[clang] [CIR][CIRGen] Support for section atttribute on cir.global (PR #188200)

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Author: Chaitanya (skc7)

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<summary>Changes</summary>

Upstreaming clangIR PR: https://github.com/llvm/clangir/pull/422

This PR implement support for `__attribute__((section("name")))` on global variables in ClangIR, matching OGCG behavior.


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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/188200.diff


5 Files Affected:

- (modified) clang/include/clang/CIR/Dialect/IR/CIROps.td (+7-1) 
- (modified) clang/include/clang/CIR/MissingFeatures.h (-1) 
- (modified) clang/lib/CIR/CodeGen/CIRGenModule.cpp (+20-4) 
- (modified) clang/lib/CIR/Lowering/DirectToLLVM/LowerToLLVM.cpp (+26-13) 
- (added) clang/test/CIR/CodeGen/global-section.c (+14) 


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diff --git a/clang/include/clang/CIR/Dialect/IR/CIROps.td b/clang/include/clang/CIR/Dialect/IR/CIROps.td
index 41858a61480a8..15f98d1d7b9a9 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/CIR/Dialect/IR/CIROps.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/CIR/Dialect/IR/CIROps.td
@@ -2842,7 +2842,9 @@ def CIR_GlobalOp : CIR_Op<"global", [
                        UnitAttr:$dso_local,
                        OptionalAttr<CIR_StaticLocalGuardAttr>:$static_local_guard,
                        OptionalAttr<I64Attr>:$alignment,
-                       OptionalAttr<ASTVarDeclInterface>:$ast);
+                       OptionalAttr<ASTVarDeclInterface>:$ast,
+                       OptionalAttr<StrAttr>:$section
+                       );
 
   let regions = (region MaxSizedRegion<1>:$ctorRegion,
                         MaxSizedRegion<1>:$dtorRegion);
@@ -2901,6 +2903,10 @@ def CIR_GlobalOp : CIR_Op<"global", [
     void setupRegionInitializedLLVMGlobalOp(
         cir::GlobalOp op, mlir::ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const;
 
+    llvm::SmallVector<mlir::NamedAttribute> lowerGlobalAttributes(
+        cir::GlobalOp op,
+        mlir::ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const;
+
     mutable mlir::LLVM::ComdatOp comdatOp = nullptr;
     mlir::SymbolRefAttr getComdatAttr(cir::GlobalOp &op,
                                       mlir::OpBuilder &builder) const;
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/CIR/MissingFeatures.h b/clang/include/clang/CIR/MissingFeatures.h
index 68db08a5580ca..740816efc9dc4 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/CIR/MissingFeatures.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/CIR/MissingFeatures.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ struct MissingFeatures {
   static bool opGlobalThreadLocal() { return false; }
   static bool opGlobalWeakRef() { return false; }
   static bool opGlobalUnnamedAddr() { return false; }
-  static bool opGlobalSection() { return false; }
   static bool opGlobalVisibility() { return false; }
   static bool opGlobalDLLImportExport() { return false; }
   static bool opGlobalPartition() { return false; }
diff --git a/clang/lib/CIR/CodeGen/CIRGenModule.cpp b/clang/lib/CIR/CodeGen/CIRGenModule.cpp
index f3ab733bf4c6a..ffa8b35014b79 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CIR/CodeGen/CIRGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CIR/CodeGen/CIRGenModule.cpp
@@ -664,11 +664,17 @@ void CIRGenModule::setCommonAttributes(GlobalDecl gd, mlir::Operation *gv) {
 void CIRGenModule::setNonAliasAttributes(GlobalDecl gd, mlir::Operation *op) {
   setCommonAttributes(gd, op);
 
+  const Decl *d = gd.getDecl();
+  if (d) {
+    if (auto globalOp = mlir::dyn_cast<cir::GlobalOp>(op)) {
+      if (const auto *sa = d->getAttr<SectionAttr>())
+        globalOp.setSectionAttr(builder.getStringAttr(sa->getName()));
+    }
+  }
+
   assert(!cir::MissingFeatures::opGlobalUsedOrCompilerUsed());
-  assert(!cir::MissingFeatures::opGlobalSection());
   assert(!cir::MissingFeatures::opFuncCPUAndFeaturesAttributes());
   assert(!cir::MissingFeatures::opFuncSection());
-
   assert(!cir::MissingFeatures::setTargetAttributes());
 }
 
@@ -991,7 +997,11 @@ CIRGenModule::getOrCreateCIRGlobal(StringRef mangledName, mlir::Type ty,
       errorNYI(d->getSourceRange(),
                "getOrCreateCIRGlobal: MS static data member inline definition");
 
-    assert(!cir::MissingFeatures::opGlobalSection());
+    // Emit section information for extern variables.
+    if (d->hasExternalStorage()) {
+      if (const SectionAttr *sa = d->getAttr<SectionAttr>())
+        gv.setSectionAttr(builder.getStringAttr(sa->getName()));
+    }
     gv.setGlobalVisibilityAttr(getGlobalVisibilityAttrFromDecl(d));
 
     // Handle XCore specific ABI requirements.
@@ -1243,7 +1253,13 @@ void CIRGenModule::emitGlobalVarDefinition(const clang::VarDecl *vd,
                   vd->getType().isConstantStorage(astContext,
                                                   /*ExcludeCtor=*/true,
                                                   /*ExcludeDtor=*/true)));
-  assert(!cir::MissingFeatures::opGlobalSection());
+  // If it is in a read-only section, mark it 'constant'.
+  if (const SectionAttr *sa = vd->getAttr<SectionAttr>()) {
+    gv.setSectionAttr(getBuilder().getStringAttr(sa->getName()));
+    const ASTContext::SectionInfo &si = astContext.SectionInfos[sa->getName()];
+    if ((si.SectionFlags & ASTContext::PSF_Write) == 0)
+      gv.setConstant(true);
+  }
 
   // Set CIR linkage and DLL storage class.
   gv.setLinkage(linkage);
diff --git a/clang/lib/CIR/Lowering/DirectToLLVM/LowerToLLVM.cpp b/clang/lib/CIR/Lowering/DirectToLLVM/LowerToLLVM.cpp
index 9fa0e720e1591..fd252196c25c3 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CIR/Lowering/DirectToLLVM/LowerToLLVM.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CIR/Lowering/DirectToLLVM/LowerToLLVM.cpp
@@ -2557,6 +2557,26 @@ mlir::LogicalResult CIRToLLVMGetGlobalOpLowering::matchAndRewrite(
   return mlir::success();
 }
 
+llvm::SmallVector<mlir::NamedAttribute>
+CIRToLLVMGlobalOpLowering::lowerGlobalAttributes(
+    cir::GlobalOp op, mlir::ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const {
+  SmallVector<mlir::NamedAttribute> attributes;
+
+  if (auto sectionAttr = op.getSectionAttr())
+    attributes.push_back(rewriter.getNamedAttr("section", sectionAttr));
+
+  mlir::LLVM::VisibilityAttr visibility = mlir::LLVM::VisibilityAttr::get(
+      getContext(), lowerCIRVisibilityToLLVMVisibility(
+                        op.getGlobalVisibilityAttr().getValue()));
+  attributes.push_back(rewriter.getNamedAttr("visibility_", visibility));
+
+  if (op->getAttr(CUDAExternallyInitializedAttr::getMnemonic()))
+    attributes.push_back(rewriter.getNamedAttr("externally_initialized",
+                                               rewriter.getUnitAttr()));
+
+  return attributes;
+}
+
 /// Replace CIR global with a region initialized LLVM global and update
 /// insertion point to the end of the initializer block.
 void CIRToLLVMGlobalOpLowering::setupRegionInitializedLLVMGlobalOp(
@@ -2580,7 +2600,9 @@ void CIRToLLVMGlobalOpLowering::setupRegionInitializedLLVMGlobalOp(
   const StringRef symbol = op.getSymName();
   mlir::SymbolRefAttr comdatAttr = getComdatAttr(op, rewriter);
 
-  SmallVector<mlir::NamedAttribute> attributes;
+  SmallVector<mlir::NamedAttribute> attributes =
+      lowerGlobalAttributes(op, rewriter);
+
   mlir::LLVM::GlobalOp newGlobalOp =
       rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<mlir::LLVM::GlobalOp>(
           op, llvmType, isConst, linkage, symbol, nullptr, alignment, addrSpace,
@@ -2641,14 +2663,8 @@ mlir::LogicalResult CIRToLLVMGlobalOpLowering::matchAndRewrite(
   const uint64_t alignment = op.getAlignment().value_or(0);
   const mlir::LLVM::Linkage linkage = convertLinkage(op.getLinkage());
   const StringRef symbol = op.getSymName();
-  SmallVector<mlir::NamedAttribute> attributes;
-
-  // Mark externally_initialized for __device__ and __constant__
-  if (auto extInit =
-          op->getAttr(CUDAExternallyInitializedAttr::getMnemonic())) {
-    attributes.push_back(rewriter.getNamedAttr("externally_initialized",
-                                               rewriter.getUnitAttr()));
-  }
+  SmallVector<mlir::NamedAttribute> attributes =
+      lowerGlobalAttributes(op, rewriter);
 
   if (init.has_value()) {
     if (mlir::isa<cir::FPAttr, cir::IntAttr, cir::BoolAttr>(init.value())) {
@@ -2679,13 +2695,10 @@ mlir::LogicalResult CIRToLLVMGlobalOpLowering::matchAndRewrite(
     }
   }
 
-  mlir::LLVM::Visibility visibility =
-      lowerCIRVisibilityToLLVMVisibility(op.getGlobalVisibility());
   mlir::SymbolRefAttr comdatAttr = getComdatAttr(op, rewriter);
-  auto newOp = rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<mlir::LLVM::GlobalOp>(
+  rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<mlir::LLVM::GlobalOp>(
       op, llvmType, isConst, linkage, symbol, init.value_or(mlir::Attribute()),
       alignment, addrSpace, isDsoLocal, isThreadLocal, comdatAttr, attributes);
-  newOp.setVisibility_(visibility);
 
   return mlir::success();
 }
diff --git a/clang/test/CIR/CodeGen/global-section.c b/clang/test/CIR/CodeGen/global-section.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f82c085b73312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CIR/CodeGen/global-section.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -emit-cir %s -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CIR
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fclangir -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=LLVM
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=LLVM
+
+extern int __attribute__((section(".shared"))) ext;
+int getExt(void) {
+  return ext;
+}
+// CIR: cir.global "private" external @ext : !s32i {{{.*}}section = ".shared"}
+// LLVM: @ext = external global i32, section ".shared"
+
+int __attribute__((section(".shared"))) glob = 42;
+// CIR: cir.global external @glob = #cir.int<42> : !s32i {{{.*}}section = ".shared"}
+// LLVM: @glob = global i32 42, section ".shared"

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/188200


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