1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs
index 33a956e552f..93553f3f364 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use rustc_codegen_ssa::back::archive::{
 use rustc_session::Session;
 
 use crate::llvm::archive_ro::{ArchiveRO, Child};
-use crate::llvm::{self, ArchiveKind};
+use crate::llvm::{self, ArchiveKind, last_error};
 
 /// Helper for adding many files to an archive.
 #[must_use = "must call build() to finish building the archive"]
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ impl<'a> LlvmArchiveBuilder<'a> {
             .unwrap_or_else(|kind| self.sess.dcx().emit_fatal(UnknownArchiveKind { kind }));
 
         let mut additions = mem::take(&mut self.additions);
+        // Values in the `members` list below will contain pointers to the strings allocated here.
+        // So they need to get dropped after all elements of `members` get freed.
         let mut strings = Vec::new();
         let mut members = Vec::new();
 
@@ -229,12 +231,7 @@ impl<'a> LlvmArchiveBuilder<'a> {
                 self.sess.target.arch == "arm64ec",
             );
             let ret = if r.into_result().is_err() {
-                let err = llvm::LLVMRustGetLastError();
-                let msg = if err.is_null() {
-                    "failed to write archive".into()
-                } else {
-                    String::from_utf8_lossy(CStr::from_ptr(err).to_bytes())
-                };
+                let msg = last_error().unwrap_or_else(|| "failed to write archive".into());
                 Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, msg))
             } else {
                 Ok(!members.is_empty())