Rollup merge of #141769 - bjorn3:codegen_metadata_module_rework, r=workingjubilee,saethlin

Move metadata object generation for dylibs to the linker code

This deduplicates some code between codegen backends and may in the future allow adding extra metadata that is only known at link time.

Prerequisite of https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/96708.

7 files changed, 75 insertions, 110 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs
index 1e1bdfb5977..84a56f6b0b5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ use object::read::macho::FatArch;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxIndexSet;
 use rustc_data_structures::memmap::Mmap;
 use rustc_fs_util::TempDirBuilder;
+use rustc_metadata::EncodedMetadata;
 use rustc_session::Session;
 use rustc_span::Symbol;
 use tracing::trace;
 
-use super::metadata::search_for_section;
+use super::metadata::{create_compressed_metadata_file, search_for_section};
 use crate::common;
 // Re-exporting for rustc_codegen_llvm::back::archive
 pub use crate::errors::{ArchiveBuildFailure, ExtractBundledLibsError, UnknownArchiveKind};
@@ -58,6 +59,15 @@ impl From<ImportLibraryItem> for COFFShortExport {
 pub trait ArchiveBuilderBuilder {
     fn new_archive_builder<'a>(&self, sess: &'a Session) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder + 'a>;
 
+    fn create_dylib_metadata_wrapper(
+        &self,
+        sess: &Session,
+        metadata: &EncodedMetadata,
+        symbol_name: &str,
+    ) -> Vec<u8> {
+        create_compressed_metadata_file(sess, metadata, symbol_name)
+    }
+
     /// Creates a DLL Import Library <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-link-library-creation#creating-an-import-library>.
     /// and returns the path on disk to that import library.
     /// This functions doesn't take `self` so that it can be called from
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index 18b76b33757..8c52ed6ed12 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ use rustc_hir::def_id::{CrateNum, LOCAL_CRATE};
 use rustc_macros::LintDiagnostic;
 use rustc_metadata::fs::{METADATA_FILENAME, copy_to_stdout, emit_wrapper_file};
 use rustc_metadata::{
-    NativeLibSearchFallback, find_native_static_library, walk_native_lib_search_dirs,
+    EncodedMetadata, NativeLibSearchFallback, find_native_static_library,
+    walk_native_lib_search_dirs,
 };
 use rustc_middle::bug;
 use rustc_middle::lint::lint_level;
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ pub fn link_binary(
     sess: &Session,
     archive_builder_builder: &dyn ArchiveBuilderBuilder,
     codegen_results: CodegenResults,
+    metadata: EncodedMetadata,
     outputs: &OutputFilenames,
 ) {
     let _timer = sess.timer("link_binary");
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ pub fn link_binary(
                         sess,
                         archive_builder_builder,
                         &codegen_results,
+                        &metadata,
                         RlibFlavor::Normal,
                         &path,
                     )
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ pub fn link_binary(
                         sess,
                         archive_builder_builder,
                         &codegen_results,
+                        &metadata,
                         &out_filename,
                         &path,
                     );
@@ -163,6 +167,7 @@ pub fn link_binary(
                         crate_type,
                         &out_filename,
                         &codegen_results,
+                        &metadata,
                         path.as_ref(),
                     );
                 }
@@ -226,11 +231,7 @@ pub fn link_binary(
         let remove_temps_from_module =
             |module: &CompiledModule| maybe_remove_temps_from_module(false, false, module);
 
-        // Otherwise, always remove the metadata and allocator module temporaries.
-        if let Some(ref metadata_module) = codegen_results.metadata_module {
-            remove_temps_from_module(metadata_module);
-        }
-
+        // Otherwise, always remove the allocator module temporaries.
         if let Some(ref allocator_module) = codegen_results.allocator_module {
             remove_temps_from_module(allocator_module);
         }
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ fn link_rlib<'a>(
     sess: &'a Session,
     archive_builder_builder: &dyn ArchiveBuilderBuilder,
     codegen_results: &CodegenResults,
+    metadata: &EncodedMetadata,
     flavor: RlibFlavor,
     tmpdir: &MaybeTempDir,
 ) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder + 'a> {
@@ -319,12 +321,9 @@ fn link_rlib<'a>(
 
     let trailing_metadata = match flavor {
         RlibFlavor::Normal => {
-            let (metadata, metadata_position) = create_wrapper_file(
-                sess,
-                ".rmeta".to_string(),
-                codegen_results.metadata.stub_or_full(),
-            );
-            let metadata = emit_wrapper_file(sess, &metadata, tmpdir, METADATA_FILENAME);
+            let (metadata, metadata_position) =
+                create_wrapper_file(sess, ".rmeta".to_string(), metadata.stub_or_full());
+            let metadata = emit_wrapper_file(sess, &metadata, tmpdir.as_ref(), METADATA_FILENAME);
             match metadata_position {
                 MetadataPosition::First => {
                     // Most of the time metadata in rlib files is wrapped in a "dummy" object
@@ -392,7 +391,7 @@ fn link_rlib<'a>(
             let src = read(path)
                 .unwrap_or_else(|e| sess.dcx().emit_fatal(errors::ReadFileError { message: e }));
             let (data, _) = create_wrapper_file(sess, ".bundled_lib".to_string(), &src);
-            let wrapper_file = emit_wrapper_file(sess, &data, tmpdir, filename.as_str());
+            let wrapper_file = emit_wrapper_file(sess, &data, tmpdir.as_ref(), filename.as_str());
             packed_bundled_libs.push(wrapper_file);
         } else {
             let path = find_native_static_library(lib.name.as_str(), lib.verbatim, sess);
@@ -473,6 +472,7 @@ fn link_staticlib(
     sess: &Session,
     archive_builder_builder: &dyn ArchiveBuilderBuilder,
     codegen_results: &CodegenResults,
+    metadata: &EncodedMetadata,
     out_filename: &Path,
     tempdir: &MaybeTempDir,
 ) {
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ fn link_staticlib(
         sess,
         archive_builder_builder,
         codegen_results,
+        metadata,
         RlibFlavor::StaticlibBase,
         tempdir,
     );
@@ -694,6 +695,7 @@ fn link_natively(
     crate_type: CrateType,
     out_filename: &Path,
     codegen_results: &CodegenResults,
+    metadata: &EncodedMetadata,
     tmpdir: &Path,
 ) {
     info!("preparing {:?} to {:?}", crate_type, out_filename);
@@ -718,6 +720,7 @@ fn link_natively(
         tmpdir,
         temp_filename,
         codegen_results,
+        metadata,
         self_contained_components,
     );
 
@@ -2095,17 +2098,25 @@ fn add_local_crate_allocator_objects(cmd: &mut dyn Linker, codegen_results: &Cod
 /// Add object files containing metadata for the current crate.
 fn add_local_crate_metadata_objects(
     cmd: &mut dyn Linker,
+    sess: &Session,
+    archive_builder_builder: &dyn ArchiveBuilderBuilder,
     crate_type: CrateType,
+    tmpdir: &Path,
     codegen_results: &CodegenResults,
+    metadata: &EncodedMetadata,
 ) {
     // When linking a dynamic library, we put the metadata into a section of the
     // executable. This metadata is in a separate object file from the main
-    // object file, so we link that in here.
-    if matches!(crate_type, CrateType::Dylib | CrateType::ProcMacro)
-        && let Some(m) = &codegen_results.metadata_module
-        && let Some(obj) = &m.object
-    {
-        cmd.add_object(obj);
+    // object file, so we create and link it in here.
+    if matches!(crate_type, CrateType::Dylib | CrateType::ProcMacro) {
+        let data = archive_builder_builder.create_dylib_metadata_wrapper(
+            sess,
+            &metadata,
+            &codegen_results.crate_info.metadata_symbol,
+        );
+        let obj = emit_wrapper_file(sess, &data, tmpdir, "rmeta.o");
+
+        cmd.add_object(&obj);
     }
 }
 
@@ -2195,6 +2206,7 @@ fn linker_with_args(
     tmpdir: &Path,
     out_filename: &Path,
     codegen_results: &CodegenResults,
+    metadata: &EncodedMetadata,
     self_contained_components: LinkSelfContainedComponents,
 ) -> Command {
     let self_contained_crt_objects = self_contained_components.is_crt_objects_enabled();
@@ -2269,7 +2281,15 @@ fn linker_with_args(
     // in this DAG so far because they can only depend on other native libraries
     // and such dependencies are also required to be specified.
     add_local_crate_regular_objects(cmd, codegen_results);
-    add_local_crate_metadata_objects(cmd, crate_type, codegen_results);
+    add_local_crate_metadata_objects(
+        cmd,
+        sess,
+        archive_builder_builder,
+        crate_type,
+        tmpdir,
+        codegen_results,
+        metadata,
+    );
     add_local_crate_allocator_objects(cmd, codegen_results);
 
     // Avoid linking to dynamic libraries unless they satisfy some undefined symbols
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
index a41ca8ce28b..bbf9cceef2a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ use rustc_hir::def_id::{CrateNum, LOCAL_CRATE};
 use rustc_incremental::{
     copy_cgu_workproduct_to_incr_comp_cache_dir, in_incr_comp_dir, in_incr_comp_dir_sess,
 };
-use rustc_metadata::EncodedMetadata;
 use rustc_metadata::fs::copy_to_stdout;
 use rustc_middle::bug;
 use rustc_middle::dep_graph::{WorkProduct, WorkProductId};
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ impl ModuleConfig {
             || match kind {
                 ModuleKind::Regular => sess.opts.output_types.contains_key(&OutputType::Object),
                 ModuleKind::Allocator => false,
-                ModuleKind::Metadata => sess.opts.output_types.contains_key(&OutputType::Metadata),
             };
 
         let emit_obj = if !should_emit_obj {
@@ -350,7 +348,6 @@ pub struct CodegenContext<B: WriteBackendMethods> {
     pub output_filenames: Arc<OutputFilenames>,
     pub invocation_temp: Option<String>,
     pub regular_module_config: Arc<ModuleConfig>,
-    pub metadata_module_config: Arc<ModuleConfig>,
     pub allocator_module_config: Arc<ModuleConfig>,
     pub tm_factory: TargetMachineFactoryFn<B>,
     pub msvc_imps_needed: bool,
@@ -395,7 +392,6 @@ impl<B: WriteBackendMethods> CodegenContext<B> {
     pub fn config(&self, kind: ModuleKind) -> &ModuleConfig {
         match kind {
             ModuleKind::Regular => &self.regular_module_config,
-            ModuleKind::Metadata => &self.metadata_module_config,
             ModuleKind::Allocator => &self.allocator_module_config,
         }
     }
@@ -474,8 +470,6 @@ pub(crate) fn start_async_codegen<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
     backend: B,
     tcx: TyCtxt<'_>,
     target_cpu: String,
-    metadata: EncodedMetadata,
-    metadata_module: Option<CompiledModule>,
 ) -> OngoingCodegen<B> {
     let (coordinator_send, coordinator_receive) = channel();
 
@@ -485,7 +479,6 @@ pub(crate) fn start_async_codegen<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
     let crate_info = CrateInfo::new(tcx, target_cpu);
 
     let regular_config = ModuleConfig::new(ModuleKind::Regular, tcx, no_builtins);
-    let metadata_config = ModuleConfig::new(ModuleKind::Metadata, tcx, no_builtins);
     let allocator_config = ModuleConfig::new(ModuleKind::Allocator, tcx, no_builtins);
 
     let (shared_emitter, shared_emitter_main) = SharedEmitter::new();
@@ -499,15 +492,12 @@ pub(crate) fn start_async_codegen<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
         codegen_worker_send,
         coordinator_receive,
         Arc::new(regular_config),
-        Arc::new(metadata_config),
         Arc::new(allocator_config),
         coordinator_send.clone(),
     );
 
     OngoingCodegen {
         backend,
-        metadata,
-        metadata_module,
         crate_info,
 
         codegen_worker_receive,
@@ -843,12 +833,6 @@ pub(crate) fn compute_per_cgu_lto_type(
     sess_crate_types: &[CrateType],
     module_kind: ModuleKind,
 ) -> ComputedLtoType {
-    // Metadata modules never participate in LTO regardless of the lto
-    // settings.
-    if module_kind == ModuleKind::Metadata {
-        return ComputedLtoType::No;
-    }
-
     // If the linker does LTO, we don't have to do it. Note that we
     // keep doing full LTO, if it is requested, as not to break the
     // assumption that the output will be a single module.
@@ -1029,10 +1013,7 @@ fn finish_intra_module_work<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
     let dcx = cgcx.create_dcx();
     let dcx = dcx.handle();
 
-    if !cgcx.opts.unstable_opts.combine_cgu
-        || module.kind == ModuleKind::Metadata
-        || module.kind == ModuleKind::Allocator
-    {
+    if !cgcx.opts.unstable_opts.combine_cgu || module.kind == ModuleKind::Allocator {
         let module = B::codegen(cgcx, dcx, module, module_config)?;
         Ok(WorkItemResult::Finished(module))
     } else {
@@ -1123,7 +1104,6 @@ fn start_executing_work<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
     codegen_worker_send: Sender<CguMessage>,
     coordinator_receive: Receiver<Box<dyn Any + Send>>,
     regular_config: Arc<ModuleConfig>,
-    metadata_config: Arc<ModuleConfig>,
     allocator_config: Arc<ModuleConfig>,
     tx_to_llvm_workers: Sender<Box<dyn Any + Send>>,
 ) -> thread::JoinHandle<Result<CompiledModules, ()>> {
@@ -1216,7 +1196,6 @@ fn start_executing_work<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
         diag_emitter: shared_emitter.clone(),
         output_filenames: Arc::clone(tcx.output_filenames(())),
         regular_module_config: regular_config,
-        metadata_module_config: metadata_config,
         allocator_module_config: allocator_config,
         tm_factory: backend.target_machine_factory(tcx.sess, ol, backend_features),
         msvc_imps_needed: msvc_imps_needed(tcx),
@@ -1673,7 +1652,6 @@ fn start_executing_work<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
                                     assert!(compiled_allocator_module.is_none());
                                     compiled_allocator_module = Some(compiled_module);
                                 }
-                                ModuleKind::Metadata => bug!("Should be handled separately"),
                             }
                         }
                         Ok(WorkItemResult::NeedsLink(module)) => {
@@ -2055,8 +2033,6 @@ impl<B: ExtraBackendMethods> Drop for Coordinator<B> {
 
 pub struct OngoingCodegen<B: ExtraBackendMethods> {
     pub backend: B,
-    pub metadata: EncodedMetadata,
-    pub metadata_module: Option<CompiledModule>,
     pub crate_info: CrateInfo,
     pub codegen_worker_receive: Receiver<CguMessage>,
     pub shared_emitter_main: SharedEmitterMain,
@@ -2096,12 +2072,10 @@ impl<B: ExtraBackendMethods> OngoingCodegen<B> {
 
         (
             CodegenResults {
-                metadata: self.metadata,
                 crate_info: self.crate_info,
 
                 modules: compiled_modules.modules,
                 allocator_module: compiled_modules.allocator_module,
-                metadata_module: self.metadata_module,
             },
             work_products,
         )
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/base.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/base.rs
index c2d6a26de0f..a3d6c73ba85 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/base.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/base.rs
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ use rustc_data_structures::unord::UnordMap;
 use rustc_hir::ItemId;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::{DefId, LOCAL_CRATE};
 use rustc_hir::lang_items::LangItem;
-use rustc_metadata::EncodedMetadata;
 use rustc_middle::middle::codegen_fn_attrs::CodegenFnAttrs;
 use rustc_middle::middle::debugger_visualizer::{DebuggerVisualizerFile, DebuggerVisualizerType};
-use rustc_middle::middle::exported_symbols::SymbolExportKind;
-use rustc_middle::middle::{exported_symbols, lang_items};
+use rustc_middle::middle::exported_symbols::{self, SymbolExportKind};
+use rustc_middle::middle::lang_items;
 use rustc_middle::mir::BinOp;
 use rustc_middle::mir::interpret::ErrorHandled;
 use rustc_middle::mir::mono::{CodegenUnit, CodegenUnitNameBuilder, MonoItem, MonoItemPartitions};
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{HasTyCtxt, HasTypingEnv, LayoutOf, TyAndLayout};
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Instance, Ty, TyCtxt};
 use rustc_middle::{bug, span_bug};
 use rustc_session::Session;
-use rustc_session::config::{self, CrateType, EntryFnType, OutputType};
+use rustc_session::config::{self, CrateType, EntryFnType};
 use rustc_span::{DUMMY_SP, Symbol, sym};
 use rustc_symbol_mangling::mangle_internal_symbol;
 use rustc_trait_selection::infer::{BoundRegionConversionTime, TyCtxtInferExt};
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ use tracing::{debug, info};
 
 use crate::assert_module_sources::CguReuse;
 use crate::back::link::are_upstream_rust_objects_already_included;
-use crate::back::metadata::create_compressed_metadata_file;
 use crate::back::write::{
     ComputedLtoType, OngoingCodegen, compute_per_cgu_lto_type, start_async_codegen,
     submit_codegened_module_to_llvm, submit_post_lto_module_to_llvm, submit_pre_lto_module_to_llvm,
@@ -48,8 +46,7 @@ use crate::mir::operand::OperandValue;
 use crate::mir::place::PlaceRef;
 use crate::traits::*;
 use crate::{
-    CachedModuleCodegen, CodegenLintLevels, CompiledModule, CrateInfo, ModuleCodegen, ModuleKind,
-    errors, meth, mir,
+    CachedModuleCodegen, CodegenLintLevels, CrateInfo, ModuleCodegen, ModuleKind, errors, meth, mir,
 };
 
 pub(crate) fn bin_op_to_icmp_predicate(op: BinOp, signed: bool) -> IntPredicate {
@@ -669,12 +666,10 @@ pub fn codegen_crate<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
     backend: B,
     tcx: TyCtxt<'_>,
     target_cpu: String,
-    metadata: EncodedMetadata,
-    need_metadata_module: bool,
 ) -> OngoingCodegen<B> {
     // Skip crate items and just output metadata in -Z no-codegen mode.
     if tcx.sess.opts.unstable_opts.no_codegen || !tcx.sess.opts.output_types.should_codegen() {
-        let ongoing_codegen = start_async_codegen(backend, tcx, target_cpu, metadata, None);
+        let ongoing_codegen = start_async_codegen(backend, tcx, target_cpu);
 
         ongoing_codegen.codegen_finished(tcx);
 
@@ -707,39 +702,7 @@ pub fn codegen_crate<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
         }
     }
 
-    let metadata_module = need_metadata_module.then(|| {
-        // Emit compressed metadata object.
-        let metadata_cgu_name =
-            cgu_name_builder.build_cgu_name(LOCAL_CRATE, &["crate"], Some("metadata")).to_string();
-        tcx.sess.time("write_compressed_metadata", || {
-            let file_name = tcx.output_filenames(()).temp_path_for_cgu(
-                OutputType::Metadata,
-                &metadata_cgu_name,
-                tcx.sess.invocation_temp.as_deref(),
-            );
-            let data = create_compressed_metadata_file(
-                tcx.sess,
-                &metadata,
-                &exported_symbols::metadata_symbol_name(tcx),
-            );
-            if let Err(error) = std::fs::write(&file_name, data) {
-                tcx.dcx().emit_fatal(errors::MetadataObjectFileWrite { error });
-            }
-            CompiledModule {
-                name: metadata_cgu_name,
-                kind: ModuleKind::Metadata,
-                object: Some(file_name),
-                dwarf_object: None,
-                bytecode: None,
-                assembly: None,
-                llvm_ir: None,
-                links_from_incr_cache: Vec::new(),
-            }
-        })
-    });
-
-    let ongoing_codegen =
-        start_async_codegen(backend.clone(), tcx, target_cpu, metadata, metadata_module);
+    let ongoing_codegen = start_async_codegen(backend.clone(), tcx, target_cpu);
 
     // Codegen an allocator shim, if necessary.
     if let Some(kind) = allocator_kind_for_codegen(tcx) {
@@ -1010,6 +973,7 @@ impl CrateInfo {
             windows_subsystem,
             natvis_debugger_visualizers: Default::default(),
             lint_levels: CodegenLintLevels::from_tcx(tcx),
+            metadata_symbol: exported_symbols::metadata_symbol_name(tcx),
         };
 
         info.native_libraries.reserve(n_crates);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
index f843347db92..bac02bdf983 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
@@ -778,12 +778,6 @@ pub(crate) struct MultipleMainFunctions {
 }
 
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
-#[diag(codegen_ssa_metadata_object_file_write)]
-pub(crate) struct MetadataObjectFileWrite {
-    pub error: Error,
-}
-
-#[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag(codegen_ssa_invalid_windows_subsystem)]
 pub(crate) struct InvalidWindowsSubsystem {
     pub subsystem: Symbol,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
index 84919645cf0..523c9f2ad1c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use rustc_data_structures::unord::UnordMap;
 use rustc_hir::CRATE_HIR_ID;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::CrateNum;
 use rustc_macros::{Decodable, Encodable, HashStable};
+use rustc_metadata::EncodedMetadata;
 use rustc_middle::dep_graph::WorkProduct;
 use rustc_middle::lint::LevelAndSource;
 use rustc_middle::middle::debugger_visualizer::DebuggerVisualizerFile;
@@ -169,7 +170,6 @@ pub(crate) struct CachedModuleCodegen {
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Encodable, Decodable)]
 pub enum ModuleKind {
     Regular,
-    Metadata,
     Allocator,
 }
 
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ pub struct CrateInfo {
     pub windows_subsystem: Option<String>,
     pub natvis_debugger_visualizers: BTreeSet<DebuggerVisualizerFile>,
     pub lint_levels: CodegenLintLevels,
+    pub metadata_symbol: String,
 }
 
 /// Target-specific options that get set in `cfg(...)`.
@@ -257,8 +258,6 @@ pub struct TargetConfig {
 pub struct CodegenResults {
     pub modules: Vec<CompiledModule>,
     pub allocator_module: Option<CompiledModule>,
-    pub metadata_module: Option<CompiledModule>,
-    pub metadata: rustc_metadata::EncodedMetadata,
     pub crate_info: CrateInfo,
 }
 
@@ -303,6 +302,7 @@ impl CodegenResults {
         sess: &Session,
         rlink_file: &Path,
         codegen_results: &CodegenResults,
+        metadata: &EncodedMetadata,
         outputs: &OutputFilenames,
     ) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
         let mut encoder = FileEncoder::new(rlink_file)?;
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ impl CodegenResults {
         encoder.emit_raw_bytes(&RLINK_VERSION.to_be_bytes());
         encoder.emit_str(sess.cfg_version);
         Encodable::encode(codegen_results, &mut encoder);
+        Encodable::encode(metadata, &mut encoder);
         Encodable::encode(outputs, &mut encoder);
         encoder.finish().map_err(|(_path, err)| err)
     }
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ impl CodegenResults {
     pub fn deserialize_rlink(
         sess: &Session,
         data: Vec<u8>,
-    ) -> Result<(Self, OutputFilenames), CodegenErrors> {
+    ) -> Result<(Self, EncodedMetadata, OutputFilenames), CodegenErrors> {
         // The Decodable machinery is not used here because it panics if the input data is invalid
         // and because its internal representation may change.
         if !data.starts_with(RLINK_MAGIC) {
@@ -350,8 +351,9 @@ impl CodegenResults {
         }
 
         let codegen_results = CodegenResults::decode(&mut decoder);
+        let metadata = EncodedMetadata::decode(&mut decoder);
         let outputs = OutputFilenames::decode(&mut decoder);
-        Ok((codegen_results, outputs))
+        Ok((codegen_results, metadata, outputs))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/backend.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/backend.rs
index 95bf3b16685..29ec7eb1da3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/backend.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/backend.rs
@@ -74,12 +74,7 @@ pub trait CodegenBackend {
 
     fn provide(&self, _providers: &mut Providers) {}
 
-    fn codegen_crate<'tcx>(
-        &self,
-        tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
-        metadata: EncodedMetadata,
-        need_metadata_module: bool,
-    ) -> Box<dyn Any>;
+    fn codegen_crate<'tcx>(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>) -> Box<dyn Any>;
 
     /// This is called on the returned `Box<dyn Any>` from [`codegen_crate`](Self::codegen_crate)
     ///
@@ -94,8 +89,14 @@ pub trait CodegenBackend {
     ) -> (CodegenResults, FxIndexMap<WorkProductId, WorkProduct>);
 
     /// This is called on the returned [`CodegenResults`] from [`join_codegen`](Self::join_codegen).
-    fn link(&self, sess: &Session, codegen_results: CodegenResults, outputs: &OutputFilenames) {
-        link_binary(sess, &ArArchiveBuilderBuilder, codegen_results, outputs);
+    fn link(
+        &self,
+        sess: &Session,
+        codegen_results: CodegenResults,
+        metadata: EncodedMetadata,
+        outputs: &OutputFilenames,
+    ) {
+        link_binary(sess, &ArArchiveBuilderBuilder, codegen_results, metadata, outputs);
     }
 }