1 //===-- llvm/GlobalValue.h - Class to represent a global value --*- C++ -*-===//
3 // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
10 // This file is a common base class of all globally definable objects. As such,
11 // it is subclassed by GlobalVariable, GlobalAlias and by Function. This is
12 // used because you can do certain things with these global objects that you
13 // can't do to anything else. For example, use the address of one as a
16 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
18 #ifndef LLVM_GLOBALVALUE_H
19 #define LLVM_GLOBALVALUE_H
21 #include "llvm/Constant.h"
28 class GlobalValue : public Constant {
29 GlobalValue(const GlobalValue &); // do not implement
31 /// @brief An enumeration for the kinds of linkage for global values.
33 ExternalLinkage = 0,///< Externally visible function
34 AvailableExternallyLinkage, ///< Available for inspection, not emission.
35 LinkOnceAnyLinkage, ///< Keep one copy of function when linking (inline)
36 LinkOnceODRLinkage, ///< Same, but only replaced by something equivalent.
37 WeakAnyLinkage, ///< Keep one copy of named function when linking (weak)
38 WeakODRLinkage, ///< Same, but only replaced by something equivalent.
39 AppendingLinkage, ///< Special purpose, only applies to global arrays
40 InternalLinkage, ///< Rename collisions when linking (static functions).
41 PrivateLinkage, ///< Like Internal, but omit from symbol table.
42 LinkerPrivateLinkage, ///< Like Private, but linker removes.
43 LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage, ///< Like LinkerPrivate, but weak.
44 DLLImportLinkage, ///< Function to be imported from DLL
45 DLLExportLinkage, ///< Function to be accessible from DLL.
46 ExternalWeakLinkage,///< ExternalWeak linkage description.
47 CommonLinkage ///< Tentative definitions.
50 /// @brief An enumeration for the kinds of visibility of global values.
51 enum VisibilityTypes {
52 DefaultVisibility = 0, ///< The GV is visible
53 HiddenVisibility, ///< The GV is hidden
54 ProtectedVisibility ///< The GV is protected
58 GlobalValue(const Type *ty, ValueTy vty, Use *Ops, unsigned NumOps,
59 LinkageTypes linkage, const Twine &Name)
60 : Constant(ty, vty, Ops, NumOps), Parent(0),
61 Linkage(linkage), Visibility(DefaultVisibility), Alignment(0) {
66 // Note: VC++ treats enums as signed, so an extra bit is required to prevent
67 // Linkage and Visibility from turning into negative values.
68 LinkageTypes Linkage : 5; // The linkage of this global
69 unsigned Visibility : 2; // The visibility style of this global
70 unsigned Alignment : 16; // Alignment of this symbol, must be power of two
71 std::string Section; // Section to emit this into, empty mean default
74 removeDeadConstantUsers(); // remove any dead constants using this.
77 unsigned getAlignment() const {
78 return (1u << Alignment) >> 1;
80 void setAlignment(unsigned Align);
82 VisibilityTypes getVisibility() const { return VisibilityTypes(Visibility); }
83 bool hasDefaultVisibility() const { return Visibility == DefaultVisibility; }
84 bool hasHiddenVisibility() const { return Visibility == HiddenVisibility; }
85 bool hasProtectedVisibility() const {
86 return Visibility == ProtectedVisibility;
88 void setVisibility(VisibilityTypes V) { Visibility = V; }
90 bool hasSection() const { return !Section.empty(); }
91 const std::string &getSection() const { return Section; }
92 void setSection(StringRef S) { Section = S; }
94 /// If the usage is empty (except transitively dead constants), then this
95 /// global value can be safely deleted since the destructor will
96 /// delete the dead constants as well.
97 /// @brief Determine if the usage of this global value is empty except
98 /// for transitively dead constants.
99 bool use_empty_except_constants();
101 /// getType - Global values are always pointers.
102 inline const PointerType *getType() const {
103 return reinterpret_cast<const PointerType*>(User::getType());
106 static LinkageTypes getLinkOnceLinkage(bool ODR) {
107 return ODR ? LinkOnceODRLinkage : LinkOnceAnyLinkage;
109 static LinkageTypes getWeakLinkage(bool ODR) {
110 return ODR ? WeakODRLinkage : WeakAnyLinkage;
113 static bool isExternalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
114 return Linkage == ExternalLinkage;
116 static bool isAvailableExternallyLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
117 return Linkage == AvailableExternallyLinkage;
119 static bool isLinkOnceLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
120 return Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage || Linkage == LinkOnceODRLinkage;
122 static bool isWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
123 return Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage || Linkage == WeakODRLinkage;
125 static bool isAppendingLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
126 return Linkage == AppendingLinkage;
128 static bool isInternalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
129 return Linkage == InternalLinkage;
131 static bool isPrivateLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
132 return Linkage == PrivateLinkage;
134 static bool isLinkerPrivateLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
135 return Linkage == LinkerPrivateLinkage;
137 static bool isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
138 return Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage;
140 static bool isLocalLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
141 return isInternalLinkage(Linkage) || isPrivateLinkage(Linkage) ||
142 isLinkerPrivateLinkage(Linkage) || isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(Linkage);
144 static bool isDLLImportLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
145 return Linkage == DLLImportLinkage;
147 static bool isDLLExportLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
148 return Linkage == DLLExportLinkage;
150 static bool isExternalWeakLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
151 return Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage;
153 static bool isCommonLinkage(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
154 return Linkage == CommonLinkage;
157 /// mayBeOverridden - Whether the definition of this global may be replaced
158 /// by something non-equivalent at link time. For example, if a function has
159 /// weak linkage then the code defining it may be replaced by different code.
160 static bool mayBeOverridden(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
161 return (Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage ||
162 Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
163 Linkage == CommonLinkage ||
164 Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage ||
165 Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage);
168 /// isWeakForLinker - Whether the definition of this global may be replaced at
170 static bool isWeakForLinker(LinkageTypes Linkage) {
171 return (Linkage == AvailableExternallyLinkage ||
172 Linkage == WeakAnyLinkage ||
173 Linkage == WeakODRLinkage ||
174 Linkage == LinkOnceAnyLinkage ||
175 Linkage == LinkOnceODRLinkage ||
176 Linkage == CommonLinkage ||
177 Linkage == ExternalWeakLinkage ||
178 Linkage == LinkerPrivateWeakLinkage);
181 bool hasExternalLinkage() const { return isExternalLinkage(Linkage); }
182 bool hasAvailableExternallyLinkage() const {
183 return isAvailableExternallyLinkage(Linkage);
185 bool hasLinkOnceLinkage() const {
186 return isLinkOnceLinkage(Linkage);
188 bool hasWeakLinkage() const {
189 return isWeakLinkage(Linkage);
191 bool hasAppendingLinkage() const { return isAppendingLinkage(Linkage); }
192 bool hasInternalLinkage() const { return isInternalLinkage(Linkage); }
193 bool hasPrivateLinkage() const { return isPrivateLinkage(Linkage); }
194 bool hasLinkerPrivateLinkage() const { return isLinkerPrivateLinkage(Linkage); }
195 bool hasLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage() const {
196 return isLinkerPrivateWeakLinkage(Linkage);
198 bool hasLocalLinkage() const { return isLocalLinkage(Linkage); }
199 bool hasDLLImportLinkage() const { return isDLLImportLinkage(Linkage); }
200 bool hasDLLExportLinkage() const { return isDLLExportLinkage(Linkage); }
201 bool hasExternalWeakLinkage() const { return isExternalWeakLinkage(Linkage); }
202 bool hasCommonLinkage() const { return isCommonLinkage(Linkage); }
204 void setLinkage(LinkageTypes LT) { Linkage = LT; }
205 LinkageTypes getLinkage() const { return Linkage; }
207 bool mayBeOverridden() const { return mayBeOverridden(Linkage); }
209 bool isWeakForLinker() const { return isWeakForLinker(Linkage); }
211 /// copyAttributesFrom - copy all additional attributes (those not needed to
212 /// create a GlobalValue) from the GlobalValue Src to this one.
213 virtual void copyAttributesFrom(const GlobalValue *Src);
215 /// @name Materialization
216 /// Materialization is used to construct functions only as they're needed. This
217 /// is useful to reduce memory usage in LLVM or parsing work done by the
218 /// BitcodeReader to load the Module.
221 /// isMaterializable - If this function's Module is being lazily streamed in
222 /// functions from disk or some other source, this method can be used to check
223 /// to see if the function has been read in yet or not.
224 bool isMaterializable() const;
226 /// isDematerializable - Returns true if this function was loaded from a
227 /// GVMaterializer that's still attached to its Module and that knows how to
228 /// dematerialize the function.
229 bool isDematerializable() const;
231 /// Materialize - make sure this GlobalValue is fully read. If the module is
232 /// corrupt, this returns true and fills in the optional string with
233 /// information about the problem. If successful, this returns false.
234 bool Materialize(std::string *ErrInfo = 0);
236 /// Dematerialize - If this GlobalValue is read in, and if the GVMaterializer
237 /// supports it, release the memory for the function, and set it up to be
238 /// materialized lazily. If !isDematerializable(), this method is a noop.
239 void Dematerialize();
243 /// Override from Constant class. No GlobalValue's are null values so this
244 /// always returns false.
245 virtual bool isNullValue() const { return false; }
247 /// Override from Constant class.
248 virtual void destroyConstant();
250 /// isDeclaration - Return true if the primary definition of this global
251 /// value is outside of the current translation unit...
252 virtual bool isDeclaration() const = 0;
254 /// removeFromParent - This method unlinks 'this' from the containing module,
255 /// but does not delete it.
256 virtual void removeFromParent() = 0;
258 /// eraseFromParent - This method unlinks 'this' from the containing module
260 virtual void eraseFromParent() = 0;
262 /// getParent - Get the module that this global value is contained inside
264 inline Module *getParent() { return Parent; }
265 inline const Module *getParent() const { return Parent; }
267 /// removeDeadConstantUsers - If there are any dead constant users dangling
268 /// off of this global value, remove them. This method is useful for clients
269 /// that want to check to see if a global is unused, but don't want to deal
270 /// with potentially dead constants hanging off of the globals.
271 void removeDeadConstantUsers() const;
273 // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
274 static inline bool classof(const GlobalValue *) { return true; }
275 static inline bool classof(const Value *V) {
276 return V->getValueID() == Value::FunctionVal ||
277 V->getValueID() == Value::GlobalVariableVal ||
278 V->getValueID() == Value::GlobalAliasVal;
282 } // End llvm namespace