compiler: add support for debugging globals

This makes most globals visible from GDB, using `info variables`.

compiler/compiler.go

@@ -771,14 +771,6 @@ func (c *Compiler) attachDebugInfo(f *ir.Function) llvm.Metadata {
 }
 
 func (c *Compiler) attachDebugInfoRaw(f *ir.Function, llvmFn llvm.Value, suffix, filename string, line int) llvm.Metadata {
-	if _, ok := c.difiles[filename]; !ok {
-		dir, file := filepath.Split(filename)
-		if dir != "" {
-			dir = dir[:len(dir)-1]
-		}
-		c.difiles[filename] = c.dibuilder.CreateFile(file, dir)
-	}
-
 	// Debug info for this function.
 	diparams := make([]llvm.Metadata, 0, len(f.Params))
 	for _, param := range f.Params {
@@ -792,7 +784,7 @@ func (c *Compiler) attachDebugInfoRaw(f *ir.Function, llvmFn llvm.Value, suffix,
 	difunc := c.dibuilder.CreateFunction(c.difiles[filename], llvm.DIFunction{
 		Name:         f.RelString(nil) + suffix,
 		LinkageName:  f.LinkName() + suffix,
-		File:         c.difiles[filename],
+		File:         c.getDIFile(filename),
 		Line:         line,
 		Type:         diFuncType,
 		LocalToUnit:  true,
@@ -805,6 +797,20 @@ func (c *Compiler) attachDebugInfoRaw(f *ir.Function, llvmFn llvm.Value, suffix,
 	return difunc
 }
 
+// getDIFile returns a DIFile metadata node for the given filename. It tries to
+// use one that was already created, otherwise it falls back to creating a new
+// one.
+func (c *Compiler) getDIFile(filename string) llvm.Metadata {
+	if _, ok := c.difiles[filename]; !ok {
+		dir, file := filepath.Split(filename)
+		if dir != "" {
+			dir = dir[:len(dir)-1]
+		}
+		c.difiles[filename] = c.dibuilder.CreateFile(file, dir)
+	}
+	return c.difiles[filename]
+}
+
 func (c *Compiler) parseFunc(frame *Frame) {
 	if c.DumpSSA() {
 		fmt.Printf("\nfunc %s:\n", frame.fn.Function)

compiler/symbol.go

@@ -60,14 +60,44 @@ func (c *Compiler) getGlobal(g *ssa.Global) llvm.Value {
 	info := c.getGlobalInfo(g)
 	llvmGlobal := c.mod.NamedGlobal(info.linkName)
 	if llvmGlobal.IsNil() {
-		llvmType := c.getLLVMType(g.Type().(*types.Pointer).Elem())
+		typ := g.Type().(*types.Pointer).Elem()
+		llvmType := c.getLLVMType(typ)
 		llvmGlobal = llvm.AddGlobal(c.mod, llvmType, info.linkName)
 		if !info.extern {
 			llvmGlobal.SetInitializer(llvm.ConstNull(llvmType))
 			llvmGlobal.SetLinkage(llvm.InternalLinkage)
 		}
-		if info.align > c.targetData.ABITypeAlignment(llvmType) {
-			llvmGlobal.SetAlignment(info.align)
+
+		// Set alignment from the //go:align comment.
+		var alignInBits uint32
+		if info.align < 0 || info.align&(info.align-1) != 0 {
+			// Check for power-of-two (or 0).
+			// See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/108360
+			c.addError(g.Pos(), "global variable alignment must be a positive power of two")
+		} else {
+			// Set the alignment only when it is a power of two.
+			alignInBits = uint32(info.align) ^ uint32(info.align-1)
+			if info.align > c.targetData.ABITypeAlignment(llvmType) {
+				llvmGlobal.SetAlignment(info.align)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if c.Debug() {
+			// Add debug info.
+			// TODO: this should be done for every global in the program, not just
+			// the ones that are referenced from some code.
+			pos := c.ir.Program.Fset.Position(g.Pos())
+			diglobal := c.dibuilder.CreateGlobalVariableExpression(c.difiles[pos.Filename], llvm.DIGlobalVariableExpression{
+				Name:        g.RelString(nil),
+				LinkageName: info.linkName,
+				File:        c.getDIFile(pos.Filename),
+				Line:        pos.Line,
+				Type:        c.getDIType(typ),
+				LocalToUnit: false,
+				Expr:        c.dibuilder.CreateExpression(nil),
+				AlignInBits: alignInBits,
+			})
+			llvmGlobal.AddMetadata(0, diglobal)
 		}
 	}
 	return llvmGlobal

go.mod

@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ require (
 	go.bug.st/serial.v1 v0.0.0-20180827123349-5f7892a7bb45
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191010194322-b09406accb47 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190227180812-8dcc6e70cdef
-	tinygo.org/x/go-llvm v0.0.0-20191215173731-ad71f3d24aae
+	tinygo.org/x/go-llvm v0.0.0-20200104190746-1ff21df33566
 )

go.sum

@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ tinygo.org/x/go-llvm v0.0.0-20191124211856-b2db3df3f257 h1:o8VDylrMN7gWemBMu8rEy
 tinygo.org/x/go-llvm v0.0.0-20191124211856-b2db3df3f257/go.mod h1:fv1F0BSNpxMfCL0zF3M4OPFbgYHnhtB6ST0HvUtu/LE=
 tinygo.org/x/go-llvm v0.0.0-20191215173731-ad71f3d24aae h1:s8J5EyxCkHxXB08UI3gk9W9IS/ekizRvSX+PfZxnAB0=
 tinygo.org/x/go-llvm v0.0.0-20191215173731-ad71f3d24aae/go.mod h1:fv1F0BSNpxMfCL0zF3M4OPFbgYHnhtB6ST0HvUtu/LE=
+tinygo.org/x/go-llvm v0.0.0-20200104190746-1ff21df33566 h1:a4y30bTf7U0zDA75v2PTL+XQ2OzJetj19gK8XwQpUNY=
+tinygo.org/x/go-llvm v0.0.0-20200104190746-1ff21df33566/go.mod h1:fv1F0BSNpxMfCL0zF3M4OPFbgYHnhtB6ST0HvUtu/LE=