compiler: add llvm.ident metadata

This metadata is emitted by Clang and I found it is important for source
level debugging on MacOS. This patch does not get source level debugging
to work yet (for that, it seems like packages need to be built
separately), but it is a step in the right direction.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/compiler.go b/compiler/compiler.go
index 458be2cb5..8b540d351 100644
--- a/compiler/compiler.go
+++ b/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	CodeModel       string
 	RelocationModel string
 	SizeLevel       int
+	TinyGoVersion   string // for llvm.ident
 
 	// Various compiler options that determine how code is generated.
 	Scheduler          string
@@ -321,6 +322,14 @@ func CompilePackage(moduleName string, pkg *loader.Package, ssaPkg *ssa.Package,
 				llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), 4, false).ConstantAsMetadata(),
 			}),
 		)
+		if c.TinyGoVersion != "" {
+			// It is necessary to set llvm.ident, otherwise debugging on MacOS
+			// won't work.
+			c.mod.AddNamedMetadataOperand("llvm.ident",
+				c.ctx.MDNode(([]llvm.Metadata{
+					c.ctx.MDString("TinyGo version " + c.TinyGoVersion),
+				})))
+		}
 		c.dibuilder.Finalize()
 		c.dibuilder.Destroy()
 	}