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Set the dead_on_return attribute (added in LLVM 21) for arguments that are passed indirectly, but not byval. This indicates that the value of the argument on return does not matter, enabling additional dead store elimination.
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.