add task for linking

In MSVC (at least), linking requires accessing metadata, which generates
reads.

Author: nikomatsakis

src/librustc/dep_graph/dep_node.rs

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ pub enum DepNode<D: Clone + Debug> {
     TransCrateItem(D),
     TransInlinedItem(D),
     TransWriteMetadata,
+    LinkBinary,
 
     // Nodes representing bits of computed IR in the tcx. Each shared
     // table in the tcx (or elsewhere) maps to one of these
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ impl<D: Clone + Debug> DepNode<D> {
             LateLintCheck => Some(LateLintCheck),
             TransCrate => Some(TransCrate),
             TransWriteMetadata => Some(TransWriteMetadata),
+            LinkBinary => Some(LinkBinary),
             Hir(ref d) => op(d).map(Hir),
             MetaData(ref d) => op(d).map(MetaData),
             CollectItem(ref d) => op(d).map(CollectItem),

src/librustc_trans/back/link.rs

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use middle::dependency_format::Linkage;
 use CrateTranslation;
 use util::common::time;
 use util::fs::fix_windows_verbatim_for_gcc;
+use rustc::dep_graph::DepNode;
 use rustc::ty::TyCtxt;
 use rustc_back::tempdir::TempDir;
 
@@ -183,6 +184,8 @@ pub fn link_binary(sess: &Session,
                    trans: &CrateTranslation,
                    outputs: &OutputFilenames,
                    crate_name: &str) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let _task = sess.dep_graph.in_task(DepNode::LinkBinary);
+
     let mut out_filenames = Vec::new();
     for &crate_type in sess.crate_types.borrow().iter() {
         if invalid_output_for_target(sess, crate_type) {