check that -Clinker-features=[-+]lld can only be used on x64 linux without -Zunstable-options

Author: lqd

compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs

@@ -440,6 +440,35 @@ impl LinkerFeaturesCli {
             _ => None,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Checks usage of unstable variants for linker features for the given `target_tuple`.
+    /// Returns `Ok` if no unstable variants are used.
+    pub(crate) fn check_unstable_variants(&self, target_tuple: &TargetTuple) -> Result<(), String> {
+        let mentioned_features = self.enabled.union(self.disabled);
+        let has_lld = mentioned_features.is_lld_enabled();
+
+        // Check that -Clinker-features=[-+]lld is not used anywhere else than on x64
+        // without -Zunstable-options.
+        if has_lld && target_tuple.tuple() != "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" {
+            return Err(format!(
+                "`-C linker-features` with lld are unstable for the `{target_tuple}` target, \
+the `-Z unstable-options` flag must also be passed to use it on this target",
+            ));
+        }
+
+        for feature in LinkerFeatures::all() {
+            // Check that no other features were enabled without -Zunstable-options
+            // Note that this should currently be unreachable, because the `-Clinker-features` parser
+            // currently only accepts lld.
+            if feature != LinkerFeatures::LLD && mentioned_features.contains(feature) {
+                return Err("`-C linker-features` is stable only for the lld feature, \
+the`-Z unstable-options` flag must also be passed to use it with other features"
+                    .to_string());
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 /// Used with `-Z assert-incr-state`.
@@ -2601,9 +2630,8 @@ pub fn build_session_options(early_dcx: &mut EarlyDiagCtxt, matches: &getopts::M
         }
     }
 
-    if !nightly_options::is_unstable_enabled(matches)
-        && cg.force_frame_pointers == FramePointer::NonLeaf
-    {
+    let unstable_options_enabled = nightly_options::is_unstable_enabled(matches);
+    if !unstable_options_enabled && cg.force_frame_pointers == FramePointer::NonLeaf {
         early_dcx.early_fatal(
             "`-Cforce-frame-pointers=non-leaf` or `always` also requires `-Zunstable-options` \
                 and a nightly compiler",
@@ -2613,7 +2641,7 @@ pub fn build_session_options(early_dcx: &mut EarlyDiagCtxt, matches: &getopts::M
     // For testing purposes, until we have more feedback about these options: ensure `-Z
     // unstable-options` is required when using the unstable `-C link-self-contained` and `-C
     // linker-flavor` options.
-    if !nightly_options::is_unstable_enabled(matches) {
+    if !unstable_options_enabled {
         let uses_unstable_self_contained_option =
             cg.link_self_contained.are_unstable_variants_set();
         if uses_unstable_self_contained_option {
@@ -2661,6 +2689,12 @@ pub fn build_session_options(early_dcx: &mut EarlyDiagCtxt, matches: &getopts::M
     let debuginfo = select_debuginfo(matches, &cg);
     let debuginfo_compression = unstable_opts.debuginfo_compression;
 
+    if !unstable_options_enabled {
+        if let Err(error) = cg.linker_features.check_unstable_variants(&target_triple) {
+            early_dcx.early_fatal(error);
+        }
+    }
+
     let crate_name = matches.opt_str("crate-name");
     let unstable_features = UnstableFeatures::from_environment(crate_name.as_deref());
     // Parse any `-l` flags, which link to native libraries.

tests/run-make/rust-lld-custom-target/rmake.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ fn main() {
             .crate_type("cdylib")
             .target("custom-target.json")
             .arg("-Clinker-features=-lld")
+            .arg("-Zunstable-options")
             .input("lib.rs"),
     );
 }

tests/ui/linking/linker-features-lld-disallowed-target.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Check that -CLinker-features=[+-]lld can only be used on x64.
+//
+//@ check-fail
+//@ compile-flags: --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl -C linker-features=-lld --crate-type=rlib
+//@ needs-llvm-components: x86
+
+#![feature(no_core)]
+#![no_core]

tests/ui/linking/linker-features-lld-disallowed-target.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+error: `-C linker-features` with lld are unstable for the `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl target, ` the `-Z unstable-options` flag must also be passed to use it on this target
+

tests/ui/linking/linker-features-unstable-cc.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Check that -CLinker-features with anything else than lld requires -Zunstable-options.
+//
+//@ check-fail
+//@ compile-flags: --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -C linker-features=+cc --crate-type=rlib
+//@ needs-llvm-components: x86
+
+#![feature(no_core)]
+#![no_core]

tests/ui/linking/linker-features-unstable-cc.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+error: incorrect value `+cc` for codegen option `linker-features` - a list of enabled (`+` prefix) and disabled (`-` prefix) features: `lld` was expected
+