r350920 - [Sema] Make canPassInRegisters return true if the CXXRecordDecl passed

Shoaib Meenai via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Jan 31 16:37:00 PST 2019


+Hans for managing the 8.0 branch.

On 1/31/19, 4:15 PM, "ahatanaka at apple.com on behalf of Akira Hatanaka" <ahatanaka at apple.com> wrote:

    Reverted patch in r352822. I’ll send a new patch later that disallows trivial_abi on classes without non-deleted copy or move constructors.
    
    > On Jan 31, 2019, at 3:52 PM, Richard Smith <richard at metafoo.co.uk> wrote:
    > 
    > Given that there's uncertainty as to how to proceed and this patch
    > affects the ABI, I would prefer that we revert it for trunk and 8.0.
    > 
    > The suggested alternative of disallowing trivial_abi in the case where
    > all copy/move constructors are deleted seems reasonable to me.
    > 
    > On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 14:31, Shoaib Meenai via cfe-commits
    > <cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
    >> 
    >> Just wanted to point out that r350920 is on the 8.0 release branch as well. I don't know if there are any additional considerations there.
    >> 
    >> On 1/31/19, 2:20 PM, "cfe-commits on behalf of John McCall via cfe-commits" <cfe-commits-bounces at lists.llvm.org on behalf of cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
    >> 
    >> 
    >> 
    >>    On 31 Jan 2019, at 16:57, Akira Hatanaka wrote:
    >> 
    >>> Would it be better if we disallowed trivial_abi if the class’ copy
    >>> and move destructors were all deleted (and revert r350920)? I think
    >>> that would make it easier to reason about when you are allowed to use
    >>> trivial_abi and what effect the attribute has (which is to override
    >>> the trivialness for the purpose of calls).
    >>> 
    >>> Sorry for my late reply. It took a while to understand that the patch
    >>> I committed might not be the right way to fix the problem.
    >> 
    >>    I'd be fine with that.  If nothing else, we can generalize it later if
    >>    we decide that's an important use-case.
    >> 
    >>    John.
    >> 
    >>> 
    >>>> On Jan 16, 2019, at 8:37 PM, John McCall via cfe-commits
    >>>> <cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
    >>>> 
    >>>> On 16 Jan 2019, at 20:03, Richard Smith wrote:
    >>>> 
    >>>>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 16:20, John McCall via cfe-commits <
    >>>>> cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
    >>>>> 
    >>>>>> On 16 Jan 2019, at 18:32, Richard Smith wrote:
    >>>>>> 
    >>>>>>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 09:10, John McCall via cfe-commits <
    >>>>>>> cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
    >>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>>> On 16 Jan 2019, at 9:13, Aaron Ballman wrote:
    >>>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 1:57 AM Akira Hatanaka
    >>>>>>>>> <ahatanaka at apple.com>
    >>>>>>>>> wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>>>>> Yes, the behavior of the compiler doesn’t match what’s
    >>>>>>>>>> explained
    >>>>>>>>>> in the documentation anymore.
    >>>>>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>>>>> Please take a look at the attached patch, which updates the
    >>>>>>>>>> documentation.
    >>>>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>>>> Patch mostly LGTM, but I did have one wording suggestion.
    >>>>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
    >>>>>>>>>> b/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
    >>>>>>>>>> index 5773a92c9c..ca3cfcf9b2 100644
    >>>>>>>>>> --- a/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
    >>>>>>>>>> +++ b/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
    >>>>>>>>>> @@ -2478,15 +2478,20 @@ def TrivialABIDocs : Documentation {
    >>>>>>>>>>  let Category = DocCatVariable;
    >>>>>>>>>>  let Content = [{
    >>>>>>>>>> The ``trivial_abi`` attribute can be applied to a C++ class,
    >>>>>>>>>> struct,
    >>>>>>>>>> or union.
    >>>>>>>>>> -It instructs the compiler to pass and return the type using
    >>>>>>>>>> the C
    >>>>>>>>>> ABI for the
    >>>>>>>>>> +``trivial_abi`` has the following effects:
    >>>>>>>>>> +
    >>>>>>>>>> +- It instructs the compiler to pass and return the type using
    >>>>>>>>>> the C
    >>>>>>>>>> ABI for the
    >>>>>>>>>> underlying type when the type would otherwise be considered
    >>>>>>>>>> non-trivial for the
    >>>>>>>>>> purpose of calls.
    >>>>>>>>>> -A class annotated with `trivial_abi` can have non-trivial
    >>>>>>>>>> destructors or copy/move constructors without automatically
    >>>>>>>>>> becoming
    >>>>>>>>>> non-trivial for the purposes of calls. For example:
    >>>>>>>>>> +- It makes the destructor and copy and move constructors of
    >>>>>>>>>> the
    >>>>>>>>>> class trivial
    >>>>>>>>>> +that would otherwise be considered non-trivial under the C++
    >>>>>>>>>> ABI
    >>>>>>>>>> rules.
    >>>>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>>>> How about: It makes the destructor, copy constructors, and move
    >>>>>>>>> constructors of the class trivial even if they would otherwise
    >>>>>>>>> be
    >>>>>>>>> non-trivial under the C++ ABI rules.
    >>>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>>> Let's not say that it makes them trivial, because it doesn't.  It
    >>>>>>>> causes
    >>>>>>>> their immediate non-triviality to be ignored for the purposes of
    >>>>>>>> deciding
    >>>>>>>> whether the type can be passed in registers.
    >>>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>> 
    >>>>>>> Given the attribute now forces the type to be passed in registers,
    >>>>>>> I
    >>>>>> think
    >>>>>>> it'd be more to the point to say that it makes the triviality of
    >>>>>>> those
    >>>>>>> special members be ignored when deciding whether to pass a type
    >>>>>>> with a
    >>>>>>> subobject of this type in registers.
    >>>>>> 
    >>>>>> Wait, it forces it to be passed in registers?  I thought the design
    >>>>>> was that it didn't override the non-trivial-abi-ness of subobjects;
    >>>>>> see all the discussion of trivially_relocatable.
    >>>>>> 
    >>>>> 
    >>>>> The attribute is ill-formed if applied to a class that has a
    >>>>> subobject that
    >>>>> can't be passed in registers (or that has a vptr). And then as a
    >>>>> weird
    >>>>> special case we don't instantiate the attribute when instantiating a
    >>>>> class
    >>>>> if it would be ill-formed (well, we instantiate it and then remove
    >>>>> it
    >>>>> again, but the effect is the same).
    >>>>> 
    >>>>> The commit at the start of this email chain switches us from the
    >>>>> "just
    >>>>> override the trivialness for the purposes of the ABI" model to
    >>>>> /also/
    >>>>> forcing the type to be passed in registers (the type would otherwise
    >>>>> not be
    >>>>> passed in registers in some corner cases, such as if all its
    >>>>> copy/move
    >>>>> special members are deleted).
    >>>> 
    >>>> I see.  Alright, I accept your wording, then.
    >>>> 
    >>>> John.
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