[llvm] SafeStack: Check if __safestack_pointer_address is available (PR #147917)

Matt Arsenault via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Jul 15 03:02:44 PDT 2025


https://github.com/arsenm updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/147917

>From cfb6e2116e23407ccd91d2ec6916e541eb4bb42f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Arsenault <Matthew.Arsenault at amd.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:48:10 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] SafeStack: Check if __safestack_pointer_address is available

Start using RuntimeLibcalls in the base implementation of
getSafeStackPointerLocation instead of hardcoding the function
names.
---
 llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp         | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 .../safestack-pointer-address-libcall-error.ll  |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp
index 6feeb19bb8589..d4a34555ed820 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringBase.cpp
@@ -1965,15 +1965,26 @@ TargetLoweringBase::getDefaultSafeStackPointerLocation(IRBuilderBase &IRB,
 
 Value *
 TargetLoweringBase::getSafeStackPointerLocation(IRBuilderBase &IRB) const {
+  // FIXME: Can this triple check be replaced with SAFESTACK_POINTER_ADDRESS
+  // being available?
   if (!TM.getTargetTriple().isAndroid())
     return getDefaultSafeStackPointerLocation(IRB, true);
 
-  // Android provides a libc function to retrieve the address of the current
-  // thread's unsafe stack pointer.
   Module *M = IRB.GetInsertBlock()->getParent()->getParent();
   auto *PtrTy = PointerType::getUnqual(M->getContext());
+
+  const char *SafestackPointerAddressName =
+      getLibcallName(RTLIB::SAFESTACK_POINTER_ADDRESS);
+  if (!SafestackPointerAddressName) {
+    M->getContext().emitError(
+        "no libcall available for safestack pointer address");
+    return PoisonValue::get(PtrTy);
+  }
+
+  // Android provides a libc function to retrieve the address of the current
+  // thread's unsafe stack pointer.
   FunctionCallee Fn =
-      M->getOrInsertFunction("__safestack_pointer_address", PtrTy);
+      M->getOrInsertFunction(SafestackPointerAddressName, PtrTy);
   return IRB.CreateCall(Fn);
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/SafeStack/NVPTX/safestack-pointer-address-libcall-error.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/SafeStack/NVPTX/safestack-pointer-address-libcall-error.ll
index 9bf84585e5468..d3ea974fca0cf 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/SafeStack/NVPTX/safestack-pointer-address-libcall-error.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/SafeStack/NVPTX/safestack-pointer-address-libcall-error.ll
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-; RUN: not opt -disable-output -mtriple=nvptx64-- -safestack-use-pointer-address -mcpu=sm_90 -passes=safe-stack %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: not opt -disable-output -mtriple=nvptx64-- -safestack-use-pointer-address -mcpu=sm_90 -passes=safe-stack %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR1 %s
+; RUN: not opt -disable-output -mtriple=nvptx64-unknown-android -mcpu=sm_90 -passes=safe-stack %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR2 %s
 
-; CHECK: error: no libcall available for safestack pointer address
+; ERR1: error: no libcall available for safestack pointer address
+; ERR2: error: no libcall available for stackprotector check fail
 define void @foo(i32 %t) #0 {
   %vla = alloca i32, i32 %t, align 4
   call void @baz(ptr %vla)



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