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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-17 12:06:31 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-17 12:06:31 +0000
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
index 0302c2881..99ddd1764 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ pub(crate) fn create_object_file(sess: &Session) -> Option<write::Object<'static
"riscv32" => Architecture::Riscv32,
"riscv64" => Architecture::Riscv64,
"sparc64" => Architecture::Sparc64,
+ "avr" => Architecture::Avr,
+ "msp430" => Architecture::Msp430,
+ "hexagon" => Architecture::Hexagon,
+ "bpf" => Architecture::Bpf,
// Unsupported architecture.
_ => return None,
};
@@ -187,12 +191,12 @@ pub enum MetadataPosition {
Last,
}
-// For rlibs we "pack" rustc metadata into a dummy object file. When rustc
-// creates a dylib crate type it will pass `--whole-archive` (or the
-// platform equivalent) to include all object files from an rlib into the
-// final dylib itself. This causes linkers to iterate and try to include all
-// files located in an archive, so if metadata is stored in an archive then
-// it needs to be of a form that the linker will be able to process.
+// For rlibs we "pack" rustc metadata into a dummy object file.
+//
+// Historically it was needed because rustc linked rlibs as whole-archive in some cases.
+// In that case linkers try to include all files located in an archive, so if metadata is stored
+// in an archive then it needs to be of a form that the linker is able to process.
+// Now it's not clear whether metadata still needs to be wrapped into an object file or not.
//
// Note, though, that we don't actually want this metadata to show up in any
// final output of the compiler. Instead this is purely for rustc's own