librustc: Allow linkage attribute on any statics, not just foreign statics.

3 files changed, 50 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs
index 0d8ef560c7d..09fd3a38c17 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use driver::config::{NoDebugInfo, FullDebugInfo};
 use driver::driver::{CrateAnalysis, CrateTranslation, ModuleTranslation};
 use driver::session::Session;
 use lint;
-use llvm::{BasicBlockRef, ValueRef, Vector, get_param};
+use llvm::{BasicBlockRef, Linkage, ValueRef, Vector, get_param};
 use llvm;
 use metadata::{csearch, encoder, loader};
 use middle::astencode;
@@ -2153,6 +2153,32 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, 'v> Visitor<'v> for TransItemVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn llvm_linkage_by_name(name: &str) -> Option<Linkage> {
+    // Use the names from src/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst here. Most types are only
+    // applicable to variable declarations and may not really make sense for
+    // Rust code in the first place but whitelist them anyway and trust that
+    // the user knows what s/he's doing. Who knows, unanticipated use cases
+    // may pop up in the future.
+    //
+    // ghost, dllimport, dllexport and linkonce_odr_autohide are not supported
+    // and don't have to be, LLVM treats them as no-ops.
+    match name {
+        "appending" => Some(llvm::AppendingLinkage),
+        "available_externally" => Some(llvm::AvailableExternallyLinkage),
+        "common" => Some(llvm::CommonLinkage),
+        "extern_weak" => Some(llvm::ExternalWeakLinkage),
+        "external" => Some(llvm::ExternalLinkage),
+        "internal" => Some(llvm::InternalLinkage),
+        "linkonce" => Some(llvm::LinkOnceAnyLinkage),
+        "linkonce_odr" => Some(llvm::LinkOnceODRLinkage),
+        "private" => Some(llvm::PrivateLinkage),
+        "weak" => Some(llvm::WeakAnyLinkage),
+        "weak_odr" => Some(llvm::WeakODRLinkage),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+
 /// Enum describing the origin of an LLVM `Value`, for linkage purposes.
 pub enum ValueOrigin {
     /// The LLVM `Value` is in this context because the corresponding item was
@@ -2191,6 +2217,23 @@ pub fn update_linkage(ccx: &CrateContext,
     }
 
     match id {
+        Some(id) => {
+            let item = ccx.tcx().map.get(id);
+            if let ast_map::NodeItem(i) = item {
+                if let Some(name) =  attr::first_attr_value_str_by_name(i.attrs[], "linkage") {
+                    if let Some(linkage) = llvm_linkage_by_name(name.get()) {
+                        llvm::SetLinkage(llval, linkage);
+                    } else {
+                        ccx.sess().span_fatal(i.span, "invalid linkage specified");
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
+
+    match id {
         Some(id) if ccx.reachable().contains(&id) => {
             llvm::SetLinkage(llval, llvm::ExternalLinkage);
         },
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/foreign.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/foreign.rs
index bed45a28691..7aa20115370 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/foreign.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/foreign.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 
 use back::{link};
-use llvm::{ValueRef, CallConv, Linkage, get_param};
+use llvm::{ValueRef, CallConv, get_param};
 use llvm;
 use middle::weak_lang_items;
-use middle::trans::base::push_ctxt;
+use middle::trans::base::{llvm_linkage_by_name, push_ctxt};
 use middle::trans::base;
 use middle::trans::build::*;
 use middle::trans::cabi;
@@ -101,31 +101,6 @@ pub fn llvm_calling_convention(ccx: &CrateContext,
     }
 }
 
-pub fn llvm_linkage_by_name(name: &str) -> Option<Linkage> {
-    // Use the names from src/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst here. Most types are only
-    // applicable to variable declarations and may not really make sense for
-    // Rust code in the first place but whitelist them anyway and trust that
-    // the user knows what s/he's doing. Who knows, unanticipated use cases
-    // may pop up in the future.
-    //
-    // ghost, dllimport, dllexport and linkonce_odr_autohide are not supported
-    // and don't have to be, LLVM treats them as no-ops.
-    match name {
-        "appending" => Some(llvm::AppendingLinkage),
-        "available_externally" => Some(llvm::AvailableExternallyLinkage),
-        "common" => Some(llvm::CommonLinkage),
-        "extern_weak" => Some(llvm::ExternalWeakLinkage),
-        "external" => Some(llvm::ExternalLinkage),
-        "internal" => Some(llvm::InternalLinkage),
-        "linkonce" => Some(llvm::LinkOnceAnyLinkage),
-        "linkonce_odr" => Some(llvm::LinkOnceODRLinkage),
-        "private" => Some(llvm::PrivateLinkage),
-        "weak" => Some(llvm::WeakAnyLinkage),
-        "weak_odr" => Some(llvm::WeakODRLinkage),
-        _ => None,
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn register_static(ccx: &CrateContext,
                        foreign_item: &ast::ForeignItem) -> ValueRef {
     let ty = ty::node_id_to_type(ccx.tcx(), foreign_item.id);
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
index c38fea9b3d5..98c49c00205 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ impl<'a, 'v> Visitor<'v> for Context<'a> {
                                   "`#[thread_local]` is an experimental feature, and does not \
                                   currently handle destructors. There is no corresponding \
                                   `#[task_local]` mapping to the task model");
+            } else if attr.name().equiv(&("linkage")) {
+                self.gate_feature("linkage", i.span,
+                                  "the `linkage` attribute is experimental \
+                                   and not portable across platforms")
             }
         }
         match i.node {