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      1 //===- ShadowStackGCLowering.cpp - Custom lowering for shadow-stack gc ----===//
      2 //
      3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
      4 //
      5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
      6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
      7 //
      8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
      9 //
     10 // This file contains the custom lowering code required by the shadow-stack GC
     11 // strategy.
     12 //
     13 // This pass implements the code transformation described in this paper:
     14 //   "Accurate Garbage Collection in an Uncooperative Environment"
     15 //   Fergus Henderson, ISMM, 2002
     16 //
     17 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     18 
     19 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
     20 #include "llvm/ADT/StringExtras.h"
     21 #include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
     22 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
     23 #include "llvm/IR/Constant.h"
     24 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
     25 #include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"
     26 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
     27 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalValue.h"
     28 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h"
     29 #include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
     30 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
     31 #include "llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h"
     32 #include "llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h"
     33 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
     34 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
     35 #include "llvm/IR/Value.h"
     36 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
     37 #include "llvm/Support/Casting.h"
     38 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/EscapeEnumerator.h"
     39 #include <cassert>
     40 #include <cstddef>
     41 #include <string>
     42 #include <utility>
     43 #include <vector>
     44 
     45 using namespace llvm;
     46 
     47 #define DEBUG_TYPE "shadow-stack-gc-lowering"
     48 
     49 namespace {
     50 
     51 class ShadowStackGCLowering : public FunctionPass {
     52   /// RootChain - This is the global linked-list that contains the chain of GC
     53   /// roots.
     54   GlobalVariable *Head = nullptr;
     55 
     56   /// StackEntryTy - Abstract type of a link in the shadow stack.
     57   StructType *StackEntryTy = nullptr;
     58   StructType *FrameMapTy = nullptr;
     59 
     60   /// Roots - GC roots in the current function. Each is a pair of the
     61   /// intrinsic call and its corresponding alloca.
     62   std::vector<std::pair<CallInst *, AllocaInst *>> Roots;
     63 
     64 public:
     65   static char ID;
     66 
     67   ShadowStackGCLowering();
     68 
     69   bool doInitialization(Module &M) override;
     70   bool runOnFunction(Function &F) override;
     71 
     72 private:
     73   bool IsNullValue(Value *V);
     74   Constant *GetFrameMap(Function &F);
     75   Type *GetConcreteStackEntryType(Function &F);
     76   void CollectRoots(Function &F);
     77 
     78   static GetElementPtrInst *CreateGEP(LLVMContext &Context, IRBuilder<> &B,
     79                                       Type *Ty, Value *BasePtr, int Idx1,
     80                                       const char *Name);
     81   static GetElementPtrInst *CreateGEP(LLVMContext &Context, IRBuilder<> &B,
     82                                       Type *Ty, Value *BasePtr, int Idx1, int Idx2,
     83                                       const char *Name);
     84 };
     85 
     86 } // end anonymous namespace
     87 
     88 char ShadowStackGCLowering::ID = 0;
     89 
     90 INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(ShadowStackGCLowering, DEBUG_TYPE,
     91                       "Shadow Stack GC Lowering", false, false)
     92 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(GCModuleInfo)
     93 INITIALIZE_PASS_END(ShadowStackGCLowering, DEBUG_TYPE,
     94                     "Shadow Stack GC Lowering", false, false)
     95 
     96 FunctionPass *llvm::createShadowStackGCLoweringPass() { return new ShadowStackGCLowering(); }
     97 
     98 ShadowStackGCLowering::ShadowStackGCLowering() : FunctionPass(ID) {
     99   initializeShadowStackGCLoweringPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
    100 }
    101 
    102 Constant *ShadowStackGCLowering::GetFrameMap(Function &F) {
    103   // doInitialization creates the abstract type of this value.
    104   Type *VoidPtr = Type::getInt8PtrTy(F.getContext());
    105 
    106   // Truncate the ShadowStackDescriptor if some metadata is null.
    107   unsigned NumMeta = 0;
    108   SmallVector<Constant *, 16> Metadata;
    109   for (unsigned I = 0; I != Roots.size(); ++I) {
    110     Constant *C = cast<Constant>(Roots[I].first->getArgOperand(1));
    111     if (!C->isNullValue())
    112       NumMeta = I + 1;
    113     Metadata.push_back(ConstantExpr::getBitCast(C, VoidPtr));
    114   }
    115   Metadata.resize(NumMeta);
    116 
    117   Type *Int32Ty = Type::getInt32Ty(F.getContext());
    118 
    119   Constant *BaseElts[] = {
    120       ConstantInt::get(Int32Ty, Roots.size(), false),
    121       ConstantInt::get(Int32Ty, NumMeta, false),
    122   };
    123 
    124   Constant *DescriptorElts[] = {
    125       ConstantStruct::get(FrameMapTy, BaseElts),
    126       ConstantArray::get(ArrayType::get(VoidPtr, NumMeta), Metadata)};
    127 
    128   Type *EltTys[] = {DescriptorElts[0]->getType(), DescriptorElts[1]->getType()};
    129   StructType *STy = StructType::create(EltTys, "gc_map." + utostr(NumMeta));
    130 
    131   Constant *FrameMap = ConstantStruct::get(STy, DescriptorElts);
    132 
    133   // FIXME: Is this actually dangerous as WritingAnLLVMPass.html claims? Seems
    134   //        that, short of multithreaded LLVM, it should be safe; all that is
    135   //        necessary is that a simple Module::iterator loop not be invalidated.
    136   //        Appending to the GlobalVariable list is safe in that sense.
    137   //
    138   //        All of the output passes emit globals last. The ExecutionEngine
    139   //        explicitly supports adding globals to the module after
    140   //        initialization.
    141   //
    142   //        Still, if it isn't deemed acceptable, then this transformation needs
    143   //        to be a ModulePass (which means it cannot be in the 'llc' pipeline
    144   //        (which uses a FunctionPassManager (which segfaults (not asserts) if
    145   //        provided a ModulePass))).
    146   Constant *GV = new GlobalVariable(*F.getParent(), FrameMap->getType(), true,
    147                                     GlobalVariable::InternalLinkage, FrameMap,
    148                                     "__gc_" + F.getName());
    149 
    150   Constant *GEPIndices[2] = {
    151       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(F.getContext()), 0),
    152       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(F.getContext()), 0)};
    153   return ConstantExpr::getGetElementPtr(FrameMap->getType(), GV, GEPIndices);
    154 }
    155 
    156 Type *ShadowStackGCLowering::GetConcreteStackEntryType(Function &F) {
    157   // doInitialization creates the generic version of this type.
    158   std::vector<Type *> EltTys;
    159   EltTys.push_back(StackEntryTy);
    160   for (size_t I = 0; I != Roots.size(); I++)
    161     EltTys.push_back(Roots[I].second->getAllocatedType());
    162 
    163   return StructType::create(EltTys, ("gc_stackentry." + F.getName()).str());
    164 }
    165 
    166 /// doInitialization - If this module uses the GC intrinsics, find them now. If
    167 /// not, exit fast.
    168 bool ShadowStackGCLowering::doInitialization(Module &M) {
    169   bool Active = false;
    170   for (Function &F : M) {
    171     if (F.hasGC() && F.getGC() == std::string("shadow-stack")) {
    172       Active = true;
    173       break;
    174     }
    175   }
    176   if (!Active)
    177     return false;
    178 
    179   // struct FrameMap {
    180   //   int32_t NumRoots; // Number of roots in stack frame.
    181   //   int32_t NumMeta;  // Number of metadata descriptors. May be < NumRoots.
    182   //   void *Meta[];     // May be absent for roots without metadata.
    183   // };
    184   std::vector<Type *> EltTys;
    185   // 32 bits is ok up to a 32GB stack frame. :)
    186   EltTys.push_back(Type::getInt32Ty(M.getContext()));
    187   // Specifies length of variable length array.
    188   EltTys.push_back(Type::getInt32Ty(M.getContext()));
    189   FrameMapTy = StructType::create(EltTys, "gc_map");
    190   PointerType *FrameMapPtrTy = PointerType::getUnqual(FrameMapTy);
    191 
    192   // struct StackEntry {
    193   //   ShadowStackEntry *Next; // Caller's stack entry.
    194   //   FrameMap *Map;          // Pointer to constant FrameMap.
    195   //   void *Roots[];          // Stack roots (in-place array, so we pretend).
    196   // };
    197 
    198   StackEntryTy = StructType::create(M.getContext(), "gc_stackentry");
    199 
    200   EltTys.clear();
    201   EltTys.push_back(PointerType::getUnqual(StackEntryTy));
    202   EltTys.push_back(FrameMapPtrTy);
    203   StackEntryTy->setBody(EltTys);
    204   PointerType *StackEntryPtrTy = PointerType::getUnqual(StackEntryTy);
    205 
    206   // Get the root chain if it already exists.
    207   Head = M.getGlobalVariable("llvm_gc_root_chain");
    208   if (!Head) {
    209     // If the root chain does not exist, insert a new one with linkonce
    210     // linkage!
    211     Head = new GlobalVariable(
    212         M, StackEntryPtrTy, false, GlobalValue::LinkOnceAnyLinkage,
    213         Constant::getNullValue(StackEntryPtrTy), "llvm_gc_root_chain");
    214   } else if (Head->hasExternalLinkage() && Head->isDeclaration()) {
    215     Head->setInitializer(Constant::getNullValue(StackEntryPtrTy));
    216     Head->setLinkage(GlobalValue::LinkOnceAnyLinkage);
    217   }
    218 
    219   return true;
    220 }
    221 
    222 bool ShadowStackGCLowering::IsNullValue(Value *V) {
    223   if (Constant *C = dyn_cast<Constant>(V))
    224     return C->isNullValue();
    225   return false;
    226 }
    227 
    228 void ShadowStackGCLowering::CollectRoots(Function &F) {
    229   // FIXME: Account for original alignment. Could fragment the root array.
    230   //   Approach 1: Null initialize empty slots at runtime. Yuck.
    231   //   Approach 2: Emit a map of the array instead of just a count.
    232 
    233   assert(Roots.empty() && "Not cleaned up?");
    234 
    235   SmallVector<std::pair<CallInst *, AllocaInst *>, 16> MetaRoots;
    236 
    237   for (Function::iterator BB = F.begin(), E = F.end(); BB != E; ++BB)
    238     for (BasicBlock::iterator II = BB->begin(), E = BB->end(); II != E;)
    239       if (IntrinsicInst *CI = dyn_cast<IntrinsicInst>(II++))
    240         if (Function *F = CI->getCalledFunction())
    241           if (F->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::gcroot) {
    242             std::pair<CallInst *, AllocaInst *> Pair = std::make_pair(
    243                 CI,
    244                 cast<AllocaInst>(CI->getArgOperand(0)->stripPointerCasts()));
    245             if (IsNullValue(CI->getArgOperand(1)))
    246               Roots.push_back(Pair);
    247             else
    248               MetaRoots.push_back(Pair);
    249           }
    250 
    251   // Number roots with metadata (usually empty) at the beginning, so that the
    252   // FrameMap::Meta array can be elided.
    253   Roots.insert(Roots.begin(), MetaRoots.begin(), MetaRoots.end());
    254 }
    255 
    256 GetElementPtrInst *ShadowStackGCLowering::CreateGEP(LLVMContext &Context,
    257                                                     IRBuilder<> &B, Type *Ty,
    258                                                     Value *BasePtr, int Idx,
    259                                                     int Idx2,
    260                                                     const char *Name) {
    261   Value *Indices[] = {ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), 0),
    262                       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), Idx),
    263                       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), Idx2)};
    264   Value *Val = B.CreateGEP(Ty, BasePtr, Indices, Name);
    265 
    266   assert(isa<GetElementPtrInst>(Val) && "Unexpected folded constant");
    267 
    268   return dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(Val);
    269 }
    270 
    271 GetElementPtrInst *ShadowStackGCLowering::CreateGEP(LLVMContext &Context,
    272                                             IRBuilder<> &B, Type *Ty, Value *BasePtr,
    273                                             int Idx, const char *Name) {
    274   Value *Indices[] = {ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), 0),
    275                       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), Idx)};
    276   Value *Val = B.CreateGEP(Ty, BasePtr, Indices, Name);
    277 
    278   assert(isa<GetElementPtrInst>(Val) && "Unexpected folded constant");
    279 
    280   return dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(Val);
    281 }
    282 
    283 /// runOnFunction - Insert code to maintain the shadow stack.
    284 bool ShadowStackGCLowering::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
    285   // Quick exit for functions that do not use the shadow stack GC.
    286   if (!F.hasGC() ||
    287       F.getGC() != std::string("shadow-stack"))
    288     return false;
    289 
    290   LLVMContext &Context = F.getContext();
    291 
    292   // Find calls to llvm.gcroot.
    293   CollectRoots(F);
    294 
    295   // If there are no roots in this function, then there is no need to add a
    296   // stack map entry for it.
    297   if (Roots.empty())
    298     return false;
    299 
    300   // Build the constant map and figure the type of the shadow stack entry.
    301   Value *FrameMap = GetFrameMap(F);
    302   Type *ConcreteStackEntryTy = GetConcreteStackEntryType(F);
    303 
    304   // Build the shadow stack entry at the very start of the function.
    305   BasicBlock::iterator IP = F.getEntryBlock().begin();
    306   IRBuilder<> AtEntry(IP->getParent(), IP);
    307 
    308   Instruction *StackEntry =
    309       AtEntry.CreateAlloca(ConcreteStackEntryTy, nullptr, "gc_frame");
    310 
    311   while (isa<AllocaInst>(IP))
    312     ++IP;
    313   AtEntry.SetInsertPoint(IP->getParent(), IP);
    314 
    315   // Initialize the map pointer and load the current head of the shadow stack.
    316   Instruction *CurrentHead = AtEntry.CreateLoad(Head, "gc_currhead");
    317   Instruction *EntryMapPtr = CreateGEP(Context, AtEntry, ConcreteStackEntryTy,
    318                                        StackEntry, 0, 1, "gc_frame.map");
    319   AtEntry.CreateStore(FrameMap, EntryMapPtr);
    320 
    321   // After all the allocas...
    322   for (unsigned I = 0, E = Roots.size(); I != E; ++I) {
    323     // For each root, find the corresponding slot in the aggregate...
    324     Value *SlotPtr = CreateGEP(Context, AtEntry, ConcreteStackEntryTy,
    325                                StackEntry, 1 + I, "gc_root");
    326 
    327     // And use it in lieu of the alloca.
    328     AllocaInst *OriginalAlloca = Roots[I].second;
    329     SlotPtr->takeName(OriginalAlloca);
    330     OriginalAlloca->replaceAllUsesWith(SlotPtr);
    331   }
    332 
    333   // Move past the original stores inserted by GCStrategy::InitRoots. This isn't
    334   // really necessary (the collector would never see the intermediate state at
    335   // runtime), but it's nicer not to push the half-initialized entry onto the
    336   // shadow stack.
    337   while (isa<StoreInst>(IP))
    338     ++IP;
    339   AtEntry.SetInsertPoint(IP->getParent(), IP);
    340 
    341   // Push the entry onto the shadow stack.
    342   Instruction *EntryNextPtr = CreateGEP(Context, AtEntry, ConcreteStackEntryTy,
    343                                         StackEntry, 0, 0, "gc_frame.next");
    344   Instruction *NewHeadVal = CreateGEP(Context, AtEntry, ConcreteStackEntryTy,
    345                                       StackEntry, 0, "gc_newhead");
    346   AtEntry.CreateStore(CurrentHead, EntryNextPtr);
    347   AtEntry.CreateStore(NewHeadVal, Head);
    348 
    349   // For each instruction that escapes...
    350   EscapeEnumerator EE(F, "gc_cleanup");
    351   while (IRBuilder<> *AtExit = EE.Next()) {
    352     // Pop the entry from the shadow stack. Don't reuse CurrentHead from
    353     // AtEntry, since that would make the value live for the entire function.
    354     Instruction *EntryNextPtr2 =
    355         CreateGEP(Context, *AtExit, ConcreteStackEntryTy, StackEntry, 0, 0,
    356                   "gc_frame.next");
    357     Value *SavedHead = AtExit->CreateLoad(EntryNextPtr2, "gc_savedhead");
    358     AtExit->CreateStore(SavedHead, Head);
    359   }
    360 
    361   // Delete the original allocas (which are no longer used) and the intrinsic
    362   // calls (which are no longer valid). Doing this last avoids invalidating
    363   // iterators.
    364   for (unsigned I = 0, E = Roots.size(); I != E; ++I) {
    365     Roots[I].first->eraseFromParent();
    366     Roots[I].second->eraseFromParent();
    367   }
    368 
    369   Roots.clear();
    370   return true;
    371 }
    372