Add the support of the wild linker

Fixes: #27755
2026-08-09 17:18:18 +00:00 · 2026-04-22 17:52:09 +02:00
parent b1193d4693
commit e96c5ba13d
17 changed files with 118 additions and 4 deletions
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_WARNING_AS_ERROR.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/LINK_WARNING_AS_ERROR.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ are:
 * ``MOLD``
 * ``MSVC``
 * ``Solaris``
+* ``WILD``

 This property is initialized by the value of the variable
 :variable:`CMAKE_LINK_WARNING_AS_ERROR` if it is set when a target is
--- a/Help/release/dev/Wild-linker.rst
+++ b/Help/release/dev/Wild-linker.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Wild-linker
+-----------
+
+* CMake gains the support of the
+  `wild linker <https://github.com/wild-linker/wild>`_.
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_LINKER_ID.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_LINKER_ID.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ include:
 =============================== ===============================================
 Value                           Name
 =============================== ===============================================
+``AIX``                         AIX system linker
 ``AppleClang``                  Apple Clang
 ``LLD``                         `LLVM LLD`_
 ``GNU``                         `GNU Binutils - ld linker`_ (also known as
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ Value                           Name
 ``MSVC``                        `Microsoft Visual Studio`_
 ``MOLD``                        `mold: A Modern Linker`_, or on Apple the
                                `sold`_ linker
-``AIX``                         AIX system linker
 ``Solaris``                     SunOS system linker
+``WILD``                        `wild`_ linker
 =============================== ===============================================

 This variable is not guaranteed to be defined for all linkers or languages.
@@ -31,3 +32,4 @@ This variable is not guaranteed to be defined for all linkers or languages.
 .. _Microsoft Visual Studio: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com
 .. _mold\: A Modern Linker: https://github.com/rui314/mold
 .. _sold: https://github.com/bluewhalesystems/sold
+.. _wild: https://github.com/wild-linker/wild
--- a/Help/variable/include/LINKER_PREDEFINED_TYPES.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/include/LINKER_PREDEFINED_TYPES.rst
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ built-in types. The pre-defined linker types are:
  ``NVIDIA``, and ``Swift`` compilers.

 ``MOLD``
-  Use the `mold linker <https://github.com/rui314/mold>`_. This type is
-  supported on the following platform-compiler combinations:
+  Use the `mold linker`_. This type is supported on the following
+  platform-compiler combinations:

  * Linux: ``GNU``, ``Clang``, ``LLVMFlang``, and ``NVIDIA`` compilers.
  * Apple platforms: ``Clang`` and ``AppleClang`` compilers (acts as an
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ built-in types. The pre-defined linker types are:
  Use the `sold linker`_. This type is only supported on Apple platforms
  with ``Clang`` and ``AppleClang`` compilers.

+``WILD``
+  .. versionadded:: 4.4
+
+  Use the `wild linker`_. This type is only supported on Linux platforms
+  with ``Clang`` and ``GNU`` compilers.
+
 ``APPLE_CLASSIC``
  Use the Apple linker in the classic behavior (i.e. before ``Xcode 15.0``).
  This type is only supported on Apple platforms with ``GNU``, ``Clang``,
@@ -66,4 +72,6 @@ built-in types. The pre-defined linker types are:
  platform with ``MSVC``, ``Clang`` with MSVC-like front-end, and ``Swift``
  compilers.

+.. _mold linker: https://github.com/rui314/mold
 .. _sold linker: https://github.com/bluewhalesystems/sold
+.. _wild linker: https://github.com/wild-linker/wild
--- a/Modules/CMakeParseImplicitLinkInfo.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeParseImplicitLinkInfo.cmake
@@ -46,12 +46,18 @@ function(cmake_parse_implicit_link_info2 text log_var obj_regex)
  cmake_parse_arguments(EXTRA_PARSE "${keywordArgs}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})

  set(is_lfortran_less_0_40 0)
+  set(is_clang 0)
+  set(is_gnu 0)
  set(is_msvc 0)
  set(is_cray 0)
  if(EXTRA_PARSE_LANGUAGE)
    if("x${CMAKE_${EXTRA_PARSE_LANGUAGE}_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC" OR
        "x${CMAKE_${EXTRA_PARSE_LANGUAGE}_SIMULATE_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC")
      set(is_msvc 1)
+    elseif("x${CMAKE_${EXTRA_PARSE_LANGUAGE}_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "xGNU")
+      set(is_gnu 1)
+    elseif("x${CMAKE_${EXTRA_PARSE_LANGUAGE}_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "xClang")
+      set(is_clang 1)
    elseif("x${CMAKE_${EXTRA_PARSE_LANGUAGE}_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "xLFortran"
        AND CMAKE_${EXTRA_PARSE_LANGUAGE}_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "0.40")
      set(is_lfortran_less_0_40 1)
@@ -65,6 +71,9 @@ function(cmake_parse_implicit_link_info2 text log_var obj_regex)
    # lfortran < 0.40 has no way to pass -v to clang/gcc driver.
    string(APPEND linker "|clang|gcc")
  endif()
+  if(is_clang OR is_gnu)
+    string(APPEND linker "|wild")
+  endif()
  if(is_msvc)
    string(APPEND linker "|link\\.exe|lld-link(\\.exe)?")
  endif()
--- a/Modules/Internal/CMakeDetermineLinkerId.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Internal/CMakeDetermineLinkerId.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function(cmake_determine_linker_id lang linker)

  # Compute the linker ID and version.
  foreach(flags IN ITEMS
-      "-v"        # AppleClang, GNU, GNUgold, MOLD
+      "-v"        # AppleClang, GNU, GNUgold, MOLD, WILD
      "-V"        # AIX, Solaris
      "--version" # LLD
      )
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ function(cmake_determine_linker_id lang linker)
      set(linker_frontend "GNU")
      set(linker_version "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
      break()
+    elseif(linker_desc MATCHES "Wild version ([0-9.]+)")
+      set(linker_id "WILD")
+      set(linker_frontend "GNU")
+      set(linker_version "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+      break()
    elseif(linker_desc MATCHES "mold \\(sold\\) ([0-9.]+)")
      set(linker_id "MOLD")
      set(linker_frontend "GNU")
--- a/Modules/Linker/WILD-ASM.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Linker/WILD-ASM.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+include(Linker/WILD)
+
+__linker_wild(ASM)
--- a/Modules/Linker/WILD-C.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Linker/WILD-C.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+include(Linker/WILD)
+
+__linker_wild(C)
--- a/Modules/Linker/WILD-CXX.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Linker/WILD-CXX.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+include(Linker/WILD)
+
+__linker_wild(CXX)
--- a/Modules/Linker/WILD-Fortran.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Linker/WILD-Fortran.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+include(Linker/WILD)
+
+__linker_wild(Fortran)
--- a/Modules/Linker/WILD.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Linker/WILD.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+
+# This module is shared by multiple linkers; use include blocker.
+include_guard()
+
+macro(__linker_wild lang)
+  include(Linker/GNU)
+
+  __linker_gnu(${lang})
+endmacro()
--- a/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD-ASM.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD-ASM.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+include(Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD)
+
+__linux_linker_wild(ASM)
--- a/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD-C.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD-C.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+include(Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD)
+
+__linux_linker_wild(C)
--- a/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD-CXX.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD-CXX.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+include(Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD)
+
+__linux_linker_wild(CXX)
--- a/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD-Fortran.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD-Fortran.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+include(Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD)
+
+__linux_linker_wild(Fortran)
--- a/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linker/Linux-WILD.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+
+# This module is shared by multiple languages; use include blocker.
+include_guard()
+
+
+include(Platform/Linker/Linux-GNU)
+
+
+macro(__linux_linker_wild lang)
+  __linux_linker_gnu(${lang})
+
+
+  set(CMAKE_C_PLATFORM_LINKER_ID WILD)
+  set(CMAKE_${lang}_LINK_LIBRARIES_PROCESSING ORDER=REVERSE DEDUPLICATION=ALL)
+endmacro()
--- a/Modules/Platform/Linux-GNU.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Linux-GNU.cmake
@@ -24,4 +24,10 @@ macro(__linux_compiler_gnu lang)
      OR CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "12.1")
    set(CMAKE_${lang}_USING_LINKER_MOLD "-fuse-ld=mold")
  endif()
+  if(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+    set(CMAKE_${lang}_USING_LINKER_WILD "--ld-path=wild")
+  elseif(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU"
+      AND CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "16.0")
+    set(CMAKE_${lang}_USING_LINKER_WILD "-fuse-ld=wild")
+  endif()
 endmacro()