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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     if (Features.CPlusPlus)
     49       Root = MDHelper.createTBAARoot("Simple C++ TBAA");
     50     else
     51       Root = MDHelper.createTBAARoot("Simple C/C++ TBAA");
     52   }
     53 
     54   return Root;
     55 }
     56 
     57 // For both scalar TBAA and struct-path aware TBAA, the scalar type has the
     58 // same format: name, parent node, and offset.
     59 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::createTBAAScalarType(StringRef Name,
     60                                                 llvm::MDNode *Parent) {
     61   return MDHelper.createTBAAScalarTypeNode(Name, Parent);
     62 }
     63 
     64 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getChar() {
     65   // Define the root of the tree for user-accessible memory. C and C++
     66   // give special powers to char and certain similar types. However,
     67   // these special powers only cover user-accessible memory, and doesn't
     68   // include things like vtables.
     69   if (!Char)
     70     Char = createTBAAScalarType("omnipotent char", getRoot());
     71 
     72   return Char;
     73 }
     74 
     75 static bool TypeHasMayAlias(QualType QTy) {
     76   // Tagged types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
     77   if (const TagType *TTy = dyn_cast<TagType>(QTy))
     78     return TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>();
     79 
     80   // Typedef types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
     81   if (const TypedefType *TTy = dyn_cast<TypedefType>(QTy)) {
     82     if (TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>())
     83       return true;
     84     // Also, their underlying types may have relevant attributes.
     85     return TypeHasMayAlias(TTy->desugar());
     86   }
     87 
     88   return false;
     89 }
     90 
     91 llvm::MDNode *
     92 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfo(QualType QTy) {
     93   // At -O0 or relaxed aliasing, TBAA is not emitted for regular types.
     94   if (CodeGenOpts.OptimizationLevel == 0 || CodeGenOpts.RelaxedAliasing)
     95     return nullptr;
     96 
     97   // If the type has the may_alias attribute (even on a typedef), it is
     98   // effectively in the general char alias class.
     99   if (TypeHasMayAlias(QTy))
    100     return getChar();
    101 
    102   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    103 
    104   if (llvm::MDNode *N = MetadataCache[Ty])
    105     return N;
    106 
    107   // Handle builtin types.
    108   if (const BuiltinType *BTy = dyn_cast<BuiltinType>(Ty)) {
    109     switch (BTy->getKind()) {
    110     // Character types are special and can alias anything.
    111     // In C++, this technically only includes "char" and "unsigned char",
    112     // and not "signed char". In C, it includes all three. For now,
    113     // the risk of exploiting this detail in C++ seems likely to outweigh
    114     // the benefit.
    115     case BuiltinType::Char_U:
    116     case BuiltinType::Char_S:
    117     case BuiltinType::UChar:
    118     case BuiltinType::SChar:
    119       return getChar();
    120 
    121     // Unsigned types can alias their corresponding signed types.
    122     case BuiltinType::UShort:
    123       return getTBAAInfo(Context.ShortTy);
    124     case BuiltinType::UInt:
    125       return getTBAAInfo(Context.IntTy);
    126     case BuiltinType::ULong:
    127       return getTBAAInfo(Context.LongTy);
    128     case BuiltinType::ULongLong:
    129       return getTBAAInfo(Context.LongLongTy);
    130     case BuiltinType::UInt128:
    131       return getTBAAInfo(Context.Int128Ty);
    132 
    133     // Treat all other builtin types as distinct types. This includes
    134     // treating wchar_t, char16_t, and char32_t as distinct from their
    135     // "underlying types".
    136     default:
    137       return MetadataCache[Ty] =
    138         createTBAAScalarType(BTy->getName(Features), getChar());
    139     }
    140   }
    141 
    142   // Handle pointers.
    143   // TODO: Implement C++'s type "similarity" and consider dis-"similar"
    144   // pointers distinct.
    145   if (Ty->isPointerType())
    146     return MetadataCache[Ty] = createTBAAScalarType("any pointer",
    147                                                     getChar());
    148 
    149   // Enum types are distinct types. In C++ they have "underlying types",
    150   // however they aren't related for TBAA.
    151   if (const EnumType *ETy = dyn_cast<EnumType>(Ty)) {
    152     // In C++ mode, types have linkage, so we can rely on the ODR and
    153     // on their mangled names, if they're external.
    154     // TODO: Is there a way to get a program-wide unique name for a
    155     // decl with local linkage or no linkage?
    156     if (!Features.CPlusPlus || !ETy->getDecl()->isExternallyVisible())
    157       return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    158 
    159     SmallString<256> OutName;
    160     llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
    161     MContext.mangleTypeName(QualType(ETy, 0), Out);
    162     return MetadataCache[Ty] = createTBAAScalarType(OutName, getChar());
    163   }
    164 
    165   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    166   return MetadataCache[Ty] = getChar();
    167 }
    168 
    169 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfoForVTablePtr() {
    170   return createTBAAScalarType("vtable pointer", getRoot());
    171 }
    172 
    173 bool
    174 CodeGenTBAA::CollectFields(uint64_t BaseOffset,
    175                            QualType QTy,
    176                            SmallVectorImpl<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField> &
    177                              Fields,
    178                            bool MayAlias) {
    179   /* Things not handled yet include: C++ base classes, bitfields, */
    180 
    181   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    182     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    183     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
    184       return false;
    185 
    186     // TODO: Handle C++ base classes.
    187     if (const CXXRecordDecl *Decl = dyn_cast<CXXRecordDecl>(RD))
    188       if (Decl->bases_begin() != Decl->bases_end())
    189         return false;
    190 
    191     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
    192 
    193     unsigned idx = 0;
    194     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
    195          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
    196       uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset +
    197                         Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth();
    198       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
    199       if (!CollectFields(Offset, FieldQTy, Fields,
    200                          MayAlias || TypeHasMayAlias(FieldQTy)))
    201         return false;
    202     }
    203     return true;
    204   }
    205 
    206   /* Otherwise, treat whatever it is as a field. */
    207   uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset;
    208   uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(QTy).getQuantity();
    209   llvm::MDNode *TBAAInfo = MayAlias ? getChar() : getTBAAInfo(QTy);
    210   llvm::MDNode *TBAATag = getTBAAScalarTagInfo(TBAAInfo);
    211   Fields.push_back(llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField(Offset, Size, TBAATag));
    212   return true;
    213 }
    214 
    215 llvm::MDNode *
    216 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructInfo(QualType QTy) {
    217   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    218 
    219   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructMetadataCache[Ty])
    220     return N;
    221 
    222   SmallVector<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField, 4> Fields;
    223   if (CollectFields(0, QTy, Fields, TypeHasMayAlias(QTy)))
    224     return MDHelper.createTBAAStructNode(Fields);
    225 
    226   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
    227   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
    228 }
    229 
    230 /// Check if the given type can be handled by path-aware TBAA.
    231 static bool isTBAAPathStruct(QualType QTy) {
    232   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    233     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    234     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
    235       return false;
    236     // RD can be struct, union, class, interface or enum.
    237     // For now, we only handle struct and class.
    238     if (RD->isStruct() || RD->isClass())
    239       return true;
    240   }
    241   return false;
    242 }
    243 
    244 llvm::MDNode *
    245 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructTypeInfo(QualType QTy) {
    246   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
    247   assert(isTBAAPathStruct(QTy));
    248 
    249   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty])
    250     return N;
    251 
    252   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
    253     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
    254 
    255     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
    256     SmallVector <std::pair<llvm::MDNode*, uint64_t>, 4> Fields;
    257     unsigned idx = 0;
    258     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
    259          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
    260       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
    261       llvm::MDNode *FieldNode;
    262       if (isTBAAPathStruct(FieldQTy))
    263         FieldNode = getTBAAStructTypeInfo(FieldQTy);
    264       else
    265         FieldNode = getTBAAInfo(FieldQTy);
    266       if (!FieldNode)
    267         return StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
    268       Fields.push_back(std::make_pair(
    269           FieldNode, Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth()));
    270     }
    271 
    272     SmallString<256> OutName;
    273     if (Features.CPlusPlus) {
    274       // Don't use the mangler for C code.
    275       llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
    276       MContext.mangleTypeName(QualType(Ty, 0), Out);
    277     } else {
    278       OutName = RD->getName();
    279     }
    280     // Create the struct type node with a vector of pairs (offset, type).
    281     return StructTypeMetadataCache[Ty] =
    282       MDHelper.createTBAAStructTypeNode(OutName, Fields);
    283   }
    284 
    285   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
    286 }
    287 
    288 /// Return a TBAA tag node for both scalar TBAA and struct-path aware TBAA.
    289 llvm::MDNode *
    290 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructTagInfo(QualType BaseQTy, llvm::MDNode *AccessNode,
    291                                   uint64_t Offset) {
    292   if (!AccessNode)
    293     return nullptr;
    294 
    295   if (!CodeGenOpts.StructPathTBAA)
    296     return getTBAAScalarTagInfo(AccessNode);
    297 
    298   const Type *BTy = Context.getCanonicalType(BaseQTy).getTypePtr();
    299   TBAAPathTag PathTag = TBAAPathTag(BTy, AccessNode, Offset);
    300   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag])
    301     return N;
    302 
    303   llvm::MDNode *BNode = nullptr;
    304   if (isTBAAPathStruct(BaseQTy))
    305     BNode  = getTBAAStructTypeInfo(BaseQTy);
    306   if (!BNode)
    307     return StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag] =
    308        MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(AccessNode, AccessNode, 0);
    309 
    310   return StructTagMetadataCache[PathTag] =
    311     MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(BNode, AccessNode, Offset);
    312 }
    313 
    314 llvm::MDNode *
    315 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAScalarTagInfo(llvm::MDNode *AccessNode) {
    316   if (!AccessNode)
    317     return nullptr;
    318   if (llvm::MDNode *N = ScalarTagMetadataCache[AccessNode])
    319     return N;
    320 
    321   return ScalarTagMetadataCache[AccessNode] =
    322     MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(AccessNode, AccessNode, 0);
    323 }
    324