Revert "Make `lto` and `linker-plugin-lto` work the same for `compiler_builtins`"

This reverts commit cf8753e4f9c3597f04cd5d3aa261e4561d5378a6 and fixes the
regressions reported.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
index 92582dcc399..8586615f7c7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
@@ -138,12 +138,23 @@ impl ModuleConfig {
 
         let emit_obj = if !should_emit_obj {
             EmitObj::None
-        } else if sess.target.obj_is_bitcode || sess.opts.cg.linker_plugin_lto.enabled() {
+        } else if sess.target.obj_is_bitcode
+            || (sess.opts.cg.linker_plugin_lto.enabled() && !no_builtins)
+        {
             // This case is selected if the target uses objects as bitcode, or
             // if linker plugin LTO is enabled. In the linker plugin LTO case
             // the assumption is that the final link-step will read the bitcode
             // and convert it to object code. This may be done by either the
             // native linker or rustc itself.
+            //
+            // Note, however, that the linker-plugin-lto requested here is
+            // explicitly ignored for `#![no_builtins]` crates. These crates are
+            // specifically ignored by rustc's LTO passes and wouldn't work if
+            // loaded into the linker. These crates define symbols that LLVM
+            // lowers intrinsics to, and these symbol dependencies aren't known
+            // until after codegen. As a result any crate marked
+            // `#![no_builtins]` is assumed to not participate in LTO and
+            // instead goes on to generate object code.
             EmitObj::Bitcode
         } else if need_bitcode_in_object(tcx) {
             EmitObj::ObjectCode(BitcodeSection::Full)