Several SkyFunction classes implement the toolchain resolution process:
RegisteredToolchainsFunction
and RegisteredExecutionPlatformsFunction
find available toolchains and execution platforms, based on the current configuration and WORKSPACE file.
SingleToolchainResolutionFunction
resolves a single toolchain type for every execution platform. That is, for every execution platform it finds the best registered toolchain to use based on the following criteria:
target_compatible_with
attribute.exec_compatible_with
attribute.ToolchainResolutionFunction
calls SingleToolchainResolutionFunction
for each requested toolchain type, and then determines the best execution platform to use.
As discussed in Toolchains and Configurations, the dependency from a target to a toolchain uses a special configuration that forces the execution platform to be the same for both. Despite the name “toolchain transition”, this is not implemented as a configuration transition, but instead as a special subclass of ConfiguredTargetKey
, called ToolchainDependencyConfiguredTargetKey
. In addition to the other data in ConfiguredTargetKey
, this subclass also holds the label of the execution platform. When ToolchainResolutionFunction
is considering which execution platform to use, if the forced execution platform from the ToolchainDependencyConfiguredTargetKey
is valid, it will be used even if it is not the highest-priority.
Note: If the forced execution platform is not valid (because there are no valid toolchains, or because of execution constraints from the rule or target), then the highest-priority valid execution platform will be used instead.
TODO: Update this to discuss execution groups.