Split compiletest --codegen-backend into two options --default-codegen-backend and --override-codegen-backend

src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs

@@ -1840,14 +1840,17 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
                 );
                 crate::exit!(1);
             }
+            // Tells compiletest that we want to use this codegen in particular and to override
+            // the default one.
+            cmd.arg("--override-codegen-backend").arg(codegen_backend.name());
             // Tells compiletest which codegen backend to use.
             // It is used to e.g. ignore tests that don't support that codegen backend.
-            cmd.arg("--codegen-backend").arg(codegen_backend.name());
-        } else if let Some(codegen_backend) = builder.config.default_codegen_backend(compiler.host)
-        {
+            cmd.arg("--default-codegen-backend").arg(codegen_backend.name());
+        } else {
             // Tells compiletest which codegen backend to use.
             // It is used to e.g. ignore tests that don't support that codegen backend.
-            cmd.arg("--codegen-backend").arg(codegen_backend.name());
+            cmd.arg("--default-codegen-backend")
+                .arg(builder.config.default_codegen_backend(compiler.host).unwrap().name());
         }
 
         if builder.build.config.llvm_enzyme {

src/tools/compiletest/src/common.rs

@@ -692,7 +692,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub minicore_path: Utf8PathBuf,
 
     /// Current codegen backend used.
-    pub codegen_backend: CodegenBackend,
+    pub default_codegen_backend: CodegenBackend,
+    /// Name/path of the backend to use instead of `default_codegen_backend`.
+    pub override_codegen_backend: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -796,7 +798,8 @@ pub fn incomplete_for_rustdoc_gui_test() -> Config {
             profiler_runtime: Default::default(),
             diff_command: Default::default(),
             minicore_path: Default::default(),
-            codegen_backend: CodegenBackend::Llvm,
+            default_codegen_backend: CodegenBackend::Llvm,
+            override_codegen_backend: None,
         }
     }
 

src/tools/compiletest/src/directives.rs

@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ fn ignore_backends(
                 }
             }
         }) {
-            if config.codegen_backend == backend {
+            if config.default_codegen_backend == backend {
                 return IgnoreDecision::Ignore {
                     reason: format!("{} backend is marked as ignore", backend.as_str()),
                 };
@@ -1651,12 +1651,12 @@ fn needs_backends(
                     panic!("Invalid needs-backends value `{backend}` in `{path}`: {error}")
                 }
             })
-            .any(|backend| config.codegen_backend == backend)
+            .any(|backend| config.default_codegen_backend == backend)
         {
             return IgnoreDecision::Ignore {
                 reason: format!(
                     "{} backend is not part of required backends",
-                    config.codegen_backend.as_str()
+                    config.default_codegen_backend.as_str()
                 ),
             };
         }

src/tools/compiletest/src/lib.rs

@@ -212,9 +212,15 @@ pub fn parse_config(args: Vec<String>) -> Config {
         )
         .optopt(
             "",
-            "codegen-backend",
+            "default-codegen-backend",
             "the codegen backend currently used",
             "CODEGEN BACKEND NAME",
+        )
+        .optopt(
+            "",
+            "override-codegen-backend",
+            "the codegen backend to use instead of the default one",
+            "CODEGEN BACKEND [NAME | PATH]",
         );
 
     let (argv0, args_) = args.split_first().unwrap();
@@ -276,14 +282,17 @@ fn opt_path(m: &getopts::Matches, nm: &str) -> Utf8PathBuf {
             || directives::extract_llvm_version_from_binary(&matches.opt_str("llvm-filecheck")?),
         );
 
-    let codegen_backend = match matches.opt_str("codegen-backend").as_deref() {
+    let default_codegen_backend = match matches.opt_str("default-codegen-backend").as_deref() {
         Some(backend) => match CodegenBackend::try_from(backend) {
             Ok(backend) => backend,
-            Err(error) => panic!("invalid value `{backend}` for `--codegen-backend`: {error}"),
+            Err(error) => {
+                panic!("invalid value `{backend}` for `--defalt-codegen-backend`: {error}")
+            }
         },
         // By default, it's always llvm.
         None => CodegenBackend::Llvm,
     };
+    let override_codegen_backend = matches.opt_str("override-codegen-backend");
 
     let run_ignored = matches.opt_present("ignored");
     let with_rustc_debug_assertions = matches.opt_present("with-rustc-debug-assertions");
@@ -472,7 +481,8 @@ fn opt_path(m: &getopts::Matches, nm: &str) -> Utf8PathBuf {
 
         minicore_path: opt_path(matches, "minicore-path"),
 
-        codegen_backend,
+        default_codegen_backend,
+        override_codegen_backend,
     }
 }
 
@@ -812,13 +822,13 @@ fn collect_tests_from_dir(
         && let Some(Utf8Component::Normal(parent)) = components.next()
         && parent == "tests"
         && let Ok(backend) = CodegenBackend::try_from(backend)
-        && backend != cx.config.codegen_backend
+        && backend != cx.config.default_codegen_backend
     {
         // We ignore asm tests which don't match the current codegen backend.
         warning!(
             "Ignoring tests in `{dir}` because they don't match the configured codegen \
              backend (`{}`)",
-            cx.config.codegen_backend.as_str(),
+            cx.config.default_codegen_backend.as_str(),
         );
         return Ok(TestCollector::new());
     }

src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs

@@ -1559,8 +1559,8 @@ fn make_compile_args(
         }
 
         // If the provided codegen backend is not LLVM, we need to pass it.
-        if !matches!(self.config.codegen_backend, crate::CodegenBackend::Llvm) {
-            rustc.arg(format!("-Zcodegen-backend={}", self.config.codegen_backend.as_str()));
+        if let Some(ref backend) = self.config.override_codegen_backend {
+            rustc.arg(format!("-Zcodegen-backend={}", backend));
         }
 
         // Optionally prevent default --target if specified in test compile-flags.