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//===- ExceptionInfoWriter.cpp - Generate C++ exception info for PNaCl-----===//
//
// The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// The ExceptionInfoWriter class converts the clauses of a
// "landingpad" instruction into data tables stored in global
// variables. These tables are interpreted by PNaCl's C++ runtime
// library (either libsupc++ or libcxxabi), which is linked into a
// pexe.
//
// This is similar to the lowering that the LLVM backend does to
// convert landingpad clauses into ".gcc_except_table" sections. The
// difference is that ExceptionInfoWriter is an IR-to-IR
// transformation that runs on the PNaCl user toolchain side. The
// format it produces is not part of PNaCl's stable ABI; the PNaCl
// translator and LLVM backend do not know about this format.
//
// Encoding:
//
// A landingpad instruction contains a list of clauses.
// ExceptionInfoWriter encodes each clause as a 32-bit "clause ID". A
// clause is one of the following forms:
//
// 1) "catch i8* @ExcType"
// * This clause means that the landingpad should be entered if
// the C++ exception being thrown has type @ExcType (or a
// subtype of @ExcType). @ExcType is a pointer to the
// std::type_info object (an RTTI object) for the C++ exception
// type.
// * Clang generates this for a "catch" block in the C++ source.
// * @ExcType is NULL for "catch (...)" (catch-all) blocks.
// * This is encoded as the "type ID" for @ExcType, defined below,
// which is a positive integer.
//
// 2) "filter [i8* @ExcType1, ..., i8* @ExcTypeN]"
// * This clause means that the landingpad should be entered if
// the C++ exception being thrown *doesn't* match any of the
// types in the list (which are again specified as
// std::type_info pointers).
// * Clang uses this to implement C++ exception specifications, e.g.
// void foo() throw(ExcType1, ..., ExcTypeN) { ... }
// * This is encoded as the filter ID, X, where X < 0, and
// &__pnacl_eh_filter_table[-X-1] points to a 0-terminated
// array of integer "type IDs".
//
// 3) "cleanup"
// * This means that the landingpad should always be entered.
// * Clang uses this for calling objects' destructors.
// * This is encoded as 0.
// * The runtime may treat "cleanup" differently from "catch i8*
// null" (a catch-all). In C++, if an unhandled exception
// occurs, the language runtime may abort execution without
// running any destructors. The runtime may implement this by
// searching for a matching non-"cleanup" clause, and aborting
// if it does not find one, before entering any landingpad
// blocks.
//
// The "type ID" for a type @ExcType is a 1-based index into the array
// __pnacl_eh_type_table[]. That is, the type ID is a value X such
// that __pnacl_eh_type_table[X-1] == @ExcType, and X >= 1.
//
// ExceptionInfoWriter generates the following data structures:
//
// struct action_table_entry {
// int32_t clause_id;
// uint32_t next_clause_list_id;
// };
//
// // Represents singly linked lists of clauses.
// extern const struct action_table_entry __pnacl_eh_action_table[];
//
// // Allows std::type_infos to be represented using small integer IDs.
// extern std::type_info *const __pnacl_eh_type_table[];
//
// // Used to represent type arrays for "filter" clauses.
// extern const uint32_t __pnacl_eh_filter_table[];
//
// A "clause list ID" is either:
// * 0, representing the empty list; or
// * an index into __pnacl_eh_action_table[] with 1 added, which
// specifies a node in the clause list.
//
// Example:
//
// std::type_info *const __pnacl_eh_type_table[] = {
// // defines type ID 1 == ExcA and clause ID 1 == "catch ExcA"
// &typeinfo(ExcA),
// // defines type ID 2 == ExcB and clause ID 2 == "catch ExcB"
// &typeinfo(ExcB),
// // defines type ID 3 == ExcC and clause ID 3 == "catch ExcC"
// &typeinfo(ExcC),
// };
//
// const uint32_t __pnacl_eh_filter_table[] = {
// 1, // refers to ExcA; defines clause ID -1 as "filter [ExcA, ExcB]"
// 2, // refers to ExcB; defines clause ID -2 as "filter [ExcB]"
// 0, // list terminator; defines clause ID -3 as "filter []"
// 3, // refers to ExcC; defines clause ID -4 as "filter [ExcC]"
// 0, // list terminator; defines clause ID -5 as "filter []"
// };
//
// const struct action_table_entry __pnacl_eh_action_table[] = {
// // defines clause list ID 1:
// {
// -4, // "filter [ExcC]"
// 0, // end of list (no more actions)
// },
// // defines clause list ID 2:
// {
// -1, // "filter [ExcA, ExcB]"
// 1, // else go to clause list ID 1
// },
// // defines clause list ID 3:
// {
// 2, // "catch ExcB"
// 2, // else go to clause list ID 2
// },
// // defines clause list ID 4:
// {
// 1, // "catch ExcA"
// 3, // else go to clause list ID 3
// },
// };
//
// So if a landingpad contains the clause list:
// [catch ExcA,
// catch ExcB,
// filter [ExcA, ExcB],
// filter [ExcC]]
// then this can be represented as clause list ID 4 using the tables above.
//
// The C++ runtime library checks the clauses in order to decide
// whether to enter the landingpad. If a clause matches, the
// landingpad BasicBlock is passed the clause ID. The landingpad code
// can use the clause ID to decide which C++ catch() block (if any) to
// execute.
//
// The purpose of these exception tables is to keep code sizes
// relatively small. The landingpad code only needs to check a small
// integer clause ID, rather than having to call a function to check
// whether the C++ exception matches a type.
//
// ExceptionInfoWriter's encoding corresponds loosely to the format of
// GCC's .gcc_except_table sections. One difference is that
// ExceptionInfoWriter writes fixed-width 32-bit integers, whereas
// .gcc_except_table uses variable-length LEB128 encodings. We could
// switch to LEB128 to save space in the future.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#include "ExceptionInfoWriter.h"
#include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
using namespace llvm;
ExceptionInfoWriter::ExceptionInfoWriter(LLVMContext *Context):
Context(Context) {
Type *I32 = Type::getInt32Ty(*Context);
Type *Fields[] = { I32, I32 };
ActionTableEntryTy = StructType::create(Fields, "action_table_entry");
}
unsigned ExceptionInfoWriter::getIDForExceptionType(Value *ExcTy) {
Constant *ExcTyConst = dyn_cast<Constant>(ExcTy);
if (!ExcTyConst)
report_fatal_error("Exception type not a constant");
// Reuse existing ID if one has already been assigned.
TypeTableIDMapType::iterator Iter = TypeTableIDMap.find(ExcTyConst);
if (Iter != TypeTableIDMap.end())
return Iter->second;
unsigned Index = TypeTableData.size() + 1;
TypeTableIDMap[ExcTyConst] = Index;
TypeTableData.push_back(ExcTyConst);
return Index;
}
unsigned ExceptionInfoWriter::getIDForClauseListNode(
unsigned ClauseID, unsigned NextClauseListID) {
// Reuse existing ID if one has already been assigned.
ActionTableEntry Key(ClauseID, NextClauseListID);
ActionTableIDMapType::iterator Iter = ActionTableIDMap.find(Key);
if (Iter != ActionTableIDMap.end())
return Iter->second;
Type *I32 = Type::getInt32Ty(*Context);
Constant *Fields[] = { ConstantInt::get(I32, ClauseID),
ConstantInt::get(I32, NextClauseListID) };
Constant *Entry = ConstantStruct::get(ActionTableEntryTy, Fields);
// Add 1 so that the empty list can be represented as 0.
unsigned ClauseListID = ActionTableData.size() + 1;
ActionTableIDMap[Key] = ClauseListID;
ActionTableData.push_back(Entry);
return ClauseListID;
}
unsigned ExceptionInfoWriter::getIDForFilterClause(Value *Filter) {
unsigned FilterClauseID = -(FilterTableData.size() + 1);
Type *I32 = Type::getInt32Ty(*Context);
ArrayType *ArrayTy = dyn_cast<ArrayType>(Filter->getType());
if (!ArrayTy)
report_fatal_error("Landingpad filter clause is not of array type");
unsigned FilterLength = ArrayTy->getNumElements();
// Don't try the dyn_cast if the FilterLength is zero, because Array
// could be a zeroinitializer.
if (FilterLength > 0) {
ConstantArray *Array = dyn_cast<ConstantArray>(Filter);
if (!Array)
report_fatal_error("Landingpad filter clause is not a ConstantArray");
for (unsigned I = 0; I < FilterLength; ++I) {
unsigned TypeID = getIDForExceptionType(Array->getOperand(I));
assert(TypeID > 0);
FilterTableData.push_back(ConstantInt::get(I32, TypeID));
}
}
// Add array terminator.
FilterTableData.push_back(ConstantInt::get(I32, 0));
return FilterClauseID;
}
unsigned ExceptionInfoWriter::getIDForLandingPadClauseList(LandingPadInst *LP) {
unsigned NextClauseListID = 0; // ID for empty list.
if (LP->isCleanup()) {
// Add cleanup clause at the end of the list.
NextClauseListID = getIDForClauseListNode(0, NextClauseListID);
}
for (int I = (int) LP->getNumClauses() - 1; I >= 0; --I) {
unsigned ClauseID;
if (LP->isCatch(I)) {
ClauseID = getIDForExceptionType(LP->getClause(I));
} else if (LP->isFilter(I)) {
ClauseID = getIDForFilterClause(LP->getClause(I));
} else {
report_fatal_error("Unknown kind of landingpad clause");
}
assert(ClauseID > 0);
NextClauseListID = getIDForClauseListNode(ClauseID, NextClauseListID);
}
return NextClauseListID;
}
static void defineArray(Module *M, const char *Name,
const SmallVectorImpl<Constant *> &Elements,
Type *ElementType) {
ArrayType *ArrayTy = ArrayType::get(ElementType, Elements.size());
Constant *ArrayData = ConstantArray::get(ArrayTy, Elements);
GlobalVariable *OldGlobal = M->getGlobalVariable(Name);
if (OldGlobal) {
if (OldGlobal->hasInitializer()) {
report_fatal_error(std::string("Variable ") + Name +
" already has an initializer");
}
Constant *NewGlobal = new GlobalVariable(
*M, ArrayTy, /* isConstant= */ true,
GlobalValue::InternalLinkage, ArrayData);
NewGlobal->takeName(OldGlobal);
OldGlobal->replaceAllUsesWith(ConstantExpr::getBitCast(
NewGlobal, OldGlobal->getType()));
OldGlobal->eraseFromParent();
} else {
if (Elements.size() > 0) {
// This warning could happen for a program that does not link
// against the C++ runtime libraries. Such a program might
// contain "invoke" instructions but never throw any C++
// exceptions.
errs() << "Warning: Variable " << Name << " not referenced\n";
}
}
}
void ExceptionInfoWriter::defineGlobalVariables(Module *M) {
defineArray(M, "__pnacl_eh_type_table", TypeTableData,
Type::getInt8PtrTy(M->getContext()));
defineArray(M, "__pnacl_eh_action_table", ActionTableData,
ActionTableEntryTy);
defineArray(M, "__pnacl_eh_filter_table", FilterTableData,
Type::getInt32Ty(M->getContext()));
}