remove support for the (unstable) #[start] attribute
As explained by `@Noratrieb:`
`#[start]` should be deleted. It's nothing but an accidentally leaked implementation detail that's a not very useful mix between "portable" entrypoint logic and bad abstraction.
I think the way the stable user-facing entrypoint should work (and works today on stable) is pretty simple:
- `std`-using cross-platform programs should use `fn main()`. the compiler, together with `std`, will then ensure that code ends up at `main` (by having a platform-specific entrypoint that gets directed through `lang_start` in `std` to `main` - but that's just an implementation detail)
- `no_std` platform-specific programs should use `#![no_main]` and define their own platform-specific entrypoint symbol with `#[no_mangle]`, like `main`, `_start`, `WinMain` or `my_embedded_platform_wants_to_start_here`. most of them only support a single platform anyways, and need cfg for the different platform's ways of passing arguments or other things *anyways*
`#[start]` is in a super weird position of being neither of those two. It tries to pretend that it's cross-platform, but its signature is a total lie. Those arguments are just stubbed out to zero on ~~Windows~~ wasm, for example. It also only handles the platform-specific entrypoints for a few platforms that are supported by `std`, like Windows or Unix-likes. `my_embedded_platform_wants_to_start_here` can't use it, and neither could a libc-less Linux program.
So we have an attribute that only works in some cases anyways, that has a signature that's a total lie (and a signature that, as I might want to add, has changed recently, and that I definitely would not be comfortable giving *any* stability guarantees on), and where there's a pretty easy way to get things working without it in the first place.
Note that this feature has **not** been RFCed in the first place.
*This comment was posted [in May](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/29633#issuecomment-2088596042) and so far nobody spoke up in that issue with a usecase that would require keeping the attribute.*
Closes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/29633
try-job: x86_64-gnu-nopt
try-job: x86_64-msvc-1
try-job: x86_64-msvc-2
try-job: test-various
Treat other items as functions for the purpose of type-based search
specifically, constants and statics are nullary functions, and struct fields are unary functions.
fixes#130204
r? ``@notriddle``
constants and statics are nullary functions, and struct fields are unary functions.
functions (along with methods and trait methods) are prioritized over other
items, like fields and constants.
This incorporates all the backwards-compatible changes for the 2024
Edition. There will also be a follow-on PR to land revisions to the new
chapter on async so it can be as ready as possible when officially
released with 1.85 and the 2024 Edition.
Additionally, there are a few other, non-backward-compatible, changes
(largely around `use<..>`) we can only land using the stable edition,
which we may or may not be able to land in 1.85 by using the beta
toolchain in the example code. Those may or may not be ported over,
depending on how that does or does not play with the infrastructure.
add `-Zmin-function-alignment`
tracking issue: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/82232
This PR adds the `-Zmin-function-alignment=<align>` flag, that specifies a minimum alignment for all* functions.
### Motivation
This feature is requested by RfL [here](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/128830):
> i.e. the equivalents of `-fmin-function-alignment` ([GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html#index-fmin-function-alignment_003dn), Clang does not support it) / `-falign-functions` ([GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html#index-falign-functions), [Clang](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangCommandLineReference.html#cmdoption-clang1-falign-functions)).
>
> For the Linux kernel, the behavior wanted is that of GCC's `-fmin-function-alignment` and Clang's `-falign-functions`, i.e. align all functions, including cold functions.
>
> There is [`feature(fn_align)`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/82232), but we need to do it globally.
### Behavior
The `fn_align` feature does not have an RFC. It was decided at the time that it would not be necessary, but maybe we feel differently about that now? In any case, here are the semantics of this flag:
- `-Zmin-function-alignment=<align>` specifies the minimum alignment of all* functions
- the `#[repr(align(<align>))]` attribute can be used to override the function alignment on a per-function basis: when `-Zmin-function-alignment` is specified, the attribute's value is only used when it is higher than the value passed to `-Zmin-function-alignment`.
- the target may decide to use a higher value (e.g. on x86_64 the minimum that LLVM generates is 16)
- The highest supported alignment in rust is `2^29`: I checked a bunch of targets, and they all emit the `.p2align 29` directive for targets that align functions at all (some GPU stuff does not have function alignment).
*: Only with `build-std` would the minimum alignment also be applied to `std` functions.
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cc `@ojeda`
r? `@workingjubilee` you were active on the tracking issue
Rollup of 3 pull requests
Successful merges:
- #134898 (Make it easier to run CI jobs locally)
- #135195 (Make `lit_to_mir_constant` and `lit_to_const` infallible)
- #135261 (Account for identity substituted items in symbol mangling)
r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
Make it easier to run CI jobs locally
This PR extends the Python CI script to perform a poor man's CI-like execution of a given CI job locally. It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing.
r? `@jieyouxu`
Add new `{x86_64,i686}-win7-windows-gnu` targets
These are in symmetry with `{x86_64,i686}-win7-windows-msvc`.
> ## Tier 3 target policy
>
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>
> A proposed new tier 3 target must be reviewed and approved by a member of the
> compiler team based on these requirements. The reviewer may choose to gauge
> broader compiler team consensus via a [Major Change Proposal (MCP)][https://forge.rust-lang.org/compiler/mcp.html].
>
> A proposed target or target-specific patch that substantially changes code
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This is me, `@tbu-` on github.
> - Targets must use naming consistent with any existing targets; for instance, a
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> diverge. Changing the name of a target can be highly disruptive, especially
> once the target reaches a higher tier, so getting the name right is important
> even for a tier 3 target.
> - Target names should not introduce undue confusion or ambiguity unless
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> Periods (`.`) are known to cause issues in Cargo.
Consistent with `{x86_64,i686}-win7-windows-msvc`, see also #118150.
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AFAICT, it's the same legal situation as the tier 1 `{x86_64,i686}-pc-windows-gnu`.
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Understood.
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This target supports the whole libstd surface, since it's essentially reusing all of the x86_64-pc-windows-gnu target. Understood.
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I tried to write some documentation on that.
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Understood.
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Understood.
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Understood.
r? compiler-team
Add support for wasm exception handling to Emscripten target
This is a draft because we need some additional setting for the Emscripten target to select between the old exception handling and the new exception handling. I don't know how to add a setting like that, would appreciate advice from Rust folks. We could maybe choose to use the new exception handling if `Ctarget-feature=+exception-handling` is passed? I tried this but I get errors from llvm so I'm not doing it right.
add m68k-unknown-none-elf target
r? `@workingjubilee`
The existing `m68k-unknown-linux-gnu` target builds `std` by default, requires atomics, and has a base cpu with an fpu. A smaller/more embedded target is desirable both to have a baseline target for the ISA, as well to make debugging easier for working on the llvm backend. Currently this target is using the `M68010` as the minimum CPU due, but as missing features are merged into the `M68k` llvm backend I am hoping to lower this further.
I have been able to build very small crates using a toolchain built against this target (together with a later version of `object`) using the configuration described in the target platform-support documentation, although getting anything of substantial complexity to build quickly hits errors in the llvm backend
Target: Add mips mti baremetal support
Do the same thing as gcc, which use the vendor `mti` to mark the toolchain as MIPS32r2 default.
We support both big endian and little endian flavor:
mips-mti-none-elf
mipsel-mti-none-elf
Add UWP (msvc) target support page
- Added Platform Support page for `x86_64-uwp-windows-msvc`, `i686-uwp-windows-msvc`, `thumbv7a-uwp-windows-msvc` and `aarch64-uwp-windows-msvc`
- Adding myself as a maintainer
- Removing the ticks for `thumbv7a-pc-windows-msvc` and `thumbv7a-uwp-windows-msvc` as they do not currently build due to #134565 and https://github.com/rust-lang/backtrace-rs/pull/685
- Fixed a few minor issues to let most of the UWP targets compile
- Happy new year to all!
r? jieyouxu
Do the same thing as gcc, which use the vendor `mti` to mark
the toolchain as MIPS32r2 default.
We support both big endian and little endian flavor:
mips-mti-none-elf
mipsel-mti-none-elf
