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      1 //===- ObjCARCAnalysisUtils.h - ObjC ARC Analysis Utilities -----*- 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 /// \file
     10 /// This file defines common analysis utilities used by the ObjC ARC Optimizer.
     11 /// ARC stands for Automatic Reference Counting and is a system for managing
     12 /// reference counts for objects in Objective C.
     13 ///
     14 /// WARNING: This file knows about certain library functions. It recognizes them
     15 /// by name, and hardwires knowledge of their semantics.
     16 ///
     17 /// WARNING: This file knows about how certain Objective-C library functions are
     18 /// used. Naive LLVM IR transformations which would otherwise be
     19 /// behavior-preserving may break these assumptions.
     20 ///
     21 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     22 
     23 #ifndef LLVM_LIB_ANALYSIS_OBJCARCANALYSISUTILS_H
     24 #define LLVM_LIB_ANALYSIS_OBJCARCANALYSISUTILS_H
     25 
     26 #include "llvm/ADT/Optional.h"
     27 #include "llvm/ADT/StringSwitch.h"
     28 #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
     29 #include "llvm/Analysis/ObjCARCInstKind.h"
     30 #include "llvm/Analysis/Passes.h"
     31 #include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
     32 #include "llvm/IR/CallSite.h"
     33 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
     34 #include "llvm/IR/InstIterator.h"
     35 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
     36 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
     37 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
     38 
     39 namespace llvm {
     40 class raw_ostream;
     41 }
     42 
     43 namespace llvm {
     44 namespace objcarc {
     45 
     46 /// \brief A handy option to enable/disable all ARC Optimizations.
     47 extern bool EnableARCOpts;
     48 
     49 /// \brief Test if the given module looks interesting to run ARC optimization
     50 /// on.
     51 inline bool ModuleHasARC(const Module &M) {
     52   return
     53     M.getNamedValue("objc_retain") ||
     54     M.getNamedValue("objc_release") ||
     55     M.getNamedValue("objc_autorelease") ||
     56     M.getNamedValue("objc_retainAutoreleasedReturnValue") ||
     57     M.getNamedValue("objc_unsafeClaimAutoreleasedReturnValue") ||
     58     M.getNamedValue("objc_retainBlock") ||
     59     M.getNamedValue("objc_autoreleaseReturnValue") ||
     60     M.getNamedValue("objc_autoreleasePoolPush") ||
     61     M.getNamedValue("objc_loadWeakRetained") ||
     62     M.getNamedValue("objc_loadWeak") ||
     63     M.getNamedValue("objc_destroyWeak") ||
     64     M.getNamedValue("objc_storeWeak") ||
     65     M.getNamedValue("objc_initWeak") ||
     66     M.getNamedValue("objc_moveWeak") ||
     67     M.getNamedValue("objc_copyWeak") ||
     68     M.getNamedValue("objc_retainedObject") ||
     69     M.getNamedValue("objc_unretainedObject") ||
     70     M.getNamedValue("objc_unretainedPointer") ||
     71     M.getNamedValue("clang.arc.use");
     72 }
     73 
     74 /// \brief This is a wrapper around getUnderlyingObject which also knows how to
     75 /// look through objc_retain and objc_autorelease calls, which we know to return
     76 /// their argument verbatim.
     77 inline const Value *GetUnderlyingObjCPtr(const Value *V,
     78                                                 const DataLayout &DL) {
     79   for (;;) {
     80     V = GetUnderlyingObject(V, DL);
     81     if (!IsForwarding(GetBasicARCInstKind(V)))
     82       break;
     83     V = cast<CallInst>(V)->getArgOperand(0);
     84   }
     85 
     86   return V;
     87 }
     88 
     89 /// The RCIdentity root of a value \p V is a dominating value U for which
     90 /// retaining or releasing U is equivalent to retaining or releasing V. In other
     91 /// words, ARC operations on \p V are equivalent to ARC operations on \p U.
     92 ///
     93 /// We use this in the ARC optimizer to make it easier to match up ARC
     94 /// operations by always mapping ARC operations to RCIdentityRoots instead of
     95 /// pointers themselves.
     96 ///
     97 /// The two ways that we see RCIdentical values in ObjC are via:
     98 ///
     99 ///   1. PointerCasts
    100 ///   2. Forwarding Calls that return their argument verbatim.
    101 ///
    102 /// Thus this function strips off pointer casts and forwarding calls. *NOTE*
    103 /// This implies that two RCIdentical values must alias.
    104 inline const Value *GetRCIdentityRoot(const Value *V) {
    105   for (;;) {
    106     V = V->stripPointerCasts();
    107     if (!IsForwarding(GetBasicARCInstKind(V)))
    108       break;
    109     V = cast<CallInst>(V)->getArgOperand(0);
    110   }
    111   return V;
    112 }
    113 
    114 /// Helper which calls const Value *GetRCIdentityRoot(const Value *V) and just
    115 /// casts away the const of the result. For documentation about what an
    116 /// RCIdentityRoot (and by extension GetRCIdentityRoot is) look at that
    117 /// function.
    118 inline Value *GetRCIdentityRoot(Value *V) {
    119   return const_cast<Value *>(GetRCIdentityRoot((const Value *)V));
    120 }
    121 
    122 /// \brief Assuming the given instruction is one of the special calls such as
    123 /// objc_retain or objc_release, return the RCIdentity root of the argument of
    124 /// the call.
    125 inline Value *GetArgRCIdentityRoot(Value *Inst) {
    126   return GetRCIdentityRoot(cast<CallInst>(Inst)->getArgOperand(0));
    127 }
    128 
    129 inline bool IsNullOrUndef(const Value *V) {
    130   return isa<ConstantPointerNull>(V) || isa<UndefValue>(V);
    131 }
    132 
    133 inline bool IsNoopInstruction(const Instruction *I) {
    134   return isa<BitCastInst>(I) ||
    135     (isa<GetElementPtrInst>(I) &&
    136      cast<GetElementPtrInst>(I)->hasAllZeroIndices());
    137 }
    138 
    139 /// \brief Test whether the given value is possible a retainable object pointer.
    140 inline bool IsPotentialRetainableObjPtr(const Value *Op) {
    141   // Pointers to static or stack storage are not valid retainable object
    142   // pointers.
    143   if (isa<Constant>(Op) || isa<AllocaInst>(Op))
    144     return false;
    145   // Special arguments can not be a valid retainable object pointer.
    146   if (const Argument *Arg = dyn_cast<Argument>(Op))
    147     if (Arg->hasByValAttr() ||
    148         Arg->hasInAllocaAttr() ||
    149         Arg->hasNestAttr() ||
    150         Arg->hasStructRetAttr())
    151       return false;
    152   // Only consider values with pointer types.
    153   //
    154   // It seemes intuitive to exclude function pointer types as well, since
    155   // functions are never retainable object pointers, however clang occasionally
    156   // bitcasts retainable object pointers to function-pointer type temporarily.
    157   PointerType *Ty = dyn_cast<PointerType>(Op->getType());
    158   if (!Ty)
    159     return false;
    160   // Conservatively assume anything else is a potential retainable object
    161   // pointer.
    162   return true;
    163 }
    164 
    165 inline bool IsPotentialRetainableObjPtr(const Value *Op,
    166                                                AliasAnalysis &AA) {
    167   // First make the rudimentary check.
    168   if (!IsPotentialRetainableObjPtr(Op))
    169     return false;
    170 
    171   // Objects in constant memory are not reference-counted.
    172   if (AA.pointsToConstantMemory(Op))
    173     return false;
    174 
    175   // Pointers in constant memory are not pointing to reference-counted objects.
    176   if (const LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(Op))
    177     if (AA.pointsToConstantMemory(LI->getPointerOperand()))
    178       return false;
    179 
    180   // Otherwise assume the worst.
    181   return true;
    182 }
    183 
    184 /// \brief Helper for GetARCInstKind. Determines what kind of construct CS
    185 /// is.
    186 inline ARCInstKind GetCallSiteClass(ImmutableCallSite CS) {
    187   for (ImmutableCallSite::arg_iterator I = CS.arg_begin(), E = CS.arg_end();
    188        I != E; ++I)
    189     if (IsPotentialRetainableObjPtr(*I))
    190       return CS.onlyReadsMemory() ? ARCInstKind::User : ARCInstKind::CallOrUser;
    191 
    192   return CS.onlyReadsMemory() ? ARCInstKind::None : ARCInstKind::Call;
    193 }
    194 
    195 /// \brief Return true if this value refers to a distinct and identifiable
    196 /// object.
    197 ///
    198 /// This is similar to AliasAnalysis's isIdentifiedObject, except that it uses
    199 /// special knowledge of ObjC conventions.
    200 inline bool IsObjCIdentifiedObject(const Value *V) {
    201   // Assume that call results and arguments have their own "provenance".
    202   // Constants (including GlobalVariables) and Allocas are never
    203   // reference-counted.
    204   if (isa<CallInst>(V) || isa<InvokeInst>(V) ||
    205       isa<Argument>(V) || isa<Constant>(V) ||
    206       isa<AllocaInst>(V))
    207     return true;
    208 
    209   if (const LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(V)) {
    210     const Value *Pointer =
    211       GetRCIdentityRoot(LI->getPointerOperand());
    212     if (const GlobalVariable *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(Pointer)) {
    213       // A constant pointer can't be pointing to an object on the heap. It may
    214       // be reference-counted, but it won't be deleted.
    215       if (GV->isConstant())
    216         return true;
    217       StringRef Name = GV->getName();
    218       // These special variables are known to hold values which are not
    219       // reference-counted pointers.
    220       if (Name.startswith("\01l_objc_msgSend_fixup_"))
    221         return true;
    222 
    223       StringRef Section = GV->getSection();
    224       if (Section.find("__message_refs") != StringRef::npos ||
    225           Section.find("__objc_classrefs") != StringRef::npos ||
    226           Section.find("__objc_superrefs") != StringRef::npos ||
    227           Section.find("__objc_methname") != StringRef::npos ||
    228           Section.find("__cstring") != StringRef::npos)
    229         return true;
    230     }
    231   }
    232 
    233   return false;
    234 }
    235 
    236 enum class ARCMDKindID {
    237   ImpreciseRelease,
    238   CopyOnEscape,
    239   NoObjCARCExceptions,
    240 };
    241 
    242 /// A cache of MDKinds used by various ARC optimizations.
    243 class ARCMDKindCache {
    244   Module *M;
    245 
    246   /// The Metadata Kind for clang.imprecise_release metadata.
    247   llvm::Optional<unsigned> ImpreciseReleaseMDKind;
    248 
    249   /// The Metadata Kind for clang.arc.copy_on_escape metadata.
    250   llvm::Optional<unsigned> CopyOnEscapeMDKind;
    251 
    252   /// The Metadata Kind for clang.arc.no_objc_arc_exceptions metadata.
    253   llvm::Optional<unsigned> NoObjCARCExceptionsMDKind;
    254 
    255 public:
    256   void init(Module *Mod) {
    257     M = Mod;
    258     ImpreciseReleaseMDKind = NoneType::None;
    259     CopyOnEscapeMDKind = NoneType::None;
    260     NoObjCARCExceptionsMDKind = NoneType::None;
    261   }
    262 
    263   unsigned get(ARCMDKindID ID) {
    264     switch (ID) {
    265     case ARCMDKindID::ImpreciseRelease:
    266       if (!ImpreciseReleaseMDKind)
    267         ImpreciseReleaseMDKind =
    268             M->getContext().getMDKindID("clang.imprecise_release");
    269       return *ImpreciseReleaseMDKind;
    270     case ARCMDKindID::CopyOnEscape:
    271       if (!CopyOnEscapeMDKind)
    272         CopyOnEscapeMDKind =
    273             M->getContext().getMDKindID("clang.arc.copy_on_escape");
    274       return *CopyOnEscapeMDKind;
    275     case ARCMDKindID::NoObjCARCExceptions:
    276       if (!NoObjCARCExceptionsMDKind)
    277         NoObjCARCExceptionsMDKind =
    278             M->getContext().getMDKindID("clang.arc.no_objc_arc_exceptions");
    279       return *NoObjCARCExceptionsMDKind;
    280     }
    281     llvm_unreachable("Covered switch isn't covered?!");
    282   }
    283 };
    284 
    285 } // end namespace objcarc
    286 } // end namespace llvm
    287 
    288 #endif
    289