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Machine IR (MIR) Format Reference Manual
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========================================
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.. contents::
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:local:
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.. warning::
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This is a work in progress.
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Introduction
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============
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This document is a reference manual for the Machine IR (MIR) serialization
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format. MIR is a human readable serialization format that is used to represent
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LLVM's :ref:`machine specific intermediate representation
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<machine code representation>`.
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The MIR serialization format is designed to be used for testing the code
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generation passes in LLVM.
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Overview
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========
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The MIR serialization format uses a YAML container. YAML is a standard
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data serialization language, and the full YAML language spec can be read at
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`yaml.org
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<http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#Introduction>`_.
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A MIR file is split up into a series of `YAML documents`_. The first document
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can contain an optional embedded LLVM IR module, and the rest of the documents
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contain the serialized machine functions.
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.. _YAML documents: http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2800132
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MIR Testing Guide
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=================
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You can use the MIR format for testing in two different ways:
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- You can write MIR tests that invoke a single code generation pass using the
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``-run-pass`` option in llc.
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- You can use llc's ``-stop-after`` option with existing or new LLVM assembly
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tests and check the MIR output of a specific code generation pass.
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Testing Individual Code Generation Passes
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-----------------------------------------
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The ``-run-pass`` option in llc allows you to create MIR tests that invoke just
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a single code generation pass. When this option is used, llc will parse an
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input MIR file, run the specified code generation pass(es), and output the
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resulting MIR code.
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You can generate an input MIR file for the test by using the ``-stop-after`` or
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``-stop-before`` option in llc. For example, if you would like to write a test
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for the post register allocation pseudo instruction expansion pass, you can
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specify the machine copy propagation pass in the ``-stop-after`` option, as it
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runs just before the pass that we are trying to test:
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``llc -stop-after=machine-cp bug-trigger.ll > test.mir``
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If the same pass is run multiple times, a run index can be included
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after the name with a comma.
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``llc -stop-after=dead-mi-elimination,1 bug-trigger.ll > test.mir``
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After generating the input MIR file, you'll have to add a run line that uses
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the ``-run-pass`` option to it. In order to test the post register allocation
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pseudo instruction expansion pass on X86-64, a run line like the one shown
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below can be used:
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``# RUN: llc -o - %s -mtriple=x86_64-- -run-pass=postrapseudos | FileCheck %s``
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The MIR files are target dependent, so they have to be placed in the target
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specific test directories (``lib/CodeGen/TARGETNAME``). They also need to
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specify a target triple or a target architecture either in the run line or in
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the embedded LLVM IR module.
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Simplifying MIR files
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The MIR code coming out of ``-stop-after``/``-stop-before`` is very verbose;
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Tests are more accessible and future proof when simplified:
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- Use the ``-simplify-mir`` option with llc.
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- Machine function attributes often have default values or the test works just
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as well with default values. Typical candidates for this are: `alignment:`,
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`exposesReturnsTwice`, `legalized`, `regBankSelected`, `selected`.
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The whole `frameInfo` section is often unnecessary if there is no special
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frame usage in the function. `tracksRegLiveness` on the other hand is often
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necessary for some passes that care about block livein lists.
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- The (global) `liveins:` list is typically only interesting for early
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instruction selection passes and can be removed when testing later passes.
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The per-block `liveins:` on the other hand are necessary if
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`tracksRegLiveness` is true.
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- Branch probability data in block `successors:` lists can be dropped if the
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test doesn't depend on it. Example:
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`successors: %bb.1(0x40000000), %bb.2(0x40000000)` can be replaced with
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`successors: %bb.1, %bb.2`.
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- MIR code contains a whole IR module. This is necessary because there are
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no equivalents in MIR for global variables, references to external functions,
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function attributes, metadata, debug info. Instead some MIR data references
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the IR constructs. You can often remove them if the test doesn't depend on
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them.
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- Alias Analysis is performed on IR values. These are referenced by memory
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operands in MIR. Example: `:: (load 8 from %ir.foobar, !alias.scope !9)`.
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If the test doesn't depend on (good) alias analysis the references can be
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dropped: `:: (load 8)`
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- MIR blocks can reference IR blocks for debug printing, profile information
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or debug locations. Example: `bb.42.myblock` in MIR references the IR block
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`myblock`. It is usually possible to drop the `.myblock` reference and simply
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use `bb.42`.
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- If there are no memory operands or blocks referencing the IR then the
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IR function can be replaced by a parameterless dummy function like
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`define @func() { ret void }`.
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- It is possible to drop the whole IR section of the MIR file if it only
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contains dummy functions (see above). The .mir loader will create the
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IR functions automatically in this case.
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.. _limitations:
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Limitations
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-----------
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Currently the MIR format has several limitations in terms of which state it
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can serialize:
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- The target-specific state in the target-specific ``MachineFunctionInfo``
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subclasses isn't serialized at the moment.
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- The target-specific ``MachineConstantPoolValue`` subclasses (in the ARM and
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SystemZ backends) aren't serialized at the moment.
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- The ``MCSymbol`` machine operands don't support temporary or local symbols.
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- A lot of the state in ``MachineModuleInfo`` isn't serialized - only the CFI
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instructions and the variable debug information from MMI is serialized right
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now.
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These limitations impose restrictions on what you can test with the MIR format.
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For now, tests that would like to test some behaviour that depends on the state
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of temporary or local ``MCSymbol`` operands or the exception handling state in
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MMI, can't use the MIR format. As well as that, tests that test some behaviour
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that depends on the state of the target specific ``MachineFunctionInfo`` or
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``MachineConstantPoolValue`` subclasses can't use the MIR format at the moment.
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High Level Structure
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====================
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.. _embedded-module:
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Embedded Module
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---------------
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When the first YAML document contains a `YAML block literal string`_, the MIR
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parser will treat this string as an LLVM assembly language string that
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represents an embedded LLVM IR module.
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Here is an example of a YAML document that contains an LLVM module:
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.. code-block:: llvm
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define i32 @inc(i32* %x) {
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entry:
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%0 = load i32, i32* %x
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%1 = add i32 %0, 1
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store i32 %1, i32* %x
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ret i32 %1
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}
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.. _YAML block literal string: http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2795688
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Machine Functions
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-----------------
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The remaining YAML documents contain the machine functions. This is an example
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of such YAML document:
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.. code-block:: text
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---
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name: inc
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tracksRegLiveness: true
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liveins:
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- { reg: '$rdi' }
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callSites:
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- { bb: 0, offset: 3, fwdArgRegs:
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- { arg: 0, reg: '$edi' } }
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body: |
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bb.0.entry:
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liveins: $rdi
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$eax = MOV32rm $rdi, 1, _, 0, _
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$eax = INC32r killed $eax, implicit-def dead $eflags
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MOV32mr killed $rdi, 1, _, 0, _, $eax
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CALL64pcrel32 @foo <regmask...>
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RETQ $eax
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...
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The document above consists of attributes that represent the various
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properties and data structures in a machine function.
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The attribute ``name`` is required, and its value should be identical to the
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name of a function that this machine function is based on.
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The attribute ``body`` is a `YAML block literal string`_. Its value represents
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the function's machine basic blocks and their machine instructions.
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The attribute ``callSites`` is a representation of call site information which
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keeps track of call instructions and registers used to transfer call arguments.
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Machine Instructions Format Reference
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=====================================
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The machine basic blocks and their instructions are represented using a custom,
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human readable serialization language. This language is used in the
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`YAML block literal string`_ that corresponds to the machine function's body.
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A source string that uses this language contains a list of machine basic
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blocks, which are described in the section below.
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Machine Basic Blocks
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--------------------
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A machine basic block is defined in a single block definition source construct
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that contains the block's ID.
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The example below defines two blocks that have an ID of zero and one:
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.. code-block:: text
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bb.0:
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<instructions>
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bb.1:
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<instructions>
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A machine basic block can also have a name. It should be specified after the ID
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in the block's definition:
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.. code-block:: text
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bb.0.entry: ; This block's name is "entry"
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<instructions>
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The block's name should be identical to the name of the IR block that this
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machine block is based on.
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.. _block-references:
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Block References
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The machine basic blocks are identified by their ID numbers. Individual
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blocks are referenced using the following syntax:
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.. code-block:: text
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%bb.<id>
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Example:
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.. code-block:: llvm
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%bb.0
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The following syntax is also supported, but the former syntax is preferred for
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block references:
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.. code-block:: text
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%bb.<id>[.<name>]
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Example:
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.. code-block:: llvm
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%bb.1.then
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Successors
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^^^^^^^^^^
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The machine basic block's successors have to be specified before any of the
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instructions:
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.. code-block:: text
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bb.0.entry:
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successors: %bb.1.then, %bb.2.else
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<instructions>
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bb.1.then:
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<instructions>
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bb.2.else:
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<instructions>
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The branch weights can be specified in brackets after the successor blocks.
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The example below defines a block that has two successors with branch weights
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of 32 and 16:
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.. code-block:: text
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bb.0.entry:
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successors: %bb.1.then(32), %bb.2.else(16)
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.. _bb-liveins:
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Live In Registers
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The machine basic block's live in registers have to be specified before any of
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the instructions:
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.. code-block:: text
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bb.0.entry:
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liveins: $edi, $esi
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The list of live in registers and successors can be empty. The language also
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allows multiple live in register and successor lists - they are combined into
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one list by the parser.
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Miscellaneous Attributes
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The attributes ``IsAddressTaken``, ``IsLandingPad`` and ``Alignment`` can be
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specified in brackets after the block's definition:
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.. code-block:: text
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bb.0.entry (address-taken):
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<instructions>
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bb.2.else (align 4):
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<instructions>
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bb.3(landing-pad, align 4):
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<instructions>
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.. TODO: Describe the way the reference to an unnamed LLVM IR block can be
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preserved.
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``Alignment`` is specified in bytes, and must be a power of two.
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.. _mir-instructions:
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Machine Instructions
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--------------------
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A machine instruction is composed of a name,
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:ref:`machine operands <machine-operands>`,
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:ref:`instruction flags <instruction-flags>`, and machine memory operands.
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The instruction's name is usually specified before the operands. The example
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below shows an instance of the X86 ``RETQ`` instruction with a single machine
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operand:
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.. code-block:: text
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RETQ $eax
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However, if the machine instruction has one or more explicitly defined register
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operands, the instruction's name has to be specified after them. The example
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below shows an instance of the AArch64 ``LDPXpost`` instruction with three
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defined register operands:
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.. code-block:: text
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$sp, $fp, $lr = LDPXpost $sp, 2
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The instruction names are serialized using the exact definitions from the
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target's ``*InstrInfo.td`` files, and they are case sensitive. This means that
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similar instruction names like ``TSTri`` and ``tSTRi`` represent different
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machine instructions.
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.. _instruction-flags:
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Instruction Flags
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The flag ``frame-setup`` or ``frame-destroy`` can be specified before the
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instruction's name:
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.. code-block:: text
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$fp = frame-setup ADDXri $sp, 0, 0
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.. code-block:: text
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$x21, $x20 = frame-destroy LDPXi $sp
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.. _registers:
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Bundled Instructions
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The syntax for bundled instructions is the following:
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.. code-block:: text
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BUNDLE implicit-def $r0, implicit-def $r1, implicit $r2 {
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$r0 = SOME_OP $r2
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$r1 = ANOTHER_OP internal $r0
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}
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The first instruction is often a bundle header. The instructions between ``{``
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and ``}`` are bundled with the first instruction.
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.. _mir-registers:
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Registers
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---------
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Registers are one of the key primitives in the machine instructions
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serialization language. They are primarily used in the
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:ref:`register machine operands <register-operands>`,
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but they can also be used in a number of other places, like the
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:ref:`basic block's live in list <bb-liveins>`.
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The physical registers are identified by their name and by the '$' prefix sigil.
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They use the following syntax:
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.. code-block:: text
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$<name>
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The example below shows three X86 physical registers:
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.. code-block:: text
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$eax
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$r15
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$eflags
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The virtual registers are identified by their ID number and by the '%' sigil.
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They use the following syntax:
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.. code-block:: text
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%<id>
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Example:
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.. code-block:: text
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%0
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The null registers are represented using an underscore ('``_``'). They can also be
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represented using a '``$noreg``' named register, although the former syntax
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is preferred.
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.. _machine-operands:
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Machine Operands
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There are seventeen different kinds of machine operands, and all of them can be
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serialized.
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Immediate Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The immediate machine operands are untyped, 64-bit signed integers. The
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example below shows an instance of the X86 ``MOV32ri`` instruction that has an
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immediate machine operand ``-42``:
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.. code-block:: text
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$eax = MOV32ri -42
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An immediate operand is also used to represent a subregister index when the
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machine instruction has one of the following opcodes:
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- ``EXTRACT_SUBREG``
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- ``INSERT_SUBREG``
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- ``REG_SEQUENCE``
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- ``SUBREG_TO_REG``
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In case this is true, the Machine Operand is printed according to the target.
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For example:
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In AArch64RegisterInfo.td:
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.. code-block:: text
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def sub_32 : SubRegIndex<32>;
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If the third operand is an immediate with the value ``15`` (target-dependent
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value), based on the instruction's opcode and the operand's index the operand
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will be printed as ``%subreg.sub_32``:
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.. code-block:: text
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%1:gpr64 = SUBREG_TO_REG 0, %0, %subreg.sub_32
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For integers > 64bit, we use a special machine operand, ``MO_CImmediate``,
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which stores the immediate in a ``ConstantInt`` using an ``APInt`` (LLVM's
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arbitrary precision integers).
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.. TODO: Describe the FPIMM immediate operands.
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.. _register-operands:
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Register Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The :ref:`register <registers>` primitive is used to represent the register
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machine operands. The register operands can also have optional
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:ref:`register flags <register-flags>`,
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:ref:`a subregister index <subregister-indices>`,
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and a reference to the tied register operand.
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The full syntax of a register operand is shown below:
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.. code-block:: text
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[<flags>] <register> [ :<subregister-idx-name> ] [ (tied-def <tied-op>) ]
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This example shows an instance of the X86 ``XOR32rr`` instruction that has
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5 register operands with different register flags:
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.. code-block:: text
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dead $eax = XOR32rr undef $eax, undef $eax, implicit-def dead $eflags, implicit-def $al
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.. _register-flags:
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Register Flags
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The table below shows all of the possible register flags along with the
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corresponding internal ``llvm::RegState`` representation:
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.. list-table::
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:header-rows: 1
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* - Flag
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- Internal Value
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* - ``implicit``
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- ``RegState::Implicit``
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* - ``implicit-def``
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- ``RegState::ImplicitDefine``
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* - ``def``
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- ``RegState::Define``
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* - ``dead``
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- ``RegState::Dead``
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* - ``killed``
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- ``RegState::Kill``
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* - ``undef``
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- ``RegState::Undef``
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* - ``internal``
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- ``RegState::InternalRead``
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* - ``early-clobber``
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- ``RegState::EarlyClobber``
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* - ``debug-use``
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- ``RegState::Debug``
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* - ``renamable``
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- ``RegState::Renamable``
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.. _subregister-indices:
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Subregister Indices
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The register machine operands can reference a portion of a register by using
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the subregister indices. The example below shows an instance of the ``COPY``
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pseudo instruction that uses the X86 ``sub_8bit`` subregister index to copy 8
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lower bits from the 32-bit virtual register 0 to the 8-bit virtual register 1:
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.. code-block:: text
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%1 = COPY %0:sub_8bit
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The names of the subregister indices are target specific, and are typically
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defined in the target's ``*RegisterInfo.td`` file.
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Constant Pool Indices
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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A constant pool index (CPI) operand is printed using its index in the
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function's ``MachineConstantPool`` and an offset.
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For example, a CPI with the index 1 and offset 8:
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.. code-block:: text
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%1:gr64 = MOV64ri %const.1 + 8
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For a CPI with the index 0 and offset -12:
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.. code-block:: text
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%1:gr64 = MOV64ri %const.0 - 12
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A constant pool entry is bound to a LLVM IR ``Constant`` or a target-specific
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``MachineConstantPoolValue``. When serializing all the function's constants the
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following format is used:
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.. code-block:: text
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constants:
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- id: <index>
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value: <value>
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alignment: <alignment>
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isTargetSpecific: <target-specific>
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where:
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- ``<index>`` is a 32-bit unsigned integer;
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- ``<value>`` is a `LLVM IR Constant
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<https://www.llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#constants>`_;
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- ``<alignment>`` is a 32-bit unsigned integer specified in bytes, and must be
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power of two;
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- ``<target-specific>`` is either true or false.
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Example:
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.. code-block:: text
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constants:
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- id: 0
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value: 'double 3.250000e+00'
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alignment: 8
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- id: 1
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value: 'g-(LPC0+8)'
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alignment: 4
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isTargetSpecific: true
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Global Value Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The global value machine operands reference the global values from the
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:ref:`embedded LLVM IR module <embedded-module>`.
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The example below shows an instance of the X86 ``MOV64rm`` instruction that has
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a global value operand named ``G``:
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.. code-block:: text
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$rax = MOV64rm $rip, 1, _, @G, _
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The named global values are represented using an identifier with the '@' prefix.
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If the identifier doesn't match the regular expression
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`[-a-zA-Z$._][-a-zA-Z$._0-9]*`, then this identifier must be quoted.
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The unnamed global values are represented using an unsigned numeric value with
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the '@' prefix, like in the following examples: ``@0``, ``@989``.
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Target-dependent Index Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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A target index operand is a target-specific index and an offset. The
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target-specific index is printed using target-specific names and a positive or
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negative offset.
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For example, the ``amdgpu-constdata-start`` is associated with the index ``0``
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in the AMDGPU backend. So if we have a target index operand with the index 0
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and the offset 8:
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.. code-block:: text
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$sgpr2 = S_ADD_U32 _, target-index(amdgpu-constdata-start) + 8, implicit-def _, implicit-def _
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Jump-table Index Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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A jump-table index operand with the index 0 is printed as following:
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.. code-block:: text
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tBR_JTr killed $r0, %jump-table.0
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A machine jump-table entry contains a list of ``MachineBasicBlocks``. When serializing all the function's jump-table entries, the following format is used:
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.. code-block:: text
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jumpTable:
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kind: <kind>
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entries:
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- id: <index>
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blocks: [ <bbreference>, <bbreference>, ... ]
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where ``<kind>`` is describing how the jump table is represented and emitted (plain address, relocations, PIC, etc.), and each ``<index>`` is a 32-bit unsigned integer and ``blocks`` contains a list of :ref:`machine basic block references <block-references>`.
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Example:
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.. code-block:: text
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jumpTable:
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kind: inline
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entries:
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- id: 0
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blocks: [ '%bb.3', '%bb.9', '%bb.4.d3' ]
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- id: 1
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blocks: [ '%bb.7', '%bb.7', '%bb.4.d3', '%bb.5' ]
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External Symbol Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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An external symbol operand is represented using an identifier with the ``&``
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prefix. The identifier is surrounded with ""'s and escaped if it has any
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special non-printable characters in it.
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Example:
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.. code-block:: text
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CALL64pcrel32 &__stack_chk_fail, csr_64, implicit $rsp, implicit-def $rsp
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MCSymbol Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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A MCSymbol operand is holding a pointer to a ``MCSymbol``. For the limitations
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of this operand in MIR, see :ref:`limitations <limitations>`.
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The syntax is:
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.. code-block:: text
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EH_LABEL <mcsymbol Ltmp1>
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CFIIndex Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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A CFI Index operand is holding an index into a per-function side-table,
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``MachineFunction::getFrameInstructions()``, which references all the frame
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instructions in a ``MachineFunction``. A ``CFI_INSTRUCTION`` may look like it
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contains multiple operands, but the only operand it contains is the CFI Index.
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The other operands are tracked by the ``MCCFIInstruction`` object.
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The syntax is:
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.. code-block:: text
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CFI_INSTRUCTION offset $w30, -16
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which may be emitted later in the MC layer as:
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.. code-block:: text
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.cfi_offset w30, -16
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IntrinsicID Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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An Intrinsic ID operand contains a generic intrinsic ID or a target-specific ID.
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The syntax for the ``returnaddress`` intrinsic is:
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.. code-block:: text
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$x0 = COPY intrinsic(@llvm.returnaddress)
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Predicate Operands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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A Predicate operand contains an IR predicate from ``CmpInst::Predicate``, like
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``ICMP_EQ``, etc.
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For an int eq predicate ``ICMP_EQ``, the syntax is:
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.. code-block:: text
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%2:gpr(s32) = G_ICMP intpred(eq), %0, %1
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.. TODO: Describe the parsers default behaviour when optional YAML attributes
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are missing.
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.. TODO: Describe the syntax for virtual register YAML definitions.
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.. TODO: Describe the machine function's YAML flag attributes.
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.. TODO: Describe the syntax for the register mask machine operands.
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.. TODO: Describe the frame information YAML mapping.
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.. TODO: Describe the syntax of the stack object machine operands and their
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YAML definitions.
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.. TODO: Describe the syntax of the block address machine operands.
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.. TODO: Describe the syntax of the metadata machine operands, and the
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instructions debug location attribute.
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.. TODO: Describe the syntax of the register live out machine operands.
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.. TODO: Describe the syntax of the machine memory operands.
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Debug-Info constructs
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---------------------
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Most of the debugging information in a MIR file is to be found in the metadata
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of the embedded module. Within a machine function, that metadata is referred to
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by various constructs to describe source locations and variable locations.
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Source locations
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Every MIR instruction may optionally have a trailing reference to a
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``DILocation`` metadata node, after all operands and symbols, but before
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memory operands:
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.. code-block:: text
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$rbp = MOV64rr $rdi, debug-location !12
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The source location attachment is synonymous with the ``!dbg`` metadata
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attachment in LLVM-IR. The absence of a source location attachment will be
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represented by an empty ``DebugLoc`` object in the machine instruction.
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Fixed variable locations
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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There are several ways of specifying variable locations. The simpliest is
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describing a variable that is permanently located on the stack. In the stack
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or fixedStack attribute of the machine function, the variable, scope, and
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any qualifying location modifier are provided:
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.. code-block:: text
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- { id: 0, name: offset.addr, offset: -24, size: 8, alignment: 8, stack-id: default,
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4 debug-info-variable: '!1', debug-info-expression: '!DIExpression()',
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debug-info-location: '!2' }
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Where:
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- ``debug-info-variable`` identifies a DILocalVariable metadata node,
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- ``debug-info-expression`` adds qualifiers to the variable location,
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- ``debug-info-location`` identifies a DILocation metadata node.
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These metadata attributes correspond to the operands of a ``llvm.dbg.declare``
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IR intrinsic, see the :ref:`source level debugging<format_common_intrinsics>`
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documentation.
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Varying variable locations
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Variables that are not always on the stack or change location are specified
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with the ``DBG_VALUE`` meta machine instruction. It is synonymous with the
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``llvm.dbg.value`` IR intrinsic, and is written:
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.. code-block:: text
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DBG_VALUE $rax, $noreg, !123, !DIExpression(), debug-location !456
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The operands to which respectively:
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1. Identifies a machine location such as a register, immediate, or frame index,
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2. Is either $noreg, or immediate value zero if an extra level of indirection is to be added to the first operand,
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3. Identifies a ``DILocalVariable`` metadata node,
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4. Specifies an expression qualifying the variable location, either inline or as a metadata node reference,
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While the source location identifies the ``DILocation`` for the scope of the
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variable. The second operand (``IsIndirect``) is deprecated and to be deleted.
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All additional qualifiers for the variable location should be made through the
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expression metadata.
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Instruction referencing locations
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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This experimental feature aims to separate the specification of variable
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*values* from the program point where a variable takes on that value. Changes
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in variable value occur in the same manner as ``DBG_VALUE`` meta instructions
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but using ``DBG_INSTR_REF``. Variable values are identified by a pair of
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instruction number and operand number. Consider the example below:
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.. code-block:: text
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$rbp = MOV64ri 0, debug-instr-number 1, debug-location !12
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DBG_INSTR_REF 1, 0, !123, !DIExpression(), debug-location !456
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Instruction numbers are directly attached to machine instructions with an
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optional ``debug-instr-number`` attachment, before the optional
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``debug-location`` attachment. The value defined in ``$rbp`` in the code
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above would be identified by the pair ``<1, 0>``.
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The first two operands of the ``DBG_INSTR_REF`` above record the instruction
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and operand number ``<1, 0>``, identifying the value defined by the ``MOV64ri``.
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The additional operands to ``DBG_INSTR_REF`` are identical to ``DBG_VALUE``,
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and the ``DBG_INSTR_REF`` s position records where the variable takes on the
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designated value in the same way.
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More information about how these constructs are used will appear on the source
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level debugging page in due course, see also :doc:`SourceLevelDebugging` and :doc:`HowToUpdateDebugInfo`.
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