[llvm] IR: Make Module::getOrInsertGlobal() return a GlobalVariable. (PR #141323)

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Author: Peter Collingbourne (pcc)

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<summary>Changes</summary>

After pointer element types were removed this function can only return
a GlobalVariable, so reflect that in the type and comments and clean
up callers.


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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/141323.diff


13 Files Affected:

- (modified) llvm/include/llvm/IR/Module.h (+3-4) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/CodeGen/LowerEmuTLS.cpp (+2-4) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp (+3-4) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/CodeGen/WasmEHPrepare.cpp (+1-2) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/IR/Module.cpp (+4-7) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/LowerTypeTests.cpp (+4-5) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/WholeProgramDevirt.cpp (+3-5) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/DataFlowSanitizer.cpp (+4-6) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/HWAddressSanitizer.cpp (+1-2) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/NumericalStabilitySanitizer.cpp (+2-2) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp (+2-4) 
- (modified) llvm/unittests/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysisTest.cpp (+1-2) 
- (modified) llvm/unittests/IR/ConstantsTest.cpp (+2-2) 


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diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Module.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Module.h
index 53d1005333ee1..0dc8164b9c950 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Module.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Module.h
@@ -471,15 +471,14 @@ class LLVM_ABI Module {
 
   /// Look up the specified global in the module symbol table.
   /// If it does not exist, invoke a callback to create a declaration of the
-  /// global and return it. The global is constantexpr casted to the expected
-  /// type if necessary.
-  Constant *
+  /// global and return it.
+  GlobalVariable *
   getOrInsertGlobal(StringRef Name, Type *Ty,
                     function_ref<GlobalVariable *()> CreateGlobalCallback);
 
   /// Look up the specified global in the module symbol table. If required, this
   /// overload constructs the global variable using its constructor's defaults.
-  Constant *getOrInsertGlobal(StringRef Name, Type *Ty);
+  GlobalVariable *getOrInsertGlobal(StringRef Name, Type *Ty);
 
 /// @}
 /// @name Global Alias Accessors
diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LowerEmuTLS.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LowerEmuTLS.cpp
index ec36b669ac018..c81f0184cf213 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LowerEmuTLS.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LowerEmuTLS.cpp
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ bool addEmuTlsVar(Module &M, const GlobalVariable *GV) {
   PointerType *InitPtrType = PointerType::getUnqual(C);
   Type *ElementTypes[4] = {WordType, WordType, VoidPtrType, InitPtrType};
   StructType *EmuTlsVarType = StructType::create(ElementTypes);
-  EmuTlsVar = cast<GlobalVariable>(
-      M.getOrInsertGlobal(EmuTlsVarName, EmuTlsVarType));
+  EmuTlsVar = M.getOrInsertGlobal(EmuTlsVarName, EmuTlsVarType);
   copyLinkageVisibility(M, GV, EmuTlsVar);
 
   // Define "__emutls_t.*" and "__emutls_v.*" only if GV is defined.
@@ -155,8 +154,7 @@ bool addEmuTlsVar(Module &M, const GlobalVariable *GV) {
   GlobalVariable *EmuTlsTmplVar = nullptr;
   if (InitValue) {
     std::string EmuTlsTmplName = ("__emutls_t." + GV->getName()).str();
-    EmuTlsTmplVar = dyn_cast_or_null<GlobalVariable>(
-        M.getOrInsertGlobal(EmuTlsTmplName, GVType));
+    EmuTlsTmplVar = M.getOrInsertGlobal(EmuTlsTmplName, GVType);
     assert(EmuTlsTmplVar && "Failed to create emualted TLS initializer");
     EmuTlsTmplVar->setConstant(true);
     EmuTlsTmplVar->setInitializer(const_cast<Constant*>(InitValue));
diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp
index c85f0c71ef25f..935afaf9dd550 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp
@@ -1975,10 +1975,9 @@ Value *TargetLoweringBase::getIRStackGuard(IRBuilderBase &IRB) const {
   if (getTargetMachine().getTargetTriple().isOSOpenBSD()) {
     Module &M = *IRB.GetInsertBlock()->getParent()->getParent();
     PointerType *PtrTy = PointerType::getUnqual(M.getContext());
-    Constant *C = M.getOrInsertGlobal("__guard_local", PtrTy);
-    if (GlobalVariable *G = dyn_cast_or_null<GlobalVariable>(C))
-      G->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
-    return C;
+    GlobalVariable *G = M.getOrInsertGlobal("__guard_local", PtrTy);
+    G->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
+    return G;
   }
   return nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/WasmEHPrepare.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/WasmEHPrepare.cpp
index fc98f594660bb..1ea3e6bcb15ce 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/WasmEHPrepare.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/WasmEHPrepare.cpp
@@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ bool WasmEHPrepareImpl::prepareEHPads(Function &F) {
   // we depend on CoalesceFeaturesAndStripAtomics to downgrade it to
   // non-thread-local ones, in which case we don't allow this object to be
   // linked with other objects using shared memory.
-  LPadContextGV = cast<GlobalVariable>(
-      M.getOrInsertGlobal("__wasm_lpad_context", LPadContextTy));
+  LPadContextGV = M.getOrInsertGlobal("__wasm_lpad_context", LPadContextTy);
   LPadContextGV->setThreadLocalMode(GlobalValue::GeneralDynamicTLSModel);
 
   LPadIndexField = LPadContextGV;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Module.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Module.cpp
index c7daaafe13e3f..eb635dc29aeeb 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Module.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Module.cpp
@@ -250,12 +250,9 @@ GlobalVariable *Module::getGlobalVariable(StringRef Name,
 }
 
 /// getOrInsertGlobal - Look up the specified global in the module symbol table.
-///   1. If it does not exist, add a declaration of the global and return it.
-///   2. Else, the global exists but has the wrong type: return the function
-///      with a constantexpr cast to the right type.
-///   3. Finally, if the existing global is the correct declaration, return the
-///      existing global.
-Constant *Module::getOrInsertGlobal(
+/// If it does not exist, add a declaration of the global and return it.
+/// Otherwise, return the existing global.
+GlobalVariable *Module::getOrInsertGlobal(
     StringRef Name, Type *Ty,
     function_ref<GlobalVariable *()> CreateGlobalCallback) {
   // See if we have a definition for the specified global already.
@@ -269,7 +266,7 @@ Constant *Module::getOrInsertGlobal(
 }
 
 // Overload to construct a global variable using its constructor's defaults.
-Constant *Module::getOrInsertGlobal(StringRef Name, Type *Ty) {
+GlobalVariable *Module::getOrInsertGlobal(StringRef Name, Type *Ty) {
   return getOrInsertGlobal(Name, Ty, [&] {
     return new GlobalVariable(*this, Ty, false, GlobalVariable::ExternalLinkage,
                               nullptr, Name);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/LowerTypeTests.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/LowerTypeTests.cpp
index ebabece067db2..51667038575cc 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/LowerTypeTests.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/LowerTypeTests.cpp
@@ -983,11 +983,10 @@ LowerTypeTestsModule::importTypeId(StringRef TypeId) {
   auto ImportGlobal = [&](StringRef Name) {
     // Give the global a type of length 0 so that it is not assumed not to alias
     // with any other global.
-    Constant *C = M.getOrInsertGlobal(("__typeid_" + TypeId + "_" + Name).str(),
-                                      Int8Arr0Ty);
-    if (auto *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(C))
-      GV->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
-    return C;
+    GlobalVariable *GV = M.getOrInsertGlobal(
+        ("__typeid_" + TypeId + "_" + Name).str(), Int8Arr0Ty);
+    GV->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
+    return GV;
   };
 
   auto ImportConstant = [&](StringRef Name, uint64_t Const, unsigned AbsWidth,
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/WholeProgramDevirt.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/WholeProgramDevirt.cpp
index aa527aec622bf..3a25255d0a4c8 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/WholeProgramDevirt.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/WholeProgramDevirt.cpp
@@ -1689,12 +1689,10 @@ void DevirtModule::exportConstant(VTableSlot Slot, ArrayRef<uint64_t> Args,
 
 Constant *DevirtModule::importGlobal(VTableSlot Slot, ArrayRef<uint64_t> Args,
                                      StringRef Name) {
-  Constant *C =
+  GlobalVariable *GV =
       M.getOrInsertGlobal(getGlobalName(Slot, Args, Name), Int8Arr0Ty);
-  auto *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(C);
-  if (GV)
-    GV->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
-  return C;
+  GV->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
+  return GV;
 }
 
 Constant *DevirtModule::importConstant(VTableSlot Slot, ArrayRef<uint64_t> Args,
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/DataFlowSanitizer.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/DataFlowSanitizer.cpp
index 090e7cf7345f7..d94a2fbb23d23 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/DataFlowSanitizer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/DataFlowSanitizer.cpp
@@ -1506,12 +1506,10 @@ bool DataFlowSanitizer::runImpl(
 
   auto GetOrInsertGlobal = [this, &Changed](StringRef Name,
                                             Type *Ty) -> Constant * {
-    Constant *C = Mod->getOrInsertGlobal(Name, Ty);
-    if (GlobalVariable *G = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(C)) {
-      Changed |= G->getThreadLocalMode() != GlobalVariable::InitialExecTLSModel;
-      G->setThreadLocalMode(GlobalVariable::InitialExecTLSModel);
-    }
-    return C;
+    GlobalVariable *G = Mod->getOrInsertGlobal(Name, Ty);
+    Changed |= G->getThreadLocalMode() != GlobalVariable::InitialExecTLSModel;
+    G->setThreadLocalMode(GlobalVariable::InitialExecTLSModel);
+    return G;
   };
 
   // These globals must be kept in sync with the ones in dfsan.cpp.
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/HWAddressSanitizer.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/HWAddressSanitizer.cpp
index 2f7712171bab2..e81a725c62ead 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/HWAddressSanitizer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/HWAddressSanitizer.cpp
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ void HWAddressSanitizer::initializeModule() {
   }
 
   if (!TargetTriple.isAndroid()) {
-    Constant *C = M.getOrInsertGlobal("__hwasan_tls", IntptrTy, [&] {
+    ThreadPtrGlobal = M.getOrInsertGlobal("__hwasan_tls", IntptrTy, [&] {
       auto *GV = new GlobalVariable(M, IntptrTy, /*isConstant=*/false,
                                     GlobalValue::ExternalLinkage, nullptr,
                                     "__hwasan_tls", nullptr,
@@ -700,7 +700,6 @@ void HWAddressSanitizer::initializeModule() {
       appendToCompilerUsed(M, GV);
       return GV;
     });
-    ThreadPtrGlobal = cast<GlobalVariable>(C);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/NumericalStabilitySanitizer.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/NumericalStabilitySanitizer.cpp
index 6bbf99cd8d510..fa1db288fbb2e 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/NumericalStabilitySanitizer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/NumericalStabilitySanitizer.cpp
@@ -642,11 +642,11 @@ NumericalStabilitySanitizerPass::run(Module &M, ModuleAnalysisManager &MAM) {
 }
 
 static GlobalValue *createThreadLocalGV(const char *Name, Module &M, Type *Ty) {
-  return dyn_cast<GlobalValue>(M.getOrInsertGlobal(Name, Ty, [&M, Ty, Name] {
+  return M.getOrInsertGlobal(Name, Ty, [&M, Ty, Name] {
     return new GlobalVariable(M, Ty, false, GlobalVariable::ExternalLinkage,
                               nullptr, Name, nullptr,
                               GlobalVariable::InitialExecTLSModel);
-  }));
+  });
 }
 
 NumericalStabilitySanitizer::NumericalStabilitySanitizer(Module &M)
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
index 9c6660d79322a..5b8ea1547ca2f 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
@@ -486,10 +486,8 @@ bool ModuleSanitizerCoverage::instrumentModule() {
   SanCovTraceSwitchFunction =
       M.getOrInsertFunction(SanCovTraceSwitchName, VoidTy, Int64Ty, PtrTy);
 
-  Constant *SanCovLowestStackConstant =
-      M.getOrInsertGlobal(SanCovLowestStackName, IntptrTy);
-  SanCovLowestStack = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(SanCovLowestStackConstant);
-  if (!SanCovLowestStack || SanCovLowestStack->getValueType() != IntptrTy) {
+  SanCovLowestStack = M.getOrInsertGlobal(SanCovLowestStackName, IntptrTy);
+  if (SanCovLowestStack->getValueType() != IntptrTy) {
     C->emitError(StringRef("'") + SanCovLowestStackName +
                  "' should not be declared by the user");
     return true;
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysisTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysisTest.cpp
index 4e96b66776617..f5c73ff63934e 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysisTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysisTest.cpp
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ TEST_F(BasicAATest, AliasInstWithObjectOfImpreciseSize) {
 
   Value *IncomingI32Ptr = F->arg_begin();
 
-  auto *GlobalPtr =
-      cast<GlobalVariable>(M.getOrInsertGlobal("some_global", B.getInt8Ty()));
+  auto *GlobalPtr = M.getOrInsertGlobal("some_global", B.getInt8Ty());
 
   // Without sufficiently restricted linkage/an init, some of the object size
   // checking bits get more conservative.
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/IR/ConstantsTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/IR/ConstantsTest.cpp
index 41cc212f00de6..54c7ddd003fc6 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/IR/ConstantsTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/IR/ConstantsTest.cpp
@@ -774,12 +774,12 @@ TEST(ConstantsTest, ComdatUserTracking) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(Users.size() == 0);
 
   Type *Ty = Type::getInt8Ty(Context);
-  GlobalVariable *GV1 = cast<GlobalVariable>(M.getOrInsertGlobal("gv1", Ty));
+  GlobalVariable *GV1 = M.getOrInsertGlobal("gv1", Ty);
   GV1->setComdat(C);
   EXPECT_TRUE(Users.size() == 1);
   EXPECT_TRUE(Users.contains(GV1));
 
-  GlobalVariable *GV2 = cast<GlobalVariable>(M.getOrInsertGlobal("gv2", Ty));
+  GlobalVariable *GV2 = M.getOrInsertGlobal("gv2", Ty);
   GV2->setComdat(C);
   EXPECT_TRUE(Users.size() == 2);
   EXPECT_TRUE(Users.contains(GV2));

``````````

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/141323


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