[clang] [llvm] [Support] Add SipHash-based 16/64-bit ptrauth stable hash. (PR #93902)

[Daniil Kovalev via llvm-commits]

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+//===--- SipHash.h - An ABI-stable string SipHash ---------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// A family of ABI-stable string hash algorithms based on SipHash, currently
+// used to compute ptrauth discriminators.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_SUPPORT_SIPHASH_H
+#define LLVM_SUPPORT_SIPHASH_H
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace llvm {
+class StringRef;
+
+/// Compute a stable 64-bit hash of the given string.
+///
+/// The exact algorithm is the little-endian interpretation of the
+/// non-doubled (i.e. 64-bit) result of applying a SipHash-2-4 using
+/// a specific key value which can be found in the source.
+///
+/// By "stable" we mean that the result of this hash algorithm will
+/// the same across different compiler versions and target platforms.
+uint64_t getPointerAuthStableSipHash64(StringRef S);
+
+/// Compute a stable non-zero 16-bit hash of the given string.
+///
+/// This computes the full getPointerAuthStableSipHash64, but additionally
+/// truncates it down to a non-zero 16-bit value.
+///
+/// We use a 16-bit discriminator because ARM64 can efficiently load
+/// a 16-bit immediate into the high bits of a register without disturbing
+/// the remainder of the value, which serves as a nice blend operation.
+/// 16 bits is also sufficiently compact to not inflate a loader relocation.
+/// We disallow zero to guarantee a different discriminator from the places
+/// in the ABI that use a constant zero.
+uint64_t getPointerAuthStableSipHash16(StringRef S);
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kovdan01 wrote:

Is having `uint64_t` as return value type intentional even for a function which by design always returns a 16-bit value?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/93902