From 9ebeb284b588c0549dca2169227cabb7417825be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:13:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix MSVC hang issue

---
 compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index 45ae5ffc513..2dc3f4e8f3a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -1691,6 +1691,12 @@ fn add_linked_symbol_object(
         return;
     };
 
+    // NOTE(nbdd0121): MSVC will hang if the input object file contains no sections,
+    // so add an empty section.
+    if file.format() == object::BinaryFormat::Coff {
+        file.add_section(Vec::new(), ".text".into(), object::SectionKind::Text);
+    }
+
     for (sym, kind) in symbols.iter() {
         file.add_symbol(object::write::Symbol {
             name: sym.clone().into(),