[llvm] [llvm-nm][GOFF] Support symbol types and sizes (PR #207119)

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Author: Amy Kwan (amy-kwan)

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Add GOFF-specific handling in llvm-nm for symbol types and sizes. GOFF symbols are now classified using their GOFF type, allowing llvm-nm to distinguish global/local data and text symbol,s as well as undefined symbols.

This addition to llvm-nm is also useful to display the symbol table of GOFF object and archives.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/207119.diff


2 Files Affected:

- (added) llvm/test/tools/llvm-nm/GOFF/symbol-types-and-sizes.ll (+42) 
- (modified) llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp (+43-1) 


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diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-nm/GOFF/symbol-types-and-sizes.ll b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-nm/GOFF/symbol-types-and-sizes.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..405520a961a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-nm/GOFF/symbol-types-and-sizes.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+; REQUIRES: systemz-registered-target
+; REQUIRES: target=s390x{{.*}}
+
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=s390x-ibm-zos -filetype=obj %s -o %t.o
+; RUN: llvm-nm --no-sort %t.o | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=TYPES
+; RUN: llvm-nm --no-sort --print-size --defined-only %t.o | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=SIZES
+
+target triple = "s390x-ibm-zos"
+
+ at GlobalData = global i32 42, align 4
+ at LocalData = internal global i32 7, align 4
+
+declare void @ExternFunc()
+
+define void @GlobalFunc() {
+entry:
+  ret void
+}
+
+define internal void @LocalFunc() {
+entry:
+  ret void
+}
+
+define void @UseExternFunc() {
+entry:
+  call void @ExternFunc()
+  ret void
+}
+
+; TYPES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} D GlobalData
+; TYPES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} d LocalData
+; TYPES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} T GlobalFunc
+; TYPES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} t LocalFunc
+; TYPES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} T UseExternFunc
+; TYPES-DAG: {{^ *}}U ExternFunc
+
+; SIZES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} {{0*4}} D GlobalData
+; SIZES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} {{0*4}} d LocalData
+; SIZES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} {{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} T GlobalFunc
+; SIZES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} {{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} t LocalFunc
+; SIZES-DAG: {{^[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} {{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} T UseExternFunc
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp
index 4e3472154063a..2979fc4a0bcb3 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Object/COFF.h"
 #include "llvm/Object/COFFImportFile.h"
 #include "llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h"
+#include "llvm/Object/GOFFObjectFile.h"
 #include "llvm/Object/IRObjectFile.h"
 #include "llvm/Object/MachO.h"
 #include "llvm/Object/MachOUniversal.h"
@@ -1013,6 +1014,42 @@ static char getSymbolNMTypeChar(COFFImportFile &Obj) {
   return '?';
 }
 
+static char getSymbolNMTypeChar(GOFFObjectFile &Obj, basic_symbol_iterator I) {
+  symbol_iterator SymI(I);
+  Expected<section_iterator> SecIOrErr = SymI->getSection();
+  if (!SecIOrErr) {
+    consumeError(SecIOrErr.takeError());
+    return '?';
+  }
+
+  GOFFSymbolRef Ref(*I);
+  Expected<uint32_t> Flags = Ref.getSymbolGOFFFlags();
+  Expected<SymbolRef::Type> Type = Ref.getSymbolGOFFType();
+
+  if (!Type || !Flags) {
+    return '?';
+  }
+
+  switch (*Type) {
+  case SymbolRef::ST_Unknown:
+    return 'U';
+  case SymbolRef::ST_Data: {
+    if (*Flags & SymbolRef::SF_Global)
+      return 'D';
+    return 'd';
+  }
+  case SymbolRef::ST_Debug:
+    return 'g';
+  case SymbolRef::ST_Function: {
+    if (*Flags & SymbolRef::SF_Global)
+      return 'T';
+    return 't';
+  }
+  default:
+    return 'o';
+  }
+}
+
 static char getSymbolNMTypeChar(MachOObjectFile &Obj, basic_symbol_iterator I) {
   DataRefImpl Symb = I->getRawDataRefImpl();
   uint8_t NType = Obj.is64Bit() ? Obj.getSymbol64TableEntry(Symb).n_type
@@ -1173,7 +1210,9 @@ static char getNMSectionTagAndName(SymbolicFile &Obj, basic_symbol_iterator I,
     Ret = getSymbolNMTypeChar(*ELF, I);
     if (ELFSymbolRef(*I).getBinding() == ELF::STB_GNU_UNIQUE)
       return Ret;
-  } else
+  } else if (GOFFObjectFile *GOFF = dyn_cast<GOFFObjectFile>(&Obj))
+    Ret = getSymbolNMTypeChar(*GOFF, I);
+  else
     llvm_unreachable("unknown binary format");
 
   if (!(Symflags & object::SymbolRef::SF_Global))
@@ -1852,6 +1891,9 @@ static bool getSymbolNamesFromObject(SymbolicFile &Obj,
       S.Address = 0;
       if (isa<ELFObjectFileBase>(&Obj))
         S.Size = ELFSymbolRef(Sym).getSize();
+      else if (isa<GOFFObjectFile>(&Obj)) {
+        S.Size = GOFFSymbolRef(Sym).getSize();
+      }
 
       if (const XCOFFObjectFile *XCOFFObj =
               dyn_cast<const XCOFFObjectFile>(&Obj))

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/207119


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