This commit builds on #65501 continue to simplify the build system and
compiler now that we no longer have multiple LLVM backends to ship by
default. Here this switches the compiler back to what it once was long
long ago, which is linking LLVM directly to the compiler rather than
dynamically loading it at runtime. The `codegen-backends` directory of
the sysroot no longer exists and all relevant support in the build
system is removed. Note that `rustc` still supports a dynamically loaded
codegen backend as it did previously, it just no longer supports
dynamically loaded codegen backends in its own sysroot.
Additionally as part of this the `librustc_codegen_llvm` crate now once
again explicitly depends on all of its crates instead of implicitly
loading them through the sysroot. This involved filling out its
`Cargo.toml` and deleting all the now-unnecessary `extern crate`
annotations in the header of the crate. (this in turn required adding a
number of imports for names of macros too).
The end results of this change are:
* Rustbuild's build process for the compiler as all the "oh don't forget
the codegen backend" checks can be easily removed.
* Building `rustc_codegen_llvm` is much simpler since it's simply
another compiler crate.
* Managing the dependencies of `rustc_codegen_llvm` is much simpler since
it's "just another `Cargo.toml` to edit"
* The build process should be a smidge faster because there's more
parallelism in the main rustc build step rather than splitting
`librustc_codegen_llvm` out to its own step.
* The compiler is expected to be slightly faster by default because the
codegen backend does not need to be dynamically loaded.
* Disabling LLVM as part of rustbuild is still supported, supporting
multiple codegen backends is still supported, and dynamic loading of a
codegen backend is still supported.
As of LLVM 9, this is required for 32-bit PowerPC to properly generate
PLT references. Previously, only BigPIC was supported; now LLVM supports
both BigPIC and SmallPIC, and there is no default value provided.
Add llvm.sideeffect to potential infinite loops and recursions
LLVM assumes that a thread will eventually cause side effect. This is
not true in Rust if a loop or recursion does nothing in its body,
causing undefined behavior even in common cases like `loop {}`.
Inserting llvm.sideeffect fixes the undefined behavior.
As a micro-optimization, only insert llvm.sideeffect when jumping back
in blocks or calling a function.
A patch for LLVM is expected to allow empty non-terminate code by
default and fix this issue from LLVM side.
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/28728
**UPDATE:** [Mentoring instructions here](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/59546#issuecomment-515072429) to unstall this PR
LLVM assumes that a thread will eventually cause side effect. This is
not true in Rust if a loop or recursion does nothing in its body,
causing undefined behavior even in common cases like `loop {}`.
Inserting llvm.sideeffect fixes the undefined behavior.
As a micro-optimization, only insert llvm.sideeffect when jumping back
in blocks or calling a function.
A patch for LLVM is expected to allow empty non-terminate code by
default and fix this issue from LLVM side.
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/28728
Bump minimum required LLVM version to 6.0
Based on the discussion in #55842, while the overall position of Rust wrt LLVM continues to be contentious, there does seem to be a consensus that there is no need for continued support of LLVM 5. This PR bumps our version requirement to LLVM 6.0 and makes Travis run against that.
I hope that this is going to unblock #52694. If I understand correctly, while this issue still exists in LLVM 6, Ubuntu has backported the relevant patch.
r? @alexcrichton
This was intended to land way back in 1.24, but it was backed out due to
breakage which has long since been fixed. An unstable `#[unwind]`
attribute can be used to tweak the behavior here, but this is currently
simply switching rustc's internal default to abort-by-default if an
`extern` function panics, making our codegen sound primarily (as
currently you can produce UB with safe code)
Closes#52652
