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      1 //===-- llvm/GlobalValue.h - Class to represent a global value --*- 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 is a common base class of all globally definable objects.  As such,
     11 // it is subclassed by GlobalVariable, GlobalAlias and by Function.  This is
     12 // used because you can do certain things with these global objects that you
     13 // can't do to anything else.  For example, use the address of one as a
     14 // constant.
     15 //
     16 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     17 
     18 #ifndef LLVM_GLOBALVALUE_H
     19 #define LLVM_GLOBALVALUE_H
     20 
     21 #include "llvm/Constant.h"
     22 
     23 namespace llvm {
     24 
     25 class PointerType;
     26 class Module;
     27 
     28 class GlobalValue : public Constant {
     29   GlobalValue(const GlobalValue &);             // do not implement
     30 public:
     31   /// @brief An enumeration for the kinds of linkage for global values.
     32   enum LinkageTypes {
     33     ExternalLinkage = 0,///< Externally visible function
     34     AvailableExternallyLinkage, ///< Available for inspection, not emission.
     35     LinkOnceAnyLinkage, ///< Keep one copy of function when linking (inline)
     36     LinkOnceODRLinkage, ///< Same, but only replaced by something equivalent.
     37     WeakAnyLinkage,     ///< Keep one copy of named function when linking (weak)
     38     WeakODRLinkage,     ///< Same, but only replaced by something equivalent.
     39     AppendingLinkage,   ///< Special purpose, only applies to global arrays
     40     InternalLinkage,    ///< Rename collisions when linking (static functions).
     41     PrivateLinkage,     ///< Like Internal, but omit from symbol table.
     42     LinkerPrivateLinkage, ///< Like Private, but linker removes.
     43     LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage, ///< Like LinkerPrivate, but weak.
     44     LinkerPrivateWeakDefAutoLinkage, ///< Like LinkerPrivateWeak, but possibly
     45                                      ///  hidden.
     46     DLLImportLinkage,   ///< Function to be imported from DLL
     47     DLLExportLinkage,   ///< Function to be accessible from DLL.
     48     ExternalWeakLinkage,///< ExternalWeak linkage description.
     49     CommonLinkage       ///< Tentative definitions.
     50   };
     51 
     52   /// @brief An enumeration for the kinds of visibility of global values.
     53   enum VisibilityTypes {
     54     DefaultVisibility = 0,  ///< The GV is visible
     55     HiddenVisibility,       ///< The GV is hidden
     56     ProtectedVisibility     ///< The GV is protected
     57   };
     58 
     59 protected:
     60   GlobalValue(Type *ty, ValueTy vty, Use *Ops, unsigned NumOps,
     61               LinkageTypes linkage, const Twine &Name)
     62     : Constant(ty, vty, Ops, NumOps), Parent(0),
     63       Linkage(linkage), Visibility(DefaultVisibility), Alignment(0),
     64       UnnamedAddr(0) {
     65     setName(Name);
     66   }
     67 
     68   Module *Parent;
     69   // Note: VC++ treats enums as signed, so an extra bit is required to prevent
     70   // Linkage and Visibility from turning into negative values.
     71   LinkageTypes Linkage : 5;   // The linkage of this global
     72   unsigned Visibility : 2;    // The visibility style of this global
     73   unsigned Alignment : 16;    // Alignment of this symbol, must be power of two
     74   unsigned UnnamedAddr : 1;   // This value's address is not significant
     75   std::string Section;        // Section to emit this into, empty mean default
     76 public:
     77   ~GlobalValue() {
     78     removeDeadConstantUsers();   // remove any dead constants using this.
     79   }
     80 
     81   unsigned getAlignment() const {
     82     return (1u << Alignment) >> 1;
     83   }
     84   void setAlignment(unsigned Align);
     85 
     86   bool hasUnnamedAddr() const { return UnnamedAddr; }
     87   void setUnnamedAddr(bool Val) { UnnamedAddr = Val; }
     88 
     89   VisibilityTypes getVisibility() const { return VisibilityTypes(Visibility); }
     90   bool hasDefaultVisibility() const { return Visibility == DefaultVisibility; }
     91   bool hasHiddenVisibility() const { return Visibility == HiddenVisibility; }
     92   bool hasProtectedVisibility() const {
     93     return Visibility == ProtectedVisibility;
     94   }
     95   void setVisibility(VisibilityTypes V) { Visibility = V; }
     96 
     97   bool hasSection() const { return !Section.empty(); }
     98   const std::string &getSection() const { return Section; }
     99   void setSection(StringRef S) { Section = S; }
    100 
    101   /// If the usage is empty (except transitively dead constants), then this
    102   /// global value can be safely deleted since the destructor will
    103   /// delete the dead constants as well.
    104   /// @brief Determine if the usage of this global value is empty except
    105   /// for transitively dead constants.
    106   bool use_empty_except_constants();
    107 
    108   /// getType - Global values are always pointers.
    109   inline PointerType *getType() const {
    110     return reinterpret_cast<PointerType*>(User::getType());
    111   }
    112 
    113   static LinkageTypes getLinkOnceLinkage(bool ODR) {
    114     return ODR ? LinkOnceODRLinkage : LinkOnceAnyLinkage;
    115   }
    116   static LinkageTypes getWeakLinkage(bool ODR) {
    117     return ODR ? WeakODRLinkage : WeakAnyLinkage;
    118   }
    119 
    120   static bool isExternalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    121     return Linkage == ExternalLinkage;
    122   }
    123   static bool isAvailableExternallyLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    124     return Linkage == AvailableExternallyLinkage;
    125   }
    126   static bool isLinkOnceLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    127     return Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage || Linkage == LinkOnceODRLinkage;
    128   }
    129   static bool isWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    130     return Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage || Linkage == WeakODRLinkage;
    131   }
    132   static bool isAppendingLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    133     return Linkage == AppendingLinkage;
    134   }
    135   static bool isInternalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    136     return Linkage == InternalLinkage;
    137   }
    138   static bool isPrivateLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    139     return Linkage == PrivateLinkage;
    140   }
    141   static bool isLinkerPrivateLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    142     return Linkage == LinkerPrivateLinkage;
    143   }
    144   static bool isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    145     return Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage;
    146   }
    147   static bool isLinkerPrivateWeakDefAutoLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    148     return Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakDefAutoLinkage;
    149   }
    150   static bool isLocalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    151     return isInternalLinkage(Linkage) || isPrivateLinkage(Linkage) ||
    152       isLinkerPrivateLinkage(Linkage) || isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(Linkage) ||
    153       isLinkerPrivateWeakDefAutoLinkage(Linkage);
    154   }
    155   static bool isDLLImportLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    156     return Linkage == DLLImportLinkage;
    157   }
    158   static bool isDLLExportLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    159     return Linkage == DLLExportLinkage;
    160   }
    161   static bool isExternalWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    162     return Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage;
    163   }
    164   static bool isCommonLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    165     return Linkage == CommonLinkage;
    166   }
    167 
    168   /// mayBeOverridden - Whether the definition of this global may be replaced
    169   /// by something non-equivalent at link time.  For example, if a function has
    170   /// weak linkage then the code defining it may be replaced by different code.
    171   static bool mayBeOverridden(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
    172     return Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage ||
    173            Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
    174            Linkage == CommonLinkage ||
    175            Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage ||
    176            Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage ||
    177            Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakDefAutoLinkage;
    178   }
    179 
    180   /// isWeakForLinker - Whether the definition of this global may be replaced at
    181   /// link time.  NB: Using this method outside of the code generators is almost
    182   /// always a mistake: when working at the IR level use mayBeOverridden instead
    183   /// as it knows about ODR semantics.
    184   static bool isWeakForLinker(LinkageTypes Linkage)  {
    185     return Linkage == AvailableExternallyLinkage ||
    186            Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage ||
    187            Linkage == WeakODRLinkage ||
    188            Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
    189            Linkage == LinkOnceODRLinkage ||
    190            Linkage == CommonLinkage ||
    191            Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage ||
    192            Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage ||
    193            Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakDefAutoLinkage;
    194   }
    195 
    196   bool hasExternalLinkage() const { return isExternalLinkage(Linkage); }
    197   bool hasAvailableExternallyLinkage() const {
    198     return isAvailableExternallyLinkage(Linkage);
    199   }
    200   bool hasLinkOnceLinkage() const {
    201     return isLinkOnceLinkage(Linkage);
    202   }
    203   bool hasWeakLinkage() const {
    204     return isWeakLinkage(Linkage);
    205   }
    206   bool hasAppendingLinkage() const { return isAppendingLinkage(Linkage); }
    207   bool hasInternalLinkage() const { return isInternalLinkage(Linkage); }
    208   bool hasPrivateLinkage() const { return isPrivateLinkage(Linkage); }
    209   bool hasLinkerPrivateLinkage() const { return isLinkerPrivateLinkage(Linkage); }
    210   bool hasLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage() const {
    211     return isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(Linkage);
    212   }
    213   bool hasLinkerPrivateWeakDefAutoLinkage() const {
    214     return isLinkerPrivateWeakDefAutoLinkage(Linkage);
    215   }
    216   bool hasLocalLinkage() const { return isLocalLinkage(Linkage); }
    217   bool hasDLLImportLinkage() const { return isDLLImportLinkage(Linkage); }
    218   bool hasDLLExportLinkage() const { return isDLLExportLinkage(Linkage); }
    219   bool hasExternalWeakLinkage() const { return isExternalWeakLinkage(Linkage); }
    220   bool hasCommonLinkage() const { return isCommonLinkage(Linkage); }
    221 
    222   void setLinkage(LinkageTypes LT) { Linkage = LT; }
    223   LinkageTypes getLinkage() const { return Linkage; }
    224 
    225   bool mayBeOverridden() const { return mayBeOverridden(Linkage); }
    226 
    227   bool isWeakForLinker() const { return isWeakForLinker(Linkage); }
    228 
    229   /// copyAttributesFrom - copy all additional attributes (those not needed to
    230   /// create a GlobalValue) from the GlobalValue Src to this one.
    231   virtual void copyAttributesFrom(const GlobalValue *Src);
    232 
    233 /// @name Materialization
    234 /// Materialization is used to construct functions only as they're needed. This
    235 /// is useful to reduce memory usage in LLVM or parsing work done by the
    236 /// BitcodeReader to load the Module.
    237 /// @{
    238 
    239   /// isMaterializable - If this function's Module is being lazily streamed in
    240   /// functions from disk or some other source, this method can be used to check
    241   /// to see if the function has been read in yet or not.
    242   bool isMaterializable() const;
    243 
    244   /// isDematerializable - Returns true if this function was loaded from a
    245   /// GVMaterializer that's still attached to its Module and that knows how to
    246   /// dematerialize the function.
    247   bool isDematerializable() const;
    248 
    249   /// Materialize - make sure this GlobalValue is fully read.  If the module is
    250   /// corrupt, this returns true and fills in the optional string with
    251   /// information about the problem.  If successful, this returns false.
    252   bool Materialize(std::string *ErrInfo = 0);
    253 
    254   /// Dematerialize - If this GlobalValue is read in, and if the GVMaterializer
    255   /// supports it, release the memory for the function, and set it up to be
    256   /// materialized lazily.  If !isDematerializable(), this method is a noop.
    257   void Dematerialize();
    258 
    259 /// @}
    260 
    261   /// Override from Constant class.
    262   virtual void destroyConstant();
    263 
    264   /// isDeclaration - Return true if the primary definition of this global
    265   /// value is outside of the current translation unit.
    266   bool isDeclaration() const;
    267 
    268   /// removeFromParent - This method unlinks 'this' from the containing module,
    269   /// but does not delete it.
    270   virtual void removeFromParent() = 0;
    271 
    272   /// eraseFromParent - This method unlinks 'this' from the containing module
    273   /// and deletes it.
    274   virtual void eraseFromParent() = 0;
    275 
    276   /// getParent - Get the module that this global value is contained inside
    277   /// of...
    278   inline Module *getParent() { return Parent; }
    279   inline const Module *getParent() const { return Parent; }
    280 
    281   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
    282   static inline bool classof(const GlobalValue *) { return true; }
    283   static inline bool classof(const Value *V) {
    284     return V->getValueID() == Value::FunctionVal ||
    285            V->getValueID() == Value::GlobalVariableVal ||
    286            V->getValueID() == Value::GlobalAliasVal;
    287   }
    288 };
    289 
    290 } // End llvm namespace
    291 
    292 #endif
    293