[Mlir-commits] [flang] [mlir] [MLIR][LLVM] Add flags field to the DIDerivedType attribute (PR #177889)

Keyi Zhang llvmlistbot at llvm.org
Sun Jan 25 18:05:54 PST 2026


https://github.com/Kuree updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/177889

>From 085dc9bfb0911309ebf38295c89074ce41d8905e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keyi Zhang <keyi at cs.stanford.edu>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:13:40 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [MLIR][LLVM] Add flags field to the DIDerivedType attribute

---
 .../lib/Optimizer/Transforms/DebugTypeGenerator.cpp  |  8 ++++++--
 mlir/include/mlir-c/Dialect/LLVM.h                   |  3 ++-
 mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMAttrDefs.td     |  1 +
 .../mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialectBytecode.td       |  2 ++
 mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/LLVM.cpp                       | 12 +++++++-----
 mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugImporter.cpp             |  3 ++-
 mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugTranslation.cpp          |  3 ++-
 mlir/test/CAPI/llvm.c                                |  6 +++---
 mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/debug-info.ll         |  6 +++---
 mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir-debug.mlir            |  9 +++++++--
 10 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/DebugTypeGenerator.cpp b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/DebugTypeGenerator.cpp
index 8019c399f3779..7c8ee099ee3e9 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/DebugTypeGenerator.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Transforms/DebugTypeGenerator.cpp
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ mlir::LLVM::DITypeAttr DebugTypeGenerator::convertRecordType(
         context, llvm::dwarf::DW_TAG_member,
         mlir::StringAttr::get(context, fieldName), elemTy, byteSize * 8,
         byteAlign * 8, offset * 8, /*optional<address space>=*/std::nullopt,
+        /*flags=*/mlir::LLVM::DIFlags::Zero,
         /*extra data=*/nullptr);
     elements.push_back(tyAttr);
     offset += llvm::alignTo(byteSize, byteAlign);
@@ -480,6 +481,7 @@ mlir::LLVM::DITypeAttr DebugTypeGenerator::convertTupleType(
         context, llvm::dwarf::DW_TAG_member, mlir::StringAttr::get(context, ""),
         elemTy, byteSize * 8, byteAlign * 8, offset * 8,
         /*optional<address space>=*/std::nullopt,
+        /*flags=*/mlir::LLVM::DIFlags::Zero,
         /*extra data=*/nullptr);
     elements.push_back(tyAttr);
     offset += llvm::alignTo(byteSize, byteAlign);
@@ -673,7 +675,8 @@ mlir::LLVM::DITypeAttr DebugTypeGenerator::convertPointerLikeType(
       context, llvm::dwarf::DW_TAG_pointer_type,
       mlir::StringAttr::get(context, ""), elTyAttr, /*sizeInBits=*/ptrSize * 8,
       /*alignInBits=*/0, /*offset=*/0,
-      /*optional<address space>=*/std::nullopt, /*extra data=*/nullptr);
+      /*optional<address space>=*/std::nullopt,
+      /*flags=*/mlir::LLVM::DIFlags::Zero, /*extra data=*/nullptr);
 }
 
 static mlir::StringAttr getBasicTypeName(mlir::MLIRContext *context,
@@ -742,7 +745,8 @@ DebugTypeGenerator::convertType(mlir::Type Ty, mlir::LLVM::DIFileAttr fileAttr,
         context, llvm::dwarf::DW_TAG_pointer_type,
         mlir::StringAttr::get(context, ""), subroutineTy,
         /*sizeInBits=*/ptrSize * 8, /*alignInBits=*/0, /*offset=*/0,
-        /*optional<address space>=*/std::nullopt, /*extra data=*/nullptr);
+        /*optional<address space>=*/std::nullopt,
+        /*flags=*/mlir::LLVM::DIFlags::Zero, /*extra data=*/nullptr);
   } else if (auto refTy = mlir::dyn_cast_if_present<fir::ReferenceType>(Ty)) {
     auto elTy = refTy.getEleTy();
     return convertPointerLikeType(elTy, fileAttr, scope, declOp,
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir-c/Dialect/LLVM.h b/mlir/include/mlir-c/Dialect/LLVM.h
index f2aaa32d1da29..7381519881e03 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir-c/Dialect/LLVM.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir-c/Dialect/LLVM.h
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirStringRef mlirLLVMDICompositeTypeAttrGetName(void);
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirAttribute mlirLLVMDIDerivedTypeAttrGet(
     MlirContext ctx, unsigned int tag, MlirAttribute name,
     MlirAttribute baseType, uint64_t sizeInBits, uint32_t alignInBits,
-    uint64_t offsetInBits, int64_t dwarfAddressSpace, MlirAttribute extraData);
+    uint64_t offsetInBits, int64_t dwarfAddressSpace, int64_t flags,
+    MlirAttribute extraData);
 
 MLIR_CAPI_EXPORTED MlirStringRef mlirLLVMDIDerivedTypeAttrGetName(void);
 
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMAttrDefs.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMAttrDefs.td
index ef16cec7c9e71..f21a03976dd86 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMAttrDefs.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMAttrDefs.td
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ def LLVM_DIDerivedTypeAttr : LLVM_Attr<"DIDerivedType", "di_derived_type",
     OptionalParameter<"uint32_t">:$alignInBits,
     OptionalParameter<"uint64_t">:$offsetInBits,
     OptionalParameter<"std::optional<unsigned>">:$dwarfAddressSpace,
+    OptionalParameter<"DIFlags", "DIFlags::Zero">:$flags,
     OptionalParameter<"DINodeAttr">:$extraData
   );
   let assemblyFormat = "`<` struct(params) `>`";
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialectBytecode.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialectBytecode.td
index e7b202cd4f63b..8593b1389e7a9 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialectBytecode.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialectBytecode.td
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ def DIDerivedTypeAttr : DialectAttribute<(attr
   VarInt:$alignInBits,
   VarInt:$offsetInBits,
   OptionalInt<"unsigned">:$dwarfAddressSpace,
+  EnumClassFlag<"DIFlags", "getFlags()">:$_rawflags,
+  LocalVar<"DIFlags", "(DIFlags)_rawflags">:$flags,
   OptionalAttribute<"DINodeAttr">:$extraData
 )>;
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/LLVM.cpp b/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/LLVM.cpp
index 31084f1609e90..e6f58d010bda5 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/LLVM.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/CAPI/Dialect/LLVM.cpp
@@ -250,17 +250,19 @@ MlirStringRef mlirLLVMDICompositeTypeAttrGetName(void) {
   return wrap(DICompositeTypeAttr::name);
 }
 
-MlirAttribute mlirLLVMDIDerivedTypeAttrGet(
-    MlirContext ctx, unsigned int tag, MlirAttribute name,
-    MlirAttribute baseType, uint64_t sizeInBits, uint32_t alignInBits,
-    uint64_t offsetInBits, int64_t dwarfAddressSpace, MlirAttribute extraData) {
+MlirAttribute
+mlirLLVMDIDerivedTypeAttrGet(MlirContext ctx, unsigned int tag,
+                             MlirAttribute name, MlirAttribute baseType,
+                             uint64_t sizeInBits, uint32_t alignInBits,
+                             uint64_t offsetInBits, int64_t dwarfAddressSpace,
+                             int64_t flags, MlirAttribute extraData) {
   std::optional<unsigned> addressSpace = std::nullopt;
   if (dwarfAddressSpace >= 0)
     addressSpace = (unsigned)dwarfAddressSpace;
   return wrap(DIDerivedTypeAttr::get(
       unwrap(ctx), tag, cast<StringAttr>(unwrap(name)),
       cast<DITypeAttr>(unwrap(baseType)), sizeInBits, alignInBits, offsetInBits,
-      addressSpace, cast<DINodeAttr>(unwrap(extraData))));
+      addressSpace, DIFlags(flags), cast<DINodeAttr>(unwrap(extraData))));
 }
 
 MlirStringRef mlirLLVMDIDerivedTypeAttrGetName(void) {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugImporter.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugImporter.cpp
index db39c70c87531..a505da74abff4 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugImporter.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugImporter.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ DIDerivedTypeAttr DebugImporter::translateImpl(llvm::DIDerivedType *node) {
   return DIDerivedTypeAttr::get(
       context, node->getTag(), getStringAttrOrNull(node->getRawName()),
       baseType, node->getSizeInBits(), node->getAlignInBits(),
-      node->getOffsetInBits(), node->getDWARFAddressSpace(), extraData);
+      node->getOffsetInBits(), node->getDWARFAddressSpace(),
+      symbolizeDIFlags(node->getFlags()).value_or(DIFlags::Zero), extraData);
 }
 
 DIStringTypeAttr DebugImporter::translateImpl(llvm::DIStringType *node) {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugTranslation.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugTranslation.cpp
index 627bcf4bee504..64fcb58629125 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugTranslation.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/DebugTranslation.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ llvm::DIDerivedType *DebugTranslation::translateImpl(DIDerivedTypeAttr attr) {
       /*Scope=*/nullptr, translate(attr.getBaseType()), attr.getSizeInBits(),
       attr.getAlignInBits(), attr.getOffsetInBits(),
       attr.getDwarfAddressSpace(), /*PtrAuthData=*/std::nullopt,
-      /*Flags=*/llvm::DINode::FlagZero, translate(attr.getExtraData()));
+      /*Flags=*/static_cast<llvm::DINode::DIFlags>(attr.getFlags()),
+      translate(attr.getExtraData()));
 }
 
 llvm::DIStringType *DebugTranslation::translateImpl(DIStringTypeAttr attr) {
diff --git a/mlir/test/CAPI/llvm.c b/mlir/test/CAPI/llvm.c
index f5fbb4645cd5d..f3c4cbe036d7c 100644
--- a/mlir/test/CAPI/llvm.c
+++ b/mlir/test/CAPI/llvm.c
@@ -303,12 +303,12 @@ static void testDebugInfoAttributes(MlirContext ctx) {
   // CHECK: #llvm.di_derived_type<{{.*}}>
   // CHECK-NOT: dwarfAddressSpace
   mlirAttributeDump(mlirLLVMDIDerivedTypeAttrGet(
-      ctx, 0, bar, di_type, 64, 8, 0, MLIR_CAPI_DWARF_ADDRESS_SPACE_NULL,
+      ctx, 0, bar, di_type, 64, 8, 0, MLIR_CAPI_DWARF_ADDRESS_SPACE_NULL, 0,
       di_type));
 
   // CHECK: #llvm.di_derived_type<{{.*}} dwarfAddressSpace = 3{{.*}}>
-  mlirAttributeDump(
-      mlirLLVMDIDerivedTypeAttrGet(ctx, 0, bar, di_type, 64, 8, 0, 3, di_type));
+  mlirAttributeDump(mlirLLVMDIDerivedTypeAttrGet(ctx, 0, bar, di_type, 64, 8, 0,
+                                                 3, 0, di_type));
 
   MlirAttribute subroutine_type =
       mlirLLVMDISubroutineTypeAttrGet(ctx, 0x0, 1, &di_type);
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/debug-info.ll b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/debug-info.ll
index 61376b8f648ec..8a0c0c78e2018 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/debug-info.ll
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/Import/debug-info.ll
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ define void @class_method() {
 ; Verify the cyclic subprogram is handled correctly.
 ; CHECK-DAG: #[[SP_SELF:.+]] = #llvm.di_subprogram<recId = [[REC_ID:.+]], isRecSelf = true>
 ; CHECK-DAG: #[[COMP:.+]] = #llvm.di_composite_type<tag = DW_TAG_class_type, name = "class_name", file = #{{.*}}, line = 42, flags = "TypePassByReference|NonTrivial", elements = #[[SP_SELF]]>
-; CHECK-DAG: #[[COMP_PTR:.+]] = #llvm.di_derived_type<tag = DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType = #[[COMP]], sizeInBits = 64>
+; CHECK-DAG: #[[COMP_PTR:.+]] = #llvm.di_derived_type<tag = DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType = #[[COMP]], sizeInBits = 64, flags = "Artificial|ObjectPointer">
 ; CHECK-DAG: #[[SP_TYPE:.+]] = #llvm.di_subroutine_type<types = #{{.*}}, #[[COMP_PTR]]>
 ; CHECK-DAG: #[[SP:.+]] = #llvm.di_subprogram<recId = [[REC_ID]], id = [[SP_ID:.+]], compileUnit = #{{.*}}, scope = #[[COMP]], name = "class_method", file = #{{.*}}, subprogramFlags = Definition, type = #[[SP_TYPE]]>
 ; CHECK-DAG: #[[LOC]] = loc(fused<#[[SP]]>
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ define void @class_method() {
 
 ; Verify the cyclic composite type is handled correctly.
 ; CHECK-DAG: #[[COMP_SELF:.+]] = #llvm.di_composite_type<recId = [[REC_ID:.+]], isRecSelf = true>
-; CHECK-DAG: #[[COMP_PTR_INNER:.+]] = #llvm.di_derived_type<tag = DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType = #[[COMP_SELF]]>
+; CHECK-DAG: #[[COMP_PTR_INNER:.+]] = #llvm.di_derived_type<tag = DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType = #[[COMP_SELF]], flags = "Artificial|ObjectPointer">
 ; CHECK-DAG: #[[FIELD:.+]] = #llvm.di_derived_type<tag = DW_TAG_member, name = "call_field", baseType = #[[COMP_PTR_INNER]]>
 ; CHECK-DAG: #[[COMP:.+]] = #llvm.di_composite_type<recId = [[REC_ID]], tag = DW_TAG_class_type, name = "class_field", file = #{{.*}}, line = 42, flags = "TypePassByReference|NonTrivial", elements = #[[FIELD]]>
-; CHECK-DAG: #[[COMP_PTR_OUTER:.+]] = #llvm.di_derived_type<tag = DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType = #[[COMP]]>
+; CHECK-DAG: #[[COMP_PTR_OUTER:.+]] = #llvm.di_derived_type<tag = DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType = #[[COMP]], flags = "Artificial|ObjectPointer">
 ; CHECK-DAG: #[[VAR0:.+]] = #llvm.di_local_variable<scope = #{{.*}}, name = "class_field", file = #{{.*}}, type = #[[COMP_PTR_OUTER]]>
 
 ; CHECK: @class_field
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir-debug.mlir b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir-debug.mlir
index 38ae63d1908e9..331760baae0dc 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir-debug.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/llvmir-debug.mlir
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ llvm.func @func_no_debug() {
   sizeInBits = 64, alignInBits = 32, offsetInBits = 8,
   dwarfAddressSpace = 3
 >
+#flags = #llvm.di_derived_type<
+  tag = DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType = #si32,
+  sizeInBits = 64, flags = "Artificial|ObjectPointer"
+>
 #cu = #llvm.di_compile_unit<
   id = distinct[0]<>, sourceLanguage = DW_LANG_C, file = #file,
   producer = "MLIR", isOptimized = true, emissionKind = Full,
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ llvm.func @func_no_debug() {
   elements = #llvm.di_subrange<lowerBound = 0, upperBound = 4, stride = 1>
 >
 #null = #llvm.di_null_type
-#spType0 = #llvm.di_subroutine_type<callingConvention = DW_CC_normal, types = #null, #si64, #ptr, #named, #ptrWithAddressSpace, #composite, #vector>
+#spType0 = #llvm.di_subroutine_type<callingConvention = DW_CC_normal, types = #null, #si64, #ptr, #named, #ptrWithAddressSpace, #flags, #composite, #vector>
 #toplevel_namespace = #llvm.di_namespace<
   name = "toplevel", exportSymbols = true
 >
@@ -147,12 +151,13 @@ llvm.func @empty_types() {
 // CHECK: ![[NESTED_NAMESPACE]] = !DINamespace(name: "nested", scope: ![[TOPLEVEL_NAMESPACE:.*]])
 // CHECK: ![[TOPLEVEL_NAMESPACE]] = !DINamespace(name: "toplevel", scope: null, exportSymbols: true)
 // CHECK: ![[FUNC_TYPE]] = !DISubroutineType(cc: DW_CC_normal, types: ![[FUNC_ARGS:.*]])
-// CHECK: ![[FUNC_ARGS]] = !{null, ![[ARG_TYPE:.*]], ![[PTR_TYPE:.*]], ![[NAMED_TYPE:.*]], ![[PTR_WITH_ADDR_SPACE:.*]], ![[COMPOSITE_TYPE:.*]], ![[VECTOR_TYPE:.*]]}
+// CHECK: ![[FUNC_ARGS]] = !{null, ![[ARG_TYPE:.*]], ![[PTR_TYPE:.*]], ![[NAMED_TYPE:.*]], ![[PTR_WITH_ADDR_SPACE:.*]], ![[FLAGS:.*]], ![[COMPOSITE_TYPE:.*]], ![[VECTOR_TYPE:.*]]}
 // CHECK: ![[ARG_TYPE]] = !DIBasicType(name: "si64")
 // CHECK: ![[PTR_TYPE]] = !DIDerivedType(tag: DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType: ![[BASE_TYPE:.*]], size: 64, align: 32, offset: 8, extraData: ![[BASE_TYPE]])
 // CHECK: ![[BASE_TYPE]] = !DIBasicType(name: "si32", size: 32, encoding: DW_ATE_signed)
 // CHECK: ![[NAMED_TYPE]] = !DIDerivedType(tag: DW_TAG_pointer_type, name: "named", baseType: ![[BASE_TYPE:.*]])
 // CHECK: ![[PTR_WITH_ADDR_SPACE]] = !DIDerivedType(tag: DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType: ![[BASE_TYPE:.*]], size: 64, align: 32, offset: 8, dwarfAddressSpace: 3)
+// CHECK: ![[FLAGS]] = !DIDerivedType(tag: DW_TAG_pointer_type, baseType: ![[BASE_TYPE:.*]], size: 64, flags: DIFlagArtificial | DIFlagObjectPointer)
 // CHECK: ![[COMPOSITE_TYPE]] = distinct !DICompositeType(tag: DW_TAG_structure_type, name: "composite", file: ![[CU_FILE_LOC]], line: 42, size: 64, align: 32, elements: ![[COMPOSITE_ELEMENTS:.*]])
 // CHECK: ![[COMPOSITE_ELEMENTS]] = !{![[COMPOSITE_ELEMENT:.*]]}
 // CHECK: ![[COMPOSITE_ELEMENT]] = !DISubrange(count: 4)



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