[LLVMdev] Typedef struct types

[Pankaj Gode]

Thanks.
This file was very much useful.  
I could get the required information by referencing contents from this file.
 
Thanks & Regards,
Pankaj
 
 


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From: Duncan Sands <baldrick at free.fr>
To: llvmdev at cs.uiuc.edu 
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [LLVMdev] Typedef struct types

Hi Pankaj, you may find include/llvm/TypeFinder.h useful.

Ciao, Duncan.

On 22/09/12 16:26, Pankaj Gode wrote:
> Hi All,
> I was searching for, extracting information about 'typedefed struct types' from
> 'module'.
> I have 'struct' typedefed in a .h file. I try to use this structure instance
> inside a function.
> My .ll file rightly defines this type in the beginning so that it can be used
> later. (for example below)
> %struct.DEBLOCK_UNIT = type { i8*, i8*, i8*, i8, i32, i32,
> %struct.DEBLOCK_UNIT*, %struct.DEBLOCK_UNIT*, %struct.DEBLOCK_UNIT* }
> .....
> define void @DeblockAreaFetch(i8* %SrcY, i8* %SrcU, i8* %SrcV, i32 %FrameWidth,
> %struct.DEBLOCK_UNIT* nocapture %DeblockUnit, i32 %TransferWidth) nounwind {
> entry:
> }
> How to I get information about "%struct.DEBLOCK_UNIT" from the 'Module' of this
> file ?
> The approach I tried was to iterate through the "global variable list" and
> extract type from there. This works well for below case.
> %struct._D_ChannelReg = type { %struct._D_ChannelReg*, i8*, i8*, i32, i32, i32,
> [2 x i32] }
> @gInterPredD = external global %struct._D_ChannelReg*
> In this case "gInterPredD" is a global variable and hence I easily get
> information about it's type and their element type.
> But for the case, where an instance of this 'typedefed struct' is passed as a
> variable or used inside a function,
> In llvm2.9, we had TypeSymbolTable in module which used to have information
> about all the types explicitly. I think no such information is present from
> llvm3.0 onwards due to type system change.
> So, is it the case that I have to get the type information as and when I
> encounter any variable which is of type 'typedefed struct' only ?
> Thanks & Regards,
> Pankaj
>
>
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