1 //===-- llvm/MC/MCAsmBackend.h - MC Asm Backend -----------------*- 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 #ifndef LLVM_MC_MCASMBACKEND_H
11 #define LLVM_MC_MCASMBACKEND_H
13 #include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
14 #include "llvm/MC/MCDirectives.h"
15 #include "llvm/MC/MCDwarf.h"
16 #include "llvm/MC/MCFixup.h"
17 #include "llvm/Support/DataTypes.h"
18 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
23 class MCELFObjectTargetWriter;
24 struct MCFixupKindInfo;
27 class MCRelaxableFragment;
33 /// Generic interface to target specific assembler backends.
35 MCAsmBackend(const MCAsmBackend &) = delete;
36 void operator=(const MCAsmBackend &) = delete;
38 protected: // Can only create subclasses.
41 unsigned HasDataInCodeSupport : 1;
44 virtual ~MCAsmBackend();
46 /// lifetime management
47 virtual void reset() {}
49 /// Create a new MCObjectWriter instance for use by the assembler backend to
50 /// emit the final object file.
51 virtual MCObjectWriter *createObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS) const = 0;
53 /// Create a new ELFObjectTargetWriter to enable non-standard
55 virtual MCELFObjectTargetWriter *createELFObjectTargetWriter() const {
56 llvm_unreachable("createELFObjectTargetWriter is not supported by asm "
60 /// Check whether this target implements data-in-code markers. If not, data
61 /// region directives will be ignored.
62 bool hasDataInCodeSupport() const { return HasDataInCodeSupport; }
64 /// @name Target Fixup Interfaces
67 /// Get the number of target specific fixup kinds.
68 virtual unsigned getNumFixupKinds() const = 0;
70 /// Get information on a fixup kind.
71 virtual const MCFixupKindInfo &getFixupKindInfo(MCFixupKind Kind) const;
73 /// Target hook to adjust the literal value of a fixup if necessary.
74 /// IsResolved signals whether the caller believes a relocation is needed; the
75 /// target can modify the value. The default does nothing.
76 virtual void processFixupValue(const MCAssembler &Asm,
77 const MCAsmLayout &Layout,
78 const MCFixup &Fixup, const MCFragment *DF,
79 const MCValue &Target, uint64_t &Value,
82 /// Apply the \p Value for given \p Fixup into the provided data fragment, at
83 /// the offset specified by the fixup and following the fixup kind as
85 virtual void applyFixup(const MCFixup &Fixup, char *Data, unsigned DataSize,
86 uint64_t Value, bool IsPCRel) const = 0;
90 /// @name Target Relaxation Interfaces
93 /// Check whether the given instruction may need relaxation.
95 /// \param Inst - The instruction to test.
96 virtual bool mayNeedRelaxation(const MCInst &Inst) const = 0;
98 /// Target specific predicate for whether a given fixup requires the
99 /// associated instruction to be relaxed.
100 virtual bool fixupNeedsRelaxation(const MCFixup &Fixup, uint64_t Value,
101 const MCRelaxableFragment *DF,
102 const MCAsmLayout &Layout) const = 0;
104 /// Relax the instruction in the given fragment to the next wider instruction.
106 /// \param Inst The instruction to relax, which may be the same as the
108 /// \param [out] Res On return, the relaxed instruction.
109 virtual void relaxInstruction(const MCInst &Inst, MCInst &Res) const = 0;
113 /// Returns the minimum size of a nop in bytes on this target. The assembler
114 /// will use this to emit excess padding in situations where the padding
115 /// required for simple alignment would be less than the minimum nop size.
117 virtual unsigned getMinimumNopSize() const { return 1; }
119 /// Write an (optimal) nop sequence of Count bytes to the given output. If the
120 /// target cannot generate such a sequence, it should return an error.
122 /// \return - True on success.
123 virtual bool writeNopData(uint64_t Count, MCObjectWriter *OW) const = 0;
125 /// Handle any target-specific assembler flags. By default, do nothing.
126 virtual void handleAssemblerFlag(MCAssemblerFlag Flag) {}
128 /// \brief Generate the compact unwind encoding for the CFI instructions.
130 generateCompactUnwindEncoding(ArrayRef<MCCFIInstruction>) const {
135 } // End llvm namespace