linker: Remove `-Zgcc-ld` option

It is subsumed by `-Clinker-flavor=*-lld-cc -Clink-self-contained=+linker` options now

5 files changed, 10 insertions, 42 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl
index 6f7d7482aea..66482667336 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ codegen_ssa_multiple_main_functions = entry symbol `main` declared multiple time
 
 codegen_ssa_no_natvis_directory = error enumerating natvis directory: {$error}
 
-codegen_ssa_option_gcc_only = option `-Z gcc-ld` is used even though linker flavor is not gcc
-
 codegen_ssa_processing_dymutil_failed = processing debug info with `dsymutil` failed: {$status}
     .note = {$output}
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index c4a0f6291e7..464424409c7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -2964,31 +2964,22 @@ fn get_apple_sdk_root(sdk_name: &str) -> Result<String, errors::AppleSdkRootErro
     }
 }
 
-/// When using the linker flavors opting in to `lld`, or the unstable `-Zgcc-ld=lld` flag, add the
-/// necessary paths and arguments to invoke it:
+/// When using the linker flavors opting in to `lld`, add the necessary paths and arguments to
+/// invoke it:
 /// - when the self-contained linker flag is active: the build of `lld` distributed with rustc,
 /// - or any `lld` available to `cc`.
 fn add_lld_args(cmd: &mut dyn Linker, sess: &Session, flavor: LinkerFlavor) {
-    let unstable_use_lld = sess.opts.unstable_opts.gcc_ld.is_some();
-    debug!("add_lld_args requested, flavor: '{flavor:?}', `-Zgcc-ld=lld`: {unstable_use_lld}");
-
-    // Sanity check: using the old unstable `-Zgcc-ld=lld` option requires a `cc`-using flavor.
-    let flavor_uses_cc = flavor.uses_cc();
-    if unstable_use_lld && !flavor_uses_cc {
-        sess.emit_fatal(errors::OptionGccOnly);
-    }
+    debug!("add_lld_args requested, flavor: '{flavor:?}'");
 
     // If the flavor doesn't use a C/C++ compiler to invoke the linker, or doesn't opt in to `lld`,
     // we don't need to do anything.
-    let use_lld = flavor.uses_lld() || unstable_use_lld;
-    if !flavor_uses_cc || !use_lld {
+    if !(flavor.uses_cc() && flavor.uses_lld()) {
         return;
     }
 
     // 1. Implement the "self-contained" part of this feature by adding rustc distribution
     //    directories to the tool's search path.
-    let self_contained_linker = sess.opts.cg.link_self_contained.linker() || unstable_use_lld;
-    if self_contained_linker {
+    if sess.opts.cg.link_self_contained.linker() {
         for path in sess.get_tools_search_paths(false) {
             cmd.arg({
                 let mut arg = OsString::from("-B");
@@ -3012,13 +3003,13 @@ fn add_lld_args(cmd: &mut dyn Linker, sess: &Session, flavor: LinkerFlavor) {
         // shown in issue #101653 and the discussion in PR #101792.
         //
         // It could be required in some cases of cross-compiling with
-        // `-Zgcc-ld=lld`, but this is generally unspecified, and we don't know
+        // LLD, but this is generally unspecified, and we don't know
         // which specific versions of clang, macOS SDK, host and target OS
         // combinations impact us here.
         //
         // So we do a simple first-approximation until we know more of what the
         // Apple targets require (and which would be handled prior to hitting this
-        // `-Zgcc-ld=lld` codepath anyway), but the expectation is that until then
+        // LLD codepath anyway), but the expectation is that until then
         // this should be manually passed if needed. We specify the target when
         // targeting a different linker flavor on macOS, and that's also always
         // the case when targeting WASM.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
index 14311ec08fd..39b2fa37fbf 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
@@ -490,10 +490,6 @@ pub struct RlibArchiveBuildFailure {
 }
 
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
-#[diag(codegen_ssa_option_gcc_only)]
-pub struct OptionGccOnly;
-
-#[derive(Diagnostic)]
 pub enum ExtractBundledLibsError<'a> {
     #[diag(codegen_ssa_extract_bundled_libs_open_file)]
     OpenFile { rlib: &'a Path, error: Box<dyn std::error::Error> },
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
index e120f595d92..3970b751af7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
@@ -3167,9 +3167,9 @@ impl PpMode {
 pub(crate) mod dep_tracking {
     use super::{
         BranchProtection, CFGuard, CFProtection, CrateType, DebugInfo, DebugInfoCompression,
-        ErrorOutputType, InstrumentCoverage, InstrumentXRay, LdImpl, LinkerPluginLto,
-        LocationDetail, LtoCli, OomStrategy, OptLevel, OutFileName, OutputType, OutputTypes,
-        Passes, ResolveDocLinks, SourceFileHashAlgorithm, SplitDwarfKind, SwitchWithOptPath,
+        ErrorOutputType, InstrumentCoverage, InstrumentXRay, LinkerPluginLto, LocationDetail,
+        LtoCli, OomStrategy, OptLevel, OutFileName, OutputType, OutputTypes, Passes,
+        ResolveDocLinks, SourceFileHashAlgorithm, SplitDwarfKind, SwitchWithOptPath,
         SymbolManglingVersion, TraitSolver, TrimmedDefPaths,
     };
     use crate::lint;
@@ -3266,7 +3266,6 @@ pub(crate) mod dep_tracking {
         SymbolManglingVersion,
         SourceFileHashAlgorithm,
         TrimmedDefPaths,
-        Option<LdImpl>,
         OutFileName,
         OutputType,
         RealFileName,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
index c1424db600e..f7c000c8bd6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ mod desc {
         "one of supported split-debuginfo modes (`off`, `packed`, or `unpacked`)";
     pub const parse_split_dwarf_kind: &str =
         "one of supported split dwarf modes (`split` or `single`)";
-    pub const parse_gcc_ld: &str = "one of: no value, `lld`";
     pub const parse_link_self_contained: &str = "one of: `y`, `yes`, `on`, `n`, `no`, `off`, or a list of enabled (`+` prefix) and disabled (`-` prefix) \
         components: `crto`, `libc`, `unwind`, `linker`, `sanitizers`, `mingw`";
     pub const parse_stack_protector: &str =
@@ -1202,15 +1201,6 @@ mod parse {
         true
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn parse_gcc_ld(slot: &mut Option<LdImpl>, v: Option<&str>) -> bool {
-        match v {
-            None => *slot = None,
-            Some("lld") => *slot = Some(LdImpl::Lld),
-            _ => return false,
-        }
-        true
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn parse_stack_protector(slot: &mut StackProtector, v: Option<&str>) -> bool {
         match v.and_then(|s| StackProtector::from_str(s).ok()) {
             Some(ssp) => *slot = ssp,
@@ -1521,7 +1511,6 @@ options! {
         "whether each function should go in its own section"),
     future_incompat_test: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
         "forces all lints to be future incompatible, used for internal testing (default: no)"),
-    gcc_ld: Option<LdImpl> = (None, parse_gcc_ld, [TRACKED], "implementation of ld used by cc"),
     graphviz_dark_mode: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
         "use dark-themed colors in graphviz output (default: no)"),
     graphviz_font: String = ("Courier, monospace".to_string(), parse_string, [UNTRACKED],
@@ -1906,8 +1895,3 @@ pub enum WasiExecModel {
     Command,
     Reactor,
 }
-
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Hash)]
-pub enum LdImpl {
-    Lld,
-}