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cargo/compiler/
lto.rs

1use cargo_util_schemas::core::CrateType;
2
3use crate::compiler::CrateTypeExt as _;
4use crate::compiler::{BuildContext, CompileMode, Unit};
5use crate::util::interning::InternedString;
6use crate::workspace::profiles;
7use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
8
9use crate::util::errors::CargoResult;
10use cargo_util::collections::HashMap;
11
12/// Possible ways to run rustc and request various parts of [LTO].
13///
14/// Variant            | Flag                   | Object Code | Bitcode
15/// -------------------|------------------------|-------------|--------
16/// `Run`              | `-C lto=foo`           | n/a         | n/a
17/// `Off`              | `-C lto=off`           | n/a         | n/a
18/// `OnlyBitcode`      | `-C linker-plugin-lto` |             | ✓
19/// `ObjectAndBitcode` |                        | ✓           | ✓
20/// `OnlyObject`       | `-C embed-bitcode=no`  | ✓           |
21///
22/// [LTO]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/profiles.html#lto
23#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
24pub enum Lto {
25    /// LTO is run for this rustc, and it's `-Clto=foo`. If the given value is
26    /// None, that corresponds to `-Clto` with no argument, which means do
27    /// "fat" LTO.
28    Run(Option<InternedString>),
29
30    /// LTO has been explicitly listed as "off". This means no thin-local-LTO,
31    /// no LTO anywhere, I really mean it!
32    Off,
33
34    /// This rustc invocation only needs to produce bitcode (it is *only* used
35    /// for LTO), there's no need to produce object files, so we can pass
36    /// `-Clinker-plugin-lto`
37    OnlyBitcode,
38
39    /// This rustc invocation needs to embed bitcode in object files. This means
40    /// that object files may be used for a normal link, and the crate may be
41    /// loaded for LTO later, so both are required.
42    ObjectAndBitcode,
43
44    /// This should not include bitcode. This is primarily to reduce disk
45    /// space usage.
46    OnlyObject,
47}
48
49pub fn generate(bcx: &BuildContext<'_, '_>) -> CargoResult<HashMap<Unit, Lto>> {
50    let mut map = HashMap::default();
51    for unit in bcx.roots.iter() {
52        let root_lto = match unit.profile.lto {
53            // LTO not requested, no need for bitcode.
54            profiles::Lto::Bool(false) => Lto::OnlyObject,
55            profiles::Lto::Off => Lto::Off,
56            _ => {
57                let crate_types = unit.target.rustc_crate_types();
58                if unit.target.for_host() {
59                    Lto::OnlyObject
60                } else if needs_object(&crate_types) {
61                    lto_when_needs_object(&crate_types)
62                } else {
63                    // This may or may not participate in LTO, let's start
64                    // with the minimum requirements. This may be expanded in
65                    // `calculate` below if necessary.
66                    Lto::OnlyBitcode
67                }
68            }
69        };
70        calculate(bcx, &mut map, unit, root_lto)?;
71    }
72    Ok(map)
73}
74
75/// Whether or not any of these crate types need object code.
76fn needs_object(crate_types: &[CrateType]) -> bool {
77    crate_types.iter().any(|k| k.can_lto() || k.is_dynamic())
78}
79
80/// Lto setting to use when this unit needs object code.
81fn lto_when_needs_object(crate_types: &[CrateType]) -> Lto {
82    if crate_types.iter().all(|ct| *ct == CrateType::Dylib) {
83        // A dylib whose parent is running LTO. rustc currently
84        // doesn't support LTO with dylibs, so bitcode is not
85        // needed.
86        Lto::OnlyObject
87    } else {
88        // Mixed rlib with a dylib or cdylib whose parent is running LTO. This
89        // needs both: bitcode for the rlib (for LTO) and object code for the
90        // dylib.
91        Lto::ObjectAndBitcode
92    }
93}
94
95fn calculate(
96    bcx: &BuildContext<'_, '_>,
97    map: &mut HashMap<Unit, Lto>,
98    unit: &Unit,
99    parent_lto: Lto,
100) -> CargoResult<()> {
101    let crate_types = match unit.mode {
102        // Note: Doctest ignores LTO, but for now we'll compute it as-if it is
103        // a Bin, in case it is ever supported in the future.
104        CompileMode::Test | CompileMode::Doctest => vec![CrateType::Bin],
105        // Notes on other modes:
106        // - Check: Treat as the underlying type, it doesn't really matter.
107        // - Doc: LTO is N/A for the Doc unit itself since rustdoc does not
108        //   support codegen flags. We still compute the dependencies, which
109        //   are mostly `Check`.
110        // - RunCustomBuild is ignored because it is always "for_host".
111        _ => unit.target.rustc_crate_types(),
112    };
113    // LTO can only be performed if *all* of the crate types support it.
114    // For example, a cdylib/rlib combination won't allow LTO.
115    let all_lto_types = crate_types.iter().all(CrateType::can_lto);
116    // Compute the LTO based on the profile, and what our parent requires.
117    let lto = if unit.target.for_host() {
118        // Disable LTO for host builds since we only really want to perform LTO
119        // for the final binary, and LTO on plugins/build scripts/proc macros is
120        // largely not desired.
121        Lto::OnlyObject
122    } else if all_lto_types {
123        // Note that this ignores the `parent_lto` because this isn't a
124        // linkable crate type; this unit is not being embedded in the parent.
125        match unit.profile.lto {
126            profiles::Lto::Named(s) => Lto::Run(Some(s)),
127            profiles::Lto::Off => Lto::Off,
128            profiles::Lto::Bool(true) => Lto::Run(None),
129            profiles::Lto::Bool(false) => Lto::OnlyObject,
130        }
131    } else {
132        match (parent_lto, needs_object(&crate_types)) {
133            // An rlib whose parent is running LTO, we only need bitcode.
134            (Lto::Run(_), false) => Lto::OnlyBitcode,
135            // LTO when something needs object code.
136            (Lto::Run(_), true) | (Lto::OnlyBitcode, true) => lto_when_needs_object(&crate_types),
137            // LTO is disabled, continue to disable it.
138            (Lto::Off, _) => Lto::Off,
139            // If this doesn't have any requirements, or the requirements are
140            // already satisfied, then stay with our parent.
141            (_, false) | (Lto::OnlyObject, true) | (Lto::ObjectAndBitcode, true) => parent_lto,
142        }
143    };
144
145    // Merge the computed LTO. If this unit appears multiple times in the
146    // graph, the merge may expand the requirements.
147    let merged_lto = match map.entry(unit.clone()) {
148        // If we haven't seen this unit before then insert our value and keep
149        // going.
150        Entry::Vacant(v) => *v.insert(lto),
151
152        Entry::Occupied(mut v) => {
153            let result = match (lto, v.get()) {
154                // No change in requirements.
155                (Lto::OnlyBitcode, Lto::OnlyBitcode) => Lto::OnlyBitcode,
156                (Lto::OnlyObject, Lto::OnlyObject) => Lto::OnlyObject,
157
158                // Once we're running LTO we keep running LTO. We should always
159                // calculate the same thing here each iteration because if we
160                // see this twice then it means, for example, two unit tests
161                // depend on a binary, which is normal.
162                (Lto::Run(s), _) | (_, &Lto::Run(s)) => Lto::Run(s),
163
164                // Off means off! This has the same reasoning as `Lto::Run`.
165                (Lto::Off, _) | (_, Lto::Off) => Lto::Off,
166
167                // Once a target has requested both, that's the maximal amount
168                // of work that can be done, so we just keep doing that work.
169                (Lto::ObjectAndBitcode, _) | (_, Lto::ObjectAndBitcode) => Lto::ObjectAndBitcode,
170
171                // Upgrade so that both requirements can be met.
172                //
173                // This is where the trickiness happens. This unit needs
174                // bitcode and the previously calculated value for this unit
175                // says it didn't need bitcode (or vice versa). This means that
176                // we're a shared dependency between some targets which require
177                // LTO and some which don't. This means that instead of being
178                // either only-objects or only-bitcode we have to embed both in
179                // rlibs (used for different compilations), so we switch to
180                // including both.
181                (Lto::OnlyObject, Lto::OnlyBitcode) | (Lto::OnlyBitcode, Lto::OnlyObject) => {
182                    Lto::ObjectAndBitcode
183                }
184            };
185            // No need to recurse if we calculated the same value as before.
186            if result == *v.get() {
187                return Ok(());
188            }
189            v.insert(result);
190            result
191        }
192    };
193
194    for dep in &bcx.unit_graph[unit] {
195        calculate(bcx, map, &dep.unit, merged_lto)?;
196    }
197    Ok(())
198}