1 //===-- CodeGenTBAA.cpp - TBAA information for LLVM CodeGen ---------------===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 //
9 // This is the code that manages TBAA information and defines the TBAA policy
10 // for the optimizer to use. Relevant standards text includes:
11 //
12 //   C99 6.5p7
13 //   C++ [basic.lval] (p10 in n3126, p15 in some earlier versions)
14 //
15 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
16 
17 #include "CodeGenTBAA.h"
18 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
19 #include "clang/AST/Attr.h"
20 #include "clang/AST/Mangle.h"
21 #include "clang/AST/RecordLayout.h"
22 #include "clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.h"
23 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallSet.h"
24 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
25 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
26 #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h"
27 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
28 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
29 using namespace clang;
30 using namespace CodeGen;
31 
32 CodeGenTBAA::CodeGenTBAA(ASTContext &Ctx, llvm::Module &M,
33                          const CodeGenOptions &CGO,
34                          const LangOptions &Features, MangleContext &MContext)
35   : Context(Ctx), Module(M), CodeGenOpts(CGO),
36     Features(Features), MContext(MContext), MDHelper(M.getContext()),
37     Root(nullptr), Char(nullptr)
38 {}
39 
40 CodeGenTBAA::~CodeGenTBAA() {
41 }
42 
43 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getRoot() {
44   // Define the root of the tree. This identifies the tree, so that
45   // if our LLVM IR is linked with LLVM IR from a different front-end
46   // (or a different version of this front-end), their TBAA trees will
47   // remain distinct, and the optimizer will treat them conservatively.
48   if (!Root) {
49     if (Features.CPlusPlus)
50       Root = MDHelper.createTBAARoot("Simple C++ TBAA");
51     else
52       Root = MDHelper.createTBAARoot("Simple C/C++ TBAA");
53   }
54 
55   return Root;
56 }
57 
58 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::createScalarTypeNode(StringRef Name,
59                                                 llvm::MDNode *Parent,
60                                                 uint64_t Size) {
61   if (CodeGenOpts.NewStructPathTBAA) {
62     llvm::Metadata *Id = MDHelper.createString(Name);
63     return MDHelper.createTBAATypeNode(Parent, Size, Id);
64   }
65   return MDHelper.createTBAAScalarTypeNode(Name, Parent);
66 }
67 
68 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getChar() {
69   // Define the root of the tree for user-accessible memory. C and C++
70   // give special powers to char and certain similar types. However,
71   // these special powers only cover user-accessible memory, and doesn't
72   // include things like vtables.
73   if (!Char)
74     Char = createScalarTypeNode("omnipotent char", getRoot(), /* Size= */ 1);
75 
76   return Char;
77 }
78 
79 static bool TypeHasMayAlias(QualType QTy) {
80   // Tagged types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
81   if (const TagType *TTy = dyn_cast<TagType>(QTy))
82     return TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>();
83 
84   // Typedef types have declarations, and therefore may have attributes.
85   if (const TypedefType *TTy = dyn_cast<TypedefType>(QTy)) {
86     if (TTy->getDecl()->hasAttr<MayAliasAttr>())
87       return true;
88     // Also, their underlying types may have relevant attributes.
89     return TypeHasMayAlias(TTy->desugar());
90   }
91 
92   return false;
93 }
94 
95 /// Check if the given type is a valid base type to be used in access tags.
96 static bool isValidBaseType(QualType QTy) {
97   if (QTy->isReferenceType())
98     return false;
99   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
100     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
101     // Incomplete types are not valid base access types.
102     if (!RD)
103       return false;
104     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
105       return false;
106     // RD can be struct, union, class, interface or enum.
107     // For now, we only handle struct and class.
108     if (RD->isStruct() || RD->isClass())
109       return true;
110   }
111   return false;
112 }
113 
114 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getTypeInfoHelper(const Type *Ty) {
115   uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(Ty).getQuantity();
116 
117   // Handle builtin types.
118   if (const BuiltinType *BTy = dyn_cast<BuiltinType>(Ty)) {
119     switch (BTy->getKind()) {
120     // Character types are special and can alias anything.
121     // In C++, this technically only includes "char" and "unsigned char",
122     // and not "signed char". In C, it includes all three. For now,
123     // the risk of exploiting this detail in C++ seems likely to outweigh
124     // the benefit.
125     case BuiltinType::Char_U:
126     case BuiltinType::Char_S:
127     case BuiltinType::UChar:
128     case BuiltinType::SChar:
129       return getChar();
130 
131     // Unsigned types can alias their corresponding signed types.
132     case BuiltinType::UShort:
133       return getTypeInfo(Context.ShortTy);
134     case BuiltinType::UInt:
135       return getTypeInfo(Context.IntTy);
136     case BuiltinType::ULong:
137       return getTypeInfo(Context.LongTy);
138     case BuiltinType::ULongLong:
139       return getTypeInfo(Context.LongLongTy);
140     case BuiltinType::UInt128:
141       return getTypeInfo(Context.Int128Ty);
142 
143     // Treat all other builtin types as distinct types. This includes
144     // treating wchar_t, char16_t, and char32_t as distinct from their
145     // "underlying types".
146     default:
147       return createScalarTypeNode(BTy->getName(Features), getChar(), Size);
148     }
149   }
150 
151   // C++1z [basic.lval]p10: "If a program attempts to access the stored value of
152   // an object through a glvalue of other than one of the following types the
153   // behavior is undefined: [...] a char, unsigned char, or std::byte type."
154   if (Ty->isStdByteType())
155     return getChar();
156 
157   // Handle pointers and references.
158   // TODO: Implement C++'s type "similarity" and consider dis-"similar"
159   // pointers distinct.
160   if (Ty->isPointerType() || Ty->isReferenceType())
161     return createScalarTypeNode("any pointer", getChar(), Size);
162 
163   // Accesses to arrays are accesses to objects of their element types.
164   if (CodeGenOpts.NewStructPathTBAA && Ty->isArrayType())
165     return getTypeInfo(cast<ArrayType>(Ty)->getElementType());
166 
167   // Enum types are distinct types. In C++ they have "underlying types",
168   // however they aren't related for TBAA.
169   if (const EnumType *ETy = dyn_cast<EnumType>(Ty)) {
170     // In C++ mode, types have linkage, so we can rely on the ODR and
171     // on their mangled names, if they're external.
172     // TODO: Is there a way to get a program-wide unique name for a
173     // decl with local linkage or no linkage?
174     if (!Features.CPlusPlus || !ETy->getDecl()->isExternallyVisible())
175       return getChar();
176 
177     SmallString<256> OutName;
178     llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
179     MContext.mangleTypeName(QualType(ETy, 0), Out);
180     return createScalarTypeNode(OutName, getChar(), Size);
181   }
182 
183   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
184   return getChar();
185 }
186 
187 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getTypeInfo(QualType QTy) {
188   // At -O0 or relaxed aliasing, TBAA is not emitted for regular types.
189   if (CodeGenOpts.OptimizationLevel == 0 || CodeGenOpts.RelaxedAliasing)
190     return nullptr;
191 
192   // If the type has the may_alias attribute (even on a typedef), it is
193   // effectively in the general char alias class.
194   if (TypeHasMayAlias(QTy))
195     return getChar();
196 
197   // We need this function to not fall back to returning the "omnipotent char"
198   // type node for aggregate and union types. Otherwise, any dereference of an
199   // aggregate will result into the may-alias access descriptor, meaning all
200   // subsequent accesses to direct and indirect members of that aggregate will
201   // be considered may-alias too.
202   // TODO: Combine getTypeInfo() and getBaseTypeInfo() into a single function.
203   if (isValidBaseType(QTy))
204     return getBaseTypeInfo(QTy);
205 
206   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
207   if (llvm::MDNode *N = MetadataCache[Ty])
208     return N;
209 
210   // Note that the following helper call is allowed to add new nodes to the
211   // cache, which invalidates all its previously obtained iterators. So we
212   // first generate the node for the type and then add that node to the cache.
213   llvm::MDNode *TypeNode = getTypeInfoHelper(Ty);
214   return MetadataCache[Ty] = TypeNode;
215 }
216 
217 TBAAAccessInfo CodeGenTBAA::getAccessInfo(QualType AccessType) {
218   // Pointee values may have incomplete types, but they shall never be
219   // dereferenced.
220   if (AccessType->isIncompleteType())
221     return TBAAAccessInfo::getIncompleteInfo();
222 
223   if (TypeHasMayAlias(AccessType))
224     return TBAAAccessInfo::getMayAliasInfo();
225 
226   uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(AccessType).getQuantity();
227   return TBAAAccessInfo(getTypeInfo(AccessType), Size);
228 }
229 
230 TBAAAccessInfo CodeGenTBAA::getVTablePtrAccessInfo(llvm::Type *VTablePtrType) {
231   llvm::DataLayout DL(&Module);
232   unsigned Size = DL.getPointerTypeSize(VTablePtrType);
233   return TBAAAccessInfo(createScalarTypeNode("vtable pointer", getRoot(), Size),
234                         Size);
235 }
236 
237 bool
238 CodeGenTBAA::CollectFields(uint64_t BaseOffset,
239                            QualType QTy,
240                            SmallVectorImpl<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField> &
241                              Fields,
242                            bool MayAlias) {
243   /* Things not handled yet include: C++ base classes, bitfields, */
244 
245   if (const RecordType *TTy = QTy->getAs<RecordType>()) {
246     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
247     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
248       return false;
249 
250     // TODO: Handle C++ base classes.
251     if (const CXXRecordDecl *Decl = dyn_cast<CXXRecordDecl>(RD))
252       if (Decl->bases_begin() != Decl->bases_end())
253         return false;
254 
255     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
256 
257     unsigned idx = 0;
258     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator i = RD->field_begin(),
259          e = RD->field_end(); i != e; ++i, ++idx) {
260       uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset +
261                         Layout.getFieldOffset(idx) / Context.getCharWidth();
262       QualType FieldQTy = i->getType();
263       if (!CollectFields(Offset, FieldQTy, Fields,
264                          MayAlias || TypeHasMayAlias(FieldQTy)))
265         return false;
266     }
267     return true;
268   }
269 
270   /* Otherwise, treat whatever it is as a field. */
271   uint64_t Offset = BaseOffset;
272   uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(QTy).getQuantity();
273   llvm::MDNode *TBAAType = MayAlias ? getChar() : getTypeInfo(QTy);
274   llvm::MDNode *TBAATag = getAccessTagInfo(TBAAAccessInfo(TBAAType, Size));
275   Fields.push_back(llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField(Offset, Size, TBAATag));
276   return true;
277 }
278 
279 llvm::MDNode *
280 CodeGenTBAA::getTBAAStructInfo(QualType QTy) {
281   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
282 
283   if (llvm::MDNode *N = StructMetadataCache[Ty])
284     return N;
285 
286   SmallVector<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField, 4> Fields;
287   if (CollectFields(0, QTy, Fields, TypeHasMayAlias(QTy)))
288     return MDHelper.createTBAAStructNode(Fields);
289 
290   // For now, handle any other kind of type conservatively.
291   return StructMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
292 }
293 
294 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getBaseTypeInfoHelper(const Type *Ty) {
295   if (auto *TTy = dyn_cast<RecordType>(Ty)) {
296     const RecordDecl *RD = TTy->getDecl()->getDefinition();
297     const ASTRecordLayout &Layout = Context.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
298     SmallVector<llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField, 4> Fields;
299     for (FieldDecl *Field : RD->fields()) {
300       QualType FieldQTy = Field->getType();
301       llvm::MDNode *TypeNode = isValidBaseType(FieldQTy) ?
302           getBaseTypeInfo(FieldQTy) : getTypeInfo(FieldQTy);
303       if (!TypeNode)
304         return BaseTypeMetadataCache[Ty] = nullptr;
305 
306       uint64_t BitOffset = Layout.getFieldOffset(Field->getFieldIndex());
307       uint64_t Offset = Context.toCharUnitsFromBits(BitOffset).getQuantity();
308       uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(FieldQTy).getQuantity();
309       Fields.push_back(llvm::MDBuilder::TBAAStructField(Offset, Size,
310                                                         TypeNode));
311     }
312 
313     SmallString<256> OutName;
314     if (Features.CPlusPlus) {
315       // Don't use the mangler for C code.
316       llvm::raw_svector_ostream Out(OutName);
317       MContext.mangleTypeName(QualType(Ty, 0), Out);
318     } else {
319       OutName = RD->getName();
320     }
321 
322     if (CodeGenOpts.NewStructPathTBAA) {
323       llvm::MDNode *Parent = getChar();
324       uint64_t Size = Context.getTypeSizeInChars(Ty).getQuantity();
325       llvm::Metadata *Id = MDHelper.createString(OutName);
326       return MDHelper.createTBAATypeNode(Parent, Size, Id, Fields);
327     }
328 
329     // Create the struct type node with a vector of pairs (offset, type).
330     SmallVector<std::pair<llvm::MDNode*, uint64_t>, 4> OffsetsAndTypes;
331     for (const auto &Field : Fields)
332         OffsetsAndTypes.push_back(std::make_pair(Field.Type, Field.Offset));
333     return MDHelper.createTBAAStructTypeNode(OutName, OffsetsAndTypes);
334   }
335 
336   return nullptr;
337 }
338 
339 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getBaseTypeInfo(QualType QTy) {
340   if (!isValidBaseType(QTy))
341     return nullptr;
342 
343   const Type *Ty = Context.getCanonicalType(QTy).getTypePtr();
344   if (llvm::MDNode *N = BaseTypeMetadataCache[Ty])
345     return N;
346 
347   // Note that the following helper call is allowed to add new nodes to the
348   // cache, which invalidates all its previously obtained iterators. So we
349   // first generate the node for the type and then add that node to the cache.
350   llvm::MDNode *TypeNode = getBaseTypeInfoHelper(Ty);
351   return BaseTypeMetadataCache[Ty] = TypeNode;
352 }
353 
354 llvm::MDNode *CodeGenTBAA::getAccessTagInfo(TBAAAccessInfo Info) {
355   assert(!Info.isIncomplete() && "Access to an object of an incomplete type!");
356 
357   if (Info.isMayAlias())
358     Info = TBAAAccessInfo(getChar(), Info.Size);
359 
360   if (!Info.AccessType)
361     return nullptr;
362 
363   if (!CodeGenOpts.StructPathTBAA)
364     Info = TBAAAccessInfo(Info.AccessType, Info.Size);
365 
366   llvm::MDNode *&N = AccessTagMetadataCache[Info];
367   if (N)
368     return N;
369 
370   if (!Info.BaseType) {
371     Info.BaseType = Info.AccessType;
372     assert(!Info.Offset && "Nonzero offset for an access with no base type!");
373   }
374   if (CodeGenOpts.NewStructPathTBAA) {
375     return N = MDHelper.createTBAAAccessTag(Info.BaseType, Info.AccessType,
376                                             Info.Offset, Info.Size);
377   }
378   return N = MDHelper.createTBAAStructTagNode(Info.BaseType, Info.AccessType,
379                                               Info.Offset);
380 }
381 
382 TBAAAccessInfo CodeGenTBAA::mergeTBAAInfoForCast(TBAAAccessInfo SourceInfo,
383                                                  TBAAAccessInfo TargetInfo) {
384   if (SourceInfo.isMayAlias() || TargetInfo.isMayAlias())
385     return TBAAAccessInfo::getMayAliasInfo();
386   return TargetInfo;
387 }
388 
389 TBAAAccessInfo
390 CodeGenTBAA::mergeTBAAInfoForConditionalOperator(TBAAAccessInfo InfoA,
391                                                  TBAAAccessInfo InfoB) {
392   if (InfoA == InfoB)
393     return InfoA;
394 
395   if (!InfoA || !InfoB)
396     return TBAAAccessInfo();
397 
398   if (InfoA.isMayAlias() || InfoB.isMayAlias())
399     return TBAAAccessInfo::getMayAliasInfo();
400 
401   // TODO: Implement the rest of the logic here. For example, two accesses
402   // with same final access types result in an access to an object of that final
403   // access type regardless of their base types.
404   return TBAAAccessInfo::getMayAliasInfo();
405 }
406 
407 TBAAAccessInfo
408 CodeGenTBAA::mergeTBAAInfoForMemoryTransfer(TBAAAccessInfo DestInfo,
409                                             TBAAAccessInfo SrcInfo) {
410   if (DestInfo == SrcInfo)
411     return DestInfo;
412 
413   if (!DestInfo || !SrcInfo)
414     return TBAAAccessInfo();
415 
416   if (DestInfo.isMayAlias() || SrcInfo.isMayAlias())
417     return TBAAAccessInfo::getMayAliasInfo();
418 
419   // TODO: Implement the rest of the logic here. For example, two accesses
420   // with same final access types result in an access to an object of that final
421   // access type regardless of their base types.
422   return TBAAAccessInfo::getMayAliasInfo();
423 }
424