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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(nullptr), Char(nullptr) {
     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 both scalar TBAA and struct-path aware TBAA, the scalar type has the
     54 // same format: name, parent node, and offset.
     55 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::createTBAAScalarType(StringRef Name,
     56                                                 llvm::MDNode *Parent) {
     57   return MDHelper.createTBAAScalarTypeNode(Name, Parent);
     58 }
     59 
     60 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getChar() {
     61   // Define the root of the tree for user-accessible memory. C and C++
     62   // give special powers to char and certain similar types. However,
     63   // these special powers only cover user-accessible memory, and doesn't
     64   // include things like vtables.
     65   if (!Char)
     66     Char = createTBAAScalarType("omnipotent char", getRoot());
     67 
     68   return Char;
     69 }
     70 
     71 static bool TypeHasMayAlias(QualType QTy) {
     72   // Tagged types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
     73   if (const TagType *TTy = dyn_cast<TagType>(QTy))
     74     return TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>();
     75 
     76   // Typedef types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
     77   if (const TypedefType *TTy = dyn_cast<TypedefType>(QTy)) {
     78     if (TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>())
     79       return true;
     80     // Also, their underlying types may have relevant attributes.
     81     return TypeHasMayAlias(TTy->desugar());
     82   }
     83 
     84   return false;
     85 }
     86 
     87 llvm::MDNode *
     88 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfo(QualType QTy) {
     89   // At -O0 or relaxed aliasing, TBAA is not emitted for regular types.
     90   if (CodeGenOpts.OptimizationLevel == 0 || CodeGenOpts.RelaxedAliasing)
     91     return nullptr;
     92 
     93   // If the type has the may_alias attribute (even on a typedef), it is
     94   // effectively in the general char alias class.
     95   if (TypeHasMayAlias(QTy))
     96     return getChar();
     97 
     98   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
     99 
    100   if (llvm::MDNode *N = MetadataCache[Ty])
    101     return N;
    102 
    103   // Handle builtin types.
    104   if (const BuiltinType *BTy = dyn_cast<BuiltinType>(Ty)) {
    105     switch (BTy->getKind()) {
    106     // Character types are special and can alias anything.
    107     // In C++, this technically only includes "char" and "unsigned char",
    108     // and not "signed char". In C, it includes all three. For now,
    109     // the risk of exploiting this detail in C++ seems likely to outweigh
    110     // the benefit.
    111     case BuiltinType::Char_U:
    112     case BuiltinType::Char_S:
    113     case BuiltinType::UChar:
    114     case BuiltinType::SChar:
    115       return getChar();
    116 
    117     // Unsigned types can alias their corresponding signed types.
    118     case BuiltinType::UShort:
    119       return getTBAAInfo(Context.ShortTy);
    120     case BuiltinType::UInt:
    121       return getTBAAInfo(Context.IntTy);
    122     case BuiltinType::ULong:
    123       return getTBAAInfo(Context.LongTy);
    124     case BuiltinType::ULongLong:
    125       return getTBAAInfo(Context.LongLongTy);
    126     case BuiltinType::UInt128:
    127       return getTBAAInfo(Context.Int128Ty);
    128 
    129     // Treat all other builtin types as distinct types. This includes
    130     // treating wchar_t, char16_t, and char32_t as distinct from their
    131     // "underlying types".
    132     default:
    133       return MetadataCache[Ty] =
    134         createTBAAScalarType(BTy->getName(Features), getChar());
    135     }
    136   }
    137 
    138   // Handle pointers.
    139   // TODO: Implement C++'s type "similarity" and consider dis-"similar"
    140   // pointers distinct.
    141   if (Ty->isPointerType())
    142     return MetadataCache[Ty] = createTBAAScalarType("any pointer",
    143                                                     getChar());
    144 
    145   // Enum types are distinct types. In C++ they have "underlying types",
    146   // however they aren't related for TBAA.
    147   if (const EnumType *ETy = dyn_cast<EnumType>(Ty)) {
    148     // In C++ mode, types have linkage, so we can rely on the ODR and
    149     // on their mangled names, if they're external.
    150     // TODO: Is there a way to get a program-wide unique name for a
    151     // decl with local linkage or no linkage?
    152     if (!Features.CPlusPlus || !ETy->getDecl()->isExternallyVisible())
    153       return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    154 
    155     SmallString<256> OutName;
    156     llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
    157     MContext.mangleTypeName(QualType(ETy, 0), Out);
    158     Out.flush();
    159     return MetadataCache[Ty] = createTBAAScalarType(OutName, getChar());
    160   }
    161 
    162   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    163   return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    164 }
    165 
    166 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfoForVTablePtr() {
    167   return createTBAAScalarType("vtable pointer", getRoot());
    168 }
    169 
    170 bool
    171 CodeGenTBAA::CollectFields(uint64_t BaseOffset,
    172                            QualType QTy,
    173                            SmallVectorImpl<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField> &
    174                              Fields,
    175                            bool MayAlias) {
    176   /* Things not handled yet include: C++ base classes, bitfields, */
    177 
    178   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    179     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    180     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
    181       return false;
    182 
    183     // TODO: Handle C++ base classes.
    184     if (const CXXRecordDecl *Decl = dyn_cast<CXXRecordDecl>(RD))
    185       if (Decl->bases_begin() != Decl->bases_end())
    186         return false;
    187 
    188     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
    189 
    190     unsigned idx = 0;
    191     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
    192          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
    193       uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset +
    194                         Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth();
    195       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
    196       if (!CollectFields(Offset, FieldQTy, Fields,
    197                          MayAlias || TypeHasMayAlias(FieldQTy)))
    198         return false;
    199     }
    200     return true;
    201   }
    202 
    203   /* Otherwise, treat whatever it is as a field. */
    204   uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset;
    205   uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(QTy).getQuantity();
    206   llvm::MDNode *TBAAInfo = MayAlias ? getChar() : getTBAAInfo(QTy);
    207   llvm::MDNode *TBAATag = getTBAAScalarTagInfo(TBAAInfo);
    208   Fields.push_back(llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField(Offset, Size, TBAATag));
    209   return true;
    210 }
    211 
    212 llvm::MDNode *
    213 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructInfo(QualType QTy) {
    214   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    215 
    216   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructMetadataCache[Ty])
    217     return N;
    218 
    219   SmallVector<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField, 4> Fields;
    220   if (CollectFields(0, QTy, Fields, TypeHasMayAlias(QTy)))
    221     return MDHelper.createTBAAStructNode(Fields);
    222 
    223   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    224   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
    225 }
    226 
    227 /// Check if the given type can be handled by path-aware TBAA.
    228 static bool isTBAAPathStruct(QualType QTy) {
    229   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    230     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    231     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
    232       return false;
    233     // RD can be struct, union, class, interface or enum.
    234     // For now, we only handle struct and class.
    235     if (RD->isStruct() || RD->isClass())
    236       return true;
    237   }
    238   return false;
    239 }
    240 
    241 llvm::MDNode *
    242 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructTypeInfo(QualType QTy) {
    243   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    244   assert(isTBAAPathStruct(QTy));
    245 
    246   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty])
    247     return N;
    248 
    249   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    250     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    251 
    252     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
    253     SmallVector <std::pair<llvm::MDNode*, uint64_t>, 4> Fields;
    254     unsigned idx = 0;
    255     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
    256          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
    257       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
    258       llvm::MDNode *FieldNode;
    259       if (isTBAAPathStruct(FieldQTy))
    260         FieldNode = getTBAAStructTypeInfo(FieldQTy);
    261       else
    262         FieldNode = getTBAAInfo(FieldQTy);
    263       if (!FieldNode)
    264         return StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
    265       Fields.push_back(std::make_pair(
    266           FieldNode, Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth()));
    267     }
    268 
    269     SmallString<256> OutName;
    270     if (Features.CPlusPlus) {
    271       // Don't use the mangler for C code.
    272       llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
    273       MContext.mangleTypeName(QualType(Ty, 0), Out);
    274       Out.flush();
    275     } else {
    276       OutName = RD->getName();
    277     }
    278     // Create the struct type node with a vector of pairs (offset, type).
    279     return StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty] =
    280       MDHelper.createTBAAStructTypeNode(OutName, Fields);
    281   }
    282 
    283   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
    284 }
    285 
    286 /// Return a TBAA tag node for both scalar TBAA and struct-path aware TBAA.
    287 llvm::MDNode *
    288 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructTagInfo(QualType BaseQTy, llvm::MDNode *AccessNode,
    289                                   uint64_t Offset) {
    290   if (!AccessNode)
    291     return nullptr;
    292 
    293   if (!CodeGenOpts.StructPathTBAA)
    294     return getTBAAScalarTagInfo(AccessNode);
    295 
    296   const Type *BTy = Context.getCanonicalType(BaseQTy).getTypePtr();
    297   TBAAPathTag PathTag = TBAAPathTag(BTy, AccessNode, Offset);
    298   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag])
    299     return N;
    300 
    301   llvm::MDNode *BNode = nullptr;
    302   if (isTBAAPathStruct(BaseQTy))
    303     BNode  = getTBAAStructTypeInfo(BaseQTy);
    304   if (!BNode)
    305     return StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag] =
    306        MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(AccessNode, AccessNode, 0);
    307 
    308   return StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag] =
    309     MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(BNode, AccessNode, Offset);
    310 }
    311 
    312 llvm::MDNode *
    313 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAScalarTagInfo(llvm::MDNode *AccessNode) {
    314   if (!AccessNode)
    315     return nullptr;
    316   if (llvm::MDNode *N = ScalarTagMetadataCache[AccessNode])
    317     return N;
    318 
    319   return ScalarTagMetadataCache[AccessNode] =
    320     MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(AccessNode, AccessNode, 0);
    321 }
    322