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authorAlex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>2016-04-08 16:18:40 -0700
committerAlex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>2016-05-09 08:22:36 -0700
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rustc: Implement custom panic runtimes
This commit is an implementation of [RFC 1513] which allows applications to
alter the behavior of panics at compile time. A new compiler flag, `-C panic`,
is added and accepts the values `unwind` or `panic`, with the default being
`unwind`. This model affects how code is generated for the local crate, skipping
generation of landing pads with `-C panic=abort`.

[RFC 1513]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/1513-less-unwinding.md

Panic implementations are then provided by crates tagged with
`#![panic_runtime]` and lazily required by crates with
`#![needs_panic_runtime]`. The panic strategy (`-C panic` value) of the panic
runtime must match the final product, and if the panic strategy is not `abort`
then the entire DAG must have the same panic strategy.

With the `-C panic=abort` strategy, users can expect a stable method to disable
generation of landing pads, improving optimization in niche scenarios,
decreasing compile time, and decreasing output binary size. With the `-C
panic=unwind` strategy users can expect the existing ability to isolate failure
in Rust code from the outside world.

Organizationally, this commit dismantles the `sys_common::unwind` module in
favor of some bits moving part of it to `libpanic_unwind` and the rest into the
`panicking` module in libstd. The custom panic runtime support is pretty similar
to the custom allocator support with the only major difference being how the
panic runtime is injected (takes the `-C panic` flag into account).
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libtest')
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diff --git a/src/libtest/lib.rs b/src/libtest/lib.rs
index c6a70edf2a8..88be3ade839 100644
--- a/src/libtest/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libtest/lib.rs
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@
 #![feature(set_stdio)]
 #![feature(staged_api)]
 #![feature(question_mark)]
+#![feature(panic_unwind)]
 
 extern crate getopts;
 extern crate term;
 extern crate libc;
+extern crate panic_unwind;
 
 pub use self::TestFn::*;
 pub use self::ColorConfig::*;