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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions .github/workflows/deploy_mdbook.yml
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run: cargo install mdbook --version "^0.4" --locked

- name: Run mdbook
run: mdbook build
run: mdbook build book

- name: Upload book
uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v2
with:
path: book/
path: book/build
retention-days: "3"

- name: Deploy Book
uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith('refs/heads/main', github.ref) }}
with:
branch: gh-pages
folder: book/
folder: book/build
single-commit: true
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for development of tools that want to perform sophisticated analyses and make stronger guarantees about the
behavior of Rust programs.

This is the repository we use to organise and document our work.

This is the repository we use to organise our work. Please refer to our [charter] as well
as our [github pages website][gh-pages] for more information on our goals and
current scope.
If you are wondering how to use Stable MIR in your project, please check out the [Getting Started][tutorial] chapter.

If you are wondering how to use Stable MIR in your project, also see the [rustc_smir crate][rustc_smir].

[charter]: ./CHARTER.md
[gh-pages]: https://rust-lang.github.io/project-stable-mir
[rustc_smir]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/compiler/rustc_smir

[tutorial]: https://rust-lang.github.io/project-stable-mir/getting-started.html

## How Can I Get Involved?


[You can find a list of the current members available
on `rust-lang/team`.][team-toml]

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[open issues]: https://github.com/rust-lang/project-stable-mir/issues

[chat-link]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/320896-project-stable-mir

[team-toml]: https://github.com/rust-lang/team/blob/master/teams/project-stable-mir.toml
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[book]
title = "Stable MIR Librarification Project"
language = "en"

[output.html]
curly-quotes = true
git-repository-url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/project-stable-mir"
site-url = "/project-stable-mir/"

[output.html.playground]
runnable = false

[rust]
edition = "2021"

[build]
build-dir = "build"
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# Project StableMIR

- [Welcome](./welcome.md)
- [Getting Started](./getting-started.md)
- [Initial Integration](./initial.md)
- [Migrating to StableMIR](./migrating.md)
- [Tool Development: Tips and Tricks](./tricks.md)
- [Contributing](./contributing.md)
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# Getting Started

The StableMIR APIs are currently exposed as a crate in the compiler named `stable_mir`[^release].
This crate includes the definition of structures and methods to be stabilized,
which are expected to become the stable APIs in the compiler.

These APIs were designed to provide information about a Rust crate, including the body of functions, as well as type
and layout information.

This chapter has two sections directed at different use cases.

1. If you already have a crate that uses some of the Rust compiler libraries,
and you are interested in migrating them to the StableMIR APIs,
you can find more details about your use case at the [Migrating to StableMIR](./migrating.md) section.
2. If you are starting your integration with the Rust compiler via StableMIR, we recommend reading through the
[Initial Integration](./initial.md) chapter.

We also include a [Tips and Tricks](./tricks.md) section that is related to a few common obstacles tool writers
encounter,
that is not directly related to the `stable_mir` crate and APIs.

Our repository also includes a little [demo crate](https://github.com/rust-lang/project-stable-mir/tree/main/demo) that
demonstrate how `stable_mir` crate can be used to analyze the main function of a crate.

The latest crate documentation can be found in the
[nightly documentation here](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/stable_mir/index.html)

[^release]: We are planning to release the `stable_mir` crate into crates.io in the near future.
See issue [#0030](https://github.com/rust-lang/project-stable-mir/issues/30) for the current release status.
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# Initial Integration

In order to use `stable_mir` in your crate, you will need to do the following:

1. Use a nightly toolchain that includes the `stable_mir` crate.
2. Install at least the following rustup components: "rustc-dev" and "llvm-tools"
3. Declare `stable_mir` as an external crate at the top of your crate:

```rust
extern crate stable_mir;
```

For 1 and 2, we highly recommend adding a "rust-toolchain.toml" file to your project.
We also recommend to pin down a specific nightly version, to ensure all users and tests are using the same compiler
version.
Therefore, the same `stable_mir` crate version. E.g.:

```toml
# Example of a rust-toolchain.toml
[toolchain]
# Update the date to change the toolchain version.
channel = "nightly-2024-06-17"
components = ["llvm-tools", "rustc-dev", "rust-src"]
```

## Initializing StableMIR

There's currently no stable way to initialize the Rust compiler and StableMIR.
See [#0069](https://github.com/rust-lang/project-stable-mir/issues/69) for more details.

Instead, StableMIR includes two unstable workarounds to give you a quick start.
The `run` and `run_with_tcx` macros, both from present in the `rustc_smir` crate.

In order to use the `run` macro, you first need to declare the following external crates:

```rust
extern crate rustc_driver;
extern crate rustc_interface;
#[macro_use]
extern crate rustc_smir;
// This one you should know already. =)
extern crate stable_mir;
```

Then start the driver using the `run!()` macro:

```rust
let result = run!(rustc_args, callback_fn);
```

This macro takes two arguments:

1. A vector with the command arguments to the compiler.
2. A callback function, which can either be a closure expression or a function ident.
- This callback function shouldn't take any argument, and it should return a `ControlFlow<B,C>`.

It will trigger the compilation in the current process, with the provided arguments, and invoke the callback after the
compiler ran all its analyses, but before code generation.

The macro will return a `Result<C, CompilerError<B>>` representing the compilation result and the callback return value.

The second option is the `run_with_tcx!()` macro, which is very similar to the `run` macro.
The main difference is that this macro passes a copy of the Rust compiler context (`TyCtxt`) to the callback,
which allows the user to also make calls to internal compiler APIs.

Note that this option also requires the declaration of the `rustc_middle` external crate, i.e., you should now have the
following declarations:

```rust
extern crate rustc_driver;
extern crate rustc_interface;
extern crate rustc_middle; // This one is new!
#[macro_use]
extern crate rustc_smir;
extern crate stable_mir;
```

## Scope of StableMIR objects

StableMIR objects should not be used outside the scope of the callback function.
Any usage outside this scope can panic or return an incorrect value.

For example, the following code is valid, since the logic we are storing is only used while the callback function
is running:

```rust
fn print_items(rustc_args: Vec<String>) {
let _result = run!(rustc_args, || {
for item in stable_mir::all_local_items() {
// Using items inside the callback!
println!(" - {}", item.name())
}
});
}
```

However, the following usage isn't valid, and `stable_mir` will crash when we invoke the `name()` function.

```rust
fn broken_print_items(rustc_args: Vec<String>) {
let result = run!(rustc_args, || { ControlFlow::Continue(stable_mir::all_local_items())});
if let ControlFlow::Continue(items) = result {
for item in items {
// Using item outside the callback function is wrong!
println!(" - {}", item.name())
}
}
}
```

StableMIR objects should also not be shared across different threads.

## Analyzing crate definitions

TODO

## Analyzing monomorphic instances

TODO
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# Migrating to StableMIR

For now, we recommend looking at
the [Kani migration documentation](https://model-checking.github.io/kani/stable-mir.html).
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# Tricks and tips

The goal of this project is to provide an interface to the Rust compiler that can be used to empower users to build
their own analysis tools.
Most of these tools, however, have similar requirements that goes beyond analyzing with the Rust compiler IR.
For example, most tools want to be able to analyze cargo crates, including their dependencies.

In this section, we document a few tricks that we found useful while developing different Rust analysis tools.

## Storing MIR for dependencies

There is a compiler flag, `-Z always-encode-mir`, that can be used for storing the MIR of all functions in the crate
metadata.

## Handling the Std Library

Either use `Xargo` or `cargo -Z build-std` to build a new version of the std library that includes the MIR body of
all functions.

You can then use the compiler `--sysroot` argument to point to the version you compiled.

## Enabling Rust Analyzer for compiler crates

1. Ensure that any crate that use rustc data structures have the following configuration in their `Cargo.toml`

```toml
[package.metadata.rust-analyzer]
rustc_private = true
```

2. Set the `rust-analyzer.rustc.source` to "discover".
See [Rust Analyzer manual](https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html) for more advanced options.
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