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由 Jorge Aparicio 提交于
similar to GCC's __attribute((used))__. This attribute prevents LLVM from optimizing away a non-exported symbol, within a compilation unit (object file), when there are no references to it. This is better explained with an example: ``` #[used] static LIVE: i32 = 0; static REFERENCED: i32 = 0; static DEAD: i32 = 0; fn internal() {} pub fn exported() -> &'static i32 { &REFERENCED } ``` Without optimizations, LLVM pretty much preserves all the static variables and functions within the compilation unit. ``` $ rustc --crate-type=lib --emit=obj symbols.rs && nm -C symbols.o 0000000000000000 t drop::h1be0f8f27a2ba94a 0000000000000000 r symbols::REFERENCED::hb3bdfd46050bc84c 0000000000000000 r symbols::DEAD::hc2ea8f9bd06f380b 0000000000000000 r symbols::LIVE::h0970cf9889edb56e 0000000000000000 T symbols::exported::h6f096c2b1fc292b2 0000000000000000 t symbols::internal::h0ac1aadbc1e3a494 ``` With optimizations, LLVM will drop dead code. Here `internal` is dropped because it's not a exported function/symbol (i.e. not `pub`lic). `DEAD` is dropped for the same reason. `REFERENCED` is preserved, even though it's not exported, because it's referenced by the `exported` function. Finally, `LIVE` survives because of the `#[used]` attribute even though it's not exported or referenced. ``` $ rustc --crate-type=lib -C opt-level=3 --emit=obj symbols.rs && nm -C symbols.o 0000000000000000 r symbols::REFERENCED::hb3bdfd46050bc84c 0000000000000000 r symbols::LIVE::h0970cf9889edb56e 0000000000000000 T symbols::exported::h6f096c2b1fc292b2 ``` Note that the linker knows nothing about `#[used]` and will drop `LIVE` because no other object references to it. ``` $ echo 'fn main() {}' >> symbols.rs $ rustc symbols.rs && nm -C symbols | grep LIVE ``` At this time, `#[used]` only works on `static` variables.
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