| # cc-rs |
| |
| A library to compile C/C++/assembly into a Rust library/application. |
| |
| [Documentation](https://docs.rs/cc) |
| |
| A simple library meant to be used as a build dependency with Cargo packages in |
| order to build a set of C/C++ files into a static archive. This crate calls out |
| to the most relevant compiler for a platform, for example using `cl` on MSVC. |
| |
| ## Using cc-rs |
| |
| First, you'll want to both add a build script for your crate (`build.rs`) and |
| also add this crate to your `Cargo.toml` via: |
| |
| ```toml |
| [build-dependencies] |
| cc = "1.0" |
| ``` |
| |
| Next up, you'll want to write a build script like so: |
| |
| ```rust,no_run |
| // build.rs |
| |
| fn main() { |
| cc::Build::new() |
| .file("foo.c") |
| .file("bar.c") |
| .compile("foo"); |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
| And that's it! Running `cargo build` should take care of the rest and your Rust |
| application will now have the C files `foo.c` and `bar.c` compiled into a file |
| named `libfoo.a`. If the C files contain |
| |
| ```c |
| void foo_function(void) { ... } |
| ``` |
| |
| and |
| |
| ```c |
| int32_t bar_function(int32_t x) { ... } |
| ``` |
| |
| you can call them from Rust by declaring them in |
| your Rust code like so: |
| |
| ```rust,no_run |
| extern "C" { |
| fn foo_function(); |
| fn bar_function(x: i32) -> i32; |
| } |
| |
| pub fn call() { |
| unsafe { |
| foo_function(); |
| bar_function(42); |
| } |
| } |
| |
| fn main() { |
| // ... |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
| See [the Rustonomicon](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/ffi.html) for more details. |
| |
| ## External configuration via environment variables |
| |
| To control the programs and flags used for building, the builder can set a |
| number of different environment variables. |
| |
| * `CFLAGS` - a series of space separated flags passed to compilers. Note that |
| individual flags cannot currently contain spaces, so doing |
| something like: `-L=foo\ bar` is not possible. |
| * `CC` - the actual C compiler used. Note that this is used as an exact |
| executable name, so (for example) no extra flags can be passed inside |
| this variable, and the builder must ensure that there aren't any |
| trailing spaces. This compiler must understand the `-c` flag. For |
| certain `TARGET`s, it also is assumed to know about other flags (most |
| common is `-fPIC`). |
| * `AR` - the `ar` (archiver) executable to use to build the static library. |
| * `CRATE_CC_NO_DEFAULTS` - the default compiler flags may cause conflicts in |
| some cross compiling scenarios. Setting this variable |
| will disable the generation of default compiler |
| flags. |
| * `CXX...` - see [C++ Support](#c-support). |
| |
| Furthermore, projects using this crate may specify custom environment variables |
| to be inspected, for example via the `Build::try_flags_from_environment` |
| function. Consult the project’s own documentation or its use of the `cc` crate |
| for any additional variables it may use. |
| |
| Each of these variables can also be supplied with certain prefixes and suffixes, |
| in the following prioritized order: |
| |
| 1. `<var>_<target>` - for example, `CC_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` |
| 2. `<var>_<target_with_underscores>` - for example, `CC_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu` |
| 3. `<build-kind>_<var>` - for example, `HOST_CC` or `TARGET_CFLAGS` |
| 4. `<var>` - a plain `CC`, `AR` as above. |
| |
| If none of these variables exist, cc-rs uses built-in defaults. |
| |
| In addition to the above optional environment variables, `cc-rs` has some |
| functions with hard requirements on some variables supplied by [cargo's |
| build-script driver][cargo] that it has the `TARGET`, `OUT_DIR`, `OPT_LEVEL`, |
| and `HOST` variables. |
| |
| [cargo]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/build-scripts.html#inputs-to-the-build-script |
| |
| ## Optional features |
| |
| ### Parallel |
| |
| Currently cc-rs supports parallel compilation (think `make -jN`) but this |
| feature is turned off by default. To enable cc-rs to compile C/C++ in parallel, |
| you can change your dependency to: |
| |
| ```toml |
| [build-dependencies] |
| cc = { version = "1.0", features = ["parallel"] } |
| ``` |
| |
| By default cc-rs will limit parallelism to `$NUM_JOBS`, or if not present it |
| will limit it to the number of cpus on the machine. If you are using cargo, |
| use `-jN` option of `build`, `test` and `run` commands as `$NUM_JOBS` |
| is supplied by cargo. |
| |
| ## Compile-time Requirements |
| |
| To work properly this crate needs access to a C compiler when the build script |
| is being run. This crate does not ship a C compiler with it. The compiler |
| required varies per platform, but there are three broad categories: |
| |
| * Unix platforms require `cc` to be the C compiler. This can be found by |
| installing cc/clang on Linux distributions and Xcode on macOS, for example. |
| * Windows platforms targeting MSVC (e.g. your target triple ends in `-msvc`) |
| require Visual Studio to be installed. `cc-rs` attempts to locate it, and |
| if it fails, `cl.exe` is expected to be available in `PATH`. This can be |
| set up by running the appropriate developer tools shell. |
| * Windows platforms targeting MinGW (e.g. your target triple ends in `-gnu`) |
| require `cc` to be available in `PATH`. We recommend the |
| [MinGW-w64](https://www.mingw-w64.org/) distribution, which is using the |
| [Win-builds](http://win-builds.org/) installation system. |
| You may also acquire it via |
| [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/), as explained [here][msys2-help]. Make sure |
| to install the appropriate architecture corresponding to your installation of |
| rustc. GCC from older [MinGW](http://www.mingw.org/) project is compatible |
| only with 32-bit rust compiler. |
| |
| [msys2-help]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust#building-on-windows |
| |
| ## C++ support |
| |
| `cc-rs` supports C++ libraries compilation by using the `cpp` method on |
| `Build`: |
| |
| ```rust,no_run |
| fn main() { |
| cc::Build::new() |
| .cpp(true) // Switch to C++ library compilation. |
| .file("foo.cpp") |
| .compile("foo"); |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
| For C++ libraries, the `CXX` and `CXXFLAGS` environment variables are used instead of `CC` and `CFLAGS`. |
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| The C++ standard library may be linked to the crate target. By default it's `libc++` for macOS, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD, `libc++_shared` for Android, nothing for MSVC, and `libstdc++` for anything else. It can be changed in one of two ways: |
| |
| 1. by using the `cpp_link_stdlib` method on `Build`: |
| ```rust,no-run |
| fn main() { |
| cc::Build::new() |
| .cpp(true) |
| .file("foo.cpp") |
| .cpp_link_stdlib("stdc++") // use libstdc++ |
| .compile("foo"); |
| } |
| ``` |
| 2. by setting the `CXXSTDLIB` environment variable. |
| |
| In particular, for Android you may want to [use `c++_static` if you have at most one shared library](https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/cpp-support). |
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| Remember that C++ does name mangling so `extern "C"` might be required to enable Rust linker to find your functions. |
| |
| ## CUDA C++ support |
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| `cc-rs` also supports compiling CUDA C++ libraries by using the `cuda` method |
| on `Build`: |
| |
| ```rust,no_run |
| fn main() { |
| cc::Build::new() |
| // Switch to CUDA C++ library compilation using NVCC. |
| .cuda(true) |
| .cudart("static") |
| // Generate code for Maxwell (GTX 970, 980, 980 Ti, Titan X). |
| .flag("-gencode").flag("arch=compute_52,code=sm_52") |
| // Generate code for Maxwell (Jetson TX1). |
| .flag("-gencode").flag("arch=compute_53,code=sm_53") |
| // Generate code for Pascal (GTX 1070, 1080, 1080 Ti, Titan Xp). |
| .flag("-gencode").flag("arch=compute_61,code=sm_61") |
| // Generate code for Pascal (Tesla P100). |
| .flag("-gencode").flag("arch=compute_60,code=sm_60") |
| // Generate code for Pascal (Jetson TX2). |
| .flag("-gencode").flag("arch=compute_62,code=sm_62") |
| // Generate code in parallel |
| .flag("-t0") |
| .file("bar.cu") |
| .compile("bar"); |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
| ## License |
| |
| This project is licensed under either of |
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| * Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or |
| https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) |
| * MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or |
| https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) |
| |
| at your option. |
| |
| ### Contribution |
| |
| Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted |
| for inclusion in cc-rs by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be |
| dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions. |