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1 //===- llvm/Support/Memory.h - Memory Support -------------------*- 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 // This file declares the llvm::sys::Memory class.
11 //
12 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
13 
14 #ifndef LLVM_SUPPORT_MEMORY_H
15 #define LLVM_SUPPORT_MEMORY_H
16 
17 #include "llvm/Support/DataTypes.h"
18 #include <string>
19 #include <system_error>
20 
21 namespace llvm {
22 namespace sys {
23 
24   /// This class encapsulates the notion of a memory block which has an address
25   /// and a size. It is used by the Memory class (a friend) as the result of
26   /// various memory allocation operations.
27   /// @see Memory
28   /// @brief Memory block abstraction.
29   class MemoryBlock {
30   public:
MemoryBlock()31     MemoryBlock() : Address(nullptr), Size(0) { }
MemoryBlock(void * addr,size_t size)32     MemoryBlock(void *addr, size_t size) : Address(addr), Size(size) { }
base()33     void *base() const { return Address; }
size()34     size_t size() const { return Size; }
35 
36   private:
37     void *Address;    ///< Address of first byte of memory area
38     size_t Size;      ///< Size, in bytes of the memory area
39     friend class Memory;
40   };
41 
42   /// This class provides various memory handling functions that manipulate
43   /// MemoryBlock instances.
44   /// @since 1.4
45   /// @brief An abstraction for memory operations.
46   class Memory {
47   public:
48     enum ProtectionFlags {
49       MF_READ  = 0x1000000,
50       MF_WRITE = 0x2000000,
51       MF_EXEC  = 0x4000000
52     };
53 
54     /// This method allocates a block of memory that is suitable for loading
55     /// dynamically generated code (e.g. JIT). An attempt to allocate
56     /// \p NumBytes bytes of virtual memory is made.
57     /// \p NearBlock may point to an existing allocation in which case
58     /// an attempt is made to allocate more memory near the existing block.
59     /// The actual allocated address is not guaranteed to be near the requested
60     /// address.
61     /// \p Flags is used to set the initial protection flags for the block
62     /// of the memory.
63     /// \p EC [out] returns an object describing any error that occurs.
64     ///
65     /// This method may allocate more than the number of bytes requested.  The
66     /// actual number of bytes allocated is indicated in the returned
67     /// MemoryBlock.
68     ///
69     /// The start of the allocated block must be aligned with the
70     /// system allocation granularity (64K on Windows, page size on Linux).
71     /// If the address following \p NearBlock is not so aligned, it will be
72     /// rounded up to the next allocation granularity boundary.
73     ///
74     /// \r a non-null MemoryBlock if the function was successful,
75     /// otherwise a null MemoryBlock is with \p EC describing the error.
76     ///
77     /// @brief Allocate mapped memory.
78     static MemoryBlock allocateMappedMemory(size_t NumBytes,
79                                             const MemoryBlock *const NearBlock,
80                                             unsigned Flags,
81                                             std::error_code &EC);
82 
83     /// This method releases a block of memory that was allocated with the
84     /// allocateMappedMemory method. It should not be used to release any
85     /// memory block allocated any other way.
86     /// \p Block describes the memory to be released.
87     ///
88     /// \r error_success if the function was successful, or an error_code
89     /// describing the failure if an error occurred.
90     ///
91     /// @brief Release mapped memory.
92     static std::error_code releaseMappedMemory(MemoryBlock &Block);
93 
94     /// This method sets the protection flags for a block of memory to the
95     /// state specified by /p Flags.  The behavior is not specified if the
96     /// memory was not allocated using the allocateMappedMemory method.
97     /// \p Block describes the memory block to be protected.
98     /// \p Flags specifies the new protection state to be assigned to the block.
99     /// \p ErrMsg [out] returns a string describing any error that occurred.
100     ///
101     /// If \p Flags is MF_WRITE, the actual behavior varies
102     /// with the operating system (i.e. MF_READ | MF_WRITE on Windows) and the
103     /// target architecture (i.e. MF_WRITE -> MF_READ | MF_WRITE on i386).
104     ///
105     /// \r error_success if the function was successful, or an error_code
106     /// describing the failure if an error occurred.
107     ///
108     /// @brief Set memory protection state.
109     static std::error_code protectMappedMemory(const MemoryBlock &Block,
110                                                unsigned Flags);
111 
112     /// This method allocates a block of Read/Write/Execute memory that is
113     /// suitable for executing dynamically generated code (e.g. JIT). An
114     /// attempt to allocate \p NumBytes bytes of virtual memory is made.
115     /// \p NearBlock may point to an existing allocation in which case
116     /// an attempt is made to allocate more memory near the existing block.
117     ///
118     /// On success, this returns a non-null memory block, otherwise it returns
119     /// a null memory block and fills in *ErrMsg.
120     ///
121     /// @brief Allocate Read/Write/Execute memory.
122     static MemoryBlock AllocateRWX(size_t NumBytes,
123                                    const MemoryBlock *NearBlock,
124                                    std::string *ErrMsg = nullptr);
125 
126     /// This method releases a block of Read/Write/Execute memory that was
127     /// allocated with the AllocateRWX method. It should not be used to
128     /// release any memory block allocated any other way.
129     ///
130     /// On success, this returns false, otherwise it returns true and fills
131     /// in *ErrMsg.
132     /// @brief Release Read/Write/Execute memory.
133     static bool ReleaseRWX(MemoryBlock &block, std::string *ErrMsg = nullptr);
134 
135     /// InvalidateInstructionCache - Before the JIT can run a block of code
136     /// that has been emitted it must invalidate the instruction cache on some
137     /// platforms.
138     static void InvalidateInstructionCache(const void *Addr, size_t Len);
139 
140     /// setExecutable - Before the JIT can run a block of code, it has to be
141     /// given read and executable privilege. Return true if it is already r-x
142     /// or the system is able to change its previlege.
143     static bool setExecutable(MemoryBlock &M, std::string *ErrMsg = nullptr);
144 
145     /// setWritable - When adding to a block of code, the JIT may need
146     /// to mark a block of code as RW since the protections are on page
147     /// boundaries, and the JIT internal allocations are not page aligned.
148     static bool setWritable(MemoryBlock &M, std::string *ErrMsg = nullptr);
149 
150     /// setRangeExecutable - Mark the page containing a range of addresses
151     /// as executable.
152     static bool setRangeExecutable(const void *Addr, size_t Size);
153 
154     /// setRangeWritable - Mark the page containing a range of addresses
155     /// as writable.
156     static bool setRangeWritable(const void *Addr, size_t Size);
157   };
158 
159   /// Owning version of MemoryBlock.
160   class OwningMemoryBlock {
161   public:
162     OwningMemoryBlock() = default;
OwningMemoryBlock(MemoryBlock M)163     explicit OwningMemoryBlock(MemoryBlock M) : M(M) {}
OwningMemoryBlock(OwningMemoryBlock && Other)164     OwningMemoryBlock(OwningMemoryBlock &&Other) {
165       M = Other.M;
166       Other.M = MemoryBlock();
167     }
168     OwningMemoryBlock& operator=(OwningMemoryBlock &&Other) {
169       M = Other.M;
170       Other.M = MemoryBlock();
171       return *this;
172     }
~OwningMemoryBlock()173     ~OwningMemoryBlock() {
174       Memory::releaseMappedMemory(M);
175     }
base()176     void *base() const { return M.base(); }
size()177     size_t size() const { return M.size(); }
getMemoryBlock()178     MemoryBlock getMemoryBlock() const { return M; }
179   private:
180     MemoryBlock M;
181   };
182 
183 }
184 }
185 
186 #endif
187