build: move link flags to build.rs

Binary-specific link flags (-nostartfiles, -static, section stripping)
now use cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin so they don't break proc-macro or
build-script linking. ld-wrapper only strips sections from static
binaries.
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Amaan Qureshi 2026-03-27 18:03:59 -04:00
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# it as a post-link step.
# See:
# <https://github.com/rui314/mold?tab=readme-ov-file#how-to-use>
#
# Binary-specific link flags live in microfetch/build.rs via cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin
# so they only affect the final binary and don't break proc-macro or build-script linking.
[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")']
linker = "scripts/ld-wrapper"
rustflags = [
# No C runtime, we provide _start ourselves
"-C",
"link-arg=-nostartfiles",
# Fully static, no dynamic linker, no .interp/.dynsym/.dynamic overhead
"-C",
"link-arg=-static",
# Static PIE is incompatible with -static :(
"-C",
"relocation-model=static",
# Suppress .eh_frame emission from our own codegen (does not cover compiler_builtins;
# those remnants are removed by the linker wrapper via objcopy post-link)
"-C",
"force-unwind-tables=no",
# Linker flags
"-C",
"link-arg=-Wl,--gc-sections", # remove unreferenced input sections
"-C",
"link-arg=-Wl,--strip-all", # strip all symbol table entries
"-C",
"link-arg=-Wl,--build-id=none", # omit the .note.gnu.build-id section
"-C",
"link-arg=-Wl,-z,norelro", # disable RELRO (removes relro_padding)
]

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fn main() {
// These flags only apply to the microfetch binary, not to proc-macro crates
// or other host-compiled artifacts.
// No C runtime, we provide _start ourselves
println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=microfetch=-nostartfiles");
// Fully static, no dynamic linker, no .interp/.dynsym/.dynamic overhead
println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=microfetch=-static");
// Remove unreferenced input sections
println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=microfetch=-Wl,--gc-sections");
// Strip all symbol table entries
println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=microfetch=-Wl,--strip-all");
// Omit the .note.gnu.build-id section
println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=microfetch=-Wl,--build-id=none");
// Disable RELRO (removes relro_padding)
println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bin=microfetch=-Wl,-z,norelro");
}

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# Invoke mold, then strip junk sections from the output binary with objcopy.
# This (more or less) removes sections that mold cannot discard itself, suck as:
# - .eh_frame / .eh_frame_hdr - unwind tables from compiler_builtins
# - dynstr - mold emits this, even for fully static binaries
# - .dynstr - mold emits this, even for fully static binaries
# - .comment - compiler version string
#
# We forward everything to mold via -fuse-ld, then post-process the output in place.
set -eu
# Locate the output file
# Locate the output file and detect static linking
IS_STATIC=0
OUTPUT=""
prev=""
for arg in "$@"; do
case "$arg" in
-static) IS_STATIC=1 ;;
esac
if [ "$prev" = "-o" ]; then
OUTPUT="$arg"
break
fi
prev="$arg"
done
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# Invoke mold via the cc driver, forward all original arguments
cc -fuse-ld=mold "$@"
# Remove sections that mold cannot discard
if [ -n "$OUTPUT" ] && [ -f "$OUTPUT" ]; then
# Only strip sections from fully static binaries.
# Dynamic executables (i.e. build scripts, proc-macros) need .dynstr at runtime.
if [ "$IS_STATIC" = 1 ] && [ -n "$OUTPUT" ] && [ -f "$OUTPUT" ]; then
objcopy \
--remove-section=.eh_frame \
--remove-section=.eh_frame_hdr \