@@ -8,10 +8,43 @@ find useful.
88Check out the issues on this GitHub repository for some ideas. In particular,
99look for the green ` E-* ` labels which mark issues that should be rather
1010well-suited for onboarding. For more ideas or help with hacking on Miri, you can
11- contact us (` oli-obk ` and ` RalfJ ` ) on the [ Rust Zulip] .
11+ contact us on the [ Rust Zulip] . See the [ Rust website] ( https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/compiler#team-miri )
12+ for a list of Miri maintainers.
1213
1314[ Rust Zulip ] : https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com
1415
16+ ### Larger-scale contributions
17+
18+ If you are thinking about making a larger-scale contribution -- in particular anything that needs
19+ more than can reasonably fit in a single PR to be feature-complete -- then please talk to us before
20+ writing significant amounts of code. Generally, we will ask that you follow a three-step "project"
21+ process for such contributions:
22+
23+ 1 . Clearly define the ** goal** of the project. This defines the scope of the project, i.e. which
24+ part of which APIs should be supported. If this involves functions that expose a big API surface
25+ with lots of flags, the project may want to support only a tiny subset of flags; that should be
26+ documented. A good way to express the goal is with one or more test cases that Miri should be
27+ able to successfully execute when the project is completed. It is a good idea to get feedback
28+ from team members already at this stage to ensure that the project is reasonably scoped and
29+ aligns with our interests.
30+ 2 . Make a ** design** for how to realize the goal. A larger project will likely have to do global
31+ changes to Miri, like adding new global state to the ` Machine ` type or new methods to the
32+ ` FileDescription ` trait. Often we have to iterate on those changes, which can quite substantially
33+ change how the final implementation looks like.
34+
35+ The design should be reasonably concrete, i.e. for new global state or methods the corresponding
36+ Rust types and method signatures should be spelled out. We realize that it can be hard to make a
37+ design without doing implementation work, in particular if you are not yet familiar with the
38+ codebase. Doing draft implementations in phase 2 of this process is perfectly fine, just please
39+ be aware that we might request fundamental changes that can require significantly reworking what
40+ you already did. If you open a PR in this stage, please clearly indicate that this project is
41+ still in the design stage.
42+
43+ 3 . Finish the ** implementation** and have it reviewed.
44+
45+ This process is largely informal, and its primary goal is to more clearly communicate expectations.
46+ Please get in touch with us if you have any questions!
47+
1548## Preparing the build environment
1649
1750Miri heavily relies on internal and unstable rustc interfaces to execute MIR,
@@ -173,24 +206,24 @@ to `.vscode/settings.json` in your local Miri clone:
173206 " cargo-miri/Cargo.toml" ,
174207 " miri-script/Cargo.toml" ,
175208 ],
209+ "rust-analyzer.check.invocationLocation" : " root" ,
210+ "rust-analyzer.check.invocationStrategy" : " once" ,
176211 "rust-analyzer.check.overrideCommand" : [
177212 " env" ,
178213 " MIRI_AUTO_OPS=no" ,
179214 " ./miri" ,
180- " cargo" ,
181215 " clippy" , // make this `check` when working with a locally built rustc
182216 " --message-format=json" ,
183- " --all-targets" ,
184217 ],
185218 // Contrary to what the name suggests, this also affects proc macros.
219+ "rust-analyzer.cargo.buildScripts.invocationLocation" : " root" ,
220+ "rust-analyzer.cargo.buildScripts.invocationStrategy" : " once" ,
186221 "rust-analyzer.cargo.buildScripts.overrideCommand" : [
187222 " env" ,
188223 " MIRI_AUTO_OPS=no" ,
189224 " ./miri" ,
190- " cargo" ,
191225 " check" ,
192226 " --message-format=json" ,
193- " --all-targets" ,
194227 ],
195228}
196229```
@@ -309,6 +342,7 @@ anyone but Miri itself. They are used to communicate between different Miri
309342binaries, and as such worth documenting:
310343
311344* ` CARGO_EXTRA_FLAGS ` is understood by ` ./miri ` and passed to all host cargo invocations.
345+ It is reserved for CI usage; setting the wrong flags this way can easily confuse the script.
312346* ` MIRI_BE_RUSTC ` can be set to ` host ` or ` target ` . It tells the Miri driver to
313347 actually not interpret the code but compile it like rustc would. With ` target ` , Miri sets
314348 some compiler flags to prepare the code for interpretation; with ` host ` , this is not done.
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