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Emit function declarations for functions with `#[linkage="extern_weak"]`
Currently, when declaring an extern weak function in Rust, we use the following syntax:
```rust
unsafe extern "C" {
#[linkage = "extern_weak"]
static FOO: Option<unsafe extern "C" fn() -> ()>;
}
```
This allows runtime-checking the extern weak symbol through the Option.
When emitting LLVM-IR, the Rust compiler currently emits this static as an i8, and a pointer that is initialized with the value of the global i8 and represents the nullabilty e.g.
```
`@FOO` = extern_weak global i8
`@_rust_extern_with_linkage_FOO` = internal global ptr `@FOO`
```
This approach does not work well with CFI, where we need to attach CFI metadata to a concrete function declaration, which was pointed out in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/115199.
This change switches to emitting a proper function declaration instead of a global i8. This allows CFI to work for extern_weak functions. Example:
```
`@_rust_extern_with_linkage_FOO` = internal global ptr `@FOO`
...
declare !type !61 !type !62 !type !63 !type !64 extern_weak void `@FOO(double)` unnamed_addr #6
```
We keep initializing the Rust internal symbol with the function declaration, which preserves the correct behavior for runtime checking the Option.
r? `@rcvalle`
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The codegen crate contains the code to convert from MIR into LLVM IR,
and then from LLVM IR into machine code. In general it contains code
that runs towards the end of the compilation process.
For more information about how codegen works, see the rustc dev guide.