src/librustc_plugin_impl/load.rs

//! Used by `rustc` when loading a plugin.

use crate::Registry;
use rustc::middle::cstore::MetadataLoader;
use rustc::session::Session;
use rustc_ast::ast::{Crate, Ident};
use rustc_errors::struct_span_err;
use rustc_metadata::locator;
use rustc_span::symbol::sym;
use rustc_span::Span;

use std::borrow::ToOwned;
use std::env;
use std::mem;
use std::path::PathBuf;

/// Pointer to a registrar function.
type PluginRegistrarFn = fn(&mut Registry<'_>);

fn call_malformed_plugin_attribute(sess: &Session, span: Span) {
    struct_span_err!(sess, span, E0498, "malformed `plugin` attribute")
        .span_label(span, "malformed attribute")
        .emit();
}

/// Read plugin metadata and dynamically load registrar functions.
pub fn load_plugins(
    sess: &Session,
    metadata_loader: &dyn MetadataLoader,
    krate: &Crate,
) -> Vec<PluginRegistrarFn> {
    let mut plugins = Vec::new();

    for attr in &krate.attrs {
        if !attr.check_name(sym::plugin) {
            continue;
        }

        for plugin in attr.meta_item_list().unwrap_or_default() {
            match plugin.ident() {
                Some(ident) if plugin.is_word() => {
                    load_plugin(&mut plugins, sess, metadata_loader, ident)
                }
                _ => call_malformed_plugin_attribute(sess, plugin.span()),
            }
        }
    }

    plugins
}

fn load_plugin(
    plugins: &mut Vec<PluginRegistrarFn>,
    sess: &Session,
    metadata_loader: &dyn MetadataLoader,
    ident: Ident,
) {
    let registrar = locator::find_plugin_registrar(sess, metadata_loader, ident.span, ident.name);

    if let Some((lib, disambiguator)) = registrar {
        let symbol = sess.generate_plugin_registrar_symbol(disambiguator);
        let fun = dylink_registrar(sess, ident.span, lib, symbol);
        plugins.push(fun);
    }
}

// Dynamically link a registrar function into the compiler process.
fn dylink_registrar(
    sess: &Session,
    span: Span,
    path: PathBuf,
    symbol: String,
) -> PluginRegistrarFn {
    use rustc_metadata::dynamic_lib::DynamicLibrary;

    // Make sure the path contains a / or the linker will search for it.
    let path = env::current_dir().unwrap().join(&path);

    let lib = match DynamicLibrary::open(Some(&path)) {
        Ok(lib) => lib,
        // this is fatal: there are almost certainly macros we need
        // inside this crate, so continue would spew "macro undefined"
        // errors
        Err(err) => sess.span_fatal(span, &err),
    };

    unsafe {
        let registrar = match lib.symbol(&symbol) {
            Ok(registrar) => mem::transmute::<*mut u8, PluginRegistrarFn>(registrar),
            // again fatal if we can't register macros
            Err(err) => sess.span_fatal(span, &err),
        };

        // Intentionally leak the dynamic library. We can't ever unload it
        // since the library can make things that will live arbitrarily long
        // (e.g., an @-box cycle or a thread).
        mem::forget(lib);

        registrar
    }
}