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llvm::PointerType Class Reference

Class to represent pointers. More...

#include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"

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Public Member Functions

 PointerType (const PointerType &)=delete
 
PointerTypeoperator= (const PointerType &)=delete
 
unsigned getAddressSpace () const
 Return the address space of the Pointer type.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from llvm::Type
void print (raw_ostream &O, bool IsForDebug=false, bool NoDetails=false) const
 Print the current type.
 
void dump () const
 
LLVMContextgetContext () const
 Return the LLVMContext in which this type was uniqued.
 
TypeID getTypeID () const
 Return the type id for the type.
 
bool isVoidTy () const
 Return true if this is 'void'.
 
bool isHalfTy () const
 Return true if this is 'half', a 16-bit IEEE fp type.
 
bool isBFloatTy () const
 Return true if this is 'bfloat', a 16-bit bfloat type.
 
bool is16bitFPTy () const
 Return true if this is a 16-bit float type.
 
bool isFloatTy () const
 Return true if this is 'float', a 32-bit IEEE fp type.
 
bool isDoubleTy () const
 Return true if this is 'double', a 64-bit IEEE fp type.
 
bool isX86_FP80Ty () const
 Return true if this is x86 long double.
 
bool isFP128Ty () const
 Return true if this is 'fp128'.
 
bool isPPC_FP128Ty () const
 Return true if this is powerpc long double.
 
bool isIEEELikeFPTy () const
 Return true if this is a well-behaved IEEE-like type, which has a IEEE compatible layout as defined by APFloat::isIEEE(), and does not have non-IEEE values, such as x86_fp80's unnormal values.
 
bool isFloatingPointTy () const
 Return true if this is one of the floating-point types.
 
bool isMultiUnitFPType () const
 Returns true if this is a floating-point type that is an unevaluated sum of multiple floating-point units.
 
const fltSemanticsgetFltSemantics () const
 
bool isX86_MMXTy () const
 Return true if this is X86 MMX.
 
bool isX86_AMXTy () const
 Return true if this is X86 AMX.
 
bool isTargetExtTy () const
 Return true if this is a target extension type.
 
bool isScalableTargetExtTy () const
 Return true if this is a target extension type with a scalable layout.
 
bool isScalableTy () const
 Return true if this is a type whose size is a known multiple of vscale.
 
bool isFPOrFPVectorTy () const
 Return true if this is a FP type or a vector of FP.
 
bool isLabelTy () const
 Return true if this is 'label'.
 
bool isMetadataTy () const
 Return true if this is 'metadata'.
 
bool isTokenTy () const
 Return true if this is 'token'.
 
bool isIntegerTy () const
 True if this is an instance of IntegerType.
 
bool isIntegerTy (unsigned Bitwidth) const
 Return true if this is an IntegerType of the given width.
 
bool isIntOrIntVectorTy () const
 Return true if this is an integer type or a vector of integer types.
 
bool isIntOrIntVectorTy (unsigned BitWidth) const
 Return true if this is an integer type or a vector of integer types of the given width.
 
bool isIntOrPtrTy () const
 Return true if this is an integer type or a pointer type.
 
bool isFunctionTy () const
 True if this is an instance of FunctionType.
 
bool isStructTy () const
 True if this is an instance of StructType.
 
bool isArrayTy () const
 True if this is an instance of ArrayType.
 
bool isPointerTy () const
 True if this is an instance of PointerType.
 
bool isOpaquePointerTy () const
 True if this is an instance of an opaque PointerType.
 
bool isPtrOrPtrVectorTy () const
 Return true if this is a pointer type or a vector of pointer types.
 
bool isVectorTy () const
 True if this is an instance of VectorType.
 
bool canLosslesslyBitCastTo (Type *Ty) const
 Return true if this type could be converted with a lossless BitCast to type 'Ty'.
 
bool isEmptyTy () const
 Return true if this type is empty, that is, it has no elements or all of its elements are empty.
 
bool isFirstClassType () const
 Return true if the type is "first class", meaning it is a valid type for a Value.
 
bool isSingleValueType () const
 Return true if the type is a valid type for a register in codegen.
 
bool isAggregateType () const
 Return true if the type is an aggregate type.
 
bool isSized (SmallPtrSetImpl< Type * > *Visited=nullptr) const
 Return true if it makes sense to take the size of this type.
 
TypeSize getPrimitiveSizeInBits () const LLVM_READONLY
 Return the basic size of this type if it is a primitive type.
 
unsigned getScalarSizeInBits () const LLVM_READONLY
 If this is a vector type, return the getPrimitiveSizeInBits value for the element type.
 
int getFPMantissaWidth () const
 Return the width of the mantissa of this type.
 
bool isIEEE () const
 Return whether the type is IEEE compatible, as defined by the eponymous method in APFloat.
 
TypegetScalarType () const
 If this is a vector type, return the element type, otherwise return 'this'.
 
subtype_iterator subtype_begin () const
 
subtype_iterator subtype_end () const
 
ArrayRef< Type * > subtypes () const
 
subtype_reverse_iterator subtype_rbegin () const
 
subtype_reverse_iterator subtype_rend () const
 
TypegetContainedType (unsigned i) const
 This method is used to implement the type iterator (defined at the end of the file).
 
unsigned getNumContainedTypes () const
 Return the number of types in the derived type.
 
unsigned getIntegerBitWidth () const
 
TypegetFunctionParamType (unsigned i) const
 
unsigned getFunctionNumParams () const
 
bool isFunctionVarArg () const
 
StringRef getStructName () const
 
unsigned getStructNumElements () const
 
TypegetStructElementType (unsigned N) const
 
uint64_t getArrayNumElements () const
 
TypegetArrayElementType () const
 
StringRef getTargetExtName () const
 
TypegetNonOpaquePointerElementType () const
 Only use this method in code that is not reachable with opaque pointers, or part of deprecated methods that will be removed as part of the opaque pointers transition.
 
TypegetWithNewType (Type *EltTy) const
 Given vector type, change the element type, whilst keeping the old number of elements.
 
TypegetWithNewBitWidth (unsigned NewBitWidth) const
 Given an integer or vector type, change the lane bitwidth to NewBitwidth, whilst keeping the old number of lanes.
 
TypegetExtendedType () const
 Given scalar/vector integer type, returns a type with elements twice as wide as in the original type.
 
unsigned getPointerAddressSpace () const
 Get the address space of this pointer or pointer vector type.
 
PointerTypegetPointerTo (unsigned AddrSpace=0) const
 Return a pointer to the current type.
 

Static Public Member Functions

static PointerTypeget (Type *ElementType, unsigned AddressSpace)
 This constructs a pointer to an object of the specified type in a numbered address space.
 
static PointerTypeget (LLVMContext &C, unsigned AddressSpace)
 This constructs an opaque pointer to an object in a numbered address space.
 
static PointerTypegetUnqual (Type *ElementType)
 This constructs a pointer to an object of the specified type in the default address space (address space zero).
 
static PointerTypegetUnqual (LLVMContext &C)
 This constructs an opaque pointer to an object in the default address space (address space zero).
 
static bool isValidElementType (Type *ElemTy)
 Return true if the specified type is valid as a element type.
 
static bool isLoadableOrStorableType (Type *ElemTy)
 Return true if we can load or store from a pointer to this type.
 
static bool classof (const Type *T)
 Implement support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from llvm::Type
static TypegetPrimitiveType (LLVMContext &C, TypeID IDNumber)
 Return a type based on an identifier.
 
static TypegetVoidTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetLabelTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetHalfTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetBFloatTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetFloatTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetDoubleTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetMetadataTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetX86_FP80Ty (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetFP128Ty (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetPPC_FP128Ty (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetX86_MMXTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetX86_AMXTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetTokenTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static IntegerTypegetIntNTy (LLVMContext &C, unsigned N)
 
static IntegerTypegetInt1Ty (LLVMContext &C)
 
static IntegerTypegetInt8Ty (LLVMContext &C)
 
static IntegerTypegetInt16Ty (LLVMContext &C)
 
static IntegerTypegetInt32Ty (LLVMContext &C)
 
static IntegerTypegetInt64Ty (LLVMContext &C)
 
static IntegerTypegetInt128Ty (LLVMContext &C)
 
template<typename ScalarTy >
static TypegetScalarTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetFloatingPointTy (LLVMContext &C, const fltSemantics &S)
 
static TypegetWasm_ExternrefTy (LLVMContext &C)
 
static TypegetWasm_FuncrefTy (LLVMContext &C)
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from llvm::Type
enum  TypeID {
  HalfTyID = 0 , BFloatTyID , FloatTyID , DoubleTyID ,
  X86_FP80TyID , FP128TyID , PPC_FP128TyID , VoidTyID ,
  LabelTyID , MetadataTyID , X86_MMXTyID , X86_AMXTyID ,
  TokenTyID , IntegerTyID , FunctionTyID , PointerTyID ,
  StructTyID , ArrayTyID , FixedVectorTyID , ScalableVectorTyID ,
  TypedPointerTyID , TargetExtTyID
}
 Definitions of all of the base types for the Type system. More...
 
using subtype_iterator = Type *const *
 
using subtype_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator< subtype_iterator >
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from llvm::Type
 Type (LLVMContext &C, TypeID tid)
 
 ~Type ()=default
 
unsigned getSubclassData () const
 
void setSubclassData (unsigned val)
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from llvm::Type
unsigned NumContainedTys = 0
 Keeps track of how many Type*'s there are in the ContainedTys list.
 
Type *constContainedTys = nullptr
 A pointer to the array of Types contained by this Type.
 

Detailed Description

Class to represent pointers.

Definition at line 646 of file DerivedTypes.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ PointerType()

llvm::PointerType::PointerType ( const PointerType )
delete

Member Function Documentation

◆ classof()

static bool llvm::PointerType::classof ( const Type T)
inlinestatic

Implement support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast.

Definition at line 682 of file DerivedTypes.h.

References llvm::Type::PointerTyID.

◆ get() [1/2]

PointerType * PointerType::get ( LLVMContext C,
unsigned  AddressSpace 
)
static

This constructs an opaque pointer to an object in a numbered address space.

Definition at line 743 of file Type.cpp.

References llvm::LLVMContextImpl::Alloc, llvm::LLVMContextImpl::AS0PointerType, llvm::CallingConv::C, and llvm::LLVMContextImpl::PointerTypes.

◆ get() [2/2]

static PointerType * llvm::PointerType::get ( Type ElementType,
unsigned  AddressSpace 
)
static

◆ getAddressSpace()

unsigned llvm::PointerType::getAddressSpace ( ) const
inline

◆ getUnqual() [1/2]

static PointerType * llvm::PointerType::getUnqual ( LLVMContext C)
inlinestatic

This constructs an opaque pointer to an object in the default address space (address space zero).

Definition at line 668 of file DerivedTypes.h.

References llvm::CallingConv::C, and get().

◆ getUnqual() [2/2]

static PointerType * llvm::PointerType::getUnqual ( Type ElementType)
inlinestatic

This constructs a pointer to an object of the specified type in the default address space (address space zero).

Definition at line 662 of file DerivedTypes.h.

References get().

Referenced by addEmuTlsVar(), llvm::fuzzerop::anyPtrType(), appendToUsedList(), llvm::InlineAsmKeyType::create(), CreateFailBB(), llvm::IRBuilderBase::CreateFree(), llvm::IRBuilderBase::CreateMalloc(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::createOffloadEntriesAndInfoMetadata(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::createOffloadMapnames(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::createOMPInteropDestroy(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::createOMPInteropInit(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::createOMPInteropUse(), createOutlinedFunction(), CreatePrologue(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::createTask(), llvm::AsmPrinter::doFinalization(), llvm::embedBitcodeInModule(), llvm::orc::IRSpeculationLayer::emit(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::emitMapperCall(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::emitOffloadingArrays(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::emitOffloadingArraysArgument(), llvm::CodeExtractor::findAllocas(), llvm::SanitizerStatReport::finish(), llvm::InlineAsm::get(), llvm::ConstantExpr::getAlignOf(), llvm::TargetLoweringBase::getDefaultSafeStackPointerLocation(), llvm::ScalarEvolution::getElementSize(), getFreshReductionFunc(), getFuncAddrForProfData(), llvm::TargetLoweringBase::getIRStackGuard(), getMemCmpLoad(), llvm::SelectionDAG::getMemcpy(), llvm::SelectionDAG::getMemmove(), llvm::SelectionDAG::getMemset(), llvm::TargetLoweringBase::getSafeStackPointerLocation(), llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder::getSizeInBytes(), llvm::ConstantExpr::getSizeOf(), llvm::TargetLoweringBase::insertSSPDeclarations(), llvm::AArch64TargetLowering::insertSSPDeclarations(), llvm::ARMTargetLowering::insertSSPDeclarations(), llvm::PPCTargetLowering::insertSSPDeclarations(), llvm::X86TargetLowering::insertSSPDeclarations(), instCombineLD1GatherIndex(), instCombineST1ScatterIndex(), llvm::SparcTargetLowering::LowerF128_LibCallArg(), llvm::SparcTargetLowering::LowerF128Op(), llvm::slpvectorizer::BoUpSLP::ShuffleInstructionBuilder::needToDelay(), llvm::EscapeEnumerator::Next(), runImpl(), llvm::SanitizerStatReport::SanitizerStatReport(), llvm::fuzzerop::sizedPtrType(), llvm::UpgradeIntrinsicCall(), upgradeMaskedLoad(), and upgradeMaskedStore().

◆ isLoadableOrStorableType()

bool PointerType::isLoadableOrStorableType ( Type ElemTy)
static

Return true if we can load or store from a pointer to this type.

Definition at line 770 of file Type.cpp.

References llvm::Type::isFunctionTy(), and isValidElementType().

◆ isValidElementType()

bool PointerType::isValidElementType ( Type ElemTy)
static

Return true if the specified type is valid as a element type.

Definition at line 764 of file Type.cpp.

References llvm::Type::isLabelTy(), llvm::Type::isMetadataTy(), llvm::Type::isTokenTy(), llvm::Type::isVoidTy(), and llvm::Type::isX86_AMXTy().

Referenced by llvm::GlobalVariable::GlobalVariable(), and isLoadableOrStorableType().

◆ operator=()

PointerType & llvm::PointerType::operator= ( const PointerType )
delete

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: