Adding dllimport, dllexport and external weak linkage types.

DLL* linkages got full (I hope) codegeneration support in C & both x86
assembler backends.
External weak linkage added for future use, we don't provide any
codegeneration, etc. support for it.


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@30374 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

2 files changed, 44 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/docs/BytecodeFormat.html b/docs/BytecodeFormat.html
index 51177492a9..2b856a7163 100644
--- a/docs/BytecodeFormat.html
+++ b/docs/BytecodeFormat.html
@@ -1025,7 +1025,8 @@ follows. </td>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="#bit">bit(2-4)</a></td>
       <td class="td_left">Linkage type: 0=External, 1=Weak,
-2=Appending, 3=Internal, 4=LinkOnce</td>
+        2=Appending, 3=Internal, 4=LinkOnce, 5=DllImport, 
+        6=DllExport, 7=ExternWeak</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="#bit">bit(5-31)</a></td>
@@ -1136,13 +1137,16 @@ href="#uint32_vbr">uint32_vbr</a> that describes the function.</p>
       <td><a href="#bit">bit(4)</a></td>
       <td class="td_left">If this bit is set to 1, the indicated function is
       external, and there is no <a href="#functiondefs">Function Definiton
-      Block</a> in the bytecode file for the function.</td>
+      Block</a> in the bytecode file for the function. If the function is
+      external and has <tt>dllimport or extern_weak</tt> linkage additional
+      field in the extension word is used to indicate the actual linkage
+      type.</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="#bit">bit(5-30)</a></td>
       <td class="td_left">Type slot number of type for the function.</td>
     </tr>
-    <tr>
+                                      <tr>
       <td><a href="#bit">bit(31)</a></td>
       <td class="td_left">Indicates whether an extension word follows.</td>
     </tr>
@@ -1171,7 +1175,12 @@ follows with the following fields:</p>
       <td class="td_left">If this bit is set, a SectionID follows this vbr.</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
-      <td><a href="#bit">bit(11-31)</a></td>
+      <td><a href="#bit">bit(11-12)</a></td>
+      <td class="td_left">Linkage type for external functions. 0 - External
+        linkage, 1 - DLLImport linkage, 2 - External weak linkage.</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td><a href="#bit">bit(13-31)</a></td>
       <td class="td_left">Currently unassigned.</td>
     </tr>
   </tbody>
@@ -1410,8 +1419,8 @@ size<br>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="#uint32_vbr">uint32_vbr</a></td>
-      <td class="td_left">The linkage type of the function: 0=External,
-1=Weak, 2=Appending, 3=Internal, 4=LinkOnce<sup>1</sup></td>
+      <td class="td_left">The linkage type of the function: 0=External, 1=Weak,
+2=Appending, 3=Internal, 4=LinkOnce, 5=DllImport, 6=DllExport<sup>1</sup></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="#block">block</a></td>
diff --git a/docs/LangRef.html b/docs/LangRef.html
index 232b468332..5ae8472ffd 100644
--- a/docs/LangRef.html
+++ b/docs/LangRef.html
@@ -439,6 +439,35 @@ All Global Variables and Functions have one of the following types of linkage:
   visible, meaning that it participates in linkage and can be used to resolve
   external symbol references.
   </dd>
+
+  <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_externweak">extern_weak</a></b></tt>: </dt>
+
+  <dd>"<tt>extern_weak</tt>" TBD
+  </dd>
+
+  <p>
+  The next two types of linkage are targeted for Microsoft Windows platform
+  only. They are designed to support importing (exporting) symbols from (to)
+  DLLs.
+  </p>
+
+  <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_dllimport">dllimport</a></b></tt>: </dt>
+
+  <dd>"<tt>dllimport</tt>" linkage causes the compiler to reference a function
+    or variable via a global pointer to a pointer that is set up by the DLL
+    exporting the symbol. On Microsoft Windows targets, the pointer name is
+    formed by combining <code>_imp__</code> and the function or variable name.
+  </dd>
+
+  <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_dllexport">dllexport</a></b></tt>: </dt>
+
+  <dd>"<tt>dllexport</tt>" linkage causes the compiler to provide a global
+    pointer to a pointer in a DLL, so that it can be referenced with the
+    <tt>dllimport</tt> attribute. On Microsoft Windows targets, the pointer
+    name is formed by combining <code>_imp__</code> and the function or variable
+    name.
+  </dd>
+
 </dl>
 
 <p><a name="linkage_external">For example, since the "<tt>.LC0</tt>"