// typical C/C++ TBAA, but it can also be used to implement custom alias
// analysis behavior for other languages.
//
-// The current metadata format is very simple. TBAA MDNodes have up to
+// We now support two types of metadata format: scalar TBAA and struct-path
+// aware TBAA. After all testing cases are upgraded to use struct-path aware
+// TBAA and we can auto-upgrade existing bc files, the support for scalar TBAA
+// can be dropped.
+//
+// The scalar TBAA metadata format is very simple. TBAA MDNodes have up to
// three fields, e.g.:
// !0 = metadata !{ metadata !"an example type tree" }
// !1 = metadata !{ metadata !"int", metadata !0 }
//
// The second field identifies the type's parent node in the tree, or
// is null or omitted for a root node. A type is considered to alias
-// all of its decendents and all of its ancestors in the tree. Also,
+// all of its descendants and all of its ancestors in the tree. Also,
// a type is considered to alias all types in other trees, so that
// bitcode produced from multiple front-ends is handled conservatively.
//
// should return true; see
// http://llvm.org/docs/AliasAnalysis.html#OtherItfs).
//
+// With struct-path aware TBAA, the MDNodes attached to an instruction using
+// "!tbaa" are called path tag nodes.
+//
+// The path tag node has 4 fields with the last field being optional.
+//
+// The first field is the base type node, it can be a struct type node
+// or a scalar type node. The second field is the access type node, it
+// must be a scalar type node. The third field is the offset into the base type.
+// The last field has the same meaning as the last field of our scalar TBAA:
+// it's an integer which if equal to 1 indicates that the access is "constant".
+//
+// The struct type node has a name and a list of pairs, one pair for each member
+// of the struct. The first element of each pair is a type node (a struct type
+// node or a sclar type node), specifying the type of the member, the second
+// element of each pair is the offset of the member.
+//
+// Given an example
+// typedef struct {
+// short s;
+// } A;
+// typedef struct {
+// uint16_t s;
+// A a;
+// } B;
+//
+// For an acess to B.a.s, we attach !5 (a path tag node) to the load/store
+// instruction. The base type is !4 (struct B), the access type is !2 (scalar
+// type short) and the offset is 4.
+//
+// !0 = metadata !{metadata !"Simple C/C++ TBAA"}
+// !1 = metadata !{metadata !"omnipotent char", metadata !0} // Scalar type node
+// !2 = metadata !{metadata !"short", metadata !1} // Scalar type node
+// !3 = metadata !{metadata !"A", metadata !2, i64 0} // Struct type node
+// !4 = metadata !{metadata !"B", metadata !2, i64 0, metadata !3, i64 4}
+// // Struct type node
+// !5 = metadata !{metadata !4, metadata !2, i64 4} // Path tag node
+//
+// The struct type nodes and the scalar type nodes form a type DAG.
+// Root (!0)
+// char (!1) -- edge to Root
+// short (!2) -- edge to char
+// A (!3) -- edge with offset 0 to short
+// B (!4) -- edge with offset 0 to short and edge with offset 4 to A
+//
+// To check if two tags (tagX and tagY) can alias, we start from the base type
+// of tagX, follow the edge with the correct offset in the type DAG and adjust
+// the offset until we reach the base type of tagY or until we reach the Root
+// node.
+// If we reach the base type of tagY, compare the adjusted offset with
+// offset of tagY, return Alias if the offsets are the same, return NoAlias
+// otherwise.
+// If we reach the Root node, perform the above starting from base type of tagY
+// to see if we reach base type of tagX.
+//
+// If they have different roots, they're part of different potentially
+// unrelated type systems, so we return Alias to be conservative.
+// If neither node is an ancestor of the other and they have the same root,
+// then we say NoAlias.
+//
// TODO: The current metadata format doesn't support struct
// fields. For example:
// struct X {
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/Passes.h"
-#include "llvm/LLVMContext.h"
-#include "llvm/Module.h"
-#include "llvm/Metadata.h"
+#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
#include "llvm/Pass.h"
#include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
using namespace llvm;
-// For testing purposes, enable TBAA only via a special option.
-static cl::opt<bool> EnableTBAA("enable-tbaa");
+// A handy option for disabling TBAA functionality. The same effect can also be
+// achieved by stripping the !tbaa tags from IR, but this option is sometimes
+// more convenient.
+static cl::opt<bool> EnableTBAA("enable-tbaa", cl::init(true));
namespace {
/// TBAANode - This is a simple wrapper around an MDNode which provides a
return CI->getValue()[0];
}
};
+
+ /// This is a simple wrapper around an MDNode which provides a
+ /// higher-level interface by hiding the details of how alias analysis
+ /// information is encoded in its operands.
+ class TBAAStructTagNode {
+ /// This node should be created with createTBAAStructTagNode.
+ const MDNode *Node;
+
+ public:
+ TBAAStructTagNode() : Node(0) {}
+ explicit TBAAStructTagNode(const MDNode *N) : Node(N) {}
+
+ /// Get the MDNode for this TBAAStructTagNode.
+ const MDNode *getNode() const { return Node; }
+
+ const MDNode *getBaseType() const {
+ return dyn_cast_or_null<MDNode>(Node->getOperand(0));
+ }
+ const MDNode *getAccessType() const {
+ return dyn_cast_or_null<MDNode>(Node->getOperand(1));
+ }
+ uint64_t getOffset() const {
+ return cast<ConstantInt>(Node->getOperand(2))->getZExtValue();
+ }
+ /// TypeIsImmutable - Test if this TBAAStructTagNode represents a type for
+ /// objects which are not modified (by any means) in the context where this
+ /// AliasAnalysis is relevant.
+ bool TypeIsImmutable() const {
+ if (Node->getNumOperands() < 4)
+ return false;
+ ConstantInt *CI = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(Node->getOperand(3));
+ if (!CI)
+ return false;
+ return CI->getValue()[0];
+ }
+ };
+
+ /// This is a simple wrapper around an MDNode which provides a
+ /// higher-level interface by hiding the details of how alias analysis
+ /// information is encoded in its operands.
+ class TBAAStructTypeNode {
+ /// This node should be created with createTBAAStructTypeNode.
+ const MDNode *Node;
+
+ public:
+ TBAAStructTypeNode() : Node(0) {}
+ explicit TBAAStructTypeNode(const MDNode *N) : Node(N) {}
+
+ /// Get the MDNode for this TBAAStructTypeNode.
+ const MDNode *getNode() const { return Node; }
+
+ /// Get this TBAAStructTypeNode's field in the type DAG with
+ /// given offset. Update the offset to be relative to the field type.
+ TBAAStructTypeNode getParent(uint64_t &Offset) const {
+ // Parent can be omitted for the root node.
+ if (Node->getNumOperands() < 2)
+ return TBAAStructTypeNode();
+
+ // Fast path for a scalar type node and a struct type node with a single
+ // field.
+ if (Node->getNumOperands() <= 3) {
+ uint64_t Cur = Node->getNumOperands() == 2 ? 0 :
+ cast<ConstantInt>(Node->getOperand(2))->getZExtValue();
+ Offset -= Cur;
+ MDNode *P = dyn_cast_or_null<MDNode>(Node->getOperand(1));
+ if (!P)
+ return TBAAStructTypeNode();
+ return TBAAStructTypeNode(P);
+ }
+
+ // Assume the offsets are in order. We return the previous field if
+ // the current offset is bigger than the given offset.
+ unsigned TheIdx = 0;
+ for (unsigned Idx = 1; Idx < Node->getNumOperands(); Idx += 2) {
+ uint64_t Cur = cast<ConstantInt>(Node->getOperand(Idx + 1))->
+ getZExtValue();
+ if (Cur > Offset) {
+ assert(Idx >= 3 &&
+ "TBAAStructTypeNode::getParent should have an offset match!");
+ TheIdx = Idx - 2;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ // Move along the last field.
+ if (TheIdx == 0)
+ TheIdx = Node->getNumOperands() - 2;
+ uint64_t Cur = cast<ConstantInt>(Node->getOperand(TheIdx + 1))->
+ getZExtValue();
+ Offset -= Cur;
+ MDNode *P = dyn_cast_or_null<MDNode>(Node->getOperand(TheIdx));
+ if (!P)
+ return TBAAStructTypeNode();
+ return TBAAStructTypeNode(P);
+ }
+ };
}
namespace {
}
bool Aliases(const MDNode *A, const MDNode *B) const;
+ bool PathAliases(const MDNode *A, const MDNode *B) const;
private:
virtual void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const;
AliasAnalysis::getAnalysisUsage(AU);
}
+/// Check the first operand of the tbaa tag node, if it is a MDNode, we treat
+/// it as struct-path aware TBAA format, otherwise, we treat it as scalar TBAA
+/// format.
+static bool isStructPathTBAA(const MDNode *MD) {
+ // Anonymous TBAA root starts with a MDNode and dragonegg uses it as
+ // a TBAA tag.
+ return isa<MDNode>(MD->getOperand(0)) && MD->getNumOperands() >= 3;
+}
+
/// Aliases - Test whether the type represented by A may alias the
/// type represented by B.
bool
TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::Aliases(const MDNode *A,
const MDNode *B) const {
+ if (isStructPathTBAA(A))
+ return PathAliases(A, B);
+
// Keep track of the root node for A and B.
TBAANode RootA, RootB;
return false;
}
+/// Test whether the struct-path tag represented by A may alias the
+/// struct-path tag represented by B.
+bool
+TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::PathAliases(const MDNode *A,
+ const MDNode *B) const {
+ // Keep track of the root node for A and B.
+ TBAAStructTypeNode RootA, RootB;
+ TBAAStructTagNode TagA(A), TagB(B);
+
+ // TODO: We need to check if AccessType of TagA encloses AccessType of
+ // TagB to support aggregate AccessType. If yes, return true.
+
+ // Start from the base type of A, follow the edge with the correct offset in
+ // the type DAG and adjust the offset until we reach the base type of B or
+ // until we reach the Root node.
+ // Compare the adjusted offset once we have the same base.
+
+ // Climb the type DAG from base type of A to see if we reach base type of B.
+ const MDNode *BaseA = TagA.getBaseType();
+ const MDNode *BaseB = TagB.getBaseType();
+ uint64_t OffsetA = TagA.getOffset(), OffsetB = TagB.getOffset();
+ for (TBAAStructTypeNode T(BaseA); ; ) {
+ if (T.getNode() == BaseB)
+ // Base type of A encloses base type of B, check if the offsets match.
+ return OffsetA == OffsetB;
+
+ RootA = T;
+ // Follow the edge with the correct offset, OffsetA will be adjusted to
+ // be relative to the field type.
+ T = T.getParent(OffsetA);
+ if (!T.getNode())
+ break;
+ }
+
+ // Reset OffsetA and climb the type DAG from base type of B to see if we reach
+ // base type of A.
+ OffsetA = TagA.getOffset();
+ for (TBAAStructTypeNode T(BaseB); ; ) {
+ if (T.getNode() == BaseA)
+ // Base type of B encloses base type of A, check if the offsets match.
+ return OffsetA == OffsetB;
+
+ RootB = T;
+ // Follow the edge with the correct offset, OffsetB will be adjusted to
+ // be relative to the field type.
+ T = T.getParent(OffsetB);
+ if (!T.getNode())
+ break;
+ }
+
+ // Neither node is an ancestor of the other.
+
+ // If they have different roots, they're part of different potentially
+ // unrelated type systems, so we must be conservative.
+ if (RootA.getNode() != RootB.getNode())
+ return true;
+
+ // If they have the same root, then we've proved there's no alias.
+ return false;
+}
+
AliasAnalysis::AliasResult
TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::alias(const Location &LocA,
const Location &LocB) {
// If this is an "immutable" type, we can assume the pointer is pointing
// to constant memory.
- if (TBAANode(M).TypeIsImmutable())
+ if ((!isStructPathTBAA(M) && TBAANode(M).TypeIsImmutable()) ||
+ (isStructPathTBAA(M) && TBAAStructTagNode(M).TypeIsImmutable()))
return true;
return AliasAnalysis::pointsToConstantMemory(Loc, OrLocal);
// If this is an "immutable" type, we can assume the call doesn't write
// to memory.
if (const MDNode *M = CS.getInstruction()->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa))
- if (TBAANode(M).TypeIsImmutable())
+ if ((!isStructPathTBAA(M) && TBAANode(M).TypeIsImmutable()) ||
+ (isStructPathTBAA(M) && TBAAStructTagNode(M).TypeIsImmutable()))
Min = OnlyReadsMemory;
- return std::min(AliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(CS), Min);
+ return ModRefBehavior(AliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(CS) & Min);
}
AliasAnalysis::ModRefBehavior
TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(const Function *F) {
+ // Functions don't have metadata. Just chain to the next implementation.
return AliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(F);
}
return AliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CS1, CS2);
}
+
+bool MDNode::isTBAAVtableAccess() const {
+ if (!isStructPathTBAA(this)) {
+ if (getNumOperands() < 1) return false;
+ if (MDString *Tag1 = dyn_cast<MDString>(getOperand(0))) {
+ if (Tag1->getString() == "vtable pointer") return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ // For struct-path aware TBAA, we use the access type of the tag.
+ if (getNumOperands() < 2) return false;
+ MDNode *Tag = cast_or_null<MDNode>(getOperand(1));
+ if (!Tag) return false;
+ if (MDString *Tag1 = dyn_cast<MDString>(Tag->getOperand(0))) {
+ if (Tag1->getString() == "vtable pointer") return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
+MDNode *MDNode::getMostGenericTBAA(MDNode *A, MDNode *B) {
+ if (!A || !B)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (A == B)
+ return A;
+
+ // For struct-path aware TBAA, we use the access type of the tag.
+ bool StructPath = isStructPathTBAA(A);
+ if (StructPath) {
+ A = cast_or_null<MDNode>(A->getOperand(1));
+ if (!A) return 0;
+ B = cast_or_null<MDNode>(B->getOperand(1));
+ if (!B) return 0;
+ }
+
+ SmallVector<MDNode *, 4> PathA;
+ MDNode *T = A;
+ while (T) {
+ PathA.push_back(T);
+ T = T->getNumOperands() >= 2 ? cast_or_null<MDNode>(T->getOperand(1)) : 0;
+ }
+
+ SmallVector<MDNode *, 4> PathB;
+ T = B;
+ while (T) {
+ PathB.push_back(T);
+ T = T->getNumOperands() >= 2 ? cast_or_null<MDNode>(T->getOperand(1)) : 0;
+ }
+
+ int IA = PathA.size() - 1;
+ int IB = PathB.size() - 1;
+
+ MDNode *Ret = 0;
+ while (IA >= 0 && IB >=0) {
+ if (PathA[IA] == PathB[IB])
+ Ret = PathA[IA];
+ else
+ break;
+ --IA;
+ --IB;
+ }
+ if (!StructPath)
+ return Ret;
+
+ if (!Ret)
+ return 0;
+ // We need to convert from a type node to a tag node.
+ Type *Int64 = IntegerType::get(A->getContext(), 64);
+ Value *Ops[3] = { Ret, Ret, ConstantInt::get(Int64, 0) };
+ return MDNode::get(A->getContext(), Ops);
+}