https://github.com/tonykuttai updated 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/187986

>From 9dd21307e01e1173007aad98651d38fae1cc1e2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Varghese <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:46:49 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] [Clang][AIX] Add -mloadtime-comment-vars support to
 preserve variables in the final object file.

---
 clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst             |  66 ++++++++++
 clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h    |   3 +
 clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td        |   7 ++
 clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp           | 119 ++++++++++++++++++
 clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h             |  18 +++
 clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp         |   9 ++
 .../CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-mixed.c  |  12 ++
 clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c    |  61 +++++++++
 clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c    |  11 ++
 .../lower-comment-string.ll                   |  21 ++--
 10 files changed, 319 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-mixed.c
 create mode 100644 clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c
 create mode 100644 clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c

diff --git a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst 
b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
index d79d82a175c68..04e2f14b53984 100644
--- a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
@@ -6873,6 +6873,72 @@ When ``#pragma comment(copyright, ...)`` appears in a 
C++20 module interface
 unit, the copyright string is embedded only in the object file compiled from
 that interface unit. Importing TUs do not re-emit the string.
 
+Preserving Identifying Variables with -mloadtime-comment-vars
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The ``-mloadtime-comment-vars=`` flag accepts a comma-separated list of
+global variable names that should be preserved in the final object file as
+loadtime identifying strings. This is an AIX-specific feature and is ignored
+on other targets.
+
+This flag complements ``#pragma comment(copyright, ...)`` for codebases that
+already use the traditional UNIX convention of embedding identifying strings
+directly in source variables rather than via a pragma.
+
+Syntax:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  -mloadtime-comment-vars=<var1>[,<var2>,...]
+
+Valid variable types:
+
+A variable named in the list must meet both of these conditions to be
+preserved:
+
+- Its type must be a character pointer (``char *``, ``const char *``) or a
+  character array (``char[]``).
+- It must have an initializer.
+
+Variables that fail either check -- for example, an ``int`` or a ``struct`` --
+are silently skipped. Variables that appear in the list but are not defined in
+the translation unit are also ignored.
+
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  static char *sccsid = "@(#) MyApp Version 1.0";
+  static char  version[] = "@(#) Built 2026-05-24";
+
+  void foo() {}
+
+Compiled with:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  clang -target powerpc64-ibm-aix \
+    -mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version \
+    -c source.c -o source.o
+
+Both ``sccsid`` and ``version`` survive optimization and are retained in the
+object file.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  $ what source.o
+  source.o:
+           MyApp Version 1.0
+           Built 2026-05-24
+
+Interaction with ``#pragma comment(copyright, ...)`` :
+
+The two mechanisms can be used together in the same translation unit. The
+pragma produces a dedicated ``__loadtime_comment_str`` symbol placed in the
+``__loadtime_comment`` section, while ``-mloadtime-comment-vars`` preserves
+the named source variables in place using ``.ref`` directives. Both sets of
+strings appear in the final object file independently.
+
 Evaluating Object Size
 ======================
 
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h 
b/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h
index 97d68877467fd..03bf2f730d631 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ class CodeGenOptions : public CodeGenOptionsBase {
   /// A list of linker options to embed in the object file.
   std::vector<std::string> LinkerOptions;
 
+  /// List of global variable names to preserve as loadtime comment variables.
+  std::vector<std::string> LoadTimeCommentVars;
+
   /// Name of the profile file to use as output for -fprofile-instr-generate,
   /// -fprofile-generate, and -fcs-profile-generate.
   std::string InstrProfileOutput;
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td 
b/clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td
index 5028684731b2d..71fd39ccf4ea2 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td
@@ -4792,6 +4792,13 @@ def fvisibility_global_new_delete_EQ : Joined<["-"], 
"fvisibility-global-new-del
   Visibility<[ClangOption, CC1Option]>,
   HelpText<"The visibility for global C++ operator new and delete 
declarations. If 'source' is specified the visibility is not adjusted">,
   
MarshallingInfoVisibilityGlobalNewDelete<LangOpts<"GlobalAllocationFunctionVisibility">,
 "ForceDefault">;
+def mloadtime_comment_vars_EQ
+    : CommaJoined<["-"], "mloadtime-comment-vars=">,
+      Group<m_Group>,
+      Visibility<[ClangOption, CC1Option]>,
+      HelpText<"Comma-separated list of global variable names to treat as "
+               "loadtime variables">,
+      MarshallingInfoStringVector<CodeGenOpts<"LoadTimeCommentVars">>;
 def mdefault_visibility_export_mapping_EQ : Joined<["-"], 
"mdefault-visibility-export-mapping=">,
   Values<"none,explicit,all">,
   NormalizedValuesScope<"LangOptions::DefaultVisiblityExportMapping">,
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp 
b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index cc0d0341a2dd0..d06dee73acfc5 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -1077,6 +1077,13 @@ void CodeGenModule::Release() {
   Module *Primary = getContext().getCurrentNamedModule();
   if (CXX20ModuleInits && Primary && !Primary->isHeaderLikeModule())
     EmitModuleInitializers(Primary);
+
+  // Queue loadtime comment variable candidates into the deferred emission
+  // list before EmitDeferred() runs, so their initializers (which may
+  // reference other globals, e.g. static const char *p = a;) are emitted
+  // through the normal infrastructure with correct ordering.
+  QueueLoadTimeCommentVarEmission();
+
   EmitDeferred();
   DeferredDecls.insert_range(EmittedDeferredDecls);
   EmittedDeferredDecls.clear();
@@ -1758,6 +1765,9 @@ void CodeGenModule::Release() {
 
   EmitBackendOptionsMetadata(getCodeGenOpts());
 
+  // Mark loadtime comment variables specified via -mloadtime-comment-vars.
+  ProcessLoadTimeCommentVars();
+
   // If there is device offloading code embed it in the host now.
   EmbedObject(&getModule(), CodeGenOpts, *getFileSystem(), getDiags());
 
@@ -4337,6 +4347,115 @@ bool CodeGenModule::MayBeEmittedEagerly(const ValueDecl 
*Global) {
   return true;
 }
 
+/// Check if a variable declaration is suitable to be treated as a loadtime
+/// comment variable. Valid variables must be character pointers or character
+/// arrays with an initializer.
+bool CodeGenModule::isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const {
+  // Must be a valid declaration and must have an initializer (the string).
+  if (!D || !D->hasInit())
+    return false;
+
+  QualType Ty = D->getType();
+
+  // 1. Handle Pointers (e.g., char *sccsid, const char *copyright).
+  if (const PointerType *PT = Ty->getAs<PointerType>()) {
+    if (PT->getPointeeType()->isAnyCharacterType())
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  // 2. Handle Arrays (e.g., char version[])
+  if (const ArrayType *AT = getContext().getAsArrayType(Ty)) {
+    if (AT->getElementType()->isAnyCharacterType())
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  return false; // Reject ints, structs, etc.
+}
+
+/// Check if a variable is eligible to be treated as a loadtime comment
+/// variable. This requires: (1) the variable name is in the requested list
+/// and (2) the variable type is valid (char pointer or array with 
initializer).
+bool CodeGenModule::isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(
+    const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) {
+  if (!llvm::is_contained(LoadTimeCommentVars, VD->getName()))
+    return false;
+  return isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(VD);
+}
+
+/// QueueLoadTimeCommentVarEmission: Called before EmitDeferred().
+/// Move loadtime comment variable candidates from DeferredDecls into
+/// DeferredDeclsToEmit so that the normal deferred emission machinery
+/// defines them — including any globals their initializers reference
+/// (e.g. static const char *p = a;).
+void CodeGenModule::QueueLoadTimeCommentVarEmission() {
+  if (!getTriple().isOSAIX())
+    return;
+
+  const auto &LoadTimeCommentVars = getCodeGenOpts().LoadTimeCommentVars;
+  if (LoadTimeCommentVars.empty())
+    return;
+
+  TranslationUnitDecl *TU = getContext().getTranslationUnitDecl();
+  for (auto *D : TU->decls()) {
+    auto *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(D);
+    if (!VD)
+      continue;
+    if (!isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(VD, LoadTimeCommentVars))
+      continue;
+
+    // Move the decl from DeferredDecls -> DeferredDeclsToEmit so EmitDeferred
+    // will define it.  If it is already being emitted (e.g. it is referenced
+    // somewhere), this is a harmless duplicate that EmitDeferred ignores.
+    GlobalDecl GD(VD);
+    StringRef MangledName = getMangledName(GD);
+    auto DDI = DeferredDecls.find(MangledName);
+    if (DDI != DeferredDecls.end()) {
+      addDeferredDeclToEmit(DDI->second);
+      DeferredDecls.erase(DDI);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/// ProcessLoadTimeCommentVars: Called after EmitDeferred().
+/// Attach loadtime_comment metadata and add each variable to
+/// llvm.compiler.used. By this point the deferred emission loop has already
+/// defined the globals, so we only need to look them up and annotate them. 
Only
+/// valid on AIX targets.
+void CodeGenModule::ProcessLoadTimeCommentVars() {
+  if (!getTriple().isOSAIX())
+    return;
+
+  const auto &LoadTimeCommentVars = getCodeGenOpts().LoadTimeCommentVars;
+  if (LoadTimeCommentVars.empty())
+    return;
+
+  auto &C = getLLVMContext();
+  TranslationUnitDecl *TU = getContext().getTranslationUnitDecl();
+
+  for (auto *D : TU->decls()) {
+    auto *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(D);
+    if (!VD)
+      continue;
+    if (!isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(VD, LoadTimeCommentVars))
+      continue;
+
+    // Look up the LLVM global that EmitDeferred() should have defined.
+    llvm::GlobalValue *GV = GetGlobalValue(getMangledName(GlobalDecl(VD)));
+    if (!GV || GV->isDeclaration())
+      continue;
+
+    auto *GVar = dyn_cast<llvm::GlobalVariable>(GV);
+    if (!GVar)
+      continue;
+
+    // Mark with loadtime_comment metadata for LowerCommentStringPass.
+    GVar->setMetadata("loadtime_comment", llvm::MDNode::get(C, {}));
+
+    // Prevent the optimizer from removing the global variable.
+    llvm::appendToCompilerUsed(getModule(), {GVar});
+  }
+}
+
 ConstantAddress CodeGenModule::GetAddrOfMSGuidDecl(const MSGuidDecl *GD) {
   StringRef Name = getMangledName(GD);
 
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h 
b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
index badb740f0ba32..66814adf7f6a9 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
@@ -2171,6 +2171,24 @@ class CodeGenModule : public CodeGenTypeCache {
   /// Emit deactivation symbols for any PFP fields whose offset is taken with
   /// offsetof.
   void emitPFPFieldsWithEvaluatedOffset();
+
+  /// Check if a variable declaration is suitable to be treated as a loadtime
+  /// comment variable (must be a character pointer or array with initializer).
+  bool isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const;
+
+  /// Check if a variable is eligible to be treated as a loadtime comment
+  /// variable (must be in the requested list and have a valid char type).
+  bool isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(
+      const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars);
+
+  /// Queue loadtime comment variable candidates into the deferred
+  /// emission list before EmitDeferred() so their initializers are emitted
+  /// through the normal infrastructure with correct ordering.
+  void QueueLoadTimeCommentVarEmission();
+
+  /// Attach loadtime_comment metadata and add variables to
+  /// llvm.compiler.used after EmitDeferred() has defined them.
+  void ProcessLoadTimeCommentVars();
 };
 
 }  // end namespace CodeGen
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp 
b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
index 0cbb1f18809f7..fb8efa3dde077 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
@@ -6221,6 +6221,15 @@ void Clang::ConstructJob(Compilation &C, const JobAction 
&JA,
   else if (UnwindTables)
      CmdArgs.push_back("-funwind-tables=1");
 
+  // Forward loadtime-comment vars option to cc1 only on AIX targets.
+  if (Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_mloadtime_comment_vars_EQ)) {
+    if (Triple.isOSAIX())
+      A->render(Args, CmdArgs);
+    else
+      D.Diag(diag::warn_drv_unsupported_option_for_target)
+          << A->getAsString(Args) << TripleStr;
+  }
+
   // Sframe unwind tables are independent of the other types. Although also
   // defined for aarch64, only x86_64 support is implemented at the moment.
   if (Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_gsframe)) {
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-mixed.c 
b/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-mixed.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..64c6ec66b6160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-mixed.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -O2 -triple powerpc-ibm-aix -mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid 
-emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -O2 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s | 
FileCheck %s
+
+#pragma comment(copyright, "@(#) pragma path")
+
+static char *sccsid = "@(#) option path";
+
+void f(void) {}
+
+// CHECK: @[[PRAGMA:__loadtime_comment_str_[0-9a-f]+]] = weak_odr hidden 
unnamed_addr constant [17 x i8] c"@(#) pragma path\00", section 
"__loadtime_comment", align 1, !loadtime_comment ![[MD:[0-9]+]]
+// CHECK: @sccsid = internal global ptr @.str, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [2 x ptr] [ptr @[[PRAGMA]], 
ptr @sccsid], section "llvm.metadata"
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c 
b/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d54f848ca2eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -O2 -triple powerpc-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version,build_number,same_copyright,active,not_defined_here
 -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -O2 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version,build_number,same_copyright,active,not_defined_here
 -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s | FileCheck %s
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -O2 -triple x86_64-linux-gnu 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s 
| FileCheck %s --check-prefix=NONAIX
+
+// 1. String pointer 
+static char *sccsid = "@(#) sccsid Version 1.0";
+
+// 2. String array 
+static char version[] = "@(#) Copyright Version 2.0";
+
+// 3. Const string (Not in CLI list, should NOT be emitted)
+static const char *copyright = "@(#) Copyright 2026";
+
+// 4. Integer (In CLI list but invalid type, should NOT be emitted)
+static int build_number = 12345;
+
+// 5. Struct (not in CLI list and invalid type, NOT emitted)
+struct build_info {
+    int major;
+    int minor;
+} static build_data = {1, 0};
+
+// 6. Deferred: pointer whose initializer references another static global.
+// Both the pointer AND the string it points to must be emitted.
+static const char dummy[] = "dummy copyright deferred";
+static const char *same_copyright = dummy;
+
+// 7. Variable already referenced (eager emission path)
+static char *active = "@(#) active string";
+void bar() { (void)active; }
+
+// 8. Variable listed but only declared (extern)
+extern char *not_defined_here;
+
+void foo() {}
+
+// CHECK-DAG: @active = internal global ptr @.str, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD:[0-9]+]]
+// CHECK: @.str = private unnamed_addr constant [19 x i8] c"@(#) active 
string\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
+// CHECK-DAG: @sccsid = internal global ptr @.str.1, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK: @.str.1 = private unnamed_addr constant [24 x i8] c"@(#) sccsid 
Version 1.0\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
+// CHECK-DAG: @version = internal global [27 x i8] c"@(#) Copyright Version 
2.0\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @same_copyright = internal global ptr @dummy, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK: @dummy = internal constant [25 x i8] c"dummy copyright deferred\00"
+// CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [4 x ptr]
+// CHECK-SAME: ptr @sccsid
+// CHECK-SAME: ptr @version
+// CHECK-SAME: ptr @same_copyright
+// CHECK-SAME: ptr @active
+// CHECK-SAME: section "llvm.metadata"
+
+// Ensure unrequested/invalid variables are not emitted
+// CHECK-NOT: @copyright
+// CHECK-NOT: @build_number
+// CHECK-NOT: @build_data
+// CHECK-NOT: @not_defined_here
+
+// NONAIX-NOT: loadtime_comment
+// NONAIX-NOT: @sccsid
+// NONAIX-NOT: @version
+
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c 
b/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a443c85aec1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// RUN: %clang -### -target powerpc-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-linux-gnu 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefix=NONAIX
+
+// CHECK: "-cc1"
+// CHECK-SAME: "-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version"
+
+// NONAIX: warning: ignoring '-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version' option 
as it is not currently supported for target 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+// NONAIX: "-cc1"
+// NONAIX-NOT: "-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version"
+
+int main(void) { return 0; }
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LowerCommentString/lower-comment-string.ll 
b/llvm/test/Transforms/LowerCommentString/lower-comment-string.ll
index dcae2e3b99d26..ff09388f9c71b 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LowerCommentString/lower-comment-string.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LowerCommentString/lower-comment-string.ll
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 target triple = "powerpc-ibm-aix"
 
 @__loadtime_comment_str_f20696a95b638f0b = weak_odr hidden unnamed_addr 
constant [24 x i8] c"@(#) Copyright TU1 v1.0\00", section "__loadtime_comment", 
align 1, !loadtime_comment !0
[email protected] = appending global [1 x ptr] [ptr 
@__loadtime_comment_str_f20696a95b638f0b], section "llvm.metadata"
[email protected]_comment_vars.str = private unnamed_addr constant [22 x i8] 
c"loadtime_comment vars\00", align 1
+@loadtime_comment_vars_gv = internal global ptr @.loadtime_comment_vars.str, 
align 8, !loadtime_comment !0
[email protected] = appending global [2 x ptr] [ptr 
@__loadtime_comment_str_f20696a95b638f0b, ptr @loadtime_comment_vars_gv], 
section "llvm.metadata"
 
 define void @f0() {
 entry:
@@ -23,16 +25,19 @@ entry:
 !0 = !{}
 ; ---- Globals --------------------------------------------
 ; CHECK: @[[LOADTIME_COMMENT_STR:__loadtime_comment_str_[0-9a-f]+]] = weak_odr 
hidden unnamed_addr constant [24 x i8] c"@(#) Copyright TU1 v1.0\00", section 
"__loadtime_comment", align 1, !loadtime_comment !0
-; CHECK-NEXT: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [1 x ptr] [ptr 
@[[LOADTIME_COMMENT_STR]]], section "llvm.metadata"
+; CHECK: @.loadtime_comment_vars.str = private unnamed_addr constant [22 x i8] 
c"loadtime_comment vars\00", align 1
+; CHECK: @loadtime_comment_vars_gv = internal global ptr 
@.loadtime_comment_vars.str, align {{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment !0
+; CHECK-NEXT: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [2 x ptr] [ptr 
@[[LOADTIME_COMMENT_STR]], ptr @loadtime_comment_vars_gv], section 
"llvm.metadata"
 
 
-; Function has an implicit ref MD pointing at the string:
-; CHECK-O0: define void @f0() !implicit.ref ![[MD:[0-9]+]]
-; CHECK-ON: define void @f0() local_unnamed_addr #0 !implicit.ref 
![[MD:[0-9]+]]
-
-; CHECK-O0: define i32 @main() !implicit.ref ![[MD]]
-; CHECK-ON: define noundef i32 @main() local_unnamed_addr #0 !implicit.ref 
![[MD]]
+; Function has implicit refs to both loadtime comment globals.
+; CHECK-O0: define void @f0() !implicit.ref ![[MD:[0-9]+]] !implicit.ref 
![[MD2:[0-9]+]]
+; CHECK-ON: define void @f0() local_unnamed_addr #0 !implicit.ref 
![[MD:[0-9]+]] !implicit.ref ![[MD2:[0-9]+]]
+; CHECK-O0: define i32 @main() !implicit.ref ![[MD]] !implicit.ref ![[MD2]]
+; CHECK-ON: define noundef i32 @main() local_unnamed_addr #0 !implicit.ref 
![[MD]] !implicit.ref ![[MD2]]
 
 ; Verify metadata content
 ; CHECK-O0: ![[MD]] = !{ptr @[[LOADTIME_COMMENT_STR]]}
 ; CHECK-ON: ![[MD]] = !{ptr @[[LOADTIME_COMMENT_STR]]}
+; CHECK-O0: ![[MD2]] = !{ptr @loadtime_comment_vars_gv}
+; CHECK-ON: ![[MD2]] = !{ptr @loadtime_comment_vars_gv}

>From 5dc32ee4937c38d63aac4c6df131d7147c37e537 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Varghese <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:30:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] [Clang][AIX] Handle -mloadtime-comment-vars in global var
 emission

---
 clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst             |  17 +-
 clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp           | 150 +++++++-----------
 clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h             |  15 +-
 .../CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp     |  85 ++++++++++
 clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c    |  10 +-
 clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c    |   4 +
 6 files changed, 176 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp

diff --git a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst 
b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
index 04e2f14b53984..236ae14bbcfb4 100644
--- a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
@@ -6878,8 +6878,9 @@ Preserving Identifying Variables with 
-mloadtime-comment-vars
 
 The ``-mloadtime-comment-vars=`` flag accepts a comma-separated list of
 global variable names that should be preserved in the final object file as
-loadtime identifying strings. This is an AIX-specific feature and is ignored
-on other targets.
+loadtime identifying strings. This is an AIX-specific feature; on other
+targets the compiler emits a warning and the flag is not forwarded to
+``-cc1``.
 
 This flag complements ``#pragma comment(copyright, ...)`` for codebases that
 already use the traditional UNIX convention of embedding identifying strings
@@ -6891,6 +6892,18 @@ Syntax:
 
   -mloadtime-comment-vars=<var1>[,<var2>,...]
 
+Name matching:
+
+- In C, names are matched as plain identifiers (for example, ``sccsid``).
+- In C++, names containing ``::`` are treated as source-qualified names and
+  matched against the declaration's qualified source name (for example,
+  ``N::x`` or ``A::x``).
+- In C++, names without ``::`` are treated as unqualified names and matched by
+  plain identifier. This may match more than one declaration when names are
+  reused across scopes.
+- To target a single declaration in C++, prefer qualified names. Unqualified
+  matches can preserve additional globals and increase object size.
+
 Valid variable types:
 
 A variable named in the list must meet both of these conditions to be
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp 
b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index d06dee73acfc5..6adf5723ae8c1 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -1078,12 +1078,6 @@ void CodeGenModule::Release() {
   if (CXX20ModuleInits && Primary && !Primary->isHeaderLikeModule())
     EmitModuleInitializers(Primary);
 
-  // Queue loadtime comment variable candidates into the deferred emission
-  // list before EmitDeferred() runs, so their initializers (which may
-  // reference other globals, e.g. static const char *p = a;) are emitted
-  // through the normal infrastructure with correct ordering.
-  QueueLoadTimeCommentVarEmission();
-
   EmitDeferred();
   DeferredDecls.insert_range(EmittedDeferredDecls);
   EmittedDeferredDecls.clear();
@@ -1765,9 +1759,6 @@ void CodeGenModule::Release() {
 
   EmitBackendOptionsMetadata(getCodeGenOpts());
 
-  // Mark loadtime comment variables specified via -mloadtime-comment-vars.
-  ProcessLoadTimeCommentVars();
-
   // If there is device offloading code embed it in the host now.
   EmbedObject(&getModule(), CodeGenOpts, *getFileSystem(), getDiags());
 
@@ -4285,7 +4276,12 @@ bool CodeGenModule::MustBeEmitted(const ValueDecl 
*Global) {
         (VD->getStorageDuration() == SD_Static ||
          VD->getStorageDuration() == SD_Thread)) ||
        (CodeGenOpts.KeepStaticConsts && VD->getStorageDuration() == SD_Static 
&&
-        VD->getType().isConstQualified())))
+        VD->getType().isConstQualified()) ||
+       // Keep requested loadtime-comment variables in the normal
+       // emission path so EmitGlobalVarDefinition can annotate the definition.
+       (getTriple().isOSAIX() && !CodeGenOpts.LoadTimeCommentVars.empty() &&
+        isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(VD,
+                                           CodeGenOpts.LoadTimeCommentVars))))
     return true;
 
   return getContext().DeclMustBeEmitted(Global);
@@ -4347,23 +4343,19 @@ bool CodeGenModule::MayBeEmittedEagerly(const ValueDecl 
*Global) {
   return true;
 }
 
-/// Check if a variable declaration is suitable to be treated as a loadtime
-/// comment variable. Valid variables must be character pointers or character
-/// arrays with an initializer.
+/// Return true if a variable is a supported loadtime-comment declaration:
+/// character pointer/array with an initializer.
 bool CodeGenModule::isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const {
-  // Must be a valid declaration and must have an initializer (the string).
   if (!D || !D->hasInit())
     return false;
 
   QualType Ty = D->getType();
 
-  // 1. Handle Pointers (e.g., char *sccsid, const char *copyright).
   if (const PointerType *PT = Ty->getAs<PointerType>()) {
     if (PT->getPointeeType()->isAnyCharacterType())
       return true;
   }
 
-  // 2. Handle Arrays (e.g., char version[])
   if (const ArrayType *AT = getContext().getAsArrayType(Ty)) {
     if (AT->getElementType()->isAnyCharacterType())
       return true;
@@ -4372,88 +4364,57 @@ bool 
CodeGenModule::isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const {
   return false; // Reject ints, structs, etc.
 }
 
-/// Check if a variable is eligible to be treated as a loadtime comment
-/// variable. This requires: (1) the variable name is in the requested list
-/// and (2) the variable type is valid (char pointer or array with 
initializer).
-bool CodeGenModule::isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(
-    const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) {
-  if (!llvm::is_contained(LoadTimeCommentVars, VD->getName()))
+/// Return true if a variable name matches any entry in LoadTimeCommentVars.
+///
+///  - A token containing "::" is treated as a source-qualified name.
+///  - A token without "::" is treated as an unqualified identifier and may
+///    match declarations in multiple scopes.
+///
+/// For qualified matching, leading "::" is ignored on both sides, so "::x"
+/// and "x" both select a file-scope variable.
+bool CodeGenModule::matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(
+    const VarDecl *VD,
+    const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) const {
+  if (!VD)
     return false;
-  return isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(VD);
-}
 
-/// QueueLoadTimeCommentVarEmission: Called before EmitDeferred().
-/// Move loadtime comment variable candidates from DeferredDecls into
-/// DeferredDeclsToEmit so that the normal deferred emission machinery
-/// defines them — including any globals their initializers reference
-/// (e.g. static const char *p = a;).
-void CodeGenModule::QueueLoadTimeCommentVarEmission() {
-  if (!getTriple().isOSAIX())
-    return;
-
-  const auto &LoadTimeCommentVars = getCodeGenOpts().LoadTimeCommentVars;
-  if (LoadTimeCommentVars.empty())
-    return;
+  StringRef Unqualified = VD->getName();
+  std::optional<std::string> Qualified;
 
-  TranslationUnitDecl *TU = getContext().getTranslationUnitDecl();
-  for (auto *D : TU->decls()) {
-    auto *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(D);
-    if (!VD)
+  for (const std::string &RequestedName : LoadTimeCommentVars) {
+    StringRef Requested(RequestedName);
+    if (Requested.empty())
       continue;
-    if (!isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(VD, LoadTimeCommentVars))
-      continue;
-
-    // Move the decl from DeferredDecls -> DeferredDeclsToEmit so EmitDeferred
-    // will define it.  If it is already being emitted (e.g. it is referenced
-    // somewhere), this is a harmless duplicate that EmitDeferred ignores.
-    GlobalDecl GD(VD);
-    StringRef MangledName = getMangledName(GD);
-    auto DDI = DeferredDecls.find(MangledName);
-    if (DDI != DeferredDecls.end()) {
-      addDeferredDeclToEmit(DDI->second);
-      DeferredDecls.erase(DDI);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/// ProcessLoadTimeCommentVars: Called after EmitDeferred().
-/// Attach loadtime_comment metadata and add each variable to
-/// llvm.compiler.used. By this point the deferred emission loop has already
-/// defined the globals, so we only need to look them up and annotate them. 
Only
-/// valid on AIX targets.
-void CodeGenModule::ProcessLoadTimeCommentVars() {
-  if (!getTriple().isOSAIX())
-    return;
 
-  const auto &LoadTimeCommentVars = getCodeGenOpts().LoadTimeCommentVars;
-  if (LoadTimeCommentVars.empty())
-    return;
-
-  auto &C = getLLVMContext();
-  TranslationUnitDecl *TU = getContext().getTranslationUnitDecl();
-
-  for (auto *D : TU->decls()) {
-    auto *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(D);
-    if (!VD)
-      continue;
-    if (!isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(VD, LoadTimeCommentVars))
-      continue;
-
-    // Look up the LLVM global that EmitDeferred() should have defined.
-    llvm::GlobalValue *GV = GetGlobalValue(getMangledName(GlobalDecl(VD)));
-    if (!GV || GV->isDeclaration())
+    if (Requested.contains("::")) {
+      if (!Qualified) {
+        Qualified = VD->getQualifiedNameAsString();
+        // Normalize file-scope names by dropping a leading "::".
+        if (StringRef(*Qualified).starts_with("::"))
+          Qualified->erase(0, 2);
+      }
+      Requested.consume_front("::");
+      if (Requested == *Qualified)
+        return true;
       continue;
+    }
 
-    auto *GVar = dyn_cast<llvm::GlobalVariable>(GV);
-    if (!GVar)
-      continue;
+    if (Requested == Unqualified)
+      return true;
+  }
 
-    // Mark with loadtime_comment metadata for LowerCommentStringPass.
-    GVar->setMetadata("loadtime_comment", llvm::MDNode::get(C, {}));
+  return false;
+}
 
-    // Prevent the optimizer from removing the global variable.
-    llvm::appendToCompilerUsed(getModule(), {GVar});
-  }
+/// Check if a variable is eligible to be treated as a loadtime comment
+/// variable. This requires: (1) the variable name is in the requested list
+/// and (2) the variable type is valid (char pointer or array with 
initializer).
+bool CodeGenModule::isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(
+    const VarDecl *VD,
+    const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) const {
+  if (!isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(VD))
+    return false;
+  return matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(VD, LoadTimeCommentVars);
 }
 
 ConstantAddress CodeGenModule::GetAddrOfMSGuidDecl(const MSGuidDecl *GD) {
@@ -6646,6 +6607,17 @@ void CodeGenModule::EmitGlobalVarDefinition(const 
VarDecl *D,
   if (D->hasAttr<AnnotateAttr>())
     AddGlobalAnnotations(D, GV);
 
+  if (getTriple().isOSAIX()) {
+    const auto &LoadTimeCommentVars = getCodeGenOpts().LoadTimeCommentVars;
+    if (!LoadTimeCommentVars.empty() &&
+        isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(D, LoadTimeCommentVars)) {
+      auto &C = getLLVMContext();
+      // Mark for LowerCommentStringPass and keep the symbol alive.
+      GV->setMetadata("loadtime_comment", llvm::MDNode::get(C, {}));
+      llvm::appendToCompilerUsed(getModule(), {GV});
+    }
+  }
+
   // Set the llvm linkage type as appropriate.
   llvm::GlobalValue::LinkageTypes Linkage = getLLVMLinkageVarDefinition(D);
 
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h 
b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
index 66814adf7f6a9..592198a6238ce 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
@@ -2179,16 +2179,13 @@ class CodeGenModule : public CodeGenTypeCache {
   /// Check if a variable is eligible to be treated as a loadtime comment
   /// variable (must be in the requested list and have a valid char type).
   bool isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(
-      const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars);
+      const VarDecl *VD,
+      const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) const;
 
-  /// Queue loadtime comment variable candidates into the deferred
-  /// emission list before EmitDeferred() so their initializers are emitted
-  /// through the normal infrastructure with correct ordering.
-  void QueueLoadTimeCommentVarEmission();
-
-  /// Attach loadtime_comment metadata and add variables to
-  /// llvm.compiler.used after EmitDeferred() has defined them.
-  void ProcessLoadTimeCommentVars();
+  /// Check if a variable name matches any entry in LoadTimeCommentVars.
+  bool matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(
+      const VarDecl *VD,
+      const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) const;
 };
 
 }  // end namespace CodeGen
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp 
b/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..57a0f84d4e170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++17 -O2 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix \
+// RUN:   -mloadtime-comment-vars=x,N::q,A::x,N::ptr,B::ver,C::info \
+// RUN:   -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s | FileCheck %s
+
+
+// 1. Unqualified name "x" — matches both ::x (file scope) and N::x (namespace)
+char x[] = "@(#) global x";
+
+namespace N {
+char x[] = "@(#) ns x";
+
+// 2. Qualified name "N::q" — selects only this declaration
+char q[] = "@(#) ns q";
+
+
+// 3. Deferred pointer-chain inside a namespace.
+//    N::ptr points to N::base (another static). MustBeEmitted forces N::ptr
+//    through EmitGlobalVarDefinition; the initializer reference to N::base
+//    causes N::base to be emitted as a side-effect.
+static const char base[] = "base deferred ns";
+static const char *ptr = base;
+} // namespace N
+
+
+// 4. Qualified name "A::x" — class static member (const char *)
+struct A {
+  static const char *x;
+};
+const char *A::x = "@(#) class x";
+
+
+// 5. Deferred pointer-chain for a class static member.
+//    B::ver points to a separate static array base_b.
+struct B {
+  static const char *ver;
+};
+static const char base_b[] = "base for B::ver";
+const char *B::ver = base_b;
+
+// 6. Qualified name in list but only declared, never defined — must be 
skipped.
+struct C { static const char *info; };
+// C::info has no definition in this TU.
+
+
+// 7. Invalid type — int with a matching name should NOT be tagged.
+int not_string = 7;
+
+void f() {}
+
+// --- Checks ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Unqualified "x" matches both ::x and N::x.
+// CHECK-DAG: @x = global [14 x i8] c"@(#) global x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD:[0-9]+]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1N1xE = global [10 x i8] c"@(#) ns x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+
+// Qualified "N::q" selects the specific namespace member.
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1N1qE = global [10 x i8] c"@(#) ns q\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+
+// Qualified "A::x" selects the class static member (pointer to literal).
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[AX:_ZN1A1xE]] = {{.*}}global ptr @[[AXSTR:.*]], align 
{{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[AXSTR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [13 x i8] c"@(#) 
class x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
+
+// Deferred: N::ptr points to N::base — both must be emitted.
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1NL3ptrE = internal global ptr @_ZN1NL4baseE, align 
{{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1NL4baseE = internal constant [17 x i8] c"base deferred 
ns\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
+
+// Deferred: B::ver points to base_b — both must be emitted.
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1B3verE = global ptr @_ZL6base_b, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZL6base_b = internal constant [16 x i8] c"base for B::ver\00", 
align {{[0-9]+}}
+
+// Invalid type must not be tagged.
+// CHECK-NOT: @not_string{{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+
+// C::info is declared but not defined — must not appear at all.
+// CHECK-NOT: @_ZN1C4infoE
+
+// All six selected globals are preserved in llvm.compiler.used.
+// CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [6 x ptr]
+// CHECK-SAME: @x
+// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1N1xE
+// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1N1qE
+// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1NL3ptrE
+// CHECK-SAME: @[[AX]]
+// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1B3verE
+// CHECK-SAME: section "llvm.metadata"
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c 
b/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c
index d54f848ca2eea..057c39f4f8380 100644
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ extern char *not_defined_here;
 
 void foo() {}
 
-// CHECK-DAG: @active = internal global ptr @.str, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD:[0-9]+]]
-// CHECK: @.str = private unnamed_addr constant [19 x i8] c"@(#) active 
string\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
-// CHECK-DAG: @sccsid = internal global ptr @.str.1, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
-// CHECK: @.str.1 = private unnamed_addr constant [24 x i8] c"@(#) sccsid 
Version 1.0\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[ACTIVE:active]] = internal global ptr 
@[[ACTIVE_STR:.str(\.[0-9]+)?]], align {{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment 
![[MD:[0-9]+]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[ACTIVE_STR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [19 x i8] c"@(#) 
active string\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
+// CHECK-DAG: @sccsid = internal global ptr @[[SCCSID_STR:.str(\.[0-9]+)?]], 
align {{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[SCCSID_STR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [24 x i8] c"@(#) 
sccsid Version 1.0\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
 // CHECK-DAG: @version = internal global [27 x i8] c"@(#) Copyright Version 
2.0\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
 // CHECK-DAG: @same_copyright = internal global ptr @dummy, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
-// CHECK: @dummy = internal constant [25 x i8] c"dummy copyright deferred\00"
+// CHECK-DAG: @dummy = internal constant [25 x i8] c"dummy copyright 
deferred\00"
 // CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [4 x ptr]
 // CHECK-SAME: ptr @sccsid
 // CHECK-SAME: ptr @version
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c 
b/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c
index a443c85aec1f7..4c5cfc586dab2 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 // RUN: %clang -### -target powerpc-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -target powerpc64-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=::x,N::x,A::x %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefix=SCOPE
 // RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-linux-gnu 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefix=NONAIX
 
 // CHECK: "-cc1"
 // CHECK-SAME: "-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version"
 
+// SCOPE: "-cc1"
+// SCOPE-SAME: "-mloadtime-comment-vars=::x,N::x,A::x"
+
 // NONAIX: warning: ignoring '-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version' option 
as it is not currently supported for target 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
 // NONAIX: "-cc1"
 // NONAIX-NOT: "-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version"

>From 8b064a7a0049718c3b41b9ebbaef3f07d05320e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Varghese <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:56:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] [Clang][AIX] Switch -mloadtime-comment-vars name matching
 to mangled IR names

Replace source-qualified name matching in matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName with
mangled IR symbol name matching via getMangledName(GlobalDecl(VD)).
---
 clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst             | 33 ++++++++----
 clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp           | 53 +++++--------------
 clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h             | 11 ++--
 .../CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp     | 52 ++++++++++--------
 clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c    |  6 +--
 5 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst 
b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
index 236ae14bbcfb4..02603634ef1be 100644
--- a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
@@ -6894,15 +6894,30 @@ Syntax:
 
 Name matching:
 
-- In C, names are matched as plain identifiers (for example, ``sccsid``).
-- In C++, names containing ``::`` are treated as source-qualified names and
-  matched against the declaration's qualified source name (for example,
-  ``N::x`` or ``A::x``).
-- In C++, names without ``::`` are treated as unqualified names and matched by
-  plain identifier. This may match more than one declaration when names are
-  reused across scopes.
-- To target a single declaration in C++, prefer qualified names. Unqualified
-  matches can preserve additional globals and increase object size.
+Names are matched against the variable's **mangled IR symbol name** — the
+name as it appears in the object file.
+
+- In C, file-scope static variables are not mangled, so the mangled name is
+  identical to the source identifier (for example, ``sccsid``).
+- In C++, variables are mangled using the Itanium ABI. To find the mangled
+  name, compile with ``clang -S -emit-llvm`` and look for the global in the
+  ``.ll`` output, or run ``nm`` on the object file.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  # Find the mangled name of a C++ variable
+  $ clang++ -S -emit-llvm -o - source.cpp | grep '@.*sccsid'
+  @_ZN1N6sccsidE = ...
+
+  # Or use nm on the object file
+  $ nm source.o | grep sccsid
+  0000000000000000 b _ZN1N6sccsidE
+
+  # Then pass the mangled name to the flag
+  -mloadtime-comment-vars=_ZN1N6sccsidE
+
+Mangled names are unique, so each entry in the list selects exactly one
+variable. Unrecognised names are silently ignored.
 
 Valid variable types:
 
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp 
b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index 6adf5723ae8c1..b945486680b8c 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -4364,54 +4364,27 @@ bool 
CodeGenModule::isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const {
   return false; // Reject ints, structs, etc.
 }
 
-/// Return true if a variable name matches any entry in LoadTimeCommentVars.
+/// Return true if the mangled IR name of Global Variable matches any entry in
+/// LoadTimeCommentVars list. Users supply the mangled name as it appears in 
the
+/// object file.
 ///
-///  - A token containing "::" is treated as a source-qualified name.
-///  - A token without "::" is treated as an unqualified identifier and may
-///    match declarations in multiple scopes.
-///
-/// For qualified matching, leading "::" is ignored on both sides, so "::x"
-/// and "x" both select a file-scope variable.
+/// For plain C file-scope statics the mangled name is identical to the
+/// source identifier (e.g. ``sccsid``). For C++ variables the mangled name
+/// is the Itanium ABI symbol (e.g. ``_ZN1N6sccsidE``).
 bool CodeGenModule::matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(
-    const VarDecl *VD,
-    const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) const {
+    const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) {
   if (!VD)
     return false;
-
-  StringRef Unqualified = VD->getName();
-  std::optional<std::string> Qualified;
-
-  for (const std::string &RequestedName : LoadTimeCommentVars) {
-    StringRef Requested(RequestedName);
-    if (Requested.empty())
-      continue;
-
-    if (Requested.contains("::")) {
-      if (!Qualified) {
-        Qualified = VD->getQualifiedNameAsString();
-        // Normalize file-scope names by dropping a leading "::".
-        if (StringRef(*Qualified).starts_with("::"))
-          Qualified->erase(0, 2);
-      }
-      Requested.consume_front("::");
-      if (Requested == *Qualified)
-        return true;
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    if (Requested == Unqualified)
-      return true;
-  }
-
-  return false;
+  StringRef MangledName = getMangledName(GlobalDecl(VD));
+  return llvm::is_contained(LoadTimeCommentVars, MangledName);
 }
 
 /// Check if a variable is eligible to be treated as a loadtime comment
-/// variable. This requires: (1) the variable name is in the requested list
-/// and (2) the variable type is valid (char pointer or array with 
initializer).
+/// variable. This requires: (1) the variable's mangled name is in the
+/// requested list and (2) the variable type is valid (char pointer or array
+/// with initializer).
 bool CodeGenModule::isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(
-    const VarDecl *VD,
-    const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) const {
+    const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) {
   if (!isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(VD))
     return false;
   return matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(VD, LoadTimeCommentVars);
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h 
b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
index 592198a6238ce..bf589d80310c6 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
@@ -2177,15 +2177,14 @@ class CodeGenModule : public CodeGenTypeCache {
   bool isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const;
 
   /// Check if a variable is eligible to be treated as a loadtime comment
-  /// variable (must be in the requested list and have a valid char type).
+  /// variable (must be in the requested list and have a valid type).
   bool isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(
-      const VarDecl *VD,
-      const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) const;
+      const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars);
 
-  /// Check if a variable name matches any entry in LoadTimeCommentVars.
+  /// Return true if the mangled IR name of a Global Variable matches any entry
+  /// in LoadTimeCommentVars list.
   bool matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(
-      const VarDecl *VD,
-      const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) const;
+      const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars);
 };
 
 }  // end namespace CodeGen
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp 
b/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
index 57a0f84d4e170..01a19b96f8ba1 100644
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
@@ -1,77 +1,85 @@
+// Names are matched against mangled IR symbol names.
+// C++ variables use Itanium ABI mangling; C/file-scope statics keep their
+// source name.
+//
+// Mangled names used here:
+//   x            -> x             (file-scope, no mangling)
+//   N::x         -> _ZN1N1xE
+//   N::q         -> _ZN1N1qE
+//   N::ptr       -> _ZN1NL3ptrE   (static, internal linkage)
+//   A::x         -> _ZN1A1xE
+//   B::ver       -> _ZN1B3verE
+//   C::info      -> _ZN1C4infoE   (declared only, no definition — skipped)
+
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++17 -O2 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix \
-// RUN:   -mloadtime-comment-vars=x,N::q,A::x,N::ptr,B::ver,C::info \
+// RUN:   
-mloadtime-comment-vars=x,_ZN1N1xE,_ZN1N1qE,_ZN1NL3ptrE,_ZN1A1xE,_ZN1B3verE,_ZN1C4infoE
 \
 // RUN:   -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s | FileCheck %s
 
-
-// 1. Unqualified name "x" — matches both ::x (file scope) and N::x (namespace)
+// 1. File-scope array "x" — no mangling in C++, IR name == source name.
 char x[] = "@(#) global x";
 
 namespace N {
 char x[] = "@(#) ns x";
 
-// 2. Qualified name "N::q" — selects only this declaration
+// 2. Namespace member "N::x" — mangled as _ZN1N1xE.
 char q[] = "@(#) ns q";
 
-
 // 3. Deferred pointer-chain inside a namespace.
-//    N::ptr points to N::base (another static). MustBeEmitted forces N::ptr
-//    through EmitGlobalVarDefinition; the initializer reference to N::base
-//    causes N::base to be emitted as a side-effect.
+//    _ZN1NL3ptrE (N::ptr) points to _ZN1NL4baseE (N::base, another static).
+//    MustBeEmitted forces N::ptr through EmitGlobalVarDefinition; the
+//    initializer reference to N::base causes N::base to be emitted too.
 static const char base[] = "base deferred ns";
 static const char *ptr = base;
 } // namespace N
 
-
-// 4. Qualified name "A::x" — class static member (const char *)
+// 4. Class static member "A::x" — mangled as _ZN1A1xE.
 struct A {
   static const char *x;
 };
 const char *A::x = "@(#) class x";
 
-
 // 5. Deferred pointer-chain for a class static member.
-//    B::ver points to a separate static array base_b.
+//    _ZN1B3verE (B::ver) points to _ZL6base_b.
 struct B {
   static const char *ver;
 };
 static const char base_b[] = "base for B::ver";
 const char *B::ver = base_b;
 
-// 6. Qualified name in list but only declared, never defined — must be 
skipped.
+// 6. _ZN1C4infoE is in the list but C::info has no definition in this TU —
+//    must be silently skipped.
 struct C { static const char *info; };
-// C::info has no definition in this TU.
-
 
-// 7. Invalid type — int with a matching name should NOT be tagged.
+// 7. Invalid type — int must not be tagged regardless of its IR name.
 int not_string = 7;
 
 void f() {}
 
 // --- Checks ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// Unqualified "x" matches both ::x and N::x.
+// File-scope x and namespace N::x both matched.
 // CHECK-DAG: @x = global [14 x i8] c"@(#) global x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD:[0-9]+]]
 // CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1N1xE = global [10 x i8] c"@(#) ns x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
 
-// Qualified "N::q" selects the specific namespace member.
+// N::q matched by mangled name _ZN1N1qE.
 // CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1N1qE = global [10 x i8] c"@(#) ns q\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
 
-// Qualified "A::x" selects the class static member (pointer to literal).
+// A::x matched by mangled name _ZN1A1xE.
 // CHECK-DAG: @[[AX:_ZN1A1xE]] = {{.*}}global ptr @[[AXSTR:.*]], align 
{{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
 // CHECK-DAG: @[[AXSTR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [13 x i8] c"@(#) 
class x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
 
-// Deferred: N::ptr points to N::base — both must be emitted.
+// Deferred: N::ptr (_ZN1NL3ptrE) points to N::base (_ZN1NL4baseE).
 // CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1NL3ptrE = internal global ptr @_ZN1NL4baseE, align 
{{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
 // CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1NL4baseE = internal constant [17 x i8] c"base deferred 
ns\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
 
-// Deferred: B::ver points to base_b — both must be emitted.
+// Deferred: B::ver (_ZN1B3verE) points to base_b (_ZL6base_b).
 // CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1B3verE = global ptr @_ZL6base_b, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
 // CHECK-DAG: @_ZL6base_b = internal constant [16 x i8] c"base for B::ver\00", 
align {{[0-9]+}}
 
 // Invalid type must not be tagged.
 // CHECK-NOT: @not_string{{.*}}!loadtime_comment
 
-// C::info is declared but not defined — must not appear at all.
+// C::info has no definition — must not appear.
 // CHECK-NOT: @_ZN1C4infoE
 
 // All six selected globals are preserved in llvm.compiler.used.
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c 
b/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c
index 4c5cfc586dab2..77d77e2552376 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/mloadtime-comment-vars.c
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 // RUN: %clang -### -target powerpc-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
-// RUN: %clang -### -target powerpc64-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=::x,N::x,A::x %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefix=SCOPE
 // RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-linux-gnu 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefix=NONAIX
 
+// Verify the option is forwarded verbatim to cc1 on AIX.
 // CHECK: "-cc1"
 // CHECK-SAME: "-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version"
 
-// SCOPE: "-cc1"
-// SCOPE-SAME: "-mloadtime-comment-vars=::x,N::x,A::x"
-
+// Verify a warning is emitted and the option is NOT forwarded on non-AIX 
targets.
 // NONAIX: warning: ignoring '-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version' option 
as it is not currently supported for target 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
 // NONAIX: "-cc1"
 // NONAIX-NOT: "-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version"

>From cd21372350ee8312513cbb77c1ee7a1fdfc2e130 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Varghese <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:03:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Hubert Tong <[email protected]>
---
 clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst 
b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
index 02603634ef1be..616c42b42f02a 100644
--- a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
@@ -6879,8 +6879,7 @@ Preserving Identifying Variables with 
-mloadtime-comment-vars
 The ``-mloadtime-comment-vars=`` flag accepts a comma-separated list of
 global variable names that should be preserved in the final object file as
 loadtime identifying strings. This is an AIX-specific feature; on other
-targets the compiler emits a warning and the flag is not forwarded to
-``-cc1``.
+targets the compiler emits a warning.
 
 This flag complements ``#pragma comment(copyright, ...)`` for codebases that
 already use the traditional UNIX convention of embedding identifying strings
@@ -6894,14 +6893,10 @@ Syntax:
 
 Name matching:
 
-Names are matched against the variable's **mangled IR symbol name** — the
-name as it appears in the object file.
+Names are matched against the variable's mangled name.
 
 - In C, file-scope static variables are not mangled, so the mangled name is
   identical to the source identifier (for example, ``sccsid``).
-- In C++, variables are mangled using the Itanium ABI. To find the mangled
-  name, compile with ``clang -S -emit-llvm`` and look for the global in the
-  ``.ll`` output, or run ``nm`` on the object file.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
@@ -6917,7 +6912,6 @@ name as it appears in the object file.
   -mloadtime-comment-vars=_ZN1N6sccsidE
 
 Mangled names are unique, so each entry in the list selects exactly one
-variable. Unrecognised names are silently ignored.
 
 Valid variable types:
 

>From b79a874748ca575ef667dcd3919b27f4062efd42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Varghese <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:54:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] [Clang][AIX] Diagnose unsupported -mloadtime-comment-vars
 variables

---
 clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst             |  59 ++---
 clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h    |   2 +-
 .../clang/Basic/DiagnosticFrontendKinds.td    |  17 ++
 clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td |   4 +
 clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td        |   4 +-
 clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp           | 129 +++++++---
 clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h             |  42 +++-
 .../PowerPC/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp     | 228 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../{ => PowerPC}/loadtime-comment-vars.c     |  19 +-
 .../CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp     |  93 -------
 10 files changed, 419 insertions(+), 178 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
 rename clang/test/CodeGen/{ => PowerPC}/loadtime-comment-vars.c (80%)
 delete mode 100644 clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp

diff --git a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst 
b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
index 616c42b42f02a..7619d4fcde47b 100644
--- a/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/LanguageExtensions.rst
@@ -6877,9 +6877,10 @@ Preserving Identifying Variables with 
-mloadtime-comment-vars
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 The ``-mloadtime-comment-vars=`` flag accepts a comma-separated list of
-global variable names that should be preserved in the final object file as
+mangled variable names that should be preserved in the final object file as
 loadtime identifying strings. This is an AIX-specific feature; on other
-targets the compiler emits a warning.
+targets the compiler emits a warning. Names are matched against each
+variable's mangled name, and unrecognised names are silently ignored.
 
 This flag complements ``#pragma comment(copyright, ...)`` for codebases that
 already use the traditional UNIX convention of embedding identifying strings
@@ -6891,40 +6892,45 @@ Syntax:
 
   -mloadtime-comment-vars=<var1>[,<var2>,...]
 
-Name matching:
+In C, variable names are not mangled, so the mangled name is identical to the 
source
+identifier (for example, ``sccsid``). In C++, the mangled name follows the
+Itanium C++ ABI, so a namespace-scoped or class-scoped variable must be named
+using its mangled form:
 
-Names are matched against the variable's mangled name.
+.. code-block:: c++
 
-- In C, file-scope static variables are not mangled, so the mangled name is
-  identical to the source identifier (for example, ``sccsid``).
+  namespace N { char sccsid[] = "@(#) MyApp Version 1.0"; }   // N::sccsid   
-> _ZN1N6sccsidE
+  const char *App::version = "@(#) Built 2026-06-25";         // App::version 
-> _ZN3App7versionE
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-  # Find the mangled name of a C++ variable
-  $ clang++ -S -emit-llvm -o - source.cpp | grep '@.*sccsid'
-  @_ZN1N6sccsidE = ...
-
-  # Or use nm on the object file
-  $ nm source.o | grep sccsid
-  0000000000000000 b _ZN1N6sccsidE
-
-  # Then pass the mangled name to the flag
-  -mloadtime-comment-vars=_ZN1N6sccsidE
-
-Mangled names are unique, so each entry in the list selects exactly one
+  -mloadtime-comment-vars=_ZN1N6sccsidE,_ZN3App7versionE
 
 Valid variable types:
 
-A variable named in the list must meet both of these conditions to be
+A variable named in the list must meet all of these conditions to be
 preserved:
 
+- It must be defined at file, namespace, or class scope (a function-local
+  ``static`` variable is not supported).
 - Its type must be a character pointer (``char *``, ``const char *``) or a
-  character array (``char[]``).
-- It must have an initializer.
-
-Variables that fail either check -- for example, an ``int`` or a ``struct`` --
-are silently skipped. Variables that appear in the list but are not defined in
-the translation unit are also ignored.
+  character array (``char[]``, ``const char[]``).
+- It must have static storage duration and must not be ``volatile``-qualified.
+- It must be constant-initialized, so that the string is present in the object
+  at load time. A dynamically initialized variable (whose value is computed by
+  a start-up constructor) is not preserved.
+- A character *pointer* must be initialized directly with a string literal (for
+  example, ``char *p = "@(#) ...";``). A pointer bound to some other object
+  -- even a constant one, such as another character array -- does not itself
+  carry the identifying string and is not preserved.
+
+A variable that is named in the list but is ``volatile``-qualified, does not
+have static storage duration (for example, a ``thread_local`` variable), is
+dynamically initialized, or is a pointer not bound to a string literal, is
+diagnosed with a warning and is not preserved. Variables of an unsupported type
+-- for example, an ``int`` or a ``struct`` -- or without an initializer are
+silently skipped, as are function-local ``static`` variables and names that are
+not defined in the translation unit.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -6943,8 +6949,7 @@ Compiled with:
     -mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version \
     -c source.c -o source.o
 
-Both ``sccsid`` and ``version`` survive optimization and are retained in the
-object file.
+Both ``sccsid`` and ``version`` are retained in the object file.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h 
b/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h
index 03bf2f730d631..18dffc92f0d1e 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class CodeGenOptions : public CodeGenOptionsBase {
   /// A list of linker options to embed in the object file.
   std::vector<std::string> LinkerOptions;
 
-  /// List of global variable names to preserve as loadtime comment variables.
+  /// List of mangled variable names to preserve as loadtime comment variables.
   std::vector<std::string> LoadTimeCommentVars;
 
   /// Name of the profile file to use as output for -fprofile-instr-generate,
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticFrontendKinds.td 
b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticFrontendKinds.td
index 058449ef47a46..388c1cd517ab3 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticFrontendKinds.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticFrontendKinds.td
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ def err_fe_linking_module : Error<"cannot link module '%0': 
%1">, DefaultFatal;
 def warn_fe_linking_module : Warning<"linking module '%0': %1">, 
InGroup<LinkerWarnings>;
 def note_fe_linking_module : Note<"linking module '%0': %1">;
 
+def warn_loadtime_comment_var_volatile : Warning<
+    "%0 named in '-mloadtime-comment-vars=' is volatile-qualified and will not 
"
+    "be preserved">,
+    InGroup<LoadtimeCommentVar>;
+def warn_loadtime_comment_var_storage : Warning<
+    "%0 named in '-mloadtime-comment-vars=' does not have static storage "
+    "duration and will not be preserved">,
+    InGroup<LoadtimeCommentVar>;
+def warn_loadtime_comment_var_dynamic_init : Warning<
+    "%0 named in '-mloadtime-comment-vars=' is not constant-initialized and "
+    "will not be preserved">,
+    InGroup<LoadtimeCommentVar>;
+def warn_loadtime_comment_var_not_string_literal : Warning<
+    "pointer %0 named in '-mloadtime-comment-vars=' is not initialized with a "
+    "string literal and will not be preserved">,
+    InGroup<LoadtimeCommentVar>;
+
 def warn_fe_frame_larger_than : Warning<"stack frame size (%0) exceeds limit 
(%1) in '%2'">,
     BackendInfo, InGroup<BackendFrameLargerThan>;
 def warn_fe_backend_frame_larger_than: Warning<"%0">,
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td 
b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td
index 244cd3630bb11..f3913439bed12 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td
@@ -1623,6 +1623,10 @@ def GccCompat : DiagGroup<"gcc-compat">;
 // A warning group for warnings about code that may be incompatible on AIX.
 def AIXCompat : DiagGroup<"aix-compat">;
 
+// A warning group for variables named in -mloadtime-comment-vars= that cannot
+// be preserved as loadtime identifying strings.
+def LoadtimeCommentVar : DiagGroup<"loadtime-comment-var">;
+
 // Warnings for Microsoft extensions.
 def MicrosoftCharize : DiagGroup<"microsoft-charize">;
 def MicrosoftDrectveSection : DiagGroup<"microsoft-drectve-section">;
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td 
b/clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td
index 71fd39ccf4ea2..239ba4ba3425d 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Options/Options.td
@@ -4796,8 +4796,8 @@ def mloadtime_comment_vars_EQ
     : CommaJoined<["-"], "mloadtime-comment-vars=">,
       Group<m_Group>,
       Visibility<[ClangOption, CC1Option]>,
-      HelpText<"Comma-separated list of global variable names to treat as "
-               "loadtime variables">,
+      HelpText<"Comma-separated list of mangled variable names to preserve as "
+               "loadtime identifying strings">,
       MarshallingInfoStringVector<CodeGenOpts<"LoadTimeCommentVars">>;
 def mdefault_visibility_export_mapping_EQ : Joined<["-"], 
"mdefault-visibility-export-mapping=">,
   Values<"none,explicit,all">,
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp 
b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index b945486680b8c..efe9917abd1b5 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -4277,11 +4277,7 @@ bool CodeGenModule::MustBeEmitted(const ValueDecl 
*Global) {
          VD->getStorageDuration() == SD_Thread)) ||
        (CodeGenOpts.KeepStaticConsts && VD->getStorageDuration() == SD_Static 
&&
         VD->getType().isConstQualified()) ||
-       // Keep requested loadtime-comment variables in the normal
-       // emission path so EmitGlobalVarDefinition can annotate the definition.
-       (getTriple().isOSAIX() && !CodeGenOpts.LoadTimeCommentVars.empty() &&
-        isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(VD,
-                                           CodeGenOpts.LoadTimeCommentVars))))
+       isForcedLoadTimeCommentVar(VD)))
     return true;
 
   return getContext().DeclMustBeEmitted(Global);
@@ -4343,25 +4339,51 @@ bool CodeGenModule::MayBeEmittedEagerly(const ValueDecl 
*Global) {
   return true;
 }
 
-/// Return true if a variable is a supported loadtime-comment declaration:
-/// character pointer/array with an initializer.
-bool CodeGenModule::isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const {
-  if (!D || !D->hasInit())
-    return false;
+/// Classify a variable whose mangled name matched the -mloadtime-comment-vars=
+/// list, deciding whether it can be preserved, must be diagnosed, or should be
+/// silently ignored.
+CodeGenModule::LoadTimeCommentVarKind
+CodeGenModule::classifyLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const {
+  if (!D)
+    return LoadTimeCommentVarKind::Skip;
 
+  // Only character pointers/arrays with an initializer are supported; the
+  // underlying character type is taken from the pointee or element type.
   QualType Ty = D->getType();
-
-  if (const PointerType *PT = Ty->getAs<PointerType>()) {
-    if (PT->getPointeeType()->isAnyCharacterType())
-      return true;
-  }
-
-  if (const ArrayType *AT = getContext().getAsArrayType(Ty)) {
-    if (AT->getElementType()->isAnyCharacterType())
-      return true;
-  }
-
-  return false; // Reject ints, structs, etc.
+  const PointerType *PT = Ty->getAs<PointerType>();
+  const ArrayType *AT = PT ? nullptr : getContext().getAsArrayType(Ty);
+  QualType Pointee = PT   ? PT->getPointeeType()
+                     : AT ? AT->getElementType()
+                          : QualType();
+
+  // Unsupported type (int, struct, ...) or missing initializer: silently
+  // ignored, matching the documented behavior.
+  if (Pointee.isNull() || !Pointee->isAnyCharacterType() || !D->hasInit())
+    return LoadTimeCommentVarKind::Skip;
+
+  // The string must have static storage duration; thread-local and automatic
+  // variables are diagnosed and not preserved.
+  if (D->getStorageDuration() != SD_Static)
+    return LoadTimeCommentVarKind::BadStorage;
+
+  // A volatile string has no stable value to embed, whether the variable
+  // itself or the character it refers to is volatile-qualified.
+  if (Ty.isVolatileQualified() || Pointee.isVolatileQualified())
+    return LoadTimeCommentVarKind::Volatile;
+
+  // The string has to be present in the object at load time. A dynamically
+  // initialized variable only gets its value from a startup constructor, so
+  // the object would not contain the intended string.
+  if (!D->hasConstantInitialization())
+    return LoadTimeCommentVarKind::DynamicInit;
+
+  // For the pointer form, the variable must point directly at a string
+  // literal. A pointer initialized with some other (even constant) address
+  // does not carry the identifying string itself.
+  if (PT && !isa<StringLiteral>(D->getInit()->IgnoreParenImpCasts()))
+    return LoadTimeCommentVarKind::NotStringLiteral;
+
+  return LoadTimeCommentVarKind::Preserve;
 }
 
 /// Return true if the mangled IR name of Global Variable matches any entry in
@@ -4379,15 +4401,52 @@ bool CodeGenModule::matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(
   return llvm::is_contained(LoadTimeCommentVars, MangledName);
 }
 
-/// Check if a variable is eligible to be treated as a loadtime comment
-/// variable. This requires: (1) the variable's mangled name is in the
-/// requested list and (2) the variable type is valid (char pointer or array
-/// with initializer).
-bool CodeGenModule::isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(
-    const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars) {
-  if (!isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(VD))
-    return false;
-  return matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(VD, LoadTimeCommentVars);
+/// Return true if a variable named in -mloadtime-comment-vars= should be 
forced
+/// through the normal emission path, so EmitGlobalVarDefinition can preserve 
or
+/// diagnose it. Unsupported forms (wrong type or no initializer) are left to
+/// the usual rules.
+bool CodeGenModule::isForcedLoadTimeCommentVar(const VarDecl *VD) {
+  return getTriple().isOSAIX() && !CodeGenOpts.LoadTimeCommentVars.empty() &&
+         matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(VD, CodeGenOpts.LoadTimeCommentVars) &&
+         classifyLoadTimeCommentVariable(VD) != LoadTimeCommentVarKind::Skip;
+}
+
+/// Apply the -mloadtime-comment-vars= request to a global variable whose
+/// mangled name has already matched an entry in the list. Unsupported forms
+/// (wrong type or no initializer) are silently skipped; other variables the
+/// feature cannot honor are diagnosed; valid character pointer/array
+/// definitions are marked for LowerCommentStringPass and kept alive.
+void CodeGenModule::handleLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D,
+                                                  llvm::GlobalVariable *GV) {
+  if (!GV || !D)
+    return;
+  switch (classifyLoadTimeCommentVariable(D)) {
+  case LoadTimeCommentVarKind::Skip:
+    break;
+  case LoadTimeCommentVarKind::BadStorage:
+    Diags.Report(D->getLocation(), diag::warn_loadtime_comment_var_storage)
+        << D;
+    break;
+  case LoadTimeCommentVarKind::Volatile:
+    Diags.Report(D->getLocation(), diag::warn_loadtime_comment_var_volatile)
+        << D;
+    break;
+  case LoadTimeCommentVarKind::DynamicInit:
+    Diags.Report(D->getLocation(), 
diag::warn_loadtime_comment_var_dynamic_init)
+        << D;
+    break;
+  case LoadTimeCommentVarKind::NotStringLiteral:
+    Diags.Report(D->getLocation(),
+                 diag::warn_loadtime_comment_var_not_string_literal)
+        << D;
+    break;
+  case LoadTimeCommentVarKind::Preserve:
+    // Mark for LowerCommentStringPass and keep the symbol alive.
+    GV->setMetadata("loadtime_comment",
+                    llvm::MDNode::get(getLLVMContext(), {}));
+    llvm::appendToCompilerUsed(getModule(), {GV});
+    break;
+  }
 }
 
 ConstantAddress CodeGenModule::GetAddrOfMSGuidDecl(const MSGuidDecl *GD) {
@@ -6583,12 +6642,8 @@ void CodeGenModule::EmitGlobalVarDefinition(const 
VarDecl *D,
   if (getTriple().isOSAIX()) {
     const auto &LoadTimeCommentVars = getCodeGenOpts().LoadTimeCommentVars;
     if (!LoadTimeCommentVars.empty() &&
-        isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(D, LoadTimeCommentVars)) {
-      auto &C = getLLVMContext();
-      // Mark for LowerCommentStringPass and keep the symbol alive.
-      GV->setMetadata("loadtime_comment", llvm::MDNode::get(C, {}));
-      llvm::appendToCompilerUsed(getModule(), {GV});
-    }
+        matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(D, LoadTimeCommentVars))
+      handleLoadTimeCommentVariable(D, GV);
   }
 
   // Set the llvm linkage type as appropriate.
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h 
b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
index bf589d80310c6..56e1fc9a8ed60 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
@@ -2172,19 +2172,45 @@ class CodeGenModule : public CodeGenTypeCache {
   /// offsetof.
   void emitPFPFieldsWithEvaluatedOffset();
 
-  /// Check if a variable declaration is suitable to be treated as a loadtime
-  /// comment variable (must be a character pointer or array with initializer).
-  bool isValidLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const;
+  /// Classification for variables named by -mloadtime-comment-vars=.
+  ///
+  /// This enum describes how code generation should handle a matched
+  /// variable after inspecting its type, storage duration, qualifiers, and
+  /// initializer.
+  enum class LoadTimeCommentVarKind {
+    Skip,        ///< Unsupported type or missing initializer: ignore silently.
+    Volatile,    ///< Volatile-qualified string data: diagnose, do not 
preserve.
+    BadStorage,  ///< Non-static storage duration: diagnose, do not preserve.
+    DynamicInit, ///< Not constant-initialized: diagnose, do not preserve.
+    NotStringLiteral, ///< Pointer not bound to a string literal: diagnose.
+    Preserve, ///< Supported character pointer/array: preserve in the object.
+  };
 
-  /// Check if a variable is eligible to be treated as a loadtime comment
-  /// variable (must be in the requested list and have a valid type).
-  bool isLoadTimeCommentCandidateVariable(
-      const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars);
+  /// Classify a variable whose mangled name matched the
+  /// -mloadtime-comment-vars= list.
+  LoadTimeCommentVarKind
+  classifyLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D) const;
 
-  /// Return true if the mangled IR name of a Global Variable matches any entry
+  /// Return true if the mangled IR name of a Variable matches any entry
   /// in LoadTimeCommentVars list.
   bool matchesLoadTimeCommentVarName(
       const VarDecl *VD, const std::vector<std::string> &LoadTimeCommentVars);
+
+  /// Return true if \p VD is named in -mloadtime-comment-vars= and should be
+  /// forced through the normal emission path so it can be preserved or
+  /// diagnosed. Unsupported forms (wrong type or no initializer) are left to
+  /// the usual rules.
+  /// Not const: matching a name mangles \p VD, which mutates the mangling
+  /// caches.
+  bool isForcedLoadTimeCommentVar(const VarDecl *VD);
+
+  /// Apply the -mloadtime-comment-vars= request to \p GV, whose mangled name
+  /// has already matched an entry in the list. Diagnose variables that cannot
+  /// be honored (e.g. volatile, non-static storage duration, dynamic
+  /// initialization, or a pointer not bound to a string literal); mark valid
+  /// character pointer/array definitions for preservation in the object file.
+  void handleLoadTimeCommentVariable(const VarDecl *D,
+                                     llvm::GlobalVariable *GV);
 };
 
 }  // end namespace CodeGen
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp 
b/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f9a46bd796f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+// C/C++ behavior of -mloadtime-comment-vars= :
+//   codegen.cpp - mangled-name matching and what gets preserved
+//   storage.cpp - storage-duration and scope diagnostics
+//   diag.c      - volatile / non-string-literal diagnostics (C)
+//   init.cpp    - constant-initialization / string-literal diagnostics (C++)
+
+// RUN: rm -rf %t && split-file %s %t
+//
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++17 -O2 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix \
+// RUN:   
-mloadtime-comment-vars=x,_ZN1N1xE,_ZN1N1qE,_ZN1NL3ptrE,_ZN1A1xE,_ZN1B3verE,_ZN1C4infoE
 \
+// RUN:   -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %t/codegen.cpp | FileCheck 
%t/codegen.cpp
+//
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++17 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix \
+// RUN:   -mloadtime-comment-vars=keep,_ZN1N2tlE,_ZL3stl,_ZN1A2tmE,_ZZ1fvE2fn \
+// RUN:   -emit-llvm -verify -o - %t/storage.cpp | FileCheck %t/storage.cpp
+//
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix \
+// RUN:   
-mloadtime-comment-vars=vol_ptr,vol_char,vol_arr,tls_ptr,ind_ptr,const_arr \
+// RUN:   -emit-llvm -verify -o - %t/diag.c | FileCheck %t/diag.c
+//
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++17 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix \
+// RUN:   -mloadtime-comment-vars=p_ok,arr_ok,p_dyn,p_ind \
+// RUN:   -emit-llvm -verify -o - %t/init.cpp | FileCheck %t/init.cpp
+
+//--- codegen.cpp
+// Names are matched against mangled IR symbol names.
+// C++ variables use Itanium ABI mangling; C/file-scope statics keep their
+// source name.
+//
+// Mangled names used here:
+//   x            -> x             (file-scope, no mangling)
+//   N::x         -> _ZN1N1xE
+//   N::q         -> _ZN1N1qE
+//   N::ptr       -> _ZN1NL3ptrE   (static, internal linkage)
+//   A::x         -> _ZN1A1xE
+//   B::ver       -> _ZN1B3verE
+//   C::info      -> _ZN1C4infoE   (declared only, no definition — skipped)
+
+// 1. File-scope array "x" — no mangling in C++, IR name == source name.
+char x[] = "@(#) global x";
+
+namespace N {
+char x[] = "@(#) ns x";
+
+// 2. Namespace member "N::x" — mangled as _ZN1N1xE.
+char q[] = "@(#) ns q";
+
+// 3. Namespace-scope pointer initialized with a string literal.
+//    _ZN1NL3ptrE (N::ptr) is internal (it is a const variable at namespace
+//    scope). MustBeEmitted forces it through EmitGlobalVarDefinition.
+static const char *ptr = "@(#) ns ptr";
+} // namespace N
+
+// 4. Class static member "A::x" — mangled as _ZN1A1xE.
+struct A {
+  static const char *x;
+};
+const char *A::x = "@(#) class x";
+
+// 5. Class static member pointer initialized with a string literal.
+//    _ZN1B3verE (B::ver).
+struct B {
+  static const char *ver;
+};
+const char *B::ver = "@(#) class ver";
+
+// 6. _ZN1C4infoE is in the list but C::info has no definition in this TU —
+//    must be silently skipped.
+struct C { static const char *info; };
+
+// 7. Invalid type — int must not be tagged regardless of its IR name.
+int not_string = 7;
+
+void f() {}
+
+// File-scope x and namespace N::x both matched.
+// CHECK-DAG: @x = global [14 x i8] c"@(#) global x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD:[0-9]+]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1N1xE = global [10 x i8] c"@(#) ns x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+
+// N::q matched by mangled name _ZN1N1qE.
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1N1qE = global [10 x i8] c"@(#) ns q\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+
+// A::x matched by mangled name _ZN1A1xE.
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[AX:_ZN1A1xE]] = {{.*}}global ptr @[[AXSTR:.*]], align 
{{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[AXSTR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [13 x i8] c"@(#) 
class x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
+
+// N::ptr (_ZN1NL3ptrE) points to a string literal.
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1NL3ptrE = internal global ptr @[[NPTR_STR:.*]], align 
{{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[NPTR_STR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [{{[0-9]+}} x i8] 
c"@(#) ns ptr\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
+
+// B::ver (_ZN1B3verE) points to a string literal.
+// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1B3verE = global ptr @[[BVER_STR:.*]], align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[BVER_STR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [{{[0-9]+}} x i8] 
c"@(#) class ver\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
+
+// Invalid type must not be tagged.
+// CHECK-NOT: @not_string{{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+
+// C::info has no definition — must not appear.
+// CHECK-NOT: @_ZN1C4infoE
+
+// All six selected globals are preserved in llvm.compiler.used.
+// CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [6 x ptr]
+// CHECK-SAME: @x
+// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1N1xE
+// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1N1qE
+// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1NL3ptrE
+// CHECK-SAME: @[[AX]]
+// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1B3verE
+// CHECK-SAME: section "llvm.metadata"
+
+//--- storage.cpp
+// Storage-duration and scope handling for -mloadtime-comment-vars=.
+//
+// To be preserved a variable must have static storage duration and be defined
+// at file, namespace, or class scope. A thread_local variable (thread storage
+// duration) is diagnosed. A function-local static has static storage duration
+// but is emitted through a different path, so it is silently ignored.
+//
+// Mangled names used here:
+//   keep    -> keep         (namespace-scope, external linkage) -- preserved
+//   N::tl   -> _ZN1N2tlE    (thread_local)                      -- diagnosed
+//   stl     -> _ZL3stl      (static thread_local, internal)     -- diagnosed
+//   A::tm   -> _ZN1A2tmE    (thread_local static member)        -- diagnosed
+//   f()::fn -> _ZZ1fvE2fn   (function-local static)             -- ignored
+
+// Supported: namespace scope, static storage duration -> preserved.
+const char *keep = "@(#) keep";
+
+namespace N {
+// Thread storage duration -> diagnosed.
+thread_local const char *tl = "@(#) tl"; // expected-warning {{'tl' named in 
'-mloadtime-comment-vars=' does not have static storage duration and will not 
be preserved}}
+} // namespace N
+
+// 'static' here only changes linkage; the storage duration is still thread.
+static thread_local const char *stl = "@(#) stl"; // expected-warning {{'stl' 
named in '-mloadtime-comment-vars=' does not have static storage duration and 
will not be preserved}}
+
+struct A {
+  static thread_local const char *tm;
+};
+thread_local const char *A::tm = "@(#) tm"; // expected-warning {{'tm' named 
in '-mloadtime-comment-vars=' does not have static storage duration and will 
not be preserved}}
+
+// Function-local static: static storage duration, but not emitted through the
+// global-variable path, so it is silently ignored (no diagnostic, not marked).
+void f() { static const char *fn = "@(#) fn"; (void)fn; }
+
+// Only the namespace-scope variable is preserved.
+// CHECK: @keep = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @_ZN1N2tlE = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @_ZL3stl = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @_ZN1A2tmE = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @_ZZ1fvE2fn = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+
+//--- diag.c
+// Variables named in -mloadtime-comment-vars= that the feature cannot honor 
are
+// diagnosed, while a valid const character array is still preserved.
+
+// Volatile-qualified pointer.
+char *volatile vol_ptr = "@(#) vol ptr"; // expected-warning {{'vol_ptr' named 
in '-mloadtime-comment-vars=' is volatile-qualified and will not be preserved}}
+
+// Pointer to volatile character.
+volatile char *vol_char = "@(#) vol char"; // expected-warning {{'vol_char' 
named in '-mloadtime-comment-vars=' is volatile-qualified and will not be 
preserved}}
+
+// Volatile character array.
+volatile char vol_arr[] = "@(#) vol arr"; // expected-warning {{'vol_arr' 
named in '-mloadtime-comment-vars=' is volatile-qualified and will not be 
preserved}}
+
+// Thread-local variable: does not have static storage duration.
+__thread char *tls_ptr = "@(#) tls"; // expected-warning {{'tls_ptr' named in 
'-mloadtime-comment-vars=' does not have static storage duration and will not 
be preserved}}
+
+// Pointer bound to another object (a "deferred pointer chain") rather than a
+// string literal.
+static const char target[] = "@(#) target";
+const char *ind_ptr = target; // expected-warning {{pointer 'ind_ptr' named in 
'-mloadtime-comment-vars=' is not initialized with a string literal and will 
not be preserved}}
+
+// A const character array is a valid form and is preserved.
+const char const_arr[] = "@(#) const arr";
+
+// The diagnosed variables are still emitted, but without the metadata that
+// marks them for preservation.
+// CHECK-NOT: @vol_ptr = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @vol_char = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @vol_arr = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @tls_ptr = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @ind_ptr = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK: @const_arr = {{.*}}constant {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+
+// Only const_arr is kept alive. The diagnosed variables -- including the
+// deferred pointer ind_ptr -- are absent from llvm.compiler.used, so they are
+// dropped from the final binary.
+// CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [1 x ptr]
+// CHECK-SAME: @const_arr
+// CHECK-SAME: section "llvm.metadata"
+
+//--- init.cpp
+// Initializer-form requirements for -mloadtime-comment-vars=:
+//   * the variable must be constant-initialized (no dynamic initialization), 
so
+//     that the string is present in the object at load time, and
+//   * the pointer form must be bound directly to a string literal.
+
+const char *make();
+
+// Supported: a pointer bound to a string literal, and an array initialized
+// from a string literal.
+const char *p_ok = "@(#) p_ok";
+char arr_ok[] = "@(#) arr_ok";
+
+// A constant character array, referenced by a pointer below.
+const char src[] = "@(#) src";
+
+// Dynamic initialization: the value is assigned by a startup constructor, so
+// the object would not contain the intended string.
+const char *p_dyn = make(); // expected-warning {{'p_dyn' named in 
'-mloadtime-comment-vars=' is not constant-initialized and will not be 
preserved}}
+
+// Constant-initialized, but the pointer is bound to another global (a 
"deferred
+// pointer chain") rather than a string literal.
+const char *p_ind = src; // expected-warning {{pointer 'p_ind' named in 
'-mloadtime-comment-vars=' is not initialized with a string literal and will 
not be preserved}}
+
+// CHECK: @p_ok = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK: @arr_ok = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @p_dyn = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+// CHECK-NOT: @p_ind = {{.*}}!loadtime_comment
+
+// Only the two valid forms are kept alive. The dynamically initialized pointer
+// and the deferred (indirect) pointer are absent from llvm.compiler.used, so
+// they are dropped from the final binary rather than preserved.
+// CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [2 x ptr]
+// CHECK-SAME: @p_ok
+// CHECK-SAME: @arr_ok
+// CHECK-SAME: section "llvm.metadata"
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c 
b/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-vars.c
similarity index 80%
rename from clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c
rename to clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-vars.c
index 057c39f4f8380..a394637471a48 100644
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars.c
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/loadtime-comment-vars.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -O2 -triple powerpc-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version,build_number,same_copyright,active,not_defined_here
 -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s | FileCheck %s
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -O2 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version,build_number,same_copyright,active,not_defined_here
 -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s | FileCheck %s
 
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -O2 -triple x86_64-linux-gnu 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s 
| FileCheck %s --check-prefix=NONAIX
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -O2 -triple x86_64-linux-gnu 
-mloadtime-comment-vars=sccsid,version -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s 
| FileCheck %s --check-prefix=LINUX
 
 // 1. String pointer 
 static char *sccsid = "@(#) sccsid Version 1.0";
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ struct build_info {
     int minor;
 } static build_data = {1, 0};
 
-// 6. Deferred: pointer whose initializer references another static global.
-// Both the pointer AND the string it points to must be emitted.
-static const char dummy[] = "dummy copyright deferred";
-static const char *same_copyright = dummy;
+// 6. Pointer initialized with a string literal; forced into emission even
+// though it is never referenced.
+static const char *same_copyright = "@(#) same copyright";
 
 // 7. Variable already referenced (eager emission path)
 static char *active = "@(#) active string";
@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@ void foo() {}
 // CHECK-DAG: @sccsid = internal global ptr @[[SCCSID_STR:.str(\.[0-9]+)?]], 
align {{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
 // CHECK-DAG: @[[SCCSID_STR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [24 x i8] c"@(#) 
sccsid Version 1.0\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
 // CHECK-DAG: @version = internal global [27 x i8] c"@(#) Copyright Version 
2.0\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
-// CHECK-DAG: @same_copyright = internal global ptr @dummy, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
-// CHECK-DAG: @dummy = internal constant [25 x i8] c"dummy copyright 
deferred\00"
+// CHECK-DAG: @same_copyright = internal global ptr 
@[[SC_STR:.str(\.[0-9]+)?]], align {{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
+// CHECK-DAG: @[[SC_STR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [{{[0-9]+}} x i8] 
c"@(#) same copyright\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
 // CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [4 x ptr]
 // CHECK-SAME: ptr @sccsid
 // CHECK-SAME: ptr @version
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ void foo() {}
 // CHECK-NOT: @build_data
 // CHECK-NOT: @not_defined_here
 
-// NONAIX-NOT: loadtime_comment
-// NONAIX-NOT: @sccsid
-// NONAIX-NOT: @version
+// LINUX-NOT: loadtime_comment
+// LINUX-NOT: @sccsid
+// LINUX-NOT: @version
 
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp 
b/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a19b96f8ba1..0000000000000
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/loadtime-comment-vars-cxx.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-// Names are matched against mangled IR symbol names.
-// C++ variables use Itanium ABI mangling; C/file-scope statics keep their
-// source name.
-//
-// Mangled names used here:
-//   x            -> x             (file-scope, no mangling)
-//   N::x         -> _ZN1N1xE
-//   N::q         -> _ZN1N1qE
-//   N::ptr       -> _ZN1NL3ptrE   (static, internal linkage)
-//   A::x         -> _ZN1A1xE
-//   B::ver       -> _ZN1B3verE
-//   C::info      -> _ZN1C4infoE   (declared only, no definition — skipped)
-
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++17 -O2 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix \
-// RUN:   
-mloadtime-comment-vars=x,_ZN1N1xE,_ZN1N1qE,_ZN1NL3ptrE,_ZN1A1xE,_ZN1B3verE,_ZN1C4infoE
 \
-// RUN:   -emit-llvm -disable-llvm-passes -o - %s | FileCheck %s
-
-// 1. File-scope array "x" — no mangling in C++, IR name == source name.
-char x[] = "@(#) global x";
-
-namespace N {
-char x[] = "@(#) ns x";
-
-// 2. Namespace member "N::x" — mangled as _ZN1N1xE.
-char q[] = "@(#) ns q";
-
-// 3. Deferred pointer-chain inside a namespace.
-//    _ZN1NL3ptrE (N::ptr) points to _ZN1NL4baseE (N::base, another static).
-//    MustBeEmitted forces N::ptr through EmitGlobalVarDefinition; the
-//    initializer reference to N::base causes N::base to be emitted too.
-static const char base[] = "base deferred ns";
-static const char *ptr = base;
-} // namespace N
-
-// 4. Class static member "A::x" — mangled as _ZN1A1xE.
-struct A {
-  static const char *x;
-};
-const char *A::x = "@(#) class x";
-
-// 5. Deferred pointer-chain for a class static member.
-//    _ZN1B3verE (B::ver) points to _ZL6base_b.
-struct B {
-  static const char *ver;
-};
-static const char base_b[] = "base for B::ver";
-const char *B::ver = base_b;
-
-// 6. _ZN1C4infoE is in the list but C::info has no definition in this TU —
-//    must be silently skipped.
-struct C { static const char *info; };
-
-// 7. Invalid type — int must not be tagged regardless of its IR name.
-int not_string = 7;
-
-void f() {}
-
-// --- Checks ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// File-scope x and namespace N::x both matched.
-// CHECK-DAG: @x = global [14 x i8] c"@(#) global x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD:[0-9]+]]
-// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1N1xE = global [10 x i8] c"@(#) ns x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
-
-// N::q matched by mangled name _ZN1N1qE.
-// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1N1qE = global [10 x i8] c"@(#) ns q\00", align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
-
-// A::x matched by mangled name _ZN1A1xE.
-// CHECK-DAG: @[[AX:_ZN1A1xE]] = {{.*}}global ptr @[[AXSTR:.*]], align 
{{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
-// CHECK-DAG: @[[AXSTR]] = private unnamed_addr constant [13 x i8] c"@(#) 
class x\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
-
-// Deferred: N::ptr (_ZN1NL3ptrE) points to N::base (_ZN1NL4baseE).
-// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1NL3ptrE = internal global ptr @_ZN1NL4baseE, align 
{{[0-9]+}}, !loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
-// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1NL4baseE = internal constant [17 x i8] c"base deferred 
ns\00", align {{[0-9]+}}
-
-// Deferred: B::ver (_ZN1B3verE) points to base_b (_ZL6base_b).
-// CHECK-DAG: @_ZN1B3verE = global ptr @_ZL6base_b, align {{[0-9]+}}, 
!loadtime_comment ![[MD]]
-// CHECK-DAG: @_ZL6base_b = internal constant [16 x i8] c"base for B::ver\00", 
align {{[0-9]+}}
-
-// Invalid type must not be tagged.
-// CHECK-NOT: @not_string{{.*}}!loadtime_comment
-
-// C::info has no definition — must not appear.
-// CHECK-NOT: @_ZN1C4infoE
-
-// All six selected globals are preserved in llvm.compiler.used.
-// CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [6 x ptr]
-// CHECK-SAME: @x
-// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1N1xE
-// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1N1qE
-// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1NL3ptrE
-// CHECK-SAME: @[[AX]]
-// CHECK-SAME: @_ZN1B3verE
-// CHECK-SAME: section "llvm.metadata"

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