[llvm] [DebugInfo] Helper method for finding the deepest inlining location (PR #161696)

Akshay Deodhar via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Mon Oct 6 14:40:42 PDT 2025


https://github.com/akshayrdeodhar updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/161696

>From 394b18e397b2bf7aae5c1d0aeafcf66ffcf4c734 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akshay Deodhar <adeodhar at nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:21:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] [DebugInfo] Helper method for finding the deepest
 inlining location

---
 llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h
index 6652e303a6648..3536fcdbb911f 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h
@@ -2600,14 +2600,23 @@ class DILocation : public MDNode {
   StringRef getDirectory() const { return getScope()->getDirectory(); }
   std::optional<StringRef> getSource() const { return getScope()->getSource(); }
 
+  /// Get the location where this is inlined
+  ///
+  /// Walk through \a getInlinedAt() and return the \a DILocation where this is
+  /// inlined.
+  const DILocation *getInlinedAtLocation() const {
+    const DILocation *Current = this, *Next = nullptr;
+    while (Next = Current->getInlinedAt())
+      Current = Next;
+    return Current;
+  }
+
   /// Get the scope where this is inlined.
   ///
   /// Walk through \a getInlinedAt() and return \a getScope() from the deepest
   /// location.
   DILocalScope *getInlinedAtScope() const {
-    if (auto *IA = getInlinedAt())
-      return IA->getInlinedAtScope();
-    return getScope();
+    return getInlinedAtLocation()->getScope();
   }
 
   /// Get the DWARF discriminator.

>From 7edcc06f0993ba978a85e3ab1f1193cf65aa9b30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akshay Deodhar <adeodhar at nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 23:11:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] address review comments

---
 llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h | 15 ++---
 llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp      | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h
index 3536fcdbb911f..55c925ae2086c 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h
@@ -2600,21 +2600,16 @@ class DILocation : public MDNode {
   StringRef getDirectory() const { return getScope()->getDirectory(); }
   std::optional<StringRef> getSource() const { return getScope()->getSource(); }
 
-  /// Get the location where this is inlined
-  ///
-  /// Walk through \a getInlinedAt() and return the \a DILocation where this is
-  /// inlined.
+  /// Walk through \a getInlinedAt() and return the \a DILocation of the outermost
+  /// call site in the inlining chain.
   const DILocation *getInlinedAtLocation() const {
-    const DILocation *Current = this, *Next = nullptr;
-    while (Next = Current->getInlinedAt())
+    const DILocation *Current = this;
+    while (const DILocation *Next = Current->getInlinedAt())
       Current = Next;
     return Current;
   }
 
-  /// Get the scope where this is inlined.
-  ///
-  /// Walk through \a getInlinedAt() and return \a getScope() from the deepest
-  /// location.
+  // Return the \a DILocalScope of the outermost call site in the inlining chain.
   DILocalScope *getInlinedAtScope() const {
     return getInlinedAtLocation()->getScope();
   }
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp
index 03333d5872d2f..273e6825e9943 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp
@@ -1367,4 +1367,79 @@ TEST(DIBuilder, DynamicOffsetAndSize) {
   EXPECT_EQ(Field->getRawSizeInBits(), Len);
 }
 
+TEST(DILocationTest, InlinedAtMethodsWithMultipleLevels) {
+  LLVMContext C;
+
+  // Create IR with 3 levels of inlining:
+  // main() calls inline1() which calls inline2() which calls inline3()
+  // We'll test from the perspective of code in inline3()
+  std::unique_ptr<Module> M = parseIR(C, R"(
+    define void @main() !dbg !10 {
+      ret void, !dbg !20
+    }
+
+    !llvm.dbg.cu = !{!0}
+    !llvm.module.flags = !{!2}
+
+    !0 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C99, file: !1)
+    !1 = !DIFile(filename: "test.c", directory: "/test")
+    !2 = !{i32 2, !"Debug Info Version", i32 3}
+
+    ; Subprograms for each function in the call chain
+    !10 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "main", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 100, unit: !0)
+    !11 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "inline1", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 200, unit: !0)
+    !12 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "inline2", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 300, unit: !0)
+    !13 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "inline3", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 400, unit: !0)
+
+    ; Location in inline3 (line 401), inlined at location !21
+    !20 = !DILocation(line: 401, column: 5, scope: !13, inlinedAt: !21)
+
+    ; Location in inline2 (line 301) where inline3 was called, inlined at !22
+    !21 = !DILocation(line: 301, column: 10, scope: !12, inlinedAt: !22)
+
+    ; Location in inline1 (line 201) where inline2 was called, inlined at !23
+    !22 = !DILocation(line: 201, column: 15, scope: !11, inlinedAt: !23)
+
+    ; Location in main (line 101) where inline1 was called (no more inlinedAt)
+    !23 = !DILocation(line: 101, column: 3, scope: !10)
+  )");
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(M);
+
+  Function *MainFunc = M->getFunction("main");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(MainFunc);
+  Instruction &RetInst = MainFunc->getEntryBlock().front();
+
+  // Use getDebugLoc() to get the location from the ret instruction.
+  const DILocation *InnermostLoc = RetInst.getDebugLoc().get();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(InnermostLoc);
+
+  // Test getScope() - should return the immediate scope (inline3).
+  DILocalScope *ImmediateScope = InnermostLoc->getScope();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ImmediateScope);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(isa<DISubprogram>(ImmediateScope));
+  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(ImmediateScope)->getName(), "inline3");
+
+  // Test getInlinedAt() - should return the next level in the inlining chain.
+  const DILocation *NextLevel = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAt();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(NextLevel);
+  EXPECT_EQ(NextLevel->getLine(), 301u);
+  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(NextLevel->getScope())->getName(), "inline2");
+
+  // Test getInlinedAtLocation() - should return the outermost location.
+  const DILocation *OutermostLoc = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAtLocation();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(OutermostLoc);
+  EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getLine(), 101u);
+  EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getColumn(), 3u);
+  EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getInlinedAt(), nullptr);
+  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(OutermostLoc->getScope())->getName(), "main");
+
+  // Test getInlinedAtScope() - should return the scope of the outermost location.
+  DILocalScope *InlinedAtScope = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAtScope();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(InlinedAtScope);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(isa<DISubprogram>(InlinedAtScope));
+  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(InlinedAtScope)->getName(), "main");
+  EXPECT_EQ(InlinedAtScope, OutermostLoc->getScope());
+}
+
 } // end namespace

>From b2cbf6dd943c3986dbe784c035240410d6a12808 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akshay Deodhar <adeodhar at nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 23:40:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] clang-format

---
 .clang-format                            | 1 -
 llvm/.clang-format                       | 1 -
 llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h | 7 ++++---
 llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp      | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index ecb44bfabd9aa..9b3aa8b7213b2 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 BasedOnStyle: LLVM
-LineEnding: LF
diff --git a/llvm/.clang-format b/llvm/.clang-format
index ecb44bfabd9aa..9b3aa8b7213b2 100644
--- a/llvm/.clang-format
+++ b/llvm/.clang-format
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 BasedOnStyle: LLVM
-LineEnding: LF
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h
index 55c925ae2086c..7c6e709f2e1f6 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DebugInfoMetadata.h
@@ -2600,8 +2600,8 @@ class DILocation : public MDNode {
   StringRef getDirectory() const { return getScope()->getDirectory(); }
   std::optional<StringRef> getSource() const { return getScope()->getSource(); }
 
-  /// Walk through \a getInlinedAt() and return the \a DILocation of the outermost
-  /// call site in the inlining chain.
+  /// Walk through \a getInlinedAt() and return the \a DILocation of the
+  /// outermost call site in the inlining chain.
   const DILocation *getInlinedAtLocation() const {
     const DILocation *Current = this;
     while (const DILocation *Next = Current->getInlinedAt())
@@ -2609,7 +2609,8 @@ class DILocation : public MDNode {
     return Current;
   }
 
-  // Return the \a DILocalScope of the outermost call site in the inlining chain.
+  // Return the \a DILocalScope of the outermost call site in the inlining
+  // chain.
   DILocalScope *getInlinedAtScope() const {
     return getInlinedAtLocation()->getScope();
   }
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp
index 273e6825e9943..98084d2711107 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp
@@ -1434,7 +1434,8 @@ TEST(DILocationTest, InlinedAtMethodsWithMultipleLevels) {
   EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getInlinedAt(), nullptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(OutermostLoc->getScope())->getName(), "main");
 
-  // Test getInlinedAtScope() - should return the scope of the outermost location.
+  // Test getInlinedAtScope() - should return the scope of the outermost
+  // location.
   DILocalScope *InlinedAtScope = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAtScope();
   ASSERT_TRUE(InlinedAtScope);
   EXPECT_TRUE(isa<DISubprogram>(InlinedAtScope));

>From 3a5ea6aa0b45d2ebeb7e4f9a9eeb6fc1341cc05e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akshay Deodhar <adeodhar at nvidia.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 21:14:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] address review comments

---
 .clang-format                       |   1 +
 llvm/.clang-format                  |   1 +
 llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp | 152 ++++++++++++++--------------
 3 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 9b3aa8b7213b2..ecb44bfabd9aa 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 BasedOnStyle: LLVM
+LineEnding: LF
diff --git a/llvm/.clang-format b/llvm/.clang-format
index 9b3aa8b7213b2..ecb44bfabd9aa 100644
--- a/llvm/.clang-format
+++ b/llvm/.clang-format
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 BasedOnStyle: LLVM
+LineEnding: LF
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp
index 98084d2711107..475e0a915fa28 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/IR/DebugInfoTest.cpp
@@ -1250,6 +1250,82 @@ TEST(MetadataTest, DbgVariableRecordConversionRoutines) {
   EXPECT_EQ(DVI2->getExpression(), Expr2);
 }
 
+TEST(MetadataTest, InlinedAtMethodsWithMultipleLevels) {
+  LLVMContext C;
+
+  // Create IR with 3 levels of inlining:
+  // main() calls inline1() which calls inline2() which calls inline3()
+  // We'll test from the perspective of code in inline3()
+  std::unique_ptr<Module> M = parseIR(C, R"(
+    define void @main() !dbg !10 {
+      ret void, !dbg !20
+    }
+
+    !llvm.dbg.cu = !{!0}
+    !llvm.module.flags = !{!2}
+
+    !0 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C99, file: !1)
+    !1 = !DIFile(filename: "test.c", directory: "/test")
+    !2 = !{i32 2, !"Debug Info Version", i32 3}
+
+    ; Subprograms for each function in the call chain
+    !10 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "main", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 100, unit: !0)
+    !11 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "inline1", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 200, unit: !0)
+    !12 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "inline2", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 300, unit: !0)
+    !13 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "inline3", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 400, unit: !0)
+
+    ; Location in inline3 (line 401), inlined at location !21
+    !20 = !DILocation(line: 401, column: 5, scope: !13, inlinedAt: !21)
+
+    ; Location in inline2 (line 301) where inline3 was called, inlined at !22
+    !21 = !DILocation(line: 301, column: 10, scope: !12, inlinedAt: !22)
+
+    ; Location in inline1 (line 201) where inline2 was called, inlined at !23
+    !22 = !DILocation(line: 201, column: 15, scope: !11, inlinedAt: !23)
+
+    ; Location in main (line 101) where inline1 was called (no more inlinedAt)
+    !23 = !DILocation(line: 101, column: 3, scope: !10)
+  )");
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(M);
+
+  Function *MainFunc = M->getFunction("main");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(MainFunc);
+  Instruction &RetInst = MainFunc->getEntryBlock().front();
+
+  // Use getDebugLoc() to get the location from the ret instruction.
+  const DILocation *InnermostLoc = RetInst.getDebugLoc().get();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(InnermostLoc);
+
+  // Test getScope() - should return the immediate scope (inline3).
+  DILocalScope *ImmediateScope = InnermostLoc->getScope();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ImmediateScope);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(isa<DISubprogram>(ImmediateScope));
+  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(ImmediateScope)->getName(), "inline3");
+
+  // Test getInlinedAt() - should return the next level in the inlining chain.
+  const DILocation *NextLevel = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAt();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(NextLevel);
+  EXPECT_EQ(NextLevel->getLine(), 301u);
+  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(NextLevel->getScope())->getName(), "inline2");
+
+  // Test getInlinedAtLocation() - should return the outermost location.
+  const DILocation *OutermostLoc = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAtLocation();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(OutermostLoc);
+  EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getLine(), 101u);
+  EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getColumn(), 3u);
+  EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getInlinedAt(), nullptr);
+  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(OutermostLoc->getScope())->getName(), "main");
+
+  // Test getInlinedAtScope() - should return the scope of the outermost
+  // location.
+  DILocalScope *InlinedAtScope = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAtScope();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(InlinedAtScope);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(isa<DISubprogram>(InlinedAtScope));
+  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(InlinedAtScope)->getName(), "main");
+  EXPECT_EQ(InlinedAtScope, OutermostLoc->getScope());
+}
+
 // Test that the hashing function for DISubprograms representing methods produce
 // the same result after replacing their scope (the type containing the
 // subprogram) from a temporary DIType with the permanent one.
@@ -1367,80 +1443,4 @@ TEST(DIBuilder, DynamicOffsetAndSize) {
   EXPECT_EQ(Field->getRawSizeInBits(), Len);
 }
 
-TEST(DILocationTest, InlinedAtMethodsWithMultipleLevels) {
-  LLVMContext C;
-
-  // Create IR with 3 levels of inlining:
-  // main() calls inline1() which calls inline2() which calls inline3()
-  // We'll test from the perspective of code in inline3()
-  std::unique_ptr<Module> M = parseIR(C, R"(
-    define void @main() !dbg !10 {
-      ret void, !dbg !20
-    }
-
-    !llvm.dbg.cu = !{!0}
-    !llvm.module.flags = !{!2}
-
-    !0 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C99, file: !1)
-    !1 = !DIFile(filename: "test.c", directory: "/test")
-    !2 = !{i32 2, !"Debug Info Version", i32 3}
-
-    ; Subprograms for each function in the call chain
-    !10 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "main", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 100, unit: !0)
-    !11 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "inline1", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 200, unit: !0)
-    !12 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "inline2", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 300, unit: !0)
-    !13 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "inline3", scope: !1, file: !1, line: 400, unit: !0)
-
-    ; Location in inline3 (line 401), inlined at location !21
-    !20 = !DILocation(line: 401, column: 5, scope: !13, inlinedAt: !21)
-
-    ; Location in inline2 (line 301) where inline3 was called, inlined at !22
-    !21 = !DILocation(line: 301, column: 10, scope: !12, inlinedAt: !22)
-
-    ; Location in inline1 (line 201) where inline2 was called, inlined at !23
-    !22 = !DILocation(line: 201, column: 15, scope: !11, inlinedAt: !23)
-
-    ; Location in main (line 101) where inline1 was called (no more inlinedAt)
-    !23 = !DILocation(line: 101, column: 3, scope: !10)
-  )");
-
-  ASSERT_TRUE(M);
-
-  Function *MainFunc = M->getFunction("main");
-  ASSERT_TRUE(MainFunc);
-  Instruction &RetInst = MainFunc->getEntryBlock().front();
-
-  // Use getDebugLoc() to get the location from the ret instruction.
-  const DILocation *InnermostLoc = RetInst.getDebugLoc().get();
-  ASSERT_TRUE(InnermostLoc);
-
-  // Test getScope() - should return the immediate scope (inline3).
-  DILocalScope *ImmediateScope = InnermostLoc->getScope();
-  ASSERT_TRUE(ImmediateScope);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(isa<DISubprogram>(ImmediateScope));
-  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(ImmediateScope)->getName(), "inline3");
-
-  // Test getInlinedAt() - should return the next level in the inlining chain.
-  const DILocation *NextLevel = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAt();
-  ASSERT_TRUE(NextLevel);
-  EXPECT_EQ(NextLevel->getLine(), 301u);
-  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(NextLevel->getScope())->getName(), "inline2");
-
-  // Test getInlinedAtLocation() - should return the outermost location.
-  const DILocation *OutermostLoc = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAtLocation();
-  ASSERT_TRUE(OutermostLoc);
-  EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getLine(), 101u);
-  EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getColumn(), 3u);
-  EXPECT_EQ(OutermostLoc->getInlinedAt(), nullptr);
-  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(OutermostLoc->getScope())->getName(), "main");
-
-  // Test getInlinedAtScope() - should return the scope of the outermost
-  // location.
-  DILocalScope *InlinedAtScope = InnermostLoc->getInlinedAtScope();
-  ASSERT_TRUE(InlinedAtScope);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(isa<DISubprogram>(InlinedAtScope));
-  EXPECT_EQ(cast<DISubprogram>(InlinedAtScope)->getName(), "main");
-  EXPECT_EQ(InlinedAtScope, OutermostLoc->getScope());
-}
-
 } // end namespace



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