Update for review

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/mod.rs
index 16a1a41eb19..9ce60bffea6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/mod.rs
@@ -160,20 +160,35 @@ fn maybe_check_static_with_link_section(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, id: LocalDefId) {
     }
 
     // For the wasm32 target statics with `#[link_section]` other than `.init_array`
-    // are placed into custom sections of the final output file, but this isn't link
+    // are placed into custom sections of the final output file, but this isn't like
     // custom sections of other executable formats. Namely we can only embed a list
     // of bytes, nothing with provenance (pointers to anything else). If any
     // provenance show up, reject it here.
     // `#[link_section]` may contain arbitrary, or even undefined bytes, but it is
     // the consumer's responsibility to ensure all bytes that have been read
     // have defined values.
+    //
+    // The `.init_array` section is left to go through the normal custom section code path.
+    // When dealing with `.init_array` wasm-ld currently has several limitations. This manifests
+    // in workarounds in user-code.
+    //
+    //   * The linker fails to merge multiple items in a crate into the .init_array section.
+    //     To work around this, a single array can be used placing multiple items in the array.
+    //     #[link_section = ".init_array"]
+    //     static FOO: [unsafe extern "C" fn(); 2] = [ctor, ctor];
+    //   * Even symbols marked used get gc'd from dependant crates unless at least one symbol
+    //     in the crate is marked with an `#[export_name]`
+    //
+    //  Once `.init_array` support in wasm-ld is complete, the user code workarounds should
+    //  continue to work, but would no longer be necessary.
+
     if let Ok(alloc) = tcx.eval_static_initializer(id.to_def_id())
         && alloc.inner().provenance().ptrs().len() != 0
     {
         if attrs
             .link_section
             .map(|link_section| !link_section.as_str().starts_with(".init_array"))
-            .unwrap_or(true)
+            .unwrap()
         {
             let msg = "statics with a custom `#[link_section]` must be a \
                         simple list of bytes on the wasm target with no \