[llvm] [IR] Introduce captures attribute (PR #116990)
Alexander Richardson via llvm-commits
llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Nov 21 08:02:14 PST 2024
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@@ -1379,6 +1379,36 @@ Currently, only the following parameter attributes are defined:
function, returning a pointer to allocated storage disjoint from the
storage for any other object accessible to the caller.
+``captures(...)``
+ This attributes restrict the ways in which the callee may capture the
+ pointer. This is not a valid attribute for return values. This attribute
+ applies only to the particular copy of the pointer passed in this argument.
+
+ The arguments of ``captures`` is a list of captured pointer components,
+ which may be ``none``, or a combination of:
+
+ - ``address``: The integral address of the pointer.
+ - ``provenance``: The ability to access the pointer for both read and write
+ after the function returns.
+ - ``read_provenance``: The ability to access the pointer only for reads
+ after the function returns.
+
+ Additionally, it is possible to specify that the pointer is captured via
+ the return value only, by using ``caputres(ret: ...)``.
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arichardson wrote:
```suggestion
the return value only, by using ``captures(ret: ...)``.
```
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/116990
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