[llvm-dev] always inliner only works when function is called from external function?

[Andrew Kelley via llvm-dev]

Observe:

[nix-shell:~/tmp]$ cat test.ll 

define internal fastcc void @foo() {

Entry:

  call fastcc void @bar()

  ret void

}

; Function Attrs: alwaysinline

define internal fastcc void @bar() #0 {

Entry:

  ret void

}

attributes #0 = { alwaysinline }

[nix-shell:~/tmp]$ opt test.ll -always-inline -S

; ModuleID = 'test.ll'

source_filename = "test.ll"

define internal fastcc void @foo() {

Entry:

  call fastcc void @bar()

  ret void

}

; Function Attrs: alwaysinline

define internal fastcc void @bar() #0 {

Entry:

  ret void

}

attributes #0 = { alwaysinline }

If I delete "internal" from foo, then the optimziation pass in fact inlines bar. Is this intentional? Is there a way to make the always inliner pass work on internal functions like this too?

[David Blaikie via llvm-dev]

Is this a really representative test? the internal function has no callers - so it doesn't really matter how it's optimized, right? Because it's dead code.

My test case seems to show that if the function is used, then the inliner will inline into it - but if it's dead code, it won't.
 

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