Keep metadata when using gc-sections with profile-generate.

When building with profile-generate request that metadata is kept
during the gc_sections call, as this can sometimes strip out profile
data.
This missing information in the prof files can then result in missing
functions when using the profile information.
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Jamie Cunliffe 2021-07-08 16:50:29 +01:00
parent 95fb131521
commit 7c98b3cfe3

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@ -1931,7 +1931,12 @@ fn add_order_independent_options(
// Try to strip as much out of the generated object by removing unused
// sections if possible. See more comments in linker.rs
if !sess.link_dead_code() {
let keep_metadata = crate_type == CrateType::Dylib;
// If PGO is enabled sometimes gc_sections will remove the profile data section
// as it appears to be unused. This can then cause the PGO profile file to lose
// some functions. If we are generating a profile we shouldn't strip those metadata
// sections to ensure we have all the data for PGO.
let keep_metadata =
crate_type == CrateType::Dylib || sess.opts.cg.profile_generate.enabled();
cmd.gc_sections(keep_metadata);
}