The issue here is that the logic used to determine which CGU to put the
dead function stubs in doesn't handle cases where a module is never
assigned to a CGU.
The partitioning logic also caused issues in #85461 where inline
functions were duplicated into multiple CGUs resulting in duplicate
symbols.
This commit fixes the issue by removing the complex logic used to assign
dead code stubs to CGUs and replaces it with a much simplier model: we
pick one CGU to hold all the dead code stubs. We pick a CGU which has
exported items which increases the likelihood the linker won't throw
away our dead functions and we pick the smallest to minimize the impact
on compilation times for crates with very large CGUs.
Fixes#86177Fixes#85718Fixes#79622
By changing `as_str()` to take `&self` instead of `self`, we can just
return `&str`. We're still lying about lifetimes, but it's a smaller lie
than before, where `SymbolStr` contained a (fake) `&'static str`!
Adopt let_else across the compiler
This performs a substitution of code following the pattern:
```
let <id> = if let <pat> = ... { identity } else { ... : ! };
```
To simplify it to:
```
let <pat> = ... { identity } else { ... : ! };
```
By adopting the `let_else` feature (cc #87335).
The PR also updates the syn crate because the currently used version of the crate doesn't support `let_else` syntax yet.
Note: Generally I'm the person who *removes* usages of unstable features from the compiler, not adds more usages of them, but in this instance I think it hopefully helps the feature get stabilized sooner and in a better state. I have written a [comment](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/87335#issuecomment-944846205) on the tracking issue about my experience and what I feel could be improved before stabilization of `let_else`.
This performs a substitution of code following the pattern:
let <id> = if let <pat> = ... { identity } else { ... : ! };
To simplify it to:
let <pat> = ... { identity } else { ... : ! };
By adopting the let_else feature.
`characteristic_def_id_of_type` was being invoked during partitioning
for self types of impl blocks which had projections that depended on the
value of unused generic parameters of a function, resulting in an ICE in
the 'generic-names' debuginfo test. If partitioning is enabled and the
instance needs substitution then this is now skipped.
Signed-off-by: David Wood <david.wood@huawei.com>
