Test binaries created with the following commands: $ cat container.cpp #include "container.h" #include struct Container_ivars { // real definition here }; ContainerPtr allocateContainer() { Container *c = (Container *)malloc(sizeof(Container)); c->ivars = (Container_ivars *)malloc(sizeof(Container_ivars)); return c; } extern void doSomething(ContainerPtr); int main() { ContainerPtr c = allocateContainer(); doSomething(c); return 0; } $ cat container.h struct Container_ivars; struct Container { union { struct Container_ivars *ivars; }; }; typedef Container *ContainerPtr; $ cat use.cpp #include "container.h" void doSomething(ContainerPtr c) {} $ clang++ -O0 -g container.cpp -c -o container.o $ clang++ -O0 -g use.cpp -c -o use.o $ clang++ use.o container.o -o a.out Note that the link order in the last command matters for this test. RUN: dsymutil --linker classic -oso-prepend-path %p/../Inputs %p/../Inputs/private/tmp/union/a.out -o %t.dSYM RUN: llvm-dwarfdump %t.dSYM | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK,CLASSIC RUN: dsymutil --linker parallel -oso-prepend-path %p/../Inputs %p/../Inputs/private/tmp/union/a.out -o %t.dSYM RUN: llvm-dwarfdump %t.dSYM | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK # The linker must resolve use.cpp's forward declaration of # Container_ivars to the full definition provided by container.cpp, not # drop the definition. In either linker the full definition must exist. # The classic linker additionally preserves the forward declaration DIE # (DW_AT_declaration=true) from use.cpp; the parallel linker consolidates # the full definition into an artificial type unit, so the forward-decl # DIE does not survive there. # CLASSIC: DW_AT_name ("Container_ivars") # CLASSIC-NEXT: DW_AT_declaration (true) # CHECK: DW_AT_name ("Container_ivars") # CHECK-DAG: DW_AT_byte_size (0x01) # CHECK-DAG: DW_AT_decl_file ("{{.*}}container.cpp") # CHECK-DAG: DW_AT_decl_line (4)