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      1 //===--- CodeGenTypes.cpp - TBAA information for LLVM CodeGen -------------===//
      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 is the code that manages TBAA information and defines the TBAA policy
     11 // for the optimizer to use. Relevant standards text includes:
     12 //
     13 //   C99 6.5p7
     14 //   C++ [basic.lval] (p10 in n3126, p15 in some earlier versions)
     15 //
     16 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     17 
     18 #include "CodeGenTBAA.h"
     19 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
     20 #include "clang/AST/Attr.h"
     21 #include "clang/AST/Mangle.h"
     22 #include "clang/AST/RecordLayout.h"
     23 #include "clang/Frontend/CodeGenOptions.h"
     24 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
     25 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
     26 #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h"
     27 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
     28 using namespace clang;
     29 using namespace CodeGen;
     30 
     31 CodeGenTBAA::CodeGenTBAA(ASTContext &Ctx, llvm::LLVMContext& VMContext,
     32                          const CodeGenOptions &CGO,
     33                          const LangOptions &Features, MangleContext &MContext)
     34   : Context(Ctx), CodeGenOpts(CGO), Features(Features), MContext(MContext),
     35     MDHelper(VMContext), Root(0), Char(0) {
     36 }
     37 
     38 CodeGenTBAA::~CodeGenTBAA() {
     39 }
     40 
     41 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getRoot() {
     42   // Define the root of the tree. This identifies the tree, so that
     43   // if our LLVM IR is linked with LLVM IR from a different front-end
     44   // (or a different version of this front-end), their TBAA trees will
     45   // remain distinct, and the optimizer will treat them conservatively.
     46   if (!Root)
     47     Root = MDHelper.createTBAARoot("Simple C/C++ TBAA");
     48 
     49   return Root;
     50 }
     51 
     52 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getChar() {
     53   // Define the root of the tree for user-accessible memory. C and C++
     54   // give special powers to char and certain similar types. However,
     55   // these special powers only cover user-accessible memory, and doesn't
     56   // include things like vtables.
     57   if (!Char)
     58     Char = MDHelper.createTBAANode("omnipotent char", getRoot());
     59 
     60   return Char;
     61 }
     62 
     63 static bool TypeHasMayAlias(QualType QTy) {
     64   // Tagged types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
     65   if (const TagType *TTy = dyn_cast<TagType>(QTy))
     66     return TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>();
     67 
     68   // Typedef types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
     69   if (const TypedefType *TTy = dyn_cast<TypedefType>(QTy)) {
     70     if (TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>())
     71       return true;
     72     // Also, their underlying types may have relevant attributes.
     73     return TypeHasMayAlias(TTy->desugar());
     74   }
     75 
     76   return false;
     77 }
     78 
     79 llvm::MDNode *
     80 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfo(QualType QTy) {
     81   // At -O0 TBAA is not emitted for regular types.
     82   if (CodeGenOpts.OptimizationLevel == 0 || CodeGenOpts.RelaxedAliasing)
     83     return NULL;
     84 
     85   // If the type has the may_alias attribute (even on a typedef), it is
     86   // effectively in the general char alias class.
     87   if (TypeHasMayAlias(QTy))
     88     return getChar();
     89 
     90   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
     91 
     92   if (llvm::MDNode *N = MetadataCache[Ty])
     93     return N;
     94 
     95   // Handle builtin types.
     96   if (const BuiltinType *BTy = dyn_cast<BuiltinType>(Ty)) {
     97     switch (BTy->getKind()) {
     98     // Character types are special and can alias anything.
     99     // In C++, this technically only includes "char" and "unsigned char",
    100     // and not "signed char". In C, it includes all three. For now,
    101     // the risk of exploiting this detail in C++ seems likely to outweigh
    102     // the benefit.
    103     case BuiltinType::Char_U:
    104     case BuiltinType::Char_S:
    105     case BuiltinType::UChar:
    106     case BuiltinType::SChar:
    107       return getChar();
    108 
    109     // Unsigned types can alias their corresponding signed types.
    110     case BuiltinType::UShort:
    111       return getTBAAInfo(Context.ShortTy);
    112     case BuiltinType::UInt:
    113       return getTBAAInfo(Context.IntTy);
    114     case BuiltinType::ULong:
    115       return getTBAAInfo(Context.LongTy);
    116     case BuiltinType::ULongLong:
    117       return getTBAAInfo(Context.LongLongTy);
    118     case BuiltinType::UInt128:
    119       return getTBAAInfo(Context.Int128Ty);
    120 
    121     // Treat all other builtin types as distinct types. This includes
    122     // treating wchar_t, char16_t, and char32_t as distinct from their
    123     // "underlying types".
    124     default:
    125       return MetadataCache[Ty] =
    126         MDHelper.createTBAANode(BTy->getName(Features), getChar());
    127     }
    128   }
    129 
    130   // Handle pointers.
    131   // TODO: Implement C++'s type "similarity" and consider dis-"similar"
    132   // pointers distinct.
    133   if (Ty->isPointerType())
    134     return MetadataCache[Ty] = MDHelper.createTBAANode("any pointer",
    135                                                        getChar());
    136 
    137   // Enum types are distinct types. In C++ they have "underlying types",
    138   // however they aren't related for TBAA.
    139   if (const EnumType *ETy = dyn_cast<EnumType>(Ty)) {
    140     // In C mode, two anonymous enums are compatible iff their members
    141     // are the same -- see C99 6.2.7p1. For now, be conservative. We could
    142     // theoretically implement this by combining information about all the
    143     // members into a single identifying MDNode.
    144     if (!Features.CPlusPlus &&
    145         ETy->getDecl()->getTypedefNameForAnonDecl())
    146       return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    147 
    148     // In C++ mode, types have linkage, so we can rely on the ODR and
    149     // on their mangled names, if they're external.
    150     // TODO: Is there a way to get a program-wide unique name for a
    151     // decl with local linkage or no linkage?
    152     if (Features.CPlusPlus &&
    153         ETy->getDecl()->getLinkage() != ExternalLinkage)
    154       return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    155 
    156     // TODO: This is using the RTTI name. Is there a better way to get
    157     // a unique string for a type?
    158     SmallString<256> OutName;
    159     llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
    160     MContext.mangleCXXRTTIName(QualType(ETy, 0), Out);
    161     Out.flush();
    162     return MetadataCache[Ty] = MDHelper.createTBAANode(OutName, getChar());
    163   }
    164 
    165   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    166   return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    167 }
    168 
    169 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfoForVTablePtr() {
    170   return MDHelper.createTBAANode("vtable pointer", getRoot());
    171 }
    172 
    173 bool
    174 CodeGenTBAA::CollectFields(uint64_t BaseOffset,
    175                            QualType QTy,
    176                            SmallVectorImpl<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField> &
    177                              Fields,
    178                            bool MayAlias) {
    179   /* Things not handled yet include: C++ base classes, bitfields, */
    180 
    181   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    182     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    183     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
    184       return false;
    185 
    186     // TODO: Handle C++ base classes.
    187     if (const CXXRecordDecl *Decl = dyn_cast<CXXRecordDecl>(RD))
    188       if (Decl->bases_begin() != Decl->bases_end())
    189         return false;
    190 
    191     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
    192 
    193     unsigned idx = 0;
    194     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
    195          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
    196       uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset +
    197                         Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth();
    198       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
    199       if (!CollectFields(Offset, FieldQTy, Fields,
    200                          MayAlias || TypeHasMayAlias(FieldQTy)))
    201         return false;
    202     }
    203     return true;
    204   }
    205 
    206   /* Otherwise, treat whatever it is as a field. */
    207   uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset;
    208   uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(QTy).getQuantity();
    209   llvm::MDNode *TBAAInfo = MayAlias ? getChar() : getTBAAInfo(QTy);
    210   Fields.push_back(llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField(Offset, Size, TBAAInfo));
    211   return true;
    212 }
    213 
    214 llvm::MDNode *
    215 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructInfo(QualType QTy) {
    216   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    217 
    218   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructMetadataCache[Ty])
    219     return N;
    220 
    221   SmallVector<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField, 4> Fields;
    222   if (CollectFields(0, QTy, Fields, TypeHasMayAlias(QTy)))
    223     return MDHelper.createTBAAStructNode(Fields);
    224 
    225   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    226   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = NULL;
    227 }
    228