Mangled names for internal linkage functions in extern "C" are different from GCC

[MaskRay]

This records a name mangling difference with GCC. It's possible that Clang's decision is desired and we should not take any action.
(I saw a relevant issue about this but I cannot find it now.)

extern "C" {
static void f0() {}
static void f0(int) {}
}

• GCC: error: conflicting declaration of C function ‘void f0(int)’
• Clang: accepted; names are mangled

C++ https://eel.is/c++draft/dcl.link gives an example:

extern "C" {
  static void f4();             // the name of the function f4 has internal linkage,
                                // so f4 has no language linkage; its type has C language linkage
}

If f4 has no language linkage, it seems to make sense to mangle it. So Clang's choice is probably desired.

GCC's decision allows alias/ifunc attributes with an unmangled name like the following:

extern "C" {
static void f0() {}
void g0() __attribute__((alias("f0")));
}

With Clang, _ZL2f0v is needed. This difference makes such alias/ifunc attributes uses in C++ non-portable. However, this probably does not matter because people rarely use alias/ifunc in C++.

I think certain extensions rely on mangling internal linkage functions in extern "C", e.g. __attribute__((overloadable)).

[llvmbot]

@llvm/issue-subscribers-clang-codegen

Author: Fangrui Song (MaskRay)

This records a name mangling difference with GCC. It's possible that Clang's decision is desired and we should not take any action. (I saw a relevant issue about this but I cannot find it now.)

extern "C" {
static void f0() {}
static void f0(int) {}
}

• GCC: error: conflicting declaration of C function ‘void f0(int)’
• Clang: accepted; names are mangled

C++ https://eel.is/c++draft/dcl.link gives an example:

extern "C" {
  static void f4();             // the name of the function f4 has internal linkage,
                                // so f4 has no language linkage; its type has C language linkage
}

If f4 has no language linkage, it seems to make sense to mangle it. So Clang's choice is probably desired.

GCC's decision allows alias/ifunc attributes with an unmangled name: void g4() __attribute__((alias("f4"))).

[pinskia]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31775 is related.
Also https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc-patches/2007-05/msg00309.html