linker: Refactor library linking methods in `trait Linker` #120099

petrochenkov · 2024-01-18T15:44:15Z

Linkers are not aware of Rust libraries, they look like regular static or dynamic libraries to them, so Rust-specific methods in trait Linker do not make much sense.
They can be either removed or renamed to something more suitable.

Commits after the second one are cleanups.

rustbot · 2024-01-18T15:44:23Z

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compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs

WaffleLapkin · 2024-01-19T01:43:03Z

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs

        } else {
-            self.linker_args(&[OsString::from("--whole-archive"), path.into()]);
+            self.linker_arg("--whole-archive");
+            self.cmd.arg(path);


why is this not a linker arg?

For consistency with !whole_archive case above, whether -Wl, is added doesn't matter in this context.

We could probably consistently add it in all cases though, to save C compiler some work? (Looking into files and determining that they should indeed be passed through to the linker.)

We could probably consistently add it in all cases though, to save C compiler some work

This would be some larger work, so I've just reverted this change for now.

to save C compiler some work? (Looking into files and determining that they should indeed be passed through to the linker.)

Update: gcc doesn't even inspect the passed .o and .a files, it just looks at file extensions.
clang does call fstat on them, but doesn't inspect the contents either.

WaffleLapkin · 2024-01-23T19:12:36Z

@bors r+

bors · 2024-01-23T19:12:39Z

📌 Commit 42bcccc has been approved by WaffleLapkin

It is now in the queue for this repository.

linker: Refactor library linking methods in `trait Linker` Linkers are not aware of Rust libraries, they look like regular static or dynamic libraries to them, so Rust-specific methods in `trait Linker` do not make much sense. They can be either removed or renamed to something more suitable. Commits after the second one are cleanups.

Rollup of 12 pull requests Successful merges: - rust-lang#112806 (Small code improvements in `collect_intra_doc_links.rs`) - rust-lang#119460 (coverage: Never emit improperly-ordered coverage regions) - rust-lang#119766 (Split tait and impl trait in assoc items logic) - rust-lang#120062 (llvm: change data layout bug to an error and make it trigger more) - rust-lang#120099 (linker: Refactor library linking methods in `trait Linker`) - rust-lang#120139 (Do not normalize closure signature when building `FnOnce` shim) - rust-lang#120160 (Manually implement derived `NonZero` traits.) - rust-lang#120171 (Fix assume and assert in jump threading) - rust-lang#120183 (Add `#[coverage(off)]` to closures introduced by `#[test]` and `#[bench]`) - rust-lang#120195 (add several resolution test cases) - rust-lang#120259 (Split Diagnostics for Uncommon Codepoints: Add List to Display Characters Involved) - rust-lang#120261 (Provide structured suggestion to use trait objects in some cases of `if` arm type divergence) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup

fmease · 2024-01-23T20:51:25Z

Might this have caused #120279 (comment)?

petrochenkov · 2024-01-23T20:53:16Z

Hmm, yes, quite likely.
Looks like .lib is used instead of .dll.lib somewhere.
@bors r-

Rename `link_(dylib,framework)`, remove `link_rust_dylib`.

Rename `link(_whole)(staticlib,rlib)` to something more suitable.

…ntly

petrochenkov · 2024-01-23T22:55:29Z

Fixed up the extension.
@bors r=WaffleLapkin

bors · 2024-01-23T22:55:32Z

📌 Commit 03f23c1 has been approved by WaffleLapkin

It is now in the queue for this repository.

linker: Refactor library linking methods in `trait Linker` Linkers are not aware of Rust libraries, they look like regular static or dynamic libraries to them, so Rust-specific methods in `trait Linker` do not make much sense. They can be either removed or renamed to something more suitable. Commits after the second one are cleanups.

Rollup of 8 pull requests Successful merges: - rust-lang#119305 (Add `AsyncFn` family of traits) - rust-lang#119389 (Provide more context on recursive `impl` evaluation overflow) - rust-lang#120062 (llvm: change data layout bug to an error and make it trigger more) - rust-lang#120099 (linker: Refactor library linking methods in `trait Linker`) - rust-lang#120201 (Bump some deps with syn 1.0 dependencies) - rust-lang#120230 (Assert that a single scope is passed to `for_scope`) - rust-lang#120278 (Remove --fatal-warnings on wasm targets) - rust-lang#120292 (coverage: Dismantle `Instrumentor` and flatten span refinement) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup

linker: Refactor library linking methods in `trait Linker` Linkers are not aware of Rust libraries, they look like regular static or dynamic libraries to them, so Rust-specific methods in `trait Linker` do not make much sense. They can be either removed or renamed to something more suitable. Commits after the second one are cleanups.

…iaskrgr Rollup of 7 pull requests Successful merges: - rust-lang#118208 (Rewrite the BTreeMap cursor API using gaps) - rust-lang#120099 (linker: Refactor library linking methods in `trait Linker`) - rust-lang#120165 (Switch `NonZero` alias direction.) - rust-lang#120288 (Bump `askama` version) - rust-lang#120306 (Clean up after clone3 removal from pidfd code (docs and tests)) - rust-lang#120316 (Don't call `walk_` functions directly if there is an equivalent `visit_` method) - rust-lang#120330 (Remove coroutine info when building coroutine drop body) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup

…iaskrgr Rollup of 8 pull requests Successful merges: - rust-lang#118208 (Rewrite the BTreeMap cursor API using gaps) - rust-lang#120099 (linker: Refactor library linking methods in `trait Linker`) - rust-lang#120288 (Bump `askama` version) - rust-lang#120306 (Clean up after clone3 removal from pidfd code (docs and tests)) - rust-lang#120316 (Don't call `walk_` functions directly if there is an equivalent `visit_` method) - rust-lang#120330 (Remove coroutine info when building coroutine drop body) - rust-lang#120332 (Remove unused struct) - rust-lang#120338 (Fix links to [strict|exposed] provenance sections of `[std|core]::ptr`) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup

Rollup merge of rust-lang#120099 - petrochenkov:linkapi, r=WaffleLapkin linker: Refactor library linking methods in `trait Linker` Linkers are not aware of Rust libraries, they look like regular static or dynamic libraries to them, so Rust-specific methods in `trait Linker` do not make much sense. They can be either removed or renamed to something more suitable. Commits after the second one are cleanups.

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LLVM Bitcode Linker: A self contained linker for nvptx and other targets #117458

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Rollup of 12 pull requests #120279

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linker: Refactor APIs for linking dynamic libraries

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Rename `link_(dylib,framework)`, remove `link_rust_dylib`.

linker: Refactor APIs for linking static libraries

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Rename `link(_whole)(staticlib,rlib)` to something more suitable.

linker: Group library linking methods together and sort them consiste…

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linker: Do not collect search paths unless necessary

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linker: Merge link_staticlib_* and link_whole_staticlib_*

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linker: Cleanup implementations of link_staticlib_*

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linker: Fix Rust dylib crate extension on windows-msvc

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Rollup of 8 pull requests #120304

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Rollup of 7 pull requests #120336

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Rollup of 8 pull requests #120341

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