This is useful for embedded targets where small code size is desired.
For example, on my project (thumbv7em-none-eabi) this yields a 0.6% code size reduction.
Bump minimal supported LLVM version to 9
This bumps the minimal tested llvm version to 9.
This should enable supporting newer LLVM features (and CPU extensions).
This was motived by #78361 having to drop features because of LLVM 8 not supporting certain CPU extensions yet.
This was declared relatively uncontroversial on [Zulip](215957859).
Paging ````@eddyb```` because there was a comment in the [dockerfile](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-8/Dockerfile#L42) describing a hack (which I don't quite understand) which was also blocked by not having LLVM 9.
This commit grepped for LLVM_VERSION_GE, LLVM_VERSION_LT, get_major_version and
min-llvm-version and statically evaluated every expression possible
(and sensible) assuming that the LLVM version is >=9 now
with an eye on merging `TargetOptions` into `Target`.
`TargetOptions` as a separate structure is mostly an implementation detail of `Target` construction, all its fields logically belong to `Target` and available from `Target` through `Deref` impls.
This lets rustc users tweak whether the linker should relax ELF relocations,
namely whether it should emit R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX relocations instead of
R_X86_64_GOTPCREL, as the former is allowed by the ABI to be further
optimised. The default value is whatever the target defines.
This lets rustc users tweak whether all functions should be put in their own
TEXT section, using whatever default value the target defines if the flag
is missing.
Set .llvmbc and .llvmcmd sections as allocatable
This marks both sections as allocatable rather than excluded, which matches what
clang does with the equivalent `-fembed-bitcode` flag.
Preparation for a subsequent change that replaces
rustc_target::config::Config with its wrapped Target.
On its own, this commit breaks the build. I don't like making
build-breaking commits, but in this instance I believe that it
makes review easier, as the "real" changes of this PR can be
seen much more easily.
Result of running:
find compiler/ -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/target\.target\([)\.,; ]\)/target\1/g' {} \;
find compiler/ -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/target\.target$/target/g' {} \;
find compiler/ -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/target.ptr_width/target.pointer_width/g' {} \;
./x.py fmt
Use llvm::computeLTOCacheKey to determine post-ThinLTO CGU reuse
During incremental ThinLTO compilation, we attempt to re-use the
optimized (post-ThinLTO) bitcode file for a module if it is 'safe' to do
so.
Up until now, 'safe' has meant that the set of modules that our current
modules imports from/exports to is unchanged from the previous
compilation session. See PR #67020 and PR #71131 for more details.
However, this turns out be insufficient to guarantee that it's safe
to reuse the post-LTO module (i.e. that optimizing the pre-LTO module
would produce the same result). When LLVM optimizes a module during
ThinLTO, it may look at other information from the 'module index', such
as whether a (non-imported!) global variable is used. If this
information changes between compilation runs, we may end up re-using an
optimized module that (for example) had dead-code elimination run on a
function that is now used by another module.
Fortunately, LLVM implements its own ThinLTO module cache, which is used
when ThinLTO is performed by a linker plugin (e.g. when clang is used to
compile a C proect). Using this cache directly would require extensive
refactoring of our code - but fortunately for us, LLVM provides a
function that does exactly what we need.
The function `llvm::computeLTOCacheKey` is used to compute a SHA-1 hash
from all data that might influence the result of ThinLTO on a module.
In addition to the module imports/exports that we manually track, it
also hashes information about global variables (e.g. their liveness)
which might be used during optimization. By using this function, we
shouldn't have to worry about new LLVM passes breaking our module re-use
behavior.
In LLVM, the output of this function forms part of the filename used to
store the post-ThinLTO module. To keep our current filename structure
intact, this PR just writes out the mapping 'CGU name -> Hash' to a
file. To determine if a post-LTO module should be reused, we compare
hashes from the previous session.
This should unblock PR #75199 - by sheer chance, it seems to have hit
this issue due to the particular CGU partitioning and optimization
decisions that end up getting made.
Secure entry functions do not support if arguments are passed on the
stack. An "unsupported" diagnostic will be emitted by LLVM if that is
the case.
This commits adds support in Rust for that diagnostic so that an error
will be output if that is the case!
Signed-off-by: Hugues de Valon <hugues.devalon@arm.com>
During incremental ThinLTO compilation, we attempt to re-use the
optimized (post-ThinLTO) bitcode file for a module if it is 'safe' to do
so.
Up until now, 'safe' has meant that the set of modules that our current
modules imports from/exports to is unchanged from the previous
compilation session. See PR #67020 and PR #71131 for more details.
However, this turns out be insufficient to guarantee that it's safe
to reuse the post-LTO module (i.e. that optimizing the pre-LTO module
would produce the same result). When LLVM optimizes a module during
ThinLTO, it may look at other information from the 'module index', such
as whether a (non-imported!) global variable is used. If this
information changes between compilation runs, we may end up re-using an
optimized module that (for example) had dead-code elimination run on a
function that is now used by another module.
Fortunately, LLVM implements its own ThinLTO module cache, which is used
when ThinLTO is performed by a linker plugin (e.g. when clang is used to
compile a C proect). Using this cache directly would require extensive
refactoring of our code - but fortunately for us, LLVM provides a
function that does exactly what we need.
The function `llvm::computeLTOCacheKey` is used to compute a SHA-1 hash
from all data that might influence the result of ThinLTO on a module.
In addition to the module imports/exports that we manually track, it
also hashes information about global variables (e.g. their liveness)
which might be used during optimization. By using this function, we
shouldn't have to worry about new LLVM passes breaking our module re-use
behavior.
In LLVM, the output of this function forms part of the filename used to
store the post-ThinLTO module. To keep our current filename structure
intact, this PR just writes out the mapping 'CGU name -> Hash' to a
file. To determine if a post-LTO module should be reused, we compare
hashes from the previous session.
This should unblock PR #75199 - by sheer chance, it seems to have hit
this issue due to the particular CGU partitioning and optimization
decisions that end up getting made.
