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| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs | 29 |
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diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs index 34328687e3f..b46773396fc 100644 --- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs +++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs @@ -3327,35 +3327,6 @@ fn add_lld_args( // this, `wasm-component-ld`, which is overridden if this option is passed. if !sess.target.is_like_wasm { cmd.cc_arg("-fuse-ld=lld"); - - // On ELF platforms like at least x64 linux, GNU ld and LLD have opposite defaults on some - // section garbage-collection features. For example, the somewhat popular `linkme` crate and - // its dependents rely in practice on this difference: when using lld, they need `-z - // nostart-stop-gc` to prevent encapsulation symbols and sections from being - // garbage-collected. - // - // More information about all this can be found in: - // - https://maskray.me/blog/2021-01-31-metadata-sections-comdat-and-shf-link-order - // - https://lld.llvm.org/ELF/start-stop-gc - // - // So when using lld, we restore, for now, the traditional behavior to help migration, but - // will remove it in the future. - // Since this only disables an optimization, it shouldn't create issues, but is in theory - // slightly suboptimal. However, it: - // - doesn't have any visible impact on our benchmarks - // - reduces the need to disable lld for the crates that depend on this - // - // Note that lld can detect some cases where this difference is relied on, and emits a - // dedicated error to add this link arg. We could make use of this error to emit an FCW. As - // of writing this, we don't do it, because lld is already enabled by default on nightly - // without this mitigation: no working project would see the FCW, so we do this to help - // stabilization. - // - // FIXME: emit an FCW if linking fails due its absence, and then remove this link-arg in the - // future. - if sess.target.llvm_target == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" { - cmd.link_arg("-znostart-stop-gc"); - } } if !flavor.is_gnu() { |