[libcxx-commits] [libcxx] [libc++] Add CMake option to enable execute-only code generation on AArch64 (PR #140552)

[Csanád Hajdú via libcxx-commits]

https://github.com/Il-Capitano created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/140552

For a full toolchain supporting execute-only code generation the runtime libraries also need to be pre-compiled with it enabled. For libc++ this can now be enabled with the `LIBCXX_EXECUTE_ONLY_CODE` CMake option during build configuration.

Related RFC: https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-execute-only-code-support-for-runtime-libraries-on-aarch64/86180

>From 63fa6eb472e830ed70e80456fe2fd4b69082811b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Csan=C3=A1d=20Hajd=C3=BA?= <csanad.hajdu at arm.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 12:07:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [libc++] Add CMake option to enable execute-only code
 generation on AArch64

For a full toolchain supporting execute-only code generation the runtime
libraries also need to be pre-compiled with it enabled. For libc++ this
can now be enabled with the `LIBCXX_EXECUTE_ONLY_CODE` CMake option
during build configuration.

Related RFC: https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-execute-only-code-support-for-runtime-libraries-on-aarch64/86180
---
 libcxx/CMakeLists.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt b/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
index dffdd7a3c70a6..a3e0d3e909255 100644
--- a/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libcxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ endif()
 option(LIBCXX_HERMETIC_STATIC_LIBRARY
   "Do not export any symbols from the static library." ${LIBCXX_HERMETIC_STATIC_LIBRARY_DEFAULT})
 
+option(LIBCXX_EXECUTE_ONLY_CODE "Compile libc++ as execute-only." OFF)
+
 #===============================================================================
 # Check option configurations
 #===============================================================================
@@ -538,6 +540,17 @@ function(cxx_add_basic_build_flags target)
   # errors.
   target_compile_definitions(${target} PRIVATE -D_LIBCPP_REMOVE_TRANSITIVE_INCLUDES)
 
+  if (LIBCXX_EXECUTE_ONLY_CODE)
+    target_add_compile_flags_if_supported(${target} PRIVATE -mexecute-only)
+    if (NOT CXX_SUPPORTS_MEXECUTE_ONLY_FLAG)
+      target_add_compile_flags_if_supported(${target} PRIVATE -mpure-code)
+      if (NOT CXX_SUPPORTS_MPURE_CODE_FLAG)
+        message(SEND_ERROR "Compiler doesn't support -mexecute-only or "
+                           "-mpure-code option for target ${target}!")
+      endif()
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
   if (C_SUPPORTS_COMMENT_LIB_PRAGMA)
     if (LIBCXX_HAS_PTHREAD_LIB)
       target_compile_definitions(${target} PRIVATE -D_LIBCPP_LINK_PTHREAD_LIB)