Andrew Rogers 0580563299
[llvm] annotate interfaces in llvm-c for DLL export (#141701)
## Purpose

This patch is one in a series of code-mods that annotate LLVM’s public
interface for export. This patch annotates the `llvm-c` interface with a
new `LLVM_C_ABI` annotation, which behaves like the `LLVM_ABI`. This
annotation currently has no meaningful impact on the LLVM build;
however, it is a prerequisite to support an LLVM Windows DLL (shared
library) build.

## Overview

1. Add a new `llvm-c/Visibility.h` header file that defines a new
`LLVM_C_ABI` macro. The macro resolves to the proper DLL export/import
annotation on Windows and a "default" visibility annotation elsewhere.
2. Add a new `LLVM_ENABLE_LLVM_C_EXPORT_ANNOTATIONS` `#cmakedefine` that
is used to gate the definition of `LLVM_C_ABI`.
3. Remove the existing `LLVM_C_ABI` definition from
`llvm/Support/Compiler.h`. Update the small number of `LLVM_C_ABI`
references to get it from the new `llvm-c/Visibility.h` header.
4. Code-mod annotate the public `llvm-c` interface using the [Interface
Definition Scanner (IDS)](https://github.com/compnerd/ids) tool.
5. Format the changes with `clang-format`.

## Background

This effort is tracked in #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).

## 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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/*===-- llvm-c/Support.h - Support C Interface --------------------*- C -*-===*\
|* *|
|* Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM *|
|* Exceptions. *|
|* See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information. *|
|* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception *|
|* *|
|*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*|
|* *|
|* This file defines the C interface to the LLVM support library. *|
|* *|
\*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*/
#ifndef LLVM_C_SUPPORT_H
#define LLVM_C_SUPPORT_H
#include "llvm-c/DataTypes.h"
#include "llvm-c/ExternC.h"
#include "llvm-c/Types.h"
#include "llvm-c/Visibility.h"
LLVM_C_EXTERN_C_BEGIN
/**
* @addtogroup LLVMCCore
*
* @{
*/
/**
* This function permanently loads the dynamic library at the given path.
* It is safe to call this function multiple times for the same library.
*
* @see sys::DynamicLibrary::LoadLibraryPermanently()
*/
LLVM_C_ABI LLVMBool LLVMLoadLibraryPermanently(const char *Filename);
/**
* This function parses the given arguments using the LLVM command line parser.
* Note that the only stable thing about this function is its signature; you
* cannot rely on any particular set of command line arguments being interpreted
* the same way across LLVM versions.
*
* @see llvm::cl::ParseCommandLineOptions()
*/
LLVM_C_ABI void LLVMParseCommandLineOptions(int argc, const char *const *argv,
const char *Overview);
/**
* This function will search through all previously loaded dynamic
* libraries for the symbol \p symbolName. If it is found, the address of
* that symbol is returned. If not, null is returned.
*
* @see sys::DynamicLibrary::SearchForAddressOfSymbol()
*/
LLVM_C_ABI void *LLVMSearchForAddressOfSymbol(const char *symbolName);
/**
* This functions permanently adds the symbol \p symbolName with the
* value \p symbolValue. These symbols are searched before any
* libraries.
*
* @see sys::DynamicLibrary::AddSymbol()
*/
LLVM_C_ABI void LLVMAddSymbol(const char *symbolName, void *symbolValue);
/**
* @}
*/
LLVM_C_EXTERN_C_END
#endif