Emit `unused_attributes` for `#[inline]` on exported functions

I saw someone post a code sample that contained these two attributes,
which immediately made me suspicious.
My suspicions were confirmed when I did a small test and checked the
compiler source code to confirm that in these cases, `#[inline]` is
indeed ignored (because you can't exactly `LocalCopy`an unmangled symbol
since that would lead to duplicate symbols, and doing a mix of an
unmangled `GloballyShared` and mangled `LocalCopy` instantiation is too
complicated for our current instatiation mode logic, which I don't want
to change right now).

So instead, emit the usual unused attribute lint with a message saying
that the attribute is ignored in this position.

I think this is not 100% true, since I expect LLVM `inlinehint` to still
be applied to such a function, but that's not why people use this
attribute, they use it for the `LocalCopy` instantiation mode, where it
doesn't work.

5 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/middle/codegen_fn_attrs.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/middle/codegen_fn_attrs.rs
index 311bc60c3cd..a33b1fe283b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/middle/codegen_fn_attrs.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/middle/codegen_fn_attrs.rs
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ impl CodegenFnAttrs {
     /// * `#[no_mangle]` is present
     /// * `#[export_name(...)]` is present
     /// * `#[linkage]` is present
+    ///
+    /// Keep this in sync with the logic for the unused_attributes for `#[inline]` lint.
     pub fn contains_extern_indicator(&self) -> bool {
         self.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::NO_MANGLE)
             || self.export_name.is_some()
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mono.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mono.rs
index 58d5c94d033..2aa31761178 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mono.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mono.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ impl<'tcx> MonoItem<'tcx> {
 
         // If the function is #[naked] or contains any other attribute that requires exactly-once
         // instantiation:
+        // We emit an unused_attributes lint for this case, which should be kept in sync if possible.
         let codegen_fn_attrs = tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(instance.def_id());
         if codegen_fn_attrs.contains_extern_indicator()
             || codegen_fn_attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::NAKED)
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_passes/messages.ftl
index b65430c3480..22631cc96d2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/messages.ftl
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ passes_inline_ignored_constants =
     .warn = {-passes_previously_accepted}
     .note = {-passes_see_issue(issue: "65833")}
 
+passes_inline_ignored_for_exported =
+    `#[inline]` is ignored on externally exported functions
+    .help = externally exported functions are functions with `#[no_mangle]`, `#[export_name]`, or `#[linkage]`
+
 passes_inline_ignored_function_prototype =
     `#[inline]` is ignored on function prototypes
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs
index 5ada289cc20..5a76f7c586d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs
@@ -445,6 +445,23 @@ impl<'tcx> CheckAttrVisitor<'tcx> {
                 });
             }
         }
+
+        // `#[inline]` is ignored if the symbol must be codegened upstream because it's exported.
+        if let Some(did) = hir_id.as_owner()
+            && self.tcx.def_kind(did).has_codegen_attrs()
+            && !matches!(attr.meta_item_list().as_deref(), Some([item]) if item.has_name(sym::never))
+        {
+            let attrs = self.tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(did);
+            // Not checking naked as `#[inline]` is forbidden for naked functions anyways.
+            if attrs.contains_extern_indicator() {
+                self.tcx.emit_node_span_lint(
+                    UNUSED_ATTRIBUTES,
+                    hir_id,
+                    attr.span(),
+                    errors::InlineIgnoredForExported {},
+                );
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Checks that `#[coverage(..)]` is applied to a function/closure/method,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/errors.rs
index 9bb9b2353dc..b282828a8ae 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/errors.rs
@@ -1435,6 +1435,11 @@ pub(crate) struct OnlyHasEffectOn {
     pub target_name: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(LintDiagnostic)]
+#[diag(passes_inline_ignored_for_exported)]
+#[help]
+pub(crate) struct InlineIgnoredForExported {}
+
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag(passes_object_lifetime_err)]
 pub(crate) struct ObjectLifetimeErr {