tinygo/compiler/gc.go

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package compiler
// This file provides IR transformations necessary for precise and portable
// garbage collectors.
import (
"go/token"
"math/big"
"golang.org/x/tools/go/ssa"
"tinygo.org/x/go-llvm"
)
// trackExpr inserts pointer tracking intrinsics for the GC if the expression is
// one of the expressions that need this.
func (c *Compiler) trackExpr(frame *Frame, expr ssa.Value, value llvm.Value) {
// There are uses of this expression, Make sure the pointers
// are tracked during GC.
switch expr := expr.(type) {
case *ssa.Alloc, *ssa.MakeChan, *ssa.MakeMap:
// These values are always of pointer type in IR.
c.trackPointer(value)
case *ssa.Call, *ssa.Convert, *ssa.MakeClosure, *ssa.MakeInterface, *ssa.MakeSlice, *ssa.Next:
if !value.IsNil() {
c.trackValue(value)
}
case *ssa.Select:
if alloca, ok := frame.selectRecvBuf[expr]; ok {
if alloca.IsAUndefValue().IsNil() {
c.trackPointer(alloca)
}
}
case *ssa.UnOp:
switch expr.Op {
case token.MUL:
// Pointer dereference.
c.trackValue(value)
case token.ARROW:
// Channel receive operator.
// It's not necessary to look at commaOk here, because in that
// case it's just an aggregate and trackValue will extract the
// pointer in there (if there is one).
c.trackValue(value)
}
}
}
// trackValue locates pointers in a value (possibly an aggregate) and tracks the
// individual pointers
func (c *Compiler) trackValue(value llvm.Value) {
typ := value.Type()
switch typ.TypeKind() {
case llvm.PointerTypeKind:
c.trackPointer(value)
case llvm.StructTypeKind:
if !typeHasPointers(typ) {
return
}
numElements := typ.StructElementTypesCount()
for i := 0; i < numElements; i++ {
subValue := c.builder.CreateExtractValue(value, i, "")
c.trackValue(subValue)
}
case llvm.ArrayTypeKind:
if !typeHasPointers(typ) {
return
}
numElements := typ.ArrayLength()
for i := 0; i < numElements; i++ {
subValue := c.builder.CreateExtractValue(value, i, "")
c.trackValue(subValue)
}
}
}
// trackPointer creates a call to runtime.trackPointer, bitcasting the poitner
// first if needed. The input value must be of LLVM pointer type.
func (c *Compiler) trackPointer(value llvm.Value) {
if value.Type() != c.i8ptrType {
value = c.builder.CreateBitCast(value, c.i8ptrType, "")
}
c.createRuntimeCall("trackPointer", []llvm.Value{value}, "")
}
// typeHasPointers returns whether this type is a pointer or contains pointers.
// If the type is an aggregate type, it will check whether there is a pointer
// inside.
func typeHasPointers(t llvm.Type) bool {
switch t.TypeKind() {
case llvm.PointerTypeKind:
return true
case llvm.StructTypeKind:
for _, subType := range t.StructElementTypes() {
if typeHasPointers(subType) {
return true
}
}
return false
case llvm.ArrayTypeKind:
if typeHasPointers(t.ElementType()) {
return true
}
return false
default:
return false
}
}
// makeGCStackSlots converts all calls to runtime.trackPointer to explicit
// stores to stack slots that are scannable by the GC.
func (c *Compiler) makeGCStackSlots() bool {
// Check whether there are allocations at all.
alloc := c.mod.NamedFunction("runtime.alloc")
if alloc.IsNil() {
// Nothing to. Make sure all remaining bits and pieces for stack
// chains are neutralized.
for _, call := range getUses(c.mod.NamedFunction("runtime.trackPointer")) {
call.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
}
stackChainStart := c.mod.NamedGlobal("runtime.stackChainStart")
if !stackChainStart.IsNil() {
stackChainStart.SetInitializer(llvm.ConstNull(stackChainStart.Type().ElementType()))
stackChainStart.SetGlobalConstant(true)
}
return false
}
trackPointer := c.mod.NamedFunction("runtime.trackPointer")
if trackPointer.IsNil() || trackPointer.FirstUse().IsNil() {
return false // nothing to do
}
// Look at *all* functions to see whether they are free of function pointer
// calls.
// This takes less than 5ms for ~100kB of WebAssembly but would perhaps be
// faster when written in C++ (to avoid the CGo overhead).
funcsWithFPCall := map[llvm.Value]struct{}{}
n := 0
for fn := c.mod.FirstFunction(); !fn.IsNil(); fn = llvm.NextFunction(fn) {
n++
if _, ok := funcsWithFPCall[fn]; ok {
continue // already found
}
done := false
for bb := fn.FirstBasicBlock(); !bb.IsNil() && !done; bb = llvm.NextBasicBlock(bb) {
for call := bb.FirstInstruction(); !call.IsNil() && !done; call = llvm.NextInstruction(call) {
if call.IsACallInst().IsNil() {
continue // only looking at calls
}
called := call.CalledValue()
if !called.IsAFunction().IsNil() {
continue // only looking for function pointers
}
funcsWithFPCall[fn] = struct{}{}
markParentFunctions(funcsWithFPCall, fn)
done = true
}
}
}
// Determine which functions need stack objects. Many leaf functions don't
// need it: it only causes overhead for them.
// Actually, in one test it was only able to eliminate stack object from 12%
// of functions that had a call to runtime.trackPointer (8 out of 68
// functions), so this optimization is not as big as it may seem.
allocatingFunctions := map[llvm.Value]struct{}{} // set of allocating functions
// Work from runtime.alloc and trace all parents to check which functions do
// a heap allocation (and thus which functions do not).
markParentFunctions(allocatingFunctions, alloc)
// Also trace all functions that call a function pointer.
for fn := range funcsWithFPCall {
// Assume that functions that call a function pointer do a heap
// allocation as a conservative guess because the called function might
// do a heap allocation.
allocatingFunctions[fn] = struct{}{}
markParentFunctions(allocatingFunctions, fn)
}
// Collect some variables used below in the loop.
stackChainStart := c.mod.NamedGlobal("runtime.stackChainStart")
if stackChainStart.IsNil() {
// This may be reached in a weird scenario where we call runtime.alloc but the garbage collector is unreachable.
// This can be accomplished by allocating 0 bytes.
// There is no point in tracking anything.
for _, use := range getUses(trackPointer) {
use.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
}
return false
}
stackChainStartType := stackChainStart.Type().ElementType()
stackChainStart.SetInitializer(llvm.ConstNull(stackChainStartType))
// Iterate until runtime.trackPointer has no uses left.
for use := trackPointer.FirstUse(); !use.IsNil(); use = trackPointer.FirstUse() {
// Pick the first use of runtime.trackPointer.
call := use.User()
if call.IsACallInst().IsNil() {
panic("expected runtime.trackPointer use to be a call")
}
// Pick the parent function.
fn := call.InstructionParent().Parent()
if _, ok := allocatingFunctions[fn]; !ok {
// This function nor any of the functions it calls (recursively)
// allocate anything from the heap, so it will not trigger a garbage
// collection cycle. Thus, it does not need to track local pointer
// values.
// This is a useful optimization but not as big as you might guess,
// as described above (it avoids stack objects for ~12% of
// functions).
call.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
continue
}
// Find all calls to runtime.trackPointer in this function.
var calls []llvm.Value
var returns []llvm.Value
for bb := fn.FirstBasicBlock(); !bb.IsNil(); bb = llvm.NextBasicBlock(bb) {
for inst := bb.FirstInstruction(); !inst.IsNil(); inst = llvm.NextInstruction(inst) {
switch inst.InstructionOpcode() {
case llvm.Call:
if inst.CalledValue() == trackPointer {
calls = append(calls, inst)
}
case llvm.Ret:
returns = append(returns, inst)
}
}
}
// Determine what to do with each call.
var allocas, pointers []llvm.Value
for _, call := range calls {
ptr := call.Operand(0)
call.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
if ptr.IsAInstruction().IsNil() {
continue
}
// Some trivial optimizations.
if ptr.IsAInstruction().IsNil() {
continue
}
switch ptr.InstructionOpcode() {
case llvm.PHI, llvm.GetElementPtr:
// These values do not create new values: the values already
// existed locally in this function so must have been tracked
// already.
continue
case llvm.ExtractValue, llvm.BitCast:
// These instructions do not create new values, but their
// original value may not be tracked. So keep tracking them for
// now.
// With more analysis, it should be possible to optimize a
// significant chunk of these away.
case llvm.Call, llvm.Load, llvm.IntToPtr:
// These create new values so must be stored locally. But
// perhaps some of these can be fused when they actually refer
// to the same value.
default:
// Ambiguous. These instructions are uncommon, but perhaps could
// be optimized if needed.
}
if !ptr.IsAAllocaInst().IsNil() {
if typeHasPointers(ptr.Type().ElementType()) {
allocas = append(allocas, ptr)
}
} else {
pointers = append(pointers, ptr)
}
}
if len(allocas) == 0 && len(pointers) == 0 {
// This function does not need to keep track of stack pointers.
continue
}
// Determine the type of the required stack slot.
fields := []llvm.Type{
stackChainStartType, // Pointer to parent frame.
c.uintptrType, // Number of elements in this frame.
}
for _, alloca := range allocas {
fields = append(fields, alloca.Type().ElementType())
}
for _, ptr := range pointers {
fields = append(fields, ptr.Type())
}
stackObjectType := c.ctx.StructType(fields, false)
// Create the stack object at the function entry.
c.builder.SetInsertPointBefore(fn.EntryBasicBlock().FirstInstruction())
stackObject := c.builder.CreateAlloca(stackObjectType, "gc.stackobject")
initialStackObject := llvm.ConstNull(stackObjectType)
numSlots := (c.targetData.TypeAllocSize(stackObjectType) - c.targetData.TypeAllocSize(c.i8ptrType)*2) / uint64(c.targetData.ABITypeAlignment(c.uintptrType))
numSlotsValue := llvm.ConstInt(c.uintptrType, numSlots, false)
initialStackObject = llvm.ConstInsertValue(initialStackObject, numSlotsValue, []uint32{1})
c.builder.CreateStore(initialStackObject, stackObject)
// Update stack start.
parent := c.builder.CreateLoad(stackChainStart, "")
gep := c.builder.CreateGEP(stackObject, []llvm.Value{
llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), 0, false),
llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), 0, false),
}, "")
c.builder.CreateStore(parent, gep)
stackObjectCast := c.builder.CreateBitCast(stackObject, stackChainStartType, "")
c.builder.CreateStore(stackObjectCast, stackChainStart)
// Replace all independent allocas with GEPs in the stack object.
for i, alloca := range allocas {
gep := c.builder.CreateGEP(stackObject, []llvm.Value{
llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), 0, false),
llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), uint64(2+i), false),
}, "")
alloca.ReplaceAllUsesWith(gep)
alloca.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
}
// Do a store to the stack object after each new pointer that is created.
for i, ptr := range pointers {
c.builder.SetInsertPointBefore(llvm.NextInstruction(ptr))
gep := c.builder.CreateGEP(stackObject, []llvm.Value{
llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), 0, false),
llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), uint64(2+len(allocas)+i), false),
}, "")
c.builder.CreateStore(ptr, gep)
}
// Make sure this stack object is popped from the linked list of stack
// objects at return.
for _, ret := range returns {
c.builder.SetInsertPointBefore(ret)
c.builder.CreateStore(parent, stackChainStart)
}
}
return true
}
func (c *Compiler) addGlobalsBitmap() bool {
if c.mod.NamedGlobal("runtime.trackedGlobalsStart").IsNil() {
return false // nothing to do: no GC in use
}
var trackedGlobals []llvm.Value
var trackedGlobalTypes []llvm.Type
for global := c.mod.FirstGlobal(); !global.IsNil(); global = llvm.NextGlobal(global) {
if global.IsDeclaration() {
continue
}
typ := global.Type().ElementType()
ptrs := c.getPointerBitmap(typ, global.Name())
if ptrs.BitLen() == 0 {
continue
}
trackedGlobals = append(trackedGlobals, global)
trackedGlobalTypes = append(trackedGlobalTypes, typ)
}
globalsBundleType := c.ctx.StructType(trackedGlobalTypes, false)
globalsBundle := llvm.AddGlobal(c.mod, globalsBundleType, "tinygo.trackedGlobals")
globalsBundle.SetLinkage(llvm.InternalLinkage)
globalsBundle.SetUnnamedAddr(true)
initializer := llvm.Undef(globalsBundleType)
for i, global := range trackedGlobals {
initializer = llvm.ConstInsertValue(initializer, global.Initializer(), []uint32{uint32(i)})
gep := llvm.ConstGEP(globalsBundle, []llvm.Value{
llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), 0, false),
llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), uint64(i), false),
})
global.ReplaceAllUsesWith(gep)
global.EraseFromParentAsGlobal()
}
globalsBundle.SetInitializer(initializer)
trackedGlobalsStart := llvm.ConstPtrToInt(globalsBundle, c.uintptrType)
c.mod.NamedGlobal("runtime.trackedGlobalsStart").SetInitializer(trackedGlobalsStart)
alignment := c.targetData.PrefTypeAlignment(c.i8ptrType)
trackedGlobalsLength := llvm.ConstInt(c.uintptrType, c.targetData.TypeAllocSize(globalsBundleType)/uint64(alignment), false)
c.mod.NamedGlobal("runtime.trackedGlobalsLength").SetInitializer(trackedGlobalsLength)
bitmapBytes := c.getPointerBitmap(globalsBundleType, "globals bundle").Bytes()
bitmapValues := make([]llvm.Value, len(bitmapBytes))
for i, b := range bitmapBytes {
bitmapValues[len(bitmapBytes)-i-1] = llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int8Type(), uint64(b), false)
}
bitmapArray := llvm.ConstArray(c.ctx.Int8Type(), bitmapValues)
bitmapNew := llvm.AddGlobal(c.mod, bitmapArray.Type(), "runtime.trackedGlobalsBitmap.tmp")
bitmapOld := c.mod.NamedGlobal("runtime.trackedGlobalsBitmap")
bitmapOld.ReplaceAllUsesWith(llvm.ConstBitCast(bitmapNew, bitmapOld.Type()))
bitmapNew.SetInitializer(bitmapArray)
bitmapNew.SetName("runtime.trackedGlobalsBitmap")
return true // the IR was changed
}
func (c *Compiler) getPointerBitmap(typ llvm.Type, name string) *big.Int {
alignment := c.targetData.PrefTypeAlignment(c.i8ptrType)
switch typ.TypeKind() {
case llvm.IntegerTypeKind, llvm.FloatTypeKind, llvm.DoubleTypeKind:
return big.NewInt(0)
case llvm.PointerTypeKind:
return big.NewInt(1)
case llvm.StructTypeKind:
ptrs := big.NewInt(0)
for i, subtyp := range typ.StructElementTypes() {
subptrs := c.getPointerBitmap(subtyp, name)
if subptrs.BitLen() == 0 {
continue
}
offset := c.targetData.ElementOffset(typ, i)
if offset%uint64(alignment) != 0 {
panic("precise GC: global contains unaligned pointer: " + name)
}
subptrs.Lsh(subptrs, uint(offset)/uint(alignment))
ptrs.Or(ptrs, subptrs)
}
return ptrs
case llvm.ArrayTypeKind:
subtyp := typ.ElementType()
subptrs := c.getPointerBitmap(subtyp, name)
ptrs := big.NewInt(0)
if subptrs.BitLen() == 0 {
return ptrs
}
elementSize := c.targetData.TypeAllocSize(subtyp)
for i := 0; i < typ.ArrayLength(); i++ {
ptrs.Lsh(ptrs, uint(elementSize)/uint(alignment))
ptrs.Or(ptrs, subptrs)
}
return ptrs
default:
panic("unknown type kind of global: " + name)
}
}
// markParentFunctions traverses all parent function calls (recursively) and
// adds them to the set of marked functions. It only considers function calls:
// any other uses of such a function is ignored.
func markParentFunctions(marked map[llvm.Value]struct{}, fn llvm.Value) {
worklist := []llvm.Value{fn}
for len(worklist) != 0 {
fn := worklist[len(worklist)-1]
worklist = worklist[:len(worklist)-1]
for _, use := range getUses(fn) {
if use.IsACallInst().IsNil() || use.CalledValue() != fn {
// Not the parent function.
continue
}
parent := use.InstructionParent().Parent()
if _, ok := marked[parent]; !ok {
marked[parent] = struct{}{}
worklist = append(worklist, parent)
}
}
}
}