[llvm-dev] Adding a function attribute with an argument

[Tehila Mayzels via llvm-dev]

Hi Gael,

 

Thanks a lot for your response, it was very helpful!

How did you manage to access the argument value at the IR stage?

 

Thanks again,

Tehila.

 

Gaël Jobin via llvm-dev
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Thu Oct 8 01:08:05 PDT 2015

>Hi Tehila,
>I recently added new function attributes to clang/llvm with arguments.
>What I did is the following:
>1. Add your attributes to tools/clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td
>def MYATTR : InheritableAttr {
>  let Spellings = [GNU<"myattr">, CXX11<"gnu", "myattr">];
>  let Args = [DefaultIntArgument<"myargument", 5>];
>  let Subjects = SubjectList<[Function]>;
>  let Documentation = [Undocumented];
>}
>2. Manage it in tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCall.cpp...
>void CodeGenModule::ConstructAttributeList(const CGFunctionInfo &FI,
>                                           const Decl *TargetDecl,
>                                           AttributeListType &PAL,
>                                           unsigned &CallingConv,
>                                           bool AttrOnCallSite) {
>//other code...
>if (TargetDecl) {
>if (TargetDecl->hasAttr<MYEXAMPLEAttr>())
>       {
>               auto myexample = TargetDecl->getAttr<MYEXAMPLEAttr>();
>              FuncAttrs.addAttribute("myexample");
>              unsigned myargument = myexample->getMyargument();
> 
> 
>              FuncAttrs.addAttribute("myargument",
>llvm::utostr(myargument));
>       }
>//other code...
>}
>//other code...
>}
>3. ...and in tools/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
>static void ProcessDeclAttribute(Sema &S, Scope *scope, Decl *D,
>                                 const AttributeList &Attr,
>                                 bool IncludeCXX11Attributes) {
>//other code...
>switch (Attr.getKind()) {
>case AttributeList::AT_MYEXAMPLE:
>       handleMYEXAMPLEAttr(S, D, Attr);
>       break;
>//other code...
>}
> 
> 
>static void handleMYEXAMPLEAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const AttributeList
>&Attr) {
>       uint32_t myargument = AVMAttr::DefaultMyargument;
> 
>       if (Attr.getNumArgs() && !checkUInt32Argument(S, Attr,
>Attr.getArgAsExpr(0), myargument))
>              return;
> 
>       D->addAttr(::new (S.Context)
>                      AVMAttr(Attr.getRange(), S.Context, myargument,
>                              Attr.getAttributeSpellingListIndex()));
>}
>Then you should have access to it in LLVM IR.
>I may have forgotten some stuff but it should help you get started.
>Regards,
>Gael
>Le jeudi 08 octobre 2015 à 10:02 +0300, Tehila Mayzels via llvm-dev a
>écrit :
>> Hi,
>>  
>> I'm trying to add a function attribute to clang/llvm.
>> I need an attribute that will have an additional information of a
>> variable name.
>> e.g. I would like to add support for something like:
>>  
>> void foo() __attribute__ ((xyz(v)) {
}
>>  
>> such that on the IR stage I can realize that the function foo has the
>> attribute xyz and an argument v that  marks variable v (which is a
>> variable inside foo) for my needs.
>>  
>> I was able to add a function attribute without an argument, but I
>> don't understand how to parse/save/analyze the argument.
>>  
>> I would appreciate any ideas/examples/references.
>>  
>> Thanks a lot,
>> Tehila.
>>  
>>  
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