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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 #include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"
     23 
     24 namespace llvm {
     25 
     26 class PointerType;
     27 class Module;
     28 
     29 class GlobalValue : public Constant {
     30   GlobalValue(const GlobalValue &) LLVM_DELETED_FUNCTION;
     31 public:
     32   /// @brief An enumeration for the kinds of linkage for global values.
     33   enum LinkageTypes {
     34     ExternalLinkage = 0,///< Externally visible function
     35     AvailableExternallyLinkage, ///< Available for inspection, not emission.
     36     LinkOnceAnyLinkage, ///< Keep one copy of function when linking (inline)
     37     LinkOnceODRLinkage, ///< Same, but only replaced by something equivalent.
     38     LinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage, ///< Like LinkOnceODRLinkage but addr not taken.
     39     WeakAnyLinkage,     ///< Keep one copy of named function when linking (weak)
     40     WeakODRLinkage,     ///< Same, but only replaced by something equivalent.
     41     AppendingLinkage,   ///< Special purpose, only applies to global arrays
     42     InternalLinkage,    ///< Rename collisions when linking (static functions).
     43     PrivateLinkage,     ///< Like Internal, but omit from symbol table.
     44     LinkerPrivateLinkage, ///< Like Private, but linker removes.
     45     LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage, ///< Like LinkerPrivate, but weak.
     46     DLLImportLinkage,   ///< Function to be imported from DLL
     47     DLLExportLinkage,   ///< Function to be accessible from DLL.
     48     ExternalWeakLinkage,///< ExternalWeak linkage description.
     49     CommonLinkage       ///< Tentative definitions.
     50   };
     51 
     52   /// @brief An enumeration for the kinds of visibility of global values.
     53   enum VisibilityTypes {
     54     DefaultVisibility = 0,  ///< The GV is visible
     55     HiddenVisibility,       ///< The GV is hidden
     56     ProtectedVisibility     ///< The GV is protected
     57   };
     58 
     59 protected:
     60   GlobalValue(Type *ty, ValueTy vty, Use *Ops, unsigned NumOps,
     61               LinkageTypes linkage, const Twine &Name)
     62     : Constant(ty, vty, Ops, NumOps), Linkage(linkage),
     63       Visibility(DefaultVisibility), Alignment(0), UnnamedAddr(0), Parent(0) {
     64     setName(Name);
     65   }
     66 
     67   // Note: VC++ treats enums as signed, so an extra bit is required to prevent
     68   // Linkage and Visibility from turning into negative values.
     69   LinkageTypes Linkage : 5;   // The linkage of this global
     70   unsigned Visibility : 2;    // The visibility style of this global
     71   unsigned Alignment : 16;    // Alignment of this symbol, must be power of two
     72   unsigned UnnamedAddr : 1;   // This value's address is not significant
     73   Module *Parent;             // The containing module.
     74   std::string Section;        // Section to emit this into, empty mean default
     75 public:
     76   ~GlobalValue() {
     77     removeDeadConstantUsers();   // remove any dead constants using this.
     78   }
     79 
     80   unsigned getAlignment() const {
     81     return (1u << Alignment) >> 1;
     82   }
     83   void setAlignment(unsigned Align);
     84 
     85   bool hasUnnamedAddr() const { return UnnamedAddr; }
     86   void setUnnamedAddr(bool Val) { UnnamedAddr = Val; }
     87 
     88   VisibilityTypes getVisibility() const { return VisibilityTypes(Visibility); }
     89   bool hasDefaultVisibility() const { return Visibility == DefaultVisibility; }
     90   bool hasHiddenVisibility() const { return Visibility == HiddenVisibility; }
     91   bool hasProtectedVisibility() const {
     92     return Visibility == ProtectedVisibility;
     93   }
     94   void setVisibility(VisibilityTypes V) { Visibility = V; }
     95 
     96   bool hasSection() const { return !Section.empty(); }
     97   const std::string &getSection() const { return Section; }
     98   void setSection(StringRef S) { Section = S; }
     99 
    100   /// If the usage is empty (except transitively dead constants), then this
    101   /// global value can be safely deleted since the destructor will
    102   /// delete the dead constants as well.
    103   /// @brief Determine if the usage of this global value is empty except
    104   /// for transitively dead constants.
    105   bool use_empty_except_constants();
    106 
    107   /// getType - Global values are always pointers.
    108   inline PointerType *getType() const {
    109     return cast<PointerType>(User::getType());
    110   }
    111 
    112   static LinkageTypes getLinkOnceLinkage(bool ODR) {
    113     return ODR ? LinkOnceODRLinkage : LinkOnceAnyLinkage;
    114   }
    115   static LinkageTypes getWeakLinkage(bool ODR) {
    116     return ODR ? WeakODRLinkage : WeakAnyLinkage;
    117   }
    118 
    119   static bool isExternalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    120     return Linkage == ExternalLinkage;
    121   }
    122   static bool isAvailableExternallyLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    123     return Linkage == AvailableExternallyLinkage;
    124   }
    125   static bool isLinkOnceLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    126     return Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
    127            Linkage == LinkOnceODRLinkage ||
    128            Linkage == LinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage;
    129   }
    130   static bool isLinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    131     return Linkage == LinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage;
    132   }
    133   static bool isWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    134     return Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage || Linkage == WeakODRLinkage;
    135   }
    136   static bool isAppendingLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    137     return Linkage == AppendingLinkage;
    138   }
    139   static bool isInternalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    140     return Linkage == InternalLinkage;
    141   }
    142   static bool isPrivateLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    143     return Linkage == PrivateLinkage;
    144   }
    145   static bool isLinkerPrivateLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    146     return Linkage == LinkerPrivateLinkage;
    147   }
    148   static bool isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    149     return Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage;
    150   }
    151   static bool isLocalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    152     return isInternalLinkage(Linkage) || isPrivateLinkage(Linkage) ||
    153       isLinkerPrivateLinkage(Linkage) || isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(Linkage);
    154   }
    155   static bool isDLLImportLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    156     return Linkage == DLLImportLinkage;
    157   }
    158   static bool isDLLExportLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    159     return Linkage == DLLExportLinkage;
    160   }
    161   static bool isExternalWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    162     return Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage;
    163   }
    164   static bool isCommonLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    165     return Linkage == CommonLinkage;
    166   }
    167 
    168   /// isDiscardableIfUnused - Whether the definition of this global may be
    169   /// discarded if it is not used in its compilation unit.
    170   static bool isDiscardableIfUnused(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    171     return isLinkOnceLinkage(Linkage) || isLocalLinkage(Linkage);
    172   }
    173 
    174   /// mayBeOverridden - Whether the definition of this global may be replaced
    175   /// by something non-equivalent at link time.  For example, if a function has
    176   /// weak linkage then the code defining it may be replaced by different code.
    177   static bool mayBeOverridden(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    178     return Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage ||
    179            Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
    180            Linkage == CommonLinkage ||
    181            Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage ||
    182            Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage;
    183   }
    184 
    185   /// isWeakForLinker - Whether the definition of this global may be replaced at
    186   /// link time.  NB: Using this method outside of the code generators is almost
    187   /// always a mistake: when working at the IR level use mayBeOverridden instead
    188   /// as it knows about ODR semantics.
    189   static bool isWeakForLinker(LinkageTypes Linkage)  {
    190     return Linkage == AvailableExternallyLinkage ||
    191            Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage ||
    192            Linkage == WeakODRLinkage ||
    193            Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
    194            Linkage == LinkOnceODRLinkage ||
    195            Linkage == LinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage ||
    196            Linkage == CommonLinkage ||
    197            Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage ||
    198            Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage;
    199   }
    200 
    201   bool hasExternalLinkage() const { return isExternalLinkage(Linkage); }
    202   bool hasAvailableExternallyLinkage() const {
    203     return isAvailableExternallyLinkage(Linkage);
    204   }
    205   bool hasLinkOnceLinkage() const {
    206     return isLinkOnceLinkage(Linkage);
    207   }
    208   bool hasLinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage() const {
    209     return isLinkOnceODRAutoHideLinkage(Linkage);
    210   }
    211   bool hasWeakLinkage() const {
    212     return isWeakLinkage(Linkage);
    213   }
    214   bool hasAppendingLinkage() const { return isAppendingLinkage(Linkage); }
    215   bool hasInternalLinkage() const { return isInternalLinkage(Linkage); }
    216   bool hasPrivateLinkage() const { return isPrivateLinkage(Linkage); }
    217   bool hasLinkerPrivateLinkage() const { return isLinkerPrivateLinkage(Linkage); }
    218   bool hasLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage() const {
    219     return isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(Linkage);
    220   }
    221   bool hasLocalLinkage() const { return isLocalLinkage(Linkage); }
    222   bool hasDLLImportLinkage() const { return isDLLImportLinkage(Linkage); }
    223   bool hasDLLExportLinkage() const { return isDLLExportLinkage(Linkage); }
    224   bool hasExternalWeakLinkage() const { return isExternalWeakLinkage(Linkage); }
    225   bool hasCommonLinkage() const { return isCommonLinkage(Linkage); }
    226 
    227   void setLinkage(LinkageTypes LT) { Linkage = LT; }
    228   LinkageTypes getLinkage() const { return Linkage; }
    229 
    230   bool isDiscardableIfUnused() const {
    231     return isDiscardableIfUnused(Linkage);
    232   }
    233 
    234   bool mayBeOverridden() const { return mayBeOverridden(Linkage); }
    235 
    236   bool isWeakForLinker() const { return isWeakForLinker(Linkage); }
    237 
    238   /// copyAttributesFrom - copy all additional attributes (those not needed to
    239   /// create a GlobalValue) from the GlobalValue Src to this one.
    240   virtual void copyAttributesFrom(const GlobalValue *Src);
    241 
    242   /// getRealLinkageName - If special LLVM prefix that is used to inform the asm
    243   /// printer to not emit usual symbol prefix before the symbol name is used
    244   /// then return linkage name after skipping this special LLVM prefix.
    245   static StringRef getRealLinkageName(StringRef Name) {
    246     if (!Name.empty() && Name[0] == '\1')
    247       return Name.substr(1);
    248     return Name;
    249   }
    250 
    251 /// @name Materialization
    252 /// Materialization is used to construct functions only as they're needed. This
    253 /// is useful to reduce memory usage in LLVM or parsing work done by the
    254 /// BitcodeReader to load the Module.
    255 /// @{
    256 
    257   /// isMaterializable - If this function's Module is being lazily streamed in
    258   /// functions from disk or some other source, this method can be used to check
    259   /// to see if the function has been read in yet or not.
    260   bool isMaterializable() const;
    261 
    262   /// isDematerializable - Returns true if this function was loaded from a
    263   /// GVMaterializer that's still attached to its Module and that knows how to
    264   /// dematerialize the function.
    265   bool isDematerializable() const;
    266 
    267   /// Materialize - make sure this GlobalValue is fully read.  If the module is
    268   /// corrupt, this returns true and fills in the optional string with
    269   /// information about the problem.  If successful, this returns false.
    270   bool Materialize(std::string *ErrInfo = 0);
    271 
    272   /// Dematerialize - If this GlobalValue is read in, and if the GVMaterializer
    273   /// supports it, release the memory for the function, and set it up to be
    274   /// materialized lazily.  If !isDematerializable(), this method is a noop.
    275   void Dematerialize();
    276 
    277 /// @}
    278 
    279   /// Override from Constant class.
    280   virtual void destroyConstant();
    281 
    282   /// isDeclaration - Return true if the primary definition of this global
    283   /// value is outside of the current translation unit.
    284   bool isDeclaration() const;
    285 
    286   /// removeFromParent - This method unlinks 'this' from the containing module,
    287   /// but does not delete it.
    288   virtual void removeFromParent() = 0;
    289 
    290   /// eraseFromParent - This method unlinks 'this' from the containing module
    291   /// and deletes it.
    292   virtual void eraseFromParent() = 0;
    293 
    294   /// getParent - Get the module that this global value is contained inside
    295   /// of...
    296   inline Module *getParent() { return Parent; }
    297   inline const Module *getParent() const { return Parent; }
    298 
    299   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
    300   static inline bool classof(const Value *V) {
    301     return V->getValueID() == Value::FunctionVal ||
    302            V->getValueID() == Value::GlobalVariableVal ||
    303            V->getValueID() == Value::GlobalAliasVal;
    304   }
    305 };
    306 
    307 } // End llvm namespace
    308 
    309 #endif
    310