Rename the ArgumentType type to AbiParam since it describes the ABI
characteristics of a parameter or return value, not just the value type.
In Signature, rename members argument_types and return_types to "params"
and "returns". Again, they are not just types.
Fix a couple lingering references to "EBB arguments".
Add EBB parameter and EBB argument to the langref glossary to clarify
the distinction between formal EBB parameter values and arguments passed
to branches.
- Replace "ebb_arg" with "ebb_param" in function names that deal with
EBB parameters.
- Rename the ValueDef variants to Result and Param.
- A bunch of other small langref fixes.
No functional changes intended.
The word "scalar" is a bit vague and tends to mean "non-vector". Since
we are about to add new CPU flag value types that can't appear as vector
lanes, make the distinction clear: LaneType represents value types that
can appear as a vector lane.
Also replace the Type::is_scalar() method with an is_vector() method.
This method was important back when result values couldn't be moved
between instructions. Now that results can be moved, value aliases do
everything we need.
Copy instructions are still used to break interferences in the register
allocator's coalescing phase, but there isn't really any reason to use a
copy instruction over a value alias anywhere else.
After and during register allocation, copy instructions are significant,
so we never want to "see through" them like the resolve_copies()
function did.
This is related to #166, but probably doesn't fix the underlying
problem.
A value passed as an argument to a function call may live in an incoming
stack slot initially. Fix the call legalizer so it copies such an
argument into the expected outgoing stack slot for the call.
This is a larger refactoring because all the changes need to be done
together. Either you pass a Function reference around, or you pass
around references to the parts. There is no in between.
A cursor now also remembers a current source location which will be
assigned to all new instructions created with the cursor.
The old layout::Cursor can't support source locations because it doesn't
have a reference to the full ir::Function.
Use the simplest expansion which materializes the bits of the floating
point constant as an integer and then bit-casts to the floating point
type. In the future, we may want to use constant pools instead. Either
way, we need custom legalization.
Also add a legalize_monomorphic() function to the Python targetISA class
which permits the configuration of a default legalization action for
monomorphic instructions, just like legalize_type() does for polymorphic
instructions.
* Make passes assert their dependencies consistently.
This avoids ambiguity about whose responsibility it is to run
to compute cfg, domtree, and loop_analysis data.
* Reset the `valid` flag in DominatorTree's `clear()`.
* Remove the redundant assert from DominatorTree::with_function.
* Remove the message strings from obvious asserts.
This avoids having them spill out into multiple lines.
* Refactor calls to `compute` on `Context` objects into helper functions.
- ArgumentType::special() creates a new special-purpose argument without
assigning it to a register location.
- Signature::special_arg_index() funds a unique special-purpose
argument.
- Function::special_arg() finds a special-purpose argument by value.
Also add a new "sigid" argument purpose which will be used for runtime
signature checks in WebAssembly indirect calls.
Future legalization patterns will have the ability to mutate the
flowgraph, so the domtree's list of RPO blocks is not a good guide for
iteration. Use the layout order instead. This will pick up any new EBBs
inserted.
The expansion of a heap_addr instruction depends on the type of heap and
its configuration, so this is handled by custom code.
Add a couple examples of heap access code to the language reference
manual.
The new PrimaryMap replaces the primary EntityMap and the PrimaryEntityData
marker trait which was causing some confusion. We now have a clear
division between the two types of maps:
- PrimaryMap is used to assign entity numbers to the primary data for an
entity.
- EntityMap is a secondary mapping adding additional info.
The split also means that the secondary EntityMap can now behave as if
all keys have a default value. This means that we can get rid of the
annoying ensure() and get_or_default() methods ther were used everywhere
instead of indexing. Just use normal indexing now; non-existent keys
will return the default value.
The code to compute the address of a global variable depends on the kind
of variable, so custom legalization is required.
- Add a legalizer::globalvar module which exposes an
expand_global_addr() function. This module is likely to grow as we add
more types of global variables.
- Add a ArgumentPurpose::VMContext enumerator. This is used to represent
special 'vmctx' arguments that are used as base pointers for vmctx
globals.
Stop passing Cursor references to legalizer functions. Give them the
whole &mut Function instead. Given the whole Function reference, these
functions can create their own cursors.
This lets legalizer actions access other Function data structures like
the global variables.
The Cursor navigation methods all just depend on the cursor's position
and layout reference. Make a CursorBase trait that provides access to
this information with methods and implement the navigation methods on
top of that.
This makes it possible to have multiple types implement the cursor
interface.
When making an outgoing call, some arguments may have to be passed on
the stack. Allocate OutgoingArg stack slots for these arguments and
write them immediately before the outgoing call instruction.
Do the same for incoming function arguments on the stack, but use
IncomingArg stack slots instead. This was previously done in the
spiller, but we move it to the legalizer so it is done at the same time
as outgoing stack arguments.
These stack slot assignments are done in the legalizer before live
range analysis because the outgoing arguments usually are in different
SSSA values with their own short live ranges.
Replace the isa::Legalize enumeration with a function pointer. This
allows an ISA to define its own specific legalization actions instead of
relying on the default two.
Generate a LEGALIZE_ACTIONS table for each ISA which contains
legalization function pointers indexed by the legalization codes that
are already in the encoding tables. Include this table in
isa/*/enc_tables.rs.
Give the `Encodings` iterator a reference to the action table and change
its `legalize()` method to return a function pointer instead of an
ISA-specific code.
The Result<> returned from TargetIsa::encode() no longer implements
Debug, so eliminate uses of unwrap and expect on that type.
Switch to the new domtree.cfg_postorder() which returns a reference to a
pre-computed post-order instead of allocating memory and computing a new
post-order.
If we generated new instructions as part of legalize, and the new
instructions failed to legalize, we'd be left with a func.encodings[]
that would panic when you dereferenced the inst.
The other legalizer cases have a continue after setting the position
to double back, while this one didn't. Make sure that we do, in case
another legalizer block is added after this one.
These special-purpose arguments and return values are only relevant for
the function being compiled, so add a `current` flag to
legalize_signature().
- Add the necessary argument values to the entry block to represent
the special-purpose arguments.
- Propagate the link and sret arguments to return instructions if the
legalized signature asks for it.
When converting from ABI types to original program types, the final
conversion instruction can place its result into the original value, so
it doesn't need to be changed to an alias.
When we're splitting an EBB argument, we insert a iconcat/vconcat
instruction that computes the original value from the new split
arguments.
The concat instruction can now define the original value directly, it is
not necessary to define a new value and alias the old one.
Soon, InstructionData won't have sufficient information to compute this.
Give TargetIsa::encode() an explicit ctrl_typevar argument. This
function does not require the instruction to be inserted in the DFG
tables.
We only ever create table values now.
Simplify legalizer::legalize_inst_results. Instead of calling
detach_secondary_results, just detach all the results and don't treat
the first result specially.
We don't want to distinguish between single-result and multiple-result
instructions any longer.
- Merge the simple_instruction() and complex_instruction() builder
methods into a single build() that can handle all cases.
- All format constructors now take a ctrl_type argument. Previously,
some would take a result_type argument.
- Instruction constructors no longer attempt to compute a single result
type. Just pass a ctrl_type and let the backend decide.
Fix one format constructor call in legalizer/split.rs which now takes a
ctrl_type instead of a result type.
Now we can access instruction results and arguments as well as EBB
arguments as slices.
Delete the Values iterator which was traversing the linked lists of
values. It is no longer needed.
Rather than returning the head of a linked list of EBB arguments, just
return the whole value list of all the arguments.
Delete the next_ebb_arg() method which was only used for traversing that
list.
* Verify that a recomputed dominator tree is identical to the existing one.
* The verifier now typechecks instruction results and arguments.
* The verifier now typechecks instruction results and arguments.
* The verifier now typechecks instruction results and arguments.
* Added `inst_{fixed,variable}_args` accessor functions.
* Improved error messages in verifier.
* Type check return statements against the function signature.
