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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     return MetadataCache[Ty] = createTBAAScalarType(OutName, getChar());
    159   }
    160 
    161   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    162   return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    163 }
    164 
    165 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfoForVTablePtr() {
    166   return createTBAAScalarType("vtable pointer", getRoot());
    167 }
    168 
    169 bool
    170 CodeGenTBAA::CollectFields(uint64_t BaseOffset,
    171                            QualType QTy,
    172                            SmallVectorImpl<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField> &
    173                              Fields,
    174                            bool MayAlias) {
    175   /* Things not handled yet include: C++ base classes, bitfields, */
    176 
    177   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    178     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    179     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
    180       return false;
    181 
    182     // TODO: Handle C++ base classes.
    183     if (const CXXRecordDecl *Decl = dyn_cast<CXXRecordDecl>(RD))
    184       if (Decl->bases_begin() != Decl->bases_end())
    185         return false;
    186 
    187     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
    188 
    189     unsigned idx = 0;
    190     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
    191          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
    192       uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset +
    193                         Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth();
    194       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
    195       if (!CollectFields(Offset, FieldQTy, Fields,
    196                          MayAlias || TypeHasMayAlias(FieldQTy)))
    197         return false;
    198     }
    199     return true;
    200   }
    201 
    202   /* Otherwise, treat whatever it is as a field. */
    203   uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset;
    204   uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(QTy).getQuantity();
    205   llvm::MDNode *TBAAInfo = MayAlias ? getChar() : getTBAAInfo(QTy);
    206   llvm::MDNode *TBAATag = getTBAAScalarTagInfo(TBAAInfo);
    207   Fields.push_back(llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField(Offset, Size, TBAATag));
    208   return true;
    209 }
    210 
    211 llvm::MDNode *
    212 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructInfo(QualType QTy) {
    213   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    214 
    215   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructMetadataCache[Ty])
    216     return N;
    217 
    218   SmallVector<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField, 4> Fields;
    219   if (CollectFields(0, QTy, Fields, TypeHasMayAlias(QTy)))
    220     return MDHelper.createTBAAStructNode(Fields);
    221 
    222   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    223   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
    224 }
    225 
    226 /// Check if the given type can be handled by path-aware TBAA.
    227 static bool isTBAAPathStruct(QualType QTy) {
    228   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    229     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    230     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
    231       return false;
    232     // RD can be struct, union, class, interface or enum.
    233     // For now, we only handle struct and class.
    234     if (RD->isStruct() || RD->isClass())
    235       return true;
    236   }
    237   return false;
    238 }
    239 
    240 llvm::MDNode *
    241 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructTypeInfo(QualType QTy) {
    242   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    243   assert(isTBAAPathStruct(QTy));
    244 
    245   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty])
    246     return N;
    247 
    248   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    249     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    250 
    251     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
    252     SmallVector <std::pair<llvm::MDNode*, uint64_t>, 4> Fields;
    253     unsigned idx = 0;
    254     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
    255          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
    256       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
    257       llvm::MDNode *FieldNode;
    258       if (isTBAAPathStruct(FieldQTy))
    259         FieldNode = getTBAAStructTypeInfo(FieldQTy);
    260       else
    261         FieldNode = getTBAAInfo(FieldQTy);
    262       if (!FieldNode)
    263         return StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
    264       Fields.push_back(std::make_pair(
    265           FieldNode, Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth()));
    266     }
    267 
    268     SmallString<256> OutName;
    269     if (Features.CPlusPlus) {
    270       // Don't use the mangler for C code.
    271       llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
    272       MContext.mangleTypeName(QualType(Ty, 0), Out);
    273     } else {
    274       OutName = RD->getName();
    275     }
    276     // Create the struct type node with a vector of pairs (offset, type).
    277     return StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty] =
    278       MDHelper.createTBAAStructTypeNode(OutName, Fields);
    279   }
    280 
    281   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
    282 }
    283 
    284 /// Return a TBAA tag node for both scalar TBAA and struct-path aware TBAA.
    285 llvm::MDNode *
    286 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructTagInfo(QualType BaseQTy, llvm::MDNode *AccessNode,
    287                                   uint64_t Offset) {
    288   if (!AccessNode)
    289     return nullptr;
    290 
    291   if (!CodeGenOpts.StructPathTBAA)
    292     return getTBAAScalarTagInfo(AccessNode);
    293 
    294   const Type *BTy = Context.getCanonicalType(BaseQTy).getTypePtr();
    295   TBAAPathTag PathTag = TBAAPathTag(BTy, AccessNode, Offset);
    296   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag])
    297     return N;
    298 
    299   llvm::MDNode *BNode = nullptr;
    300   if (isTBAAPathStruct(BaseQTy))
    301     BNode  = getTBAAStructTypeInfo(BaseQTy);
    302   if (!BNode)
    303     return StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag] =
    304        MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(AccessNode, AccessNode, 0);
    305 
    306   return StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag] =
    307     MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(BNode, AccessNode, Offset);
    308 }
    309 
    310 llvm::MDNode *
    311 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAScalarTagInfo(llvm::MDNode *AccessNode) {
    312   if (!AccessNode)
    313     return nullptr;
    314   if (llvm::MDNode *N = ScalarTagMetadataCache[AccessNode])
    315     return N;
    316 
    317   return ScalarTagMetadataCache[AccessNode] =
    318     MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(AccessNode, AccessNode, 0);
    319 }
    320