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target: default to the medium code model on LoongArch targets The Rust LoongArch targets have been using the default LLVM code model so far, which is "small" in LLVM-speak and "normal" in LoongArch-speak. As described in the "Code Model" section of LoongArch ELF psABI spec v20231219 [1], one can only make function calls as far as ±128MiB with the "normal" code model; this is insufficient for very large software containing Rust components that needs to be linked into the big text section, such as Chromium. Because: * we do not want to ask users to recompile std if they are to build such software, * objects compiled with larger code models can be linked with those with smaller code models without problems, and * the "medium" code model is comparable to the "small"/"normal" one performance-wise (same data access pattern; each function call becomes 2-insn long and indirect, but this may be relaxed back into the direct 1-insn form in a future LLVM version), but is able to perform function calls within ±128GiB, it is better to just switch the targets to the "medium" code model, which is also "medium" in LLVM-speak. Relands [2]: #120661 [1]: https://github.com/loongson/la-abi-specs/blob/v2.30/laelf.adoc#code-models [2]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/121289#issuecomment-2333687396 |
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rustc_target contains some very low-level details that are
specific to different compilation targets and so forth.
For more information about how rustc works, see the rustc dev guide.