Base struct for all "concrete attribute" deductions. More...

#include "llvm/Transforms/IPO/Attributor.h"

Inheritance diagram for llvm::AbstractAttribute:

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Public Types
using	StateType = AbstractState

Public Member Functions
virtual	~AbstractAttribute ()
	Virtual destructor. More...

virtual void	initialize (Attributor &A)
	Initialize the state with the information in the Attributor `A`. More...

virtual StateType &	getState ()=0
	Return the internal abstract state for inspection. More...

virtual const StateType &	getState () const =0

virtual const IRPosition &	getIRPosition () const =0
	Return an IR position, see struct IRPosition. More...

virtual void	print (raw_ostream &OS) const
	Helper functions, for debug purposes only. More...

void	dump () const

virtual const std::string	getAsStr () const =0
	This function should return the "summarized" assumed state as string. More...

Protected Member Functions
ChangeStatus	update (Attributor &A)
	Hook for the Attributor to trigger an update of the internal state. More...

virtual ChangeStatus	manifest (Attributor &A)
	Hook for the Attributor to trigger the manifestation of the information represented by the abstract attribute in the LLVM-IR. More...

virtual void	trackStatistics () const =0
	Hook to enable custom statistic tracking, called after manifest that resulted in a change if statistics are enabled. More...

virtual IRPosition &	getIRPosition ()=0
	Return an IR position, see struct IRPosition. More...

virtual ChangeStatus	updateImpl (Attributor &A)=0
	The actual update/transfer function which has to be implemented by the derived classes. More...

Friends
struct	Attributor
	} More...

Detailed Description

Base struct for all "concrete attribute" deductions.

The abstract attribute is a minimal interface that allows the Attributor to orchestrate the abstract/fixpoint analysis. The design allows to hide away implementation choices made for the subclasses but also to structure their implementation and simplify the use of other abstract attributes in-flight.

To allow easy creation of new attributes, most methods have default implementations. The ones that do not are generally straight forward, except AbstractAttribute::updateImpl which is the location of most reasoning associated with the abstract attribute. The update is invoked by the Attributor in case the situation used to justify the current optimistic state might have changed. The Attributor determines this automatically by monitoring the Attributor::getAAFor calls made by abstract attributes.

The updateImpl method should inspect the IR and other abstract attributes in-flight to justify the best possible (=optimistic) state. The actual implementation is, similar to the underlying abstract state encoding, not exposed. In the most common case, the updateImpl will go through a list of reasons why its optimistic state is valid given the current information. If any combination of them holds and is sufficient to justify the current optimistic state, the method shall return UNCHAGED. If not, the optimistic state is adjusted to the situation and the method shall return CHANGED.

If the manifestation of the "concrete attribute" deduced by the subclass differs from the "default" behavior, which is a (set of) LLVM-IR attribute(s) for an argument, call site argument, function return value, or function, the AbstractAttribute::manifest method should be overloaded.

NOTE: If the state obtained via getState() is INVALID, thus if AbstractAttribute::getState().isValidState() returns false, no information provided by the methods of this class should be used. NOTE: The Attributor currently has certain limitations to what we can do. As a general rule of thumb, "concrete" abstract attributes should for now only perform "backward" information propagation. That means optimistic information obtained through abstract attributes should only be used at positions that precede the origin of the information with regards to the program flow. More practically, information can now be propagated from instructions to their enclosing function, but not from call sites to the called function. The mechanisms to allow both directions will be added in the future. NOTE: The mechanics of adding a new "concrete" abstract attribute are described in the file comment.

Definition at line 1327 of file Attributor.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ StateType

using llvm::AbstractAttribute::StateType = AbstractState

Definition at line 1328 of file Attributor.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ~AbstractAttribute()

virtual llvm::AbstractAttribute::~AbstractAttribute ( )

inlinevirtual

Virtual destructor.

Definition at line 1331 of file Attributor.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ dump()

void llvm::AbstractAttribute::dump ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 1353 of file Attributor.h.

References llvm::dbgs(), and print().

◆ getAsStr()

virtual const std::string llvm::AbstractAttribute::getAsStr ( ) const

pure virtual

This function should return the "summarized" assumed state as string.

Referenced by llvm::IRPosition::getAttrs(), and print().

◆ getIRPosition() [1/2]

virtual const IRPosition& llvm::AbstractAttribute::getIRPosition ( ) const

pure virtual

Return an IR position, see struct IRPosition.

Referenced by llvm::Attributor::checkForAllCallSites(), llvm::Attributor::checkForAllInstructions(), llvm::Attributor::checkForAllReadWriteInstructions(), llvm::Attributor::checkForAllReturnedValues(), llvm::Attributor::checkForAllReturnedValuesAndReturnInsts(), llvm::IRPosition::getAttrs(), llvm::Attributor::isAssumedDead(), and print().

◆ getIRPosition() [2/2]

virtual IRPosition& llvm::AbstractAttribute::getIRPosition ( )

protectedpure virtual

Return an IR position, see struct IRPosition.

◆ getState() [1/2]

virtual StateType& llvm::AbstractAttribute::getState ( )

pure virtual

Return the internal abstract state for inspection.

Implemented in llvm::StateWrapper< IntegerState, AbstractAttribute >, llvm::StateWrapper< DerefState, AbstractAttribute >, and llvm::StateWrapper< BooleanState, AbstractAttribute >.

Referenced by llvm::IRPosition::getAttrs(), llvm::Attributor::getDataLayout(), print(), llvm::Attributor::run(), and update().

◆ getState() [2/2]

virtual const StateType& llvm::AbstractAttribute::getState ( ) const

pure virtual

Implemented in llvm::StateWrapper< IntegerState, AbstractAttribute >, llvm::StateWrapper< DerefState, AbstractAttribute >, and llvm::StateWrapper< BooleanState, AbstractAttribute >.

◆ initialize()

virtual void llvm::AbstractAttribute::initialize ( Attributor & A )

inlinevirtual

Initialize the state with the information in the Attributor A.

This function is called by the Attributor once all abstract attributes have been identified. It can and shall be used for task like:

identify existing knowledge in the IR and use it for the "known state"
perform any work that is not going to change over time, e.g., determine a subset of the IR, or attributes in-flight, that have to be looked at in the updateImpl method.

Definition at line 1341 of file Attributor.h.

References print().

Referenced by llvm::IRPosition::getAttrs(), and llvm::Attributor::getDataLayout().

◆ manifest()

virtual ChangeStatus llvm::AbstractAttribute::manifest ( Attributor & A )

inlineprotectedvirtual

Hook for the Attributor to trigger the manifestation of the information represented by the abstract attribute in the LLVM-IR.

CHANGED if the IR was altered, otherwise UNCHANGED.

Definition at line 1375 of file Attributor.h.

References A, llvm::operator<<(), and llvm::UNCHANGED.

Referenced by llvm::IRPosition::getAttrs().

◆ print()

void AbstractAttribute::print ( raw_ostream & OS ) const

virtual

Helper functions, for debug purposes only.

{

Definition at line 4920 of file Attributor.cpp.

References getAsStr(), getIRPosition(), and getState().

Referenced by llvm::operator<<().

◆ trackStatistics()

virtual void llvm::AbstractAttribute::trackStatistics ( ) const

protectedpure virtual

Hook to enable custom statistic tracking, called after manifest that resulted in a change if statistics are enabled.

We require subclasses to provide an implementation so we remember to add statistics for them.

Referenced by llvm::IRPosition::getAttrs().

◆ update()

ChangeStatus AbstractAttribute::update ( Attributor & A )

protected

Hook for the Attributor to trigger an update of the internal state.

If this attribute is already fixed, this method will return UNCHANGED, otherwise it delegates to AbstractAttribute::updateImpl.

CHANGED if the internal state changed, otherwise UNCHANGED.

Definition at line 315 of file Attributor.cpp.

References llvm::dbgs(), getState(), LLVM_DEBUG, llvm::UNCHANGED, and updateImpl().

Referenced by llvm::Attributor::getDataLayout().

◆ updateImpl()

virtual ChangeStatus llvm::AbstractAttribute::updateImpl ( Attributor & A )

protectedpure virtual

The actual update/transfer function which has to be implemented by the derived classes.

If it is called, the environment has changed and we have to determine if the current information is still valid or adjust it otherwise.

CHANGED if the internal state changed, otherwise UNCHANGED.

Referenced by llvm::IRPosition::getAttrs(), and update().

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ Attributor

friend struct Attributor

friend

}

Allow the Attributor access to the protected methods.

Definition at line 1360 of file Attributor.h.

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

include/llvm/Transforms/IPO/Attributor.h
lib/Transforms/IPO/Attributor.cpp

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Friends

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ StateType

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ~AbstractAttribute()

Member Function Documentation

◆ dump()

◆ getAsStr()

◆ getIRPosition() [1/2]

◆ getIRPosition() [2/2]

◆ getState() [1/2]

◆ getState() [2/2]

◆ initialize()

◆ manifest()

◆ print()

◆ trackStatistics()

◆ update()

◆ updateImpl()

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ Attributor