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On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 12:19 PM 'Marco Elver' via Clang Built Linux
<clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> What is the story with Rust and LTO? Intuitively, I would expect Rust
> code to only perform optimally if the kernel is built with LTO
> (currently only supported via Clang).

Cross-language LTO is possible and is used in other major projects.
For instance, Firefox seems to use it:

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1486042

However, we have not taken a look at it yet for the kernel.

> Because if calls to every one of these helpers are real calls, I would
> expect performance to be pretty poor. There's probably a reason these
> are macros or inlinable functions.

Maybe -- we need to measure.

> I would almost go so far and suggest that CONFIG_RUST be modified as
> follows:

Even if the performance was unacceptable, there are other ways than
LTO to solve this, such as implementing the equivalent macro/function
on Rust's side.

Furthermore, we need to consider GCC too.

Thus I would not be premature in making it depend on LTO.

Cheers,
Miguel