//===- TypeBasedAliasAnalysis.cpp - Type-Based Alias Analysis -------------===// // // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure // // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // // This file defines the TypeBasedAliasAnalysis pass, which implements // metadata-based TBAA. // // In LLVM IR, memory does not have types, so LLVM's own type system is not // suitable for doing TBAA. Instead, metadata is added to the IR to describe // a type system of a higher level language. This can be used to implement // typical C/C++ TBAA, but it can also be used to implement custom alias // analysis behavior for other languages. // // 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 = !{ !"an example type tree" } // !1 = !{ !"int", !0 } // !2 = !{ !"float", !0 } // !3 = !{ !"const float", !2, i64 1 } // // The first field is an identity field. It can be any value, usually // an MDString, which uniquely identifies the type. The most important // name in the tree is the name of the root node. Two trees with // different root node names are entirely disjoint, even if they // have leaves with common names. // // 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 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. // // If the third field is present, it's an integer which if equal to 1 // indicates that the type is "constant" (meaning pointsToConstantMemory // 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 scalar 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 access 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 = !{!"Simple C/C++ TBAA"} // !1 = !{!"omnipotent char", !0} // Scalar type node // !2 = !{!"short", !1} // Scalar type node // !3 = !{!"A", !2, i64 0} // Struct type node // !4 = !{!"B", !2, i64 0, !3, i64 4} // // Struct type node // !5 = !{!4, !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 { // double d; // int i; // }; // void foo(struct X *x, struct X *y, double *p) { // *x = *y; // *p = 0.0; // } // Struct X has a double member, so the store to *x can alias the store to *p. // Currently it's not possible to precisely describe all the things struct X // aliases, so struct assignments must use conservative TBAA nodes. There's // no scheme for attaching metadata to @llvm.memcpy yet either. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #include "llvm/Analysis/TypeBasedAliasAnalysis.h" #include "llvm/ADT/SetVector.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/MemoryLocation.h" #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h" #include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h" #include "llvm/IR/Instruction.h" #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h" #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h" #include "llvm/Pass.h" #include "llvm/Support/Casting.h" #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h" #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h" #include #include using namespace llvm; // 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 EnableTBAA("enable-tbaa", cl::init(true), cl::Hidden); namespace { /// 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. template class TBAANodeImpl { MDNodeTy *Node = nullptr; public: TBAANodeImpl() = default; explicit TBAANodeImpl(MDNodeTy *N) : Node(N) {} /// getNode - Get the MDNode for this TBAANode. MDNodeTy *getNode() const { return Node; } /// getParent - Get this TBAANode's Alias tree parent. TBAANodeImpl getParent() const { if (Node->getNumOperands() < 2) return TBAANodeImpl(); MDNodeTy *P = dyn_cast_or_null(Node->getOperand(1)); if (!P) return TBAANodeImpl(); // Ok, this node has a valid parent. Return it. return TBAANodeImpl(P); } /// Test if this TBAANode represents a type for objects which are /// not modified (by any means) in the context where this /// AliasAnalysis is relevant. bool isTypeImmutable() const { if (Node->getNumOperands() < 3) return false; ConstantInt *CI = mdconst::dyn_extract(Node->getOperand(2)); if (!CI) return false; return CI->getValue()[0]; } }; /// \name Specializations of \c TBAANodeImpl for const and non const qualified /// \c MDNode. /// @{ using TBAANode = TBAANodeImpl; using MutableTBAANode = TBAANodeImpl; /// @} /// 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. template class TBAAStructTagNodeImpl { /// This node should be created with createTBAAStructTagNode. MDNodeTy *Node; public: explicit TBAAStructTagNodeImpl(MDNodeTy *N) : Node(N) {} /// Get the MDNode for this TBAAStructTagNode. MDNodeTy *getNode() const { return Node; } MDNodeTy *getBaseType() const { return dyn_cast_or_null(Node->getOperand(0)); } MDNodeTy *getAccessType() const { return dyn_cast_or_null(Node->getOperand(1)); } uint64_t getOffset() const { return mdconst::extract(Node->getOperand(2))->getZExtValue(); } /// 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 isTypeImmutable() const { if (Node->getNumOperands() < 4) return false; ConstantInt *CI = mdconst::dyn_extract(Node->getOperand(3)); if (!CI) return false; return CI->getValue()[0]; } }; /// \name Specializations of \c TBAAStructTagNodeImpl for const and non const /// qualified \c MDNods. /// @{ using TBAAStructTagNode = TBAAStructTagNodeImpl; using MutableTBAAStructTagNode = TBAAStructTagNodeImpl; /// @} /// 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 = nullptr; public: TBAAStructTypeNode() = default; 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 : mdconst::extract(Node->getOperand(2)) ->getZExtValue(); Offset -= Cur; MDNode *P = dyn_cast_or_null(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 = mdconst::extract(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 = mdconst::extract(Node->getOperand(TheIdx + 1)) ->getZExtValue(); Offset -= Cur; MDNode *P = dyn_cast_or_null(Node->getOperand(TheIdx)); if (!P) return TBAAStructTypeNode(); return TBAAStructTypeNode(P); } }; } // end anonymous namespace /// 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(MD->getOperand(0)) && MD->getNumOperands() >= 3; } AliasResult TypeBasedAAResult::alias(const MemoryLocation &LocA, const MemoryLocation &LocB) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AAResultBase::alias(LocA, LocB); // If accesses may alias, chain to the next AliasAnalysis. if (Aliases(LocA.AATags.TBAA, LocB.AATags.TBAA)) return AAResultBase::alias(LocA, LocB); // Otherwise return a definitive result. return NoAlias; } bool TypeBasedAAResult::pointsToConstantMemory(const MemoryLocation &Loc, bool OrLocal) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AAResultBase::pointsToConstantMemory(Loc, OrLocal); const MDNode *M = Loc.AATags.TBAA; if (!M) return AAResultBase::pointsToConstantMemory(Loc, OrLocal); // If this is an "immutable" type, we can assume the pointer is pointing // to constant memory. if ((!isStructPathTBAA(M) && TBAANode(M).isTypeImmutable()) || (isStructPathTBAA(M) && TBAAStructTagNode(M).isTypeImmutable())) return true; return AAResultBase::pointsToConstantMemory(Loc, OrLocal); } FunctionModRefBehavior TypeBasedAAResult::getModRefBehavior(ImmutableCallSite CS) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AAResultBase::getModRefBehavior(CS); FunctionModRefBehavior Min = FMRB_UnknownModRefBehavior; // 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 ((!isStructPathTBAA(M) && TBAANode(M).isTypeImmutable()) || (isStructPathTBAA(M) && TBAAStructTagNode(M).isTypeImmutable())) Min = FMRB_OnlyReadsMemory; return FunctionModRefBehavior(AAResultBase::getModRefBehavior(CS) & Min); } FunctionModRefBehavior TypeBasedAAResult::getModRefBehavior(const Function *F) { // Functions don't have metadata. Just chain to the next implementation. return AAResultBase::getModRefBehavior(F); } ModRefInfo TypeBasedAAResult::getModRefInfo(ImmutableCallSite CS, const MemoryLocation &Loc) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AAResultBase::getModRefInfo(CS, Loc); if (const MDNode *L = Loc.AATags.TBAA) if (const MDNode *M = CS.getInstruction()->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa)) if (!Aliases(L, M)) return ModRefInfo::NoModRef; return AAResultBase::getModRefInfo(CS, Loc); } ModRefInfo TypeBasedAAResult::getModRefInfo(ImmutableCallSite CS1, ImmutableCallSite CS2) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AAResultBase::getModRefInfo(CS1, CS2); if (const MDNode *M1 = CS1.getInstruction()->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa)) if (const MDNode *M2 = CS2.getInstruction()->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa)) if (!Aliases(M1, M2)) return ModRefInfo::NoModRef; return AAResultBase::getModRefInfo(CS1, CS2); } bool MDNode::isTBAAVtableAccess() const { if (!isStructPathTBAA(this)) { if (getNumOperands() < 1) return false; if (MDString *Tag1 = dyn_cast(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(getOperand(1)); if (!Tag) return false; if (MDString *Tag1 = dyn_cast(Tag->getOperand(0))) { if (Tag1->getString() == "vtable pointer") return true; } return false; } static bool matchAccessTags(const MDNode *A, const MDNode *B, const MDNode **GenericTag = nullptr); MDNode *MDNode::getMostGenericTBAA(MDNode *A, MDNode *B) { const MDNode *GenericTag; matchAccessTags(A, B, &GenericTag); return const_cast(GenericTag); } static const MDNode *getLeastCommonType(const MDNode *A, const MDNode *B) { if (!A || !B) return nullptr; if (A == B) return A; SmallSetVector PathA; TBAANode TA(A); while (TA.getNode()) { if (PathA.count(TA.getNode())) report_fatal_error("Cycle found in TBAA metadata."); PathA.insert(TA.getNode()); TA = TA.getParent(); } SmallSetVector PathB; TBAANode TB(B); while (TB.getNode()) { if (PathB.count(TB.getNode())) report_fatal_error("Cycle found in TBAA metadata."); PathB.insert(TB.getNode()); TB = TB.getParent(); } int IA = PathA.size() - 1; int IB = PathB.size() - 1; const MDNode *Ret = nullptr; while (IA >= 0 && IB >= 0) { if (PathA[IA] == PathB[IB]) Ret = PathA[IA]; else break; --IA; --IB; } return Ret; } void Instruction::getAAMetadata(AAMDNodes &N, bool Merge) const { if (Merge) N.TBAA = MDNode::getMostGenericTBAA(N.TBAA, getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa)); else N.TBAA = getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa); if (Merge) N.Scope = MDNode::getMostGenericAliasScope( N.Scope, getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_alias_scope)); else N.Scope = getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_alias_scope); if (Merge) N.NoAlias = MDNode::intersect(N.NoAlias, getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_noalias)); else N.NoAlias = getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_noalias); } static bool findAccessType(TBAAStructTagNode BaseTag, const MDNode *AccessTypeNode, uint64_t &OffsetInBase) { // Start from the base type, follow the edge with the correct offset in // the type DAG and adjust the offset until we reach the access type or // until we reach a root node. TBAAStructTypeNode BaseType(BaseTag.getBaseType()); OffsetInBase = BaseTag.getOffset(); while (const MDNode *BaseTypeNode = BaseType.getNode()) { if (BaseTypeNode == AccessTypeNode) return true; // Follow the edge with the correct offset, Offset will be adjusted to // be relative to the field type. BaseType = BaseType.getParent(OffsetInBase); } return false; } static const MDNode *createAccessTag(const MDNode *AccessType) { // If there is no access type or the access type is the root node, then // we don't have any useful access tag to return. if (!AccessType || AccessType->getNumOperands() < 2) return nullptr; Type *Int64 = IntegerType::get(AccessType->getContext(), 64); auto *ImmutabilityFlag = ConstantAsMetadata::get(ConstantInt::get(Int64, 0)); Metadata *Ops[] = {const_cast(AccessType), const_cast(AccessType), ImmutabilityFlag}; return MDNode::get(AccessType->getContext(), Ops); } /// matchTags - Return true if the given couple of accesses are allowed to /// overlap. If \arg GenericTag is not null, then on return it points to the /// most generic access descriptor for the given two. static bool matchAccessTags(const MDNode *A, const MDNode *B, const MDNode **GenericTag) { if (A == B) { if (GenericTag) *GenericTag = A; return true; } // Accesses with no TBAA information may alias with any other accesses. if (!A || !B) { if (GenericTag) *GenericTag = nullptr; return true; } // Verify that both input nodes are struct-path aware. Auto-upgrade should // have taken care of this. assert(isStructPathTBAA(A) && "Access A is not struct-path aware!"); assert(isStructPathTBAA(B) && "Access B is not struct-path aware!"); TBAAStructTagNode TagA(A), TagB(B); const MDNode *CommonType = getLeastCommonType(TagA.getAccessType(), TagB.getAccessType()); // TODO: We need to check if AccessType of TagA encloses AccessType of // TagB to support aggregate AccessType. If yes, return true. // Climb the type DAG from base type of A to see if we reach base type of B. uint64_t OffsetA; if (findAccessType(TagA, TagB.getBaseType(), OffsetA)) { bool SameMemberAccess = OffsetA == TagB.getOffset(); if (GenericTag) *GenericTag = SameMemberAccess ? TagB.getNode() : createAccessTag(CommonType); return SameMemberAccess; } // Climb the type DAG from base type of B to see if we reach base type of A. uint64_t OffsetB; if (findAccessType(TagB, TagA.getBaseType(), OffsetB)) { bool SameMemberAccess = OffsetB == TagA.getOffset(); if (GenericTag) *GenericTag = SameMemberAccess ? TagA.getNode() : createAccessTag(CommonType); return SameMemberAccess; } if (GenericTag) *GenericTag = createAccessTag(CommonType); // If the final access types have different roots, they're part of different // potentially unrelated type systems, so we must be conservative. if (!CommonType) return true; // If they have the same root, then we've proved there's no alias. return false; } /// Aliases - Test whether the access represented by tag A may alias the /// access represented by tag B. bool TypeBasedAAResult::Aliases(const MDNode *A, const MDNode *B) const { return matchAccessTags(A, B); } AnalysisKey TypeBasedAA::Key; TypeBasedAAResult TypeBasedAA::run(Function &F, FunctionAnalysisManager &AM) { return TypeBasedAAResult(); } char TypeBasedAAWrapperPass::ID = 0; INITIALIZE_PASS(TypeBasedAAWrapperPass, "tbaa", "Type-Based Alias Analysis", false, true) ImmutablePass *llvm::createTypeBasedAAWrapperPass() { return new TypeBasedAAWrapperPass(); } TypeBasedAAWrapperPass::TypeBasedAAWrapperPass() : ImmutablePass(ID) { initializeTypeBasedAAWrapperPassPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry()); } bool TypeBasedAAWrapperPass::doInitialization(Module &M) { Result.reset(new TypeBasedAAResult()); return false; } bool TypeBasedAAWrapperPass::doFinalization(Module &M) { Result.reset(); return false; } void TypeBasedAAWrapperPass::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const { AU.setPreservesAll(); }