expand: Leave traces when expanding cfg_attr attributes

compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs

@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ impl<'a> AstValidator<'a> {
                     sym::allow,
                     sym::cfg,
                     sym::cfg_attr,
+                    sym::cfg_attr_trace,
                     sym::deny,
                     sym::expect,
                     sym::forbid,

compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs

@@ -578,20 +578,26 @@ pub trait PrintState<'a>: std::ops::Deref<Target = pp::Printer> + std::ops::Dere
         let mut printed = false;
         for attr in attrs {
             if attr.style == kind {
-                self.print_attribute_inline(attr, is_inline);
+                if self.print_attribute_inline(attr, is_inline) {
                     if is_inline {
                         self.nbsp();
                     }
                     printed = true;
                 }
             }
+        }
         if printed && trailing_hardbreak && !is_inline {
             self.hardbreak_if_not_bol();
         }
         printed
     }
 
-    fn print_attribute_inline(&mut self, attr: &ast::Attribute, is_inline: bool) {
+    fn print_attribute_inline(&mut self, attr: &ast::Attribute, is_inline: bool) -> bool {
+        if attr.has_name(sym::cfg_attr_trace) {
+            // It's not a valid identifier, so avoid printing it
+            // to keep the printed code reasonably parse-able.
+            return false;
+        }
         if !is_inline {
             self.hardbreak_if_not_bol();
         }
@@ -610,6 +616,7 @@ pub trait PrintState<'a>: std::ops::Deref<Target = pp::Printer> + std::ops::Dere
                 self.hardbreak()
             }
         }
+        true
     }
 
     fn print_attr_item(&mut self, item: &ast::AttrItem, span: Span) {
@@ -2047,7 +2054,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
     }
 
     fn print_attribute(&mut self, attr: &ast::Attribute) {
-        self.print_attribute_inline(attr, false)
+        self.print_attribute_inline(attr, false);
     }
 
     fn print_meta_list_item(&mut self, item: &ast::MetaItemInner) {

compiler/rustc_expand/src/config.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 //! Conditional compilation stripping.
 
+use std::iter;
+
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
 use rustc_ast::token::{Delimiter, Token, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{
     AttrTokenStream, AttrTokenTree, LazyAttrTokenStream, Spacing, TokenTree,
 };
 use rustc_ast::{
-    self as ast, AttrStyle, Attribute, HasAttrs, HasTokens, MetaItem, MetaItemInner, NodeId,
+    self as ast, AttrKind, AttrStyle, Attribute, HasAttrs, HasTokens, MetaItem, MetaItemInner,
+    NodeId, NormalAttr,
 };
 use rustc_attr_parsing as attr;
 use rustc_data_structures::flat_map_in_place::FlatMapInPlace;
@@ -275,10 +278,23 @@ impl<'a> StripUnconfigured<'a> {
     pub(crate) fn expand_cfg_attr(&self, cfg_attr: &Attribute, recursive: bool) -> Vec<Attribute> {
         validate_attr::check_attribute_safety(&self.sess.psess, AttributeSafety::Normal, &cfg_attr);
 
+        // A trace attribute left in AST in place of the original `cfg_attr` attribute.
+        // It can later be used by lints or other diagnostics.
+        let mut trace_attr = cfg_attr.clone();
+        match &mut trace_attr.kind {
+            AttrKind::Normal(normal) => {
+                let NormalAttr { item, tokens } = &mut **normal;
+                item.path.segments[0].ident.name = sym::cfg_attr_trace;
+                // This makes the trace attributes unobservable to token-based proc macros.
+                *tokens = Some(LazyAttrTokenStream::new(AttrTokenStream::default()));
+            }
+            AttrKind::DocComment(..) => unreachable!(),
+        }
+
         let Some((cfg_predicate, expanded_attrs)) =
             rustc_parse::parse_cfg_attr(cfg_attr, &self.sess.psess)
         else {
-            return vec![];
+            return vec![trace_attr];
         };
 
         // Lint on zero attributes in source.
@@ -292,22 +308,21 @@ impl<'a> StripUnconfigured<'a> {
         }
 
         if !attr::cfg_matches(&cfg_predicate, &self.sess, self.lint_node_id, self.features) {
-            return vec![];
+            return vec![trace_attr];
         }
 
         if recursive {
             // We call `process_cfg_attr` recursively in case there's a
             // `cfg_attr` inside of another `cfg_attr`. E.g.
             //  `#[cfg_attr(false, cfg_attr(true, some_attr))]`.
-            expanded_attrs
+            let expanded_attrs = expanded_attrs
                 .into_iter()
-                .flat_map(|item| self.process_cfg_attr(&self.expand_cfg_attr_item(cfg_attr, item)))
+                .flat_map(|item| self.process_cfg_attr(&self.expand_cfg_attr_item(cfg_attr, item)));
-                .collect()
+            iter::once(trace_attr).chain(expanded_attrs).collect()
         } else {
-            expanded_attrs
+            let expanded_attrs =
-                .into_iter()
+                expanded_attrs.into_iter().map(|item| self.expand_cfg_attr_item(cfg_attr, item));
-                .map(|item| self.expand_cfg_attr_item(cfg_attr, item))
+            iter::once(trace_attr).chain(expanded_attrs).collect()
-                .collect()
         }
     }
 

compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs

@@ -752,6 +752,14 @@ pub static BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES: &[BuiltinAttribute] = &[
         template!(Word, List: r#""...""#), DuplicatesOk,
         EncodeCrossCrate::Yes, INTERNAL_UNSTABLE
     ),
+    // Trace that is left when a `cfg_attr` attribute is expanded.
+    // The attribute is not gated, to avoid stability errors, but it cannot be used in stable or
+    // unstable code directly because `sym::cfg_attr_trace` is not a valid identifier, it can only
+    // be generated by the compiler.
+    ungated!(
+        cfg_attr_trace, Normal, template!(Word /* irrelevant */), DuplicatesOk,
+        EncodeCrossCrate::No
+    ),
 
     // ==========================================================================
     // Internal attributes, Diagnostics related:

compiler/rustc_parse/src/validate_attr.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use rustc_span::{Span, Symbol, sym};
 use crate::{errors, parse_in};
 
 pub fn check_attr(psess: &ParseSess, attr: &Attribute) {
-    if attr.is_doc_comment() {
+    if attr.is_doc_comment() || attr.has_name(sym::cfg_attr_trace) {
         return;
     }
 

compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs

@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ impl<'tcx> CheckAttrVisitor<'tcx> {
                             | sym::forbid
                             | sym::cfg
                             | sym::cfg_attr
+                            | sym::cfg_attr_trace
                             // need to be fixed
                             | sym::cfi_encoding // FIXME(cfi_encoding)
                             | sym::pointee // FIXME(derive_coerce_pointee)
@@ -575,6 +576,7 @@ impl<'tcx> CheckAttrVisitor<'tcx> {
             // conditional compilation
             sym::cfg,
             sym::cfg_attr,
+            sym::cfg_attr_trace,
             // testing (allowed here so better errors can be generated in `rustc_builtin_macros::test`)
             sym::test,
             sym::ignore,
@@ -2641,7 +2643,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for CheckAttrVisitor<'tcx> {
         // only `#[cfg]` and `#[cfg_attr]` are allowed, but it should be removed
         // if we allow more attributes (e.g., tool attributes and `allow/deny/warn`)
         // in where clauses. After that, only `self.check_attributes` should be enough.
-        const ATTRS_ALLOWED: &[Symbol] = &[sym::cfg, sym::cfg_attr];
+        const ATTRS_ALLOWED: &[Symbol] = &[sym::cfg, sym::cfg_attr, sym::cfg_attr_trace];
         let spans = self
             .tcx
             .hir_attrs(where_predicate.hir_id)

compiler/rustc_span/src/symbol.rs

@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ symbols! {
         cfg_accessible,
         cfg_attr,
         cfg_attr_multi,
+        cfg_attr_trace: "<cfg_attr>", // must not be a valid identifier
         cfg_boolean_literals,
         cfg_contract_checks,
         cfg_doctest,

src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/attrs/duplicated_attributes.rs

@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ fn check_duplicated_attr(
     }
     let Some(ident) = attr.ident() else { return };
     let name = ident.name;
-    if name == sym::doc || name == sym::cfg_attr || name == sym::rustc_on_unimplemented || name == sym::reason {
+    if name == sym::doc
+        || name == sym::cfg_attr
+        || name == sym::cfg_attr_trace
+        || name == sym::rustc_on_unimplemented
+        || name == sym::reason {
         // FIXME: Would be nice to handle `cfg_attr` as well. Only problem is to check that cfg
         // conditions are the same.
         // `#[rustc_on_unimplemented]` contains duplicated subattributes, that's expected.

tests/ui/proc-macro/cfg-attr-trace.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Ensure that `cfg_attr_trace` attributes aren't observable by proc-macros.
+
+//@ check-pass
+//@ proc-macro: test-macros.rs
+
+#![feature(cfg_eval)]
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate test_macros;
+
+#[cfg_eval]
+#[test_macros::print_attr]
+#[cfg_attr(FALSE, test_macros::print_attr)]
+#[cfg_attr(all(), test_macros::print_attr)]
+struct S;
+
+fn main() {}

tests/ui/proc-macro/cfg-attr-trace.stdout

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+PRINT-ATTR INPUT (DISPLAY): #[test_macros::print_attr] struct S;
+PRINT-ATTR DEEP-RE-COLLECTED (DISPLAY): #[test_macros :: print_attr] struct S;
+PRINT-ATTR INPUT (DEBUG): TokenStream [
+    Punct {
+        ch: '#',
+        spacing: Alone,
+        span: #0 bytes(271..272),
+    },
+    Group {
+        delimiter: Bracket,
+        stream: TokenStream [
+            Ident {
+                ident: "test_macros",
+                span: #0 bytes(289..300),
+            },
+            Punct {
+                ch: ':',
+                spacing: Joint,
+                span: #0 bytes(300..301),
+            },
+            Punct {
+                ch: ':',
+                spacing: Alone,
+                span: #0 bytes(301..302),
+            },
+            Ident {
+                ident: "print_attr",
+                span: #0 bytes(302..312),
+            },
+        ],
+        span: #0 bytes(272..314),
+    },
+    Ident {
+        ident: "struct",
+        span: #0 bytes(315..321),
+    },
+    Ident {
+        ident: "S",
+        span: #0 bytes(322..323),
+    },
+    Punct {
+        ch: ';',
+        spacing: Alone,
+        span: #0 bytes(323..324),
+    },
+]
+PRINT-ATTR INPUT (DISPLAY): struct S;
+PRINT-ATTR INPUT (DEBUG): TokenStream [
+    Ident {
+        ident: "struct",
+        span: #0 bytes(315..321),
+    },
+    Ident {
+        ident: "S",
+        span: #0 bytes(322..323),
+    },
+    Punct {
+        ch: ';',
+        spacing: Alone,
+        span: #0 bytes(323..324),
+    },
+]