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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs
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Expand Up @@ -1442,11 +1442,14 @@ fn maybe_check_static_with_link_section(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, id: DefId, span: Span)
return
}

// For the wasm32 target statics with #[link_section] are placed into custom
// For the wasm32 target statics with `#[link_section]` are placed into custom
// sections of the final output file, but this isn't link custom sections of
// other executable formats. Namely we can only embed a list of bytes,
// nothing with pointers to anything else or relocations. If any relocation
// show up, reject them here.
// `#[link_section]` may contain arbitrary, or even undefined bytes, but it is
// the consumer's responsibility to ensure all bytes that have been read
// have defined values.
let instance = ty::Instance::mono(tcx, id);
let cid = GlobalId {
instance,
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