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Make `#[used]` work when linking with `ld64` To make `#[used]` work in static libraries, we use the `symbols.o` trick introduced in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/95604. However, the linker shipped with Xcode, ld64, works a bit differently from other linkers; in particular, [it completely ignores undefined symbols by themselves](https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/ld64/blob/ld64-954.16/src/ld/parsers/macho_relocatable_file.cpp#L2455-L2468), and only consider them if they have relocations (something something atoms something fixups, I don't know the details). So to make the `symbols.o` file work on ld64, we need to actually insert a relocation. That's kinda cumbersome to do though, since the relocation must be valid, and hence must point to a valid piece of machine code, and is hence very architecture-specific. Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/133491, see that for investigation. --- Another option would be to pass `-u _foo` to the final linker invocation. This has the problem that `-u` causes the linker to not be able to dead-strip the symbol, which is undesirable. (If we did this, we would possibly also want to do it by putting the arguments in a file by itself, and passing that file via ``@`,` e.g. ``@undefined_symbols.txt`,` similar to https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/52699, though that [is only supported since Xcode 12](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode-release-notes/xcode-12-release-notes#Linking), and I'm not sure we wanna bump that). Various other options that are probably all undesirable as they affect link time performance: - Pass `-all_load` to the linker. - Pass `-ObjC` to the linker (the Objective-C support in the linker has different code paths that load more of the binary), and instrument the binaries that contain `#[used]` symbols. - Pass `-force_load` to libraries that contain `#[used]` symbols. Failed attempt: Embed `-u _foo` in the object file with `LC_LINKER_OPTION`, akin to https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/121293. Doesn't work, both because `ld64` doesn't read that from archive members unless it already has a reason to load the member (which is what this PR is trying to make it do), and because `ld64` only support the `-l`, `-needed-l`, `-framework` and `-needed_framework` flags in there. --- TODO: - [x] Support all Apple architectures. - [x] Ensure that this works regardless of the actual type of the symbol. - [x] Write up more docs. - [x] Wire up a few proper tests. `@rustbot` label O-apple |
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README.md
This is a collaborative effort to build a guide that explains how rustc works. The aim of the guide is to help new contributors get oriented to rustc, as well as to help more experienced folks in figuring out some new part of the compiler that they haven't worked on before.
You can read the latest version of the guide here.
You may also find the rustdocs for the compiler itself useful. Note that these are not intended as a guide; it's recommended that you search for the docs you're looking for instead of reading them top to bottom.
For documentation on developing the standard library, see
std-dev-guide.
Contributing to the guide
The guide is useful today, but it has a lot of work still to go.
If you'd like to help improve the guide, we'd love to have you! You can find plenty of issues on the issue tracker. Just post a comment on the issue you would like to work on to make sure that we don't accidentally duplicate work. If you think something is missing, please open an issue about it!
In general, if you don't know how the compiler works, that is not a problem! In that case, what we will do is to schedule a bit of time for you to talk with someone who does know the code, or who wants to pair with you and figure it out. Then you can work on writing up what you learned.
In general, when writing about a particular part of the compiler's code, we recommend that you link to the relevant parts of the rustc rustdocs.
Build Instructions
To build a local static HTML site, install mdbook with:
> cargo install mdbook mdbook-linkcheck2 mdbook-toc mdbook-mermaid
and execute the following command in the root of the repository:
> mdbook build --open
The build files are found in the book/html directory.
Link Validations
We use mdbook-linkcheck2 to validate URLs included in our documentation. Link
checking is not run by default locally, though it is in CI. To enable it
locally, set the environment variable ENABLE_LINKCHECK=1 like in the
following example.
$ ENABLE_LINKCHECK=1 mdbook serve
Table of Contents
We use mdbook-toc to auto-generate TOCs for long sections. You can invoke the preprocessor by
including the <!-- toc --> marker at the place where you want the TOC.
Synchronizing josh subtree with rustc
This repository is linked to rust-lang/rust as a josh subtree. You can use the following commands to synchronize the subtree in both directions.
You'll need to install josh-proxy locally via
cargo +stable install josh-proxy --git https://github.com/josh-project/josh --tag r24.10.04
Older versions of josh-proxy may not round trip commits losslessly so it is important to install this exact version.
Pull changes from rust-lang/rust into this repository
- Checkout a new branch that will be used to create a PR into
rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide - Run the pull command
$ cargo run --manifest-path josh-sync/Cargo.toml rustc-pull - Push the branch to your fork and create a PR into
rustc-dev-guide
Push changes from this repository into rust-lang/rust
- Run the push command to create a branch named
<branch-name>in arustcfork under the<gh-username>account$ cargo run --manifest-path josh-sync/Cargo.toml rustc-push <branch-name> <gh-username> - Create a PR from
<branch-name>intorust-lang/rust