/// getKindForGlobal - This is a top-level target-independent classifier for
/// a global variable. Given an global variable and information from TM, it
/// classifies the global in a variety of ways that make various target
/// implementations simpler. The target implementation is free to ignore this
/// extra info of course.
SectionKind TargetLoweringObjectFile::getKindForGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV,
const TargetMachine &TM){
assert(!GV->isDeclaration() && !GV->hasAvailableExternallyLinkage() &&
"Can only be used for global definitions");
Reloc::Model ReloModel = TM.getRelocationModel();
// Early exit - functions should be always in text sections.
const GlobalVariable *GVar = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(GV);
if (GVar == 0)
return SectionKind::getText();
// Handle thread-local data first.
if (GVar->isThreadLocal()) {
if (isSuitableForBSS(GVar))
return SectionKind::getThreadBSS();
return SectionKind::getThreadData();
}
// Variables with common linkage always get classified as common.
if (GVar->hasCommonLinkage())
return SectionKind::getCommon();
// Variable can be easily put to BSS section.
if (isSuitableForBSS(GVar)) {
if (GVar->hasLocalLinkage())
return SectionKind::getBSSLocal();
else if (GVar->hasExternalLinkage())
return SectionKind::getBSSExtern();
return SectionKind::getBSS();
}
Constant *C = GVar->getInitializer();
// If the global is marked constant, we can put it into a mergable section,
// a mergable string section, or general .data if it contains relocations.
if (GVar->isConstant()) {
// If the initializer for the global contains something that requires a
// relocation, then we may have to drop this into a wriable data section
// even though it is marked const.
switch (C->getRelocationInfo()) {
default: assert(0 && "unknown relocation info kind");
case Constant::NoRelocation:
// If initializer is a null-terminated string, put it in a "cstring"
// section of the right width.
if (const ArrayType *ATy = dyn_cast<ArrayType>(C->getType())) {
if (const IntegerType *ITy =
dyn_cast<IntegerType>(ATy->getElementType())) {
if ((ITy->getBitWidth() == 8 || ITy->getBitWidth() == 16 ||
ITy->getBitWidth() == 32) &&
IsNullTerminatedString(C)) {
if (ITy->getBitWidth() == 8)
return SectionKind::getMergeable1ByteCString();
if (ITy->getBitWidth() == 16)
return SectionKind::getMergeable2ByteCString();
assert(ITy->getBitWidth() == 32 && "Unknown width");
return SectionKind::getMergeable4ByteCString();
}
}
}
// Otherwise, just drop it into a mergable constant section. If we have
// a section for this size, use it, otherwise use the arbitrary sized
// mergable section.
switch (TM.getTargetData()->getTypeAllocSize(C->getType())) {
case 4: return SectionKind::getMergeableConst4();
case 8: return SectionKind::getMergeableConst8();
case 16: return SectionKind::getMergeableConst16();
default: return SectionKind::getMergeableConst();
}
case Constant::LocalRelocation:
// In static relocation model, the linker will resolve all addresses, so
// the relocation entries will actually be constants by the time the app
// starts up. However, we can't put this into a mergable section, because
// the linker doesn't take relocations into consideration when it tries to
// merge entries in the section.
if (ReloModel == Reloc::Static)
return SectionKind::getReadOnly();
// Otherwise, the dynamic linker needs to fix it up, put it in the
// writable data.rel.local section.
return SectionKind::getReadOnlyWithRelLocal();
case Constant::GlobalRelocations:
// In static relocation model, the linker will resolve all addresses, so
// the relocation entries will actually be constants by the time the app
// starts up. However, we can't put this into a mergable section, because
// the linker doesn't take relocations into consideration when it tries to
// merge entries in the section.
if (ReloModel == Reloc::Static)
return SectionKind::getReadOnly();
// Otherwise, the dynamic linker needs to fix it up, put it in the
// writable data.rel section.
return SectionKind::getReadOnlyWithRel();
}
}
// Okay, this isn't a constant. If the initializer for the global is going
// to require a runtime relocation by the dynamic linker, put it into a more
// specific section to improve startup time of the app. This coalesces these
// globals together onto fewer pages, improving the locality of the dynamic
// linker.
if (ReloModel == Reloc::Static)
return SectionKind::getDataNoRel();
switch (C->getRelocationInfo()) {
default: assert(0 && "unknown relocation info kind");
case Constant::NoRelocation:
return SectionKind::getDataNoRel();
case Constant::LocalRelocation:
return SectionKind::getDataRelLocal();
case Constant::GlobalRelocations:
return SectionKind::getDataRel();
}
}
