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@@ -300,12 +316,8 @@ getIRPGONameForGlobalObject(const GlobalObject &GO,
                             GlobalValue::LinkageTypes Linkage,
                             StringRef FileName) {
   SmallString<64> Name;
-  if (llvm::GlobalValue::isLocalLinkage(Linkage)) {
-    Name.append(FileName.empty() ? "<unknown>" : FileName);
-    Name.append(";");
-  }
   Mangler().getNameWithPrefix(Name, &GO, /*CannotUsePrivateLabel=*/true);
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minglotus-6 wrote:

>I think we can only generate the linkage name at compile time because we need 
>to know the linkage, which llvm-profdata doesn't have.

Yep, but my original question is more about why using linkage-name in 
IRPGOFuncName (early in the pipeline) rather than storing it at a later phase 
of the pipeline. I read the code and 
[rfc](https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-temporal-profiling-extension-for-irpgo/68068)
 again to make sense of why 'linkage-name' is needed in IRPGOFunc names.

> Was PGO broken in general before D156569? Or is this specific to 
> -symbol-ordering-file and -order_file?
> It wasn't broken in general, but it's needed to get -order_file working 
> correctly.

My understanding is that the specific data flow requires linkage-name to be 
stored in raw profiles. `llvm-profdata order` takes a profile and generates an 
order file (https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-profdata.html#order); this 
file is used by `-symbol-ordering-file` directly.  Correct me if I miss 
anything.

A similar ELF option to `symbol-ordering-file` is 
[call-graph-ordering](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/005c83380a907becbf5a6b4522fc43652c9536cd/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp#L1675-L1676),
 but with a different data flow. At a very high level, the edge (<caller, 
callee, weight> is passed in ELF sections, where linkage-name is already used.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/74008
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