Improve CTFE UB validation error messages
As mentioned in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/86245#discussion_r650494012 this PR slightly improves the formatting of validation errors, to move the path to the error prefix.
From:
`type validation failed: encountered invalid vtable: size is bigger than largest supported object at .0`
To:
`type validation failed at .0: encountered invalid vtable: size is bigger than largest supported object`.
Fix force-warns to allow dashes.
The `--force-warns` flag was not allowing lint names with dashes, only supporting underscores. This changes it to allow dashes to match the behavior of the A/W/D/F flags.
Fix ICEs on invalid vtable size/alignment const UB errors
The invalid vtable size/alignment errors from `InterpCx::read_size_and_align_from_vtable` were "freeform const UB errors", causing ICEs when reaching validation. This PR turns them into const UB hard errors to catch them during validation and avoid that.
Fixes#86193
r? `@RalfJung`
(It seemed cleaner to have 2 variants but they can be merged into one variant with a message payload if you prefer that ?)
Do not suggest to add type annotations for unnameable types
Consider this example:
```rust
const A = || 42;
struct S<T> { t: T }
const B: _ = S { t: || 42 };
```
This currently produces the following output:
```
error: missing type for `const` item
--> src/lib.rs:1:7
|
1 | const A = || 42;
| ^ help: provide a type for the item: `A: [closure@src/lib.rs:1:11: 1:16]`
error[E0121]: the type placeholder `_` is not allowed within types on item signatures
--> src/lib.rs:4:10
|
4 | const B: _ = S { t: || 42 };
| ^
| |
| not allowed in type signatures
| help: replace `_` with the correct type: `S<[closure@src/lib.rs:4:21: 4:26]>`
error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
```
However, these suggestions are obviously useless, because the suggested types cannot be written down. With my changes, the suggestion is replaced with a note, because there is no simple fix:
```
error: missing type for `const` item
--> test.rs:1:7
|
1 | const A = || 42;
| ^
|
note: however, the inferred type `[closure@test.rs:1:11: 1:16]` cannot be named
--> test.rs:1:11
|
1 | const A = || 42;
| ^^^^^
error[E0121]: the type placeholder `_` is not allowed within types on item signatures
--> test.rs:4:10
|
4 | const B: _ = S { t: || 42 };
| ^ not allowed in type signatures
|
note: however, the inferred type `S<[closure@test.rs:4:21: 4:26]>` cannot be named
--> test.rs:4:14
|
4 | const B: _ = S { t: || 42 };
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
```
Hash DefId in rustc_span.
This is mostly just moving code around. Changes are simplifications of unneeded callbacks from rustc_span to rustc_middle.
r? `@petrochenkov`
Make `relate_type_and_mut` public
#85343 improved diagnostics around `Relate` impls but made `relate_type_and_mut` private, which was accessible as `relate` previously. This makes it public so that we can use it on rust-semverver.
r? ```@Aaron1011```
Detect incorrect vtable alignment during const eval
This PR fixes#86132 by detecting invalid alignment values for trait objects in the interpreter, and emitting an error about this conversion failure, to avoid the ICE.
I've noticed that the error emitted at a50d72158e/compiler/rustc_mir/src/interpret/traits.rs (L163-L166) doesn't seem to be present in the const-ub tests, so I've tried adding a test that triggers both of these cases: one for the invalid size, and another for the invalid alignment that #86132 tracks (I have found different magic values triggering different `Align::from_bytes` errors than the "power of 2" one, if need be).
However, when doing that, I *cannot* for the life of me figure out the correct incantation to make these 2 errors trigger with the "it is undefined behavior to use this value" message rather than the "any use of this value will cause an error" lint.
I've tried Oli's suggestions of different values, tuples and arrays, using the transparent wrapper trick from the other tests and I was only able to trigger the regular const-ub errors about the size of the vtable, or that the drop pointer was invalid. Maybe these "type validation failed" errors happen before this part of the interpreter is reached and there just needs some magic incorrect values to bypass them, I don't know.
Since this fixes an ICE, and if the constants are indeed used, these 2 tests will turn into a hard error, I thought I'd open the PR anyways. And if ```@RalfJung``` you know of a way I could manage that (if you think that these tests are worth checking that the `throw_ub_format!` does indeed create const-ub errors as we expect) I'd be grateful.
For that reason, r? ```@RalfJung``` and cc ```@oli-obk.```
Do not suggest ampmut if rhs is already mutable
Removes invalid suggestion in #85765, although it should highlight the user type instead of the local variable.
Looking at the comments of this line:
84b1005bfd/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/mod.rs (L2107)
It was intentionally set to `None`, causing it to highlight the local variable instead. I am not sure if I will be able to fix it.
Fixes#85765
Fix some diagnostic issues with const_generics_defaults feature gate
This PR makes a few changes:
- print out const param defaults in "lifetime ordering" errors rather than discarding them
- update `is_simple_text` to account for const params when checking if a type has no generics, this was causing a note to be failed to add to an error message
- fixes some diagnostic wording that incorrectly said there was ordering restrictions between type/const params despite the `const_generics_defaults` feature gate is active
Don't use a generator for BoxedResolver
The generator is non-trivial and requires unsafe code anyway. Using regular unsafe code without a generator is much easier to follow.
Based on #85810 as it touches rustc_interface too.
Suggest a trailing comma if a 1-tuple is expected and a parenthesized expression is found
This pull request fixes#86100. The following code:
```rust
fn main() {
let t: (i32,) = (1);
}
```
currently produces:
```
warning: unnecessary parentheses around assigned value
--> test.rs:2:21
|
2 | let t: (i32,) = (1);
| ^^^ help: remove these parentheses
|
= note: `#[warn(unused_parens)]` on by default
error[E0308]: mismatched types
--> test.rs:2:21
|
2 | let t: (i32,) = (1);
| ------ ^^^ expected tuple, found integer
| |
| expected due to this
|
= note: expected tuple `(i32,)`
found type `{integer}`
error: aborting due to previous error; 1 warning emitted
```
With my changes, I get the same warning and the following error:
```
error[E0308]: mismatched types
--> test.rs:2:21
|
2 | let t: (i32,) = (1);
| ------ ^^^ expected tuple, found integer
| |
| expected due to this
|
= note: expected tuple `(i32,)`
found type `{integer}`
help: use a trailing comma to create a tuple with one element
|
2 | let t: (i32,) = (1,);
| ^^^^
```
i.e. I have added a suggestion to add a trailing comma to create a 1-tuple. This suggestion is only issued if a 1-tuple is expected and the expression (`(1)` in the example above) is surrounded by parentheses and does not already have a tuple type. In this situation, I'd say that it is pretty likely that the user meant to create a tuple.
std: Stabilize wasm simd intrinsics
This commit performs two changes to stabilize Rust support for
WebAssembly simd intrinsics:
* The stdarch submodule is updated to pull in rust-lang/stdarch#1179.
* The `wasm_target_feature` feature gate requirement for the `simd128`
feature has been removed, stabilizing the name `simd128`.
This should conclude the FCP started on #74372 and...
Closes#74372
This commit performs two changes to stabilize Rust support for
WebAssembly simd intrinsics:
* The stdarch submodule is updated to pull in rust-lang/stdarch#1179.
* The `wasm_target_feature` feature gate requirement for the `simd128`
feature has been removed, stabilizing the name `simd128`.
This should conclude the FCP started on #74372 and...
Closes#74372
MVP for using rust-lld as part of cc
Will fix#71519. I need to figure out how to write a test showing that lld is used instead of whatever linker cc normally uses. When I manually run rustc using `echo 'fn main() {}' | RUSTC_LOG=rustc_codegen_ssa:🔙:link=debug ./rustc -Clinker-flavor=gcc-lld --crate-type bin -Clink-arg=-Wl,-v` (thanks to bjorn3 on Zulip), I can see that lld is used, but I'm not sure how to inspect that output in a test.
Disable the machine outliner by default
This addresses a codegen-issue that needs to be fixed upstream in LLVM.
While we wait for the fix, we can disable it.
Verified manually that the outliner is no longer run when
`-Copt-level=z` is specified, and also that you can override this with
`-Cllvm-args=-enable-machine-outliner` if you need it anyway.
A regression test is not really feasible in this instance, given that we
do not have any minimal reproducers.
Fixes#85351
cc `@pnkfelix`
Use preorder traversal when checking for SSA locals
Traverse blocks in topological sort of dominance partial order, to ensure that
local analyzer correctly identifies locals that are already in static single
assignment form, while avoiding dependency on implicit numeric order of blocks.
When rebuilding the standard library, this change reduces the number of locals
that require an alloca from 62452 to 62348.
ignore test if rust-lld not found
create ld -> rust-lld symlink at build time instead of run time
for testing in ci
copy instead of symlinking
remove linux check
test for linker, suggestions from bjorn3
fix overly restrictive lld matcher
use -Zgcc-ld flag instead of -Clinker-flavor
refactor code adding lld to gcc path
revert ci changes
suggestions from petrochenkov
rename gcc_ld to gcc-ld in dirs
Rollup of 7 pull requests
Successful merges:
- #82037 (Make symbols stripping work on MacOS X)
- #84687 (Multiple improvements to RwLocks)
- #85997 (rustdoc: Print a warning if the diff when comparing to old nightlies is empty)
- #86051 (Updated code examples and wording in move keyword documentation )
- #86111 (fix off by one in `std::iter::Iterator` documentation)
- #86113 (build doctests with lld if use-lld = true)
- #86175 (update Miri)
Failed merges:
r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
As reported in the stabilization issue, MacOS' linker doesn't support the `-s` and `-S` flags to strip symbols anymore. However, the os ships a separated tool to perform these operations.
This change allows the compiler to use that tool after a target has been compiled to strip symbols.
For rationale, see: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/72110#issuecomment-641169818
For option selection, see: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/strip/
Signed-off-by: David Calavera <david.calavera@gmail.com>
Peephole optimize `x == false` and `x != true`
This adds peephole optimizations to make `x == false`, `false == x`, `x != true`, and `true != x` get optimized to `!x` in the `instcombine` MIR pass. That pass currently handles `x == true` -> `x` already.
Include macro name in 'local ambiguity' error
Currently, we only point at the span of the macro argument. When the
macro call is itself generated by another macro, this can make it
difficult or impossible to determine which macro is responsible for
producing the error.
Enable rustdoc to document safe wasm intrinsics
This commit fixes an issue not found during #84988 where rustdoc is used
to document cross-platform intrinsics but it was requiring that
functions which use `#[target_feature]` are `unsafe` erroneously, even
if they're WebAssembly specific. Rustdoc today, for example, already has
a special case where it enables annotations like
`#[target_feature(enable = "simd128")]` on platforms other than
WebAssembly. The purpose of this commit is to relax the "require all
`#[target_feature]` functions are `unsafe`" requirement for all targets
whenever rustdoc is running, enabling all targets to fully document
other targets, such as WebAssembly, where intrinsics functions aren't
always `unsafe`.
Comment out unused error codes and add description for E0316
I have added an extended description of `E0316` and commented out a bunch of unused error codes to make clear the fact that they are no longer in use. You can check for yourself with
```shell
for ec in \
E0314 E0315 E0473 E0474 E0475 E0479 E0480 E0481 \
E0483 E0484 E0485 E0486 E0487 E0488 E0489
do
if [ ! -z "`grep -r $ec compiler/* --exclude-dir=rustc_error_codes`" ]
then
echo $ec
false
fi
done
```
i.e. these error codes appear nowhere in the compiler code and thus cannot be emitted.
r? ```@GuillaumeGomez```
Currently, we only point at the span of the macro argument. When the
macro call is itself generated by another macro, this can make it
difficult or impossible to determine which macro is responsible for
producing the error.
This commit fixes an issue not found during #84988 where rustdoc is used
to document cross-platform intrinsics but it was requiring that
functions which use `#[target_feature]` are `unsafe` erroneously, even
if they're WebAssembly specific. Rustdoc today, for example, already has
a special case where it enables annotations like
`#[target_feature(enable = "simd128")]` on platforms other than
WebAssembly. The purpose of this commit is to relax the "require all
`#[target_feature]` functions are `unsafe`" requirement for all targets
whenever rustdoc is running, enabling all targets to fully document
other targets, such as WebAssembly, where intrinsics functions aren't
always `unsafe`.
Remove the install prefix from the rpath set when using -Crpath
It was broken anyway for rustup installs and nobody seems to have noticed.
Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/82392
Unify duplicate linker_and_flavor methods in rustc_codegen_{cranelift,ssa}.
The two methods were exactly the same so this removes the cranelift copy. This will help make sure both they don't get out of sync.
Fix ICE during type layout when there's a `[type error]`
Fixes#84108.
Based on estebank's [comment], except I used `delay_span_bug` because it
should work in more cases, and I think it expresses its intent more
clearly.
r? `@estebank`
[comment]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/84108#issuecomment-818916848
Driver improvements
This PR contains a couple of cleanups for the driver and a few small improvements for the custom codegen backend interface. It also implements `--version` and `-Cpasses=list` support for custom codegen backends.
Fix corrected example in E0759.md
This pull request fixes#86061, which was probably caused by a copy-paste error, where the supposedly corrected code example was also marked with `compile_fail`. Thus, the fact that the "correct" example actually _isn't_ correct was not caught by the doc-tests. This pull request removes the incorrect `compile_fail` annotation and fixes the example.
r? ``@GuillaumeGomez``
Fix two ICEs in the parser
This pull request fixes#84104 and fixes#84148. The latter is caused by an invalid `assert_ne!()` in the parser, which I have simply removed because the error is then caught in another part of the parser.
#84104 is somewhat more subtle and has to do with a suggestion to remove extraneous `<` characters; for instance:
```rust
fn main() {
foo::<Ty<<<i32>();
}
```
currently leads to
```
error: unmatched angle brackets
--> unmatched-langle.rs:2:10
|
2 | foo::<Ty<<<i32>();
| ^^^ help: remove extra angle brackets
```
which is obviously wrong and stems from the fact that the code for issuing the above suggestion does not consider the possibility that there might be other tokens in between the opening angle brackets. In #84104, this has led to a span being generated that ends in the middle of a multi-byte character (because the code issuing the suggestion thought that it was only skipping over `<`, which are single-byte), causing an ICE.
Add variance-related information to lifetime error messages
This PR adds a basic framework for displaying variance-related information in error messages. For example:
```
error: lifetime may not live long enough
--> $DIR/type-check-pointer-comparisons.rs:12:5
|
LL | fn compare_mut<'a, 'b>(x: *mut &'a i32, y: *mut &'b i32) {
| -- -- lifetime `'b` defined here
| |
| lifetime `'a` defined here
LL | x == y;
| ^ requires that `'a` must outlive `'b`
|
= help: consider adding the following bound: `'a: 'b`
= note: requirement occurs because of a mutable pointer to &i32
= note: mutable pointers are invariant over their type parameter
= help: see <https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/subtyping.html> for more information about variance
```
The last three lines are new.
This is accomplished by adding a new struct `VarianceDiagInfo`, and passing it along through the various relation methods. When relating types that change the variance (e.g. `&mut T` or `*mut T`), we pass a more specific `VarianceDiagInfo` storing information about the cause of the variance change. When an error, we use the `VarianceDiagInfo` to add additional information to the error message.
This PR doesn't change any variance-related computation or behavior - only diagnostic messages. Therefore, the implementation is quite incomplete - more detailed error messages can be filled in in subsequent PRs.
Limitations:
* We only attempt to deal with invariance - since it's at the bottom of the 'variance lattice', our variance will never change again after it becomes invariant. Handling contravariance would be trickier, since we can change between contravariance and covariance multiple times (e.g. `fn(fn(&'static u8))`). Since contravariance (AFAIK) is only used for function arguments, we can probably get away without a very fancy message for cases involving contravariance.
* `VarianceDiagInfo` currently only handles mutable pointers/references. However, user-defined types (structs, enums, and unions) have the variance of their type parameters inferred, so it would be good to eventually display information about that. We'll want to try to find a balance between displaying too much and too little information about how the variance was inferred.
* The improved error messages are only displayed when `#![feature(nll)]` / `-Z borrowck=mir` is enabled. If issue https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/58781 is not resolved relatively soon, then we might want to duplicate some of this logic in the 'current' (non-NLL) region/outlives handling code.
linker: Reorder linker arguments
- Split arguments into order-independent and order-dependent, to define more precisely what (pre-,post-,late-,)link-args mean.
- Add some comments.
- Combine all native library arguments together, to simplify potential support for library deduplication and similar things
- Split arguments into order-independent and order-dependent, to define more precisely what (pre,post,late)-link-args mean
parser: Ensure that all nonterminals have tokens after parsing
`parse_nonterminal` should always result in something with tokens.
This requirement wasn't satisfied in two cases:
- `stmt` nonterminal with expression statements (e.g. `0`, or `{}`, or `path + 1`) because `fn parse_stmt_without_recovery` forgot to propagate `force_collect` in some cases.
- `expr` nonterminal with expressions with built-in attributes (e.g. `#[allow(warnings)] 0`) due to an incorrect optimization in `fn parse_expr_force_collect`, it assumed that all expressions starting with `#` have their tokens collected during parsing, but that's not true if all the attributes on that expression are built-in and inert.
(Discovered when trying to implement eager `cfg` expansion for all attributes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/83824#issuecomment-817317170.)
r? `@Aaron1011`
Drop an `if let` that will always succeed
We've already checked that `proj_base == []` in the line above and renaming
`place_local` to `local` doesn't gain us anything.
``@rustbot`` modify labels +C-cleanup +T-compiler
Tweak wasm_base target spec to indicate linker is not GNU and update linker inferring logic for wasm-ld.
Reported via [Zulip](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/wasi.20linker.20unknown.20argument.3A.20--as-needed): we try passing `--as-needed` to the linker if it's GNU ld which `wasm-ld` is not. Usually this isn't an issue for wasm as we would use the WasmLd linker driver but because the linker in question (`wasm32-unknown-wasi-wasm-ld`) ended with `-ld` our linker inferring [logic](f64503eb55/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs (L957-L1040)) used the `GccLinker` implementations. (UPD: The linker inferring logic actually didn't apply in this case because the linker is actually invoked through gcc in the reported issue. But it's still worth updating the logic I think.)
This change then has 2 parts:
1. Update wasm_base target spec to indicate `linker_is_gnu: false` plus a few additions of `target.is_like_wasm` to handle flags `wasm-ld` does in fact support.
2. Improve the linker detection logic to properly determine the correct flavor of wasm linker we're using when we can.
We need to add the new `target.is_like_wasm` branches to handle the case where the "linker" used could be something like clang which would then under the hood call wasm-ld.
Preserve metadata w/ Solaris-like linkers.
#84468 moved the `-zignore` linker flag from the `gc_sections` method to `add_as_needed` which is more accurate but Solaris-style linkers will also end up removing an unreferenced ELF sections [1]. This had the unfortunate side effect of causing the `.rustc` section (which has the metada) to be removed which could cause issues when trying to link against the resulting crates or use proc macros.
Since the `-zignore` is positional, we fix this by moving the metadata objects to before the flag.
[1] Specifically a section is considered unreferenced if:
* The section is allocatable
* No other sections bind to (relocate) to this section
* The section provides no global symbols
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19683-01/817-3677/6mj8mbtbs/index.html#chapter4-19
Show test type during prints
Test output can sometimes be confusing. For example doctest with the no_run argument are displayed the same way than test that are run.
During #83857 I got the feedback that test output can be confusing.
For the moment test output is
```
test $DIR/test-type.rs - f (line 12) ... ignored
test $DIR/test-type.rs - f (line 15) ... ok
test $DIR/test-type.rs - f (line 21) ... ok
test $DIR/test-type.rs - f (line 6) ... ok
```
I propose to change output by indicating the test type as
```
test $DIR/test-type.rs - f (line 12) ... ignored
test $DIR/test-type.rs - f (line 15) - compile ... ok
test $DIR/test-type.rs - f (line 21) - compile fail ... ok
test $DIR/test-type.rs - f (line 6) ... ok
```
by indicating the test type after the test name (and in the case of doctest after the function name and line) and before the "...".
------------
Note: this is a proof of concept, the implementation is probably not optimal as the properties added in `TestDesc` are only use in the display and does not represent actual change of behavior, maybe `TestType::DocTest` could have fields
Partial support for raw-dylib linkage
First cut of functionality for issue #58713: add support for `#[link(kind = "raw-dylib")]` on `extern` blocks in lib crates compiled to .rlib files. Does not yet support `#[link_name]` attributes on functions, or the `#[link_ordinal]` attribute, or `#[link(kind = "raw-dylib")]` on `extern` blocks in bin crates; I intend to publish subsequent PRs to fill those gaps. It's also not yet clear whether this works for functions in `extern "stdcall"` blocks; I also intend to investigate that shortly and make any necessary changes as a follow-on PR.
This implementation calls out to an LLVM function to construct the actual `.idata` sections as temporary `.lib` files on disk and then links those into the generated .rlib.
BPF target support
This adds `bpfel-unknown-none` and `bpfeb-unknown-none`, two new no_std targets that generate little and big endian BPF. The approach taken is very similar to the cuda target, where `TargetOptions::obj_is_bitcode` is enabled and code generation is done by the linker.
I added the targets to `dist-various-2`. There are [some tests](https://github.com/alessandrod/bpf-linker/tree/main/tests/assembly) in bpf-linker and I'm planning to add more. Those are currently not ran as part of rust CI.
Remove special handling of `box_free` from `LocalAnalyzer`
The special casing of `box_free` predates the use of dominators in
analyzer. It is no longer necessary now that analyzer verifies that
the first assignment dominates all uses.
This addresses a codegen-issue that needs to be fixed upstream in LLVM.
While we wait for the fix, we can disable it.
Verified manually that the outliner is no longer run when
`-Copt-level=z` is specified, and also that you can override this with
`-Cllvm-args=-enable-machine-outliner` if you need it anyway.
A regression test is not really feasible in this instance, given that we
do not have any minimal reproducers.
Fixes#85351
Allow raw pointers in SIMD types
Closes#85915 by loosening the strictness in typechecking and adding a test to guarantee it passes.
This still might be too strict, as references currently do pass monomorphization, but my understanding is that they are not guaranteed to be "scalar" in the same way.
Remove `doc(include)`
This nightly feature is redundant now that `extended_key_value_attributes` is stable (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/83366). `@rust-lang/rustdoc` not sure if you think this needs FCP; there was already an FCP in #82539, but technically it was for deprecating, not removing the feature altogether.
This should not be merged before #83366.
cc `@petrochenkov`
Implement DepTrackingHash for `Option` through blanket impls instead of macros
This avoids having to add a new macro call for both the `Option` and the type itself.
Noticed this while working on https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/84233.
r? `@Aaron1011`
This does not yet support #[link_name] attributes on functions, the #[link_ordinal]
attribute, #[link(kind = "raw-dylib")] on extern blocks in bin crates, or
stdcall functions on 32-bit x86.
don't suggest unsized indirection in where-clauses
Skip where-clauses when suggesting using indirection in combination with
`?Sized` bounds on type parameters.
Fixes#85943.
`@estebank` I think this doesn't conflict with your work in #85947; please let me know if you'd like me to cherry pick it to a new branch based on yours instead.
wasm: Make simd types passed via indirection again
This commit updates wasm target specs to use `simd_types_indirect: true`
again. Long ago this was added since wasm simd types were always
translated to `v128` under-the-hood in LLVM, meaning that it didn't
matter whether that target feature was enabled or not. Now, however,
`v128` is conditionally used in codegen depending on target features
enabled, meaning that it's possible to get linker errors about different
signatures in code that correctly uses simd types. The fix is the same
as for all other platforms, which is to pass the type indirectly.
rustc: Store metadata-in-rlibs in object files
This commit updates how rustc compiler metadata is stored in rlibs.
Previously metadata was stored as a raw file that has the same format as
`--emit metadata`. After this commit, however, the metadata is encoded
into a small object file which has one section which is the contents of
the metadata.
The motivation for this commit is to fix a common case where #83730
arises. The problem is that when rustc crates a `dylib` crate type it
needs to include entire rlib files into the dylib, so it passes
`--whole-archive` (or the equivalent) to the linker. The problem with
this, though, is that the linker will attempt to read all files in the
archive. If the metadata file were left as-is (today) then the linker
would generate an error saying it can't read the file. The previous
solution was to alter the rlib just before linking, creating a new
archive in a temporary directory which has the metadata file removed.
This problem from before this commit is now removed if the metadata file
is stored in an object file that the linker can read. The only caveat we
have to take care of is to ensure that the linker never actually
includes the contents of the object file into the final output. We apply
similar tricks as the `.llvmbc` bytecode sections to do this.
This involved changing the metadata loading code a bit, namely updating
some of the LLVM C APIs used to use non-deprecated ones and fiddling
with the lifetimes a bit to get everything to work out. Otherwise though
this isn't intended to be a functional change really, only that metadata
is stored differently in archives now.
This should end up fixing #83730 because by default dylibs will no
longer have their rlib dependencies "altered" meaning that
split-debuginfo will continue to have valid paths pointing at the
original rlibs. (note that we still "alter" rlibs if LTO is enabled to
remove Rust object files and we also "alter" for the #[link(cfg)]
feature, but that's rarely used).
Closes#83730
