Index: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Config/llvm-config.h.cmake
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Config/llvm-config.h.cmake
+++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Config/llvm-config.h.cmake
@@ -80,4 +80,25 @@
 /* LLVM version string */
 #define LLVM_VERSION_STRING "${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
 
+// ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS protection: provides link-time failure when clients build
+// mismatch with LLVM
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+// Use pragma with MSVC
+#define LLVM_XSTR(s) LLVM_STR(s)
+#define LLVM_STR(s) #s
+#pragma detect_mismatch("LLVM_ENABLE_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS", LLVM_XSTR(LLVM_ENABLE_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS))
+#undef LLVM_XSTR
+#undef LLVM_STR
+#elif defined(__cplusplus)
+namespace llvm {
+#if LLVM_ENABLE_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS
+extern int EnableABIBreakingChecks;
+__attribute__((weak, visibility ("hidden"))) int *VerifyEnableABIBreakingChecks = &EnableABIBreakingChecks;
+#else
+extern int DisableABIBreakingChecks;
+__attribute__((weak, visibility ("hidden"))) int *VerifyDisableABIBreakingChecks = &DisableABIBreakingChecks;
+#endif
+}
+#endif // _MSC_VER
+
 #endif
Index: llvm/trunk/lib/Support/Error.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/Support/Error.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/Support/Error.cpp
@@ -112,3 +112,19 @@
 }
 
 }
+
+
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+namespace llvm {
+
+// One of these two variables will be referenced by a symbol defined in
+// llvm-config.h. We provide a link-time (or load time for DSO) failure when
+// there is a mismatch in the build configuration of the API client and LLVM.
+#if LLVM_ENABLE_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS
+int EnableABIBreakingChecks;
+#else
+int DisableABIBreakingChecks;
+#endif
+
+} // end namespace llvm
+#endif
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