Spill large statics from constant to global memory

Author: LegNeato

crates/rustc_codegen_nvvm/src/context.rs

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ use rustc_target::callconv::FnAbi;
 use rustc_target::spec::{HasTargetSpec, Target};
 use tracing::{debug, trace};
 
+/// "There is a total of 64 KB constant memory on a device."
+/// <https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/12.8.1/pdf/CUDA_C_Best_Practices_Guide.pdf>
+const CONSTANT_MEMORY_SIZE_LIMIT_BYTES: u64 = 64 * 1024;
+
 pub(crate) struct CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx> {
     pub tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
 
@@ -267,7 +271,16 @@ impl<'ll, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx> {
         }
 
         if !is_mutable && self.type_is_freeze(ty) {
-            AddressSpace(4)
+            let layout = self.layout_of(ty);
+            if layout.size.bytes() > CONSTANT_MEMORY_SIZE_LIMIT_BYTES {
+                self.tcx.sess.dcx().warn(format!(
+                    "static `{}` exceeds the constant-memory limit; placing in global memory (performance may be reduced)",
+                    instance
+                ));
+                AddressSpace::DATA
+            } else {
+                AddressSpace(4)
+            }
         } else {
             AddressSpace::DATA
         }