- 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.
This makes it possible to clear out a Function data structure so it can
be reused for compiling multiple functions.
Also add clear() methods to various sub-structures.
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.
A CallConv enum on every function signature makes it possible to
generate calls to functions with different calling conventions within
the same ISA / within a single function.
The calling conventions also serve as a way of customizing Cretonne's
behavior when embedded inside a VM. As an example, the SpiderWASM
calling convention is used to compile WebAssembly functions that run
inside the SpiderMonkey virtual machine.
All function signatures must have a calling convention at the end, so
this changes the textual IL syntax.
Before:
sig1 = signature(i32, f64) -> f64
After
sig1 = (i32, f64) -> f64 native
sig2 = (i32) spiderwasm
When printing functions, the signature goes after the return types:
function %r1() -> i32, f32 spiderwasm {
ebb1:
...
}
In the parser, this calling convention is optional and defaults to
"native". This is mostly to avoid updating all the existing test cases
under filetests/. When printing a function, the calling convention is
always included, including for "native" functions.
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.
The offset is relative to the stack pointer in the calling function, so
it excludes the return address pushed by the call instruction itself on
Intel ISAs.
Change the ArgumentLoc::Stack offset to an i32, so it matches the stack
slot offsets.
* Replace a single-character string literal with a character literal.
* Use is_some() instead of comparing with Some(_).
* Add code-quotes around type names in comments.
* Use !...is_empty() instead of len() != 0.
* Tidy up redundant returns.
* Remove redundant .clone() calls.
* Remove unnecessary explicit lifetime parameters.
* Tidy up unnecessary '&'s.
* Add parens to make operator precedence explicit.
* Use debug_assert_eq instead of debug_assert with ==.
* Replace a &Vec argument with a &[...].
* Replace `a = a op b` with `a op= b`.
* Avoid unnecessary closures.
* Avoid .iter() and .iter_mut() for iterating over containers.
* Remove unneeded qualification.
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.
Enumerate a set of special purposes for function arguments that general
purpose code needs to know about. Some of these argument purposes will
only appear in the signature of the current function, representing
things the prologue and epilogues need to know about like the link
register and callee-saved registers.
Get rid of the 'inreg' argument flag. Arguments can be pre-assigned to a
specific register instead.
Specify the location of arguments as well as the size of stack argument
array needed. The ABI annotations are optional, just like the value
locations.
Remove the Eq implementation for Signature which was only used by a
single parser test.
These two tables are used to keep track of type signatures of function
calls as well as external function references used in direct function
calls.
Also add an ExtFuncData struct representing an external function that
can be called directly.
Give these crates each a more standard directory layout with sources in
a 'src' sub-sirectory and Cargo.toml in the top lib/foo directory.
Add license and description fields to each.
The build script for the cretonne crate now lives in
'lib/cretonne/build.rs' separating it from the normal library sources
under 'lib/cretonne/src'.