Issue 158341
Summary Coroutines on arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc emit error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol `#__NoopCoro_ResumeDestroy` (EC Symbol)
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Reporter StephanTLavavej
    Repros with Clang 20.1.8 shipping alongside MSVC 19.50 Preview 1 in VS 2026 Insiders.

(Surprisingly, the rest of the MSVC STL test suite compiles and links for Clang ARM64EC, which is very impressive.)

```
C:\Temp>type P0912R5_coroutine_test.cpp
```
```cpp
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception

#include <cassert>
#include <coroutine>
#include <exception>
using namespace std;

#define STATIC_ASSERT(...) static_assert(__VA_ARGS__, #__VA_ARGS__)

#pragma warning(disable : 6397) // The address-of operator cannot return null pointer in well-defined code.

int g_tasks_destroyed{0};

struct Task {
    struct Promise {
 int result{-1000};
        coroutine_handle<> previous;

        Task get_return_object() {
            return Task{*this};
        }

 suspend_always initial_suspend() {
            return {};
        }

 auto final_suspend() noexcept {
            struct Awaiter {
 bool await_ready() noexcept {
                    return false;
 }

                void await_resume() noexcept {}

 coroutine_handle<> await_suspend(coroutine_handle<Promise> h) noexcept {
 auto& pre = h.promise().previous;
                    if (pre) {
                        return pre; // resume awaiting coroutine
 }

                    // If there is no previous coroutine to resume, we've reached the outermost coroutine.
 // Return a noop coroutine to allow control to return back to the caller.
                    return noop_coroutine();
                }
 };

            return Awaiter{};
        }

        void return_value(const int v) {
            result = v;
        }

 void unhandled_exception() noexcept {
            terminate();
        }
 };

    using promise_type = Promise;

    bool await_ready() const noexcept {
        return false;
    }

    int await_resume() {
 return coro.promise().result;
    }

    auto await_suspend(coroutine_handle<> enclosing) {
 coro.promise().previous = enclosing;
        return coro; // resume ourselves
    }

    Task(Task&& rhs) noexcept : coro(rhs.coro) {
 rhs.coro = nullptr;
    }

    explicit Task(Promise& p) : coro(coroutine_handle<Promise>::from_promise(p)) {}

    ~Task() {
 ++g_tasks_destroyed;

        if (coro) {
            coro.destroy();
 }
    }

    coroutine_handle<Promise> coro;
};

Task triangular_number(const int n) {
    if (n == 0) {
        co_return 0;
 }

    co_return n + co_await triangular_number(n - 1);
}

void test_noop_handle() { // Validate noop_coroutine_handle
    const noop_coroutine_handle noop = noop_coroutine();
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(noop_coroutine()));

    const coroutine_handle<> as_void = noop;
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(static_cast<coroutine_handle<>>(noop_coroutine())));

 assert(noop);
    assert(as_void);
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(static_cast<bool>(noop)));
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(static_cast<bool>(as_void)));

 assert(!noop.done());
    assert(!as_void.done());
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(noop.done()));
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(as_void.done()));

    assert(noop);
 assert(as_void);
    noop();
    as_void();
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(noop()));

    assert(noop);
    assert(as_void);
 noop.resume();
    as_void.resume();
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(noop.resume()));

    assert(noop);
 assert(as_void);
    noop.destroy();
    as_void.destroy();
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(noop.destroy()));

    assert(noop);
 assert(as_void);
#ifdef __clang__
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wtautological-undefined-compare"
#endif // __clang__
    // Clang notices that this is always true and warns: "reference cannot be bound to dereferenced null pointer
    // in well-defined C++ code; comparison may be assumed to always evaluate to true"
    assert(&noop.promise() != nullptr);
#ifdef __clang__
#pragma clang diagnostic pop
#endif // __clang__
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(noop.promise()));

    assert(noop);
 assert(as_void);
    assert(noop.address() != nullptr);
 assert(noop.address() == as_void.address());
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(noop.address()));
 STATIC_ASSERT(noexcept(as_void.address()));
}

int main() {
 assert(g_tasks_destroyed == 0);

    {
        Task t               = triangular_number(10);
        coroutine_handle<> h = t.coro;

 assert(h == t.coro);
        assert(h);
        assert(!h.done());

 h();

        assert(h == t.coro);
        assert(h);
 assert(h.done());

        assert(g_tasks_destroyed == 10); // triangular_number() called for [0, 9]

        const int val = t.coro.promise().result;

        assert(val == 55);
    }

 assert(g_tasks_destroyed == 11); // triangular_number() called for [0, 10]

    {
        // Also test GH-1422: hash<coroutine_handle<>>::operator() must be const
        const hash<coroutine_handle<>> h;
        (void) h(coroutine_handle<>{});
 }

    test_noop_handle();
}
```
```
C:\Temp>cl
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.50.35503 for ARM64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption... ]

C:\Temp>cl /arm64EC /std:c++20 /EHsc /nologo /W4 /WX /MTd /Od P0912R5_coroutine_test.cpp /link /machine:arm64ec
P0912R5_coroutine_test.cpp

C:\Temp>clang-cl --target=arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc -v
clang version 20.1.8
Target: arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Insiders\VC\Tools\Llvm\x64\bin

C:\Temp>clang-cl --target=arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc /std:c++20 /EHsc /nologo /W4 /WX /MTd /Od P0912R5_coroutine_test.cpp
P0912R5_coroutine_test-488ca5.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol #__NoopCoro_ResumeDestroy (EC Symbol)
P0912R5_coroutine_test.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
clang-cl: error: linker command failed with exit code 1120 (use -v to see invocation)
```

I don't know if Clang ARM64EC needs `/link /machine:arm64ec`, but it doesn't help here:

```
C:\Temp>clang-cl --target=arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc /std:c++20 /EHsc /nologo /W4 /WX /MTd /Od P0912R5_coroutine_test.cpp /link /machine:arm64ec
P0912R5_coroutine_test-3cbec1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol #__NoopCoro_ResumeDestroy (EC Symbol)
P0912R5_coroutine_test.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
clang-cl: error: linker command failed with exit code 1120 (use -v to see invocation)
```
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