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45 lines
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# WIP Cranelift codegen backend for rust
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> ⚠⚠⚠ Threads and certain kinds of FFI don't work yet. ⚠⚠⚠
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## Building
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```bash
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$ git clone https://github.com/bjorn3/rustc_codegen_cranelift.git
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$ cd rustc_codegen_cranelift
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$ ./prepare.sh # download and patch sysroot src and install hyperfine for benchmarking
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$ ./test.sh --release
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```
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## Usage
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`$cg_clif_dir` is the directory you cloned this repo into in the following instruction.
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### Cargo
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```bash
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$ CHANNEL="release" $cg_clif_dir/cargo.sh run
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```
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If you compiled cg_clif in debug mode you should use `CHANNEL="debug"` instead or omit `CHANNEL="release"` completely.
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### Rustc
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```bash
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$ rustc -Cpanic=abort -Zcodegen-backend=$cg_clif_dir/target/release/librustc_codegen_cranelift.so --sysroot $cg_clif_dir/build_sysroot/sysroot my_crate.rs
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```
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## Not yet supported
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* Good non-rust abi support ([several problems](https://github.com/bjorn3/rustc_codegen_cranelift/issues/10))
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* Checked binops ([some missing instructions in cranelift](https://github.com/CraneStation/cranelift/issues/460))
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* Inline assembly ([no cranelift support](https://github.com/CraneStation/cranelift/issues/444), not coming soon)
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* SIMD ([tracked here](https://github.com/bjorn3/rustc_codegen_cranelift/issues/171), some basic things work)
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## Troubleshooting
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### Can't compile
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Try updating your nightly compiler. You can try to use an nightly a day or two older if updating rustc doesn't fix it. If you still can't compile it, please fill an issue.
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