rust/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm
bors 1e978a3627 Auto merge of #96946 - WaffleLapkin:ptr_mask, r=scottmcm
Add pointer masking convenience functions

This PR adds the following public API:
```rust
impl<T: ?Sized> *const T {
    fn mask(self, mask: usize) -> *const T;
}

impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
    fn mask(self, mask: usize) -> *const T;
}

// mod intrinsics
fn mask<T>(ptr: *const T, mask: usize) -> *const T
```
This is equivalent to `ptr.map_addr(|a| a & mask)` but also uses a cool llvm intrinsic.

Proposed in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/95643#issuecomment-1121562352

cc `@Gankra` `@scottmcm` `@RalfJung`

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src Auto merge of #96946 - WaffleLapkin:ptr_mask, r=scottmcm 2022-08-28 01:34:47 +00:00
Cargo.toml Add fine-grained LLVM CFI support to the Rust compiler 2022-07-23 10:51:34 -07:00
README.md mv compiler to compiler/ 2020-08-30 18:45:07 +03:00

The codegen crate contains the code to convert from MIR into LLVM IR, and then from LLVM IR into machine code. In general it contains code that runs towards the end of the compilation process.

For more information about how codegen works, see the rustc dev guide.