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      1 //===-- llvm/GlobalValue.h - Class to represent a global value --*- C++ -*-===//
      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 is a common base class of all globally definable objects.  As such,
     11 // it is subclassed by GlobalVariable, GlobalAlias and by Function.  This is
     12 // used because you can do certain things with these global objects that you
     13 // can't do to anything else.  For example, use the address of one as a
     14 // constant.
     15 //
     16 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     17 
     18 #ifndef LLVM_IR_GLOBALVALUE_H
     19 #define LLVM_IR_GLOBALVALUE_H
     20 
     21 #include "llvm/IR/Constant.h"
     22 
     23 namespace llvm {
     24 
     25 class PointerType;
     26 class Module;
     27 
     28 class GlobalValue : public Constant {
     29   GlobalValue(const GlobalValue &) LLVM_DELETED_FUNCTION;
     30 public:
     31   /// @brief An enumeration for the kinds of linkage for global values.
     32   enum LinkageTypes {
     33     ExternalLinkage = 0,///< Externally visible function
     34     AvailableExternallyLinkage, ///< Available for inspection, not emission.
     35     LinkOnceAnyLinkage, ///< Keep one copy of function when linking (inline)
     36     LinkOnceODRLinkage, ///< Same, but only replaced by something equivalent.
     37     LinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage, ///< Like LinkOnceODRLinkage but addr not taken.
     38     WeakAnyLinkage,     ///< Keep one copy of named function when linking (weak)
     39     WeakODRLinkage,     ///< Same, but only replaced by something equivalent.
     40     AppendingLinkage,   ///< Special purpose, only applies to global arrays
     41     InternalLinkage,    ///< Rename collisions when linking (static functions).
     42     PrivateLinkage,     ///< Like Internal, but omit from symbol table.
     43     LinkerPrivateLinkage, ///< Like Private, but linker removes.
     44     LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage, ///< Like LinkerPrivate, but weak.
     45     DLLImportLinkage,   ///< Function to be imported from DLL
     46     DLLExportLinkage,   ///< Function to be accessible from DLL.
     47     ExternalWeakLinkage,///< ExternalWeak linkage description.
     48     CommonLinkage       ///< Tentative definitions.
     49   };
     50 
     51   /// @brief An enumeration for the kinds of visibility of global values.
     52   enum VisibilityTypes {
     53     DefaultVisibility = 0,  ///< The GV is visible
     54     HiddenVisibility,       ///< The GV is hidden
     55     ProtectedVisibility     ///< The GV is protected
     56   };
     57 
     58 protected:
     59   GlobalValue(Type *ty, ValueTy vty, Use *Ops, unsigned NumOps,
     60               LinkageTypes linkage, const Twine &Name)
     61     : Constant(ty, vty, Ops, NumOps), Linkage(linkage),
     62       Visibility(DefaultVisibility), Alignment(0), UnnamedAddr(0), Parent(0) {
     63     setName(Name);
     64   }
     65 
     66   // Note: VC++ treats enums as signed, so an extra bit is required to prevent
     67   // Linkage and Visibility from turning into negative values.
     68   LinkageTypes Linkage : 5;   // The linkage of this global
     69   unsigned Visibility : 2;    // The visibility style of this global
     70   unsigned Alignment : 16;    // Alignment of this symbol, must be power of two
     71   unsigned UnnamedAddr : 1;   // This value's address is not significant
     72   Module *Parent;             // The containing module.
     73   std::string Section;        // Section to emit this into, empty mean default
     74 public:
     75   ~GlobalValue() {
     76     removeDeadConstantUsers();   // remove any dead constants using this.
     77   }
     78 
     79   unsigned getAlignment() const {
     80     return (1u << Alignment) >> 1;
     81   }
     82   void setAlignment(unsigned Align);
     83 
     84   bool hasUnnamedAddr() const { return UnnamedAddr; }
     85   void setUnnamedAddr(bool Val) { UnnamedAddr = Val; }
     86 
     87   VisibilityTypes getVisibility() const { return VisibilityTypes(Visibility); }
     88   bool hasDefaultVisibility() const { return Visibility == DefaultVisibility; }
     89   bool hasHiddenVisibility() const { return Visibility == HiddenVisibility; }
     90   bool hasProtectedVisibility() const {
     91     return Visibility == ProtectedVisibility;
     92   }
     93   void setVisibility(VisibilityTypes V) { Visibility = V; }
     94 
     95   bool hasSection() const { return !Section.empty(); }
     96   const std::string &getSection() const { return Section; }
     97   void setSection(StringRef S) { Section = S; }
     98 
     99   /// If the usage is empty (except transitively dead constants), then this
    100   /// global value can be safely deleted since the destructor will
    101   /// delete the dead constants as well.
    102   /// @brief Determine if the usage of this global value is empty except
    103   /// for transitively dead constants.
    104   bool use_empty_except_constants();
    105 
    106   /// getType - Global values are always pointers.
    107   inline PointerType *getType() const {
    108     return reinterpret_cast<PointerType*>(User::getType());
    109   }
    110 
    111   static LinkageTypes getLinkOnceLinkage(bool ODR) {
    112     return ODR ? LinkOnceODRLinkage : LinkOnceAnyLinkage;
    113   }
    114   static LinkageTypes getWeakLinkage(bool ODR) {
    115     return ODR ? WeakODRLinkage : WeakAnyLinkage;
    116   }
    117 
    118   static bool isExternalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    119     return Linkage == ExternalLinkage;
    120   }
    121   static bool isAvailableExternallyLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    122     return Linkage == AvailableExternallyLinkage;
    123   }
    124   static bool isLinkOnceLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    125     return Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
    126            Linkage == LinkOnceODRLinkage ||
    127            Linkage == LinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage;
    128   }
    129   static bool isLinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    130     return Linkage == LinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage;
    131   }
    132   static bool isWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    133     return Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage || Linkage == WeakODRLinkage;
    134   }
    135   static bool isAppendingLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    136     return Linkage == AppendingLinkage;
    137   }
    138   static bool isInternalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    139     return Linkage == InternalLinkage;
    140   }
    141   static bool isPrivateLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    142     return Linkage == PrivateLinkage;
    143   }
    144   static bool isLinkerPrivateLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    145     return Linkage == LinkerPrivateLinkage;
    146   }
    147   static bool isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    148     return Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage;
    149   }
    150   static bool isLocalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    151     return isInternalLinkage(Linkage) || isPrivateLinkage(Linkage) ||
    152       isLinkerPrivateLinkage(Linkage) || isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(Linkage);
    153   }
    154   static bool isDLLImportLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    155     return Linkage == DLLImportLinkage;
    156   }
    157   static bool isDLLExportLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    158     return Linkage == DLLExportLinkage;
    159   }
    160   static bool isExternalWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    161     return Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage;
    162   }
    163   static bool isCommonLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    164     return Linkage == CommonLinkage;
    165   }
    166 
    167   /// isDiscardableIfUnused - Whether the definition of this global may be
    168   /// discarded if it is not used in its compilation unit.
    169   static bool isDiscardableIfUnused(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    170     return isLinkOnceLinkage(Linkage) || isLocalLinkage(Linkage);
    171   }
    172 
    173   /// mayBeOverridden - Whether the definition of this global may be replaced
    174   /// by something non-equivalent at link time.  For example, if a function has
    175   /// weak linkage then the code defining it may be replaced by different code.
    176   static bool mayBeOverridden(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    177     return Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage ||
    178            Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
    179            Linkage == CommonLinkage ||
    180            Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage ||
    181            Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage;
    182   }
    183 
    184   /// isWeakForLinker - Whether the definition of this global may be replaced at
    185   /// link time.  NB: Using this method outside of the code generators is almost
    186   /// always a mistake: when working at the IR level use mayBeOverridden instead
    187   /// as it knows about ODR semantics.
    188   static bool isWeakForLinker(LinkageTypes Linkage)  {
    189     return Linkage == AvailableExternallyLinkage ||
    190            Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage ||
    191            Linkage == WeakODRLinkage ||
    192            Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
    193            Linkage == LinkOnceODRLinkage ||
    194            Linkage == LinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage ||
    195            Linkage == CommonLinkage ||
    196            Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage ||
    197            Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage;
    198   }
    199 
    200   bool hasExternalLinkage() const { return isExternalLinkage(Linkage); }
    201   bool hasAvailableExternallyLinkage() const {
    202     return isAvailableExternallyLinkage(Linkage);
    203   }
    204   bool hasLinkOnceLinkage() const {
    205     return isLinkOnceLinkage(Linkage);
    206   }
    207   bool hasLinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage() const {
    208     return isLinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage(Linkage);
    209   }
    210   bool hasWeakLinkage() const {
    211     return isWeakLinkage(Linkage);
    212   }
    213   bool hasAppendingLinkage() const { return isAppendingLinkage(Linkage); }
    214   bool hasInternalLinkage() const { return isInternalLinkage(Linkage); }
    215   bool hasPrivateLinkage() const { return isPrivateLinkage(Linkage); }
    216   bool hasLinkerPrivateLinkage() const { return isLinkerPrivateLinkage(Linkage); }
    217   bool hasLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage() const {
    218     return isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(Linkage);
    219   }
    220   bool hasLocalLinkage() const { return isLocalLinkage(Linkage); }
    221   bool hasDLLImportLinkage() const { return isDLLImportLinkage(Linkage); }
    222   bool hasDLLExportLinkage() const { return isDLLExportLinkage(Linkage); }
    223   bool hasExternalWeakLinkage() const { return isExternalWeakLinkage(Linkage); }
    224   bool hasCommonLinkage() const { return isCommonLinkage(Linkage); }
    225 
    226   void setLinkage(LinkageTypes LT) { Linkage = LT; }
    227   LinkageTypes getLinkage() const { return Linkage; }
    228 
    229   bool isDiscardableIfUnused() const {
    230     return isDiscardableIfUnused(Linkage);
    231   }
    232 
    233   bool mayBeOverridden() const { return mayBeOverridden(Linkage); }
    234 
    235   bool isWeakForLinker() const { return isWeakForLinker(Linkage); }
    236 
    237   /// copyAttributesFrom - copy all additional attributes (those not needed to
    238   /// create a GlobalValue) from the GlobalValue Src to this one.
    239   virtual void copyAttributesFrom(const GlobalValue *Src);
    240 
    241 /// @name Materialization
    242 /// Materialization is used to construct functions only as they're needed. This
    243 /// is useful to reduce memory usage in LLVM or parsing work done by the
    244 /// BitcodeReader to load the Module.
    245 /// @{
    246 
    247   /// isMaterializable - If this function's Module is being lazily streamed in
    248   /// functions from disk or some other source, this method can be used to check
    249   /// to see if the function has been read in yet or not.
    250   bool isMaterializable() const;
    251 
    252   /// isDematerializable - Returns true if this function was loaded from a
    253   /// GVMaterializer that's still attached to its Module and that knows how to
    254   /// dematerialize the function.
    255   bool isDematerializable() const;
    256 
    257   /// Materialize - make sure this GlobalValue is fully read.  If the module is
    258   /// corrupt, this returns true and fills in the optional string with
    259   /// information about the problem.  If successful, this returns false.
    260   bool Materialize(std::string *ErrInfo = 0);
    261 
    262   /// Dematerialize - If this GlobalValue is read in, and if the GVMaterializer
    263   /// supports it, release the memory for the function, and set it up to be
    264   /// materialized lazily.  If !isDematerializable(), this method is a noop.
    265   void Dematerialize();
    266 
    267 /// @}
    268 
    269   /// Override from Constant class.
    270   virtual void destroyConstant();
    271 
    272   /// isDeclaration - Return true if the primary definition of this global
    273   /// value is outside of the current translation unit.
    274   bool isDeclaration() const;
    275 
    276   /// removeFromParent - This method unlinks 'this' from the containing module,
    277   /// but does not delete it.
    278   virtual void removeFromParent() = 0;
    279 
    280   /// eraseFromParent - This method unlinks 'this' from the containing module
    281   /// and deletes it.
    282   virtual void eraseFromParent() = 0;
    283 
    284   /// getParent - Get the module that this global value is contained inside
    285   /// of...
    286   inline Module *getParent() { return Parent; }
    287   inline const Module *getParent() const { return Parent; }
    288 
    289   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
    290   static inline bool classof(const Value *V) {
    291     return V->getValueID() == Value::FunctionVal ||
    292            V->getValueID() == Value::GlobalVariableVal ||
    293            V->getValueID() == Value::GlobalAliasVal;
    294   }
    295 };
    296 
    297 } // End llvm namespace
    298 
    299 #endif
    300