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      1 //===-- llvm/MC/MCAsmBack.h - MC Asm Backend --------------------*- 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 #ifndef LLVM_MC_MCASMBACKEND_H
     11 #define LLVM_MC_MCASMBACKEND_H
     12 
     13 #include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
     14 #include "llvm/MC/MCDirectives.h"
     15 #include "llvm/MC/MCDwarf.h"
     16 #include "llvm/MC/MCFixup.h"
     17 #include "llvm/Support/DataTypes.h"
     18 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
     19 
     20 namespace llvm {
     21 class MCAsmLayout;
     22 class MCAssembler;
     23 class MCELFObjectTargetWriter;
     24 struct MCFixupKindInfo;
     25 class MCFragment;
     26 class MCInst;
     27 class MCRelaxableFragment;
     28 class MCObjectWriter;
     29 class MCSection;
     30 class MCValue;
     31 class raw_ostream;
     32 
     33 /// MCAsmBackend - Generic interface to target specific assembler backends.
     34 class MCAsmBackend {
     35   MCAsmBackend(const MCAsmBackend &) LLVM_DELETED_FUNCTION;
     36   void operator=(const MCAsmBackend &) LLVM_DELETED_FUNCTION;
     37 
     38 protected: // Can only create subclasses.
     39   MCAsmBackend();
     40 
     41   unsigned HasDataInCodeSupport : 1;
     42 
     43 public:
     44   virtual ~MCAsmBackend();
     45 
     46   /// lifetime management
     47   virtual void reset() {}
     48 
     49   /// createObjectWriter - Create a new MCObjectWriter instance for use by the
     50   /// assembler backend to emit the final object file.
     51   virtual MCObjectWriter *createObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS) const = 0;
     52 
     53   /// createELFObjectTargetWriter - Create a new ELFObjectTargetWriter to enable
     54   /// non-standard ELFObjectWriters.
     55   virtual MCELFObjectTargetWriter *createELFObjectTargetWriter() const {
     56     llvm_unreachable("createELFObjectTargetWriter is not supported by asm "
     57                      "backend");
     58   }
     59 
     60   /// hasDataInCodeSupport - Check whether this target implements data-in-code
     61   /// markers. If not, data region directives will be ignored.
     62   bool hasDataInCodeSupport() const { return HasDataInCodeSupport; }
     63 
     64   /// doesSectionRequireSymbols - Check whether the given section requires that
     65   /// all symbols (even temporaries) have symbol table entries.
     66   virtual bool doesSectionRequireSymbols(const MCSection &Section) const {
     67     return false;
     68   }
     69 
     70   /// isSectionAtomizable - Check whether the given section can be split into
     71   /// atoms.
     72   ///
     73   /// \see MCAssembler::isSymbolLinkerVisible().
     74   virtual bool isSectionAtomizable(const MCSection &Section) const {
     75     return true;
     76   }
     77 
     78   /// @name Target Fixup Interfaces
     79   /// @{
     80 
     81   /// getNumFixupKinds - Get the number of target specific fixup kinds.
     82   virtual unsigned getNumFixupKinds() const = 0;
     83 
     84   /// getFixupKindInfo - Get information on a fixup kind.
     85   virtual const MCFixupKindInfo &getFixupKindInfo(MCFixupKind Kind) const;
     86 
     87   /// processFixupValue - Target hook to adjust the literal value of a fixup
     88   /// if necessary. IsResolved signals whether the caller believes a relocation
     89   /// is needed; the target can modify the value. The default does nothing.
     90   virtual void processFixupValue(const MCAssembler &Asm,
     91                                  const MCAsmLayout &Layout,
     92                                  const MCFixup &Fixup, const MCFragment *DF,
     93                                  const MCValue &Target, uint64_t &Value,
     94                                  bool &IsResolved) {}
     95 
     96   /// applyFixup - Apply the \p Value for given \p Fixup into the provided
     97   /// data fragment, at the offset specified by the fixup and following the
     98   /// fixup kind as appropriate.
     99   virtual void applyFixup(const MCFixup &Fixup, char *Data, unsigned DataSize,
    100                           uint64_t Value, bool IsPCRel) const = 0;
    101 
    102   /// @}
    103 
    104   /// @name Target Relaxation Interfaces
    105   /// @{
    106 
    107   /// mayNeedRelaxation - Check whether the given instruction may need
    108   /// relaxation.
    109   ///
    110   /// \param Inst - The instruction to test.
    111   virtual bool mayNeedRelaxation(const MCInst &Inst) const = 0;
    112 
    113   /// fixupNeedsRelaxation - Target specific predicate for whether a given
    114   /// fixup requires the associated instruction to be relaxed.
    115   virtual bool fixupNeedsRelaxation(const MCFixup &Fixup, uint64_t Value,
    116                                     const MCRelaxableFragment *DF,
    117                                     const MCAsmLayout &Layout) const = 0;
    118 
    119   /// RelaxInstruction - Relax the instruction in the given fragment to the next
    120   /// wider instruction.
    121   ///
    122   /// \param Inst The instruction to relax, which may be the same as the
    123   /// output.
    124   /// \param [out] Res On return, the relaxed instruction.
    125   virtual void relaxInstruction(const MCInst &Inst, MCInst &Res) const = 0;
    126 
    127   /// @}
    128 
    129   /// getMinimumNopSize - Returns the minimum size of a nop in bytes on this
    130   /// target. The assembler will use this to emit excess padding in situations
    131   /// where the padding required for simple alignment would be less than the
    132   /// minimum nop size.
    133   ///
    134   virtual unsigned getMinimumNopSize() const { return 1; }
    135 
    136   /// writeNopData - Write an (optimal) nop sequence of Count bytes to the given
    137   /// output. If the target cannot generate such a sequence, it should return an
    138   /// error.
    139   ///
    140   /// \return - True on success.
    141   virtual bool writeNopData(uint64_t Count, MCObjectWriter *OW) const = 0;
    142 
    143   /// handleAssemblerFlag - Handle any target-specific assembler flags.
    144   /// By default, do nothing.
    145   virtual void handleAssemblerFlag(MCAssemblerFlag Flag) {}
    146 
    147   /// \brief Generate the compact unwind encoding for the CFI instructions.
    148   virtual uint32_t
    149   generateCompactUnwindEncoding(ArrayRef<MCCFIInstruction>) const {
    150     return 0;
    151   }
    152 };
    153 
    154 } // End llvm namespace
    155 
    156 #endif
    157