rust/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm
Sebastian Poeplau 868bdde25b Preserve the .debug_gdb_scripts section
Make sure that compiler and linker don't optimize the section's contents
away by adding the global holding the data to "llvm.used". The volatile
load in the main shim is retained because "llvm.used", which translates
to SHF_GNU_RETAIN on ELF targets, requires a reasonably recent linker;
emitting the volatile load ensures compatibility with older linkers, at
least when libstd is used.

Pretty printers in dylib dependencies are now emitted by the main crate
instead of the dylib; apart from matching how rlibs are handled, this
approach has the advantage that `omit_gdb_pretty_printer_section` keeps
working with dylib dependencies.
2025-08-05 10:55:07 +02:00
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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.