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"
23 #include "clang/Frontend/CodeGenOptions.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
CodeGenTBAA(ASTContext & Ctx,llvm::LLVMContext & VMContext,const CodeGenOptions & CGO,const LangOptions & Features,MangleContext & MContext)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
~CodeGenTBAA()39 CodeGenTBAA::~CodeGenTBAA() {
40 }
41
getRoot()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.
createTBAAScalarType(StringRef Name,llvm::MDNode * Parent)59 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::createTBAAScalarType(StringRef Name,
60 llvm::MDNode *Parent) {
61 return MDHelper.createTBAAScalarTypeNode(Name, Parent);
62 }
63
getChar()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
TypeHasMayAlias(QualType QTy)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 *
getTBAAInfo(QualType QTy)92 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfo(QualType QTy) {
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
getTBAAInfoForVTablePtr()169 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAInfoForVTablePtr() {
170 return createTBAAScalarType("vtable pointer", getRoot());
171 }
172
173 bool
CollectFields(uint64_t BaseOffset,QualType QTy,SmallVectorImpl<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField> & Fields,bool MayAlias)174 CodeGenTBAA::CollectFields(uint64_t BaseOffset,
175 QualType QTy,
176 SmallVectorImpl<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField> &
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;
194 for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
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 *
getTBAAStructInfo(QualType QTy)216 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructInfo(QualType QTy) {
217 const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
218
219 if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructMetadataCache[Ty])
220 return N;
221
222 SmallVector<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField, 4> Fields;
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.
isTBAAPathStruct(QualType QTy)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 *
getTBAAStructTypeInfo(QualType QTy)245 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructTypeInfo(QualType QTy) {
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);
256 SmallVector <std::pair<llvm::MDNode*, uint64_t>, 4> Fields;
257 unsigned idx = 0;
258 for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
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 *
getTBAAStructTagInfo(QualType BaseQTy,llvm::MDNode * AccessNode,uint64_t Offset)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 *
getTBAAScalarTagInfo(llvm::MDNode * AccessNode)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 }
324