Auto merge of #125463 - GuillaumeGomez:rollup-287wx4y, r=GuillaumeGomez

Rollup of 6 pull requests

Successful merges:

 - #125263 (rust-lld: fallback to rustc's sysroot if there's no path to the linker in the target sysroot)
 - #125345 (rustc_codegen_llvm: add support for writing summary bitcode)
 - #125362 (Actually use TAIT instead of emulating it)
 - #125412 (Don't suggest adding the unexpected cfgs to the build-script it-self)
 - #125445 (Migrate `run-make/rustdoc-with-short-out-dir-option` to `rmake.rs`)
 - #125452 (Cleanup check-cfg handling in core and std)

r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup

compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/driver/aot.rs

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ fn produce_final_output_artifacts(
     // to get rid of it.
     for output_type in crate_output.outputs.keys() {
         match *output_type {
-            OutputType::Bitcode => {
+            OutputType::Bitcode | OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode => {
                 // Cranelift doesn't have bitcode
                 // user_wants_bitcode = true;
                 // // Copy to .bc, but always keep the .0.bc. There is a later

compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/lib.rs

@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ impl ThinBufferMethods for ThinBuffer {
     fn data(&self) -> &[u8] {
         unimplemented!();
     }
+
+    fn thin_link_data(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        unimplemented!();
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct GccContext {
@@ -414,7 +418,7 @@ impl WriteBackendMethods for GccCodegenBackend {
         back::write::codegen(cgcx, dcx, module, config)
     }
 
-    fn prepare_thin(_module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>) -> (String, Self::ThinBuffer) {
+    fn prepare_thin(_module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>, _emit_summary: bool) -> (String, Self::ThinBuffer) {
         unimplemented!();
     }
 

compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs

@@ -230,9 +230,12 @@ pub(crate) fn run_thin(
     thin_lto(cgcx, &dcx, modules, upstream_modules, cached_modules, &symbols_below_threshold)
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn prepare_thin(module: ModuleCodegen<ModuleLlvm>) -> (String, ThinBuffer) {
+pub(crate) fn prepare_thin(
+    module: ModuleCodegen<ModuleLlvm>,
+    emit_summary: bool,
+) -> (String, ThinBuffer) {
     let name = module.name;
-    let buffer = ThinBuffer::new(module.module_llvm.llmod(), true);
+    let buffer = ThinBuffer::new(module.module_llvm.llmod(), true, emit_summary);
     (name, buffer)
 }
 
@@ -672,9 +675,9 @@ unsafe impl Send for ThinBuffer {}
 unsafe impl Sync for ThinBuffer {}
 
 impl ThinBuffer {
-    pub fn new(m: &llvm::Module, is_thin: bool) -> ThinBuffer {
+    pub fn new(m: &llvm::Module, is_thin: bool, emit_summary: bool) -> ThinBuffer {
         unsafe {
-            let buffer = llvm::LLVMRustThinLTOBufferCreate(m, is_thin);
+            let buffer = llvm::LLVMRustThinLTOBufferCreate(m, is_thin, emit_summary);
             ThinBuffer(buffer)
         }
     }
@@ -688,6 +691,14 @@ impl ThinBufferMethods for ThinBuffer {
             slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, len)
         }
     }
+
+    fn thin_link_data(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        unsafe {
+            let ptr = llvm::LLVMRustThinLTOBufferThinLinkDataPtr(self.0) as *const _;
+            let len = llvm::LLVMRustThinLTOBufferThinLinkDataLen(self.0);
+            slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, len)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for ThinBuffer {

compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs

@@ -709,13 +709,15 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn codegen(
         //   asm from LLVM and use `gcc` to create the object file.
 
         let bc_out = cgcx.output_filenames.temp_path(OutputType::Bitcode, module_name);
+        let bc_summary_out =
+            cgcx.output_filenames.temp_path(OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode, module_name);
         let obj_out = cgcx.output_filenames.temp_path(OutputType::Object, module_name);
 
         if config.bitcode_needed() {
             let _timer = cgcx
                 .prof
                 .generic_activity_with_arg("LLVM_module_codegen_make_bitcode", &*module.name);
-            let thin = ThinBuffer::new(llmod, config.emit_thin_lto);
+            let thin = ThinBuffer::new(llmod, config.emit_thin_lto, config.emit_thin_lto_summary);
             let data = thin.data();
 
             if let Some(bitcode_filename) = bc_out.file_name() {
@@ -726,6 +728,25 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn codegen(
                 );
             }
 
+            if config.emit_thin_lto_summary
+                && let Some(thin_link_bitcode_filename) = bc_summary_out.file_name()
+            {
+                let summary_data = thin.thin_link_data();
+                cgcx.prof.artifact_size(
+                    "llvm_bitcode_summary",
+                    thin_link_bitcode_filename.to_string_lossy(),
+                    summary_data.len() as u64,
+                );
+
+                let _timer = cgcx.prof.generic_activity_with_arg(
+                    "LLVM_module_codegen_emit_bitcode_summary",
+                    &*module.name,
+                );
+                if let Err(err) = fs::write(&bc_summary_out, summary_data) {
+                    dcx.emit_err(WriteBytecode { path: &bc_summary_out, err });
+                }
+            }
+
             if config.emit_bc || config.emit_obj == EmitObj::Bitcode {
                 let _timer = cgcx
                     .prof

compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/lib.rs

@@ -237,8 +237,11 @@ impl WriteBackendMethods for LlvmCodegenBackend {
     ) -> Result<CompiledModule, FatalError> {
         back::write::codegen(cgcx, dcx, module, config)
     }
-    fn prepare_thin(module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>) -> (String, Self::ThinBuffer) {
-        back::lto::prepare_thin(module)
+    fn prepare_thin(
+        module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>,
+        emit_summary: bool,
+    ) -> (String, Self::ThinBuffer) {
+        back::lto::prepare_thin(module, emit_summary)
     }
     fn serialize_module(module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>) -> (String, Self::ModuleBuffer) {
         (module.name, back::lto::ModuleBuffer::new(module.module_llvm.llmod()))

compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs

@@ -2350,10 +2350,16 @@ extern "C" {
     #[allow(improper_ctypes)]
     pub fn LLVMRustModuleInstructionStats(M: &Module, Str: &RustString);
 
-    pub fn LLVMRustThinLTOBufferCreate(M: &Module, is_thin: bool) -> &'static mut ThinLTOBuffer;
+    pub fn LLVMRustThinLTOBufferCreate(
+        M: &Module,
+        is_thin: bool,
+        emit_summary: bool,
+    ) -> &'static mut ThinLTOBuffer;
     pub fn LLVMRustThinLTOBufferFree(M: &'static mut ThinLTOBuffer);
     pub fn LLVMRustThinLTOBufferPtr(M: &ThinLTOBuffer) -> *const c_char;
     pub fn LLVMRustThinLTOBufferLen(M: &ThinLTOBuffer) -> size_t;
+    pub fn LLVMRustThinLTOBufferThinLinkDataPtr(M: &ThinLTOBuffer) -> *const c_char;
+    pub fn LLVMRustThinLTOBufferThinLinkDataLen(M: &ThinLTOBuffer) -> size_t;
     pub fn LLVMRustCreateThinLTOData(
         Modules: *const ThinLTOModule,
         NumModules: c_uint,

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl

@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ codegen_ssa_rlib_only_rmeta_found = could not find rlib for: `{$crate_name}`, fo
 
 codegen_ssa_select_cpp_build_tool_workload = in the Visual Studio installer, ensure the "C++ build tools" workload is selected
 
+codegen_ssa_self_contained_linker_missing = the self-contained linker was requested, but it wasn't found in the target's sysroot, or in rustc's sysroot
+
 codegen_ssa_shuffle_indices_evaluation = could not evaluate shuffle_indices at compile time
 
 codegen_ssa_specify_libraries_to_link = use the `-l` flag to specify native libraries to link

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs

@@ -3141,13 +3141,21 @@ fn add_lld_args(
 
     let self_contained_linker = self_contained_cli || self_contained_target;
     if self_contained_linker && !sess.opts.cg.link_self_contained.is_linker_disabled() {
+        let mut linker_path_exists = false;
         for path in sess.get_tools_search_paths(false) {
+            let linker_path = path.join("gcc-ld");
+            linker_path_exists |= linker_path.exists();
             cmd.arg({
                 let mut arg = OsString::from("-B");
-                arg.push(path.join("gcc-ld"));
+                arg.push(linker_path);
                 arg
             });
         }
+        if !linker_path_exists {
+            // As a sanity check, we emit an error if none of these paths exist: we want
+            // self-contained linking and have no linker.
+            sess.dcx().emit_fatal(errors::SelfContainedLinkerMissing);
+        }
     }
 
     // 2. Implement the "linker flavor" part of this feature by asking `cc` to use some kind of

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ pub struct ModuleConfig {
     pub emit_asm: bool,
     pub emit_obj: EmitObj,
     pub emit_thin_lto: bool,
+    pub emit_thin_lto_summary: bool,
     pub bc_cmdline: String,
 
     // Miscellaneous flags. These are mostly copied from command-line
@@ -232,6 +233,10 @@ impl ModuleConfig {
             ),
             emit_obj,
             emit_thin_lto: sess.opts.unstable_opts.emit_thin_lto,
+            emit_thin_lto_summary: if_regular!(
+                sess.opts.output_types.contains_key(&OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode),
+                false
+            ),
             bc_cmdline: sess.target.bitcode_llvm_cmdline.to_string(),
 
             verify_llvm_ir: sess.verify_llvm_ir(),
@@ -283,6 +288,7 @@ impl ModuleConfig {
 
     pub fn bitcode_needed(&self) -> bool {
         self.emit_bc
+            || self.emit_thin_lto_summary
             || self.emit_obj == EmitObj::Bitcode
             || self.emit_obj == EmitObj::ObjectCode(BitcodeSection::Full)
     }
@@ -630,6 +636,9 @@ fn produce_final_output_artifacts(
                 // them for making an rlib.
                 copy_if_one_unit(OutputType::Bitcode, true);
             }
+            OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode => {
+                copy_if_one_unit(OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode, false);
+            }
             OutputType::LlvmAssembly => {
                 copy_if_one_unit(OutputType::LlvmAssembly, false);
             }
@@ -883,7 +892,7 @@ fn execute_optimize_work_item<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
     match lto_type {
         ComputedLtoType::No => finish_intra_module_work(cgcx, module, module_config),
         ComputedLtoType::Thin => {
-            let (name, thin_buffer) = B::prepare_thin(module);
+            let (name, thin_buffer) = B::prepare_thin(module, false);
             if let Some(path) = bitcode {
                 fs::write(&path, thin_buffer.data()).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
                     panic!("Error writing pre-lto-bitcode file `{}`: {}", path.display(), e);

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs

@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ pub struct UnableToExeLinker {
 #[diag(codegen_ssa_msvc_missing_linker)]
 pub struct MsvcMissingLinker;
 
+#[derive(Diagnostic)]
+#[diag(codegen_ssa_self_contained_linker_missing)]
+pub struct SelfContainedLinkerMissing;
+
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag(codegen_ssa_check_installed_visual_studio)]
 pub struct CheckInstalledVisualStudio;

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/write.rs

@@ -56,12 +56,16 @@ pub trait WriteBackendMethods: 'static + Sized + Clone {
         module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>,
         config: &ModuleConfig,
     ) -> Result<CompiledModule, FatalError>;
-    fn prepare_thin(module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>) -> (String, Self::ThinBuffer);
+    fn prepare_thin(
+        module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>,
+        want_summary: bool,
+    ) -> (String, Self::ThinBuffer);
     fn serialize_module(module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>) -> (String, Self::ModuleBuffer);
 }
 
 pub trait ThinBufferMethods: Send + Sync {
     fn data(&self) -> &[u8];
+    fn thin_link_data(&self) -> &[u8];
 }
 
 pub trait ModuleBufferMethods: Send + Sync {

compiler/rustc_lint/src/context/diagnostics/check_cfg.rs

@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ fn to_check_cfg_arg(name: Symbol, value: Option<Symbol>, quotes: EscapeQuotes) -
     }
 }
 
+fn cargo_help_sub(
+    sess: &Session,
+    inst: &impl Fn(EscapeQuotes) -> String,
+) -> lints::UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp {
+    // We don't want to suggest the `build.rs` way to expected cfgs if we are already in a
+    // `build.rs`. We therefor do a best effort check (looking if the `--crate-name` is
+    // `build_script_build`) to try to figure out if we are building a Cargo build script
+
+    let unescaped = &inst(EscapeQuotes::No);
+    if matches!(&sess.opts.crate_name, Some(crate_name) if crate_name == "build_script_build") {
+        lints::UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp::lint_cfg(unescaped)
+    } else {
+        lints::UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp::lint_cfg_and_build_rs(unescaped, &inst(EscapeQuotes::Yes))
+    }
+}
+
 pub(super) fn unexpected_cfg_name(
     sess: &Session,
     (name, name_span): (Symbol, Span),
@@ -162,14 +178,7 @@ pub(super) fn unexpected_cfg_name(
     let inst = |escape_quotes| to_check_cfg_arg(name, value.map(|(v, _s)| v), escape_quotes);
 
     let invocation_help = if is_from_cargo {
-        let sub = if !is_feature_cfg {
-            Some(lints::UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp::new(
-                &inst(EscapeQuotes::No),
-                &inst(EscapeQuotes::Yes),
-            ))
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
+        let sub = if !is_feature_cfg { Some(cargo_help_sub(sess, &inst)) } else { None };
         lints::unexpected_cfg_name::InvocationHelp::Cargo { sub }
     } else {
         lints::unexpected_cfg_name::InvocationHelp::Rustc(lints::UnexpectedCfgRustcHelp::new(
@@ -267,10 +276,7 @@ pub(super) fn unexpected_cfg_value(
                 Some(lints::unexpected_cfg_value::CargoHelp::DefineFeatures)
             }
         } else if !is_cfg_a_well_know_name {
-            Some(lints::unexpected_cfg_value::CargoHelp::Other(lints::UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp::new(
-                &inst(EscapeQuotes::No),
-                &inst(EscapeQuotes::Yes),
-            )))
+            Some(lints::unexpected_cfg_value::CargoHelp::Other(cargo_help_sub(sess, &inst)))
         } else {
             None
         };

compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs

@@ -1962,21 +1962,33 @@ pub struct UnitBindingsDiag {
 pub struct BuiltinNamedAsmLabel;
 
 #[derive(Subdiagnostic)]
-#[help(lint_unexpected_cfg_add_cargo_feature)]
-#[help(lint_unexpected_cfg_add_cargo_toml_lint_cfg)]
-#[help(lint_unexpected_cfg_add_build_rs_println)]
-pub struct UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp {
-    pub build_rs_println: String,
-    pub cargo_toml_lint_cfg: String,
+pub enum UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp {
+    #[help(lint_unexpected_cfg_add_cargo_feature)]
+    #[help(lint_unexpected_cfg_add_cargo_toml_lint_cfg)]
+    LintCfg { cargo_toml_lint_cfg: String },
+    #[help(lint_unexpected_cfg_add_cargo_feature)]
+    #[help(lint_unexpected_cfg_add_cargo_toml_lint_cfg)]
+    #[help(lint_unexpected_cfg_add_build_rs_println)]
+    LintCfgAndBuildRs { cargo_toml_lint_cfg: String, build_rs_println: String },
 }
 
 impl UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp {
-    pub fn new(unescaped: &str, escaped: &str) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            cargo_toml_lint_cfg: format!(
-                "\n [lints.rust]\n unexpected_cfgs = {{ level = \"warn\", check-cfg = ['{unescaped}'] }}",
-            ),
-            build_rs_println: format!("println!(\"cargo::rustc-check-cfg={escaped}\");",),
+    fn cargo_toml_lint_cfg(unescaped: &str) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "\n [lints.rust]\n unexpected_cfgs = {{ level = \"warn\", check-cfg = ['{unescaped}'] }}"
+        )
+    }
+
+    pub fn lint_cfg(unescaped: &str) -> Self {
+        UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp::LintCfg {
+            cargo_toml_lint_cfg: Self::cargo_toml_lint_cfg(unescaped),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn lint_cfg_and_build_rs(unescaped: &str, escaped: &str) -> Self {
+        UnexpectedCfgCargoHelp::LintCfgAndBuildRs {
+            cargo_toml_lint_cfg: Self::cargo_toml_lint_cfg(unescaped),
+            build_rs_println: format!("println!(\"cargo::rustc-check-cfg={escaped}\");"),
         }
     }
 }

compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper/PassWrapper.cpp

@@ -1488,13 +1488,15 @@ LLVMRustPrepareThinLTOImport(const LLVMRustThinLTOData *Data, LLVMModuleRef M,
 // a ThinLTO summary attached.
 struct LLVMRustThinLTOBuffer {
   std::string data;
+  std::string thin_link_data;
 };
 
 extern "C" LLVMRustThinLTOBuffer*
-LLVMRustThinLTOBufferCreate(LLVMModuleRef M, bool is_thin) {
+LLVMRustThinLTOBufferCreate(LLVMModuleRef M, bool is_thin, bool emit_summary) {
   auto Ret = std::make_unique<LLVMRustThinLTOBuffer>();
   {
     auto OS = raw_string_ostream(Ret->data);
+    auto ThinLinkOS = raw_string_ostream(Ret->thin_link_data);
     {
       if (is_thin) {
         PassBuilder PB;
@@ -1508,7 +1510,10 @@ LLVMRustThinLTOBufferCreate(LLVMModuleRef M, bool is_thin) {
         PB.registerLoopAnalyses(LAM);
         PB.crossRegisterProxies(LAM, FAM, CGAM, MAM);
         ModulePassManager MPM;
-        MPM.addPass(ThinLTOBitcodeWriterPass(OS, nullptr));
+        // We only pass ThinLinkOS to be filled in if we want the summary,
+        // because otherwise LLVM does extra work and may double-emit some
+        // errors or warnings.
+        MPM.addPass(ThinLTOBitcodeWriterPass(OS, emit_summary ? &ThinLinkOS : nullptr));
         MPM.run(*unwrap(M), MAM);
       } else {
         WriteBitcodeToFile(*unwrap(M), OS);
@@ -1533,6 +1538,16 @@ LLVMRustThinLTOBufferLen(const LLVMRustThinLTOBuffer *Buffer) {
   return Buffer->data.length();
 }
 
+extern "C" const void*
+LLVMRustThinLTOBufferThinLinkDataPtr(const LLVMRustThinLTOBuffer *Buffer) {
+  return Buffer->thin_link_data.data();
+}
+
+extern "C" size_t
+LLVMRustThinLTOBufferThinLinkDataLen(const LLVMRustThinLTOBuffer *Buffer) {
+  return Buffer->thin_link_data.length();
+}
+
 // This is what we used to parse upstream bitcode for actual ThinLTO
 // processing. We'll call this once per module optimized through ThinLTO, and
 // it'll be called concurrently on many threads.

compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs

@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ impl FromStr for SplitDwarfKind {
 #[derive(Encodable, Decodable)]
 pub enum OutputType {
     Bitcode,
+    ThinLinkBitcode,
     Assembly,
     LlvmAssembly,
     Mir,
@@ -492,6 +493,7 @@ impl OutputType {
         match *self {
             OutputType::Exe | OutputType::DepInfo | OutputType::Metadata => true,
             OutputType::Bitcode
+            | OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode
             | OutputType::Assembly
             | OutputType::LlvmAssembly
             | OutputType::Mir
@@ -502,6 +504,7 @@ impl OutputType {
     pub fn shorthand(&self) -> &'static str {
         match *self {
             OutputType::Bitcode => "llvm-bc",
+            OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode => "thin-link-bitcode",
             OutputType::Assembly => "asm",
             OutputType::LlvmAssembly => "llvm-ir",
             OutputType::Mir => "mir",
@@ -518,6 +521,7 @@ impl OutputType {
             "llvm-ir" => OutputType::LlvmAssembly,
             "mir" => OutputType::Mir,
             "llvm-bc" => OutputType::Bitcode,
+            "thin-link-bitcode" => OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode,
             "obj" => OutputType::Object,
             "metadata" => OutputType::Metadata,
             "link" => OutputType::Exe,
@@ -528,8 +532,9 @@ impl OutputType {
 
     fn shorthands_display() -> String {
         format!(
-            "`{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`",
+            "`{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`",
             OutputType::Bitcode.shorthand(),
+            OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode.shorthand(),
             OutputType::Assembly.shorthand(),
             OutputType::LlvmAssembly.shorthand(),
             OutputType::Mir.shorthand(),
@@ -543,6 +548,7 @@ impl OutputType {
     pub fn extension(&self) -> &'static str {
         match *self {
             OutputType::Bitcode => "bc",
+            OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode => "indexing.o",
             OutputType::Assembly => "s",
             OutputType::LlvmAssembly => "ll",
             OutputType::Mir => "mir",
@@ -559,9 +565,11 @@ impl OutputType {
             | OutputType::LlvmAssembly
             | OutputType::Mir
             | OutputType::DepInfo => true,
-            OutputType::Bitcode | OutputType::Object | OutputType::Metadata | OutputType::Exe => {
-                false
-            }
+            OutputType::Bitcode
+            | OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode
+            | OutputType::Object
+            | OutputType::Metadata
+            | OutputType::Exe => false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -644,6 +652,7 @@ impl OutputTypes {
     pub fn should_codegen(&self) -> bool {
         self.0.keys().any(|k| match *k {
             OutputType::Bitcode
+            | OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode
             | OutputType::Assembly
             | OutputType::LlvmAssembly
             | OutputType::Mir
@@ -657,6 +666,7 @@ impl OutputTypes {
     pub fn should_link(&self) -> bool {
         self.0.keys().any(|k| match *k {
             OutputType::Bitcode
+            | OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode
             | OutputType::Assembly
             | OutputType::LlvmAssembly
             | OutputType::Mir
@@ -1769,6 +1779,12 @@ fn parse_output_types(
                         display = OutputType::shorthands_display(),
                     ))
                 });
+                if output_type == OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode && !unstable_opts.unstable_options {
+                    early_dcx.early_fatal(format!(
+                        "{} requested but -Zunstable-options not specified",
+                        OutputType::ThinLinkBitcode.shorthand()
+                    ));
+                }
                 output_types.insert(output_type, path);
             }
         }

compiler/rustc_session/src/filesearch.rs

@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ pub fn make_target_lib_path(sysroot: &Path, target_triple: &str) -> PathBuf {
     PathBuf::from_iter([sysroot, Path::new(&rustlib_path), Path::new("lib")])
 }
 
+/// Returns a path to the target's `bin` folder within its `rustlib` path in the sysroot. This is
+/// where binaries are usually installed, e.g. the self-contained linkers, lld-wrappers, LLVM tools,
+/// etc.
+pub fn make_target_bin_path(sysroot: &Path, target_triple: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let rustlib_path = rustc_target::target_rustlib_path(sysroot, target_triple);
+    PathBuf::from_iter([sysroot, Path::new(&rustlib_path), Path::new("bin")])
+}
+
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn current_dll_path() -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
     use std::ffi::{CStr, OsStr};

compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs

@@ -449,15 +449,24 @@ impl Session {
         )
     }
 
-    /// Returns a list of directories where target-specific tool binaries are located.
+    /// Returns a list of directories where target-specific tool binaries are located. Some fallback
+    /// directories are also returned, for example if `--sysroot` is used but tools are missing
+    /// (#125246): we also add the bin directories to the sysroot where rustc is located.
     pub fn get_tools_search_paths(&self, self_contained: bool) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
-        let rustlib_path = rustc_target::target_rustlib_path(&self.sysroot, config::host_triple());
-        let p = PathBuf::from_iter([
-            Path::new(&self.sysroot),
-            Path::new(&rustlib_path),
-            Path::new("bin"),
-        ]);
-        if self_contained { vec![p.clone(), p.join("self-contained")] } else { vec![p] }
+        let bin_path = filesearch::make_target_bin_path(&self.sysroot, config::host_triple());
+        let fallback_sysroot_paths = filesearch::sysroot_candidates()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|sysroot| filesearch::make_target_bin_path(&sysroot, config::host_triple()));
+        let search_paths = std::iter::once(bin_path).chain(fallback_sysroot_paths);
+
+        if self_contained {
+            // The self-contained tools are expected to be e.g. in `bin/self-contained` in the
+            // sysroot's `rustlib` path, so we add such a subfolder to the bin path, and the
+            // fallback paths.
+            search_paths.flat_map(|path| [path.clone(), path.join("self-contained")]).collect()
+        } else {
+            search_paths.collect()
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn init_incr_comp_session(&self, session_dir: PathBuf, lock_file: flock::Lock) {