Add a new function attribute 'cold' to functions.
Other than recognizing the attribute, the patch does little else.
It changes the branch probability analyzer so that edges into
blocks postdominated by a cold function are given low weight.
Added analysis and code generation tests. Added documentation for the
new attribute.
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This attribute indicates that the inliner should attempt to inline
this function into callers whenever possible, ignoring any active
inlining size threshold for this caller.
+``cold``
+ This attribute indicates that this function is rarely called. When
+ computing edge weights, basic blocks post-dominated by a cold
+ function call are also considered to be cold; and, thus, given low
+ weight.
``nonlazybind``
This attribute suppresses lazy symbol binding for the function. This
may make calls to the function faster, at the cost of extra program