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11 LLVM Programmer's Manual
15 <li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#general">General Information</a>
18 <li><a href="#stl">The C++ Standard Template Library</a><!--
19 <li>The <tt>-time-passes</tt> option
20 <li>How to use the LLVM Makefile system
21 <li>How to write a regression test
25 <li><a href="#apis">Important and useful LLVM APIs</a>
27 <li><a href="#isa">The <tt>isa<></tt>, <tt>cast<></tt>
28 and <tt>dyn_cast<></tt> templates</a> </li>
29 <li><a href="#DEBUG">The <tt>DEBUG()</tt> macro & <tt>-debug</tt>
32 <li><a href="#DEBUG_TYPE">Fine grained debug info with <tt>DEBUG_TYPE</tt>
33 and the <tt>-debug-only</tt> option</a> </li>
36 <li><a href="#Statistic">The <tt>Statistic</tt> template & <tt>-stats</tt>
38 <li>The <tt>InstVisitor</tt> template
39 <li>The general graph API
43 <li><a href="#common">Helpful Hints for Common Operations</a>
45 <li><a href="#inspection">Basic Inspection and Traversal Routines</a>
47 <li><a href="#iterate_function">Iterating over the <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s
48 in a <tt>Function</tt></a> </li>
49 <li><a href="#iterate_basicblock">Iterating over the <tt>Instruction</tt>s
50 in a <tt>BasicBlock</tt></a> </li>
51 <li><a href="#iterate_institer">Iterating over the <tt>Instruction</tt>s
52 in a <tt>Function</tt></a> </li>
53 <li><a href="#iterate_convert">Turning an iterator into a
54 class pointer</a> </li>
55 <li><a href="#iterate_complex">Finding call sites: a more
56 complex example</a> </li>
57 <li><a href="#calls_and_invokes">Treating calls and invokes
58 the same way</a> </li>
59 <li><a href="#iterate_chains">Iterating over def-use &
60 use-def chains</a> </li>
63 <li><a href="#simplechanges">Making simple changes</a>
65 <li><a href="#schanges_creating">Creating and inserting new
66 <tt>Instruction</tt>s</a> </li>
67 <li><a href="#schanges_deleting">Deleting <tt>Instruction</tt>s</a> </li>
68 <li><a href="#schanges_replacing">Replacing an <tt>Instruction</tt>
69 with another <tt>Value</tt></a> </li>
72 <li>Working with the Control Flow Graph
74 <li>Accessing predecessors and successors of a <tt>BasicBlock</tt>
81 <li><a href="#coreclasses">The Core LLVM Class Hierarchy Reference</a>
83 <li><a href="#Value">The <tt>Value</tt> class</a>
85 <li><a href="#User">The <tt>User</tt> class</a>
87 <li><a href="#Instruction">The <tt>Instruction</tt> class</a>
89 <li><a href="#GetElementPtrInst">The <tt>GetElementPtrInst</tt>
92 <li><a href="#GlobalValue">The <tt>GlobalValue</tt> class</a>
94 <li><a href="#BasicBlock">The <tt>BasicBlock</tt>class</a></li>
95 <li><a href="#Function">The <tt>Function</tt> class</a></li>
96 <li><a href="#GlobalVariable">The <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> class
99 <li><a href="#Module">The <tt>Module</tt> class</a></li>
100 <li><a href="#Constant">The <tt>Constant</tt> class</a></li>
101 <li><a href="#Type">The <tt>Type</tt> class</a> </li>
102 <li><a href="#Argument">The <tt>Argument</tt> class</a></li>
105 <li><a href="#SymbolTable">The <tt>SymbolTable</tt> class </a></li>
106 <li>The <tt>ilist</tt> and <tt>iplist</tt> classes
108 <li>Creating, inserting, moving and deleting from LLVM lists </li>
111 <li>Important iterator invalidation semantics to be aware of.</li>
115 <div class="doc_author">
116 <p>Written by <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>,
117 <a href="mailto:dhurjati@cs.uiuc.edu">Dinakar Dhurjati</a>,
118 <a href="mailto:jstanley@cs.uiuc.edu">Joel Stanley</a>, and
119 <a href="mailto:rspencer@x10sys.com">Reid Spencer</a></p>
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123 <div class="doc_section">
124 <a name="introduction">Introduction </a>
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128 <div class="doc_text">
130 <p>This document is meant to highlight some of the important classes and
131 interfaces available in the LLVM source-base. This manual is not
132 intended to explain what LLVM is, how it works, and what LLVM code looks
133 like. It assumes that you know the basics of LLVM and are interested
134 in writing transformations or otherwise analyzing or manipulating the
137 <p>This document should get you oriented so that you can find your
138 way in the continuously growing source code that makes up the LLVM
139 infrastructure. Note that this manual is not intended to serve as a
140 replacement for reading the source code, so if you think there should be
141 a method in one of these classes to do something, but it's not listed,
142 check the source. Links to the <a href="/doxygen/">doxygen</a> sources
143 are provided to make this as easy as possible.</p>
145 <p>The first section of this document describes general information that is
146 useful to know when working in the LLVM infrastructure, and the second describes
147 the Core LLVM classes. In the future this manual will be extended with
148 information describing how to use extension libraries, such as dominator
149 information, CFG traversal routines, and useful utilities like the <tt><a
150 href="/doxygen/InstVisitor_8h-source.html">InstVisitor</a></tt> template.</p>
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155 <div class="doc_section">
156 <a name="general">General Information</a>
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160 <div class="doc_text">
162 <p>This section contains general information that is useful if you are working
163 in the LLVM source-base, but that isn't specific to any particular API.</p>
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168 <div class="doc_subsection">
169 <a name="stl">The C++ Standard Template Library</a>
172 <div class="doc_text">
174 <p>LLVM makes heavy use of the C++ Standard Template Library (STL),
175 perhaps much more than you are used to, or have seen before. Because of
176 this, you might want to do a little background reading in the
177 techniques used and capabilities of the library. There are many good
178 pages that discuss the STL, and several books on the subject that you
179 can get, so it will not be discussed in this document.</p>
181 <p>Here are some useful links:</p>
185 <li><a href="http://www.dinkumware.com/refxcpp.html">Dinkumware C++ Library
186 reference</a> - an excellent reference for the STL and other parts of the
187 standard C++ library.</li>
189 <li><a href="http://www.tempest-sw.com/cpp/">C++ In a Nutshell</a> - This is an
190 O'Reilly book in the making. It has a decent
192 Reference that rivals Dinkumware's, and is unfortunately no longer free since the book has been
195 <li><a href="http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/">C++ Frequently Asked
198 <li><a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/">SGI's STL Programmer's Guide</a> -
200 href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/stl_introduction.html">Introduction to the
203 <li><a href="http://www.research.att.com/%7Ebs/C++.html">Bjarne Stroustrup's C++
206 <li><a href="http://www.linux.com.cn/Bruce_Eckel/TICPPv2/Contents.htm">
207 Bruce Eckel's Thinking in C++, 2nd ed. Volume 2 Revision 4.0 (even better, get
212 <p>You are also encouraged to take a look at the <a
213 href="CodingStandards.html">LLVM Coding Standards</a> guide which focuses on how
214 to write maintainable code more than where to put your curly braces.</p>
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219 <div class="doc_subsection">
220 <a name="stl">Other useful references</a>
223 <div class="doc_text">
226 <li><a href="http://www.psc.edu/%7Esemke/cvs_branches.html">CVS
227 Branch and Tag Primer</a></li>
228 <li><a href="http://www.fortran-2000.com/ArnaudRecipes/sharedlib.html">Using
229 static and shared libraries across platforms</a></li>
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235 <div class="doc_section">
236 <a name="apis">Important and useful LLVM APIs</a>
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240 <div class="doc_text">
242 <p>Here we highlight some LLVM APIs that are generally useful and good to
243 know about when writing transformations.</p>
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248 <div class="doc_subsection">
249 <a name="isa">The isa<>, cast<> and dyn_cast<> templates</a>
252 <div class="doc_text">
254 <p>The LLVM source-base makes extensive use of a custom form of RTTI.
255 These templates have many similarities to the C++ <tt>dynamic_cast<></tt>
256 operator, but they don't have some drawbacks (primarily stemming from
257 the fact that <tt>dynamic_cast<></tt> only works on classes that
258 have a v-table). Because they are used so often, you must know what they
259 do and how they work. All of these templates are defined in the <a
260 href="/doxygen/Casting_8h-source.html"><tt>Support/Casting.h</tt></a>
261 file (note that you very rarely have to include this file directly).</p>
264 <dt><tt>isa<></tt>: </dt>
266 <dd>The <tt>isa<></tt> operator works exactly like the Java
267 "<tt>instanceof</tt>" operator. It returns true or false depending on whether
268 a reference or pointer points to an instance of the specified class. This can
269 be very useful for constraint checking of various sorts (example below).</dd>
271 <dt><tt>cast<></tt>: </dt>
273 <dd>The <tt>cast<></tt> operator is a "checked cast" operation. It
274 converts a pointer or reference from a base class to a derived cast, causing
275 an assertion failure if it is not really an instance of the right type. This
276 should be used in cases where you have some information that makes you believe
277 that something is of the right type. An example of the <tt>isa<></tt>
278 and <tt>cast<></tt> template is:
281 static bool isLoopInvariant(const <a href="#Value">Value</a> *V, const Loop *L) {
282 if (isa<<a href="#Constant">Constant</a>>(V) || isa<<a href="#Argument">Argument</a>>(V) || isa<<a href="#GlobalValue">GlobalValue</a>>(V))
285 <i>// Otherwise, it must be an instruction...</i>
286 return !L->contains(cast<<a href="#Instruction">Instruction</a>>(V)->getParent());
289 <p>Note that you should <b>not</b> use an <tt>isa<></tt> test followed
290 by a <tt>cast<></tt>, for that use the <tt>dyn_cast<></tt>
295 <dt><tt>dyn_cast<></tt>:</dt>
297 <dd>The <tt>dyn_cast<></tt> operator is a "checking cast" operation. It
298 checks to see if the operand is of the specified type, and if so, returns a
299 pointer to it (this operator does not work with references). If the operand is
300 not of the correct type, a null pointer is returned. Thus, this works very
301 much like the <tt>dynamic_cast</tt> operator in C++, and should be used in the
302 same circumstances. Typically, the <tt>dyn_cast<></tt> operator is used
303 in an <tt>if</tt> statement or some other flow control statement like this:
306 if (<a href="#AllocationInst">AllocationInst</a> *AI = dyn_cast<<a href="#AllocationInst">AllocationInst</a>>(Val)) {
311 <p> This form of the <tt>if</tt> statement effectively combines together a
312 call to <tt>isa<></tt> and a call to <tt>cast<></tt> into one
313 statement, which is very convenient.</p>
315 <p> Another common example is:</p>
318 <i>// Loop over all of the phi nodes in a basic block</i>
319 BasicBlock::iterator BBI = BB->begin();
320 for (; <a href="#PhiNode">PHINode</a> *PN = dyn_cast<<a href="#PHINode">PHINode</a>>(BBI); ++BBI)
321 std::cerr << *PN;
324 <p>Note that the <tt>dyn_cast<></tt> operator, like C++'s
325 <tt>dynamic_cast</tt> or Java's <tt>instanceof</tt> operator, can be abused.
326 In particular you should not use big chained <tt>if/then/else</tt> blocks to
327 check for lots of different variants of classes. If you find yourself
328 wanting to do this, it is much cleaner and more efficient to use the
329 InstVisitor class to dispatch over the instruction type directly.</p>
333 <dt><tt>cast_or_null<></tt>: </dt>
335 <dd>The <tt>cast_or_null<></tt> operator works just like the
336 <tt>cast<></tt> operator, except that it allows for a null pointer as
337 an argument (which it then propagates). This can sometimes be useful,
338 allowing you to combine several null checks into one.</dd>
340 <dt><tt>dyn_cast_or_null<></tt>: </dt>
342 <dd>The <tt>dyn_cast_or_null<></tt> operator works just like the
343 <tt>dyn_cast<></tt> operator, except that it allows for a null pointer
344 as an argument (which it then propagates). This can sometimes be useful,
345 allowing you to combine several null checks into one.</dd>
349 <p>These five templates can be used with any classes, whether they have a
350 v-table or not. To add support for these templates, you simply need to add
351 <tt>classof</tt> static methods to the class you are interested casting
352 to. Describing this is currently outside the scope of this document, but there
353 are lots of examples in the LLVM source base.</p>
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358 <div class="doc_subsection">
359 <a name="DEBUG">The <tt>DEBUG()</tt> macro & <tt>-debug</tt> option</a>
362 <div class="doc_text">
364 <p>Often when working on your pass you will put a bunch of debugging printouts
365 and other code into your pass. After you get it working, you want to remove
366 it... but you may need it again in the future (to work out new bugs that you run
369 <p> Naturally, because of this, you don't want to delete the debug printouts,
370 but you don't want them to always be noisy. A standard compromise is to comment
371 them out, allowing you to enable them if you need them in the future.</p>
373 <p>The "<tt><a href="/doxygen/Debug_8h-source.html">Support/Debug.h</a></tt>"
374 file provides a macro named <tt>DEBUG()</tt> that is a much nicer solution to
375 this problem. Basically, you can put arbitrary code into the argument of the
376 <tt>DEBUG</tt> macro, and it is only executed if '<tt>opt</tt>' (or any other
377 tool) is run with the '<tt>-debug</tt>' command line argument:</p>
379 <pre> ... <br> DEBUG(std::cerr << "I am here!\n");<br> ...<br></pre>
381 <p>Then you can run your pass like this:</p>
383 <pre> $ opt < a.bc > /dev/null -mypass<br> <no output><br> $ opt < a.bc > /dev/null -mypass -debug<br> I am here!<br> $<br></pre>
385 <p>Using the <tt>DEBUG()</tt> macro instead of a home-brewed solution allows you
386 to not have to create "yet another" command line option for the debug output for
387 your pass. Note that <tt>DEBUG()</tt> macros are disabled for optimized builds,
388 so they do not cause a performance impact at all (for the same reason, they
389 should also not contain side-effects!).</p>
391 <p>One additional nice thing about the <tt>DEBUG()</tt> macro is that you can
392 enable or disable it directly in gdb. Just use "<tt>set DebugFlag=0</tt>" or
393 "<tt>set DebugFlag=1</tt>" from the gdb if the program is running. If the
394 program hasn't been started yet, you can always just run it with
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400 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
401 <a name="DEBUG_TYPE">Fine grained debug info with <tt>DEBUG_TYPE()</tt> and
402 the <tt>-debug-only</tt> option</a>
405 <div class="doc_text">
407 <p>Sometimes you may find yourself in a situation where enabling <tt>-debug</tt>
408 just turns on <b>too much</b> information (such as when working on the code
409 generator). If you want to enable debug information with more fine-grained
410 control, you define the <tt>DEBUG_TYPE</tt> macro and the <tt>-debug</tt> only
411 option as follows:</p>
413 <pre> ...<br> DEBUG(std::cerr << "No debug type\n");<br> #undef DEBUG_TYPE<br> #define DEBUG_TYPE "foo"<br> DEBUG(std::cerr << "'foo' debug type\n");<br> #undef DEBUG_TYPE<br> #define DEBUG_TYPE "bar"<br> DEBUG(std::cerr << "'bar' debug type\n");<br> #undef DEBUG_TYPE<br> #define DEBUG_TYPE ""<br> DEBUG(std::cerr << "No debug type (2)\n");<br> ...<br></pre>
415 <p>Then you can run your pass like this:</p>
417 <pre> $ opt < a.bc > /dev/null -mypass<br> <no output><br> $ opt < a.bc > /dev/null -mypass -debug<br> No debug type<br> 'foo' debug type<br> 'bar' debug type<br> No debug type (2)<br> $ opt < a.bc > /dev/null -mypass -debug-only=foo<br> 'foo' debug type<br> $ opt < a.bc > /dev/null -mypass -debug-only=bar<br> 'bar' debug type<br> $<br></pre>
419 <p>Of course, in practice, you should only set <tt>DEBUG_TYPE</tt> at the top of
420 a file, to specify the debug type for the entire module (if you do this before
421 you <tt>#include "Support/Debug.h"</tt>, you don't have to insert the ugly
422 <tt>#undef</tt>'s). Also, you should use names more meaningful than "foo" and
423 "bar", because there is no system in place to ensure that names do not
424 conflict. If two different modules use the same string, they will all be turned
425 on when the name is specified. This allows, for example, all debug information
426 for instruction scheduling to be enabled with <tt>-debug-type=InstrSched</tt>,
427 even if the source lives in multiple files.</p>
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432 <div class="doc_subsection">
433 <a name="Statistic">The <tt>Statistic</tt> template & <tt>-stats</tt>
437 <div class="doc_text">
440 href="/doxygen/Statistic_8h-source.html">Support/Statistic.h</a></tt>" file
441 provides a template named <tt>Statistic</tt> that is used as a unified way to
442 keep track of what the LLVM compiler is doing and how effective various
443 optimizations are. It is useful to see what optimizations are contributing to
444 making a particular program run faster.</p>
446 <p>Often you may run your pass on some big program, and you're interested to see
447 how many times it makes a certain transformation. Although you can do this with
448 hand inspection, or some ad-hoc method, this is a real pain and not very useful
449 for big programs. Using the <tt>Statistic</tt> template makes it very easy to
450 keep track of this information, and the calculated information is presented in a
451 uniform manner with the rest of the passes being executed.</p>
453 <p>There are many examples of <tt>Statistic</tt> uses, but the basics of using
454 it are as follows:</p>
457 <li>Define your statistic like this:
458 <pre>static Statistic<> NumXForms("mypassname", "The # of times I did stuff");<br></pre>
460 <p>The <tt>Statistic</tt> template can emulate just about any data-type,
461 but if you do not specify a template argument, it defaults to acting like
462 an unsigned int counter (this is usually what you want).</p></li>
464 <li>Whenever you make a transformation, bump the counter:
465 <pre> ++NumXForms; // I did stuff<br></pre>
469 <p>That's all you have to do. To get '<tt>opt</tt>' to print out the
470 statistics gathered, use the '<tt>-stats</tt>' option:</p>
472 <pre> $ opt -stats -mypassname < program.bc > /dev/null<br> ... statistic output ...<br></pre>
474 <p> When running <tt>gccas</tt> on a C file from the SPEC benchmark
475 suite, it gives a report that looks like this:</p>
477 <pre> 7646 bytecodewriter - Number of normal instructions<br> 725 bytecodewriter - Number of oversized instructions<br> 129996 bytecodewriter - Number of bytecode bytes written<br> 2817 raise - Number of insts DCEd or constprop'd<br> 3213 raise - Number of cast-of-self removed<br> 5046 raise - Number of expression trees converted<br> 75 raise - Number of other getelementptr's formed<br> 138 raise - Number of load/store peepholes<br> 42 deadtypeelim - Number of unused typenames removed from symtab<br> 392 funcresolve - Number of varargs functions resolved<br> 27 globaldce - Number of global variables removed<br> 2 adce - Number of basic blocks removed<br> 134 cee - Number of branches revectored<br> 49 cee - Number of setcc instruction eliminated<br> 532 gcse - Number of loads removed<br> 2919 gcse - Number of instructions removed<br> 86 indvars - Number of canonical indvars added<br> 87 indvars - Number of aux indvars removed<br> 25 instcombine - Number of dead inst eliminate<br> 434 instcombine - Number of insts combined<br> 248 licm - Number of load insts hoisted<br> 1298 licm - Number of insts hoisted to a loop pre-header<br> 3 licm - Number of insts hoisted to multiple loop preds (bad, no loop pre-header)<br> 75 mem2reg - Number of alloca's promoted<br> 1444 cfgsimplify - Number of blocks simplified<br></pre>
479 <p>Obviously, with so many optimizations, having a unified framework for this
480 stuff is very nice. Making your pass fit well into the framework makes it more
481 maintainable and useful.</p>
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486 <div class="doc_section">
487 <a name="common">Helpful Hints for Common Operations</a>
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491 <div class="doc_text">
493 <p>This section describes how to perform some very simple transformations of
494 LLVM code. This is meant to give examples of common idioms used, showing the
495 practical side of LLVM transformations. <p> Because this is a "how-to" section,
496 you should also read about the main classes that you will be working with. The
497 <a href="#coreclasses">Core LLVM Class Hierarchy Reference</a> contains details
498 and descriptions of the main classes that you should know about.</p>
502 <!-- NOTE: this section should be heavy on example code -->
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504 <div class="doc_subsection">
505 <a name="inspection">Basic Inspection and Traversal Routines</a>
508 <div class="doc_text">
510 <p>The LLVM compiler infrastructure have many different data structures that may
511 be traversed. Following the example of the C++ standard template library, the
512 techniques used to traverse these various data structures are all basically the
513 same. For a enumerable sequence of values, the <tt>XXXbegin()</tt> function (or
514 method) returns an iterator to the start of the sequence, the <tt>XXXend()</tt>
515 function returns an iterator pointing to one past the last valid element of the
516 sequence, and there is some <tt>XXXiterator</tt> data type that is common
517 between the two operations.</p>
519 <p>Because the pattern for iteration is common across many different aspects of
520 the program representation, the standard template library algorithms may be used
521 on them, and it is easier to remember how to iterate. First we show a few common
522 examples of the data structures that need to be traversed. Other data
523 structures are traversed in very similar ways.</p>
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528 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
529 <a name="iterate_function">Iterating over the </a><a
530 href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>s in a <a
531 href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>
534 <div class="doc_text">
536 <p>It's quite common to have a <tt>Function</tt> instance that you'd like to
537 transform in some way; in particular, you'd like to manipulate its
538 <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s. To facilitate this, you'll need to iterate over all of
539 the <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s that constitute the <tt>Function</tt>. The following is
540 an example that prints the name of a <tt>BasicBlock</tt> and the number of
541 <tt>Instruction</tt>s it contains:</p>
543 <pre> // func is a pointer to a Function instance<br> for (Function::iterator i = func->begin(), e = func->end(); i != e; ++i) {<br><br> // print out the name of the basic block if it has one, and then the<br> // number of instructions that it contains<br><br> cerr << "Basic block (name=" << i->getName() << ") has " <br> << i->size() << " instructions.\n";<br> }<br></pre>
545 <p>Note that i can be used as if it were a pointer for the purposes of
546 invoking member functions of the <tt>Instruction</tt> class. This is
547 because the indirection operator is overloaded for the iterator
548 classes. In the above code, the expression <tt>i->size()</tt> is
549 exactly equivalent to <tt>(*i).size()</tt> just like you'd expect.</p>
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554 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
555 <a name="iterate_basicblock">Iterating over the </a><a
556 href="#Instruction"><tt>Instruction</tt></a>s in a <a
557 href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>
560 <div class="doc_text">
562 <p>Just like when dealing with <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s in <tt>Function</tt>s, it's
563 easy to iterate over the individual instructions that make up
564 <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s. Here's a code snippet that prints out each instruction in
565 a <tt>BasicBlock</tt>:</p>
567 <pre> // blk is a pointer to a BasicBlock instance<br> for (BasicBlock::iterator i = blk->begin(), e = blk->end(); i != e; ++i)<br> // the next statement works since operator<<(ostream&,...) <br> // is overloaded for Instruction&<br> cerr << *i << "\n";<br></pre>
569 <p>However, this isn't really the best way to print out the contents of a
570 <tt>BasicBlock</tt>! Since the ostream operators are overloaded for virtually
571 anything you'll care about, you could have just invoked the print routine on the
572 basic block itself: <tt>cerr << *blk << "\n";</tt>.</p>
574 <p>Note that currently operator<< is implemented for <tt>Value*</tt>, so
575 it will print out the contents of the pointer, instead of the pointer value you
576 might expect. This is a deprecated interface that will be removed in the
577 future, so it's best not to depend on it. To print out the pointer value for
578 now, you must cast to <tt>void*</tt>.</p>
582 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
583 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
584 <a name="iterate_institer">Iterating over the </a><a
585 href="#Instruction"><tt>Instruction</tt></a>s in a <a
586 href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>
589 <div class="doc_text">
591 <p>If you're finding that you commonly iterate over a <tt>Function</tt>'s
592 <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s and then that <tt>BasicBlock</tt>'s <tt>Instruction</tt>s,
593 <tt>InstIterator</tt> should be used instead. You'll need to include <a
594 href="/doxygen/InstIterator_8h-source.html"><tt>llvm/Support/InstIterator.h</tt></a>,
595 and then instantiate <tt>InstIterator</tt>s explicitly in your code. Here's a
596 small example that shows how to dump all instructions in a function to the standard error stream:<p>
598 <pre>#include "<a href="/doxygen/InstIterator_8h-source.html">llvm/Support/InstIterator.h</a>"<br>...<br>// Suppose F is a ptr to a function<br>for (inst_iterator i = inst_begin(F), e = inst_end(F); i != e; ++i)<br> cerr << *i << "\n";<br></pre>
599 Easy, isn't it? You can also use <tt>InstIterator</tt>s to fill a
600 worklist with its initial contents. For example, if you wanted to
601 initialize a worklist to contain all instructions in a <tt>Function</tt>
602 F, all you would need to do is something like:
603 <pre>std::set<Instruction*> worklist;<br>worklist.insert(inst_begin(F), inst_end(F));<br></pre>
605 <p>The STL set <tt>worklist</tt> would now contain all instructions in the
606 <tt>Function</tt> pointed to by F.</p>
610 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
611 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
612 <a name="iterate_convert">Turning an iterator into a class pointer (and
616 <div class="doc_text">
618 <p>Sometimes, it'll be useful to grab a reference (or pointer) to a class
619 instance when all you've got at hand is an iterator. Well, extracting
620 a reference or a pointer from an iterator is very straight-forward.
621 Assuming that <tt>i</tt> is a <tt>BasicBlock::iterator</tt> and <tt>j</tt>
622 is a <tt>BasicBlock::const_iterator</tt>:</p>
624 <pre> Instruction& inst = *i; // grab reference to instruction reference<br> Instruction* pinst = &*i; // grab pointer to instruction reference<br> const Instruction& inst = *j;<br></pre>
626 <p>However, the iterators you'll be working with in the LLVM framework are
627 special: they will automatically convert to a ptr-to-instance type whenever they
628 need to. Instead of dereferencing the iterator and then taking the address of
629 the result, you can simply assign the iterator to the proper pointer type and
630 you get the dereference and address-of operation as a result of the assignment
631 (behind the scenes, this is a result of overloading casting mechanisms). Thus
632 the last line of the last example,</p>
634 <pre>Instruction* pinst = &*i;</pre>
636 <p>is semantically equivalent to</p>
638 <pre>Instruction* pinst = i;</pre>
640 <p>It's also possible to turn a class pointer into the corresponding iterator,
641 and this is a constant time operation (very efficient). The following code
642 snippet illustrates use of the conversion constructors provided by LLVM
643 iterators. By using these, you can explicitly grab the iterator of something
644 without actually obtaining it via iteration over some structure:</p>
646 <pre>void printNextInstruction(Instruction* inst) {<br> BasicBlock::iterator it(inst);<br> ++it; // after this line, it refers to the instruction after *inst.<br> if (it != inst->getParent()->end()) cerr << *it << "\n";<br>}<br></pre>
650 <!--_______________________________________________________________________-->
651 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
652 <a name="iterate_complex">Finding call sites: a slightly more complex
656 <div class="doc_text">
658 <p>Say that you're writing a FunctionPass and would like to count all the
659 locations in the entire module (that is, across every <tt>Function</tt>) where a
660 certain function (i.e., some <tt>Function</tt>*) is already in scope. As you'll
661 learn later, you may want to use an <tt>InstVisitor</tt> to accomplish this in a
662 much more straight-forward manner, but this example will allow us to explore how
663 you'd do it if you didn't have <tt>InstVisitor</tt> around. In pseudocode, this
664 is what we want to do:</p>
666 <pre>initialize callCounter to zero<br>for each Function f in the Module<br> for each BasicBlock b in f<br> for each Instruction i in b<br> if (i is a CallInst and calls the given function)<br> increment callCounter<br></pre>
668 <p>And the actual code is (remember, since we're writing a
669 <tt>FunctionPass</tt>, our <tt>FunctionPass</tt>-derived class simply has to
670 override the <tt>runOnFunction</tt> method...):</p>
672 <pre>Function* targetFunc = ...;<br><br>class OurFunctionPass : public FunctionPass {<br> public:<br> OurFunctionPass(): callCounter(0) { }<br><br> virtual runOnFunction(Function& F) {<br> for (Function::iterator b = F.begin(), be = F.end(); b != be; ++b) {<br> for (BasicBlock::iterator i = b->begin(); ie = b->end(); i != ie; ++i) {<br> if (<a
673 href="#CallInst">CallInst</a>* callInst = <a href="#isa">dyn_cast</a><<a
674 href="#CallInst">CallInst</a>>(&*i)) {<br> // we know we've encountered a call instruction, so we<br> // need to determine if it's a call to the<br> // function pointed to by m_func or not.<br> <br> if (callInst->getCalledFunction() == targetFunc)<br> ++callCounter;<br> }<br> }<br> }<br> <br> private:<br> unsigned callCounter;<br>};<br></pre>
678 <!--_______________________________________________________________________-->
679 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
680 <a name="calls_and_invokes">Treating calls and invokes the same way</a>
683 <div class="doc_text">
685 <p>You may have noticed that the previous example was a bit oversimplified in
686 that it did not deal with call sites generated by 'invoke' instructions. In
687 this, and in other situations, you may find that you want to treat
688 <tt>CallInst</tt>s and <tt>InvokeInst</tt>s the same way, even though their
689 most-specific common base class is <tt>Instruction</tt>, which includes lots of
690 less closely-related things. For these cases, LLVM provides a handy wrapper
692 href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/classllvm_1_1CallSite.html"><tt>CallSite</tt></a>.
693 It is essentially a wrapper around an <tt>Instruction</tt> pointer, with some
694 methods that provide functionality common to <tt>CallInst</tt>s and
695 <tt>InvokeInst</tt>s.</p>
697 <p>This class has "value semantics": it should be passed by value, not by
698 reference and it should not be dynamically allocated or deallocated using
699 <tt>operator new</tt> or <tt>operator delete</tt>. It is efficiently copyable,
700 assignable and constructable, with costs equivalents to that of a bare pointer.
701 If you look at its definition, it has only a single pointer member.</p>
705 <!--_______________________________________________________________________-->
706 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
707 <a name="iterate_chains">Iterating over def-use & use-def chains</a>
710 <div class="doc_text">
712 <p>Frequently, we might have an instance of the <a
713 href="/doxygen/structllvm_1_1Value.html">Value Class</a> and we want to
714 determine which <tt>User</tt>s use the <tt>Value</tt>. The list of all
715 <tt>User</tt>s of a particular <tt>Value</tt> is called a <i>def-use</i> chain.
716 For example, let's say we have a <tt>Function*</tt> named <tt>F</tt> to a
717 particular function <tt>foo</tt>. Finding all of the instructions that
718 <i>use</i> <tt>foo</tt> is as simple as iterating over the <i>def-use</i> chain
721 <pre>Function* F = ...;<br><br>for (Value::use_iterator i = F->use_begin(), e = F->use_end(); i != e; ++i) {<br> if (Instruction *Inst = dyn_cast<Instruction>(*i)) {<br> cerr << "F is used in instruction:\n";<br> cerr << *Inst << "\n";<br> }<br>}<br></pre>
723 <p>Alternately, it's common to have an instance of the <a
724 href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1User.html">User Class</a> and need to know what
725 <tt>Value</tt>s are used by it. The list of all <tt>Value</tt>s used by a
726 <tt>User</tt> is known as a <i>use-def</i> chain. Instances of class
727 <tt>Instruction</tt> are common <tt>User</tt>s, so we might want to iterate over
728 all of the values that a particular instruction uses (that is, the operands of
729 the particular <tt>Instruction</tt>):</p>
731 <pre>Instruction* pi = ...;<br><br>for (User::op_iterator i = pi->op_begin(), e = pi->op_end(); i != e; ++i) {<br> Value* v = *i;<br> ...<br>}<br></pre>
734 def-use chains ("finding all users of"): Value::use_begin/use_end
735 use-def chains ("finding all values used"): User::op_begin/op_end [op=operand]
740 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
741 <div class="doc_subsection">
742 <a name="simplechanges">Making simple changes</a>
745 <div class="doc_text">
747 <p>There are some primitive transformation operations present in the LLVM
748 infrastructure that are worth knowing about. When performing
749 transformations, it's fairly common to manipulate the contents of basic
750 blocks. This section describes some of the common methods for doing so
751 and gives example code.</p>
755 <!--_______________________________________________________________________-->
756 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
757 <a name="schanges_creating">Creating and inserting new
758 <tt>Instruction</tt>s</a>
761 <div class="doc_text">
763 <p><i>Instantiating Instructions</i></p>
765 <p>Creation of <tt>Instruction</tt>s is straight-forward: simply call the
766 constructor for the kind of instruction to instantiate and provide the necessary
767 parameters. For example, an <tt>AllocaInst</tt> only <i>requires</i> a
768 (const-ptr-to) <tt>Type</tt>. Thus:</p>
770 <pre>AllocaInst* ai = new AllocaInst(Type::IntTy);</pre>
772 <p>will create an <tt>AllocaInst</tt> instance that represents the allocation of
773 one integer in the current stack frame, at runtime. Each <tt>Instruction</tt>
774 subclass is likely to have varying default parameters which change the semantics
775 of the instruction, so refer to the <a
776 href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1Instruction.html">doxygen documentation for the subclass of
777 Instruction</a> that you're interested in instantiating.</p>
779 <p><i>Naming values</i></p>
781 <p>It is very useful to name the values of instructions when you're able to, as
782 this facilitates the debugging of your transformations. If you end up looking
783 at generated LLVM machine code, you definitely want to have logical names
784 associated with the results of instructions! By supplying a value for the
785 <tt>Name</tt> (default) parameter of the <tt>Instruction</tt> constructor, you
786 associate a logical name with the result of the instruction's execution at
787 runtime. For example, say that I'm writing a transformation that dynamically
788 allocates space for an integer on the stack, and that integer is going to be
789 used as some kind of index by some other code. To accomplish this, I place an
790 <tt>AllocaInst</tt> at the first point in the first <tt>BasicBlock</tt> of some
791 <tt>Function</tt>, and I'm intending to use it within the same
792 <tt>Function</tt>. I might do:</p>
794 <pre>AllocaInst* pa = new AllocaInst(Type::IntTy, 0, "indexLoc");</pre>
796 <p>where <tt>indexLoc</tt> is now the logical name of the instruction's
797 execution value, which is a pointer to an integer on the runtime stack.</p>
799 <p><i>Inserting instructions</i></p>
801 <p>There are essentially two ways to insert an <tt>Instruction</tt>
802 into an existing sequence of instructions that form a <tt>BasicBlock</tt>:</p>
805 <li>Insertion into an explicit instruction list
807 <p>Given a <tt>BasicBlock* pb</tt>, an <tt>Instruction* pi</tt> within that
808 <tt>BasicBlock</tt>, and a newly-created instruction we wish to insert
809 before <tt>*pi</tt>, we do the following: </p>
811 <pre> BasicBlock *pb = ...;<br> Instruction *pi = ...;<br> Instruction *newInst = new Instruction(...);<br> pb->getInstList().insert(pi, newInst); // inserts newInst before pi in pb<br></pre>
813 <p>Appending to the end of a <tt>BasicBlock</tt> is so common that
814 the <tt>Instruction</tt> class and <tt>Instruction</tt>-derived
815 classes provide constructors which take a pointer to a
816 <tt>BasicBlock</tt> to be appended to. For example code that
819 <pre> BasicBlock *pb = ...;<br> Instruction *newInst = new Instruction(...);<br> pb->getInstList().push_back(newInst); // appends newInst to pb<br></pre>
823 <pre> BasicBlock *pb = ...;<br> Instruction *newInst = new Instruction(..., pb);<br></pre>
825 <p>which is much cleaner, especially if you are creating
826 long instruction streams.</p></li>
828 <li>Insertion into an implicit instruction list
830 <p><tt>Instruction</tt> instances that are already in <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s
831 are implicitly associated with an existing instruction list: the instruction
832 list of the enclosing basic block. Thus, we could have accomplished the same
833 thing as the above code without being given a <tt>BasicBlock</tt> by doing:
836 <pre> Instruction *pi = ...;<br> Instruction *newInst = new Instruction(...);<br> pi->getParent()->getInstList().insert(pi, newInst);<br></pre>
838 <p>In fact, this sequence of steps occurs so frequently that the
839 <tt>Instruction</tt> class and <tt>Instruction</tt>-derived classes provide
840 constructors which take (as a default parameter) a pointer to an
841 <tt>Instruction</tt> which the newly-created <tt>Instruction</tt> should
842 precede. That is, <tt>Instruction</tt> constructors are capable of
843 inserting the newly-created instance into the <tt>BasicBlock</tt> of a
844 provided instruction, immediately before that instruction. Using an
845 <tt>Instruction</tt> constructor with a <tt>insertBefore</tt> (default)
846 parameter, the above code becomes:</p>
848 <pre>Instruction* pi = ...;<br>Instruction* newInst = new Instruction(..., pi);<br></pre>
850 <p>which is much cleaner, especially if you're creating a lot of
851 instructions and adding them to <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s.</p></li>
856 <!--_______________________________________________________________________-->
857 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
858 <a name="schanges_deleting">Deleting <tt>Instruction</tt>s</a>
861 <div class="doc_text">
863 <p>Deleting an instruction from an existing sequence of instructions that form a
864 <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a> is very straight-forward. First,
865 you must have a pointer to the instruction that you wish to delete. Second, you
866 need to obtain the pointer to that instruction's basic block. You use the
867 pointer to the basic block to get its list of instructions and then use the
868 erase function to remove your instruction. For example:</p>
870 <pre> <a href="#Instruction">Instruction</a> *I = .. ;<br> <a
871 href="#BasicBlock">BasicBlock</a> *BB = I->getParent();<br> BB->getInstList().erase(I);<br></pre>
875 <!--_______________________________________________________________________-->
876 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
877 <a name="schanges_replacing">Replacing an <tt>Instruction</tt> with another
881 <div class="doc_text">
883 <p><i>Replacing individual instructions</i></p>
885 <p>Including "<a href="/doxygen/BasicBlockUtils_8h-source.html">llvm/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.h</a>"
886 permits use of two very useful replace functions: <tt>ReplaceInstWithValue</tt>
887 and <tt>ReplaceInstWithInst</tt>.</p>
889 <h4><a name="schanges_deleting">Deleting <tt>Instruction</tt>s</a></h4>
892 <li><tt>ReplaceInstWithValue</tt>
894 <p>This function replaces all uses (within a basic block) of a given
895 instruction with a value, and then removes the original instruction. The
896 following example illustrates the replacement of the result of a particular
897 <tt>AllocaInst</tt> that allocates memory for a single integer with an null
898 pointer to an integer.</p>
900 <pre>AllocaInst* instToReplace = ...;<br>BasicBlock::iterator ii(instToReplace);<br>ReplaceInstWithValue(instToReplace->getParent()->getInstList(), ii,<br> Constant::getNullValue(PointerType::get(Type::IntTy)));<br></pre></li>
902 <li><tt>ReplaceInstWithInst</tt>
904 <p>This function replaces a particular instruction with another
905 instruction. The following example illustrates the replacement of one
906 <tt>AllocaInst</tt> with another.</p>
908 <pre>AllocaInst* instToReplace = ...;<br>BasicBlock::iterator ii(instToReplace);<br>ReplaceInstWithInst(instToReplace->getParent()->getInstList(), ii,<br> new AllocaInst(Type::IntTy, 0, "ptrToReplacedInt"));<br></pre></li>
911 <p><i>Replacing multiple uses of <tt>User</tt>s and <tt>Value</tt>s</i></p>
913 <p>You can use <tt>Value::replaceAllUsesWith</tt> and
914 <tt>User::replaceUsesOfWith</tt> to change more than one use at a time. See the
915 doxygen documentation for the <a href="/doxygen/structllvm_1_1Value.html">Value Class</a>
916 and <a href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1User.html">User Class</a>, respectively, for more
919 <!-- Value::replaceAllUsesWith User::replaceUsesOfWith Point out:
920 include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/ especially BasicBlockUtils.h with:
921 ReplaceInstWithValue, ReplaceInstWithInst -->
925 <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
926 <div class="doc_section">
927 <a name="coreclasses">The Core LLVM Class Hierarchy Reference </a>
929 <!-- *********************************************************************** -->
931 <div class="doc_text">
933 <p>The Core LLVM classes are the primary means of representing the program
934 being inspected or transformed. The core LLVM classes are defined in
935 header files in the <tt>include/llvm/</tt> directory, and implemented in
936 the <tt>lib/VMCore</tt> directory.</p>
940 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
941 <div class="doc_subsection">
942 <a name="Value">The <tt>Value</tt> class</a>
947 <p><tt>#include "<a href="/doxygen/Value_8h-source.html">llvm/Value.h</a>"</tt>
949 doxygen info: <a href="/doxygen/structllvm_1_1Value.html">Value Class</a></p>
951 <p>The <tt>Value</tt> class is the most important class in the LLVM Source
952 base. It represents a typed value that may be used (among other things) as an
953 operand to an instruction. There are many different types of <tt>Value</tt>s,
954 such as <a href="#Constant"><tt>Constant</tt></a>s,<a
955 href="#Argument"><tt>Argument</tt></a>s. Even <a
956 href="#Instruction"><tt>Instruction</tt></a>s and <a
957 href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>s are <tt>Value</tt>s.</p>
959 <p>A particular <tt>Value</tt> may be used many times in the LLVM representation
960 for a program. For example, an incoming argument to a function (represented
961 with an instance of the <a href="#Argument">Argument</a> class) is "used" by
962 every instruction in the function that references the argument. To keep track
963 of this relationship, the <tt>Value</tt> class keeps a list of all of the <a
964 href="#User"><tt>User</tt></a>s that is using it (the <a
965 href="#User"><tt>User</tt></a> class is a base class for all nodes in the LLVM
966 graph that can refer to <tt>Value</tt>s). This use list is how LLVM represents
967 def-use information in the program, and is accessible through the <tt>use_</tt>*
968 methods, shown below.</p>
970 <p>Because LLVM is a typed representation, every LLVM <tt>Value</tt> is typed,
971 and this <a href="#Type">Type</a> is available through the <tt>getType()</tt>
972 method. In addition, all LLVM values can be named. The "name" of the
973 <tt>Value</tt> is a symbolic string printed in the LLVM code:</p>
975 <pre> %<b>foo</b> = add int 1, 2<br></pre>
977 <p><a name="#nameWarning">The name of this instruction is "foo".</a> <b>NOTE</b>
978 that the name of any value may be missing (an empty string), so names should
979 <b>ONLY</b> be used for debugging (making the source code easier to read,
980 debugging printouts), they should not be used to keep track of values or map
981 between them. For this purpose, use a <tt>std::map</tt> of pointers to the
982 <tt>Value</tt> itself instead.</p>
984 <p>One important aspect of LLVM is that there is no distinction between an SSA
985 variable and the operation that produces it. Because of this, any reference to
986 the value produced by an instruction (or the value available as an incoming
987 argument, for example) is represented as a direct pointer to the instance of
989 represents this value. Although this may take some getting used to, it
990 simplifies the representation and makes it easier to manipulate.</p>
994 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
995 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
996 <a name="m_Value">Important Public Members of the <tt>Value</tt> class</a>
999 <div class="doc_text">
1002 <li><tt>Value::use_iterator</tt> - Typedef for iterator over the
1004 <tt>Value::use_const_iterator</tt> - Typedef for const_iterator over
1006 <tt>unsigned use_size()</tt> - Returns the number of users of the
1008 <tt>bool use_empty()</tt> - Returns true if there are no users.<br>
1009 <tt>use_iterator use_begin()</tt> - Get an iterator to the start of
1011 <tt>use_iterator use_end()</tt> - Get an iterator to the end of the
1013 <tt><a href="#User">User</a> *use_back()</tt> - Returns the last
1014 element in the list.
1015 <p> These methods are the interface to access the def-use
1016 information in LLVM. As with all other iterators in LLVM, the naming
1017 conventions follow the conventions defined by the <a href="#stl">STL</a>.</p>
1019 <li><tt><a href="#Type">Type</a> *getType() const</tt>
1020 <p>This method returns the Type of the Value.</p>
1022 <li><tt>bool hasName() const</tt><br>
1023 <tt>std::string getName() const</tt><br>
1024 <tt>void setName(const std::string &Name)</tt>
1025 <p> This family of methods is used to access and assign a name to a <tt>Value</tt>,
1026 be aware of the <a href="#nameWarning">precaution above</a>.</p>
1028 <li><tt>void replaceAllUsesWith(Value *V)</tt>
1030 <p>This method traverses the use list of a <tt>Value</tt> changing all <a
1031 href="#User"><tt>User</tt>s</a> of the current value to refer to
1032 "<tt>V</tt>" instead. For example, if you detect that an instruction always
1033 produces a constant value (for example through constant folding), you can
1034 replace all uses of the instruction with the constant like this:</p>
1036 <pre> Inst->replaceAllUsesWith(ConstVal);<br></pre>
1041 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1042 <div class="doc_subsection">
1043 <a name="User">The <tt>User</tt> class</a>
1046 <div class="doc_text">
1049 <tt>#include "<a href="/doxygen/User_8h-source.html">llvm/User.h</a>"</tt><br>
1050 doxygen info: <a href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1User.html">User Class</a><br>
1051 Superclass: <a href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a></p>
1053 <p>The <tt>User</tt> class is the common base class of all LLVM nodes that may
1054 refer to <a href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a>s. It exposes a list of "Operands"
1055 that are all of the <a href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a>s that the User is
1056 referring to. The <tt>User</tt> class itself is a subclass of
1059 <p>The operands of a <tt>User</tt> point directly to the LLVM <a
1060 href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a> that it refers to. Because LLVM uses Static
1061 Single Assignment (SSA) form, there can only be one definition referred to,
1062 allowing this direct connection. This connection provides the use-def
1063 information in LLVM.</p>
1067 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
1068 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
1069 <a name="m_User">Important Public Members of the <tt>User</tt> class</a>
1072 <div class="doc_text">
1074 <p>The <tt>User</tt> class exposes the operand list in two ways: through
1075 an index access interface and through an iterator based interface.</p>
1078 <li><tt>Value *getOperand(unsigned i)</tt><br>
1079 <tt>unsigned getNumOperands()</tt>
1080 <p> These two methods expose the operands of the <tt>User</tt> in a
1081 convenient form for direct access.</p></li>
1083 <li><tt>User::op_iterator</tt> - Typedef for iterator over the operand
1085 <tt>User::op_const_iterator</tt> <tt>use_iterator op_begin()</tt> -
1086 Get an iterator to the start of the operand list.<br>
1087 <tt>use_iterator op_end()</tt> - Get an iterator to the end of the
1089 <p> Together, these methods make up the iterator based interface to
1090 the operands of a <tt>User</tt>.</p></li>
1095 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1096 <div class="doc_subsection">
1097 <a name="Instruction">The <tt>Instruction</tt> class</a>
1100 <div class="doc_text">
1102 <p><tt>#include "</tt><tt><a
1103 href="/doxygen/Instruction_8h-source.html">llvm/Instruction.h</a>"</tt><br>
1104 doxygen info: <a href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1Instruction.html">Instruction Class</a><br>
1105 Superclasses: <a href="#User"><tt>User</tt></a>, <a
1106 href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a></p>
1108 <p>The <tt>Instruction</tt> class is the common base class for all LLVM
1109 instructions. It provides only a few methods, but is a very commonly used
1110 class. The primary data tracked by the <tt>Instruction</tt> class itself is the
1111 opcode (instruction type) and the parent <a
1112 href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a> the <tt>Instruction</tt> is embedded
1113 into. To represent a specific type of instruction, one of many subclasses of
1114 <tt>Instruction</tt> are used.</p>
1116 <p> Because the <tt>Instruction</tt> class subclasses the <a
1117 href="#User"><tt>User</tt></a> class, its operands can be accessed in the same
1118 way as for other <a href="#User"><tt>User</tt></a>s (with the
1119 <tt>getOperand()</tt>/<tt>getNumOperands()</tt> and
1120 <tt>op_begin()</tt>/<tt>op_end()</tt> methods).</p> <p> An important file for
1121 the <tt>Instruction</tt> class is the <tt>llvm/Instruction.def</tt> file. This
1122 file contains some meta-data about the various different types of instructions
1123 in LLVM. It describes the enum values that are used as opcodes (for example
1124 <tt>Instruction::Add</tt> and <tt>Instruction::SetLE</tt>), as well as the
1125 concrete sub-classes of <tt>Instruction</tt> that implement the instruction (for
1126 example <tt><a href="#BinaryOperator">BinaryOperator</a></tt> and <tt><a
1127 href="#SetCondInst">SetCondInst</a></tt>). Unfortunately, the use of macros in
1128 this file confuses doxygen, so these enum values don't show up correctly in the
1129 <a href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1Instruction.html">doxygen output</a>.</p>
1133 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
1134 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
1135 <a name="m_Instruction">Important Public Members of the <tt>Instruction</tt>
1139 <div class="doc_text">
1142 <li><tt><a href="#BasicBlock">BasicBlock</a> *getParent()</tt>
1143 <p>Returns the <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a> that
1144 this <tt>Instruction</tt> is embedded into.</p></li>
1145 <li><tt>bool mayWriteToMemory()</tt>
1146 <p>Returns true if the instruction writes to memory, i.e. it is a
1147 <tt>call</tt>,<tt>free</tt>,<tt>invoke</tt>, or <tt>store</tt>.</p></li>
1148 <li><tt>unsigned getOpcode()</tt>
1149 <p>Returns the opcode for the <tt>Instruction</tt>.</p></li>
1150 <li><tt><a href="#Instruction">Instruction</a> *clone() const</tt>
1151 <p>Returns another instance of the specified instruction, identical
1152 in all ways to the original except that the instruction has no parent
1153 (ie it's not embedded into a <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>),
1154 and it has no name</p></li>
1159 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1160 <div class="doc_subsection">
1161 <a name="BasicBlock">The <tt>BasicBlock</tt> class</a>
1164 <div class="doc_text">
1167 href="/doxygen/BasicBlock_8h-source.html">llvm/BasicBlock.h</a>"</tt><br>
1168 doxygen info: <a href="/doxygen/structllvm_1_1BasicBlock.html">BasicBlock
1170 Superclass: <a href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a></p>
1172 <p>This class represents a single entry multiple exit section of the code,
1173 commonly known as a basic block by the compiler community. The
1174 <tt>BasicBlock</tt> class maintains a list of <a
1175 href="#Instruction"><tt>Instruction</tt></a>s, which form the body of the block.
1176 Matching the language definition, the last element of this list of instructions
1177 is always a terminator instruction (a subclass of the <a
1178 href="#TerminatorInst"><tt>TerminatorInst</tt></a> class).</p>
1180 <p>In addition to tracking the list of instructions that make up the block, the
1181 <tt>BasicBlock</tt> class also keeps track of the <a
1182 href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a> that it is embedded into.</p>
1184 <p>Note that <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s themselves are <a
1185 href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a>s, because they are referenced by instructions
1186 like branches and can go in the switch tables. <tt>BasicBlock</tt>s have type
1191 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
1192 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
1193 <a name="m_BasicBlock">Important Public Members of the <tt>BasicBlock</tt>
1197 <div class="doc_text">
1200 <li><tt>BasicBlock(const std::string &Name = "", </tt><tt><a
1201 href="#Function">Function</a> *Parent = 0)</tt>
1202 <p>The <tt>BasicBlock</tt> constructor is used to create new basic
1203 blocks for insertion into a function. The constructor optionally takes
1204 a name for the new block, and a <a href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>
1205 to insert it into. If the <tt>Parent</tt> parameter is specified, the
1206 new <tt>BasicBlock</tt> is automatically inserted at the end of the
1207 specified <a href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>, if not specified,
1208 the BasicBlock must be manually inserted into the <a href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>.</p>
1210 <li><tt>BasicBlock::iterator</tt> - Typedef for instruction list
1212 <tt>BasicBlock::const_iterator</tt> - Typedef for const_iterator.<br>
1213 <tt>begin()</tt>, <tt>end()</tt>, <tt>front()</tt>, <tt>back()</tt>,<tt>size()</tt>,<tt>empty()</tt>,<tt>rbegin()</tt>,<tt>rend()
1214 - </tt>STL style functions for accessing the instruction list.
1215 <p> These methods and typedefs are forwarding functions that have
1216 the same semantics as the standard library methods of the same names.
1217 These methods expose the underlying instruction list of a basic block in
1218 a way that is easy to manipulate. To get the full complement of
1219 container operations (including operations to update the list), you must
1220 use the <tt>getInstList()</tt> method.</p></li>
1221 <li><tt>BasicBlock::InstListType &getInstList()</tt>
1222 <p> This method is used to get access to the underlying container
1223 that actually holds the Instructions. This method must be used when
1224 there isn't a forwarding function in the <tt>BasicBlock</tt> class for
1225 the operation that you would like to perform. Because there are no
1226 forwarding functions for "updating" operations, you need to use this if
1227 you want to update the contents of a <tt>BasicBlock</tt>.</p></li>
1228 <li><tt><a href="#Function">Function</a> *getParent()</tt>
1229 <p> Returns a pointer to <a href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>
1230 the block is embedded into, or a null pointer if it is homeless.</p></li>
1231 <li><tt><a href="#TerminatorInst">TerminatorInst</a> *getTerminator()</tt>
1232 <p> Returns a pointer to the terminator instruction that appears at
1233 the end of the <tt>BasicBlock</tt>. If there is no terminator
1234 instruction, or if the last instruction in the block is not a
1235 terminator, then a null pointer is returned.</p></li>
1240 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1241 <div class="doc_subsection">
1242 <a name="GlobalValue">The <tt>GlobalValue</tt> class</a>
1245 <div class="doc_text">
1248 href="/doxygen/GlobalValue_8h-source.html">llvm/GlobalValue.h</a>"</tt><br>
1249 doxygen info: <a href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1GlobalValue.html">GlobalValue
1251 Superclasses: <a href="#User"><tt>User</tt></a>, <a
1252 href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a></p>
1254 <p>Global values (<a href="#GlobalVariable"><tt>GlobalVariable</tt></a>s or <a
1255 href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>s) are the only LLVM values that are
1256 visible in the bodies of all <a href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>s.
1257 Because they are visible at global scope, they are also subject to linking with
1258 other globals defined in different translation units. To control the linking
1259 process, <tt>GlobalValue</tt>s know their linkage rules. Specifically,
1260 <tt>GlobalValue</tt>s know whether they have internal or external linkage, as
1261 defined by the <tt>LinkageTypes</tt> enumerator.</p>
1263 <p>If a <tt>GlobalValue</tt> has internal linkage (equivalent to being
1264 <tt>static</tt> in C), it is not visible to code outside the current translation
1265 unit, and does not participate in linking. If it has external linkage, it is
1266 visible to external code, and does participate in linking. In addition to
1267 linkage information, <tt>GlobalValue</tt>s keep track of which <a
1268 href="#Module"><tt>Module</tt></a> they are currently part of.</p>
1270 <p>Because <tt>GlobalValue</tt>s are memory objects, they are always referred to
1271 by their <b>address</b>. As such, the <a href="#Type"><tt>Type</tt></a> of a
1272 global is always a pointer to its contents. It is important to remember this
1273 when using the <tt>GetElementPtrInst</tt> instruction because this pointer must
1274 be dereferenced first. For example, if you have a <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> (a
1275 subclass of <tt>GlobalValue)</tt> that is an array of 24 ints, type <tt>[24 x
1276 int]</tt>, then the <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> is a pointer to that array. Although
1277 the address of the first element of this array and the value of the
1278 <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> are the same, they have different types. The
1279 <tt>GlobalVariable</tt>'s type is <tt>[24 x int]</tt>. The first element's type
1280 is <tt>int.</tt> Because of this, accessing a global value requires you to
1281 dereference the pointer with <tt>GetElementPtrInst</tt> first, then its elements
1282 can be accessed. This is explained in the <a href="LangRef.html#globalvars">LLVM
1283 Language Reference Manual</a>.</p>
1287 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
1288 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
1289 <a name="m_GlobalValue">Important Public Members of the <tt>GlobalValue</tt>
1293 <div class="doc_text">
1296 <li><tt>bool hasInternalLinkage() const</tt><br>
1297 <tt>bool hasExternalLinkage() const</tt><br>
1298 <tt>void setInternalLinkage(bool HasInternalLinkage)</tt>
1299 <p> These methods manipulate the linkage characteristics of the <tt>GlobalValue</tt>.</p>
1302 <li><tt><a href="#Module">Module</a> *getParent()</tt>
1303 <p> This returns the <a href="#Module"><tt>Module</tt></a> that the
1304 GlobalValue is currently embedded into.</p></li>
1309 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1310 <div class="doc_subsection">
1311 <a name="Function">The <tt>Function</tt> class</a>
1314 <div class="doc_text">
1317 href="/doxygen/Function_8h-source.html">llvm/Function.h</a>"</tt><br> doxygen
1318 info: <a href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1Function.html">Function Class</a><br>
1319 Superclasses: <a href="#GlobalValue"><tt>GlobalValue</tt></a>, <a
1320 href="#User"><tt>User</tt></a>, <a href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a></p>
1322 <p>The <tt>Function</tt> class represents a single procedure in LLVM. It is
1323 actually one of the more complex classes in the LLVM heirarchy because it must
1324 keep track of a large amount of data. The <tt>Function</tt> class keeps track
1325 of a list of <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>s, a list of formal <a
1326 href="#Argument"><tt>Argument</tt></a>s, and a <a
1327 href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a>.</p>
1329 <p>The list of <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>s is the most
1330 commonly used part of <tt>Function</tt> objects. The list imposes an implicit
1331 ordering of the blocks in the function, which indicate how the code will be
1332 layed out by the backend. Additionally, the first <a
1333 href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a> is the implicit entry node for the
1334 <tt>Function</tt>. It is not legal in LLVM to explicitly branch to this initial
1335 block. There are no implicit exit nodes, and in fact there may be multiple exit
1336 nodes from a single <tt>Function</tt>. If the <a
1337 href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a> list is empty, this indicates that
1338 the <tt>Function</tt> is actually a function declaration: the actual body of the
1339 function hasn't been linked in yet.</p>
1341 <p>In addition to a list of <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>s, the
1342 <tt>Function</tt> class also keeps track of the list of formal <a
1343 href="#Argument"><tt>Argument</tt></a>s that the function receives. This
1344 container manages the lifetime of the <a href="#Argument"><tt>Argument</tt></a>
1345 nodes, just like the <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a> list does for
1346 the <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>s.</p>
1348 <p>The <a href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a> is a very rarely used
1349 LLVM feature that is only used when you have to look up a value by name. Aside
1350 from that, the <a href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a> is used
1351 internally to make sure that there are not conflicts between the names of <a
1352 href="#Instruction"><tt>Instruction</tt></a>s, <a
1353 href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>s, or <a
1354 href="#Argument"><tt>Argument</tt></a>s in the function body.</p>
1358 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
1359 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
1360 <a name="m_Function">Important Public Members of the <tt>Function</tt>
1364 <div class="doc_text">
1367 <li><tt>Function(const </tt><tt><a href="#FunctionType">FunctionType</a>
1368 *Ty, bool isInternal, const std::string &N = "", Module* Parent = 0)</tt>
1370 <p>Constructor used when you need to create new <tt>Function</tt>s to add
1371 the the program. The constructor must specify the type of the function to
1372 create and whether or not it should start out with internal or external
1373 linkage. The <a href="#FunctionType"><tt>FunctionType</tt></a> argument
1374 specifies the formal arguments and return value for the function. The same
1375 <a href="#FunctionTypel"><tt>FunctionType</tt></a> value can be used to
1376 create multiple functions. The <tt>Parent</tt> argument specifies the Module
1377 in which the function is defined. If this argument is provided, the function
1378 will automatically be inserted into that module's list of
1381 <li><tt>bool isExternal()</tt>
1383 <p>Return whether or not the <tt>Function</tt> has a body defined. If the
1384 function is "external", it does not have a body, and thus must be resolved
1385 by linking with a function defined in a different translation unit.</p></li>
1387 <li><tt>Function::iterator</tt> - Typedef for basic block list iterator<br>
1388 <tt>Function::const_iterator</tt> - Typedef for const_iterator.<br>
1390 <tt>begin()</tt>, <tt>end()</tt>, <tt>front()</tt>, <tt>back()</tt>,
1391 <tt>size()</tt>, <tt>empty()</tt>, <tt>rbegin()</tt>, <tt>rend()</tt>
1393 <p>These are forwarding methods that make it easy to access the contents of
1394 a <tt>Function</tt> object's <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>
1397 <li><tt>Function::BasicBlockListType &getBasicBlockList()</tt>
1399 <p>Returns the list of <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>s. This
1400 is necessary to use when you need to update the list or perform a complex
1401 action that doesn't have a forwarding method.</p></li>
1403 <li><tt>Function::aiterator</tt> - Typedef for the argument list
1405 <tt>Function::const_aiterator</tt> - Typedef for const_iterator.<br>
1407 <tt>abegin()</tt>, <tt>aend()</tt>, <tt>afront()</tt>, <tt>aback()</tt>,
1408 <tt>asize()</tt>, <tt>aempty()</tt>, <tt>arbegin()</tt>, <tt>arend()</tt>
1410 <p>These are forwarding methods that make it easy to access the contents of
1411 a <tt>Function</tt> object's <a href="#Argument"><tt>Argument</tt></a>
1414 <li><tt>Function::ArgumentListType &getArgumentList()</tt>
1416 <p>Returns the list of <a href="#Argument"><tt>Argument</tt></a>s. This is
1417 necessary to use when you need to update the list or perform a complex
1418 action that doesn't have a forwarding method.</p></li>
1420 <li><tt><a href="#BasicBlock">BasicBlock</a> &getEntryBlock()</tt>
1422 <p>Returns the entry <a href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a> for the
1423 function. Because the entry block for the function is always the first
1424 block, this returns the first block of the <tt>Function</tt>.</p></li>
1426 <li><tt><a href="#Type">Type</a> *getReturnType()</tt><br>
1427 <tt><a href="#FunctionType">FunctionType</a> *getFunctionType()</tt>
1429 <p>This traverses the <a href="#Type"><tt>Type</tt></a> of the
1430 <tt>Function</tt> and returns the return type of the function, or the <a
1431 href="#FunctionType"><tt>FunctionType</tt></a> of the actual
1434 <li><tt><a href="#SymbolTable">SymbolTable</a> *getSymbolTable()</tt>
1436 <p> Return a pointer to the <a href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a>
1437 for this <tt>Function</tt>.</p></li>
1442 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1443 <div class="doc_subsection">
1444 <a name="GlobalVariable">The <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> class</a>
1447 <div class="doc_text">
1450 href="/doxygen/GlobalVariable_8h-source.html">llvm/GlobalVariable.h</a>"</tt>
1452 doxygen info: <a href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1GlobalVariable.html">GlobalVariable
1453 Class</a><br> Superclasses: <a href="#GlobalValue"><tt>GlobalValue</tt></a>, <a
1454 href="#User"><tt>User</tt></a>, <a href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a></p>
1456 <p>Global variables are represented with the (suprise suprise)
1457 <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> class. Like functions, <tt>GlobalVariable</tt>s are also
1458 subclasses of <a href="#GlobalValue"><tt>GlobalValue</tt></a>, and as such are
1459 always referenced by their address (global values must live in memory, so their
1460 "name" refers to their address). See <a
1461 href="#GlobalValue"><tt>GlobalValue</tt></a> for more on this. Global variables
1462 may have an initial value (which must be a <a
1463 href="#Constant"><tt>Constant</tt></a>), and if they have an initializer, they
1464 may be marked as "constant" themselves (indicating that their contents never
1465 change at runtime).</p>
1469 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
1470 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
1471 <a name="m_GlobalVariable">Important Public Members of the
1472 <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> class</a>
1475 <div class="doc_text">
1478 <li><tt>GlobalVariable(const </tt><tt><a href="#Type">Type</a> *Ty, bool
1479 isConstant, LinkageTypes& Linkage, <a href="#Constant">Constant</a>
1480 *Initializer = 0, const std::string &Name = "", Module* Parent = 0)</tt>
1482 <p>Create a new global variable of the specified type. If
1483 <tt>isConstant</tt> is true then the global variable will be marked as
1484 unchanging for the program. The Linkage parameter specifies the type of
1485 linkage (internal, external, weak, linkonce, appending) for the variable. If
1486 the linkage is InternalLinkage, WeakLinkage, or LinkOnceLinkage, then
1487 the resultant global variable will have internal linkage. AppendingLinkage
1488 concatenates together all instances (in different translation units) of the
1489 variable into a single variable but is only applicable to arrays. See
1490 the <a href="LangRef.html#modulestructure">LLVM Language Reference</a> for
1491 further details on linkage types. Optionally an initializer, a name, and the
1492 module to put the variable into may be specified for the global variable as
1495 <li><tt>bool isConstant() const</tt>
1497 <p>Returns true if this is a global variable that is known not to
1498 be modified at runtime.</p></li>
1500 <li><tt>bool hasInitializer()</tt>
1502 <p>Returns true if this <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> has an intializer.</p></li>
1504 <li><tt><a href="#Constant">Constant</a> *getInitializer()</tt>
1506 <p>Returns the intial value for a <tt>GlobalVariable</tt>. It is not legal
1507 to call this method if there is no initializer.</p></li>
1512 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1513 <div class="doc_subsection">
1514 <a name="Module">The <tt>Module</tt> class</a>
1517 <div class="doc_text">
1520 href="/doxygen/Module_8h-source.html">llvm/Module.h</a>"</tt><br> doxygen info:
1521 <a href="/doxygen/classllvm_1_1Module.html">Module Class</a></p>
1523 <p>The <tt>Module</tt> class represents the top level structure present in LLVM
1524 programs. An LLVM module is effectively either a translation unit of the
1525 original program or a combination of several translation units merged by the
1526 linker. The <tt>Module</tt> class keeps track of a list of <a
1527 href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>s, a list of <a
1528 href="#GlobalVariable"><tt>GlobalVariable</tt></a>s, and a <a
1529 href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a>. Additionally, it contains a few
1530 helpful member functions that try to make common operations easy.</p>
1534 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
1535 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
1536 <a name="m_Module">Important Public Members of the <tt>Module</tt> class</a>
1539 <div class="doc_text">
1542 <li><tt>Module::Module(std::string name = "")</tt></li>
1545 <p>Constructing a <a href="#Module">Module</a> is easy. You can optionally
1546 provide a name for it (probably based on the name of the translation unit).</p>
1549 <li><tt>Module::iterator</tt> - Typedef for function list iterator<br>
1550 <tt>Module::const_iterator</tt> - Typedef for const_iterator.<br>
1552 <tt>begin()</tt>, <tt>end()</tt>, <tt>front()</tt>, <tt>back()</tt>,
1553 <tt>size()</tt>, <tt>empty()</tt>, <tt>rbegin()</tt>, <tt>rend()</tt>
1555 <p>These are forwarding methods that make it easy to access the contents of
1556 a <tt>Module</tt> object's <a href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>
1559 <li><tt>Module::FunctionListType &getFunctionList()</tt>
1561 <p> Returns the list of <a href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a>s. This is
1562 necessary to use when you need to update the list or perform a complex
1563 action that doesn't have a forwarding method.</p>
1565 <p><!-- Global Variable --></p></li>
1571 <li><tt>Module::giterator</tt> - Typedef for global variable list iterator<br>
1573 <tt>Module::const_giterator</tt> - Typedef for const_iterator.<br>
1575 <tt>gbegin()</tt>, <tt>gend()</tt>, <tt>gfront()</tt>, <tt>gback()</tt>,
1576 <tt>gsize()</tt>, <tt>gempty()</tt>, <tt>grbegin()</tt>, <tt>grend()</tt>
1578 <p> These are forwarding methods that make it easy to access the contents of
1579 a <tt>Module</tt> object's <a
1580 href="#GlobalVariable"><tt>GlobalVariable</tt></a> list.</p></li>
1582 <li><tt>Module::GlobalListType &getGlobalList()</tt>
1584 <p>Returns the list of <a
1585 href="#GlobalVariable"><tt>GlobalVariable</tt></a>s. This is necessary to
1586 use when you need to update the list or perform a complex action that
1587 doesn't have a forwarding method.</p>
1589 <p><!-- Symbol table stuff --> </p></li>
1595 <li><tt><a href="#SymbolTable">SymbolTable</a> *getSymbolTable()</tt>
1597 <p>Return a reference to the <a href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a>
1598 for this <tt>Module</tt>.</p>
1600 <p><!-- Convenience methods --></p></li>
1606 <li><tt><a href="#Function">Function</a> *getFunction(const std::string
1607 &Name, const <a href="#FunctionType">FunctionType</a> *Ty)</tt>
1609 <p>Look up the specified function in the <tt>Module</tt> <a
1610 href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a>. If it does not exist, return
1611 <tt>null</tt>.</p></li>
1613 <li><tt><a href="#Function">Function</a> *getOrInsertFunction(const
1614 std::string &Name, const <a href="#FunctionType">FunctionType</a> *T)</tt>
1616 <p>Look up the specified function in the <tt>Module</tt> <a
1617 href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a>. If it does not exist, add an
1618 external declaration for the function and return it.</p></li>
1620 <li><tt>std::string getTypeName(const <a href="#Type">Type</a> *Ty)</tt>
1622 <p>If there is at least one entry in the <a
1623 href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a> for the specified <a
1624 href="#Type"><tt>Type</tt></a>, return it. Otherwise return the empty
1627 <li><tt>bool addTypeName(const std::string &Name, const <a
1628 href="#Type">Type</a> *Ty)</tt>
1630 <p>Insert an entry in the <a href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a>
1631 mapping <tt>Name</tt> to <tt>Ty</tt>. If there is already an entry for this
1632 name, true is returned and the <a
1633 href="#SymbolTable"><tt>SymbolTable</tt></a> is not modified.</p></li>
1638 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1639 <div class="doc_subsection">
1640 <a name="Constant">The <tt>Constant</tt> class and subclasses</a>
1643 <div class="doc_text">
1645 <p>Constant represents a base class for different types of constants. It
1646 is subclassed by ConstantBool, ConstantInt, ConstantSInt, ConstantUInt,
1647 ConstantArray etc for representing the various types of Constants.</p>
1651 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
1652 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
1653 <a name="m_Value">Important Public Methods</a>
1656 <div class="doc_text">
1659 <li><tt>bool isConstantExpr()</tt>: Returns true if it is a
1661 <hr> Important Subclasses of Constant
1664 <li>ConstantSInt : This subclass of Constant represents a signed
1667 <li><tt>int64_t getValue() const</tt>: Returns the underlying value of
1668 this constant. </li>
1671 <li>ConstantUInt : This class represents an unsigned integer.
1673 <li><tt>uint64_t getValue() const</tt>: Returns the underlying value
1674 of this constant. </li>
1677 <li>ConstantFP : This class represents a floating point constant.
1679 <li><tt>double getValue() const</tt>: Returns the underlying value of
1680 this constant. </li>
1683 <li>ConstantBool : This represents a boolean constant.
1685 <li><tt>bool getValue() const</tt>: Returns the underlying value of
1686 this constant. </li>
1689 <li>ConstantArray : This represents a constant array.
1691 <li><tt>const std::vector<Use> &getValues() const</tt>:
1692 Returns a Vecotr of component constants that makeup this array. </li>
1695 <li>ConstantStruct : This represents a constant struct.
1697 <li><tt>const std::vector<Use> &getValues() const</tt>:
1698 Returns a Vecotr of component constants that makeup this array. </li>
1701 <li>ConstantPointerRef : This represents a constant pointer value
1702 that is initialized to point to a global value, which lies at a
1703 constant fixed address.
1705 <li><tt>GlobalValue *getValue()</tt>: Returns the global
1706 value to which this pointer is pointing to. </li>
1715 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1716 <div class="doc_subsection">
1717 <a name="Type">The <tt>Type</tt> class and Derived Types</a>
1720 <div class="doc_text">
1722 <p>Type as noted earlier is also a subclass of a Value class. Any primitive
1723 type (like int, short etc) in LLVM is an instance of Type Class. All other
1724 types are instances of subclasses of type like FunctionType, ArrayType
1725 etc. DerivedType is the interface for all such dervied types including
1726 FunctionType, ArrayType, PointerType, StructType. Types can have names. They can
1727 be recursive (StructType). There exists exactly one instance of any type
1728 structure at a time. This allows using pointer equality of Type *s for comparing
1733 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
1734 <div class="doc_subsubsection">
1735 <a name="m_Value">Important Public Methods</a>
1738 <div class="doc_text">
1742 <li><tt>bool isSigned() const</tt>: Returns whether an integral numeric type
1743 is signed. This is true for SByteTy, ShortTy, IntTy, LongTy. Note that this is
1744 not true for Float and Double. </li>
1746 <li><tt>bool isUnsigned() const</tt>: Returns whether a numeric type is
1747 unsigned. This is not quite the complement of isSigned... nonnumeric types
1748 return false as they do with isSigned. This returns true for UByteTy,
1749 UShortTy, UIntTy, and ULongTy. </li>
1751 <li><tt>bool isInteger() const</tt>: Equilivent to isSigned() || isUnsigned(),
1752 but with only a single virtual function invocation.</li>
1754 <li><tt>bool isIntegral() const</tt>: Returns true if this is an integral
1755 type, which is either Bool type or one of the Integer types.</li>
1757 <li><tt>bool isFloatingPoint()</tt>: Return true if this is one of the two
1758 floating point types.</li>
1760 <li><tt>isLosslesslyConvertableTo (const Type *Ty) const</tt>: Return true if
1761 this type can be converted to 'Ty' without any reinterpretation of bits. For
1762 example, uint to int or one pointer type to another.</li>
1765 <p>Derived Types</p>
1768 <li>SequentialType : This is subclassed by ArrayType and PointerType
1770 <li><tt>const Type * getElementType() const</tt>: Returns the type of
1771 each of the elements in the sequential type. </li>
1774 <li>ArrayType : This is a subclass of SequentialType and defines
1775 interface for array types.
1777 <li><tt>unsigned getNumElements() const</tt>: Returns the number of
1778 elements in the array. </li>
1781 <li>PointerType : Subclass of SequentialType for pointer types. </li>
1782 <li>StructType : subclass of DerivedTypes for struct types </li>
1783 <li>FunctionType : subclass of DerivedTypes for function types.
1785 <li><tt>bool isVarArg() const</tt>: Returns true if its a vararg
1787 <li><tt> const Type * getReturnType() const</tt>: Returns the
1788 return type of the function.</li>
1789 <li><tt>const Type * getParamType (unsigned i)</tt>: Returns
1790 the type of the ith parameter.</li>
1791 <li><tt> const unsigned getNumParams() const</tt>: Returns the
1792 number of formal parameters.</li>
1801 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1802 <div class="doc_subsection">
1803 <a name="Argument">The <tt>Argument</tt> class</a>
1806 <div class="doc_text">
1808 <p>This subclass of Value defines the interface for incoming formal
1809 arguments to a function. A Function maitanis a list of its formal
1810 arguments. An argument has a pointer to the parent Function.</p>
1814 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
1815 <div class="doc_subsection">
1816 <a name="SymbolTable">The <tt>SymbolTable</tt> class</a>
1818 <div class="doc_text">
1819 <p>This class provides a symbol table that the
1820 <a href="#Function"><tt>Function</tt></a> and <a href="#Module">
1821 <tt>Module</tt></a> classes use for naming definitions. The symbol table can
1822 provide a name for any <a href="#Value"><tt>Value</tt></a> or
1823 <a href="#Type"><tt>Type</tt></a>. <tt>SymbolTable</tt> is an abstract data
1824 type. It hides the data it contains and provides access to it through a
1825 controlled interface.</p>
1827 <p>To use the <tt>SymbolTable</tt> well, you need to understand the
1828 structure of the information it holds. The class contains two
1829 <tt>std::map</tt> objects. The first, <tt>pmap</tt>, is a map of
1830 <tt>Type*</tt> to maps of name (<tt>std::string</tt>) to <tt>Value*</tt>.
1831 The second, <tt>tmap</tt>, is a map of names to <tt>Type*</tt>. Thus, Values
1832 are stored in two-dimensions and accessed by <tt>Type</tt> and name. Types,
1833 however, are stored in a single dimension and accessed only by name.</p>
1835 <p>The interface of this class provides three basic types of operations:
1837 <li><em>Accessors</em>. Accessors provide read-only access to information
1838 such as finding a value for a name with the
1839 <a href="#SymbolTable_lookup">lookup</a> method.</li>
1840 <li><em>Mutators</em>. Mutators allow the user to add information to the
1841 <tt>SymbolTable</tt> with methods like
1842 <a href="#SymbolTable_insert"><tt>insert</tt></a>.</li>
1843 <li><em>Iterators</em>. Iterators allow the user to traverse the content
1844 of the symbol table in well defined ways, such as the method
1845 <a href="#SymbolTable_type_begin"><tt>type_begin</tt></a>.</li>
1850 <dt><tt>Value* lookup(const Type* Ty, const std::string& name) const</tt>:
1852 <dd>The <tt>lookup</tt> method searches the type plane given by the
1853 <tt>Ty</tt> parameter for a <tt>Value</tt> with the provided <tt>name</tt>.
1854 If a suitable <tt>Value</tt> is not found, null is returned.</dd>
1856 <dt><tt>Type* lookupType( const std::string& name) const</tt>:</dt>
1857 <dd>The <tt>lookupType</tt> method searches through the types for a
1858 <tt>Type</tt> with the provided <tt>name</tt>. If a suitable <tt>Type</tt>
1859 is not found, null is returned.</dd>
1861 <dt><tt>bool hasTypes() const</tt>:</dt>
1862 <dd>This function returns true if an entry has been made into the type
1865 <dt><tt>bool isEmpty() const</tt>:</dt>
1866 <dd>This function returns true if both the value and types maps are
1869 <dt><tt>std::string get_name(const Value*) const</tt>:</dt>
1870 <dd>This function returns the name of the Value provided or the empty
1871 string if the Value is not in the symbol table.</dd>
1873 <dt><tt>std::string get_name(const Type*) const</tt>:</dt>
1874 <dd>This function returns the name of the Type provided or the empty
1875 string if the Type is not in the symbol table.</dd>
1880 <dt><tt>void insert(Value *Val)</tt>:</dt>
1881 <dd>This method adds the provided value to the symbol table. The Value must
1882 have both a name and a type which are extracted and used to place the value
1883 in the correct type plane under the value's name.</dd>
1885 <dt><tt>void insert(const std::string& Name, Value *Val)</tt>:</dt>
1886 <dd> Inserts a constant or type into the symbol table with the specified
1887 name. There can be a many to one mapping between names and constants
1890 <dt><tt>void insert(const std::string& Name, Type *Typ)</tt>:</dt>
1891 <dd> Inserts a type into the symbol table with the specified name. There
1892 can be a many-to-one mapping between names and types. This method
1893 allows a type with an existing entry in the symbol table to get
1896 <dt><tt>void remove(Value* Val)</tt>:</dt>
1897 <dd> This method removes a named value from the symbol table. The
1898 type and name of the Value are extracted from \p N and used to
1899 lookup the Value in the correct type plane. If the Value is
1900 not in the symbol table, this method silently ignores the
1903 <dt><tt>void remove(Type* Typ)</tt>:</dt>
1904 <dd> This method removes a named type from the symbol table. The
1905 name of the type is extracted from \P T and used to look up
1906 the Type in the type map. If the Type is not in the symbol
1907 table, this method silently ignores the request.</dd>
1909 <dt><tt>Value* remove(const std::string& Name, Value *Val)</tt>:</dt>
1910 <dd> Remove a constant or type with the specified name from the
1913 <dt><tt>Type* remove(const std::string& Name, Type* T)</tt>:</dt>
1914 <dd> Remove a type with the specified name from the symbol table.
1915 Returns the removed Type.</dd>
1917 <dt><tt>Value *value_remove(const value_iterator& It)</tt>:</dt>
1918 <dd> Removes a specific value from the symbol table.
1919 Returns the removed value.</dd>
1921 <dt><tt>bool strip()</tt>:</dt>
1922 <dd> This method will strip the symbol table of its names leaving
1923 the type and values. </dd>
1925 <dt><tt>void clear()</tt>:</dt>
1926 <dd>Empty the symbol table completely.</dd>
1930 <p>The following functions describe three types of iterators you can obtain
1931 the beginning or end of the sequence for both const and non-const. It is
1932 important to keep track of the different kinds of iterators. There are
1933 three idioms worth pointing out:</p>
1934 <table class="doc_table">
1935 <tr><th>Units</th><th>Iterator</th><th>Idiom</th></tr>
1937 <td>Planes Of name/Value maps</td><td>PI</td>
1939 for (SymbolTable::plane_const_iterator PI = ST.plane_begin(),
1940 PE = ST.plane_end(); PI != PE; ++PI ) {
1941 PI->first // This is the Type* of the plane
1942 PI->second // This is the SymbolTable::ValueMap of name/Value pairs
1946 <td>All name/Type Pairs</td><td>TI</td>
1948 for (SymbolTable::type_const_iterator TI = ST.type_begin(),
1949 TE = ST.type_end(); TI != TE; ++TI )
1950 TI->first // This is the name of the type
1951 TI->second // This is the Type* value associated with the name
1955 <td>name/Value pairs in a plane</td><td>VI</td>
1957 for (SymbolTable::value_const_iterator VI = ST.value_begin(SomeType),
1958 VE = ST.value_end(SomeType); VI != VE; ++VI )
1959 VI->first // This is the name of the Value
1960 VI->second // This is the Value* value associated with the name
1964 <p>Using the recommended iterator names and idioms will help you avoid
1965 making mistakes. Of particular note, make sure that whenever you use
1966 value_begin(SomeType) that you always compare the resulting iterator
1967 with value_end(SomeType) not value_end(SomeOtherType) or else you
1968 will loop infinitely.</p>
1972 <dt><tt>plane_iterator plane_begin()</tt>:</dt>
1973 <dd>Get an iterator that starts at the beginning of the type planes.
1974 The iterator will iterate over the Type/ValueMap pairs in the
1977 <dt><tt>plane_const_iterator plane_begin() const</tt>:</dt>
1978 <dd>Get a const_iterator that starts at the beginning of the type
1979 planes. The iterator will iterate over the Type/ValueMap pairs
1980 in the type planes. </dd>
1982 <dt><tt>plane_iterator plane_end()</tt>:</dt>
1983 <dd>Get an iterator at the end of the type planes. This serves as
1984 the marker for end of iteration over the type planes.</dd>
1986 <dt><tt>plane_const_iterator plane_end() const</tt>:</dt>
1987 <dd>Get a const_iterator at the end of the type planes. This serves as
1988 the marker for end of iteration over the type planes.</dd>
1990 <dt><tt>value_iterator value_begin(const Type *Typ)</tt>:</dt>
1991 <dd>Get an iterator that starts at the beginning of a type plane.
1992 The iterator will iterate over the name/value pairs in the type plane.
1993 Note: The type plane must already exist before using this.</dd>
1995 <dt><tt>value_const_iterator value_begin(const Type *Typ) const</tt>:</dt>
1996 <dd>Get a const_iterator that starts at the beginning of a type plane.
1997 The iterator will iterate over the name/value pairs in the type plane.
1998 Note: The type plane must already exist before using this.</dd>
2000 <dt><tt>value_iterator value_end(const Type *Typ)</tt>:</dt>
2001 <dd>Get an iterator to the end of a type plane. This serves as the marker
2002 for end of iteration of the type plane.
2003 Note: The type plane must already exist before using this.</dd>
2005 <dt><tt>value_const_iterator value_end(const Type *Typ) const</tt>:</dt>
2006 <dd>Get a const_iterator to the end of a type plane. This serves as the
2007 marker for end of iteration of the type plane.
2008 Note: the type plane must already exist before using this.</dd>
2010 <dt><tt>type_iterator type_begin()</tt>:</dt>
2011 <dd>Get an iterator to the start of the name/Type map.</dd>
2013 <dt><tt>type_const_iterator type_begin() cons</tt>:</dt>
2014 <dd> Get a const_iterator to the start of the name/Type map.</dd>
2016 <dt><tt>type_iterator type_end()</tt>:</dt>
2017 <dd>Get an iterator to the end of the name/Type map. This serves as the
2018 marker for end of iteration of the types.</dd>
2020 <dt><tt>type_const_iterator type_end() const</tt>:</dt>
2021 <dd>Get a const-iterator to the end of the name/Type map. This serves
2022 as the marker for end of iteration of the types.</dd>
2024 <dt><tt>plane_const_iterator find(const Type* Typ ) const</tt>:</dt>
2025 <dd>This method returns a plane_const_iterator for iteration over
2026 the type planes starting at a specific plane, given by \p Ty.</dd>
2028 <dt><tt>plane_iterator find( const Type* Typ </tt>:</dt>
2029 <dd>This method returns a plane_iterator for iteration over the
2030 type planes starting at a specific plane, given by \p Ty.</dd>
2032 <dt><tt>const ValueMap* findPlane( const Type* Typ ) cons</tt>:</dt>
2033 <dd>This method returns a ValueMap* for a specific type plane. This
2034 interface is deprecated and may go away in the future.</dd>
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