commit e8d788c60730b37c8a8825aa971c6027204485e1
Author: Jasper Bekkers <bekkers@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jul 24 11:37:14 2020 +0100

    TheBackend in a cargo project to play around with

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+/target
+Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "rustc_codegen_spirv"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Jasper Bekkers <bekkers@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["dylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/build_codegen.bat b/build_codegen.bat
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+cargo +nightly build
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diff --git a/libempty.rlib b/libempty.rlib
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+This has been "compiled" successfully.
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diff --git a/run.bat b/run.bat
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+rustc +nightly -Zcodegen-backend=target\debug\rustc_codegen_spirv.dll --crate-type lib tests\empty.rs
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diff --git a/setup.bat b/setup.bat
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+rustup +nightly component add rust-src rustc-dev llvm-tools-preview
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diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
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+#![feature(rustc_private)]
+
+extern crate rustc_codegen_ssa;
+extern crate rustc_errors;
+extern crate rustc_middle;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate rustc_data_structures;
+extern crate rustc_driver;
+extern crate rustc_hir;
+extern crate rustc_session;
+extern crate rustc_span;
+extern crate rustc_symbol_mangling;
+extern crate rustc_target;
+
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::CodegenBackend;
+use rustc_data_structures::owning_ref::OwningRef;
+use rustc_data_structures::sync::MetadataRef;
+use rustc_errors::ErrorReported;
+use rustc_middle::dep_graph::DepGraph;
+use rustc_middle::middle::cstore::{EncodedMetadata, MetadataLoader, MetadataLoaderDyn};
+use rustc_middle::ty::query::Providers;
+use rustc_middle::ty::TyCtxt;
+use rustc_session::config::OutputFilenames;
+use rustc_session::Session;
+use rustc_span::symbol::Symbol;
+use rustc_target::spec::Target;
+use std::any::Any;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+pub struct NoLlvmMetadataLoader;
+
+impl MetadataLoader for NoLlvmMetadataLoader {
+    fn get_rlib_metadata(&self, _: &Target, filename: &Path) -> Result<MetadataRef, String> {
+        let buf =
+            std::fs::read(filename).map_err(|e| format!("metadata file open err: {:?}", e))?;
+        let buf: OwningRef<Vec<u8>, [u8]> = OwningRef::new(buf);
+        Ok(rustc_erase_owner!(buf.map_owner_box()))
+    }
+
+    fn get_dylib_metadata(&self, target: &Target, filename: &Path) -> Result<MetadataRef, String> {
+        self.get_rlib_metadata(target, filename)
+    }
+}
+
+struct TheBackend;
+
+impl CodegenBackend for TheBackend {
+    fn metadata_loader(&self) -> Box<MetadataLoaderDyn> {
+        Box::new(NoLlvmMetadataLoader)
+    }
+
+    fn provide(&self, providers: &mut Providers) {
+        rustc_symbol_mangling::provide(providers);
+
+        // providers.supported_target_features = |tcx, _cnum| {
+        //     Default::default() // Just a dummy
+        // };
+        providers.is_reachable_non_generic = |_tcx, _defid| true;
+        providers.exported_symbols = |_tcx, _crate| &[];
+    }
+
+    fn provide_extern(&self, providers: &mut Providers) {
+        providers.is_reachable_non_generic = |_tcx, _defid| true;
+    }
+
+    fn codegen_crate<'a, 'tcx>(
+        &self,
+        tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
+        _metadata: EncodedMetadata,
+        _need_metadata_module: bool,
+    ) -> Box<dyn Any> {
+        use rustc_hir::def_id::LOCAL_CRATE;
+
+        println!("In codegen_crate");
+
+        Box::new(tcx.crate_name(LOCAL_CRATE) as Symbol)
+    }
+
+    fn join_codegen(
+        &self,
+        ongoing_codegen: Box<dyn Any>,
+        _sess: &Session,
+        _dep_graph: &DepGraph,
+    ) -> Result<Box<dyn Any>, ErrorReported> {
+        let crate_name = ongoing_codegen
+            .downcast::<Symbol>()
+            .expect("in join_codegen: ongoing_codegen is not a Symbol");
+        Ok(crate_name)
+    }
+
+    fn link(
+        &self,
+        sess: &Session,
+        codegen_results: Box<dyn Any>,
+        outputs: &OutputFilenames,
+    ) -> Result<(), ErrorReported> {
+        use rustc_session::{config::CrateType, output::out_filename};
+        use std::io::Write;
+        let crate_name =
+            codegen_results.downcast::<Symbol>().expect("in link: codegen_results is not a Symbol");
+        for &crate_type in sess.opts.crate_types.iter() {
+            if crate_type != CrateType::Rlib {
+                sess.fatal(&format!("Crate type is {:?}", crate_type));
+            }
+            let output_name = out_filename(sess, crate_type, &outputs, &*crate_name.as_str());
+            let mut out_file = ::std::fs::File::create(output_name).unwrap();
+            write!(out_file, "This has been \"compiled\" successfully.").unwrap();
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/// This is the entrypoint for a hot plugged rustc_codegen_llvm
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn __rustc_codegen_backend() -> Box<dyn CodegenBackend> {
+    Box::new(TheBackend)
+}
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diff --git a/tests/empty.rs b/tests/empty.rs
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+#![feature(no_core)]
+#![no_core]