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      1 //===- Verifier.h - LLVM IR Verifier ----------------------------*- 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 defines the function verifier interface, that can be used for some
     11 // sanity checking of input to the system, and for checking that transformations
     12 // haven't done something bad.
     13 //
     14 // Note that this does not provide full 'java style' security and verifications,
     15 // instead it just tries to ensure that code is well formed.
     16 //
     17 // To see what specifically is checked, look at the top of Verifier.cpp
     18 //
     19 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     20 
     21 #ifndef LLVM_IR_VERIFIER_H
     22 #define LLVM_IR_VERIFIER_H
     23 
     24 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
     25 #include <string>
     26 
     27 namespace llvm {
     28 
     29 class Function;
     30 class FunctionPass;
     31 class ModulePass;
     32 class Module;
     33 class PreservedAnalyses;
     34 class raw_ostream;
     35 
     36 /// \brief Check a function for errors, useful for use when debugging a
     37 /// pass.
     38 ///
     39 /// If there are no errors, the function returns false. If an error is found,
     40 /// a message describing the error is written to OS (if non-null) and true is
     41 /// returned.
     42 bool verifyFunction(const Function &F, raw_ostream *OS = nullptr);
     43 
     44 /// \brief Check a module for errors.
     45 ///
     46 /// If there are no errors, the function returns false. If an error is found,
     47 /// a message describing the error is written to OS (if non-null) and true is
     48 /// returned.
     49 bool verifyModule(const Module &M, raw_ostream *OS = nullptr);
     50 
     51 /// \brief Create a verifier pass.
     52 ///
     53 /// Check a module or function for validity. This is essentially a pass wrapped
     54 /// around the above verifyFunction and verifyModule routines and
     55 /// functionality. When the pass detects a verification error it is always
     56 /// printed to stderr, and by default they are fatal. You can override that by
     57 /// passing \c false to \p FatalErrors.
     58 ///
     59 /// Note that this creates a pass suitable for the legacy pass manager. It has nothing to do with \c VerifierPass.
     60 FunctionPass *createVerifierPass(bool FatalErrors = true);
     61 
     62 /// \brief Create a debug-info verifier pass.
     63 ///
     64 /// Check a module for validity of debug info. This is essentially a pass
     65 /// wrapped around the debug-info parts of \a verifyModule().  When the pass
     66 /// detects a verification error it is always printed to stderr, and by default
     67 /// they are fatal. You can override that by passing \c false to \p
     68 /// FatalErrors.
     69 ///
     70 /// Note that this creates a pass suitable for the legacy pass manager. It has
     71 /// nothing to do with \c VerifierPass.
     72 ModulePass *createDebugInfoVerifierPass(bool FatalErrors = true);
     73 
     74 class VerifierPass {
     75   bool FatalErrors;
     76 
     77 public:
     78   explicit VerifierPass(bool FatalErrors = true) : FatalErrors(FatalErrors) {}
     79 
     80   PreservedAnalyses run(Module *M);
     81   PreservedAnalyses run(Function *F);
     82 
     83   static StringRef name() { return "VerifierPass"; }
     84 };
     85 
     86 } // End llvm namespace
     87 
     88 #endif
     89