Allow #[linkage] on any statics not just foreign statics.

src/librustc/back/link.rs

@@ -728,7 +728,9 @@ fn link_staticlib(sess: &Session, obj_filename: &Path, out_filename: &Path) {
     if sess.target.target.options.morestack {
         ab.add_native_library("morestack").unwrap();
     }
-    ab.add_native_library("compiler-rt").unwrap();
+    if !sess.target.target.options.no_compiler_rt {
+        ab.add_native_library("compiler-rt").unwrap();
+    }
 
     let crates = sess.cstore.get_used_crates(cstore::RequireStatic);
     let mut all_native_libs = vec![];

src/librustc/lint/builtin.rs

@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ impl LintPass for UnusedAttributes {
             "link",
             "link_name",
             "link_section",
+            "linkage",
             "no_builtins",
             "no_mangle",
             "no_split_stack",

src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use driver::config::{NoDebugInfo, FullDebugInfo};
 use driver::driver::{CrateAnalysis, CrateTranslation, ModuleTranslation};
 use driver::session::Session;
 use lint;
-use llvm::{BasicBlockRef, ValueRef, Vector, get_param};
+use llvm::{BasicBlockRef, Linkage, ValueRef, Vector, get_param};
 use llvm;
 use metadata::{csearch, encoder, loader};
 use middle::astencode;
@@ -2153,6 +2153,32 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, 'v> Visitor<'v> for TransItemVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn llvm_linkage_by_name(name: &str) -> Option<Linkage> {
+    // Use the names from src/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst here. Most types are only
+    // applicable to variable declarations and may not really make sense for
+    // Rust code in the first place but whitelist them anyway and trust that
+    // the user knows what s/he's doing. Who knows, unanticipated use cases
+    // may pop up in the future.
+    //
+    // ghost, dllimport, dllexport and linkonce_odr_autohide are not supported
+    // and don't have to be, LLVM treats them as no-ops.
+    match name {
+        "appending" => Some(llvm::AppendingLinkage),
+        "available_externally" => Some(llvm::AvailableExternallyLinkage),
+        "common" => Some(llvm::CommonLinkage),
+        "extern_weak" => Some(llvm::ExternalWeakLinkage),
+        "external" => Some(llvm::ExternalLinkage),
+        "internal" => Some(llvm::InternalLinkage),
+        "linkonce" => Some(llvm::LinkOnceAnyLinkage),
+        "linkonce_odr" => Some(llvm::LinkOnceODRLinkage),
+        "private" => Some(llvm::PrivateLinkage),
+        "weak" => Some(llvm::WeakAnyLinkage),
+        "weak_odr" => Some(llvm::WeakODRLinkage),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+
 /// Enum describing the origin of an LLVM `Value`, for linkage purposes.
 pub enum ValueOrigin {
     /// The LLVM `Value` is in this context because the corresponding item was
@@ -2190,6 +2216,23 @@ pub fn update_linkage(ccx: &CrateContext,
         OriginalTranslation => {},
     }
 
+    match id {
+        Some(id) => {
+            let item = ccx.tcx().map.get(id);
+            if let ast_map::NodeItem(i) = item {
+                if let Some(name) =  attr::first_attr_value_str_by_name(i.attrs[], "linkage") {
+                    if let Some(linkage) = llvm_linkage_by_name(name.get()) {
+                        llvm::SetLinkage(llval, linkage);
+                    } else {
+                        ccx.sess().span_fatal(i.span, "invalid linkage specified");
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
+
     match id {
         Some(id) if ccx.reachable().contains(&id) => {
             llvm::SetLinkage(llval, llvm::ExternalLinkage);

src/librustc/middle/trans/foreign.rs

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 
 use back::{link};
-use llvm::{ValueRef, CallConv, Linkage, get_param};
+use llvm::{ValueRef, CallConv, get_param};
 use llvm;
 use middle::weak_lang_items;
-use middle::trans::base::push_ctxt;
+use middle::trans::base::{llvm_linkage_by_name, push_ctxt};
 use middle::trans::base;
 use middle::trans::build::*;
 use middle::trans::cabi;
@@ -101,31 +101,6 @@ pub fn llvm_calling_convention(ccx: &CrateContext,
     }
 }
 
-pub fn llvm_linkage_by_name(name: &str) -> Option<Linkage> {
-    // Use the names from src/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst here. Most types are only
-    // applicable to variable declarations and may not really make sense for
-    // Rust code in the first place but whitelist them anyway and trust that
-    // the user knows what s/he's doing. Who knows, unanticipated use cases
-    // may pop up in the future.
-    //
-    // ghost, dllimport, dllexport and linkonce_odr_autohide are not supported
-    // and don't have to be, LLVM treats them as no-ops.
-    match name {
-        "appending" => Some(llvm::AppendingLinkage),
-        "available_externally" => Some(llvm::AvailableExternallyLinkage),
-        "common" => Some(llvm::CommonLinkage),
-        "extern_weak" => Some(llvm::ExternalWeakLinkage),
-        "external" => Some(llvm::ExternalLinkage),
-        "internal" => Some(llvm::InternalLinkage),
-        "linkonce" => Some(llvm::LinkOnceAnyLinkage),
-        "linkonce_odr" => Some(llvm::LinkOnceODRLinkage),
-        "private" => Some(llvm::PrivateLinkage),
-        "weak" => Some(llvm::WeakAnyLinkage),
-        "weak_odr" => Some(llvm::WeakODRLinkage),
-        _ => None,
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn register_static(ccx: &CrateContext,
                        foreign_item: &ast::ForeignItem) -> ValueRef {
     let ty = ty::node_id_to_type(ccx.tcx(), foreign_item.id);

src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs

@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ impl<'a, 'v> Visitor<'v> for Context<'a> {
                                   "`#[thread_local]` is an experimental feature, and does not \
                                   currently handle destructors. There is no corresponding \
                                   `#[task_local]` mapping to the task model");
+            } else if attr.name().equiv(&("linkage")) {
+                self.gate_feature("linkage", i.span,
+                                  "the `linkage` attribute is experimental \
+                                   and not portable across platforms")
             }
         }
         match i.node {

src/test/compile-fail/linkage4.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#[linkage = "external"]
+static foo: int = 0;
+//~^ ERROR: the `linkage` attribute is experimental and not portable
+
+fn main() {}

src/test/run-make/linkage-attr-on-static/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-include ../tools.mk
+
+all:
+	$(CC) foo.c -c -o $(TMPDIR)/foo.o
+	$(AR) rcs $(TMPDIR)/libfoo.a $(TMPDIR)/foo.o
+	$(RUSTC) bar.rs -lfoo -L $(TMPDIR)
+	$(call RUN,bar) || exit 1
+

src/test/run-make/linkage-attr-on-static/bar.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#![feature(linkage)]
+
+#[no_mangle]
+#[linkage = "external"]
+static BAZ: i32 = 21;
+
+extern {
+    fn what() -> i32;
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    unsafe {
+        assert_eq!(what(), BAZ);
+    }
+}

src/test/run-make/linkage-attr-on-static/foo.c

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+extern int32_t BAZ;
+
+int32_t what() {
+    return BAZ;
+}