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      1 //===-- llvm/MC/SectionKind.h - Classification of sections ------*- 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_SECTIONKIND_H
     11 #define LLVM_MC_SECTIONKIND_H
     12 
     13 namespace llvm {
     14 
     15 /// SectionKind - This is a simple POD value that classifies the properties of
     16 /// a section.  A section is classified into the deepest possible
     17 /// classification, and then the target maps them onto their sections based on
     18 /// what capabilities they have.
     19 ///
     20 /// The comments below describe these as if they were an inheritance hierarchy
     21 /// in order to explain the predicates below.
     22 ///
     23 class SectionKind {
     24   enum Kind {
     25     /// Metadata - Debug info sections or other metadata.
     26     Metadata,
     27 
     28     /// Text - Text section, used for functions and other executable code.
     29     Text,
     30 
     31            /// ExecuteOnly, Text section that is not readable.
     32            ExecuteOnly,
     33 
     34     /// ReadOnly - Data that is never written to at program runtime by the
     35     /// program or the dynamic linker.  Things in the top-level readonly
     36     /// SectionKind are not mergeable.
     37     ReadOnly,
     38 
     39         /// MergableCString - Any null-terminated string which allows merging.
     40         /// These values are known to end in a nul value of the specified size,
     41         /// not otherwise contain a nul value, and be mergable.  This allows the
     42         /// linker to unique the strings if it so desires.
     43 
     44            /// Mergeable1ByteCString - 1 byte mergable, null terminated, string.
     45            Mergeable1ByteCString,
     46 
     47            /// Mergeable2ByteCString - 2 byte mergable, null terminated, string.
     48            Mergeable2ByteCString,
     49 
     50            /// Mergeable4ByteCString - 4 byte mergable, null terminated, string.
     51            Mergeable4ByteCString,
     52 
     53         /// MergeableConst - These are sections for merging fixed-length
     54         /// constants together.  For example, this can be used to unique
     55         /// constant pool entries etc.
     56 
     57             /// MergeableConst4 - This is a section used by 4-byte constants,
     58             /// for example, floats.
     59             MergeableConst4,
     60 
     61             /// MergeableConst8 - This is a section used by 8-byte constants,
     62             /// for example, doubles.
     63             MergeableConst8,
     64 
     65             /// MergeableConst16 - This is a section used by 16-byte constants,
     66             /// for example, vectors.
     67             MergeableConst16,
     68 
     69             /// MergeableConst32 - This is a section used by 32-byte constants,
     70             /// for example, vectors.
     71             MergeableConst32,
     72 
     73     /// Writeable - This is the base of all segments that need to be written
     74     /// to during program runtime.
     75 
     76        /// ThreadLocal - This is the base of all TLS segments.  All TLS
     77        /// objects must be writeable, otherwise there is no reason for them to
     78        /// be thread local!
     79 
     80            /// ThreadBSS - Zero-initialized TLS data objects.
     81            ThreadBSS,
     82 
     83            /// ThreadData - Initialized TLS data objects.
     84            ThreadData,
     85 
     86        /// GlobalWriteableData - Writeable data that is global (not thread
     87        /// local).
     88 
     89            /// BSS - Zero initialized writeable data.
     90            BSS,
     91 
     92                /// BSSLocal - This is BSS (zero initialized and writable) data
     93                /// which has local linkage.
     94                BSSLocal,
     95 
     96                /// BSSExtern - This is BSS data with normal external linkage.
     97                BSSExtern,
     98 
     99            /// Common - Data with common linkage.  These represent tentative
    100            /// definitions, which always have a zero initializer and are never
    101            /// marked 'constant'.
    102            Common,
    103 
    104            /// This is writeable data that has a non-zero initializer.
    105            Data,
    106 
    107            /// ReadOnlyWithRel - These are global variables that are never
    108            /// written to by the program, but that have relocations, so they
    109            /// must be stuck in a writeable section so that the dynamic linker
    110            /// can write to them.  If it chooses to, the dynamic linker can
    111            /// mark the pages these globals end up on as read-only after it is
    112            /// done with its relocation phase.
    113            ReadOnlyWithRel
    114   } K : 8;
    115 public:
    116 
    117   bool isMetadata() const { return K == Metadata; }
    118 
    119   bool isText() const { return K == Text || K == ExecuteOnly; }
    120 
    121   bool isExecuteOnly() const { return K == ExecuteOnly; }
    122 
    123   bool isReadOnly() const {
    124     return K == ReadOnly || isMergeableCString() ||
    125            isMergeableConst();
    126   }
    127 
    128   bool isMergeableCString() const {
    129     return K == Mergeable1ByteCString || K == Mergeable2ByteCString ||
    130            K == Mergeable4ByteCString;
    131   }
    132   bool isMergeable1ByteCString() const { return K == Mergeable1ByteCString; }
    133   bool isMergeable2ByteCString() const { return K == Mergeable2ByteCString; }
    134   bool isMergeable4ByteCString() const { return K == Mergeable4ByteCString; }
    135 
    136   bool isMergeableConst() const {
    137     return K == MergeableConst4 || K == MergeableConst8 ||
    138            K == MergeableConst16 || K == MergeableConst32;
    139   }
    140   bool isMergeableConst4() const { return K == MergeableConst4; }
    141   bool isMergeableConst8() const { return K == MergeableConst8; }
    142   bool isMergeableConst16() const { return K == MergeableConst16; }
    143   bool isMergeableConst32() const { return K == MergeableConst32; }
    144 
    145   bool isWriteable() const {
    146     return isThreadLocal() || isGlobalWriteableData();
    147   }
    148 
    149   bool isThreadLocal() const {
    150     return K == ThreadData || K == ThreadBSS;
    151   }
    152 
    153   bool isThreadBSS() const { return K == ThreadBSS; }
    154   bool isThreadData() const { return K == ThreadData; }
    155 
    156   bool isGlobalWriteableData() const {
    157     return isBSS() || isCommon() || isData() || isReadOnlyWithRel();
    158   }
    159 
    160   bool isBSS() const { return K == BSS || K == BSSLocal || K == BSSExtern; }
    161   bool isBSSLocal() const { return K == BSSLocal; }
    162   bool isBSSExtern() const { return K == BSSExtern; }
    163 
    164   bool isCommon() const { return K == Common; }
    165 
    166   bool isData() const { return K == Data; }
    167 
    168   bool isReadOnlyWithRel() const {
    169     return K == ReadOnlyWithRel;
    170   }
    171 private:
    172   static SectionKind get(Kind K) {
    173     SectionKind Res;
    174     Res.K = K;
    175     return Res;
    176   }
    177 public:
    178 
    179   static SectionKind getMetadata() { return get(Metadata); }
    180   static SectionKind getText() { return get(Text); }
    181   static SectionKind getExecuteOnly() { return get(ExecuteOnly); }
    182   static SectionKind getReadOnly() { return get(ReadOnly); }
    183   static SectionKind getMergeable1ByteCString() {
    184     return get(Mergeable1ByteCString);
    185   }
    186   static SectionKind getMergeable2ByteCString() {
    187     return get(Mergeable2ByteCString);
    188   }
    189   static SectionKind getMergeable4ByteCString() {
    190     return get(Mergeable4ByteCString);
    191   }
    192   static SectionKind getMergeableConst4() { return get(MergeableConst4); }
    193   static SectionKind getMergeableConst8() { return get(MergeableConst8); }
    194   static SectionKind getMergeableConst16() { return get(MergeableConst16); }
    195   static SectionKind getMergeableConst32() { return get(MergeableConst32); }
    196   static SectionKind getThreadBSS() { return get(ThreadBSS); }
    197   static SectionKind getThreadData() { return get(ThreadData); }
    198   static SectionKind getBSS() { return get(BSS); }
    199   static SectionKind getBSSLocal() { return get(BSSLocal); }
    200   static SectionKind getBSSExtern() { return get(BSSExtern); }
    201   static SectionKind getCommon() { return get(Common); }
    202   static SectionKind getData() { return get(Data); }
    203   static SectionKind getReadOnlyWithRel() { return get(ReadOnlyWithRel); }
    204 };
    205 
    206 } // end namespace llvm
    207 
    208 #endif
    209