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clang::TargetCXXABI Class Reference

The basic abstraction for the target C++ ABI. More...

#include <TargetCXXABI.h>

Public Types

enum  Kind {
  GenericItanium, GenericARM, iOS, iOS64,
  GenericAArch64, GenericMIPS, Microsoft
}
 The basic C++ ABI kind. More...
 
enum  TailPaddingUseRules { AlwaysUseTailPadding, UseTailPaddingUnlessPOD03, UseTailPaddingUnlessPOD11 }
 

Public Member Functions

 TargetCXXABI ()
 A bogus initialization of the platform ABI. More...
 
 TargetCXXABI (Kind kind)
 
void set (Kind kind)
 
Kind getKind () const
 
bool isItaniumFamily () const
 Does this ABI generally fall into the Itanium family of ABIs? More...
 
bool isMicrosoft () const
 Is this ABI an MSVC-compatible ABI? More...
 
bool isMemberFunctionCCDefault () const
 Is the default C++ member function calling convention the same as the default calling convention? More...
 
bool areArgsDestroyedLeftToRightInCallee () const
 
bool hasConstructorVariants () const
 Does this ABI have different entrypoints for complete-object and base-subobject constructors? More...
 
bool hasPrimaryVBases () const
 Does this ABI allow virtual bases to be primary base classes? More...
 
bool hasKeyFunctions () const
 Does this ABI use key functions? If so, class data such as the vtable is emitted with strong linkage by the TU containing the key function. More...
 
bool canKeyFunctionBeInline () const
 Can an out-of-line inline function serve as a key function? More...
 
TailPaddingUseRules getTailPaddingUseRules () const
 
bool tryParse (llvm::StringRef name)
 Try to parse an ABI name, returning false on error. More...
 

Friends

bool operator== (const TargetCXXABI &left, const TargetCXXABI &right)
 
bool operator!= (const TargetCXXABI &left, const TargetCXXABI &right)
 

Detailed Description

The basic abstraction for the target C++ ABI.

Definition at line 25 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

The basic C++ ABI kind.

Enumerator
GenericItanium 

The generic Itanium ABI is the standard ABI of most open-source and Unix-like platforms. It is the primary ABI targeted by many compilers, including Clang and GCC.

It is documented here: http://www.codesourcery.com/public/cxx-abi/

GenericARM 

The generic ARM ABI is a modified version of the Itanium ABI proposed by ARM for use on ARM-based platforms.

These changes include:

  • the representation of member function pointers is adjusted to not conflict with the 'thumb' bit of ARM function pointers;
  • constructors and destructors return 'this';
  • guard variables are smaller;
  • inline functions are never key functions;
  • array cookies have a slightly different layout;
  • additional convenience functions are specified;
  • and more!

It is documented here: http://infocenter.arm.com /help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0041c/IHI0041C_cppabi.pdf

iOS 

The iOS ABI is a partial implementation of the ARM ABI. Several of the features of the ARM ABI were not fully implemented in the compilers that iOS was launched with.

Essentially, the iOS ABI includes the ARM changes to:

  • member function pointers,
  • guard variables,
  • array cookies, and
  • constructor/destructor signatures.
iOS64 

The iOS 64-bit ABI is follows ARM's published 64-bit ABI more closely, but we don't guarantee to follow it perfectly.

It is documented here: http://infocenter.arm.com /help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0059a/IHI0059A_cppabi64.pdf

GenericAArch64 

The generic AArch64 ABI is also a modified version of the Itanium ABI, but it has fewer divergences than the 32-bit ARM ABI.

The relevant changes from the generic ABI in this case are:

  • representation of member function pointers adjusted as in ARM.
  • guard variables are smaller.
GenericMIPS 

The generic Mips ABI is a modified version of the Itanium ABI.

At the moment, only change from the generic ABI in this case is:
  - representation of member function pointers adjusted as in ARM.  
Microsoft 

The Microsoft ABI is the ABI used by Microsoft Visual Studio (and compatible compilers).

FIXME: should this be split into Win32 and Win64 variants?

Only scattered and incomplete official documentation exists.

Definition at line 28 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

When is record layout allowed to allocate objects in the tail padding of a base class?

This decision cannot be changed without breaking platform ABI compatibility, and yet it is tied to language guarantees which the committee has so far seen fit to strengthen no less than three separate times:

  • originally, there were no restrictions at all;
  • C++98 declared that objects could not be allocated in the tail padding of a POD type;
  • C++03 extended the definition of POD to include classes containing member pointers; and
  • C++11 greatly broadened the definition of POD to include all trivial standard-layout classes. Each of these changes technically took several existing platforms and made them permanently non-conformant.
Enumerator
AlwaysUseTailPadding 

The tail-padding of a base class is always theoretically available, even if it's POD. This is not strictly conforming in any language mode.

UseTailPaddingUnlessPOD03 

Only allocate objects in the tail padding of a base class if the base class is not POD according to the rules of C++ TR1. This is non-strictly conforming in C++11 mode.

UseTailPaddingUnlessPOD11 

Only allocate objects in the tail padding of a base class if the base class is not POD according to the rules of C++11.

Definition at line 245 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

clang::TargetCXXABI::TargetCXXABI ( )
inline

A bogus initialization of the platform ABI.

Definition at line 105 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

clang::TargetCXXABI::TargetCXXABI ( Kind  kind)
inline

Definition at line 107 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

Member Function Documentation

bool clang::TargetCXXABI::areArgsDestroyedLeftToRightInCallee ( ) const
inline

Are arguments to a call destroyed left to right in the callee? This is a fundamental language change, since it implies that objects passed by value do not live to the end of the full expression. Temporaries passed to a function taking a const reference live to the end of the full expression as usual. Both the caller and the callee must have access to the destructor, while only the caller needs the destructor if this is false.

Definition at line 163 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

References isMicrosoft().

Referenced by clang::Sema::CheckParmsForFunctionDef(), deactivateArgCleanupsBeforeCall(), clang::CodeGen::CodeGenFunction::EmitCallArg(), clang::CodeGen::CodeGenFunction::EmitCallArgs(), and clang::CodeGen::CodeGenFunction::EmitParmDecl().

bool clang::TargetCXXABI::canKeyFunctionBeInline ( ) const
inline

Can an out-of-line inline function serve as a key function?

This flag is only useful in ABIs where type data (for example, v-tables and type_info objects) are emitted only after processing the definition of a special "key" virtual function. (This is safe because the ODR requires that every virtual function be defined somewhere in a program.) This usually permits such data to be emitted in only a single object file, as opposed to redundantly in every object file that requires it.

One simple and common definition of "key function" is the first virtual function in the class definition which is not defined there. This rule works very well when that function has a non-inline definition in some non-header file. Unfortunately, when that function is defined inline, this rule requires the type data to be emitted weakly, as if there were no key function.

The ARM ABI observes that the ODR provides an additional guarantee: a virtual function is always ODR-used, so if it is defined inline, that definition must appear in every translation unit that defines the class. Therefore, there is no reason to allow such functions to serve as key functions.

Because this changes the rules for emitting type data, it can cause type data to be emitted with both weak and strong linkage, which is not allowed on all platforms. Therefore, exploiting this observation requires an ABI break and cannot be done on a generic Itanium platform.

Definition at line 213 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

References GenericAArch64, GenericARM, GenericItanium, GenericMIPS, getKind(), iOS, iOS64, and Microsoft.

Referenced by clang::Sema::ActOnFinishFunctionBody(), and computeKeyFunction().

Kind clang::TargetCXXABI::getKind ( ) const
inline
TailPaddingUseRules clang::TargetCXXABI::getTailPaddingUseRules ( ) const
inline
bool clang::TargetCXXABI::hasConstructorVariants ( ) const
inline

Does this ABI have different entrypoints for complete-object and base-subobject constructors?

Definition at line 169 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

References isItaniumFamily().

Referenced by clang::CodeGen::CodeGenFunction::EmitConstructorBody(), clang::CodeGen::CGCXXABI::EmitCtorCompleteObjectHandler(), and clang::CodeGen::CodeGenFunction::EmitCtorPrologue().

bool clang::TargetCXXABI::hasKeyFunctions ( ) const
inline

Does this ABI use key functions? If so, class data such as the vtable is emitted with strong linkage by the TU containing the key function.

Definition at line 181 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

References isItaniumFamily().

bool clang::TargetCXXABI::hasPrimaryVBases ( ) const
inline

Does this ABI allow virtual bases to be primary base classes?

Definition at line 174 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

References isItaniumFamily().

bool clang::TargetCXXABI::isItaniumFamily ( ) const
inline

Does this ABI generally fall into the Itanium family of ABIs?

Definition at line 116 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

References GenericAArch64, GenericARM, GenericItanium, GenericMIPS, getKind(), iOS, iOS64, and Microsoft.

Referenced by hasConstructorVariants(), hasKeyFunctions(), and hasPrimaryVBases().

bool clang::TargetCXXABI::isMemberFunctionCCDefault ( ) const
inline

Is the default C++ member function calling convention the same as the default calling convention?

Definition at line 151 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

References isMicrosoft().

bool clang::TargetCXXABI::isMicrosoft ( ) const
inline
void clang::TargetCXXABI::set ( Kind  kind)
inline

Definition at line 109 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

Referenced by clang::TargetInfo::TargetInfo(), and tryParse().

bool TargetCXXABI::tryParse ( llvm::StringRef  name)

Try to parse an ABI name, returning false on error.

Definition at line 654 of file Basic/TargetInfo.cpp.

References GenericARM, GenericItanium, GenericMIPS, iOS, Microsoft, and set().

Referenced by clang::TargetInfo::setCXXABI().

Friends And Related Function Documentation

bool operator!= ( const TargetCXXABI left,
const TargetCXXABI right 
)
friend

Definition at line 292 of file TargetCXXABI.h.

bool operator== ( const TargetCXXABI left,
const TargetCXXABI right 
)
friend

Definition at line 288 of file TargetCXXABI.h.


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