diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h
index d715e0880b6..2fff77420ae 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h
@@ -318,14 +318,13 @@ public:
   }
 };
 
+} // End llvm namespace
+
 // Because of the way .a files work, we must force the BasicAA implementation to
 // be pulled in if the AliasAnalysis header is included.  Otherwise we run
 // the risk of AliasAnalysis being used, but the default implementation not
 // being linked into the tool that uses it.
-//
-extern int BasicAAStub;
-static IncludeFile HDR_INCLUDE_BASICAA_CPP(&BasicAAStub);
-
-} // End llvm namespace
+FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(AliasAnalysis)
+FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(BasicAliasAnalysis)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/CallGraph.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/CallGraph.h
index e51a3c7fb18..94cea100485 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/CallGraph.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/CallGraph.h
@@ -287,13 +287,9 @@ template<> struct GraphTraits<const CallGraph*> :
   static nodes_iterator nodes_end  (const CallGraph *CG) { return CG->end(); }
 };
 
-// Make sure that any clients of this file link in CallGraph.cpp
-static IncludeFile
-CALLGRAPH_INCLUDE_FILE(&CallGraph::stub);
-
-extern int BasicCallGraphStub;
-static IncludeFile HDR_INCLUDE_CALLGRAPH_CPP(&BasicCallGraphStub);
-
 } // End llvm namespace
 
+// Make sure that any clients of this file link in CallGraph.cpp
+FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(CallGraph)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/Dominators.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/Dominators.h
index 224e529915f..31b8562f2c3 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/Dominators.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/Dominators.h
@@ -652,9 +652,9 @@ private:
 };
 
 
-// Make sure that any clients of this file link in Dominators.cpp
-static IncludeFile
-DOMINATORS_INCLUDE_FILE(&DominatorSet::stub);
 } // End llvm namespace
 
+// Make sure that any clients of this file link in Dominators.cpp
+FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(DominatorSet)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/FindUsedTypes.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/FindUsedTypes.h
index e16fe9d7c30..fbf41de7cb6 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/FindUsedTypes.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/FindUsedTypes.h
@@ -53,15 +53,11 @@ public:
   virtual void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
     AU.setPreservesAll();
   }
-
-  // stub - dummy function, just ignore it
-  static int stub;
 };
 
-// Make sure that any clients of this file link in PostDominators.cpp
-static IncludeFile
-FIND_USED_TYPES_INCLUDE_FILE(&FindUsedTypes::stub);
-
 } // End llvm namespace
 
+// Make sure that any clients of this file link in PostDominators.cpp
+FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(FindUsedTypes)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopInfo.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopInfo.h
index 065ce31d8bb..06b007cf3fc 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopInfo.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopInfo.h
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ public:
   /// BasicBlocks to loops.
   void removeBlock(BasicBlock *BB);
 
-  static int stub;  // Noop
 private:
   void Calculate(ETForest &EF);
   Loop *ConsiderForLoop(BasicBlock *BB, ETForest &EF);
@@ -304,10 +303,6 @@ private:
 };
 
 
-// Make sure that any clients of this file link in LoopInfo.cpp
-static IncludeFile
-LOOP_INFO_INCLUDE_FILE(&LoopInfo::stub);
-
 // Allow clients to walk the list of nested loops...
 template <> struct GraphTraits<const Loop*> {
   typedef const Loop NodeType;
@@ -337,4 +332,7 @@ template <> struct GraphTraits<Loop*> {
 
 } // End llvm namespace
 
+// Make sure that any clients of this file link in LoopInfo.cpp
+FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(LoopInfo)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/PostDominators.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/PostDominators.h
index 1436be30375..4d8d140373e 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/PostDominators.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/PostDominators.h
@@ -128,18 +128,14 @@ struct PostDominanceFrontier : public DominanceFrontierBase {
     AU.addRequired<PostDominatorTree>();
   }
 
-  // stub - dummy function, just ignore it
-  static int stub;
-
 private:
   const DomSetType &calculate(const PostDominatorTree &DT,
                               const DominatorTree::Node *Node);
 };
 
-// Make sure that any clients of this file link in PostDominators.cpp
-static IncludeFile
-POST_DOMINATOR_INCLUDE_FILE(&PostDominanceFrontier::stub);
-
 } // End llvm namespace
 
+// Make sure that any clients of this file link in PostDominators.cpp
+FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(PostDominanceFrontier)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/ValueNumbering.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/ValueNumbering.h
index 2fc949766e7..f708f48382b 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/ValueNumbering.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/ValueNumbering.h
@@ -65,10 +65,9 @@ struct ValueNumbering {
   }
 };
 
-extern int BasicValueNumberingStub;
-static IncludeFile
-HDR_INCLUDE_VALUENUMBERING_CPP(&BasicValueNumberingStub);
-
 } // End llvm namespace
 
+// Force any file including this header to get the implementation as well
+FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(BasicValueNumbering)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/llvm/IntrinsicInst.h b/include/llvm/IntrinsicInst.h
index fbc3968f264..5b784fc2b90 100644
--- a/include/llvm/IntrinsicInst.h
+++ b/include/llvm/IntrinsicInst.h
@@ -314,11 +314,10 @@ namespace llvm {
     }
   };
 
-// A hack to ensure that the IntrinsicInst.cpp file gets added as a dependency
-// of any file that 
-extern char LinkIntrinsicInstStub;
-static IncludeFile LinkIntrinsicInst(&LinkIntrinsicInstStub);
-
 }
 
+// Ensure that the IntrinsicInst.cpp file gets added as a dependency of any 
+// file that includes this header
+FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(IntrinsicInst)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/IncludeFile.h b/include/llvm/Support/IncludeFile.h
index 8e96f7571f6..798c6b454fc 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/IncludeFile.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/IncludeFile.h
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@
 /// And, foo.cp would use:<br/>
 /// <tt>DEFINING_FILE_FOR(foo)</tt><br/>
 #define FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(name) \
-  extern char name ## LinkVar; \
-  static IncludeFile name ## LinkObj ( &name ## LinkVar )
+  namespace llvm { \
+    extern char name ## LinkVar; \
+    static IncludeFile name ## LinkObj ( &name ## LinkVar ); \
+  } 
 
 /// This macro is the counterpart to FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED. It should
 /// be used in a .cpp file to define the name referenced in a header file that
 /// will cause linkage of the .cpp file. It should only be used at extern level.
-#define DEFINING_FILE_FOR(name) char name
+#define DEFINING_FILE_FOR(name) namespace llvm { char name ## LinkVar; }
 
 namespace llvm {
 
diff --git a/include/llvm/System/IncludeFile.h b/include/llvm/System/IncludeFile.h
index 8e96f7571f6..798c6b454fc 100644
--- a/include/llvm/System/IncludeFile.h
+++ b/include/llvm/System/IncludeFile.h
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@
 /// And, foo.cp would use:<br/>
 /// <tt>DEFINING_FILE_FOR(foo)</tt><br/>
 #define FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED(name) \
-  extern char name ## LinkVar; \
-  static IncludeFile name ## LinkObj ( &name ## LinkVar )
+  namespace llvm { \
+    extern char name ## LinkVar; \
+    static IncludeFile name ## LinkObj ( &name ## LinkVar ); \
+  } 
 
 /// This macro is the counterpart to FORCE_DEFINING_FILE_TO_BE_LINKED. It should
 /// be used in a .cpp file to define the name referenced in a header file that
 /// will cause linkage of the .cpp file. It should only be used at extern level.
-#define DEFINING_FILE_FOR(name) char name
+#define DEFINING_FILE_FOR(name) namespace llvm { char name ## LinkVar; }
 
 namespace llvm {
 
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.cpp b/lib/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.cpp
index 2abcbde74e7..1843cd41d43 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.cpp
@@ -188,8 +188,4 @@ bool AliasAnalysis::canInstructionRangeModify(const Instruction &I1,
 // be pulled in if the AliasAnalysis classes are pulled in.  Otherwise we run
 // the risk of AliasAnalysis being used, but the default implementation not
 // being linked into the tool that uses it.
-//
-namespace llvm {
-  extern int BasicAAStub;
-}
-static IncludeFile INCLUDE_BASICAA_CPP((void*)&BasicAAStub);
+DEFINING_FILE_FOR(AliasAnalysis)
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp b/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
index 3cda92e49f5..fa4a029648f 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 using namespace llvm;
 
-// Make sure that anything that uses AliasAnalysis pulls in this file...
-int llvm::BasicAAStub;
-
 namespace {
   /// NoAA - This class implements the -no-aa pass, which always returns "I
   /// don't know" for alias queries.  NoAA is unlike other alias analysis
@@ -846,3 +843,6 @@ BasicAliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(Function *F, CallSite CS,
 
   return UnknownModRefBehavior;
 }
+
+// Make sure that anything that uses AliasAnalysis pulls in this file...
+DEFINING_FILE_FOR(BasicAliasAnalysis)
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/IPA/CallGraph.cpp b/lib/Analysis/IPA/CallGraph.cpp
index f8846d390a5..78bb735ffa2 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/IPA/CallGraph.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/IPA/CallGraph.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 using namespace llvm;
 
-int llvm::BasicCallGraphStub;
-
 static bool isOnlyADirectCall(Function *F, CallSite CS) {
   if (!CS.getInstruction()) return false;
   for (CallSite::arg_iterator I = CS.arg_begin(), E = CS.arg_end(); I != E; ++I)
@@ -256,10 +254,6 @@ CallGraphNode *CallGraph::getOrInsertFunction(const Function *F) {
   return CGN = new CallGraphNode(const_cast<Function*>(F));
 }
 
-
-
-int CallGraph::stub; // to ensure linkage of this file.
-
 void CallGraphNode::print(std::ostream &OS) const {
   if (Function *F = getFunction())
     OS << "Call graph node for function: '" << F->getName() <<"'\n";
@@ -297,3 +291,6 @@ void CallGraphNode::removeAnyCallEdgeTo(CallGraphNode *Callee) {
       --i; --e;
     }
 }
+
+// Enuse that users of CallGraph.h also link with this file
+DEFINING_FILE_FOR(CallGraph)
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/IPA/FindUsedTypes.cpp b/lib/Analysis/IPA/FindUsedTypes.cpp
index f7efc7d3a41..725cec4c018 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/IPA/FindUsedTypes.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/IPA/FindUsedTypes.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ using namespace llvm;
 static RegisterAnalysis<FindUsedTypes>
 X("printusedtypes", "Find Used Types");
 
-// stub to help linkage
-int FindUsedTypes::stub; // to ensure linkage of this file
-
 // IncorporateType - Incorporate one type and all of its subtypes into the
 // collection of used types.
 //
@@ -104,3 +101,6 @@ void FindUsedTypes::print(std::ostream &o, const Module *M) const {
            E = UsedTypes.end(); I != E; ++I)
       o << "  " << **I << "\n";
 }
+
+// Ensure that this file gets linked in when FindUsedTypes.h is used.
+DEFINING_FILE_FOR(FindUsedTypes)
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/LoopInfo.cpp b/lib/Analysis/LoopInfo.cpp
index f2ef17682fc..c7ce58ef915 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/LoopInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/LoopInfo.cpp
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ void Loop::dump() const {
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // LoopInfo implementation
 //
-int LoopInfo::stub;
-
 bool LoopInfo::runOnFunction(Function &) {
   releaseMemory();
   Calculate(getAnalysis<ETForest>());    // Update
@@ -557,3 +555,6 @@ Loop *Loop::removeChildLoop(iterator I) {
 void Loop::removeBlockFromLoop(BasicBlock *BB) {
   RemoveFromVector(Blocks, BB);
 }
+
+// Ensure this file gets linked when LoopInfo.h is used.
+DEFINING_FILE_FOR(LoopInfo)
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/PostDominators.cpp b/lib/Analysis/PostDominators.cpp
index 611ea60a672..e195d7a4c77 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/PostDominators.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/PostDominators.cpp
@@ -359,6 +359,5 @@ PostDominanceFrontier::calculate(const PostDominatorTree &DT,
   return S;
 }
 
-// stub - a dummy function to make linking work ok.
-int PostDominanceFrontier::stub;
-
+// Ensure that this .cpp file gets linked when PostDominators.h is used.
+DEFINING_FILE_FOR(PostDominanceFrontier)
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/ValueNumbering.cpp b/lib/Analysis/ValueNumbering.cpp
index 06482224544..c534bba4dcb 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/ValueNumbering.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/ValueNumbering.cpp
@@ -239,4 +239,5 @@ void BVNImpl::handleTernaryInst(Instruction &I) {
 }
 
 
-int llvm::BasicValueNumberingStub; // to ensure linkage of this file
+// Ensure that users of ValueNumbering.h will link with this file
+DEFINING_FILE_FOR(BasicValueNumbering)
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Dominators.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Dominators.cpp
index a0a6d253b28..35c847f7d6d 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Dominators.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Dominators.cpp
@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@ bool DominatorSet::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
   return false;
 }
 
-int DominatorSet::stub;
-
 namespace llvm {
 static std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &o,
                                 const std::set<BasicBlock*> &BBs) {
@@ -933,3 +931,5 @@ void ETForestBase::print(std::ostream &o, const Module *) const {
   }
   o << "\n";
 }
+
+DEFINING_FILE_FOR(DominatorSet)
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/IntrinsicInst.cpp b/lib/VMCore/IntrinsicInst.cpp
index b4395e1cd32..598a99f18fd 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/IntrinsicInst.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/IntrinsicInst.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,5 @@ std::string DbgStopPointInst::getDirectory() const {
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-/// LinkIntrinsicInstStub -- This is a hack to make sure that programs that
-/// #include IntrinsicInst.h also link this file. See Support/IncludeFile.h
-/// for further details.
-char llvm::LinkIntrinsicInstStub;
+/// Ensure that users of IntrinsicInst.h will link with this module.
+DEFINING_FILE_FOR(IntrinsicInst)