Mips16 is really a processor decoding mode (ala thumb 1) and in the same
program, mips16 and mips32 functions can exist and can call each other.
If a jal type instruction encounters an address with the lower bit set, then
the processor switches to mips16 mode (if it is not already in it). If the
lower bit is not set, then it switches to mips32 mode.
The linker knows which functions are mips16 and which are mips32.
When relocation is performed on code labels, this lower order bit is
set if the code label is a mips16 code label.
In general this works just fine, however when creating exception handling
tables and dwarf, there are cases where you don't want this lower order
bit added in.
This has been traditionally distinguished in gas assembly source by using a
different syntax for the label.
lab1: ; this will cause the lower order bit to be added
lab2=. ; this will not cause the lower order bit to be added
In some cases, it does not matter because in dwarf and debug tables
the difference of two labels is used and in that case the lower order
bits subtract each other out.
To fix this, I have added to mcstreamer the notion of a debuglabel.
The default is for label and debug label to be the same. So calling
EmitLabel and EmitDebugLabel produce the same result.
For various reasons, there is only one set of labels that needs to be
modified for the mips exceptions to work. These are the "$eh_func_beginXXX"
labels.
Mips overrides the debug label suffix from ":" to "=." .
This initial patch fixes exceptions. More changes most likely
will be needed to DwarfCFException to make all of this work
for actual debugging. These changes will be to emit debug labels in some
places where a simple label is emitted now.
Some historical discussion on this from gcc can be found at:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2008-08/msg00623.htmlhttp://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2008-11/msg01273.html
llvm-svn: 170279
within the codegen EK_GPRel64BlockAddress. This was not
supported for direct object output and resulted in an assertion.
This change adds support for EK_GPRel64BlockAddress for
direct object.
One fallout from this is to turn on rela relocations
for mips64 to match gas.
llvm-svn: 162334
debug info for assembly files. We were already doing the right thing when
producing debug info for C/C++.
ELF linkers don't know dwarf, so they depend on these relocations to produce
valid dwarf output.
llvm-svn: 151655
file error checking. Use that to error on an unfinished cfi_startproc.
The error is not nice, but is already better than a segmentation fault.
llvm-svn: 147717
generates the dwarf Compile Unit DIE and a dwarf subprogram DIE for each
non-temporary label.
The next part will be to get the clang driver to enable this when assembling
a .s file. rdar://9275556
llvm-svn: 146262
TargetAsmInfo, which in turn pulls in TargetRegisterInfo, etc. :-( There are
other cases of violations, but this is probably the worst.
This patch is but one small step towards fixing this. 500 more steps to go. :-(
llvm-svn: 135131
for all symbol differences and can drop the old EmitPCRelSymbolValue
method.
This also make getExprForFDESymbol on ELF equal to the one on MachO, and it
can be made non-virtual.
llvm-svn: 130634
small heap-allocated SmallString because it unconditionally forces a malloc.
(Revised version of r129688, with the necessary flush() call.)
llvm-svn: 129716
in the right direction. It eliminated some hacks and will unblock codegen
work. But it's far from being done. It doesn't reject illegal expressions,
e.g. (FOO - :lower16:BAR). It also doesn't work in Thumb2 mode at all.
llvm-svn: 123369
actuall addresses in a .o file, so it is better to let the MachO writer compute
it.
This is good for two reasons. First, areas that shouldn't care about
addresses now don't have access to it. Second, the layout of each section
is independent. I should use this in a subsequent commit to speed it up.
Most of the patch is just removing the section address computation. The two
interesting parts are the change on how we handle padding in the end
of sections and how MachO can get the address of a-b when a and b are in
different sections.
Since now the expression evaluation normally doesn't know the section address,
it will think that a-b needs relocation and let the MachO writer know. Once
it has computed the section addresses, it calls back the expression evaluation
with the section addresses to resolve these expressions.
The remaining problem is the handling of padding. Currently it will create
a special alignment fragment at the end. Since that fragment doesn't update
the alignment of the section, it needs the real address to be computed.
Since now the layout will not compute a-b with a and b in different sections,
the only effect that the special alignment fragment has is update the
address size of the section. This can also be done by the MachO writer.
llvm-svn: 121076
foo = a - b
.long foo
instead of just
.long a - b
First, on darwin9 64 bits the assembler produces the wrong result. Second,
if "a" is the end of the section all darwin assemblers (9, 10 and mc) will not
consider a - b to be a constant but will if the dummy foo is created.
Split how we handle these cases. The first one is something MC should take care
of. The second one has to be handled by the caller.
llvm-svn: 120889
Eli Bendersky