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/Visibility.h - Visibility macros for llvm-c ------*- 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 header defines visibility macros used for the LLVM C interface. These *|
|* macros are used to annotate C functions that should be exported as part of *|
|* a shared library or DLL. *|
|* *|
\*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*/
#ifndef LLVM_C_VISIBILITY_H
#define LLVM_C_VISIBILITY_H
#include "llvm/Config/llvm-config.h"
/// LLVM_C_ABI is the export/visibility macro used to mark symbols declared in
/// llvm-c as exported when built as a shared library.
#if !defined(LLVM_ABI_GENERATING_ANNOTATIONS)
// TODO(https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/145406): eliminate need for
// two preprocessor definitions to gate LLVM_ABI macro definitions.
#if defined(LLVM_ENABLE_LLVM_C_EXPORT_ANNOTATIONS) && \
!defined(LLVM_BUILD_STATIC)
#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
#if defined(LLVM_EXPORTS)
#define LLVM_C_ABI __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define LLVM_C_ABI __declspec(dllimport)
#endif
#elif defined(__has_attribute) && __has_attribute(visibility)
#define LLVM_C_ABI __attribute__((visibility("default")))
#endif
#endif
#if !defined(LLVM_C_ABI)
#define LLVM_C_ABI
#endif
#endif
#endif