1=================================== 2TableGen Backend Developer's Guide 3=================================== 4 5.. sectnum:: 6 7.. contents:: 8 :local: 9 10Introduction 11============ 12 13The purpose of TableGen is to generate complex output files based on 14information from source files that are significantly easier to code than the 15output files would be, and also easier to maintain and modify over time. The 16information is coded in a declarative style involving classes and records, 17which are then processed by TableGen. The internalized records are passed on 18to various backends, which extract information from a subset of the records 19and generate an output file. These output files are typically ``.inc`` files 20for C++, but may be any type of file that the backend developer needs. 21 22This document is a guide to writing a backend for TableGen. It is not a 23complete reference manual, but rather a guide to using the facilities 24provided by TableGen for the backends. For a complete reference to the 25various data structures and functions involved, see the primary TableGen 26header file (``record.h``) and/or the Doxygen documentation. 27 28This document assumes that you have read the :doc:`TableGen Programmer's 29Reference <./ProgRef>`, which provides a detailed reference for coding 30TableGen source files. This document and the data structure comments will be 31improved over time. 32 33Data Structures 34=============== 35 36The following sections describe the data structures that contain the classes 37and records that are collected from the TableGen source files by the 38TableGen parser. Note that the term *class* refers to an abstract record 39class, while the term *record* refers to a concrete record. 40 41Unless otherwise noted, functions associated with classes are instance 42functions. 43 44``RecordKeeper`` 45---------------- 46 47An instance of the ``RecordKeeper`` class acts as the container for all the 48classes and records parsed and collected by TableGen. The ``RecordKeeper`` 49instance is passed to the backend when it is invoked by TableGen. This class 50is usually abbreviated ``RK``. 51 52There are two maps in the recordkeeper, one for classes and one for records 53(the latter often referred to as *defs*). Each map maps the class or record 54name to an instance of the ``Record`` class (see `Record`_), which contains 55all the information about that class or record. 56 57In addition to the two maps, the ``RecordKeeper`` instance contains: 58 59* A map that maps the names of global variables to their values. 60 Global variables are defined in TableGen files with outer 61 ``defvar`` statements. 62 63* A counter for naming anonymous records. 64 65The ``RecordKeeper`` class provides a few useful functions. 66 67* Functions to get the complete class and record maps. 68 69* Functions to get a subset of the records based on their parent classes. 70 71* Functions to get individual classes, records, and globals, by name. 72 73A ``RecordKeeper`` instance can be printed to an output stream with the ``<<`` 74operator. 75 76``Record`` 77---------- 78 79Each class or record built by TableGen is represented by an instance of 80the ``Record`` class. The ``RecordKeeper`` instance contains one map for the 81classes and one for the records. The primary data members of a record are 82the record name, the vector of field names and their values, and the vector of 83superclasses of the record. 84 85The record name is stored as a pointer to an ``Init`` (see `Init`_), which 86is a class whose instances hold TableGen values (sometimes referred to as 87*initializers*). The field names and values are stored in a vector of 88``RecordVal`` instances (see `RecordVal`_), each of which contains both the 89field name and its value. The superclass vector contains a sequence of 90pairs, with each pair including the superclass record and its source 91file location. 92 93In addition to those members, a ``Record`` instance contains: 94 95* A vector of source file locations that includes the record definition 96 itself, plus the locations of any multiclasses involved in its definition. 97 98* For a class record, a vector of the class's template arguments. 99 100* An instance of ``DefInit`` (see `DefInit`_) corresponding to this record. 101 102* A unique record ID. 103 104* A boolean that specifies whether this is a class definition. 105 106* A boolean that specifies whether this is an anonymous record. 107 108The ``Record`` class provides many useful functions. 109 110* Functions to get the record name, fields, source file locations, 111 template arguments, and unique ID. 112 113* Functions to get all the record's superclasses or just its direct 114 superclasses. 115 116* Functions to get a particular field value by specifying its name in various 117 forms, and returning its value in various forms 118 (see `Getting Record Names and Fields`_). 119 120* Boolean functions to check the various attributes of the record. 121 122A ``Record`` instance can be printed to an output stream with the ``<<`` 123operator. 124 125 126``RecordVal`` 127------------- 128 129Each field of a record is stored in an instance of the ``RecordVal`` class. 130The ``Record`` instance includes a vector of these value instances. A 131``RecordVal`` instance contains the name of the field, stored in an ``Init`` 132instance. It also contains the value of the field, likewise stored in an 133``Init``. (A better name for this class might be ``RecordField``.) 134 135In addition to those primary members, the ``RecordVal`` has other data members. 136 137* The source file location of the field definition. 138 139* The type of the field, stored as an instance 140 of the ``RecTy`` class (see `RecTy`_). 141 142The ``RecordVal`` class provides some useful functions. 143 144* Functions to get the name of the field in various forms. 145 146* A function to get the type of the field. 147 148* A function to get the value of the field. 149 150* A function to get the source file location. 151 152Note that field values are more easily obtained directly from the ``Record`` 153instance (see `Record`_). 154 155A ``RecordVal`` instance can be printed to an output stream with the ``<<`` 156operator. 157 158``RecTy`` 159--------- 160 161The ``RecTy`` class is used to represent the types of field values. It is 162the base class for a series of subclasses, one for each of the 163available field types. The ``RecTy`` class has one data member that is an 164enumerated type specifying the specific type of field value. (A better 165name for this class might be ``FieldTy``.) 166 167The ``RecTy`` class provides a few useful functions. 168 169* A virtual function to get the type name as a string. 170 171* A virtual function to check whether all the values of this type can 172 be converted to another given type. 173 174* A virtual function to check whether this type is a subtype of 175 another given type. 176 177* A function to get the corresponding ``list`` 178 type for lists with elements of this type. For example, the function 179 returns the ``list<int>`` type when called with the ``int`` type. 180 181The subclasses that inherit from ``RecTy`` are 182``BitRecTy``, 183``BitsRecTy``, 184``CodeRecTy``, 185``DagRecTy``, 186``IntRecTy``, 187``ListRecTy``, 188``RecordRecTy``, and 189``StringRecTy``. 190Some of these classes have additional members that 191are described in the following subsections. 192 193*All* of the classes derived from ``RecTy`` provide the ``get()`` function. 194It returns an instance of ``Recty`` corresponding to the derived class. 195Some of the ``get()`` functions require an argument to 196specify which particular variant of the type is desired. These arguments are 197described in the following subsections. 198 199A ``RecTy`` instance can be printed to an output stream with the ``<<`` 200operator. 201 202.. warning:: 203 It is not specified whether there is a single ``RecTy`` instance of a 204 particular type or multiple instances. 205 206 207``BitsRecTy`` 208~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 209 210This class includes a data member with the size of the ``bits`` value and a 211function to get that size. 212 213The ``get()`` function takes the length of the sequence, *n*, and returns the 214``BitsRecTy`` type corresponding to ``bits<``\ *n*\ ``>``. 215 216``ListRecTy`` 217~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 218 219This class includes a data member that specifies the type of the list's 220elements and a function to get that type. 221 222The ``get()`` function takes the ``RecTy`` *type* of the list members and 223returns the ``ListRecTy`` type corresponding to ``list<``\ *type*\ ``>``. 224 225 226``RecordRecTy`` 227~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 228 229This class includes data members that contain the list of parent classes of 230this record. It also provides a function to obtain the array of classes and 231two functions to get the iterator ``begin()`` and ``end()`` values. The 232class defines a type for the return values of the latter two functions. 233 234.. code-block:: text 235 236 using const_record_iterator = Record * const *; 237 238The ``get()`` function takes an ``ArrayRef`` of pointers to the ``Record`` 239instances of the *direct* superclasses of the record and returns the ``RecordRecTy`` 240corresponding to the record inheriting from those superclasses. 241 242``Init`` 243-------- 244 245The ``Init`` class is used to represent TableGen values. The name derives 246from *initialization value*. This class should not be confused with the 247``RecordVal`` class, which represents record fields, both their names and 248values. The ``Init`` class is the base class for a series of subclasses, one 249for each of the available value types. The primary data member of ``Init`` 250is an enumerated type that represents the specific type of the value. 251 252The ``Init`` class provides a few useful functions. 253 254* A function to get the type enumerator. 255 256* A boolean virtual function to determine whether a value is completely 257 specified; that is, has no uninitialized subvalues. 258 259* Virtual functions to get the value as a string. 260 261* Virtual functions to cast the value to other types, implement the bit 262 range feature of TableGen, and implement the list slice feature. 263 264* A virtual function to get a particular bit of the value. 265 266The subclasses that inherit directly from ``Init`` are 267``UnsetInit`` and ``TypedInit``. 268 269An ``Init`` instance can be printed to an output stream with the ``<<`` 270operator. 271 272.. warning:: 273 It is not specified whether two separate initialization values with 274 the same underlying type and value (e.g., two strings with the value 275 "Hello") are represented by two ``Init``\ s or share the same ``Init``. 276 277``UnsetInit`` 278~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 279 280This class, a subclass of ``Init``, represents the unset (uninitialized) 281value. The static function ``get()`` can be used to obtain the singleton 282``Init`` of this type. 283 284 285``TypedInit`` 286~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 287 288This class, a subclass of ``Init``, acts as the parent class of the classes 289that represent specific value types (except for the unset value). These 290classes include ``BitInit``, ``BitsInit``, ``CodeInit``, ``DagInit``, 291``DefInit``, ``IntInit``, ``ListInit``, and ``StringInit``. (There are 292additional derived types used by the TableGen parser.) 293 294This class includes a data member that specifies the ``RecTy`` type of the 295value. It provides a function to get that ``RecTy`` type. 296 297``BitInit`` 298~~~~~~~~~~~ 299 300The ``BitInit`` class is a subclass of ``TypedInit``. Its instances 301represent the possible values of a bit: 0 or 1. It includes a data member 302that contains the bit. 303 304*All* of the classes derived from ``TypedInit`` provide the following functions. 305 306* A static function named ``get()`` that returns an ``Init`` representing 307 the specified value(s). In the case of ``BitInit``, ``get(true)`` returns 308 an instance of ``BitInit`` representing true, while ``get(false)`` returns 309 an instance 310 representing false. As noted above, it is not specified whether there 311 is exactly one or more than one ``BitInit`` representing true (or false). 312 313* A function named ``GetValue()`` that returns the value of the instance 314 in a more direct form, in this case as a ``bool``. 315 316``BitsInit`` 317~~~~~~~~~~~~ 318 319The ``BitsInit`` class is a subclass of ``TypedInit``. Its instances 320represent sequences of bits, from high-order to low-order. It includes a 321data member with the length of the sequence and a vector of pointers to 322``Init`` instances, one per bit. 323 324The class provides the usual ``get()`` function. It does not provide the 325``getValue()`` function. 326 327The class provides the following additional functions. 328 329* A function to get the number of bits in the sequence. 330 331* A function that gets a bit specified by an integer index. 332 333``CodeInit`` 334~~~~~~~~~~~~ 335 336The ``CodeInit`` class is a subclass of ``TypedInit``. Its instances 337represent arbitrary-length strings produced from ``code`` literals in the 338TableGen files. It includes a data member that contains a ``StringRef`` of 339the value. It also includes a data member specifying the source code 340location of the code string. 341 342The class provides the usual ``get()`` and ``getValue()`` functions. The 343latter function returns the ``StringRef``. 344 345The ``getLoc()`` function returns the source code location. 346 347 348``DagInit`` 349~~~~~~~~~~~ 350 351The ``DagInit`` class is a subclass of ``TypedInit``. Its instances 352represent the possible direct acyclic graphs (``dag``). 353 354The class includes a pointer to an ``Init`` for the DAG operator and a 355pointer to a ``StringInit`` for the operator name. It includes the count of 356DAG operands and the count of operand names. Finally, it includes a vector of 357pointers to ``Init`` instances for the operands and another to 358``StringInit`` instances for the operand names. 359(The DAG operands are also referred to as *arguments*.) 360 361The class provides two forms of the usual ``get()`` function. It does not 362provide the usual ``getValue()`` function. 363 364The class provides many additional functions: 365 366* Functions to get the operator in various forms and to get the 367 operator name in various forms. 368 369* Functions to determine whether there are any operands and to get the 370 number of operands. 371 372* Functions to the get the operands, both individually and together. 373 374* Functions to determine whether there are any names and to 375 get the number of names 376 377* Functions to the get the names, both individually and together. 378 379* Functions to get the operand iterator ``begin()`` and ``end()`` values. 380 381* Functions to get the name iterator ``begin()`` and ``end()`` values. 382 383The class defines two types for the return values of the operand and name 384iterators. 385 386.. code-block:: text 387 388 using const_arg_iterator = SmallVectorImpl<Init*>::const_iterator; 389 using const_name_iterator = SmallVectorImpl<StringInit*>::const_iterator; 390 391 392``DefInit`` 393~~~~~~~~~~~ 394 395The ``DefInit`` class is a subclass of ``TypedInit``. Its instances 396represent the records that were collected by TableGen. It includes a data 397member that is a pointer to the record's ``Record`` instance. 398 399The class provides the usual ``get()`` function. It does not provide 400``getValue()``. Instead, it provides ``getDef()``, which returns the 401``Record`` instance. 402 403``IntInit`` 404~~~~~~~~~~~ 405 406The ``IntInit`` class is a subclass of ``TypedInit``. Its instances 407represent the possible values of a 64-bit integer. It includes a data member 408that contains the integer. 409 410The class provides the usual ``get()`` and ``getValue()`` functions. The 411latter function returns the integer as an ``int64_t``. 412 413The class also provides a function, ``getBit()``, to obtain a specified bit 414of the integer value. 415 416``ListInit`` 417~~~~~~~~~~~~ 418 419The ``ListInit`` class is a subclass of ``TypedInit``. Its instances 420represent lists of elements of some type. It includes a data member with the 421length of the list and a vector of pointers to ``Init`` instances, one per 422element. 423 424The class provides the usual ``get()`` and ``getValues()`` functions. The 425latter function returns an ``ArrayRef`` of the vector of pointers to ``Init`` 426instances. 427 428The class provides these additional functions. 429 430* A function to get the element type. 431 432* Functions to get the length of the vector and to determine whether 433 it is empty. 434 435* Functions to get an element specified by an integer index and return 436 it in various forms. 437 438* Functions to get the iterator ``begin()`` and ``end()`` values. The 439 class defines a type for the return type of these two functions. 440 441.. code-block:: text 442 443 using const_iterator = Init *const *; 444 445 446``StringInit`` 447~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 448 449The ``StringInit`` class is a subclass of ``TypedInit``. Its instances 450represent arbitrary-length strings. It includes a data member 451that contains a ``StringRef`` of the value. 452 453The class provides the usual ``get()`` and ``getValue()`` functions. The 454latter function returns the ``StringRef``. 455 456Creating a New Backend 457====================== 458 459The following steps are required to create a new backend for TableGen. 460 461#. Invent a name for your backend C++ file, say ``GenAddressModes``. 462 463#. Write the new backend, using the file ``TableGenBackendSkeleton.cpp`` 464 as a starting point. 465 466#. Determine which instance of TableGen requires the new backend. There is 467 one instance for Clang and another for LLVM. Or you may be building 468 your own instance. 469 470#. Modify the selected ``tablegen.cpp`` to include your new backend. 471 472 a. Add the name to the enumerated type ``ActionType``. 473 474 #. Add a keyword to the ``ActionType`` command option using the 475 ``clEnumValN()`` function. 476 477 #. Add a case to the ``switch`` statement in the *xxx*\ ``TableGenMain()`` 478 function. It should invoke the "main function" of your backend, which 479 in this case, according to convention, is named ``EmitAddressModes``. 480 4815. Add a declaration of your "main function" to the corresponding 482 ``TableGenBackends.h`` header file. 483 484#. Add your backend C++ file to the appropriate ``CMakeLists.txt`` file so 485 that it will be built. 486 487#. Add your C++ file to the system. 488 489The Backend Skeleton 490==================== 491 492The file ``TableGenBackendSkeleton.cpp`` provides a skeleton C++ translation 493unit for writing a new TableGen backend. Here are a few notes on the file. 494 495* The list of includes is the minimal list required by most backends. 496 497* As with all LLVM C++ files, it has a ``using namespace llvm;`` statement. 498 It also has an anonymous namespace that contains all the file-specific 499 data structure definitions, along with the class embodying the emitter 500 data members and functions. Continuing with the ``GenAddressModes`` example, 501 this class is named ``AddressModesEmitter``. 502 503* The constructor for the emitter class accepts a ``RecordKeeper`` reference, 504 typically named ``RK``. The ``RecordKeeper`` reference is saved in a data 505 member so that records can be obtained from it. This data member is usually 506 named ``Records``. 507 508* One function is named ``run``. It is invoked by the backend's "main 509 function" to collect records and emit the output file. It accepts an instance 510 of the ``raw_ostream`` class, typically named ``OS``. The output file is 511 emitted by writing to this stream. 512 513* The ``run`` function should use the ``emitSourceFileHeader`` helper function 514 to include a standard header in the emitted file. 515 516* The only function in the ``llvm`` namespace is the backend "main function." 517 In this example, it is named ``EmitAddressModes``. It creates an instance 518 of the ``AddressModesEmitter`` class, passing the ``RecordKeeper`` 519 instance, then invokes the ``run`` function, passing the ``raw_ostream`` 520 instance. 521 522All the examples in the remainder of this document will assume the naming 523conventions used in the skeleton file. 524 525Getting Classes 526=============== 527 528The ``RecordKeeper`` class provides two functions for getting the 529``Record`` instances for classes defined in the TableGen files. 530 531* ``getClasses()`` returns a ``RecordMap`` reference for all the classes. 532 533* ``getClass(``\ *name*\ ``)`` returns a ``Record`` reference for the named 534 class. 535 536If you need to iterate over all the class records: 537 538.. code-block:: text 539 540 for (auto ClassPair : Records.getClasses()) { 541 Record *ClassRec = ClassPair.second.get(); 542 ... 543 } 544 545``ClassPair.second`` gets the class's ``unique_ptr``, then ``.get()`` gets the 546class ``Record`` itself. 547 548 549Getting Records 550=============== 551 552The ``RecordKeeper`` class provides four functions for getting the 553``Record`` instances for concrete records defined in the TableGen files. 554 555* ``getDefs()`` returns a ``RecordMap`` reference for all the concrete 556 records. 557 558* ``getDef(``\ *name*\ ``)`` returns a ``Record`` reference for the named 559 concrete record. 560 561* ``getAllDerivedDefinitions(``\ *classname*\ ``)`` returns a vector of 562 ``Record`` references for the concrete records that derive from the 563 given class. 564 565* ``getAllDerivedDefinitions(``\ *classnames*\ ``)`` returns 566 a vector of ``Record`` references for the concrete records that derive from 567 *all* of the given classes. 568 569This statement obtains all the records that derive from the ``Attribute`` 570class and iterates over them. 571 572.. code-block:: text 573 574 auto AttrRecords = Records.getAllDerivedDefinitions("Attribute"); 575 for (Record *AttrRec : AttrRecords) { 576 ... 577 } 578 579Getting Record Names and Fields 580=============================== 581 582As described above (see `Record`_), there are multiple functions that 583return the name of a record. One particularly useful one is 584``getNameInitAsString()``, which returns the name as a ``std::string``. 585 586There are also multiple functions that return the fields of a record. To 587obtain and iterate over all the fields: 588 589.. code-block:: text 590 591 for (const RecordVal &Field : SomeRec->getValues()) { 592 ... 593 } 594 595You will recall that ``RecordVal`` is the class whose instances contain 596information about the fields in records. 597 598The ``getValue()`` function returns the ``RecordVal`` instance for a field 599specified by name. There are multiple overloaded functions, some taking a 600``StringRef`` and others taking a ``const Init *``. Some functions return a 601``RecordVal *`` and others return a ``const RecordVal *``. If the field does 602not exist, a fatal error message is printed. 603 604More often than not, you are interested in the value of the field, not all 605the information in the ``RecordVal``. There is a large set of functions that 606take a field name in some form and return its value. One function, 607``getValueInit``, returns the value as an ``Init *``. Another function, 608``isValueUnset``, returns a boolean specifying whether the value is unset 609(uninitialized). 610 611Most of the functions return the value in some more useful form. For 612example: 613 614.. code-block:: text 615 616 std::vector<int64_t> RegCosts = 617 SomeRec->getValueAsListOfInts("RegCosts"); 618 619The field ``RegCosts`` is assumed to be a list of integers. That list is 620returned as a ``std::vector`` of 64-bit integers. If the field is not a list 621of integers, a fatal error message is printed. 622 623Here is a function that returns a field value as a ``Record``, but returns 624null if the field does not exist. 625 626.. code-block:: text 627 628 if (Record *BaseRec = SomeRec->getValueAsOptionalDef(BaseFieldName)) { 629 ... 630 } 631 632The field is assumed to have another record as its value. That record is returned 633as a pointer to a ``Record``. If the field does not exist or is unset, the 634functions returns null. 635 636Getting Record Superclasses 637=========================== 638 639The ``Record`` class provides a function to obtain the superclasses of a 640record. It is named ``getSuperClasses`` and returns an ``ArrayRef`` of an 641array of ``std::pair`` pairs. The superclasses are in post-order: the order 642in which the superclasses were visited while copying their fields into the 643record. Each pair consists of a pointer to the ``Record`` instance for a 644superclass record and an instance of the ``SMRange`` class. The range 645indicates the source file locations of the beginning and end of the class 646definition. 647 648This example obtains the superclasses of the ``Prototype`` record and then 649iterates over the pairs in the returned array. 650 651.. code-block:: text 652 653 ArrayRef<std::pair<Record *, SMRange>> 654 Superclasses = Prototype->getSuperClasses(); 655 for (const auto &SuperPair : Superclasses) { 656 ... 657 } 658 659The ``Record`` class also provides a function, ``getDirectSuperClasses``, to 660append the *direct* superclasses of a record to a given vector of type 661``SmallVectorImpl<Record *>``. 662 663Emitting Text to the Output Stream 664================================== 665 666The ``run`` function is passed a ``raw_ostream`` to which it prints the 667output file. By convention, this stream is saved in the emitter class member 668named ``OS``, although some ``run`` functions are simple and just use the 669stream without saving it. The output can be produced by writing values 670directly to the output stream, or by using the ``std::format()`` or 671``llvm::formatv()`` functions. 672 673.. code-block:: text 674 675 OS << "#ifndef " << NodeName << "\n"; 676 677 OS << format("0x%0*x, ", Digits, Value); 678 679Instances of the following classes can be printed using the ``<<`` operator: 680``RecordKeeper``, 681``Record``, 682``RecTy``, 683``RecordVal``, and 684``Init``. 685 686The helper function ``emitSourceFileHeader()`` prints the header comment 687that should be included at the top of every output file. A call to it is 688included in the skeleton backend file ``TableGenBackendSkeleton.cpp``. 689 690Printing Error Messages 691======================= 692 693TableGen records are often derived from multiple classes and also often 694defined through a sequence of multiclasses. Because of this, it can be 695difficult for backends to report clear error messages with accurate source 696file locations. To make error reporting easier, five error reporting 697functions are provided, each with four overloads. 698 699* ``PrintWarning`` prints a message tagged as a warning. 700 701* ``PrintError`` prints a message tagged as an error. 702 703* ``PrintFatalError`` prints a message tagged as an error and then terminates. 704 705* ``PrintNote`` prints a note. It is often used after one of the previous 706 functions to provide more information. 707 708* ``PrintFatalNote`` prints a note and then terminates. 709 710Each of these five functions is overloaded four times. 711 712* ``PrintError(const Twine &Msg)``: 713 Prints the message with no source file location. 714 715* ``PrintError(ArrayRef<SMLoc> ErrorLoc, const Twine &Msg)``: 716 Prints the message followed by the specified source line, 717 along with a pointer to the item in error. The array of 718 source file locations is typically taken from a ``Record`` instance. 719 720* ``PrintError(const Record *Rec, const Twine &Msg)``: 721 Prints the message followed by the source line associated with the 722 specified record (see `Record`_). 723 724* ``PrintError(const RecordVal *RecVal, const Twine &Msg)``: 725 Prints the message followed by the source line associated with the 726 specified record field (see `RecordVal`_). 727 728Using these functions, the goal is to produce the most specific error report 729possible. 730 731Debugging Tools 732=============== 733 734TableGen provides some tools to aid in debugging backends. 735 736The ``PrintRecords`` Backend 737---------------------------- 738 739The TableGen command option ``--print-records`` invokes a simple backend 740that prints all the classes and records defined in the source files. This is 741the default backend option. The output looks like this: 742 743.. code-block:: text 744 745 ------------- Classes ----------------- 746 ... 747 class XEntry<string XEntry:str = ?, int XEntry:val1 = ?> { // XBase 748 string Str = XEntry:str; 749 bits<8> Val1 = { !cast<bits<8>>(XEntry:val1){7}, ... }; 750 bit Val3 = 1; 751 } 752 ... 753 ------------- Defs ----------------- 754 def ATable { // GenericTable 755 string FilterClass = "AEntry"; 756 string CppTypeName = "AEntry"; 757 list<string> Fields = ["Str", "Val1", "Val2"]; 758 list<string> PrimaryKey = ["Val1", "Val2"]; 759 string PrimaryKeyName = "lookupATableByValues"; 760 bit PrimaryKeyEarlyOut = 0; 761 } 762 ... 763 def anonymous_0 { // AEntry 764 string Str = "Bob"; 765 bits<8> Val1 = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1 }; 766 bits<10> Val2 = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1 }; 767 } 768 769Classes are shown with their template arguments, parent classes (following 770``//``), and fields. Records are shown with their parent classes and 771fields. Note that anonymous records are named ``anonymous_0``, 772``anonymous_1``, etc. 773 774The ``PrintDetailedRecords`` Backend 775------------------------------------ 776 777The TableGen command option ``--print-detailed-records`` invokes a backend 778that prints all the global variables, classes, and records defined in the 779source files. The output looks like this. 780 781.. code-block:: text 782 783 DETAILED RECORDS for file llvm-project\llvm\lib\target\arc\arc.td 784 785 -------------------- Global Variables (5) -------------------- 786 787 AMDGPUBufferIntrinsics = [int_amdgcn_buffer_load_format, ... 788 AMDGPUImageDimAtomicIntrinsics = [int_amdgcn_image_atomic_swap_1d, ... 789 ... 790 -------------------- Classes (758) -------------------- 791 792 AMDGPUBufferLoad |IntrinsicsAMDGPU.td:879| 793 Template args: 794 LLVMType AMDGPUBufferLoad:data_ty = llvm_any_ty |IntrinsicsAMDGPU.td:879| 795 Superclasses: (SDPatternOperator) Intrinsic AMDGPURsrcIntrinsic 796 Fields: 797 list<SDNodeProperty> Properties = [SDNPMemOperand] |Intrinsics.td:348| 798 string LLVMName = "" |Intrinsics.td:343| 799 ... 800 -------------------- Records (12303) -------------------- 801 802 AMDGPUSample_lz_o |IntrinsicsAMDGPU.td:560| 803 Defm sequence: |IntrinsicsAMDGPU.td:584| |IntrinsicsAMDGPU.td:566| 804 Superclasses: AMDGPUSampleVariant 805 Fields: 806 string UpperCaseMod = "_LZ_O" |IntrinsicsAMDGPU.td:542| 807 string LowerCaseMod = "_lz_o" |IntrinsicsAMDGPU.td:543| 808 ... 809 810* Global variables defined with outer ``defvar`` statements are shown with 811 their values. 812 813* The classes are shown with their source location, template arguments, 814 superclasses, and fields. 815 816* The records are shown with their source location, ``defm`` sequence, 817 superclasses, and fields. 818 819Superclasses are shown in the order processed, with indirect superclasses in 820parentheses. Each field is shown with its value and the source location at 821which it was set. 822The ``defm`` sequence gives the locations of the ``defm`` statements that 823were involved in generating the record, in the order they were invoked. 824