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#![no_builtins] should prevent a crate from participating in LTO #35540

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Amanieu opened this issue Aug 9, 2016 · 2 comments · Fixed by #35637
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#![no_builtins] should prevent a crate from participating in LTO #35540

Amanieu opened this issue Aug 9, 2016 · 2 comments · Fixed by #35637

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Amanieu commented Aug 9, 2016

This attribute is needed to prevent LLVM from optimizing a memcpy implementation into a recursive call. However this attribute is not preserved in LTO builds: the attribute only works if it is set at the top-level crate.

Since crates containing implementations of built-in functions aren't meant to be called directly, they don't benefit from LTO and should be linked as a separate object.

One workaround (using rlibc as an example) is to first compile a rlibc_inner crate as a staticlib with #![no_builtins], and then compile the rlibc crate as a rlib which links to rlibc_inner.a.

cc #31544 @alexcrichton @japaric

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japaric commented Aug 13, 2016

OK, I looked at the code around LTO and I think I know how to implement this. Will implement it and report back.

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japaric commented Aug 13, 2016

It works! I'll send a PR.

japaric pushed a commit to japaric/rust that referenced this issue Aug 13, 2016
this prevents intrinsics like `memcpy` from being mis-optimized to
infinite recursive calls when LTO is used.

fixes rust-lang#31544
closes rust-lang#35540
bors added a commit that referenced this issue Aug 16, 2016
exclude `#![no_builtins]` crates from LTO

this prevents intrinsics like `memcpy` from being mis-optimized to
infinite recursive calls when LTO is used.

fixes #31544
closes #35540

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r? @alexcrichton
cc @Amanieu
matthiaskrgr added a commit to matthiaskrgr/rust that referenced this issue Jul 18, 2023
…, r=pnkfelix

Add the `no-builtins` attribute to functions when `no_builtins` is applied at the crate level.

**When `no_builtins` is applied at the crate level, we should add the `no-builtins` attribute to each function to ensure it takes effect in LTO.**

This is also the reason why no_builtins does not take effect in LTO as mentioned in rust-lang#35540.

Now, `#![no_builtins]` should be similar to `-fno-builtin` in clang/gcc, see https://clang.godbolt.org/z/z4j6Wsod5.

Next, we should make `#![no_builtins]` participate in LTO again. That makes sense, as LTO also takes into consideration function-level instruction optimizations, such as the MachineOutliner. More importantly, when a user writes a large `#![no_builtins]` crate, they would like this crate to participate in LTO as well.

We should also add a function-level no_builtins attribute to allow users to have more control over it. This is similar to Clang's `__attribute__((no_builtin))` feature, see https://clang.godbolt.org/z/Wod6KK6eq. Before implementing this feature, maybe we should discuss whether to support more fine-grained control, such as `__attribute__((no_builtin("memcpy")))`.

Related discussions:
- rust-lang#109821
- rust-lang#35540

Next (a separate pull request?):
- [ ] Revert rust-lang#35637
- [ ] Add a function-level `no_builtin` attribute?
matthiaskrgr added a commit to matthiaskrgr/rust that referenced this issue Jul 18, 2023
…, r=pnkfelix

Add the `no-builtins` attribute to functions when `no_builtins` is applied at the crate level.

**When `no_builtins` is applied at the crate level, we should add the `no-builtins` attribute to each function to ensure it takes effect in LTO.**

This is also the reason why no_builtins does not take effect in LTO as mentioned in rust-lang#35540.

Now, `#![no_builtins]` should be similar to `-fno-builtin` in clang/gcc, see https://clang.godbolt.org/z/z4j6Wsod5.

Next, we should make `#![no_builtins]` participate in LTO again. That makes sense, as LTO also takes into consideration function-level instruction optimizations, such as the MachineOutliner. More importantly, when a user writes a large `#![no_builtins]` crate, they would like this crate to participate in LTO as well.

We should also add a function-level no_builtins attribute to allow users to have more control over it. This is similar to Clang's `__attribute__((no_builtin))` feature, see https://clang.godbolt.org/z/Wod6KK6eq. Before implementing this feature, maybe we should discuss whether to support more fine-grained control, such as `__attribute__((no_builtin("memcpy")))`.

Related discussions:
- rust-lang#109821
- rust-lang#35540

Next (a separate pull request?):
- [ ] Revert rust-lang#35637
- [ ] Add a function-level `no_builtin` attribute?
GuillaumeGomez added a commit to GuillaumeGomez/rust that referenced this issue Jul 18, 2023
…, r=pnkfelix

Add the `no-builtins` attribute to functions when `no_builtins` is applied at the crate level.

**When `no_builtins` is applied at the crate level, we should add the `no-builtins` attribute to each function to ensure it takes effect in LTO.**

This is also the reason why no_builtins does not take effect in LTO as mentioned in rust-lang#35540.

Now, `#![no_builtins]` should be similar to `-fno-builtin` in clang/gcc, see https://clang.godbolt.org/z/z4j6Wsod5.

Next, we should make `#![no_builtins]` participate in LTO again. That makes sense, as LTO also takes into consideration function-level instruction optimizations, such as the MachineOutliner. More importantly, when a user writes a large `#![no_builtins]` crate, they would like this crate to participate in LTO as well.

We should also add a function-level no_builtins attribute to allow users to have more control over it. This is similar to Clang's `__attribute__((no_builtin))` feature, see https://clang.godbolt.org/z/Wod6KK6eq. Before implementing this feature, maybe we should discuss whether to support more fine-grained control, such as `__attribute__((no_builtin("memcpy")))`.

Related discussions:
- rust-lang#109821
- rust-lang#35540

Next (a separate pull request?):
- [ ] Revert rust-lang#35637
- [ ] Add a function-level `no_builtin` attribute?
Dylan-DPC added a commit to Dylan-DPC/rust that referenced this issue Jul 19, 2023
…, r=pnkfelix

Add the `no-builtins` attribute to functions when `no_builtins` is applied at the crate level.

**When `no_builtins` is applied at the crate level, we should add the `no-builtins` attribute to each function to ensure it takes effect in LTO.**

This is also the reason why no_builtins does not take effect in LTO as mentioned in rust-lang#35540.

Now, `#![no_builtins]` should be similar to `-fno-builtin` in clang/gcc, see https://clang.godbolt.org/z/z4j6Wsod5.

Next, we should make `#![no_builtins]` participate in LTO again. That makes sense, as LTO also takes into consideration function-level instruction optimizations, such as the MachineOutliner. More importantly, when a user writes a large `#![no_builtins]` crate, they would like this crate to participate in LTO as well.

We should also add a function-level no_builtins attribute to allow users to have more control over it. This is similar to Clang's `__attribute__((no_builtin))` feature, see https://clang.godbolt.org/z/Wod6KK6eq. Before implementing this feature, maybe we should discuss whether to support more fine-grained control, such as `__attribute__((no_builtin("memcpy")))`.

Related discussions:
- rust-lang#109821
- rust-lang#35540

Next (a separate pull request?):
- [ ] Revert rust-lang#35637
- [ ] Add a function-level `no_builtin` attribute?
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