From: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>

Because of LLVM inling checks, it's generally not possible to inline a C
helper into Rust code, even with LTO:

* LLVM doesn't want to inline functions compiled with
  `-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks` with code compiled without. The C
  CGUs all have this enabled and Rust CGUs don't. Inlining is okay since
  this is one of the hardening features that does not change the ABI,
  and we shouldn't have null pointer dereferences in these helpers.

* LLVM doesn't want to inline functions with different list of builtins. C
  side has `-fno-builtin-wcslen`; `wcslen` is not a Rust builtin, so
  they should be compatible, but LLVM does not perform inlining due to
  attributes mismatch.

* clang and Rust doesn't have the exact target string. Clang generates
  `+cmov,+cx8,+fxsr` but Rust doesn't enable them (in fact, Rust will
  complain if `-Ctarget-feature=+cmov,+cx8,+fxsr` is used). x86-64
  always enable these features, so they are in fact the same target
  string, but LLVM doesn't understand this and so inlining is inhibited.
  This can be bypassed with `--ignore-tti-inline-compatible`, but this
  is a hidden option.

To fix this, we can add __always_inline on every helper, which skips
these LLVM inlining checks. For this purpose, introduce a new
__rust_helper macro that needs to be added to every helper.

Most helpers already have __rust_helper specified, but there are a few
missing. The only consequence of this is that those specific helpers do
not get inlined.

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
---
 rust/helpers/helpers.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/helpers/helpers.c b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
index a3c42e51f00a0990bea81ebce6e99bb397ce7533..e05c6e7e4abb7e6a4c4a3a417e35022dac1d9c58 100644
--- a/rust/helpers/helpers.c
+++ b/rust/helpers/helpers.c
@@ -7,7 +7,36 @@
  * Sorted alphabetically.
  */
 
+#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
+
+#ifdef __BINDGEN__
+// Omit `inline` for bindgen as it ignores inline functions.
 #define __rust_helper
+#else
+// The helper functions are all inline functions.
+//
+// We use `__always_inline` here to bypass LLVM inlining checks, in case the
+// helpers are inlined directly into Rust CGUs.
+//
+// The LLVM inlining checks are false positives:
+// * LLVM doesn't want to inline functions compiled with
+//   `-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks` with code compiled without.
+//   The C CGUs all have this enabled and Rust CGUs don't. Inlining is okay
+//   since this is one of the hardening features that does not change the ABI,
+//   and we shouldn't have null pointer dereferences in these helpers.
+// * LLVM doesn't want to inline functions with different list of builtins. C
+//   side has `-fno-builtin-wcslen`; `wcslen` is not a Rust builtin, so they
+//   should be compatible, but LLVM does not perform inlining due to attributes
+//   mismatch.
+// * clang and Rust doesn't have the exact target string. Clang generates
+//   `+cmov,+cx8,+fxsr` but Rust doesn't enable them (in fact, Rust will
+//   complain if `-Ctarget-feature=+cmov,+cx8,+fxsr` is used). x86-64 always
+//   enable these features, so they are in fact the same target string, but
+//   LLVM doesn't understand this and so inlining is inhibited. This can be
+//   bypassed with `--ignore-tti-inline-compatible`, but this is a hidden
+//   option.
+#define __rust_helper __always_inline
+#endif
 
 #include "atomic.c"
 #include "atomic_ext.c"

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