[PowerPC] Alignment of toc-data symbol should not be increased during optimizations

llvm/docs/LangRef.rst

@@ -812,6 +812,10 @@ doesn't). These kinds of structs (we may call them homogeneous scalable vector
 structs) are considered sized and can be used in loads, stores, allocas, but
 not GEPs.
 
+Globals with ``toc-data`` attribute set are stored in TOC of XCOFF. Their
+alignments are not larger than that of a TOC entry. Optimizations should not
+increase their alignments to mitigate TOC overflow.
+
 Syntax::
 
       @<GlobalVarName> = [Linkage] [PreemptionSpecifier] [Visibility]

llvm/lib/IR/Globals.cpp

@@ -335,6 +335,16 @@ bool GlobalObject::canIncreaseAlignment() const {
   if (isELF && !isDSOLocal())
     return false;
 
+  // GV with toc-data attribute is defined in a TOC entry. To mitigate TOC
+  // overflow, the alignment of such symbol should not be increased. Otherwise,
+  // padding is needed thus more TOC entries are wasted.
+  bool isXCOFF =
+      (!Parent || Triple(Parent->getTargetTriple()).isOSBinFormatXCOFF());
+  if (isXCOFF)
+    if (const GlobalVariable *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(this))
+      if (GV->hasAttribute("toc-data"))
+        return false;
+
   return true;
 }
 

llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/tocdata-firm-alignment.ll

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ target triple = "powerpc-ibm-aix7.2.0.0"
 
 %struct.widget = type { i8, i8, i8 }
 
-; CHECK: @global = {{.*}}constant %struct.widget { i8 4, i8 0, i8 0 }, align 8 #0
+; CHECK: @global = {{.*}}constant %struct.widget { i8 4, i8 0, i8 0 }, align 4 #0
 @global = constant %struct.widget { i8 4, i8 0, i8 0 }, align 4 #0
 
 define void @baz() #1 {