Do not lose or reorder user-provided linker arguments

Author: petrochenkov

src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/link.rs

@@ -505,10 +505,7 @@ fn link_natively<'a, B: ArchiveBuilder<'a>>(
             cmd.args(args);
         }
     }
-    if let Some(ref args) = sess.opts.debugging_opts.pre_link_args {
-        cmd.args(args);
-    }
-    cmd.args(&sess.opts.debugging_opts.pre_link_arg);
+    cmd.args(&sess.opts.debugging_opts.pre_link_args);
 
     if sess.target.target.options.is_like_fuchsia {
         let prefix = match sess.opts.debugging_opts.sanitizer {
@@ -1302,18 +1299,17 @@ fn link_args<'a, B: ArchiveBuilder<'a>>(
         cmd.gc_sections(keep_metadata);
     }
 
-    let used_link_args = &codegen_results.crate_info.link_args;
+    let attr_link_args = codegen_results.crate_info.link_args.iter();
+    let user_link_args: Vec<_> =
+        sess.opts.cg.link_args.iter().chain(attr_link_args).cloned().collect();
 
     if crate_type == config::CrateType::Executable {
         let mut position_independent_executable = false;
 
         if t.options.position_independent_executables {
-            let empty_vec = Vec::new();
-            let args = sess.opts.cg.link_args.as_ref().unwrap_or(&empty_vec);
-            let more_args = &sess.opts.cg.link_arg;
-            let mut args = args.iter().chain(more_args.iter()).chain(used_link_args.iter());
-
-            if is_pic(sess) && !sess.crt_static(Some(crate_type)) && !args.any(|x| *x == "-static")
+            if is_pic(sess)
+                && !sess.crt_static(Some(crate_type))
+                && !user_link_args.iter().any(|x| x == "-static")
             {
                 position_independent_executable = true;
             }
@@ -1444,11 +1440,7 @@ fn link_args<'a, B: ArchiveBuilder<'a>>(
 
     // Finally add all the linker arguments provided on the command line along
     // with any #[link_args] attributes found inside the crate
-    if let Some(ref args) = sess.opts.cg.link_args {
-        cmd.args(args);
-    }
-    cmd.args(&sess.opts.cg.link_arg);
-    cmd.args(&used_link_args);
+    cmd.args(&user_link_args);
 }
 
 // # Native library linking

src/librustc_interface/tests.rs

@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ fn test_codegen_options_tracking_hash() {
     opts.cg.linker = Some(PathBuf::from("linker"));
     assert_eq!(reference.dep_tracking_hash(), opts.dep_tracking_hash());
 
-    opts.cg.link_args = Some(vec![String::from("abc"), String::from("def")]);
+    opts.cg.link_args = vec![String::from("abc"), String::from("def")];
     assert_eq!(reference.dep_tracking_hash(), opts.dep_tracking_hash());
 
     opts.cg.link_dead_code = true;

src/librustc_session/options.rs

@@ -296,9 +296,17 @@ macro_rules! options {
         use std::path::PathBuf;
         use std::str::FromStr;
 
+        // Sometimes different options need to build a common structure.
+        // That structure can kept in one of the options' fields, the others become dummy.
+        macro_rules! redirect_field {
+            ($cg:ident.link_arg) => { $cg.link_args };
+            ($cg:ident.pre_link_arg) => { $cg.pre_link_args };
+            ($cg:ident.$field:ident) => { $cg.$field };
+        }
+
         $(
             pub fn $opt(cg: &mut $struct_name, v: Option<&str>) -> bool {
-                $parse(&mut cg.$opt, v)
+                $parse(&mut redirect_field!(cg.$opt), v)
             }
         )*
 
@@ -643,9 +651,9 @@ options! {CodegenOptions, CodegenSetter, basic_codegen_options,
         "this option is deprecated and does nothing"),
     linker: Option<PathBuf> = (None, parse_opt_pathbuf, [UNTRACKED],
         "system linker to link outputs with"),
-    link_arg: Vec<String> = (vec![], parse_string_push, [UNTRACKED],
+    link_arg: (/* redirected to link_args */) = ((), parse_string_push, [UNTRACKED],
         "a single extra argument to append to the linker invocation (can be used several times)"),
-    link_args: Option<Vec<String>> = (None, parse_opt_list, [UNTRACKED],
+    link_args: Vec<String> = (Vec::new(), parse_list, [UNTRACKED],
         "extra arguments to append to the linker invocation (space separated)"),
     link_dead_code: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
         "don't let linker strip dead code (turning it on can be used for code coverage)"),
@@ -876,9 +884,9 @@ options! {DebuggingOptions, DebuggingSetter, basic_debugging_options,
         "make rustc print the total optimization fuel used by a crate"),
     force_unstable_if_unmarked: bool = (false, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
         "force all crates to be `rustc_private` unstable"),
-    pre_link_arg: Vec<String> = (vec![], parse_string_push, [UNTRACKED],
+    pre_link_arg: (/* redirected to pre_link_args */) = ((), parse_string_push, [UNTRACKED],
         "a single extra argument to prepend the linker invocation (can be used several times)"),
-    pre_link_args: Option<Vec<String>> = (None, parse_opt_list, [UNTRACKED],
+    pre_link_args: Vec<String> = (Vec::new(), parse_list, [UNTRACKED],
         "extra arguments to prepend to the linker invocation (space separated)"),
     profile: bool = (false, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
                      "insert profiling code"),

src/test/run-make-fulldeps/link-args-order/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# ignore-msvc
+
+-include ../tools.mk
+
+RUSTC_FLAGS = -C linker-flavor=ld -C link-arg=a -C link-args="b c" -C link-args="d e" -C link-arg=f
+RUSTC_FLAGS_PRE = -C linker-flavor=ld -Z pre-link-arg=a -Z pre-link-args="b c" -Z pre-link-args="d e" -Z pre-link-arg=f
+
+all:
+	$(RUSTC) $(RUSTC_FLAGS) empty.rs 2>&1 | $(CGREP) '"a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g"'
+	$(RUSTC) $(RUSTC_FLAGS_PRE) empty.rs 2>&1 | $(CGREP) '"a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f"'

src/test/run-make-fulldeps/link-args-order/empty.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#![feature(link_args)]
+
+#[link_args = "g"]
+extern "C" {}
+
+fn main() {}