This is a resubmission for the previous reverted commit
9434360401 with the same subject. This commit fixed the
segfault issue and addressed additional review comments.
This patch introduced a new bpf specific attribute which can
be added to struct or union definition. For example,
struct s { ... } __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
union u { ... } __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
The goal is to simplify user codes for cases
where preserve access index happens for certain struct/union,
so user does not need to use clang __builtin_preserve_access_index
for every members.
The attribute has no effect if -g is not specified.
When the attribute is specified and -g is specified, any member
access defined by that structure or union, including array subscript
access and inner records, will be preserved through
__builtin_preserve_{array,struct,union}_access_index()
IR intrinsics, which will enable relocation generation
in bpf backend.
The following is an example to illustrate the usage:
-bash-4.4$ cat t.c
#define __reloc__ __attribute__((preserve_access_index))
struct s1 {
int c;
} __reloc__;
struct s2 {
union {
struct s1 b[3];
};
} __reloc__;
struct s3 {
struct s2 a;
} __reloc__;
int test(struct s3 *arg) {
return arg->a.b[2].c;
}
-bash-4.4$ clang -target bpf -g -S -O2 t.c
A relocation with access string "0:0:0:0:2:0" will be generated
representing access offset of arg->a.b[2].c.
forward declaration with attribute is also handled properly such
that the attribute is copied and populated in real record definition.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D69759
This patch introduced a new bpf specific attribute which can
be added to struct or union definition. For example,
struct s { ... } __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
union u { ... } __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
The goal is to simplify user codes for cases
where preserve access index happens for certain struct/union,
so user does not need to use clang __builtin_preserve_access_index
for every members.
The attribute has no effect if -g is not specified.
When the attribute is specified and -g is specified, any member
access defined by that structure or union, including array subscript
access and inner records, will be preserved through
__builtin_preserve_{array,struct,union}_access_index()
IR intrinsics, which will enable relocation generation
in bpf backend.
The following is an example to illustrate the usage:
-bash-4.4$ cat t.c
#define __reloc__ __attribute__((preserve_access_index))
struct s1 {
int c;
} __reloc__;
struct s2 {
union {
struct s1 b[3];
};
} __reloc__;
struct s3 {
struct s2 a;
} __reloc__;
int test(struct s3 *arg) {
return arg->a.b[2].c;
}
-bash-4.4$ clang -target bpf -g -S -O2 t.c
A relocation with access string "0:0:0:0:2:0" will be generated
representing access offset of arg->a.b[2].c.
forward declaration with attribute is also handled properly such
that the attribute is copied and populated in real record definition.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D69759
Yonghong Song