa-annotating-llvm-public-interface/85307),
and documentation for `LLVM_ABI` and related annotations is found in the
LLVM repo
[here](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/llvm/docs/InterfaceExportAnnotations.rst).

The bulk of these changes were generated automatically using the
[Interface Definition Scanner (IDS)](https://github.com/compnerd/ids)
tool, followed formatting with `git clang-format`.

The following manual adjustments were also applied after running IDS on
Linux:
- Remove explicit `GlobalWithNodeAPI::LLVMGVToGV::operator()` template
function instantiations that were previously added for the dylib build.
Instead, directly annotate the `LLVMGVToGV::operator()` method with
`LLVM_ABI`. This is done so the DLL build works with both MSVC and
clang-cl.
- Explicitly `#include "llvm/SandboxIR/Value.h"` in `Tracker.h` so that
the symbol is available for exported templates in this file. These
templates get fully instantiated on DLL export, so they require the full
definition of `Value`.
- Add extern template instantiation declarations for `GlobalWithNodeAPI`
template types in `Constants.h` and annotate them with
`LLVM_TEMPLATE_ABI`.
- Add `LLVM_EXPORT_TEMPLATE` to `GlobalWithNodeAPI` template
instantiations in `Constants.cpp`.

## Validation

Local builds and tests to validate cross-platform compatibility. This
included llvm, clang, and lldb on the following configurations:

- Windows with MSVC
- Windows with Clang
- Linux with GCC
- Linux with Clang
- Darwin with Clang
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