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| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs | 16 |
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 |