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| author | Corey Farwell <coreyf@rwell.org> | 2017-04-14 17:41:03 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-04-14 17:41:03 -0400 |
| commit | e6f6b445aa2fc71f626dff7f7c7988b04f4a292d (patch) | |
| tree | 7ecc980b1e110fbf55b96cf7ac88825d77244f54 /src/doc | |
| parent | ba377982a3fde98a3cac02493c16dc623b02a421 (diff) | |
| parent | a35c4e354a65fdbbb61741db3a9dd1c190f2f146 (diff) | |
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Rollup merge of #40702 - mrhota:global_asm, r=nagisa
Implement global_asm!() (RFC 1548) This is a first attempt. ~~One (potential) problem I haven't solved is how to handle multiple usages of `global_asm!` in a module/crate. It looks like `LLVMSetModuleInlineAsm` overwrites module asm, and `LLVMAppendModuleInlineAsm` is not provided in LLVM C headers 😦~~ I can provide more detail as needed, but honestly, there's not a lot going on here. r? @eddyb CC @Amanieu @jackpot51 Tracking issue: #35119
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/doc/unstable-book/src/asm.md | 2 | ||||
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diff --git a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/SUMMARY.md b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/SUMMARY.md index 14774e2d229..a5599395f79 100644 --- a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/SUMMARY.md +++ b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/SUMMARY.md @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ - [future_atomic_orderings](future-atomic-orderings.md) - [generic_param_attrs](generic-param-attrs.md) - [get_type_id](get-type-id.md) +- [global_asm](global_asm.md) - [heap_api](heap-api.md) - [i128](i128.md) - [i128_type](i128-type.md) diff --git a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/asm.md b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/asm.md index 032d9d81240..5e68be633e7 100644 --- a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/asm.md +++ b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/asm.md @@ -189,3 +189,5 @@ constraints, etc. [llvm-docs]: http://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#inline-assembler-expressions +If you need more power and don't mind losing some of the niceties of +`asm!`, check out [global_asm](global_asm.html). diff --git a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/global_asm.md b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/global_asm.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..44921aa309f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/global_asm.md @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +# `global_asm` + +The tracking issue for this feature is: [#35119] + +[#35119]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/35119 + +------------------------ + +The `global_asm!` macro allows the programmer to write arbitrary +assembly outside the scope of a function body, passing it through +`rustc` and `llvm` to the assembler. The macro is a no-frills +interface to LLVM's concept of [module-level inline assembly]. That is, +all caveats applicable to LLVM's module-level inline assembly apply +to `global_asm!`. + +[module-level inline assembly]: http://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#module-level-inline-assembly + +`global_asm!` fills a role not currently satisfied by either `asm!` +or `#[naked]` functions. The programmer has _all_ features of the +assembler at their disposal. The linker will expect to resolve any +symbols defined in the inline assembly, modulo any symbols marked as +external. It also means syntax for directives and assembly follow the +conventions of the assembler in your toolchain. + +A simple usage looks like this: + +```rust,ignore +# #![feature(global_asm)] +# you also need relevant target_arch cfgs +global_asm!(include_str!("something_neato.s")); +``` + +And a more complicated usage looks like this: + +```rust,ignore +# #![feature(global_asm)] +# #![cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))] + +pub mod sally { + global_asm!(r#" + .global foo + foo: + jmp baz + "#); + + #[no_mangle] + pub unsafe extern "C" fn baz() {} +} + +// the symbols `foo` and `bar` are global, no matter where +// `global_asm!` was used. +extern "C" { + fn foo(); + fn bar(); +} + +pub mod harry { + global_asm!(r#" + .global bar + bar: + jmp quux + "#); + + #[no_mangle] + pub unsafe extern "C" fn quux() {} +} +``` + +You may use `global_asm!` multiple times, anywhere in your crate, in +whatever way suits you. The effect is as if you concatenated all +usages and placed the larger, single usage in the crate root. + +------------------------ + +If you don't need quite as much power and flexibility as +`global_asm!` provides, and you don't mind restricting your inline +assembly to `fn` bodies only, you might try the [asm](asm.html) +feature instead. |
