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This implements a new unstable compiler flag `-Zannotate-moves` that makes
move and copy operations visible in profilers by creating synthetic debug
information. This is achieved with zero runtime cost by manipulating debug
info scopes to make moves/copies appear as calls to `compiler_move<T, SIZE>`
and `compiler_copy<T, SIZE>` marker functions in profiling tools.
This allows developers to identify expensive move/copy operations in their
code using standard profiling tools, without requiring specialized tooling
or runtime instrumentation.
The implementation works at codegen time. When processing MIR operands
(`Operand::Move` and `Operand::Copy`), the codegen creates an `OperandRef`
with an optional `move_annotation` field containing an `Instance` of the
appropriate profiling marker function. When storing the operand,
`store_with_annotation()` wraps the store operation in a synthetic debug
scope that makes it appear inlined from the marker.
Two marker functions (`compiler_move` and `compiler_copy`) are defined
in `library/core/src/profiling.rs`. These are never actually called -
they exist solely as debug info anchors.
Operations are only annotated if the type:
- Meets the size threshold (default: 65 bytes, configurable via
`-Zannotate-moves=SIZE`)
- Has a non-scalar backend representation (scalars use registers,
not memcpy)
This has a very small size impact on object file size. With the default
limit it's well under 0.1%, and even with a very small limit of 8 bytes
it's still ~1.5%. This could be enabled by default.
The codegen crate contains the code to convert from MIR into LLVM IR,
and then from LLVM IR into machine code. In general it contains code
that runs towards the end of the compilation process.
For more information about how codegen works, see the rustc dev guide.