GenericSSAContext.h

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//===- GenericSSAContext.h --------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
//
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
/// \file
///
/// This file defines the little GenericSSAContext<X> template class
/// that can be used to implement IR analyses as templates.
/// Specializing these templates allows the analyses to be used over
/// both LLVM IR and Machine IR.
///
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
#ifndef LLVM_ADT_GENERICSSACONTEXT_H
#define LLVM_ADT_GENERICSSACONTEXT_H
 
#include "llvm/Support/Printable.h"
 
namespace llvm {
 
template <typename _FunctionT> class GenericSSAContext {
public:
  // Specializations should provide the following types that are similar to how
  // LLVM IR is structured:
 
  // The smallest unit of the IR is a ValueT. The SSA context uses a ValueRefT,
  // which is a pointer to a ValueT, since Machine IR does not have the
  // equivalent of a ValueT.
  //
  // using ValueRefT = ...
 
  // An InstT is a subclass of ValueT that itself defines one or more ValueT
  // objects.
  //
  // using InstT = ... must be a subclass of Value
 
  // A BlockT is a sequence of InstT, and forms a node of the CFG. It
  // has global methods predecessors() and successors() that return
  // the list of incoming CFG edges and outgoing CFG edges
  // respectively.
  //
  // using BlockT = ...
 
  // A FunctionT represents a CFG along with arguments and return values. It is
  // the smallest complete unit of code in a Module.
  //
  // The compiler produces an error here if this class is implicitly
  // specialized due to an instantiation. An explicit specialization
  // of this template needs to be added before the instantiation point
  // indicated by the compiler.
  using FunctionT = typename _FunctionT::invalidTemplateInstanceError;
 
  // Every FunctionT has a unique BlockT marked as its entry.
  //
  // static BlockT* getEntryBlock(FunctionT &F);
 
  // Initialize the SSA context with information about the FunctionT being
  // processed.
  //
  // void setFunction(FunctionT &function);
  // FunctionT* getFunction() const;
 
  // Methods to print various objects.
  //
  // Printable print(BlockT *block) const;
  // Printable print(InstructionT *inst) const;
  // Printable print(ValueRefT value) const;
};
} // namespace llvm
 
#endif // LLVM_ADT_GENERICSSACONTEXT_H