Preserve the .debug_gdb_scripts section

compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/debuginfo.rs

@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> DebugInfoCodegenMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
         // TODO(antoyo): implement.
     }
 
-    fn debuginfo_finalize(&self) {
+    fn debuginfo_finalize(&mut self) {
+        // TODO: emit section `.debug_gdb_scripts`.
         self.context.set_debug_info(true)
     }
 

compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs

@@ -109,11 +109,16 @@ pub(crate) fn compile_codegen_unit(
             }
 
             // Finalize code coverage by injecting the coverage map. Note, the coverage map will
-            // also be added to the `llvm.compiler.used` variable, created next.
+            // also be added to the `llvm.compiler.used` variable, created below.
             if cx.sess().instrument_coverage() {
                 cx.coverageinfo_finalize();
             }
 
+            // Finalize debuginfo. This adds to `llvm.used`, created below.
+            if cx.sess().opts.debuginfo != DebugInfo::None {
+                cx.debuginfo_finalize();
+            }
+
             // Create the llvm.used and llvm.compiler.used variables.
             if !cx.used_statics.is_empty() {
                 cx.create_used_variable_impl(c"llvm.used", &cx.used_statics);
@@ -130,11 +135,6 @@ pub(crate) fn compile_codegen_unit(
                     llvm::LLVMDeleteGlobal(old_g);
                 }
             }
-
-            // Finalize debuginfo
-            if cx.sess().opts.debuginfo != DebugInfo::None {
-                cx.debuginfo_finalize();
-            }
         }
 
         ModuleCodegen::new_regular(cgu_name.to_string(), llvm_module)

compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/debuginfo/gdb.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // .debug_gdb_scripts binary section.
 
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::base::collect_debugger_visualizers_transitive;
+use std::collections::BTreeSet;
+use std::ffi::CString;
+
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::*;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::LOCAL_CRATE;
 use rustc_middle::bug;
 use rustc_middle::middle::debugger_visualizer::DebuggerVisualizerType;
-use rustc_session::config::{CrateType, DebugInfo};
+use rustc_session::config::DebugInfo;
 
 use crate::builder::Builder;
 use crate::common::CodegenCx;
@@ -31,7 +33,12 @@ pub(crate) fn insert_reference_to_gdb_debug_scripts_section_global(bx: &mut Buil
 pub(crate) fn get_or_insert_gdb_debug_scripts_section_global<'ll>(
     cx: &CodegenCx<'ll, '_>,
 ) -> &'ll Value {
-    let c_section_var_name = c"__rustc_debug_gdb_scripts_section__";
+    let c_section_var_name = CString::new(format!(
+        "__rustc_debug_gdb_scripts_section_{}_{:08x}",
+        cx.tcx.crate_name(LOCAL_CRATE),
+        cx.tcx.stable_crate_id(LOCAL_CRATE),
+    ))
+    .unwrap();
     let section_var_name = c_section_var_name.to_str().unwrap();
 
     let section_var = unsafe { llvm::LLVMGetNamedGlobal(cx.llmod, c_section_var_name.as_ptr()) };
@@ -44,10 +51,14 @@ pub(crate) fn get_or_insert_gdb_debug_scripts_section_global<'ll>(
 
         // Next, add the pretty printers that were specified via the `#[debugger_visualizer]`
         // attribute.
-        let visualizers = collect_debugger_visualizers_transitive(
-            cx.tcx,
-            DebuggerVisualizerType::GdbPrettyPrinter,
-        );
+        let visualizers = cx
+            .tcx
+            .debugger_visualizers(LOCAL_CRATE)
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|visualizer| {
+                visualizer.visualizer_type == DebuggerVisualizerType::GdbPrettyPrinter
+            })
+            .collect::<BTreeSet<_>>();
         let crate_name = cx.tcx.crate_name(LOCAL_CRATE);
         for (index, visualizer) in visualizers.iter().enumerate() {
             // The initial byte `4` instructs GDB that the following pretty printer
@@ -84,35 +95,5 @@ pub(crate) fn get_or_insert_gdb_debug_scripts_section_global<'ll>(
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn needs_gdb_debug_scripts_section(cx: &CodegenCx<'_, '_>) -> bool {
-    // To ensure the section `__rustc_debug_gdb_scripts_section__` will not create
-    // ODR violations at link time, this section will not be emitted for rlibs since
-    // each rlib could produce a different set of visualizers that would be embedded
-    // in the `.debug_gdb_scripts` section. For that reason, we make sure that the
-    // section is only emitted for leaf crates.
-    let embed_visualizers = cx.tcx.crate_types().iter().any(|&crate_type| match crate_type {
-        CrateType::Executable
-        | CrateType::Dylib
-        | CrateType::Cdylib
-        | CrateType::Staticlib
-        | CrateType::Sdylib => {
-            // These are crate types for which we will embed pretty printers since they
-            // are treated as leaf crates.
-            true
-        }
-        CrateType::ProcMacro => {
-            // We could embed pretty printers for proc macro crates too but it does not
-            // seem like a good default, since this is a rare use case and we don't
-            // want to slow down the common case.
-            false
-        }
-        CrateType::Rlib => {
-            // As per the above description, embedding pretty printers for rlibs could
-            // lead to ODR violations so we skip this crate type as well.
-            false
-        }
-    });
-
-    cx.sess().opts.debuginfo != DebugInfo::None
-        && cx.sess().target.emit_debug_gdb_scripts
-        && embed_visualizers
+    cx.sess().opts.debuginfo != DebugInfo::None && cx.sess().target.emit_debug_gdb_scripts
 }

compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/debuginfo/mod.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use tracing::debug;
 
 use self::metadata::{UNKNOWN_COLUMN_NUMBER, UNKNOWN_LINE_NUMBER, file_metadata, type_di_node};
 use self::namespace::mangled_name_of_instance;
-use self::utils::{DIB, create_DIArray, is_node_local_to_unit};
+use self::utils::{DIB, create_DIArray, debug_context, is_node_local_to_unit};
 use crate::builder::Builder;
 use crate::common::{AsCCharPtr, CodegenCx};
 use crate::llvm;
@@ -131,20 +131,28 @@ impl<'ll, 'tcx> CodegenUnitDebugContext<'ll, 'tcx> {
 }
 
 /// Creates any deferred debug metadata nodes
-pub(crate) fn finalize(cx: &CodegenCx<'_, '_>) {
-    if let Some(dbg_cx) = &cx.dbg_cx {
-        debug!("finalize");
-
-        if gdb::needs_gdb_debug_scripts_section(cx) {
-            // Add a .debug_gdb_scripts section to this compile-unit. This will
-            // cause GDB to try and load the gdb_load_rust_pretty_printers.py file,
-            // which activates the Rust pretty printers for binary this section is
-            // contained in.
-            gdb::get_or_insert_gdb_debug_scripts_section_global(cx);
-        }
+pub(crate) fn finalize(cx: &mut CodegenCx<'_, '_>) {
+    if cx.dbg_cx.is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    debug!("finalize");
 
-        dbg_cx.finalize(cx.sess());
+    if gdb::needs_gdb_debug_scripts_section(cx) {
+        // Add a .debug_gdb_scripts section to this compile-unit. This will
+        // cause GDB to try and load the gdb_load_rust_pretty_printers.py file,
+        // which activates the Rust pretty printers for binary this section is
+        // contained in.
+        let section_var = gdb::get_or_insert_gdb_debug_scripts_section_global(cx);
+
+        // Make sure that the linker doesn't optimize the global away. Adding
+        // it to `llvm.used` has the advantage that it works even in no_std
+        // binaries, where we don't have a main shim and thus don't emit a
+        // volatile load to preserve the global.
+        cx.add_used_global(section_var);
     }
+
+    debug_context(cx).finalize(cx.sess());
 }
 
 impl<'ll> Builder<'_, 'll, '_> {
@@ -614,7 +622,7 @@ impl<'ll, 'tcx> DebugInfoCodegenMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx> {
         metadata::extend_scope_to_file(self, scope_metadata, file)
     }
 
-    fn debuginfo_finalize(&self) {
+    fn debuginfo_finalize(&mut self) {
         finalize(self)
     }
 

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/debuginfo.rs

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub trait DebugInfoCodegenMethods<'tcx>: BackendTypes {
         scope_metadata: Self::DIScope,
         file: &SourceFile,
     ) -> Self::DIScope;
-    fn debuginfo_finalize(&self);
+    fn debuginfo_finalize(&mut self);
 
     // FIXME(eddyb) find a common convention for all of the debuginfo-related
     // names (choose between `dbg`, `debug`, `debuginfo`, `debug_info` etc.).

tests/codegen-llvm/gdb_debug_script_load.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #![feature(lang_items)]
 #![no_std]
 
+// CHECK: @llvm.used = {{.+}} @__rustc_debug_gdb_scripts_section
+
 #[panic_handler]
 fn panic_handler(_: &core::panic::PanicInfo) -> ! {
     loop {}
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ extern "C" fn rust_eh_personality() {
 // Needs rustc to generate `main` as that's where the magic load is inserted.
 // IOW, we cannot write this test with `#![no_main]`.
 // CHECK-LABEL: @main
-// CHECK: load volatile i8, {{.+}} @__rustc_debug_gdb_scripts_section__
+// CHECK: load volatile i8, {{.+}} @__rustc_debug_gdb_scripts_section
 
 #[lang = "start"]
 fn lang_start<T: 'static>(

tests/run-make/symbols-all-mangled/rmake.rs

@@ -35,13 +35,7 @@ fn symbols_check_archive(path: &str) {
             continue; // All compiler-builtins symbols must remain unmangled
         }
 
-        if name.contains("rust_eh_personality") {
-            continue; // Unfortunately LLVM doesn't allow us to mangle this symbol
-        }
-
-        if name.contains(".llvm.") {
-            // Starting in LLVM 21 we get various implementation-detail functions which
-            // contain .llvm. that are not a problem.
+        if symbol_ok_everywhere(name) {
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -71,13 +65,7 @@ fn symbols_check(path: &str) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        if name.contains("rust_eh_personality") {
-            continue; // Unfortunately LLVM doesn't allow us to mangle this symbol
-        }
-
-        if name.contains(".llvm.") {
-            // Starting in LLVM 21 we get various implementation-detail functions which
-            // contain .llvm. that are not a problem.
+        if symbol_ok_everywhere(name) {
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -88,3 +76,22 @@ fn symbols_check(path: &str) {
 fn strip_underscore_if_apple(symbol: &str) -> &str {
     if cfg!(target_vendor = "apple") { symbol.strip_prefix("_").unwrap() } else { symbol }
 }
+
+fn symbol_ok_everywhere(name: &str) -> bool {
+    if name.contains("rust_eh_personality") {
+        return true; // Unfortunately LLVM doesn't allow us to mangle this symbol
+    }
+
+    if name.contains(".llvm.") {
+        // Starting in LLVM 21 we get various implementation-detail functions which
+        // contain .llvm. that are not a problem.
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if name.starts_with("__rustc_debug_gdb_scripts_section") {
+        // These symbols are fine; they're made unique by the crate ID.
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}