This saves clients some boilerplate compared to setting up the readers and
writers manually.
To obtain a BinaryStreamWriter / BinaryStreamReader for a given block, B,
clients can now write:
auto Reader = G.getBlockContentReader(B);
and
auto Writer = G.getBlockContentWriter(B);
The latter will trigger a copy to mutable memory allocated on the graph's
allocator if the block is currently marked as backed by read-only memory.
This commit also introduces a new createMutableContentBlock overload that
creates a block with a given size and zero-filled content (by default --
passing false for the ZeroInitialize bypasses initialization entirely).
This overload is intended to be used with getBlockContentWriter above when
creating new content for the graph.
I'm planning to deprecate and eventually remove llvm::empty.
Note that no use of llvm::empty requires the ability of llvm::empty to
determine the emptiness from begin/end only.
makeAbsolute was not updating the symbol address when applied to external
symbols.
This commit adds a unit test for makeAbsolute, and updates the makeExternal unit
test to check that makeExternal works correctly for absolute symbols.
This re-applies 133f86e954, which was reverted in
c5965a411c while I investigated bot failures.
The original failure contained an arithmetic conversion think-o (on line 419 of
EHFrameSupport.cpp) that could cause failures on 32-bit platforms. The issue
should be fixed in this patch.
Fix `splitBlock` so that it can handle the case when the block being
split has symbols span across the split boundary. This is an error
case in general but for EHFrame splitting on macho platforms, there is an
anonymous symbol that marks the entire block. Current implementation
will leave a symbol that is out of bound of the underlying block. Fix
the problem by dropping such symbols when the block is split.
Reviewed By: lhames
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D113912
Adds explicit narrowing casts to JITLinkMemoryManager.cpp.
Honors -slab-address option in llvm-jitlink.cpp, which was accidentally
dropped in the refactor.
This effectively reverts commit 6641d29b70.
This commit substantially refactors the JITLinkMemoryManager API to: (1) add
asynchronous versions of key operations, (2) give memory manager implementations
full control over link graph address layout, (3) enable more efficient tracking
of allocated memory, and (4) support "allocation actions" and finalize-lifetime
memory.
Together these changes provide a more usable API, and enable more powerful and
efficient memory manager implementations.
To support these changes the JITLinkMemoryManager::Allocation inner class has
been split into two new classes: InFlightAllocation, and FinalizedAllocation.
The allocate method returns an InFlightAllocation that tracks memory (both
working and executor memory) prior to finalization. The finalize method returns
a FinalizedAllocation object, and the InFlightAllocation is discarded. Breaking
Allocation into InFlightAllocation and FinalizedAllocation allows
InFlightAllocation subclassses to be written more naturally, and FinalizedAlloc
to be implemented and used efficiently (see (3) below).
In addition to the memory manager changes this commit also introduces a new
MemProt type to represent memory protections (MemProt replaces use of
sys::Memory::ProtectionFlags in JITLink), and a new MemDeallocPolicy type that
can be used to indicate when a section should be deallocated (see (4) below).
Plugin/pass writers who were using sys::Memory::ProtectionFlags will have to
switch to MemProt -- this should be straightworward. Clients with out-of-tree
memory managers will need to update their implementations. Clients using
in-tree memory managers should mostly be able to ignore it.
Major features:
(1) More asynchrony:
The allocate and deallocate methods are now asynchronous by default, with
synchronous convenience wrappers supplied. The asynchronous versions allow
clients (including JITLink) to request and deallocate memory without blocking.
(2) Improved control over graph address layout:
Instead of a SegmentRequestMap, JITLinkMemoryManager::allocate now takes a
reference to the LinkGraph to be allocated. The memory manager is responsible
for calculating the memory requirements for the graph, and laying out the graph
(setting working and executor memory addresses) within the allocated memory.
This gives memory managers full control over JIT'd memory layout. For clients
that don't need or want this degree of control the new "BasicLayout" utility can
be used to get a segment-based view of the graph, similar to the one provided by
SegmentRequestMap. Once segment addresses are assigned the BasicLayout::apply
method can be used to automatically lay out the graph.
(3) Efficient tracking of allocated memory.
The FinalizedAlloc type is a wrapper for an ExecutorAddr and requires only
64-bits to store in the controller. The meaning of the address held by the
FinalizedAlloc is left up to the memory manager implementation, but the
FinalizedAlloc type enforces a requirement that deallocate be called on any
non-default values prior to destruction. The deallocate method takes a
vector<FinalizedAlloc>, allowing for bulk deallocation of many allocations in a
single call.
Memory manager implementations will typically store the address of some
allocation metadata in the executor in the FinalizedAlloc, as holding this
metadata in the executor is often cheaper and may allow for clean deallocation
even in failure cases where the connection with the controller is lost.
(4) Support for "allocation actions" and finalize-lifetime memory.
Allocation actions are pairs (finalize_act, deallocate_act) of JITTargetAddress
triples (fn, arg_buffer_addr, arg_buffer_size), that can be attached to a
finalize request. At finalization time, after memory protections have been
applied, each of the "finalize_act" elements will be called in order (skipping
any elements whose fn value is zero) as
((char*(*)(const char *, size_t))fn)((const char *)arg_buffer_addr,
(size_t)arg_buffer_size);
At deallocation time the deallocate elements will be run in reverse order (again
skipping any elements where fn is zero).
The returned char * should be null to indicate success, or a non-null
heap-allocated string error message to indicate failure.
These actions allow finalization and deallocation to be extended to include
operations like registering and deregistering eh-frames, TLS sections,
initializer and deinitializers, and language metadata sections. Previously these
operations required separate callWrapper invocations. Compared to callWrapper
invocations, actions require no extra IPC/RPC, reducing costs and eliminating
a potential source of errors.
Finalize lifetime memory can be used to support finalize actions: Sections with
finalize lifetime should be destroyed by memory managers immediately after
finalization actions have been run. Finalize memory can be used to support
finalize actions (e.g. with extra-metadata, or synthesized finalize actions)
without incurring permanent memory overhead.
When moving a Symbol between Blocks that are in different Sections,
update the symbol tables for each Section. Otherwise
symbol.getBlock().getSection() will not match the contents of
Section::symbols(), which asserts during linking.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D109724
LinkGraph::transferBlock can be used to move a block and all associated symbols
from one section to another.
LinkGraph::mergeSections moves all blocks and sections from a source section to
a destination section.
This patch introduces new operations on jitlink::Blocks: setMutableContent,
getMutableContent and getAlreadyMutableContent. The setMutableContent method
will set the block content data and size members and flag the content as
mutable. The getMutableContent method will return a mutable copy of the existing
content value, auto-allocating and populating a new mutable copy if the existing
content is marked immutable. The getAlreadyMutableMethod asserts that the
existing content is already mutable and returns it.
setMutableContent should be used when updating the block with totally new
content backed by mutable memory. It can be used to change the size of the
block. The argument value should *not* be shared with any other block.
getMutableContent should be used when clients want to modify the existing
content and are unsure whether it is mutable yet.
getAlreadyMutableContent should be used when clients want to modify the existing
content and know from context that it must already be immutable.
These operations reduce copy-modify-update boilerplate and unnecessary copies
introduced when clients couldn't me sure whether the existing content was
mutable or not.
The transferDefinedSymbol operation updates a Symbol's target block, offset,
and size. This can be convenient when you want to redefine the content of some
symbol(s) pointing at a block, while retaining the original block in the graph.
Adds utilities for creating anonymous pointers and jump stubs to x86_64.h. These
are used by the GOT and Stubs builder, but may also be used by pass writers who
want to create pointer stubs for indirection.
This patch also switches the underlying type for LinkGraph content from
StringRef to ArrayRef<char>. This avoids any confusion when working with buffers
that contain null bytes in the middle like, for example, a newly added null
pointer content array. ;)
This patch introduces generic x86-64 edge kinds, and refactors the MachO/x86-64
backend to use these edge kinds. This simplifies the implementation of the
MachO/x86-64 backend and makes it possible to write generic x86-64 passes and
utilities.
The new edge kinds are different from the original set used in the MachO/x86-64
backend. Several edge kinds that were not meaningfully distinguished in that
backend (e.g. the PCRelMinusN edges) have been merged into single edge kinds in
the new scheme (these edge kinds can be reintroduced later if we find a use for
them). At the same time, new edge kinds have been introduced to convey extra
information about the state of the graph. E.g. The Request*AndTransformTo**
edges represent GOT/TLVP relocations prior to synthesis of the GOT/TLVP
entries, and the 'Relaxable' suffix distinguishes edges that are candidates for
optimization from edges which should be left as-is (e.g. to enable runtime
redirection).
ELF/x86-64 will be refactored to use these generic edges at some point in the
future, and I anticipate a similar refactor to create a generic arm64 support
header too.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D98305
Separates link graph creation from linking. This allows raw LinkGraphs to be
created and passed to a link. ObjectLinkingLayer is updated to support emission
of raw LinkGraphs in addition to object buffers.
Raw LinkGraphs can be created by in-memory compilers to bypass object encoding /
decoding (though this prevents caching, as LinkGraphs have do not have an
on-disk representation), and by utility code to add programatically generated
data structures to the JIT target process.
A warning is sent because `std::distance()` returns a signed type so
`CmpHelperEQ()` gets instantiated into a function that compares
differently signed arguments.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D72632
LinkGraph::splitBlock will split a block at a given index, returning a new
block covering the range [ 0, index ) and modifying the original block to
cover the range [ index, original-block-size ). Block addresses, content,
edges and symbols will be updated as necessary. This utility will be used
in upcoming improvements to JITLink's eh-frame support.
Lang Hames