[llvm] Add the 'initialized' attribute langref and support (PR #84803)
Arthur Eubanks via llvm-commits
llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Mar 15 12:55:11 PDT 2024
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@@ -1621,6 +1621,31 @@ Currently, only the following parameter attributes are defined:
``readonly`` or a ``memory`` attribute that does not contain
``argmem: write``.
+``initialized((Lo1,Hi1),...)``
+ This attribute indicates that the function initializes the ranges of the
+ pointer parameter's memory, ``[%p+LoN, %p+HiN)``. Initialization of memory
+ means the first memory access is a non-volatile, non-atomic write. The
+ write must happen before the function returns. If the function unwinds,
+ the write may not happen.
+
+ This attribute only holds for the memory accessed via this pointer
+ parameter. Other arbitrary accesses to the same memory via other pointers
+ are allowed.
+
+ Note that this attribute does not apply to the unwind edge: the
+ initializing function does not read the pointer before writing to it
+ regardless of unwinding or not, but the memory may not actually be
+ written to when unwinding happens.
+
+ The ``writable`` or ``dereferenceable`` attribute does not imply the
+ ``initialized`` attribute. The ``initialized`` does not imply ``writeonly``
+ since ``initialized`` allows reading from the pointer after writing.
+
+ This attribute is a list of constant ranges in ascending order with no
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aeubanks wrote:
for completeness say that an empty list isn't allowed
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/84803
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