rustc_target: Remove `pre_link_args_crt`

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/link.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/link.rs
index dcce1d45298..cff84b11aa0 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/link.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/link.rs
@@ -1253,20 +1253,10 @@ fn add_post_link_objects(
 
 /// Add arbitrary "pre-link" args defined by the target spec or from command line.
 /// FIXME: Determine where exactly these args need to be inserted.
-fn add_pre_link_args(
-    cmd: &mut dyn Linker,
-    sess: &Session,
-    flavor: LinkerFlavor,
-    crate_type: CrateType,
-) {
+fn add_pre_link_args(cmd: &mut dyn Linker, sess: &Session, flavor: LinkerFlavor) {
     if let Some(args) = sess.target.target.options.pre_link_args.get(&flavor) {
         cmd.args(args);
     }
-    if let Some(args) = sess.target.target.options.pre_link_args_crt.get(&flavor) {
-        if sess.crt_static(Some(crate_type)) {
-            cmd.args(args);
-        }
-    }
     cmd.args(&sess.opts.debugging_opts.pre_link_args);
 }
 
@@ -1502,7 +1492,7 @@ fn linker_with_args<'a, B: ArchiveBuilder<'a>>(
     let crt_objects_fallback = crt_objects_fallback(sess, crate_type);
 
     // NO-OPT-OUT, OBJECT-FILES-MAYBE, CUSTOMIZATION-POINT
-    add_pre_link_args(cmd, sess, flavor, crate_type);
+    add_pre_link_args(cmd, sess, flavor);
 
     // NO-OPT-OUT
     add_link_script(cmd, sess, tmpdir, crate_type);
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/linker.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/linker.rs
index 77cb31bf3d2..d9fed998c92 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/linker.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/linker.rs
@@ -315,6 +315,21 @@ impl<'a> Linker for GccLinker<'a> {
                 self.build_dylib(out_filename);
             }
         }
+        // VxWorks compiler driver introduced `--static-crt` flag specifically for rustc,
+        // it switches linking for libc and similar system libraries to static without using
+        // any `#[link]` attributes in the `libc` crate, see #72782 for details.
+        // FIXME: Switch to using `#[link]` attributes in the `libc` crate
+        // similarly to other targets.
+        if self.sess.target.target.target_os == "vxworks"
+            && matches!(
+                output_kind,
+                LinkOutputKind::StaticNoPicExe
+                    | LinkOutputKind::StaticPicExe
+                    | LinkOutputKind::StaticDylib
+            )
+        {
+            self.cmd.arg("--static-crt");
+        }
     }
 
     fn link_dylib(&mut self, lib: Symbol) {