1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs
index e0134a0d676..1de7350a3e2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/queries.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ use rustc_middle::arena::Arena;
 use rustc_middle::dep_graph::DepGraph;
 use rustc_middle::ty::steal::Steal;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{GlobalCtxt, ResolverOutputs, TyCtxt};
-use rustc_session::config::{OutputFilenames, OutputType};
+use rustc_serialize::json;
+use rustc_session::config::{self, OutputFilenames, OutputType};
 use rustc_session::{output::find_crate_name, Session};
 use rustc_span::symbol::sym;
 use std::any::Any;
@@ -387,6 +388,19 @@ impl Linker {
         {
             return Ok(());
         }
+
+        if sess.opts.debugging_opts.no_link {
+            // FIXME: use a binary format to encode the `.rlink` file
+            let rlink_data = json::encode(&codegen_results).map_err(|err| {
+                sess.fatal(&format!("failed to encode rlink: {}", err));
+            })?;
+            let rlink_file = self.prepare_outputs.with_extension(config::RLINK_EXT);
+            std::fs::write(&rlink_file, rlink_data).map_err(|err| {
+                sess.fatal(&format!("failed to write file {}: {}", rlink_file.display(), err));
+            })?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         self.codegen_backend.link(&self.sess, codegen_results, &self.prepare_outputs)
     }
 }