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      1 //===- llvm/MC/MCAsmBackend.h - MC Asm Backend ------------------*- 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 #ifndef LLVM_MC_MCASMBACKEND_H
     11 #define LLVM_MC_MCASMBACKEND_H
     12 
     13 #include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
     14 #include "llvm/ADT/Optional.h"
     15 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
     16 #include "llvm/MC/MCDirectives.h"
     17 #include "llvm/MC/MCFixup.h"
     18 #include <cstdint>
     19 
     20 namespace llvm {
     21 
     22 class MCAsmLayout;
     23 class MCAssembler;
     24 class MCCFIInstruction;
     25 struct MCFixupKindInfo;
     26 class MCFragment;
     27 class MCInst;
     28 class MCObjectWriter;
     29 class MCRelaxableFragment;
     30 class MCSubtargetInfo;
     31 class MCValue;
     32 class raw_pwrite_stream;
     33 
     34 /// Generic interface to target specific assembler backends.
     35 class MCAsmBackend {
     36 protected: // Can only create subclasses.
     37   MCAsmBackend();
     38 
     39 public:
     40   MCAsmBackend(const MCAsmBackend &) = delete;
     41   MCAsmBackend &operator=(const MCAsmBackend &) = delete;
     42   virtual ~MCAsmBackend();
     43 
     44   /// lifetime management
     45   virtual void reset() {}
     46 
     47   /// Create a new MCObjectWriter instance for use by the assembler backend to
     48   /// emit the final object file.
     49   virtual std::unique_ptr<MCObjectWriter>
     50   createObjectWriter(raw_pwrite_stream &OS) const = 0;
     51 
     52   /// \name Target Fixup Interfaces
     53   /// @{
     54 
     55   /// Get the number of target specific fixup kinds.
     56   virtual unsigned getNumFixupKinds() const = 0;
     57 
     58   /// Map a relocation name used in .reloc to a fixup kind.
     59   virtual Optional<MCFixupKind> getFixupKind(StringRef Name) const;
     60 
     61   /// Get information on a fixup kind.
     62   virtual const MCFixupKindInfo &getFixupKindInfo(MCFixupKind Kind) const;
     63 
     64   /// Hook to check if a relocation is needed for some target specific reason.
     65   virtual bool shouldForceRelocation(const MCAssembler &Asm,
     66                                      const MCFixup &Fixup,
     67                                      const MCValue &Target) {
     68     return false;
     69   }
     70 
     71   /// Apply the \p Value for given \p Fixup into the provided data fragment, at
     72   /// the offset specified by the fixup and following the fixup kind as
     73   /// appropriate. Errors (such as an out of range fixup value) should be
     74   /// reported via \p Ctx.
     75   virtual void applyFixup(const MCAssembler &Asm, const MCFixup &Fixup,
     76                           const MCValue &Target, MutableArrayRef<char> Data,
     77                           uint64_t Value, bool IsResolved) const = 0;
     78 
     79   /// @}
     80 
     81   /// \name Target Relaxation Interfaces
     82   /// @{
     83 
     84   /// Check whether the given instruction may need relaxation.
     85   ///
     86   /// \param Inst - The instruction to test.
     87   virtual bool mayNeedRelaxation(const MCInst &Inst) const = 0;
     88 
     89   /// Target specific predicate for whether a given fixup requires the
     90   /// associated instruction to be relaxed.
     91   virtual bool fixupNeedsRelaxationAdvanced(const MCFixup &Fixup, bool Resolved,
     92                                             uint64_t Value,
     93                                             const MCRelaxableFragment *DF,
     94                                             const MCAsmLayout &Layout) const;
     95 
     96   /// Simple predicate for targets where !Resolved implies requiring relaxation
     97   virtual bool fixupNeedsRelaxation(const MCFixup &Fixup, uint64_t Value,
     98                                     const MCRelaxableFragment *DF,
     99                                     const MCAsmLayout &Layout) const = 0;
    100 
    101   /// Relax the instruction in the given fragment to the next wider instruction.
    102   ///
    103   /// \param Inst The instruction to relax, which may be the same as the
    104   /// output.
    105   /// \param STI the subtarget information for the associated instruction.
    106   /// \param [out] Res On return, the relaxed instruction.
    107   virtual void relaxInstruction(const MCInst &Inst, const MCSubtargetInfo &STI,
    108                                 MCInst &Res) const = 0;
    109 
    110   /// @}
    111 
    112   /// Returns the minimum size of a nop in bytes on this target. The assembler
    113   /// will use this to emit excess padding in situations where the padding
    114   /// required for simple alignment would be less than the minimum nop size.
    115   ///
    116   virtual unsigned getMinimumNopSize() const { return 1; }
    117 
    118   /// Write an (optimal) nop sequence of Count bytes to the given output. If the
    119   /// target cannot generate such a sequence, it should return an error.
    120   ///
    121   /// \return - True on success.
    122   virtual bool writeNopData(uint64_t Count, MCObjectWriter *OW) const = 0;
    123 
    124   /// Give backend an opportunity to finish layout after relaxation
    125   virtual void finishLayout(MCAssembler const &Asm,
    126                             MCAsmLayout &Layout) const {}
    127 
    128   /// Handle any target-specific assembler flags. By default, do nothing.
    129   virtual void handleAssemblerFlag(MCAssemblerFlag Flag) {}
    130 
    131   /// \brief Generate the compact unwind encoding for the CFI instructions.
    132   virtual uint32_t
    133       generateCompactUnwindEncoding(ArrayRef<MCCFIInstruction>) const {
    134     return 0;
    135   }
    136 };
    137 
    138 } // end namespace llvm
    139 
    140 #endif // LLVM_MC_MCASMBACKEND_H
    141