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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/ADT/SmallSet.h"
     25 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
     26 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
     27 #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h"
     28 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
     29 using namespace clang;
     30 using namespace CodeGen;
     31 
     32 CodeGenTBAA::CodeGenTBAA(ASTContext &Ctx, llvm::LLVMContext& VMContext,
     33                          const CodeGenOptions &CGO,
     34                          const LangOptions &Features, MangleContext &MContext)
     35   : Context(Ctx), CodeGenOpts(CGO), Features(Features), MContext(MContext),
     36     MDHelper(VMContext), Root(0), Char(0) {
     37 }
     38 
     39 CodeGenTBAA::~CodeGenTBAA() {
     40 }
     41 
     42 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getRoot() {
     43   // Define the root of the tree. This identifies the tree, so that
     44   // if our LLVM IR is linked with LLVM IR from a different front-end
     45   // (or a different version of this front-end), their TBAA trees will
     46   // remain distinct, and the optimizer will treat them conservatively.
     47   if (!Root)
     48     Root = MDHelper.createTBAARoot("Simple C/C++ TBAA");
     49 
     50   return Root;
     51 }
     52 
     53 // For struct-path aware TBAA, the scalar type has the same format as
     54 // the struct type: name, offset, pointer to another node in the type DAG.
     55 // For scalar TBAA, the scalar type is the same as the scalar tag:
     56 // name and a parent pointer.
     57 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::createTBAAScalarType(StringRef Name,
     58                                                 llvm::MDNode *Parent) {
     59   if (CodeGenOpts.StructPathTBAA)
     60     return MDHelper.createTBAAScalarTypeNode(Name, Parent);
     61   else
     62     return MDHelper.createTBAANode(Name, Parent);
     63 }
     64 
     65 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getChar() {
     66   // Define the root of the tree for user-accessible memory. C and C++
     67   // give special powers to char and certain similar types. However,
     68   // these special powers only cover user-accessible memory, and doesn't
     69   // include things like vtables.
     70   if (!Char)
     71     Char = createTBAAScalarType("omnipotent char", getRoot());
     72 
     73   return Char;
     74 }
     75 
     76 static bool TypeHasMayAlias(QualType QTy) {
     77   // Tagged types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
     78   if (const TagType *TTy = dyn_cast<TagType>(QTy))
     79     return TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>();
     80 
     81   // Typedef types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
     82   if (const TypedefType *TTy = dyn_cast<TypedefType>(QTy)) {
     83     if (TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>())
     84       return true;
     85     // Also, their underlying types may have relevant attributes.
     86     return TypeHasMayAlias(TTy->desugar());
     87   }
     88 
     89   return false;
     90 }
     91 
     92 llvm::MDNode *
     93 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfo(QualType QTy) {
     94   // At -O0 TBAA is not emitted for regular types.
     95   if (CodeGenOpts.OptimizationLevel == 0 || CodeGenOpts.RelaxedAliasing)
     96     return NULL;
     97 
     98   // If the type has the may_alias attribute (even on a typedef), it is
     99   // effectively in the general char alias class.
    100   if (TypeHasMayAlias(QTy))
    101     return getChar();
    102 
    103   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    104 
    105   if (llvm::MDNode *N = MetadataCache[Ty])
    106     return N;
    107 
    108   // Handle builtin types.
    109   if (const BuiltinType *BTy = dyn_cast<BuiltinType>(Ty)) {
    110     switch (BTy->getKind()) {
    111     // Character types are special and can alias anything.
    112     // In C++, this technically only includes "char" and "unsigned char",
    113     // and not "signed char". In C, it includes all three. For now,
    114     // the risk of exploiting this detail in C++ seems likely to outweigh
    115     // the benefit.
    116     case BuiltinType::Char_U:
    117     case BuiltinType::Char_S:
    118     case BuiltinType::UChar:
    119     case BuiltinType::SChar:
    120       return getChar();
    121 
    122     // Unsigned types can alias their corresponding signed types.
    123     case BuiltinType::UShort:
    124       return getTBAAInfo(Context.ShortTy);
    125     case BuiltinType::UInt:
    126       return getTBAAInfo(Context.IntTy);
    127     case BuiltinType::ULong:
    128       return getTBAAInfo(Context.LongTy);
    129     case BuiltinType::ULongLong:
    130       return getTBAAInfo(Context.LongLongTy);
    131     case BuiltinType::UInt128:
    132       return getTBAAInfo(Context.Int128Ty);
    133 
    134     // Treat all other builtin types as distinct types. This includes
    135     // treating wchar_t, char16_t, and char32_t as distinct from their
    136     // "underlying types".
    137     default:
    138       return MetadataCache[Ty] =
    139         createTBAAScalarType(BTy->getName(Features), getChar());
    140     }
    141   }
    142 
    143   // Handle pointers.
    144   // TODO: Implement C++'s type "similarity" and consider dis-"similar"
    145   // pointers distinct.
    146   if (Ty->isPointerType())
    147     return MetadataCache[Ty] = createTBAAScalarType("any pointer",
    148                                                     getChar());
    149 
    150   // Enum types are distinct types. In C++ they have "underlying types",
    151   // however they aren't related for TBAA.
    152   if (const EnumType *ETy = dyn_cast<EnumType>(Ty)) {
    153     // In C++ mode, types have linkage, so we can rely on the ODR and
    154     // on their mangled names, if they're external.
    155     // TODO: Is there a way to get a program-wide unique name for a
    156     // decl with local linkage or no linkage?
    157     if (!Features.CPlusPlus || !ETy->getDecl()->isExternallyVisible())
    158       return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    159 
    160     // TODO: This is using the RTTI name. Is there a better way to get
    161     // a unique string for a type?
    162     SmallString<256> OutName;
    163     llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
    164     MContext.mangleCXXRTTIName(QualType(ETy, 0), Out);
    165     Out.flush();
    166     return MetadataCache[Ty] = createTBAAScalarType(OutName, getChar());
    167   }
    168 
    169   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    170   return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    171 }
    172 
    173 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfoForVTablePtr() {
    174   return createTBAAScalarType("vtable pointer", getRoot());
    175 }
    176 
    177 bool
    178 CodeGenTBAA::CollectFields(uint64_t BaseOffset,
    179                            QualType QTy,
    180                            SmallVectorImpl<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField> &
    181                              Fields,
    182                            bool MayAlias) {
    183   /* Things not handled yet include: C++ base classes, bitfields, */
    184 
    185   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    186     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    187     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
    188       return false;
    189 
    190     // TODO: Handle C++ base classes.
    191     if (const CXXRecordDecl *Decl = dyn_cast<CXXRecordDecl>(RD))
    192       if (Decl->bases_begin() != Decl->bases_end())
    193         return false;
    194 
    195     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
    196 
    197     unsigned idx = 0;
    198     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
    199          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
    200       uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset +
    201                         Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth();
    202       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
    203       if (!CollectFields(Offset, FieldQTy, Fields,
    204                          MayAlias || TypeHasMayAlias(FieldQTy)))
    205         return false;
    206     }
    207     return true;
    208   }
    209 
    210   /* Otherwise, treat whatever it is as a field. */
    211   uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset;
    212   uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(QTy).getQuantity();
    213   llvm::MDNode *TBAAInfo = MayAlias ? getChar() : getTBAAInfo(QTy);
    214   llvm::MDNode *TBAATag = CodeGenOpts.StructPathTBAA ?
    215                           getTBAAScalarTagInfo(TBAAInfo) : TBAAInfo;
    216   Fields.push_back(llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField(Offset, Size, TBAATag));
    217   return true;
    218 }
    219 
    220 llvm::MDNode *
    221 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructInfo(QualType QTy) {
    222   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    223 
    224   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructMetadataCache[Ty])
    225     return N;
    226 
    227   SmallVector<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField, 4> Fields;
    228   if (CollectFields(0, QTy, Fields, TypeHasMayAlias(QTy)))
    229     return MDHelper.createTBAAStructNode(Fields);
    230 
    231   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    232   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = NULL;
    233 }
    234 
    235 /// Check if the given type can be handled by path-aware TBAA.
    236 static bool isTBAAPathStruct(QualType QTy) {
    237   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    238     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    239     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
    240       return false;
    241     // RD can be struct, union, class, interface or enum.
    242     // For now, we only handle struct and class.
    243     if (RD->isStruct() || RD->isClass())
    244       return true;
    245   }
    246   return false;
    247 }
    248 
    249 llvm::MDNode *
    250 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructTypeInfo(QualType QTy) {
    251   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    252   assert(isTBAAPathStruct(QTy));
    253 
    254   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty])
    255     return N;
    256 
    257   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    258     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    259 
    260     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
    261     SmallVector <std::pair<llvm::MDNode*, uint64_t>, 4> Fields;
    262     unsigned idx = 0;
    263     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
    264          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
    265       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
    266       llvm::MDNode *FieldNode;
    267       if (isTBAAPathStruct(FieldQTy))
    268         FieldNode = getTBAAStructTypeInfo(FieldQTy);
    269       else
    270         FieldNode = getTBAAInfo(FieldQTy);
    271       if (!FieldNode)
    272         return StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty] = NULL;
    273       Fields.push_back(std::make_pair(
    274           FieldNode, Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth()));
    275     }
    276 
    277     // TODO: This is using the RTTI name. Is there a better way to get
    278     // a unique string for a type?
    279     SmallString<256> OutName;
    280     llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
    281     MContext.mangleCXXRTTIName(QualType(Ty, 0), Out);
    282     Out.flush();
    283     // Create the struct type node with a vector of pairs (offset, type).
    284     return StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty] =
    285       MDHelper.createTBAAStructTypeNode(OutName, Fields);
    286   }
    287 
    288   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = NULL;
    289 }
    290 
    291 llvm::MDNode *
    292 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructTagInfo(QualType BaseQTy, llvm::MDNode *AccessNode,
    293                                   uint64_t Offset) {
    294   if (!CodeGenOpts.StructPathTBAA)
    295     return AccessNode;
    296 
    297   const Type *BTy = Context.getCanonicalType(BaseQTy).getTypePtr();
    298   TBAAPathTag PathTag = TBAAPathTag(BTy, AccessNode, Offset);
    299   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag])
    300     return N;
    301 
    302   llvm::MDNode *BNode = 0;
    303   if (isTBAAPathStruct(BaseQTy))
    304     BNode  = getTBAAStructTypeInfo(BaseQTy);
    305   if (!BNode)
    306     return StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag] =
    307        MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(AccessNode, AccessNode, 0);
    308 
    309   return StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag] =
    310     MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(BNode, AccessNode, Offset);
    311 }
    312 
    313 llvm::MDNode *
    314 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAScalarTagInfo(llvm::MDNode *AccessNode) {
    315   if (llvm::MDNode *N = ScalarTagMetadataCache[AccessNode])
    316     return N;
    317 
    318   return ScalarTagMetadataCache[AccessNode] =
    319     MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(AccessNode, AccessNode, 0);
    320 }
    321