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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"
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 
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 *
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 
170  return createTBAAScalarType("vtable pointer", getRoot());
171 }
172 
173 bool
174 CodeGenTBAA::CollectFields(uint64_t BaseOffset,
175  QualType QTy,
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;
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 *
217  const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
218 
219  if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructMetadataCache[Ty])
220  return N;
221 
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 *
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);
257  unsigned idx = 0;
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 }
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