Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 by roblabla · Pull Request #144234 · rust-lang/rust
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Jul 20, 2025On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). Specifically, the CRT provides the ability to register callbacks that are called (among other things) on thread destruction. By registering our own callback, we can run through a list of registered destructors functions to execute. To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 22, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 22, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 22, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 22, 2025Rollup of 8 pull requests Successful merges: - #144094 (Ensure we codegen the main fn) - #144173 (Remove tidy checks for `tests/ui/issues/`) - #144218 (Use serde for target spec json deserialize) - #144221 (generate elf symbol version in raw-dylib) - #144234 (Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7) - #144256 (Don't ICE on non-TypeId metadata within TypeId) - #144272 (resolve: Make disambiguators for underscore bindings module-local (take 2)) - #144276 (Use less HIR in check_private_in_public.) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
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Jul 23, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 23, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 23, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 23, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 23, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 23, 2025Rollup of 10 pull requests Successful merges: - #144173 (Remove tidy checks for `tests/ui/issues/`) - #144234 (Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7) - #144239 (Clean `rustc/parse/src/lexer` to improve maintainability) - #144247 (coretests/num: use ldexp instead of hard-coding a power of 2) - #144256 (Don't ICE on non-TypeId metadata within TypeId) - #144290 (update tests/ui/SUMMARY.md) - #144292 (mbe: Use concrete type for `get_unused_rule`) - #144298 (coverage: Enlarge empty spans during MIR instrumentation, not codegen) - #144311 (Add powerpc64le-unknown-linux-musl to CI rustc targets) - #144315 (bootstrap: add package.json and package-lock.json to dist tarball) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
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Jul 23, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 23, 2025Rollup of 10 pull requests Successful merges: - #144173 (Remove tidy checks for `tests/ui/issues/`) - #144234 (Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7) - #144239 (Clean `rustc/parse/src/lexer` to improve maintainability) - #144247 (coretests/num: use ldexp instead of hard-coding a power of 2) - #144256 (Don't ICE on non-TypeId metadata within TypeId) - #144290 (update tests/ui/SUMMARY.md) - #144292 (mbe: Use concrete type for `get_unused_rule`) - #144298 (coverage: Enlarge empty spans during MIR instrumentation, not codegen) - #144311 (Add powerpc64le-unknown-linux-musl to CI rustc targets) - #144315 (bootstrap: add package.json and package-lock.json to dist tarball) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup try-job: x86_64-gnu-aux
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Jul 23, 2025Rollup of 9 pull requests Successful merges: - #144173 (Remove tidy checks for `tests/ui/issues/`) - #144234 (Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7) - #144239 (Clean `rustc/parse/src/lexer` to improve maintainability) - #144256 (Don't ICE on non-TypeId metadata within TypeId) - #144290 (update tests/ui/SUMMARY.md) - #144292 (mbe: Use concrete type for `get_unused_rule`) - #144298 (coverage: Enlarge empty spans during MIR instrumentation, not codegen) - #144311 (Add powerpc64le-unknown-linux-musl to CI rustc targets) - #144315 (bootstrap: add package.json and package-lock.json to dist tarball) r? `@ghost` `@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
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Jul 23, 2025Rollup merge of #144234 - roblabla:fix-win7-tls-dtors, r=ChrisDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes #141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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Jul 30, 2025…isDenton Fix broken TLS destructors on 32-bit win7 Fixes rust-lang#141300 On the 32-bit win7 target, we use OS TLS instead of native TLS, due to issues with how the OS handles alignment. Unfortunately, this caused issues due to the TLS destructors not running, causing memory leaks among other problems. On Windows, to support OS TLS, the TlsAlloc family of function is used by Rust. This function does not support TLS destructors at all. However, rust has some code to emulate those destructors, by leveraging the TLS support functionality found in the MSVC CRT (specifically, in tlssup.c of the CRT). To use this functionality, the user must do two things: 1. They must put the address to their callback in a section between `.CRT$XLB` and `.CRT$XLY`. 2. They must add a reference to `_tls_used` (or `__tls_used` on x86) to make sure the TLS support code in tlssup.c isn't garbage collected by the linker. Prior to this commit, this second bit wasn't being done properly by the Rust TLS support code. Instead of adding a reference to _tls_used, it instead had a reference to its own callback to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. While this is _also_ necessary, not having a reference on _tls_used made the entire support non-functional. This commit reworks the code to: 1. Add an unconditional `#[used]` attribute on the CALLBACK, which should be enough to prevent it from getting GC'd by the linker. 2. Add a reference to `_tls_used`, which should pull the TLS support code into the Rust programs and not let it be GC'd by the linker.
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