1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs
index 771ebf2057f..4a5491ec7a1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ fn check_and_apply_linkage<'ll, 'tcx>(
             })
         });
         llvm::set_linkage(g2, llvm::Linkage::InternalLinkage);
-        unsafe { llvm::LLVMSetInitializer(g2, g1) };
+        llvm::set_initializer(g2, g1);
         g2
     } else if cx.tcx.sess.target.arch == "x86"
         && common::is_mingw_gnu_toolchain(&cx.tcx.sess.target)
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ impl<'ll> CodegenCx<'ll, '_> {
             }
             _ => self.define_private_global(self.val_ty(cv)),
         };
-        unsafe { llvm::LLVMSetInitializer(gv, cv) };
+        llvm::set_initializer(gv, cv);
         set_global_alignment(self, gv, align);
         llvm::SetUnnamedAddress(gv, llvm::UnnamedAddr::Global);
         gv
@@ -420,8 +420,14 @@ impl<'ll> CodegenCx<'ll, '_> {
             let g = if val_llty == llty {
                 g
             } else {
-                // If we created the global with the wrong type,
-                // correct the type.
+                // codegen_static_initializer creates the global value just from the
+                // `Allocation` data by generating one big struct value that is just
+                // all the bytes and pointers after each other. This will almost never
+                // match the type that the static was declared with. Unfortunately
+                // we can't just LLVMConstBitCast our way out of it because that has very
+                // specific rules on what can be cast. So instead of adding a new way to
+                // generate static initializers that match the static's type, we picked
+                // the easier option and retroactively change the type of the static item itself.
                 let name = llvm::get_value_name(g).to_vec();
                 llvm::set_value_name(g, b"");
 
@@ -452,7 +458,7 @@ impl<'ll> CodegenCx<'ll, '_> {
                 new_g
             };
             set_global_alignment(self, g, alloc.align);
-            llvm::LLVMSetInitializer(g, v);
+            llvm::set_initializer(g, v);
 
             if self.should_assume_dso_local(g, true) {
                 llvm::LLVMRustSetDSOLocal(g, true);