use asymmetric json roundtripping

this ensures roundtripping of stable and unstable values:
- backwards-compatible values can be deserialized, as well as the new
  unstable values
- unstable values are serialized.

Author: lqd

compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs

@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ impl LinkerFlavor {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the corresponding backwards-compatible CLI flavor.
     fn to_cli(self) -> LinkerFlavorCli {
         match self {
             LinkerFlavor::Gnu(Cc::Yes, _)
@@ -304,6 +305,20 @@ impl LinkerFlavor {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the modern CLI flavor that is the counterpart of this flavor.
+    fn to_cli_counterpart(self) -> LinkerFlavorCli {
+        match self {
+            LinkerFlavor::Gnu(cc, lld) => LinkerFlavorCli::Gnu(cc, lld),
+            LinkerFlavor::Darwin(cc, lld) => LinkerFlavorCli::Darwin(cc, lld),
+            LinkerFlavor::WasmLld(cc) => LinkerFlavorCli::WasmLld(cc),
+            LinkerFlavor::Unix(cc) => LinkerFlavorCli::Unix(cc),
+            LinkerFlavor::Msvc(lld) => LinkerFlavorCli::Msvc(lld),
+            LinkerFlavor::EmCc => LinkerFlavorCli::EmCc,
+            LinkerFlavor::Bpf => LinkerFlavorCli::Bpf,
+            LinkerFlavor::Ptx => LinkerFlavorCli::Ptx,
+        }
+    }
+
     fn infer_cli_hints(cli: LinkerFlavorCli) -> (Option<Cc>, Option<Lld>) {
         match cli {
             LinkerFlavorCli::Gnu(cc, lld) | LinkerFlavorCli::Darwin(cc, lld) => {
@@ -2270,7 +2285,7 @@ impl TargetOptions {
     }
 
     fn update_to_cli(&mut self) {
-        self.linker_flavor_json = self.linker_flavor.to_cli();
+        self.linker_flavor_json = self.linker_flavor.to_cli_counterpart();
         self.lld_flavor_json = self.linker_flavor.lld_flavor();
         self.linker_is_gnu_json = self.linker_flavor.is_gnu();
         for (args, args_json) in [