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Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | <div class="doc_title"> LLVM Language Reference Manual </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | <ol> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | <li><a href="#abstract">Abstract</a></li> |
| 18 | <li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li> |
| 19 | <li><a href="#identifiers">Identifiers</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | <li><a href="#highlevel">High Level Structure</a> |
| 21 | <ol> |
| 22 | <li><a href="#modulestructure">Module Structure</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | <li><a href="#linkage">Linkage Types</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | <li><a href="#callingconv">Calling Conventions</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | <li><a href="#globalvars">Global Variables</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 4e9aba7 | 2006-01-23 23:23:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | <li><a href="#functionstructure">Functions</a></li> |
Anton Korobeynikov | c6c98af | 2007-04-29 18:02:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | <li><a href="#aliasstructure">Aliases</a> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | <li><a href="#paramattrs">Parameter Attributes</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 4e9aba7 | 2006-01-23 23:23:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | <li><a href="#moduleasm">Module-Level Inline Assembly</a></li> |
Reid Spencer | de15194 | 2007-02-19 23:54:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | <li><a href="#datalayout">Data Layout</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | </ol> |
| 32 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | <li><a href="#typesystem">Type System</a> |
| 34 | <ol> |
Robert Bocchino | 7b81c75 | 2006-02-17 21:18:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | <li><a href="#t_primitive">Primitive Types</a> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | <ol> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | <li><a href="#t_classifications">Type Classifications</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | </ol> |
| 39 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | <li><a href="#t_derived">Derived Types</a> |
| 41 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | <li><a href="#t_array">Array Type</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | <li><a href="#t_function">Function Type</a></li> |
| 44 | <li><a href="#t_pointer">Pointer Type</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | <li><a href="#t_struct">Structure Type</a></li> |
Andrew Lenharth | 75e1068 | 2006-12-08 17:13:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | <li><a href="#t_pstruct">Packed Structure Type</a></li> |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | <li><a href="#t_vector">Vector Type</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 69c11bb | 2005-04-25 17:34:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | <li><a href="#t_opaque">Opaque Type</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | </ol> |
| 50 | </li> |
| 51 | </ol> |
| 52 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | <li><a href="#constants">Constants</a> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | <ol> |
| 55 | <li><a href="#simpleconstants">Simple Constants</a> |
| 56 | <li><a href="#aggregateconstants">Aggregate Constants</a> |
| 57 | <li><a href="#globalconstants">Global Variable and Function Addresses</a> |
| 58 | <li><a href="#undefvalues">Undefined Values</a> |
| 59 | <li><a href="#constantexprs">Constant Expressions</a> |
| 60 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | e87d653 | 2006-01-25 23:47:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | <li><a href="#othervalues">Other Values</a> |
| 63 | <ol> |
| 64 | <li><a href="#inlineasm">Inline Assembler Expressions</a> |
| 65 | </ol> |
| 66 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | <li><a href="#instref">Instruction Reference</a> |
| 68 | <ol> |
| 69 | <li><a href="#terminators">Terminator Instructions</a> |
| 70 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | <li><a href="#i_ret">'<tt>ret</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 72 | <li><a href="#i_br">'<tt>br</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | <li><a href="#i_switch">'<tt>switch</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 74 | <li><a href="#i_invoke">'<tt>invoke</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | <li><a href="#i_unwind">'<tt>unwind</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | <li><a href="#i_unreachable">'<tt>unreachable</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | </ol> |
| 78 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | <li><a href="#binaryops">Binary Operations</a> |
| 80 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | <li><a href="#i_add">'<tt>add</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 82 | <li><a href="#i_sub">'<tt>sub</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 83 | <li><a href="#i_mul">'<tt>mul</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | <li><a href="#i_udiv">'<tt>udiv</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 85 | <li><a href="#i_sdiv">'<tt>sdiv</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 86 | <li><a href="#i_fdiv">'<tt>fdiv</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Reid Spencer | 0a783f7 | 2006-11-02 01:53:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | <li><a href="#i_urem">'<tt>urem</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 88 | <li><a href="#i_srem">'<tt>srem</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 89 | <li><a href="#i_frem">'<tt>frem</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | </ol> |
| 91 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | <li><a href="#bitwiseops">Bitwise Binary Operations</a> |
| 93 | <ol> |
Reid Spencer | 8e11bf8 | 2007-02-02 13:57:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | <li><a href="#i_shl">'<tt>shl</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 95 | <li><a href="#i_lshr">'<tt>lshr</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 96 | <li><a href="#i_ashr">'<tt>ashr</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | <li><a href="#i_and">'<tt>and</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | <li><a href="#i_or">'<tt>or</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | <li><a href="#i_xor">'<tt>xor</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | </ol> |
| 101 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | <li><a href="#vectorops">Vector Operations</a> |
| 103 | <ol> |
| 104 | <li><a href="#i_extractelement">'<tt>extractelement</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 105 | <li><a href="#i_insertelement">'<tt>insertelement</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 106 | <li><a href="#i_shufflevector">'<tt>shufflevector</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | </ol> |
| 108 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 884a970 | 2006-08-15 00:45:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | <li><a href="#memoryops">Memory Access and Addressing Operations</a> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | <li><a href="#i_malloc">'<tt>malloc</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 112 | <li><a href="#i_free">'<tt>free</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 113 | <li><a href="#i_alloca">'<tt>alloca</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Robert Bocchino | 7b81c75 | 2006-02-17 21:18:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | <li><a href="#i_load">'<tt>load</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 115 | <li><a href="#i_store">'<tt>store</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 116 | <li><a href="#i_getelementptr">'<tt>getelementptr</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | </ol> |
| 118 | </li> |
Reid Spencer | 2fd21e6 | 2006-11-08 01:18:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | <li><a href="#convertops">Conversion Operations</a> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | <ol> |
| 121 | <li><a href="#i_trunc">'<tt>trunc .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 122 | <li><a href="#i_zext">'<tt>zext .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 123 | <li><a href="#i_sext">'<tt>sext .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 124 | <li><a href="#i_fptrunc">'<tt>fptrunc .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 125 | <li><a href="#i_fpext">'<tt>fpext .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | <li><a href="#i_fptoui">'<tt>fptoui .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 127 | <li><a href="#i_fptosi">'<tt>fptosi .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 128 | <li><a href="#i_uitofp">'<tt>uitofp .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 129 | <li><a href="#i_sitofp">'<tt>sitofp .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Reid Spencer | 7267925 | 2006-11-11 21:00:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | <li><a href="#i_ptrtoint">'<tt>ptrtoint .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 131 | <li><a href="#i_inttoptr">'<tt>inttoptr .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | <li><a href="#i_bitcast">'<tt>bitcast .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | <li><a href="#otherops">Other Operations</a> |
| 135 | <ol> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | <li><a href="#i_icmp">'<tt>icmp</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
| 137 | <li><a href="#i_fcmp">'<tt>fcmp</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | <li><a href="#i_phi">'<tt>phi</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | <li><a href="#i_select">'<tt>select</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | <li><a href="#i_call">'<tt>call</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | fb6977d | 2006-01-13 23:26:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | <li><a href="#i_va_arg">'<tt>va_arg</tt>' Instruction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 145 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | <li><a href="#intrinsics">Intrinsic Functions</a> |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | <li><a href="#int_varargs">Variable Argument Handling Intrinsics</a> |
| 149 | <ol> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | <li><a href="#int_va_start">'<tt>llvm.va_start</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 151 | <li><a href="#int_va_end">'<tt>llvm.va_end</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 152 | <li><a href="#int_va_copy">'<tt>llvm.va_copy</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | </ol> |
| 154 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | <li><a href="#int_gc">Accurate Garbage Collection Intrinsics</a> |
| 156 | <ol> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | <li><a href="#int_gcroot">'<tt>llvm.gcroot</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 158 | <li><a href="#int_gcread">'<tt>llvm.gcread</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 159 | <li><a href="#int_gcwrite">'<tt>llvm.gcwrite</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | </ol> |
| 161 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | <li><a href="#int_codegen">Code Generator Intrinsics</a> |
| 163 | <ol> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | <li><a href="#int_returnaddress">'<tt>llvm.returnaddress</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 165 | <li><a href="#int_frameaddress">'<tt>llvm.frameaddress</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 166 | <li><a href="#int_stacksave">'<tt>llvm.stacksave</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 167 | <li><a href="#int_stackrestore">'<tt>llvm.stackrestore</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 168 | <li><a href="#int_prefetch">'<tt>llvm.prefetch</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 169 | <li><a href="#int_pcmarker">'<tt>llvm.pcmarker</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 170 | <li><a href="#int_readcyclecounter"><tt>llvm.readcyclecounter</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
John Criswell | 7123e27 | 2004-04-09 16:43:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | </ol> |
| 172 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 173 | <li><a href="#int_libc">Standard C Library Intrinsics</a> |
| 174 | <ol> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 175 | <li><a href="#int_memcpy">'<tt>llvm.memcpy.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 176 | <li><a href="#int_memmove">'<tt>llvm.memmove.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 177 | <li><a href="#int_memset">'<tt>llvm.memset.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 178 | <li><a href="#int_sqrt">'<tt>llvm.sqrt.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
| 179 | <li><a href="#int_powi">'<tt>llvm.powi.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | </ol> |
| 181 | </li> |
Nate Begeman | 7e36c47 | 2006-01-13 23:26:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 182 | <li><a href="#int_manip">Bit Manipulation Intrinsics</a> |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 183 | <ol> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 184 | <li><a href="#int_bswap">'<tt>llvm.bswap.*</tt>' Intrinsics</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 8a886be | 2006-01-16 22:34:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 185 | <li><a href="#int_ctpop">'<tt>llvm.ctpop.*</tt>' Intrinsic </a></li> |
| 186 | <li><a href="#int_ctlz">'<tt>llvm.ctlz.*</tt>' Intrinsic </a></li> |
| 187 | <li><a href="#int_cttz">'<tt>llvm.cttz.*</tt>' Intrinsic </a></li> |
Reid Spencer | f86037f | 2007-04-11 23:23:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 188 | <li><a href="#int_part_select">'<tt>llvm.part.select.*</tt>' Intrinsic </a></li> |
| 189 | <li><a href="#int_part_set">'<tt>llvm.part.set.*</tt>' Intrinsic </a></li> |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | </ol> |
| 191 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | <li><a href="#int_debugger">Debugger intrinsics</a></li> |
Jim Laskey | dd4ef1b | 2007-03-14 19:31:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 193 | <li><a href="#int_eh">Exception Handling intrinsics</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | </ol> |
| 195 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 197 | |
| 198 | <div class="doc_author"> |
| 199 | <p>Written by <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a> |
| 200 | and <a href="mailto:vadve@cs.uiuc.edu">Vikram Adve</a></p> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 201 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 202 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 203 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 204 | <div class="doc_section"> <a name="abstract">Abstract </a></div> |
| 205 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 206 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 207 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 208 | <p>This document is a reference manual for the LLVM assembly language. |
| 209 | LLVM is an SSA based representation that provides type safety, |
| 210 | low-level operations, flexibility, and the capability of representing |
| 211 | 'all' high-level languages cleanly. It is the common code |
| 212 | representation used throughout all phases of the LLVM compilation |
| 213 | strategy.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 215 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 216 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 217 | <div class="doc_section"> <a name="introduction">Introduction</a> </div> |
| 218 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 219 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 220 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | <p>The LLVM code representation is designed to be used in three |
| 223 | different forms: as an in-memory compiler IR, as an on-disk bytecode |
| 224 | representation (suitable for fast loading by a Just-In-Time compiler), |
| 225 | and as a human readable assembly language representation. This allows |
| 226 | LLVM to provide a powerful intermediate representation for efficient |
| 227 | compiler transformations and analysis, while providing a natural means |
| 228 | to debug and visualize the transformations. The three different forms |
| 229 | of LLVM are all equivalent. This document describes the human readable |
| 230 | representation and notation.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 231 | |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | <p>The LLVM representation aims to be light-weight and low-level |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 233 | while being expressive, typed, and extensible at the same time. It |
| 234 | aims to be a "universal IR" of sorts, by being at a low enough level |
| 235 | that high-level ideas may be cleanly mapped to it (similar to how |
| 236 | microprocessors are "universal IR's", allowing many source languages to |
| 237 | be mapped to them). By providing type information, LLVM can be used as |
| 238 | the target of optimizations: for example, through pointer analysis, it |
| 239 | can be proven that a C automatic variable is never accessed outside of |
| 240 | the current function... allowing it to be promoted to a simple SSA |
| 241 | value instead of a memory location.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 242 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 243 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 244 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 245 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 246 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="wellformed">Well-Formedness</a> </div> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 247 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 248 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 249 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 250 | <p>It is important to note that this document describes 'well formed' |
| 251 | LLVM assembly language. There is a difference between what the parser |
| 252 | accepts and what is considered 'well formed'. For example, the |
| 253 | following instruction is syntactically okay, but not well formed:</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 254 | |
| 255 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | %x = <a href="#i_add">add</a> i32 1, %x |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 257 | </pre> |
| 258 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 259 | <p>...because the definition of <tt>%x</tt> does not dominate all of |
| 260 | its uses. The LLVM infrastructure provides a verification pass that may |
| 261 | be used to verify that an LLVM module is well formed. This pass is |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 262 | automatically run by the parser after parsing input assembly and by |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 263 | the optimizer before it outputs bytecode. The violations pointed out |
| 264 | by the verifier pass indicate bugs in transformation passes or input to |
| 265 | the parser.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 266 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 267 | <!-- Describe the typesetting conventions here. --> </div> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 268 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 269 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 270 | <div class="doc_section"> <a name="identifiers">Identifiers</a> </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 271 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 273 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 274 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 275 | <p>LLVM uses three different forms of identifiers, for different |
| 276 | purposes:</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 277 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 278 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 279 | <li>Named values are represented as a string of characters with a '%' prefix. |
| 280 | For example, %foo, %DivisionByZero, %a.really.long.identifier. The actual |
| 281 | regular expression used is '<tt>%[a-zA-Z$._][a-zA-Z$._0-9]*</tt>'. |
| 282 | Identifiers which require other characters in their names can be surrounded |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 283 | with quotes. In this way, anything except a <tt>"</tt> character can be used |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 284 | in a name.</li> |
| 285 | |
| 286 | <li>Unnamed values are represented as an unsigned numeric value with a '%' |
| 287 | prefix. For example, %12, %2, %44.</li> |
| 288 | |
Reid Spencer | cc16dc3 | 2004-12-09 18:02:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 289 | <li>Constants, which are described in a <a href="#constants">section about |
| 290 | constants</a>, below.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 292 | |
| 293 | <p>LLVM requires that values start with a '%' sign for two reasons: Compilers |
| 294 | don't need to worry about name clashes with reserved words, and the set of |
| 295 | reserved words may be expanded in the future without penalty. Additionally, |
| 296 | unnamed identifiers allow a compiler to quickly come up with a temporary |
| 297 | variable without having to avoid symbol table conflicts.</p> |
| 298 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | <p>Reserved words in LLVM are very similar to reserved words in other |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 300 | languages. There are keywords for different opcodes |
| 301 | ('<tt><a href="#i_add">add</a></tt>', |
| 302 | '<tt><a href="#i_bitcast">bitcast</a></tt>', |
| 303 | '<tt><a href="#i_ret">ret</a></tt>', etc...), for primitive type names ('<tt><a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 304 | href="#t_void">void</a></tt>', '<tt><a href="#t_primitive">i32</a></tt>', etc...), |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 305 | and others. These reserved words cannot conflict with variable names, because |
| 306 | none of them start with a '%' character.</p> |
| 307 | |
| 308 | <p>Here is an example of LLVM code to multiply the integer variable |
| 309 | '<tt>%X</tt>' by 8:</p> |
| 310 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 311 | <p>The easy way:</p> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | |
| 313 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 314 | %result = <a href="#i_mul">mul</a> i32 %X, 8 |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 315 | </pre> |
| 316 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 317 | <p>After strength reduction:</p> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 318 | |
| 319 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 320 | %result = <a href="#i_shl">shl</a> i32 %X, i8 3 |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 321 | </pre> |
| 322 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 323 | <p>And the hard way:</p> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 324 | |
| 325 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 326 | <a href="#i_add">add</a> i32 %X, %X <i>; yields {i32}:%0</i> |
| 327 | <a href="#i_add">add</a> i32 %0, %0 <i>; yields {i32}:%1</i> |
| 328 | %result = <a href="#i_add">add</a> i32 %1, %1 |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 329 | </pre> |
| 330 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 331 | <p>This last way of multiplying <tt>%X</tt> by 8 illustrates several |
| 332 | important lexical features of LLVM:</p> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 333 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 334 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 335 | |
| 336 | <li>Comments are delimited with a '<tt>;</tt>' and go until the end of |
| 337 | line.</li> |
| 338 | |
| 339 | <li>Unnamed temporaries are created when the result of a computation is not |
| 340 | assigned to a named value.</li> |
| 341 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 342 | <li>Unnamed temporaries are numbered sequentially</li> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 343 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 344 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 345 | |
John Criswell | e4c57cc | 2005-05-12 16:52:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 346 | <p>...and it also shows a convention that we follow in this document. When |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 347 | demonstrating instructions, we will follow an instruction with a comment that |
| 348 | defines the type and name of value produced. Comments are shown in italic |
| 349 | text.</p> |
| 350 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 351 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 352 | |
| 353 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 354 | <div class="doc_section"> <a name="highlevel">High Level Structure</a> </div> |
| 355 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 356 | |
| 357 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 358 | <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="modulestructure">Module Structure</a> |
| 359 | </div> |
| 360 | |
| 361 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 362 | |
| 363 | <p>LLVM programs are composed of "Module"s, each of which is a |
| 364 | translation unit of the input programs. Each module consists of |
| 365 | functions, global variables, and symbol table entries. Modules may be |
| 366 | combined together with the LLVM linker, which merges function (and |
| 367 | global variable) definitions, resolves forward declarations, and merges |
| 368 | symbol table entries. Here is an example of the "hello world" module:</p> |
| 369 | |
| 370 | <pre><i>; Declare the string constant as a global constant...</i> |
| 371 | <a href="#identifiers">%.LC0</a> = <a href="#linkage_internal">internal</a> <a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 372 | href="#globalvars">constant</a> <a href="#t_array">[13 x i8 ]</a> c"hello world\0A\00" <i>; [13 x i8 ]*</i> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 373 | |
| 374 | <i>; External declaration of the puts function</i> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 375 | <a href="#functionstructure">declare</a> i32 %puts(i8 *) <i>; i32(i8 *)* </i> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 376 | |
| 377 | <i>; Definition of main function</i> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | define i32 %main() { <i>; i32()* </i> |
| 379 | <i>; Convert [13x i8 ]* to i8 *...</i> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 380 | %cast210 = <a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 381 | href="#i_getelementptr">getelementptr</a> [13 x i8 ]* %.LC0, i64 0, i64 0 <i>; i8 *</i> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 382 | |
| 383 | <i>; Call puts function to write out the string to stdout...</i> |
| 384 | <a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 385 | href="#i_call">call</a> i32 %puts(i8 * %cast210) <i>; i32</i> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 386 | <a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 387 | href="#i_ret">ret</a> i32 0<br>}<br></pre> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 388 | |
| 389 | <p>This example is made up of a <a href="#globalvars">global variable</a> |
| 390 | named "<tt>.LC0</tt>", an external declaration of the "<tt>puts</tt>" |
| 391 | function, and a <a href="#functionstructure">function definition</a> |
| 392 | for "<tt>main</tt>".</p> |
| 393 | |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 394 | <p>In general, a module is made up of a list of global values, |
| 395 | where both functions and global variables are global values. Global values are |
| 396 | represented by a pointer to a memory location (in this case, a pointer to an |
| 397 | array of char, and a pointer to a function), and have one of the following <a |
| 398 | href="#linkage">linkage types</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 399 | |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 400 | </div> |
| 401 | |
| 402 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 403 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 404 | <a name="linkage">Linkage Types</a> |
| 405 | </div> |
| 406 | |
| 407 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 408 | |
| 409 | <p> |
| 410 | All Global Variables and Functions have one of the following types of linkage: |
| 411 | </p> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 412 | |
| 413 | <dl> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 414 | |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 415 | <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_internal">internal</a></b></tt> </dt> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 416 | |
| 417 | <dd>Global values with internal linkage are only directly accessible by |
| 418 | objects in the current module. In particular, linking code into a module with |
| 419 | an internal global value may cause the internal to be renamed as necessary to |
| 420 | avoid collisions. Because the symbol is internal to the module, all |
| 421 | references can be updated. This corresponds to the notion of the |
Chris Lattner | 4887bd8 | 2007-01-14 06:51:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 422 | '<tt>static</tt>' keyword in C. |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 423 | </dd> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 424 | |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 425 | <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_linkonce">linkonce</a></b></tt>: </dt> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 426 | |
Chris Lattner | 4887bd8 | 2007-01-14 06:51:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 427 | <dd>Globals with "<tt>linkonce</tt>" linkage are merged with other globals of |
| 428 | the same name when linkage occurs. This is typically used to implement |
| 429 | inline functions, templates, or other code which must be generated in each |
| 430 | translation unit that uses it. Unreferenced <tt>linkonce</tt> globals are |
| 431 | allowed to be discarded. |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 432 | </dd> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 433 | |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 434 | <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_weak">weak</a></b></tt>: </dt> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 435 | |
| 436 | <dd>"<tt>weak</tt>" linkage is exactly the same as <tt>linkonce</tt> linkage, |
| 437 | except that unreferenced <tt>weak</tt> globals may not be discarded. This is |
Chris Lattner | 4887bd8 | 2007-01-14 06:51:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 438 | used for globals that may be emitted in multiple translation units, but that |
| 439 | are not guaranteed to be emitted into every translation unit that uses them. |
| 440 | One example of this are common globals in C, such as "<tt>int X;</tt>" at |
| 441 | global scope. |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 442 | </dd> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 443 | |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 444 | <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_appending">appending</a></b></tt>: </dt> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 445 | |
| 446 | <dd>"<tt>appending</tt>" linkage may only be applied to global variables of |
| 447 | pointer to array type. When two global variables with appending linkage are |
| 448 | linked together, the two global arrays are appended together. This is the |
| 449 | LLVM, typesafe, equivalent of having the system linker append together |
| 450 | "sections" with identical names when .o files are linked. |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 451 | </dd> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 452 | |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 453 | <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_externweak">extern_weak</a></b></tt>: </dt> |
| 454 | <dd>The semantics of this linkage follow the ELF model: the symbol is weak |
| 455 | until linked, if not linked, the symbol becomes null instead of being an |
| 456 | undefined reference. |
| 457 | </dd> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 458 | |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 459 | <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_external">externally visible</a></b></tt>:</dt> |
Chris Lattner | e5d947b | 2004-12-09 16:36:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 460 | |
| 461 | <dd>If none of the above identifiers are used, the global is externally |
| 462 | visible, meaning that it participates in linkage and can be used to resolve |
| 463 | external symbol references. |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 464 | </dd> |
Reid Spencer | c891084 | 2007-04-11 23:49:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 465 | </dl> |
Anton Korobeynikov | b74ed07 | 2006-09-14 18:23:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 466 | |
Anton Korobeynikov | b74ed07 | 2006-09-14 18:23:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 467 | <p> |
| 468 | The next two types of linkage are targeted for Microsoft Windows platform |
| 469 | only. They are designed to support importing (exporting) symbols from (to) |
| 470 | DLLs. |
| 471 | </p> |
| 472 | |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 473 | <dl> |
Anton Korobeynikov | b74ed07 | 2006-09-14 18:23:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 474 | <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_dllimport">dllimport</a></b></tt>: </dt> |
| 475 | |
| 476 | <dd>"<tt>dllimport</tt>" linkage causes the compiler to reference a function |
| 477 | or variable via a global pointer to a pointer that is set up by the DLL |
| 478 | exporting the symbol. On Microsoft Windows targets, the pointer name is |
| 479 | formed by combining <code>_imp__</code> and the function or variable name. |
| 480 | </dd> |
| 481 | |
| 482 | <dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_dllexport">dllexport</a></b></tt>: </dt> |
| 483 | |
| 484 | <dd>"<tt>dllexport</tt>" linkage causes the compiler to provide a global |
| 485 | pointer to a pointer in a DLL, so that it can be referenced with the |
| 486 | <tt>dllimport</tt> attribute. On Microsoft Windows targets, the pointer |
| 487 | name is formed by combining <code>_imp__</code> and the function or variable |
| 488 | name. |
| 489 | </dd> |
| 490 | |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 491 | </dl> |
| 492 | |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 493 | <p><a name="linkage_external"></a>For example, since the "<tt>.LC0</tt>" |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 494 | variable is defined to be internal, if another module defined a "<tt>.LC0</tt>" |
| 495 | variable and was linked with this one, one of the two would be renamed, |
| 496 | preventing a collision. Since "<tt>main</tt>" and "<tt>puts</tt>" are |
| 497 | external (i.e., lacking any linkage declarations), they are accessible |
Reid Spencer | ac8d276 | 2007-01-05 00:59:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 498 | outside of the current module.</p> |
| 499 | <p>It is illegal for a function <i>declaration</i> |
| 500 | to have any linkage type other than "externally visible", <tt>dllimport</tt>, |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 501 | or <tt>extern_weak</tt>.</p> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 8b0a8c8 | 2007-04-25 14:27:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 502 | <p>Aliases can have only <tt>external</tt>, <tt>internal</tt> and <tt>weak</tt> |
| 503 | linkages. |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 504 | </div> |
| 505 | |
| 506 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 507 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 508 | <a name="callingconv">Calling Conventions</a> |
| 509 | </div> |
| 510 | |
| 511 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 512 | |
| 513 | <p>LLVM <a href="#functionstructure">functions</a>, <a href="#i_call">calls</a> |
| 514 | and <a href="#i_invoke">invokes</a> can all have an optional calling convention |
| 515 | specified for the call. The calling convention of any pair of dynamic |
| 516 | caller/callee must match, or the behavior of the program is undefined. The |
| 517 | following calling conventions are supported by LLVM, and more may be added in |
| 518 | the future:</p> |
| 519 | |
| 520 | <dl> |
| 521 | <dt><b>"<tt>ccc</tt>" - The C calling convention</b>:</dt> |
| 522 | |
| 523 | <dd>This calling convention (the default if no other calling convention is |
| 524 | specified) matches the target C calling conventions. This calling convention |
John Criswell | e4c57cc | 2005-05-12 16:52:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 525 | supports varargs function calls and tolerates some mismatch in the declared |
Reid Spencer | c28d2bc | 2006-12-31 21:30:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 526 | prototype and implemented declaration of the function (as does normal C). |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 527 | </dd> |
| 528 | |
| 529 | <dt><b>"<tt>fastcc</tt>" - The fast calling convention</b>:</dt> |
| 530 | |
| 531 | <dd>This calling convention attempts to make calls as fast as possible |
| 532 | (e.g. by passing things in registers). This calling convention allows the |
| 533 | target to use whatever tricks it wants to produce fast code for the target, |
Chris Lattner | 8cdc5bc | 2005-05-06 23:08:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 534 | without having to conform to an externally specified ABI. Implementations of |
| 535 | this convention should allow arbitrary tail call optimization to be supported. |
| 536 | This calling convention does not support varargs and requires the prototype of |
| 537 | all callees to exactly match the prototype of the function definition. |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 538 | </dd> |
| 539 | |
| 540 | <dt><b>"<tt>coldcc</tt>" - The cold calling convention</b>:</dt> |
| 541 | |
| 542 | <dd>This calling convention attempts to make code in the caller as efficient |
| 543 | as possible under the assumption that the call is not commonly executed. As |
| 544 | such, these calls often preserve all registers so that the call does not break |
| 545 | any live ranges in the caller side. This calling convention does not support |
| 546 | varargs and requires the prototype of all callees to exactly match the |
| 547 | prototype of the function definition. |
| 548 | </dd> |
| 549 | |
Chris Lattner | cfe6b37 | 2005-05-07 01:46:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 550 | <dt><b>"<tt>cc <<em>n</em>></tt>" - Numbered convention</b>:</dt> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 551 | |
| 552 | <dd>Any calling convention may be specified by number, allowing |
| 553 | target-specific calling conventions to be used. Target specific calling |
| 554 | conventions start at 64. |
| 555 | </dd> |
Chris Lattner | cfe6b37 | 2005-05-07 01:46:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 556 | </dl> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 557 | |
| 558 | <p>More calling conventions can be added/defined on an as-needed basis, to |
| 559 | support pascal conventions or any other well-known target-independent |
| 560 | convention.</p> |
| 561 | |
| 562 | </div> |
| 563 | |
| 564 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 565 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 8cea37b | 2007-01-23 12:35:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 566 | <a name="visibility">Visibility Styles</a> |
| 567 | </div> |
| 568 | |
| 569 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 570 | |
| 571 | <p> |
| 572 | All Global Variables and Functions have one of the following visibility styles: |
| 573 | </p> |
| 574 | |
| 575 | <dl> |
| 576 | <dt><b>"<tt>default</tt>" - Default style</b>:</dt> |
| 577 | |
| 578 | <dd>On ELF, default visibility means that the declaration is visible to other |
| 579 | modules and, in shared libraries, means that the declared entity may be |
| 580 | overridden. On Darwin, default visibility means that the declaration is |
| 581 | visible to other modules. Default visibility corresponds to "external |
| 582 | linkage" in the language. |
| 583 | </dd> |
| 584 | |
| 585 | <dt><b>"<tt>hidden</tt>" - Hidden style</b>:</dt> |
| 586 | |
| 587 | <dd>Two declarations of an object with hidden visibility refer to the same |
| 588 | object if they are in the same shared object. Usually, hidden visibility |
| 589 | indicates that the symbol will not be placed into the dynamic symbol table, |
| 590 | so no other module (executable or shared library) can reference it |
| 591 | directly. |
| 592 | </dd> |
| 593 | |
Anton Korobeynikov | 6f9896f | 2007-04-29 18:35:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 594 | <dt><b>"<tt>protected</tt>" - Protected style</b>:</dt> |
| 595 | |
| 596 | <dd>On ELF, protected visibility indicates that the symbol will be placed in |
| 597 | the dynamic symbol table, but that references within the defining module will |
| 598 | bind to the local symbol. That is, the symbol cannot be overridden by another |
| 599 | module. |
| 600 | </dd> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 8cea37b | 2007-01-23 12:35:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 601 | </dl> |
| 602 | |
| 603 | </div> |
| 604 | |
| 605 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 606 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 607 | <a name="globalvars">Global Variables</a> |
| 608 | </div> |
| 609 | |
| 610 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 611 | |
Chris Lattner | 3689a34 | 2005-02-12 19:30:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 612 | <p>Global variables define regions of memory allocated at compilation time |
Chris Lattner | 88f6c46 | 2005-11-12 00:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 613 | instead of run-time. Global variables may optionally be initialized, may have |
Anton Korobeynikov | 8b0a8c8 | 2007-04-25 14:27:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 614 | an explicit section to be placed in, and may have an optional explicit alignment |
| 615 | specified. A variable may be defined as "thread_local", which means that it |
| 616 | will not be shared by threads (each thread will have a separated copy of the |
| 617 | variable). A variable may be defined as a global "constant," which indicates |
| 618 | that the contents of the variable will <b>never</b> be modified (enabling better |
Chris Lattner | 3689a34 | 2005-02-12 19:30:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 619 | optimization, allowing the global data to be placed in the read-only section of |
| 620 | an executable, etc). Note that variables that need runtime initialization |
John Criswell | 0ec250c | 2005-10-24 16:17:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 621 | cannot be marked "constant" as there is a store to the variable.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 3689a34 | 2005-02-12 19:30:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 622 | |
| 623 | <p> |
| 624 | LLVM explicitly allows <em>declarations</em> of global variables to be marked |
| 625 | constant, even if the final definition of the global is not. This capability |
| 626 | can be used to enable slightly better optimization of the program, but requires |
| 627 | the language definition to guarantee that optimizations based on the |
| 628 | 'constantness' are valid for the translation units that do not include the |
| 629 | definition. |
| 630 | </p> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 631 | |
| 632 | <p>As SSA values, global variables define pointer values that are in |
| 633 | scope (i.e. they dominate) all basic blocks in the program. Global |
| 634 | variables always define a pointer to their "content" type because they |
| 635 | describe a region of memory, and all memory objects in LLVM are |
| 636 | accessed through pointers.</p> |
| 637 | |
Chris Lattner | 88f6c46 | 2005-11-12 00:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 638 | <p>LLVM allows an explicit section to be specified for globals. If the target |
| 639 | supports it, it will emit globals to the section specified.</p> |
| 640 | |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 641 | <p>An explicit alignment may be specified for a global. If not present, or if |
| 642 | the alignment is set to zero, the alignment of the global is set by the target |
| 643 | to whatever it feels convenient. If an explicit alignment is specified, the |
| 644 | global is forced to have at least that much alignment. All alignments must be |
| 645 | a power of 2.</p> |
| 646 | |
Chris Lattner | 68027ea | 2007-01-14 00:27:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 647 | <p>For example, the following defines a global with an initializer, section, |
| 648 | and alignment:</p> |
| 649 | |
| 650 | <pre> |
| 651 | %G = constant float 1.0, section "foo", align 4 |
| 652 | </pre> |
| 653 | |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 654 | </div> |
| 655 | |
| 656 | |
| 657 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 658 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 659 | <a name="functionstructure">Functions</a> |
| 660 | </div> |
| 661 | |
| 662 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 663 | |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 664 | <p>LLVM function definitions consist of the "<tt>define</tt>" keyord, |
| 665 | an optional <a href="#linkage">linkage type</a>, an optional |
Anton Korobeynikov | 8cea37b | 2007-01-23 12:35:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 666 | <a href="#visibility">visibility style</a>, an optional |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 667 | <a href="#callingconv">calling convention</a>, a return type, an optional |
| 668 | <a href="#paramattrs">parameter attribute</a> for the return type, a function |
| 669 | name, a (possibly empty) argument list (each with optional |
Anton Korobeynikov | 8cea37b | 2007-01-23 12:35:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 670 | <a href="#paramattrs">parameter attributes</a>), an optional section, an |
| 671 | optional alignment, an opening curly brace, a list of basic blocks, and a |
| 672 | closing curly brace. |
| 673 | |
| 674 | LLVM function declarations consist of the "<tt>declare</tt>" keyword, an |
| 675 | optional <a href="#linkage">linkage type</a>, an optional |
| 676 | <a href="#visibility">visibility style</a>, an optional |
| 677 | <a href="#callingconv">calling convention</a>, a return type, an optional |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 678 | <a href="#paramattrs">parameter attribute</a> for the return type, a function |
| 679 | name, a possibly empty list of arguments, and an optional alignment.</p> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 680 | |
| 681 | <p>A function definition contains a list of basic blocks, forming the CFG for |
| 682 | the function. Each basic block may optionally start with a label (giving the |
| 683 | basic block a symbol table entry), contains a list of instructions, and ends |
| 684 | with a <a href="#terminators">terminator</a> instruction (such as a branch or |
| 685 | function return).</p> |
| 686 | |
John Criswell | e4c57cc | 2005-05-12 16:52:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 687 | <p>The first basic block in a program is special in two ways: it is immediately |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 688 | executed on entrance to the function, and it is not allowed to have predecessor |
| 689 | basic blocks (i.e. there can not be any branches to the entry block of a |
| 690 | function). Because the block can have no predecessors, it also cannot have any |
| 691 | <a href="#i_phi">PHI nodes</a>.</p> |
| 692 | |
| 693 | <p>LLVM functions are identified by their name and type signature. Hence, two |
| 694 | functions with the same name but different parameter lists or return values are |
Chris Lattner | d4f6b17 | 2005-03-07 22:13:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 695 | considered different functions, and LLVM will resolve references to each |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 696 | appropriately.</p> |
| 697 | |
Chris Lattner | 88f6c46 | 2005-11-12 00:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 698 | <p>LLVM allows an explicit section to be specified for functions. If the target |
| 699 | supports it, it will emit functions to the section specified.</p> |
| 700 | |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 701 | <p>An explicit alignment may be specified for a function. If not present, or if |
| 702 | the alignment is set to zero, the alignment of the function is set by the target |
| 703 | to whatever it feels convenient. If an explicit alignment is specified, the |
| 704 | function is forced to have at least that much alignment. All alignments must be |
| 705 | a power of 2.</p> |
| 706 | |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 707 | </div> |
| 708 | |
Anton Korobeynikov | 8b0a8c8 | 2007-04-25 14:27:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 709 | |
| 710 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 711 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 712 | <a name="aliasstructure">Aliases</a> |
| 713 | </div> |
| 714 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 715 | <p>Aliases act as "second name" for the aliasee value (which can be either |
Anton Korobeynikov | a80e118 | 2007-04-28 13:45:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 716 | function or global variable or bitcast of global value). Aliases may have an |
Anton Korobeynikov | 8b0a8c8 | 2007-04-25 14:27:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 717 | optional <a href="#linkage">linkage type</a>, and an |
| 718 | optional <a href="#visibility">visibility style</a>.</p> |
| 719 | |
| 720 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 721 | |
| 722 | <pre> |
| 723 | @<Name> = [Linkage] [Visibility] alias <AliaseeTy> @<Aliasee> |
| 724 | </pre> |
| 725 | |
| 726 | </div> |
| 727 | |
| 728 | |
| 729 | |
Chris Lattner | 4e9aba7 | 2006-01-23 23:23:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 730 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 731 | <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="paramattrs">Parameter Attributes</a></div> |
| 732 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 733 | <p>The return type and each parameter of a function type may have a set of |
| 734 | <i>parameter attributes</i> associated with them. Parameter attributes are |
| 735 | used to communicate additional information about the result or parameters of |
| 736 | a function. Parameter attributes are considered to be part of the function |
| 737 | type so two functions types that differ only by the parameter attributes |
| 738 | are different function types.</p> |
| 739 | |
Reid Spencer | 950e9f8 | 2007-01-15 18:27:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 740 | <p>Parameter attributes are simple keywords that follow the type specified. If |
| 741 | multiple parameter attributes are needed, they are space separated. For |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 742 | example:</p><pre> |
Reid Spencer | 950e9f8 | 2007-01-15 18:27:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 743 | %someFunc = i16 (i8 sext %someParam) zext |
| 744 | %someFunc = i16 (i8 zext %someParam) zext</pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 745 | <p>Note that the two function types above are unique because the parameter has |
Reid Spencer | 950e9f8 | 2007-01-15 18:27:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 746 | a different attribute (sext in the first one, zext in the second). Also note |
| 747 | that the attribute for the function result (zext) comes immediately after the |
| 748 | argument list.</p> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 749 | |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 750 | <p>Currently, only the following parameter attributes are defined:</p> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 751 | <dl> |
Reid Spencer | 950e9f8 | 2007-01-15 18:27:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 752 | <dt><tt>zext</tt></dt> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 753 | <dd>This indicates that the parameter should be zero extended just before |
| 754 | a call to this function.</dd> |
Reid Spencer | 950e9f8 | 2007-01-15 18:27:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 755 | <dt><tt>sext</tt></dt> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 756 | <dd>This indicates that the parameter should be sign extended just before |
| 757 | a call to this function.</dd> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 34d6dea | 2007-01-28 14:30:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 758 | <dt><tt>inreg</tt></dt> |
| 759 | <dd>This indicates that the parameter should be placed in register (if |
Anton Korobeynikov | 66a8c8c | 2007-01-28 15:27:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 760 | possible) during assembling function call. Support for this attribute is |
| 761 | target-specific</dd> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 34d6dea | 2007-01-28 14:30:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 762 | <dt><tt>sret</tt></dt> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 66a8c8c | 2007-01-28 15:27:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 763 | <dd>This indicates that the parameter specifies the address of a structure |
Reid Spencer | 6760612 | 2007-03-22 02:02:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 764 | that is the return value of the function in the source program.</dd> |
Reid Spencer | 2dc5201 | 2007-03-22 02:18:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 765 | <dt><tt>noreturn</tt></dt> |
| 766 | <dd>This function attribute indicates that the function never returns. This |
| 767 | indicates to LLVM that every call to this function should be treated as if |
| 768 | an <tt>unreachable</tt> instruction immediately followed the call.</dd> |
Reid Spencer | 6760612 | 2007-03-22 02:02:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 769 | <dt><tt>nounwind</tt></dt> |
| 770 | <dd>This function attribute indicates that the function type does not use |
| 771 | the unwind instruction and does not allow stack unwinding to propagate |
| 772 | through it.</dd> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 773 | </dl> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 774 | |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 775 | </div> |
| 776 | |
| 777 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Chris Lattner | 4e9aba7 | 2006-01-23 23:23:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 778 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 1eeeb0c | 2006-04-08 04:40:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 779 | <a name="moduleasm">Module-Level Inline Assembly</a> |
Chris Lattner | 4e9aba7 | 2006-01-23 23:23:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 780 | </div> |
| 781 | |
| 782 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 783 | <p> |
| 784 | Modules may contain "module-level inline asm" blocks, which corresponds to the |
| 785 | GCC "file scope inline asm" blocks. These blocks are internally concatenated by |
| 786 | LLVM and treated as a single unit, but may be separated in the .ll file if |
| 787 | desired. The syntax is very simple: |
| 788 | </p> |
| 789 | |
| 790 | <div class="doc_code"><pre> |
Chris Lattner | 52599e1 | 2006-01-24 00:37:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 791 | module asm "inline asm code goes here" |
| 792 | module asm "more can go here" |
Chris Lattner | 4e9aba7 | 2006-01-23 23:23:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 793 | </pre></div> |
| 794 | |
| 795 | <p>The strings can contain any character by escaping non-printable characters. |
| 796 | The escape sequence used is simply "\xx" where "xx" is the two digit hex code |
| 797 | for the number. |
| 798 | </p> |
| 799 | |
| 800 | <p> |
| 801 | The inline asm code is simply printed to the machine code .s file when |
| 802 | assembly code is generated. |
| 803 | </p> |
| 804 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 805 | |
Reid Spencer | de15194 | 2007-02-19 23:54:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 806 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 807 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 808 | <a name="datalayout">Data Layout</a> |
| 809 | </div> |
| 810 | |
| 811 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 812 | <p>A module may specify a target specific data layout string that specifies how |
Reid Spencer | c891084 | 2007-04-11 23:49:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 813 | data is to be laid out in memory. The syntax for the data layout is simply:</p> |
| 814 | <pre> target datalayout = "<i>layout specification</i>"</pre> |
| 815 | <p>The <i>layout specification</i> consists of a list of specifications |
| 816 | separated by the minus sign character ('-'). Each specification starts with a |
| 817 | letter and may include other information after the letter to define some |
| 818 | aspect of the data layout. The specifications accepted are as follows: </p> |
Reid Spencer | de15194 | 2007-02-19 23:54:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 819 | <dl> |
| 820 | <dt><tt>E</tt></dt> |
| 821 | <dd>Specifies that the target lays out data in big-endian form. That is, the |
| 822 | bits with the most significance have the lowest address location.</dd> |
| 823 | <dt><tt>e</tt></dt> |
| 824 | <dd>Specifies that hte target lays out data in little-endian form. That is, |
| 825 | the bits with the least significance have the lowest address location.</dd> |
| 826 | <dt><tt>p:<i>size</i>:<i>abi</i>:<i>pref</i></tt></dt> |
| 827 | <dd>This specifies the <i>size</i> of a pointer and its <i>abi</i> and |
| 828 | <i>preferred</i> alignments. All sizes are in bits. Specifying the <i>pref</i> |
| 829 | alignment is optional. If omitted, the preceding <tt>:</tt> should be omitted |
| 830 | too.</dd> |
| 831 | <dt><tt>i<i>size</i>:<i>abi</i>:<i>pref</i></tt></dt> |
| 832 | <dd>This specifies the alignment for an integer type of a given bit |
| 833 | <i>size</i>. The value of <i>size</i> must be in the range [1,2^23).</dd> |
| 834 | <dt><tt>v<i>size</i>:<i>abi</i>:<i>pref</i></tt></dt> |
| 835 | <dd>This specifies the alignment for a vector type of a given bit |
| 836 | <i>size</i>.</dd> |
| 837 | <dt><tt>f<i>size</i>:<i>abi</i>:<i>pref</i></tt></dt> |
| 838 | <dd>This specifies the alignment for a floating point type of a given bit |
| 839 | <i>size</i>. The value of <i>size</i> must be either 32 (float) or 64 |
| 840 | (double).</dd> |
| 841 | <dt><tt>a<i>size</i>:<i>abi</i>:<i>pref</i></tt></dt> |
| 842 | <dd>This specifies the alignment for an aggregate type of a given bit |
| 843 | <i>size</i>.</dd> |
| 844 | </dl> |
| 845 | <p>When constructing the data layout for a given target, LLVM starts with a |
| 846 | default set of specifications which are then (possibly) overriden by the |
| 847 | specifications in the <tt>datalayout</tt> keyword. The default specifications |
| 848 | are given in this list:</p> |
| 849 | <ul> |
| 850 | <li><tt>E</tt> - big endian</li> |
| 851 | <li><tt>p:32:64:64</tt> - 32-bit pointers with 64-bit alignment</li> |
| 852 | <li><tt>i1:8:8</tt> - i1 is 8-bit (byte) aligned</li> |
| 853 | <li><tt>i8:8:8</tt> - i8 is 8-bit (byte) aligned</li> |
| 854 | <li><tt>i16:16:16</tt> - i16 is 16-bit aligned</li> |
| 855 | <li><tt>i32:32:32</tt> - i32 is 32-bit aligned</li> |
| 856 | <li><tt>i64:32:64</tt> - i64 has abi alignment of 32-bits but preferred |
| 857 | alignment of 64-bits</li> |
| 858 | <li><tt>f32:32:32</tt> - float is 32-bit aligned</li> |
| 859 | <li><tt>f64:64:64</tt> - double is 64-bit aligned</li> |
| 860 | <li><tt>v64:64:64</tt> - 64-bit vector is 64-bit aligned</li> |
| 861 | <li><tt>v128:128:128</tt> - 128-bit vector is 128-bit aligned</li> |
| 862 | <li><tt>a0:0:1</tt> - aggregates are 8-bit aligned</li> |
| 863 | </ul> |
| 864 | <p>When llvm is determining the alignment for a given type, it uses the |
| 865 | following rules: |
| 866 | <ol> |
| 867 | <li>If the type sought is an exact match for one of the specifications, that |
| 868 | specification is used.</li> |
| 869 | <li>If no match is found, and the type sought is an integer type, then the |
| 870 | smallest integer type that is larger than the bitwidth of the sought type is |
| 871 | used. If none of the specifications are larger than the bitwidth then the the |
| 872 | largest integer type is used. For example, given the default specifications |
| 873 | above, the i7 type will use the alignment of i8 (next largest) while both |
| 874 | i65 and i256 will use the alignment of i64 (largest specified).</li> |
| 875 | <li>If no match is found, and the type sought is a vector type, then the |
| 876 | largest vector type that is smaller than the sought vector type will be used |
| 877 | as a fall back. This happens because <128 x double> can be implemented in |
| 878 | terms of 64 <2 x double>, for example.</li> |
| 879 | </ol> |
| 880 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 881 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 882 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 883 | <div class="doc_section"> <a name="typesystem">Type System</a> </div> |
| 884 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 885 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 886 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 887 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 888 | <p>The LLVM type system is one of the most important features of the |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 889 | intermediate representation. Being typed enables a number of |
| 890 | optimizations to be performed on the IR directly, without having to do |
| 891 | extra analyses on the side before the transformation. A strong type |
| 892 | system makes it easier to read the generated code and enables novel |
| 893 | analyses and transformations that are not feasible to perform on normal |
| 894 | three address code representations.</p> |
Chris Lattner | fa73021 | 2004-12-09 16:11:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 895 | |
| 896 | </div> |
| 897 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 898 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 899 | <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="t_primitive">Primitive Types</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 900 | <div class="doc_text"> |
John Criswell | 4457dc9 | 2004-04-09 16:48:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 901 | <p>The primitive types are the fundamental building blocks of the LLVM |
Chris Lattner | d4f6b17 | 2005-03-07 22:13:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 902 | system. The current set of primitive types is as follows:</p> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 903 | |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 904 | <table class="layout"> |
| 905 | <tr class="layout"> |
| 906 | <td class="left"> |
| 907 | <table> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 908 | <tbody> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 909 | <tr><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr> |
Duncan Sands | 8036ca4 | 2007-03-30 12:22:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 910 | <tr><td><tt><a name="t_void">void</a></tt></td><td>No value</td></tr> |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 911 | <tr><td><tt>i8</tt></td><td>8-bit value</td></tr> |
| 912 | <tr><td><tt>i32</tt></td><td>32-bit value</td></tr> |
Misha Brukman | cfa87bc | 2005-04-22 18:02:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 913 | <tr><td><tt>float</tt></td><td>32-bit floating point value</td></tr> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 914 | <tr><td><tt>label</tt></td><td>Branch destination</td></tr> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 915 | </tbody> |
| 916 | </table> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 917 | </td> |
| 918 | <td class="right"> |
| 919 | <table> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 920 | <tbody> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 921 | <tr><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 922 | <tr><td><tt>i1</tt></td><td>True or False value</td></tr> |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 923 | <tr><td><tt>i16</tt></td><td>16-bit value</td></tr> |
| 924 | <tr><td><tt>i64</tt></td><td>64-bit value</td></tr> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 925 | <tr><td><tt>double</tt></td><td>64-bit floating point value</td></tr> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 926 | </tbody> |
| 927 | </table> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 928 | </td> |
| 929 | </tr> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 930 | </table> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 931 | </div> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 932 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 933 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 934 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_classifications">Type |
| 935 | Classifications</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 936 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 937 | <p>These different primitive types fall into a few useful |
| 938 | classifications:</p> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 939 | |
| 940 | <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 941 | <tbody> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 942 | <tr><th>Classification</th><th>Types</th></tr> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 943 | <tr> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 944 | <td><a name="t_integer">integer</a></td> |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 945 | <td><tt>i1, i8, i16, i32, i64</tt></td> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 946 | </tr> |
| 947 | <tr> |
| 948 | <td><a name="t_floating">floating point</a></td> |
| 949 | <td><tt>float, double</tt></td> |
| 950 | </tr> |
| 951 | <tr> |
| 952 | <td><a name="t_firstclass">first class</a></td> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 953 | <td><tt>i1, i8, i16, i32, i64, float, double, <br/> |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 954 | <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a>,<a href="#t_vector">vector</a></tt> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 955 | </td> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 956 | </tr> |
| 957 | </tbody> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 958 | </table> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 959 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 960 | <p>The <a href="#t_firstclass">first class</a> types are perhaps the |
| 961 | most important. Values of these types are the only ones which can be |
| 962 | produced by instructions, passed as arguments, or used as operands to |
| 963 | instructions. This means that all structures and arrays must be |
| 964 | manipulated either by pointer or by component.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 965 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 966 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 967 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 968 | <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="t_derived">Derived Types</a> </div> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 969 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 970 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 971 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 972 | <p>The real power in LLVM comes from the derived types in the system. |
| 973 | This is what allows a programmer to represent arrays, functions, |
| 974 | pointers, and other useful types. Note that these derived types may be |
| 975 | recursive: For example, it is possible to have a two dimensional array.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 976 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 977 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 978 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 979 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 980 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_array">Array Type</a> </div> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 981 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 982 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 983 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 984 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 985 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 986 | <p>The array type is a very simple derived type that arranges elements |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 987 | sequentially in memory. The array type requires a size (number of |
| 988 | elements) and an underlying data type.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 989 | |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 990 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 991 | |
| 992 | <pre> |
| 993 | [<# elements> x <elementtype>] |
| 994 | </pre> |
| 995 | |
John Criswell | e4c57cc | 2005-05-12 16:52:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 996 | <p>The number of elements is a constant integer value; elementtype may |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 997 | be any type with a size.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 998 | |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 999 | <h5>Examples:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1000 | <table class="layout"> |
| 1001 | <tr class="layout"> |
| 1002 | <td class="left"> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1003 | <tt>[40 x i32 ]</tt><br/> |
| 1004 | <tt>[41 x i32 ]</tt><br/> |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1005 | <tt>[40 x i8]</tt><br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1006 | </td> |
| 1007 | <td class="left"> |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1008 | Array of 40 32-bit integer values.<br/> |
| 1009 | Array of 41 32-bit integer values.<br/> |
| 1010 | Array of 40 8-bit integer values.<br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1011 | </td> |
| 1012 | </tr> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1013 | </table> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1014 | <p>Here are some examples of multidimensional arrays:</p> |
| 1015 | <table class="layout"> |
| 1016 | <tr class="layout"> |
| 1017 | <td class="left"> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1018 | <tt>[3 x [4 x i32]]</tt><br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1019 | <tt>[12 x [10 x float]]</tt><br/> |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1020 | <tt>[2 x [3 x [4 x i16]]]</tt><br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1021 | </td> |
| 1022 | <td class="left"> |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1023 | 3x4 array of 32-bit integer values.<br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1024 | 12x10 array of single precision floating point values.<br/> |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1025 | 2x3x4 array of 16-bit integer values.<br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1026 | </td> |
| 1027 | </tr> |
| 1028 | </table> |
Chris Lattner | e67a951 | 2005-06-24 17:22:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1029 | |
John Criswell | 0ec250c | 2005-10-24 16:17:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1030 | <p>Note that 'variable sized arrays' can be implemented in LLVM with a zero |
| 1031 | length array. Normally, accesses past the end of an array are undefined in |
Chris Lattner | e67a951 | 2005-06-24 17:22:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1032 | LLVM (e.g. it is illegal to access the 5th element of a 3 element array). |
| 1033 | As a special case, however, zero length arrays are recognized to be variable |
| 1034 | length. This allows implementation of 'pascal style arrays' with the LLVM |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1035 | type "{ i32, [0 x float]}", for example.</p> |
Chris Lattner | e67a951 | 2005-06-24 17:22:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1036 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1037 | </div> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1038 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1039 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1040 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_function">Function Type</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1041 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1042 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1043 | <p>The function type can be thought of as a function signature. It |
| 1044 | consists of a return type and a list of formal parameter types. |
John Criswell | 009900b | 2003-11-25 21:45:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1045 | Function types are usually used to build virtual function tables |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1046 | (which are structures of pointers to functions), for indirect function |
| 1047 | calls, and when defining a function.</p> |
John Criswell | 009900b | 2003-11-25 21:45:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1048 | <p> |
| 1049 | The return type of a function type cannot be an aggregate type. |
| 1050 | </p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1051 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1052 | <pre> <returntype> (<parameter list>)<br></pre> |
John Criswell | 0ec250c | 2005-10-24 16:17:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1053 | <p>...where '<tt><parameter list></tt>' is a comma-separated list of type |
Misha Brukman | c24b758 | 2004-08-12 20:16:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1054 | specifiers. Optionally, the parameter list may include a type <tt>...</tt>, |
Chris Lattner | 27f71f2 | 2003-09-03 00:41:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1055 | which indicates that the function takes a variable number of arguments. |
| 1056 | Variable argument functions can access their arguments with the <a |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1057 | href="#int_varargs">variable argument handling intrinsic</a> functions.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1058 | <h5>Examples:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1059 | <table class="layout"> |
| 1060 | <tr class="layout"> |
Reid Spencer | 92f8230 | 2006-12-31 07:18:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1061 | <td class="left"><tt>i32 (i32)</tt></td> |
| 1062 | <td class="left">function taking an <tt>i32</tt>, returning an <tt>i32</tt> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1063 | </td> |
Reid Spencer | 92f8230 | 2006-12-31 07:18:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1064 | </tr><tr class="layout"> |
Reid Spencer | 7bf214d | 2007-01-15 18:28:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1065 | <td class="left"><tt>float (i16 sext, i32 *) * |
Reid Spencer | f17a0b7 | 2006-12-31 07:20:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1066 | </tt></td> |
Reid Spencer | 92f8230 | 2006-12-31 07:18:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1067 | <td class="left"><a href="#t_pointer">Pointer</a> to a function that takes |
| 1068 | an <tt>i16</tt> that should be sign extended and a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1069 | <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to <tt>i32</tt>, returning |
Reid Spencer | 92f8230 | 2006-12-31 07:18:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1070 | <tt>float</tt>. |
| 1071 | </td> |
| 1072 | </tr><tr class="layout"> |
| 1073 | <td class="left"><tt>i32 (i8*, ...)</tt></td> |
| 1074 | <td class="left">A vararg function that takes at least one |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1075 | <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to <tt>i8 </tt> (char in C), |
Reid Spencer | 92f8230 | 2006-12-31 07:18:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1076 | which returns an integer. This is the signature for <tt>printf</tt> in |
| 1077 | LLVM. |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1078 | </td> |
| 1079 | </tr> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1080 | </table> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1081 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1082 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1083 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1084 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_struct">Structure Type</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1085 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1086 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1087 | <p>The structure type is used to represent a collection of data members |
| 1088 | together in memory. The packing of the field types is defined to match |
| 1089 | the ABI of the underlying processor. The elements of a structure may |
| 1090 | be any type that has a size.</p> |
| 1091 | <p>Structures are accessed using '<tt><a href="#i_load">load</a></tt> |
| 1092 | and '<tt><a href="#i_store">store</a></tt>' by getting a pointer to a |
| 1093 | field with the '<tt><a href="#i_getelementptr">getelementptr</a></tt>' |
| 1094 | instruction.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1095 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1096 | <pre> { <type list> }<br></pre> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1097 | <h5>Examples:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1098 | <table class="layout"> |
| 1099 | <tr class="layout"> |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1100 | <td class="left"><tt>{ i32, i32, i32 }</tt></td> |
| 1101 | <td class="left">A triple of three <tt>i32</tt> values</td> |
| 1102 | </tr><tr class="layout"> |
| 1103 | <td class="left"><tt>{ float, i32 (i32) * }</tt></td> |
| 1104 | <td class="left">A pair, where the first element is a <tt>float</tt> and the |
| 1105 | second element is a <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to a |
| 1106 | <a href="#t_function">function</a> that takes an <tt>i32</tt>, returning |
| 1107 | an <tt>i32</tt>.</td> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1108 | </tr> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1109 | </table> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1110 | </div> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1111 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1112 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Andrew Lenharth | 75e1068 | 2006-12-08 17:13:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1113 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_pstruct">Packed Structure Type</a> |
| 1114 | </div> |
| 1115 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1116 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 1117 | <p>The packed structure type is used to represent a collection of data members |
| 1118 | together in memory. There is no padding between fields. Further, the alignment |
| 1119 | of a packed structure is 1 byte. The elements of a packed structure may |
| 1120 | be any type that has a size.</p> |
| 1121 | <p>Structures are accessed using '<tt><a href="#i_load">load</a></tt> |
| 1122 | and '<tt><a href="#i_store">store</a></tt>' by getting a pointer to a |
| 1123 | field with the '<tt><a href="#i_getelementptr">getelementptr</a></tt>' |
| 1124 | instruction.</p> |
| 1125 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 1126 | <pre> < { <type list> } > <br></pre> |
| 1127 | <h5>Examples:</h5> |
| 1128 | <table class="layout"> |
| 1129 | <tr class="layout"> |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1130 | <td class="left"><tt>< { i32, i32, i32 } ></tt></td> |
| 1131 | <td class="left">A triple of three <tt>i32</tt> values</td> |
| 1132 | </tr><tr class="layout"> |
| 1133 | <td class="left"><tt>< { float, i32 (i32) * } ></tt></td> |
| 1134 | <td class="left">A pair, where the first element is a <tt>float</tt> and the |
| 1135 | second element is a <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to a |
| 1136 | <a href="#t_function">function</a> that takes an <tt>i32</tt>, returning |
| 1137 | an <tt>i32</tt>.</td> |
Andrew Lenharth | 75e1068 | 2006-12-08 17:13:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1138 | </tr> |
| 1139 | </table> |
| 1140 | </div> |
| 1141 | |
| 1142 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1143 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_pointer">Pointer Type</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1144 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1145 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1146 | <p>As in many languages, the pointer type represents a pointer or |
| 1147 | reference to another object, which must live in memory.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1148 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1149 | <pre> <type> *<br></pre> |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1150 | <h5>Examples:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1151 | <table class="layout"> |
| 1152 | <tr class="layout"> |
| 1153 | <td class="left"> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1154 | <tt>[4x i32]*</tt><br/> |
| 1155 | <tt>i32 (i32 *) *</tt><br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1156 | </td> |
| 1157 | <td class="left"> |
| 1158 | A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to <a href="#t_array">array</a> of |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1159 | four <tt>i32</tt> values<br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1160 | A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to a <a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1161 | href="#t_function">function</a> that takes an <tt>i32*</tt>, returning an |
| 1162 | <tt>i32</tt>.<br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1163 | </td> |
| 1164 | </tr> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1165 | </table> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1166 | </div> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1167 | |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1168 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1169 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_vector">Vector Type</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1170 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 69c11bb | 2005-04-25 17:34:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1171 | |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1172 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 69c11bb | 2005-04-25 17:34:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1173 | |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1174 | <p>A vector type is a simple derived type that represents a vector |
| 1175 | of elements. Vector types are used when multiple primitive data |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1176 | are operated in parallel using a single instruction (SIMD). |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1177 | A vector type requires a size (number of |
Chris Lattner | b8d172f | 2005-11-10 01:44:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1178 | elements) and an underlying primitive data type. Vectors must have a power |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1179 | of two length (1, 2, 4, 8, 16 ...). Vector types are |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1180 | considered <a href="#t_firstclass">first class</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 69c11bb | 2005-04-25 17:34:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1181 | |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1182 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 69c11bb | 2005-04-25 17:34:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1183 | |
| 1184 | <pre> |
| 1185 | < <# elements> x <elementtype> > |
| 1186 | </pre> |
| 1187 | |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1188 | <p>The number of elements is a constant integer value; elementtype may |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1189 | be any integer or floating point type.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 69c11bb | 2005-04-25 17:34:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1190 | |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1191 | <h5>Examples:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 69c11bb | 2005-04-25 17:34:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1192 | |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1193 | <table class="layout"> |
| 1194 | <tr class="layout"> |
| 1195 | <td class="left"> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1196 | <tt><4 x i32></tt><br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1197 | <tt><8 x float></tt><br/> |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1198 | <tt><2 x i64></tt><br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1199 | </td> |
| 1200 | <td class="left"> |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1201 | Vector of 4 32-bit integer values.<br/> |
| 1202 | Vector of 8 floating-point values.<br/> |
| 1203 | Vector of 2 64-bit integer values.<br/> |
Reid Spencer | d3f876c | 2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1204 | </td> |
| 1205 | </tr> |
| 1206 | </table> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1207 | </div> |
| 1208 | |
Chris Lattner | 69c11bb | 2005-04-25 17:34:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1209 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 1210 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_opaque">Opaque Type</a> </div> |
| 1211 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1212 | |
| 1213 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 1214 | |
| 1215 | <p>Opaque types are used to represent unknown types in the system. This |
| 1216 | corresponds (for example) to the C notion of a foward declared structure type. |
| 1217 | In LLVM, opaque types can eventually be resolved to any type (not just a |
| 1218 | structure type).</p> |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 1221 | |
| 1222 | <pre> |
| 1223 | opaque |
| 1224 | </pre> |
| 1225 | |
| 1226 | <h5>Examples:</h5> |
| 1227 | |
| 1228 | <table class="layout"> |
| 1229 | <tr class="layout"> |
| 1230 | <td class="left"> |
| 1231 | <tt>opaque</tt> |
| 1232 | </td> |
| 1233 | <td class="left"> |
| 1234 | An opaque type.<br/> |
| 1235 | </td> |
| 1236 | </tr> |
| 1237 | </table> |
| 1238 | </div> |
| 1239 | |
| 1240 | |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1241 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 1242 | <div class="doc_section"> <a name="constants">Constants</a> </div> |
| 1243 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 1244 | |
| 1245 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1246 | |
| 1247 | <p>LLVM has several different basic types of constants. This section describes |
| 1248 | them all and their syntax.</p> |
| 1249 | |
| 1250 | </div> |
| 1251 | |
| 1252 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Reid Spencer | cc16dc3 | 2004-12-09 18:02:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1253 | <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="simpleconstants">Simple Constants</a></div> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1254 | |
| 1255 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1256 | |
| 1257 | <dl> |
| 1258 | <dt><b>Boolean constants</b></dt> |
| 1259 | |
| 1260 | <dd>The two strings '<tt>true</tt>' and '<tt>false</tt>' are both valid |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1261 | constants of the <tt><a href="#t_primitive">i1</a></tt> type. |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1262 | </dd> |
| 1263 | |
| 1264 | <dt><b>Integer constants</b></dt> |
| 1265 | |
Reid Spencer | cc16dc3 | 2004-12-09 18:02:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1266 | <dd>Standard integers (such as '4') are constants of the <a |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1267 | href="#t_integer">integer</a> type. Negative numbers may be used with |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1268 | integer types. |
| 1269 | </dd> |
| 1270 | |
| 1271 | <dt><b>Floating point constants</b></dt> |
| 1272 | |
| 1273 | <dd>Floating point constants use standard decimal notation (e.g. 123.421), |
| 1274 | exponential notation (e.g. 1.23421e+2), or a more precise hexadecimal |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1275 | notation (see below). Floating point constants must have a <a |
| 1276 | href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type. </dd> |
| 1277 | |
| 1278 | <dt><b>Null pointer constants</b></dt> |
| 1279 | |
John Criswell | 9e2485c | 2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1280 | <dd>The identifier '<tt>null</tt>' is recognized as a null pointer constant |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1281 | and must be of <a href="#t_pointer">pointer type</a>.</dd> |
| 1282 | |
| 1283 | </dl> |
| 1284 | |
John Criswell | 9e2485c | 2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1285 | <p>The one non-intuitive notation for constants is the optional hexadecimal form |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1286 | of floating point constants. For example, the form '<tt>double |
| 1287 | 0x432ff973cafa8000</tt>' is equivalent to (but harder to read than) '<tt>double |
| 1288 | 4.5e+15</tt>'. The only time hexadecimal floating point constants are required |
Reid Spencer | cc16dc3 | 2004-12-09 18:02:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1289 | (and the only time that they are generated by the disassembler) is when a |
| 1290 | floating point constant must be emitted but it cannot be represented as a |
| 1291 | decimal floating point number. For example, NaN's, infinities, and other |
| 1292 | special values are represented in their IEEE hexadecimal format so that |
| 1293 | assembly and disassembly do not cause any bits to change in the constants.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1294 | |
| 1295 | </div> |
| 1296 | |
| 1297 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 1298 | <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="aggregateconstants">Aggregate Constants</a> |
| 1299 | </div> |
| 1300 | |
| 1301 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | d4f6b17 | 2005-03-07 22:13:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1302 | <p>Aggregate constants arise from aggregation of simple constants |
| 1303 | and smaller aggregate constants.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1304 | |
| 1305 | <dl> |
| 1306 | <dt><b>Structure constants</b></dt> |
| 1307 | |
| 1308 | <dd>Structure constants are represented with notation similar to structure |
| 1309 | type definitions (a comma separated list of elements, surrounded by braces |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1310 | (<tt>{}</tt>)). For example: "<tt>{ i32 4, float 17.0, i32* %G }</tt>", |
| 1311 | where "<tt>%G</tt>" is declared as "<tt>%G = external global i32</tt>". Structure constants |
Chris Lattner | d4f6b17 | 2005-03-07 22:13:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1312 | must have <a href="#t_struct">structure type</a>, and the number and |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1313 | types of elements must match those specified by the type. |
| 1314 | </dd> |
| 1315 | |
| 1316 | <dt><b>Array constants</b></dt> |
| 1317 | |
| 1318 | <dd>Array constants are represented with notation similar to array type |
| 1319 | definitions (a comma separated list of elements, surrounded by square brackets |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1320 | (<tt>[]</tt>)). For example: "<tt>[ i32 42, i32 11, i32 74 ]</tt>". Array |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1321 | constants must have <a href="#t_array">array type</a>, and the number and |
| 1322 | types of elements must match those specified by the type. |
| 1323 | </dd> |
| 1324 | |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1325 | <dt><b>Vector constants</b></dt> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1326 | |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1327 | <dd>Vector constants are represented with notation similar to vector type |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1328 | definitions (a comma separated list of elements, surrounded by |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1329 | less-than/greater-than's (<tt><></tt>)). For example: "<tt>< i32 42, |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1330 | i32 11, i32 74, i32 100 ></tt>". Vector constants must have <a |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1331 | href="#t_vector">vector type</a>, and the number and types of elements must |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1332 | match those specified by the type. |
| 1333 | </dd> |
| 1334 | |
| 1335 | <dt><b>Zero initialization</b></dt> |
| 1336 | |
| 1337 | <dd>The string '<tt>zeroinitializer</tt>' can be used to zero initialize a |
| 1338 | value to zero of <em>any</em> type, including scalar and aggregate types. |
| 1339 | This is often used to avoid having to print large zero initializers (e.g. for |
John Criswell | 0ec250c | 2005-10-24 16:17:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1340 | large arrays) and is always exactly equivalent to using explicit zero |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1341 | initializers. |
| 1342 | </dd> |
| 1343 | </dl> |
| 1344 | |
| 1345 | </div> |
| 1346 | |
| 1347 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 1348 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 1349 | <a name="globalconstants">Global Variable and Function Addresses</a> |
| 1350 | </div> |
| 1351 | |
| 1352 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1353 | |
| 1354 | <p>The addresses of <a href="#globalvars">global variables</a> and <a |
| 1355 | href="#functionstructure">functions</a> are always implicitly valid (link-time) |
John Criswell | 9e2485c | 2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1356 | constants. These constants are explicitly referenced when the <a |
| 1357 | href="#identifiers">identifier for the global</a> is used and always have <a |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1358 | href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> type. For example, the following is a legal LLVM |
| 1359 | file:</p> |
| 1360 | |
| 1361 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1362 | %X = global i32 17 |
| 1363 | %Y = global i32 42 |
| 1364 | %Z = global [2 x i32*] [ i32* %X, i32* %Y ] |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1365 | </pre> |
| 1366 | |
| 1367 | </div> |
| 1368 | |
| 1369 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Reid Spencer | 2dc45b8 | 2004-12-09 18:13:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1370 | <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="undefvalues">Undefined Values</a></div> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1371 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Reid Spencer | 2dc45b8 | 2004-12-09 18:13:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1372 | <p>The string '<tt>undef</tt>' is recognized as a type-less constant that has |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1373 | no specific value. Undefined values may be of any type and be used anywhere |
Reid Spencer | 2dc45b8 | 2004-12-09 18:13:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1374 | a constant is permitted.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1375 | |
Reid Spencer | 2dc45b8 | 2004-12-09 18:13:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1376 | <p>Undefined values indicate to the compiler that the program is well defined |
| 1377 | no matter what value is used, giving the compiler more freedom to optimize. |
| 1378 | </p> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1379 | </div> |
| 1380 | |
| 1381 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 1382 | <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="constantexprs">Constant Expressions</a> |
| 1383 | </div> |
| 1384 | |
| 1385 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1386 | |
| 1387 | <p>Constant expressions are used to allow expressions involving other constants |
| 1388 | to be used as constants. Constant expressions may be of any <a |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1389 | href="#t_firstclass">first class</a> type and may involve any LLVM operation |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1390 | that does not have side effects (e.g. load and call are not supported). The |
| 1391 | following is the syntax for constant expressions:</p> |
| 1392 | |
| 1393 | <dl> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1394 | <dt><b><tt>trunc ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1395 | <dd>Truncate a constant to another type. The bit size of CST must be larger |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1396 | than the bit size of TYPE. Both types must be integers.</dd> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1397 | |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1398 | <dt><b><tt>zext ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1399 | <dd>Zero extend a constant to another type. The bit size of CST must be |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1400 | smaller or equal to the bit size of TYPE. Both types must be integers.</dd> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1401 | |
| 1402 | <dt><b><tt>sext ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1403 | <dd>Sign extend a constant to another type. The bit size of CST must be |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1404 | smaller or equal to the bit size of TYPE. Both types must be integers.</dd> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1405 | |
| 1406 | <dt><b><tt>fptrunc ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1407 | <dd>Truncate a floating point constant to another floating point type. The |
| 1408 | size of CST must be larger than the size of TYPE. Both types must be |
| 1409 | floating point.</dd> |
| 1410 | |
| 1411 | <dt><b><tt>fpext ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1412 | <dd>Floating point extend a constant to another type. The size of CST must be |
| 1413 | smaller or equal to the size of TYPE. Both types must be floating point.</dd> |
| 1414 | |
| 1415 | <dt><b><tt>fp2uint ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1416 | <dd>Convert a floating point constant to the corresponding unsigned integer |
| 1417 | constant. TYPE must be an integer type. CST must be floating point. If the |
| 1418 | value won't fit in the integer type, the results are undefined.</dd> |
| 1419 | |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1420 | <dt><b><tt>fptosi ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1421 | <dd>Convert a floating point constant to the corresponding signed integer |
| 1422 | constant. TYPE must be an integer type. CST must be floating point. If the |
| 1423 | value won't fit in the integer type, the results are undefined.</dd> |
| 1424 | |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1425 | <dt><b><tt>uitofp ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1426 | <dd>Convert an unsigned integer constant to the corresponding floating point |
| 1427 | constant. TYPE must be floating point. CST must be of integer type. If the |
Jeff Cohen | cb75731 | 2007-04-22 14:56:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1428 | value won't fit in the floating point type, the results are undefined.</dd> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1429 | |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1430 | <dt><b><tt>sitofp ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1431 | <dd>Convert a signed integer constant to the corresponding floating point |
| 1432 | constant. TYPE must be floating point. CST must be of integer type. If the |
Jeff Cohen | cb75731 | 2007-04-22 14:56:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1433 | value won't fit in the floating point type, the results are undefined.</dd> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1434 | |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1435 | <dt><b><tt>ptrtoint ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1436 | <dd>Convert a pointer typed constant to the corresponding integer constant |
| 1437 | TYPE must be an integer type. CST must be of pointer type. The CST value is |
| 1438 | zero extended, truncated, or unchanged to make it fit in TYPE.</dd> |
| 1439 | |
| 1440 | <dt><b><tt>inttoptr ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1441 | <dd>Convert a integer constant to a pointer constant. TYPE must be a |
| 1442 | pointer type. CST must be of integer type. The CST value is zero extended, |
| 1443 | truncated, or unchanged to make it fit in a pointer size. This one is |
| 1444 | <i>really</i> dangerous!</dd> |
| 1445 | |
| 1446 | <dt><b><tt>bitcast ( CST to TYPE )</tt></b></dt> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1447 | <dd>Convert a constant, CST, to another TYPE. The size of CST and TYPE must be |
| 1448 | identical (same number of bits). The conversion is done as if the CST value |
| 1449 | was stored to memory and read back as TYPE. In other words, no bits change |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1450 | with this operator, just the type. This can be used for conversion of |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1451 | vector types to any other type, as long as they have the same bit width. For |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1452 | pointers it is only valid to cast to another pointer type. |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1453 | </dd> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1454 | |
| 1455 | <dt><b><tt>getelementptr ( CSTPTR, IDX0, IDX1, ... )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1456 | |
| 1457 | <dd>Perform the <a href="#i_getelementptr">getelementptr operation</a> on |
| 1458 | constants. As with the <a href="#i_getelementptr">getelementptr</a> |
| 1459 | instruction, the index list may have zero or more indexes, which are required |
| 1460 | to make sense for the type of "CSTPTR".</dd> |
| 1461 | |
Robert Bocchino | 9fbe145 | 2006-01-10 19:31:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1462 | <dt><b><tt>select ( COND, VAL1, VAL2 )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1463 | |
| 1464 | <dd>Perform the <a href="#i_select">select operation</a> on |
Reid Spencer | 01c4259 | 2006-12-04 19:23:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1465 | constants.</dd> |
| 1466 | |
| 1467 | <dt><b><tt>icmp COND ( VAL1, VAL2 )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1468 | <dd>Performs the <a href="#i_icmp">icmp operation</a> on constants.</dd> |
| 1469 | |
| 1470 | <dt><b><tt>fcmp COND ( VAL1, VAL2 )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1471 | <dd>Performs the <a href="#i_fcmp">fcmp operation</a> on constants.</dd> |
Robert Bocchino | 9fbe145 | 2006-01-10 19:31:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1472 | |
| 1473 | <dt><b><tt>extractelement ( VAL, IDX )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1474 | |
| 1475 | <dd>Perform the <a href="#i_extractelement">extractelement |
| 1476 | operation</a> on constants. |
| 1477 | |
Robert Bocchino | 05ccd70 | 2006-01-15 20:48:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1478 | <dt><b><tt>insertelement ( VAL, ELT, IDX )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1479 | |
| 1480 | <dd>Perform the <a href="#i_insertelement">insertelement |
Reid Spencer | 01c4259 | 2006-12-04 19:23:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1481 | operation</a> on constants.</dd> |
Robert Bocchino | 05ccd70 | 2006-01-15 20:48:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1482 | |
Chris Lattner | c198954 | 2006-04-08 00:13:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1483 | |
| 1484 | <dt><b><tt>shufflevector ( VEC1, VEC2, IDXMASK )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1485 | |
| 1486 | <dd>Perform the <a href="#i_shufflevector">shufflevector |
Reid Spencer | 01c4259 | 2006-12-04 19:23:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1487 | operation</a> on constants.</dd> |
Chris Lattner | c198954 | 2006-04-08 00:13:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1488 | |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1489 | <dt><b><tt>OPCODE ( LHS, RHS )</tt></b></dt> |
| 1490 | |
Reid Spencer | 2dc45b8 | 2004-12-09 18:13:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1491 | <dd>Perform the specified operation of the LHS and RHS constants. OPCODE may |
| 1492 | be any of the <a href="#binaryops">binary</a> or <a href="#bitwiseops">bitwise |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1493 | binary</a> operations. The constraints on operands are the same as those for |
| 1494 | the corresponding instruction (e.g. no bitwise operations on floating point |
John Criswell | e4c57cc | 2005-05-12 16:52:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1495 | values are allowed).</dd> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1496 | </dl> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1497 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 9ee5d22 | 2004-03-08 16:49:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1498 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1499 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | e87d653 | 2006-01-25 23:47:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1500 | <div class="doc_section"> <a name="othervalues">Other Values</a> </div> |
| 1501 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 1502 | |
| 1503 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 1504 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 1505 | <a name="inlineasm">Inline Assembler Expressions</a> |
| 1506 | </div> |
| 1507 | |
| 1508 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1509 | |
| 1510 | <p> |
| 1511 | LLVM supports inline assembler expressions (as opposed to <a href="#moduleasm"> |
| 1512 | Module-Level Inline Assembly</a>) through the use of a special value. This |
| 1513 | value represents the inline assembler as a string (containing the instructions |
| 1514 | to emit), a list of operand constraints (stored as a string), and a flag that |
| 1515 | indicates whether or not the inline asm expression has side effects. An example |
| 1516 | inline assembler expression is: |
| 1517 | </p> |
| 1518 | |
| 1519 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1520 | i32 (i32) asm "bswap $0", "=r,r" |
Chris Lattner | e87d653 | 2006-01-25 23:47:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1521 | </pre> |
| 1522 | |
| 1523 | <p> |
| 1524 | Inline assembler expressions may <b>only</b> be used as the callee operand of |
| 1525 | a <a href="#i_call"><tt>call</tt> instruction</a>. Thus, typically we have: |
| 1526 | </p> |
| 1527 | |
| 1528 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1529 | %X = call i32 asm "<a href="#int_bswap">bswap</a> $0", "=r,r"(i32 %Y) |
Chris Lattner | e87d653 | 2006-01-25 23:47:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1530 | </pre> |
| 1531 | |
| 1532 | <p> |
| 1533 | Inline asms with side effects not visible in the constraint list must be marked |
| 1534 | as having side effects. This is done through the use of the |
| 1535 | '<tt>sideeffect</tt>' keyword, like so: |
| 1536 | </p> |
| 1537 | |
| 1538 | <pre> |
| 1539 | call void asm sideeffect "eieio", ""() |
| 1540 | </pre> |
| 1541 | |
| 1542 | <p>TODO: The format of the asm and constraints string still need to be |
| 1543 | documented here. Constraints on what can be done (e.g. duplication, moving, etc |
| 1544 | need to be documented). |
| 1545 | </p> |
| 1546 | |
| 1547 | </div> |
| 1548 | |
| 1549 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1550 | <div class="doc_section"> <a name="instref">Instruction Reference</a> </div> |
| 1551 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1552 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1553 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1554 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1555 | <p>The LLVM instruction set consists of several different |
| 1556 | classifications of instructions: <a href="#terminators">terminator |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1557 | instructions</a>, <a href="#binaryops">binary instructions</a>, |
| 1558 | <a href="#bitwiseops">bitwise binary instructions</a>, <a |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1559 | href="#memoryops">memory instructions</a>, and <a href="#otherops">other |
| 1560 | instructions</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1561 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1562 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1563 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1564 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1565 | <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="terminators">Terminator |
| 1566 | Instructions</a> </div> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1567 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1568 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1569 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1570 | <p>As mentioned <a href="#functionstructure">previously</a>, every |
| 1571 | basic block in a program ends with a "Terminator" instruction, which |
| 1572 | indicates which block should be executed after the current block is |
| 1573 | finished. These terminator instructions typically yield a '<tt>void</tt>' |
| 1574 | value: they produce control flow, not values (the one exception being |
| 1575 | the '<a href="#i_invoke"><tt>invoke</tt></a>' instruction).</p> |
John Criswell | 9e2485c | 2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1576 | <p>There are six different terminator instructions: the '<a |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1577 | href="#i_ret"><tt>ret</tt></a>' instruction, the '<a href="#i_br"><tt>br</tt></a>' |
| 1578 | instruction, the '<a href="#i_switch"><tt>switch</tt></a>' instruction, |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1579 | the '<a href="#i_invoke"><tt>invoke</tt></a>' instruction, the '<a |
| 1580 | href="#i_unwind"><tt>unwind</tt></a>' instruction, and the '<a |
| 1581 | href="#i_unreachable"><tt>unreachable</tt></a>' instruction.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1582 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1583 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | c3f5976 | 2004-12-09 17:30:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1584 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1585 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1586 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_ret">'<tt>ret</tt>' |
| 1587 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1588 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1589 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1590 | <pre> ret <type> <value> <i>; Return a value from a non-void function</i> |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1591 | ret void <i>; Return from void function</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1592 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1593 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1594 | <p>The '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction is used to return control flow (and a |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1595 | value) from a function back to the caller.</p> |
John Criswell | 4457dc9 | 2004-04-09 16:48:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1596 | <p>There are two forms of the '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction: one that |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1597 | returns a value and then causes control flow, and one that just causes |
| 1598 | control flow to occur.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1599 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1600 | <p>The '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction may return any '<a |
| 1601 | href="#t_firstclass">first class</a>' type. Notice that a function is |
| 1602 | not <a href="#wellformed">well formed</a> if there exists a '<tt>ret</tt>' |
| 1603 | instruction inside of the function that returns a value that does not |
| 1604 | match the return type of the function.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1605 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1606 | <p>When the '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction is executed, control flow |
| 1607 | returns back to the calling function's context. If the caller is a "<a |
John Criswell | fa08187 | 2004-06-25 15:16:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1608 | href="#i_call"><tt>call</tt></a>" instruction, execution continues at |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1609 | the instruction after the call. If the caller was an "<a |
| 1610 | href="#i_invoke"><tt>invoke</tt></a>" instruction, execution continues |
John Criswell | e4c57cc | 2005-05-12 16:52:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1611 | at the beginning of the "normal" destination block. If the instruction |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1612 | returns a value, that value shall set the call or invoke instruction's |
| 1613 | return value.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1614 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1615 | <pre> ret i32 5 <i>; Return an integer value of 5</i> |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1616 | ret void <i>; Return from a void function</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1617 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1618 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1619 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1620 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_br">'<tt>br</tt>' Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1621 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1622 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1623 | <pre> br i1 <cond>, label <iftrue>, label <iffalse><br> br label <dest> <i>; Unconditional branch</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1624 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1625 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1626 | <p>The '<tt>br</tt>' instruction is used to cause control flow to |
| 1627 | transfer to a different basic block in the current function. There are |
| 1628 | two forms of this instruction, corresponding to a conditional branch |
| 1629 | and an unconditional branch.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1630 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1631 | <p>The conditional branch form of the '<tt>br</tt>' instruction takes a |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1632 | single '<tt>i1</tt>' value and two '<tt>label</tt>' values. The |
Reid Spencer | de15194 | 2007-02-19 23:54:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1633 | unconditional form of the '<tt>br</tt>' instruction takes a single |
| 1634 | '<tt>label</tt>' value as a target.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1635 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1636 | <p>Upon execution of a conditional '<tt>br</tt>' instruction, the '<tt>i1</tt>' |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1637 | argument is evaluated. If the value is <tt>true</tt>, control flows |
| 1638 | to the '<tt>iftrue</tt>' <tt>label</tt> argument. If "cond" is <tt>false</tt>, |
| 1639 | control flows to the '<tt>iffalse</tt>' <tt>label</tt> argument.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1640 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1641 | <pre>Test:<br> %cond = <a href="#i_icmp">icmp</a> eq, i32 %a, %b<br> br i1 %cond, label %IfEqual, label %IfUnequal<br>IfEqual:<br> <a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1642 | href="#i_ret">ret</a> i32 1<br>IfUnequal:<br> <a href="#i_ret">ret</a> i32 0<br></pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1643 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1644 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1645 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 1646 | <a name="i_switch">'<tt>switch</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 1647 | </div> |
| 1648 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1649 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1650 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1651 | |
| 1652 | <pre> |
| 1653 | switch <intty> <value>, label <defaultdest> [ <intty> <val>, label <dest> ... ] |
| 1654 | </pre> |
| 1655 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1656 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1657 | |
| 1658 | <p>The '<tt>switch</tt>' instruction is used to transfer control flow to one of |
| 1659 | several different places. It is a generalization of the '<tt>br</tt>' |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1660 | instruction, allowing a branch to occur to one of many possible |
| 1661 | destinations.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1662 | |
| 1663 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1664 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1665 | |
| 1666 | <p>The '<tt>switch</tt>' instruction uses three parameters: an integer |
| 1667 | comparison value '<tt>value</tt>', a default '<tt>label</tt>' destination, and |
| 1668 | an array of pairs of comparison value constants and '<tt>label</tt>'s. The |
| 1669 | table is not allowed to contain duplicate constant entries.</p> |
| 1670 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1671 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1672 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1673 | <p>The <tt>switch</tt> instruction specifies a table of values and |
| 1674 | destinations. When the '<tt>switch</tt>' instruction is executed, this |
John Criswell | 8411475 | 2004-06-25 16:05:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1675 | table is searched for the given value. If the value is found, control flow is |
| 1676 | transfered to the corresponding destination; otherwise, control flow is |
| 1677 | transfered to the default destination.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1678 | |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1679 | <h5>Implementation:</h5> |
| 1680 | |
| 1681 | <p>Depending on properties of the target machine and the particular |
| 1682 | <tt>switch</tt> instruction, this instruction may be code generated in different |
John Criswell | 8411475 | 2004-06-25 16:05:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1683 | ways. For example, it could be generated as a series of chained conditional |
| 1684 | branches or with a lookup table.</p> |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1685 | |
| 1686 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 1687 | |
| 1688 | <pre> |
| 1689 | <i>; Emulate a conditional br instruction</i> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1690 | %Val = <a href="#i_zext">zext</a> i1 %value to i32 |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1691 | switch i32 %Val, label %truedest [i32 0, label %falsedest ] |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1692 | |
| 1693 | <i>; Emulate an unconditional br instruction</i> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1694 | switch i32 0, label %dest [ ] |
Chris Lattner | c88c17b | 2004-02-24 04:54:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1695 | |
| 1696 | <i>; Implement a jump table:</i> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1697 | switch i32 %val, label %otherwise [ i32 0, label %onzero |
| 1698 | i32 1, label %onone |
| 1699 | i32 2, label %ontwo ] |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1700 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1701 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1702 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1703 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1704 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 1705 | <a name="i_invoke">'<tt>invoke</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 1706 | </div> |
| 1707 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1708 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1709 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1710 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1711 | |
| 1712 | <pre> |
| 1713 | <result> = invoke [<a href="#callingconv">cconv</a>] <ptr to function ty> %<function ptr val>(<function args>) |
Chris Lattner | 76b8a33 | 2006-05-14 18:23:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1714 | to label <normal label> unwind label <exception label> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1715 | </pre> |
| 1716 | |
Chris Lattner | 6536cfe | 2002-05-06 22:08:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1717 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1718 | |
| 1719 | <p>The '<tt>invoke</tt>' instruction causes control to transfer to a specified |
| 1720 | function, with the possibility of control flow transfer to either the |
John Criswell | e4c57cc | 2005-05-12 16:52:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1721 | '<tt>normal</tt>' label or the |
| 1722 | '<tt>exception</tt>' label. If the callee function returns with the |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1723 | "<tt><a href="#i_ret">ret</a></tt>" instruction, control flow will return to the |
| 1724 | "normal" label. If the callee (or any indirect callees) returns with the "<a |
John Criswell | e4c57cc | 2005-05-12 16:52:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1725 | href="#i_unwind"><tt>unwind</tt></a>" instruction, control is interrupted and |
| 1726 | continued at the dynamically nearest "exception" label.</p> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1727 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1728 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1729 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1730 | <p>This instruction requires several arguments:</p> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1731 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1732 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1733 | <li> |
Duncan Sands | 8036ca4 | 2007-03-30 12:22:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1734 | The optional "cconv" marker indicates which <a href="#callingconv">calling |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1735 | convention</a> the call should use. If none is specified, the call defaults |
| 1736 | to using C calling conventions. |
| 1737 | </li> |
| 1738 | <li>'<tt>ptr to function ty</tt>': shall be the signature of the pointer to |
| 1739 | function value being invoked. In most cases, this is a direct function |
| 1740 | invocation, but indirect <tt>invoke</tt>s are just as possible, branching off |
| 1741 | an arbitrary pointer to function value. |
| 1742 | </li> |
| 1743 | |
| 1744 | <li>'<tt>function ptr val</tt>': An LLVM value containing a pointer to a |
| 1745 | function to be invoked. </li> |
| 1746 | |
| 1747 | <li>'<tt>function args</tt>': argument list whose types match the function |
| 1748 | signature argument types. If the function signature indicates the function |
| 1749 | accepts a variable number of arguments, the extra arguments can be |
| 1750 | specified. </li> |
| 1751 | |
| 1752 | <li>'<tt>normal label</tt>': the label reached when the called function |
| 1753 | executes a '<tt><a href="#i_ret">ret</a></tt>' instruction. </li> |
| 1754 | |
| 1755 | <li>'<tt>exception label</tt>': the label reached when a callee returns with |
| 1756 | the <a href="#i_unwind"><tt>unwind</tt></a> instruction. </li> |
| 1757 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1758 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1759 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1760 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1761 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1762 | <p>This instruction is designed to operate as a standard '<tt><a |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1763 | href="#i_call">call</a></tt>' instruction in most regards. The primary |
| 1764 | difference is that it establishes an association with a label, which is used by |
| 1765 | the runtime library to unwind the stack.</p> |
| 1766 | |
| 1767 | <p>This instruction is used in languages with destructors to ensure that proper |
| 1768 | cleanup is performed in the case of either a <tt>longjmp</tt> or a thrown |
| 1769 | exception. Additionally, this is important for implementation of |
| 1770 | '<tt>catch</tt>' clauses in high-level languages that support them.</p> |
| 1771 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1772 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1773 | <pre> |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1774 | %retval = invoke i32 %Test(i32 15) to label %Continue |
| 1775 | unwind label %TestCleanup <i>; {i32}:retval set</i> |
| 1776 | %retval = invoke <a href="#callingconv">coldcc</a> i32 %Test(i32 15) to label %Continue |
| 1777 | unwind label %TestCleanup <i>; {i32}:retval set</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1778 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1779 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1780 | |
| 1781 | |
Chris Lattner | 27f71f2 | 2003-09-03 00:41:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1782 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1783 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1784 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_unwind">'<tt>unwind</tt>' |
| 1785 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1786 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1787 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1788 | |
Chris Lattner | 27f71f2 | 2003-09-03 00:41:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1789 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1790 | <pre> |
| 1791 | unwind |
| 1792 | </pre> |
| 1793 | |
Chris Lattner | 27f71f2 | 2003-09-03 00:41:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1794 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1795 | |
| 1796 | <p>The '<tt>unwind</tt>' instruction unwinds the stack, continuing control flow |
| 1797 | at the first callee in the dynamic call stack which used an <a |
| 1798 | href="#i_invoke"><tt>invoke</tt></a> instruction to perform the call. This is |
| 1799 | primarily used to implement exception handling.</p> |
| 1800 | |
Chris Lattner | 27f71f2 | 2003-09-03 00:41:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1801 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1802 | |
| 1803 | <p>The '<tt>unwind</tt>' intrinsic causes execution of the current function to |
| 1804 | immediately halt. The dynamic call stack is then searched for the first <a |
| 1805 | href="#i_invoke"><tt>invoke</tt></a> instruction on the call stack. Once found, |
| 1806 | execution continues at the "exceptional" destination block specified by the |
| 1807 | <tt>invoke</tt> instruction. If there is no <tt>invoke</tt> instruction in the |
| 1808 | dynamic call chain, undefined behavior results.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1809 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 35eca58 | 2004-10-16 18:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1810 | |
| 1811 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 1812 | |
| 1813 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_unreachable">'<tt>unreachable</tt>' |
| 1814 | Instruction</a> </div> |
| 1815 | |
| 1816 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1817 | |
| 1818 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 1819 | <pre> |
| 1820 | unreachable |
| 1821 | </pre> |
| 1822 | |
| 1823 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 1824 | |
| 1825 | <p>The '<tt>unreachable</tt>' instruction has no defined semantics. This |
| 1826 | instruction is used to inform the optimizer that a particular portion of the |
| 1827 | code is not reachable. This can be used to indicate that the code after a |
| 1828 | no-return function cannot be reached, and other facts.</p> |
| 1829 | |
| 1830 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 1831 | |
| 1832 | <p>The '<tt>unreachable</tt>' instruction has no defined semantics.</p> |
| 1833 | </div> |
| 1834 | |
| 1835 | |
| 1836 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1837 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1838 | <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="binaryops">Binary Operations</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1839 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1840 | <p>Binary operators are used to do most of the computation in a |
| 1841 | program. They require two operands, execute an operation on them, and |
John Criswell | 9e2485c | 2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1842 | produce a single value. The operands might represent |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1843 | multiple data, as is the case with the <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> data type. |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1844 | The result value of a binary operator is not |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1845 | necessarily the same type as its operands.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1846 | <p>There are several different binary operators:</p> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1847 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1848 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1849 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_add">'<tt>add</tt>' |
| 1850 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1851 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1852 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1853 | <pre> <result> = add <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1854 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1855 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1856 | <p>The '<tt>add</tt>' instruction returns the sum of its two operands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1857 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1858 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>add</tt>' instruction must be either <a |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1859 | href="#t_integer">integer</a> or <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> values. |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1860 | This instruction can also take <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> versions of the values. |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1861 | Both arguments must have identical types.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1862 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1863 | <p>The value produced is the integer or floating point sum of the two |
| 1864 | operands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1865 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1866 | <pre> <result> = add i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 + %var</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1867 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1868 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1869 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1870 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_sub">'<tt>sub</tt>' |
| 1871 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1872 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1873 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1874 | <pre> <result> = sub <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1875 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1876 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1877 | <p>The '<tt>sub</tt>' instruction returns the difference of its two |
| 1878 | operands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1879 | <p>Note that the '<tt>sub</tt>' instruction is used to represent the '<tt>neg</tt>' |
| 1880 | instruction present in most other intermediate representations.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1881 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1882 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>sub</tt>' instruction must be either <a |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1883 | href="#t_integer">integer</a> or <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1884 | values. |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1885 | This instruction can also take <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> versions of the values. |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1886 | Both arguments must have identical types.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1887 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1888 | <p>The value produced is the integer or floating point difference of |
| 1889 | the two operands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1890 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1891 | <pre> <result> = sub i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 - %var</i> |
| 1892 | <result> = sub i32 0, %val <i>; yields {i32}:result = -%var</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1893 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1894 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1895 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1896 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_mul">'<tt>mul</tt>' |
| 1897 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1898 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1899 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1900 | <pre> <result> = mul <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1901 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1902 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1903 | <p>The '<tt>mul</tt>' instruction returns the product of its two |
| 1904 | operands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1905 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1906 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>mul</tt>' instruction must be either <a |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1907 | href="#t_integer">integer</a> or <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1908 | values. |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1909 | This instruction can also take <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> versions of the values. |
Chris Lattner | a58561b | 2004-08-12 19:12:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1910 | Both arguments must have identical types.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1911 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1912 | <p>The value produced is the integer or floating point product of the |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1913 | two operands.</p> |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1914 | <p>Because the operands are the same width, the result of an integer |
| 1915 | multiplication is the same whether the operands should be deemed unsigned or |
| 1916 | signed.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1917 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1918 | <pre> <result> = mul i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 * %var</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1919 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1920 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1921 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1922 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_udiv">'<tt>udiv</tt>' Instruction |
| 1923 | </a></div> |
| 1924 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1925 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 1926 | <pre> <result> = udiv <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
| 1927 | </pre> |
| 1928 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 1929 | <p>The '<tt>udiv</tt>' instruction returns the quotient of its two |
| 1930 | operands.</p> |
| 1931 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 1932 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>udiv</tt>' instruction must be |
| 1933 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> values. Both arguments must have identical |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1934 | types. This instruction can also take <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> versions |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1935 | of the values in which case the elements must be integers.</p> |
| 1936 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 1937 | <p>The value produced is the unsigned integer quotient of the two operands. This |
| 1938 | instruction always performs an unsigned division operation, regardless of |
| 1939 | whether the arguments are unsigned or not.</p> |
| 1940 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1941 | <pre> <result> = udiv i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 / %var</i> |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1942 | </pre> |
| 1943 | </div> |
| 1944 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 1945 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_sdiv">'<tt>sdiv</tt>' Instruction |
| 1946 | </a> </div> |
| 1947 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1948 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 1949 | <pre> <result> = sdiv <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
| 1950 | </pre> |
| 1951 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 1952 | <p>The '<tt>sdiv</tt>' instruction returns the quotient of its two |
| 1953 | operands.</p> |
| 1954 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 1955 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>sdiv</tt>' instruction must be |
| 1956 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> values. Both arguments must have identical |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1957 | types. This instruction can also take <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> versions |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1958 | of the values in which case the elements must be integers.</p> |
| 1959 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 1960 | <p>The value produced is the signed integer quotient of the two operands. This |
| 1961 | instruction always performs a signed division operation, regardless of whether |
| 1962 | the arguments are signed or not.</p> |
| 1963 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1964 | <pre> <result> = sdiv i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 / %var</i> |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1965 | </pre> |
| 1966 | </div> |
| 1967 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 1968 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_fdiv">'<tt>fdiv</tt>' |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1969 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1970 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1971 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1972 | <pre> <result> = fdiv <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1973 | </pre> |
| 1974 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1975 | <p>The '<tt>fdiv</tt>' instruction returns the quotient of its two |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1976 | operands.</p> |
| 1977 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1978 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>fdiv</tt>' instruction must be |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1979 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> values. Both arguments must have |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1980 | identical types. This instruction can also take <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1981 | versions of floating point values.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1982 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1983 | <p>The value produced is the floating point quotient of the two operands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1984 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 1628cec | 2006-10-26 06:15:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1985 | <pre> <result> = fdiv float 4.0, %var <i>; yields {float}:result = 4.0 / %var</i> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1986 | </pre> |
| 1987 | </div> |
| 1988 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Reid Spencer | 0a783f7 | 2006-11-02 01:53:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1989 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_urem">'<tt>urem</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 1990 | </div> |
| 1991 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 1992 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 1993 | <pre> <result> = urem <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
| 1994 | </pre> |
| 1995 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 1996 | <p>The '<tt>urem</tt>' instruction returns the remainder from the |
| 1997 | unsigned division of its two arguments.</p> |
| 1998 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 1999 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>urem</tt>' instruction must be |
| 2000 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> values. Both arguments must have identical |
| 2001 | types.</p> |
| 2002 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2003 | <p>This instruction returns the unsigned integer <i>remainder</i> of a division. |
| 2004 | This instruction always performs an unsigned division to get the remainder, |
| 2005 | regardless of whether the arguments are unsigned or not.</p> |
| 2006 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2007 | <pre> <result> = urem i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 % %var</i> |
Reid Spencer | 0a783f7 | 2006-11-02 01:53:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2008 | </pre> |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | </div> |
| 2011 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2012 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_srem">'<tt>srem</tt>' |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2013 | Instruction</a> </div> |
| 2014 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2015 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 0a783f7 | 2006-11-02 01:53:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2016 | <pre> <result> = srem <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2017 | </pre> |
| 2018 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 0a783f7 | 2006-11-02 01:53:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2019 | <p>The '<tt>srem</tt>' instruction returns the remainder from the |
| 2020 | signed division of its two operands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2021 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 0a783f7 | 2006-11-02 01:53:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2022 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>srem</tt>' instruction must be |
| 2023 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> values. Both arguments must have identical |
| 2024 | types.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2025 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 0a783f7 | 2006-11-02 01:53:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2026 | <p>This instruction returns the <i>remainder</i> of a division (where the result |
Reid Spencer | c9fdfc8 | 2007-03-24 22:23:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2027 | has the same sign as the dividend, <tt>var1</tt>), not the <i>modulo</i> |
| 2028 | operator (where the result has the same sign as the divisor, <tt>var2</tt>) of |
| 2029 | a value. For more information about the difference, see <a |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2030 | href="http://mathforum.org/dr.math/problems/anne.4.28.99.html">The |
Reid Spencer | c9fdfc8 | 2007-03-24 22:23:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2031 | Math Forum</a>. For a table of how this is implemented in various languages, |
Reid Spencer | 64f5c6c | 2007-03-24 22:40:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2032 | please see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation"> |
Reid Spencer | c9fdfc8 | 2007-03-24 22:23:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2033 | Wikipedia: modulo operation</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2034 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2035 | <pre> <result> = srem i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 % %var</i> |
Reid Spencer | 0a783f7 | 2006-11-02 01:53:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2036 | </pre> |
| 2037 | |
| 2038 | </div> |
| 2039 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2040 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_frem">'<tt>frem</tt>' |
| 2041 | Instruction</a> </div> |
| 2042 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2043 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2044 | <pre> <result> = frem <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
| 2045 | </pre> |
| 2046 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2047 | <p>The '<tt>frem</tt>' instruction returns the remainder from the |
| 2048 | division of its two operands.</p> |
| 2049 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2050 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>frem</tt>' instruction must be |
| 2051 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> values. Both arguments must have |
| 2052 | identical types.</p> |
| 2053 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2054 | <p>This instruction returns the <i>remainder</i> of a division.</p> |
| 2055 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2056 | <pre> <result> = frem float 4.0, %var <i>; yields {float}:result = 4.0 % %var</i> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2057 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2058 | </div> |
Robert Bocchino | 7b81c75 | 2006-02-17 21:18:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2059 | |
Reid Spencer | 8e11bf8 | 2007-02-02 13:57:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2060 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 2061 | <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="bitwiseops">Bitwise Binary |
| 2062 | Operations</a> </div> |
| 2063 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2064 | <p>Bitwise binary operators are used to do various forms of |
| 2065 | bit-twiddling in a program. They are generally very efficient |
| 2066 | instructions and can commonly be strength reduced from other |
| 2067 | instructions. They require two operands, execute an operation on them, |
| 2068 | and produce a single value. The resulting value of the bitwise binary |
| 2069 | operators is always the same type as its first operand.</p> |
| 2070 | </div> |
| 2071 | |
Reid Spencer | 569f2fa | 2007-01-31 21:39:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2072 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2073 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_shl">'<tt>shl</tt>' |
| 2074 | Instruction</a> </div> |
| 2075 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2076 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2077 | <pre> <result> = shl <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
| 2078 | </pre> |
| 2079 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2080 | <p>The '<tt>shl</tt>' instruction returns the first operand shifted to |
| 2081 | the left a specified number of bits.</p> |
| 2082 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2083 | <p>Both arguments to the '<tt>shl</tt>' instruction must be the same <a |
| 2084 | href="#t_integer">integer</a> type.</p> |
| 2085 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2086 | <p>The value produced is <tt>var1</tt> * 2<sup><tt>var2</tt></sup>.</p> |
| 2087 | <h5>Example:</h5><pre> |
| 2088 | <result> = shl i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}: 4 << %var</i> |
| 2089 | <result> = shl i32 4, 2 <i>; yields {i32}: 16</i> |
| 2090 | <result> = shl i32 1, 10 <i>; yields {i32}: 1024</i> |
| 2091 | </pre> |
| 2092 | </div> |
| 2093 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2094 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_lshr">'<tt>lshr</tt>' |
| 2095 | Instruction</a> </div> |
| 2096 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2097 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2098 | <pre> <result> = lshr <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
| 2099 | </pre> |
| 2100 | |
| 2101 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2102 | <p>The '<tt>lshr</tt>' instruction (logical shift right) returns the first |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2103 | operand shifted to the right a specified number of bits with zero fill.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 569f2fa | 2007-01-31 21:39:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2104 | |
| 2105 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2106 | <p>Both arguments to the '<tt>lshr</tt>' instruction must be the same |
| 2107 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type.</p> |
| 2108 | |
| 2109 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2110 | <p>This instruction always performs a logical shift right operation. The most |
| 2111 | significant bits of the result will be filled with zero bits after the |
| 2112 | shift.</p> |
| 2113 | |
| 2114 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2115 | <pre> |
| 2116 | <result> = lshr i32 4, 1 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 2</i> |
| 2117 | <result> = lshr i32 4, 2 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 1</i> |
| 2118 | <result> = lshr i8 4, 3 <i>; yields {i8}:result = 0</i> |
| 2119 | <result> = lshr i8 -2, 1 <i>; yields {i8}:result = 0x7FFFFFFF </i> |
| 2120 | </pre> |
| 2121 | </div> |
| 2122 | |
Reid Spencer | 8e11bf8 | 2007-02-02 13:57:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2123 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Reid Spencer | 569f2fa | 2007-01-31 21:39:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2124 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_ashr">'<tt>ashr</tt>' |
| 2125 | Instruction</a> </div> |
| 2126 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2127 | |
| 2128 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2129 | <pre> <result> = ashr <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
| 2130 | </pre> |
| 2131 | |
| 2132 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2133 | <p>The '<tt>ashr</tt>' instruction (arithmetic shift right) returns the first |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2134 | operand shifted to the right a specified number of bits with sign extension.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 569f2fa | 2007-01-31 21:39:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2135 | |
| 2136 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2137 | <p>Both arguments to the '<tt>ashr</tt>' instruction must be the same |
| 2138 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type.</p> |
| 2139 | |
| 2140 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2141 | <p>This instruction always performs an arithmetic shift right operation, |
| 2142 | The most significant bits of the result will be filled with the sign bit |
| 2143 | of <tt>var1</tt>.</p> |
| 2144 | |
| 2145 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2146 | <pre> |
| 2147 | <result> = ashr i32 4, 1 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 2</i> |
| 2148 | <result> = ashr i32 4, 2 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 1</i> |
| 2149 | <result> = ashr i8 4, 3 <i>; yields {i8}:result = 0</i> |
| 2150 | <result> = ashr i8 -2, 1 <i>; yields {i8}:result = -1</i> |
| 2151 | </pre> |
| 2152 | </div> |
| 2153 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2154 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2155 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_and">'<tt>and</tt>' |
| 2156 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2157 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2158 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2159 | <pre> <result> = and <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2160 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2161 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2162 | <p>The '<tt>and</tt>' instruction returns the bitwise logical and of |
| 2163 | its two operands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2164 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2165 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>and</tt>' instruction must be <a |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2166 | href="#t_integer">integer</a> values. Both arguments must have |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2167 | identical types.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2168 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2169 | <p>The truth table used for the '<tt>and</tt>' instruction is:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2170 | <p> </p> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2171 | <div style="align: center"> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2172 | <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2173 | <tbody> |
| 2174 | <tr> |
| 2175 | <td>In0</td> |
| 2176 | <td>In1</td> |
| 2177 | <td>Out</td> |
| 2178 | </tr> |
| 2179 | <tr> |
| 2180 | <td>0</td> |
| 2181 | <td>0</td> |
| 2182 | <td>0</td> |
| 2183 | </tr> |
| 2184 | <tr> |
| 2185 | <td>0</td> |
| 2186 | <td>1</td> |
| 2187 | <td>0</td> |
| 2188 | </tr> |
| 2189 | <tr> |
| 2190 | <td>1</td> |
| 2191 | <td>0</td> |
| 2192 | <td>0</td> |
| 2193 | </tr> |
| 2194 | <tr> |
| 2195 | <td>1</td> |
| 2196 | <td>1</td> |
| 2197 | <td>1</td> |
| 2198 | </tr> |
| 2199 | </tbody> |
| 2200 | </table> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2201 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2202 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2203 | <pre> <result> = and i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 & %var</i> |
| 2204 | <result> = and i32 15, 40 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 8</i> |
| 2205 | <result> = and i32 4, 8 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 0</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2206 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2207 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2208 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2209 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_or">'<tt>or</tt>' Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2210 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2211 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2212 | <pre> <result> = or <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2213 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2214 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2215 | <p>The '<tt>or</tt>' instruction returns the bitwise logical inclusive |
| 2216 | or of its two operands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2217 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2218 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>or</tt>' instruction must be <a |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2219 | href="#t_integer">integer</a> values. Both arguments must have |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2220 | identical types.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2221 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2222 | <p>The truth table used for the '<tt>or</tt>' instruction is:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2223 | <p> </p> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2224 | <div style="align: center"> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2225 | <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> |
| 2226 | <tbody> |
| 2227 | <tr> |
| 2228 | <td>In0</td> |
| 2229 | <td>In1</td> |
| 2230 | <td>Out</td> |
| 2231 | </tr> |
| 2232 | <tr> |
| 2233 | <td>0</td> |
| 2234 | <td>0</td> |
| 2235 | <td>0</td> |
| 2236 | </tr> |
| 2237 | <tr> |
| 2238 | <td>0</td> |
| 2239 | <td>1</td> |
| 2240 | <td>1</td> |
| 2241 | </tr> |
| 2242 | <tr> |
| 2243 | <td>1</td> |
| 2244 | <td>0</td> |
| 2245 | <td>1</td> |
| 2246 | </tr> |
| 2247 | <tr> |
| 2248 | <td>1</td> |
| 2249 | <td>1</td> |
| 2250 | <td>1</td> |
| 2251 | </tr> |
| 2252 | </tbody> |
| 2253 | </table> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2254 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2255 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2256 | <pre> <result> = or i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 | %var</i> |
| 2257 | <result> = or i32 15, 40 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 47</i> |
| 2258 | <result> = or i32 4, 8 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 12</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2259 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2260 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2261 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2262 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_xor">'<tt>xor</tt>' |
| 2263 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2264 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2265 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2266 | <pre> <result> = xor <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2267 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2268 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2269 | <p>The '<tt>xor</tt>' instruction returns the bitwise logical exclusive |
| 2270 | or of its two operands. The <tt>xor</tt> is used to implement the |
| 2271 | "one's complement" operation, which is the "~" operator in C.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2272 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2273 | <p>The two arguments to the '<tt>xor</tt>' instruction must be <a |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2274 | href="#t_integer">integer</a> values. Both arguments must have |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2275 | identical types.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2276 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2277 | <p>The truth table used for the '<tt>xor</tt>' instruction is:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2278 | <p> </p> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2279 | <div style="align: center"> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2280 | <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> |
| 2281 | <tbody> |
| 2282 | <tr> |
| 2283 | <td>In0</td> |
| 2284 | <td>In1</td> |
| 2285 | <td>Out</td> |
| 2286 | </tr> |
| 2287 | <tr> |
| 2288 | <td>0</td> |
| 2289 | <td>0</td> |
| 2290 | <td>0</td> |
| 2291 | </tr> |
| 2292 | <tr> |
| 2293 | <td>0</td> |
| 2294 | <td>1</td> |
| 2295 | <td>1</td> |
| 2296 | </tr> |
| 2297 | <tr> |
| 2298 | <td>1</td> |
| 2299 | <td>0</td> |
| 2300 | <td>1</td> |
| 2301 | </tr> |
| 2302 | <tr> |
| 2303 | <td>1</td> |
| 2304 | <td>1</td> |
| 2305 | <td>0</td> |
| 2306 | </tr> |
| 2307 | </tbody> |
| 2308 | </table> |
Misha Brukman | daa4cb0 | 2004-03-01 17:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2309 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2310 | <p> </p> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2311 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2312 | <pre> <result> = xor i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}:result = 4 ^ %var</i> |
| 2313 | <result> = xor i32 15, 40 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 39</i> |
| 2314 | <result> = xor i32 4, 8 <i>; yields {i32}:result = 12</i> |
| 2315 | <result> = xor i32 %V, -1 <i>; yields {i32}:result = ~%V</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2316 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2317 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2318 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2319 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2320 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2321 | <a name="vectorops">Vector Operations</a> |
| 2322 | </div> |
| 2323 | |
| 2324 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2325 | |
| 2326 | <p>LLVM supports several instructions to represent vector operations in a |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2327 | target-independent manner. These instructions cover the element-access and |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2328 | vector-specific operations needed to process vectors effectively. While LLVM |
| 2329 | does directly support these vector operations, many sophisticated algorithms |
| 2330 | will want to use target-specific intrinsics to take full advantage of a specific |
| 2331 | target.</p> |
| 2332 | |
| 2333 | </div> |
| 2334 | |
| 2335 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2336 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 2337 | <a name="i_extractelement">'<tt>extractelement</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2338 | </div> |
| 2339 | |
| 2340 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2341 | |
| 2342 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2343 | |
| 2344 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2345 | <result> = extractelement <n x <ty>> <val>, i32 <idx> <i>; yields <ty></i> |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2346 | </pre> |
| 2347 | |
| 2348 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2349 | |
| 2350 | <p> |
| 2351 | The '<tt>extractelement</tt>' instruction extracts a single scalar |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2352 | element from a vector at a specified index. |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2353 | </p> |
| 2354 | |
| 2355 | |
| 2356 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2357 | |
| 2358 | <p> |
| 2359 | The first operand of an '<tt>extractelement</tt>' instruction is a |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2360 | value of <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> type. The second operand is |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2361 | an index indicating the position from which to extract the element. |
| 2362 | The index may be a variable.</p> |
| 2363 | |
| 2364 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2365 | |
| 2366 | <p> |
| 2367 | The result is a scalar of the same type as the element type of |
| 2368 | <tt>val</tt>. Its value is the value at position <tt>idx</tt> of |
| 2369 | <tt>val</tt>. If <tt>idx</tt> exceeds the length of <tt>val</tt>, the |
| 2370 | results are undefined. |
| 2371 | </p> |
| 2372 | |
| 2373 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2374 | |
| 2375 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2376 | %result = extractelement <4 x i32> %vec, i32 0 <i>; yields i32</i> |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2377 | </pre> |
| 2378 | </div> |
| 2379 | |
| 2380 | |
| 2381 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2382 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 2383 | <a name="i_insertelement">'<tt>insertelement</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2384 | </div> |
| 2385 | |
| 2386 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2387 | |
| 2388 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2389 | |
| 2390 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2391 | <result> = insertelement <n x <ty>> <val>, <ty> <elt>, i32 <idx> <i>; yields <n x <ty>></i> |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2392 | </pre> |
| 2393 | |
| 2394 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2395 | |
| 2396 | <p> |
| 2397 | The '<tt>insertelement</tt>' instruction inserts a scalar |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2398 | element into a vector at a specified index. |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2399 | </p> |
| 2400 | |
| 2401 | |
| 2402 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2403 | |
| 2404 | <p> |
| 2405 | The first operand of an '<tt>insertelement</tt>' instruction is a |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2406 | value of <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> type. The second operand is a |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2407 | scalar value whose type must equal the element type of the first |
| 2408 | operand. The third operand is an index indicating the position at |
| 2409 | which to insert the value. The index may be a variable.</p> |
| 2410 | |
| 2411 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2412 | |
| 2413 | <p> |
Reid Spencer | 485bad1 | 2007-02-15 03:07:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2414 | The result is a vector of the same type as <tt>val</tt>. Its |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2415 | element values are those of <tt>val</tt> except at position |
| 2416 | <tt>idx</tt>, where it gets the value <tt>elt</tt>. If <tt>idx</tt> |
| 2417 | exceeds the length of <tt>val</tt>, the results are undefined. |
| 2418 | </p> |
| 2419 | |
| 2420 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2421 | |
| 2422 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2423 | %result = insertelement <4 x i32> %vec, i32 1, i32 0 <i>; yields <4 x i32></i> |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2424 | </pre> |
| 2425 | </div> |
| 2426 | |
| 2427 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2428 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 2429 | <a name="i_shufflevector">'<tt>shufflevector</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2430 | </div> |
| 2431 | |
| 2432 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2433 | |
| 2434 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2435 | |
| 2436 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2437 | <result> = shufflevector <n x <ty>> <v1>, <n x <ty>> <v2>, <n x i32> <mask> <i>; yields <n x <ty>></i> |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2438 | </pre> |
| 2439 | |
| 2440 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2441 | |
| 2442 | <p> |
| 2443 | The '<tt>shufflevector</tt>' instruction constructs a permutation of elements |
| 2444 | from two input vectors, returning a vector of the same type. |
| 2445 | </p> |
| 2446 | |
| 2447 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2448 | |
| 2449 | <p> |
| 2450 | The first two operands of a '<tt>shufflevector</tt>' instruction are vectors |
| 2451 | with types that match each other and types that match the result of the |
| 2452 | instruction. The third argument is a shuffle mask, which has the same number |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2453 | of elements as the other vector type, but whose element type is always 'i32'. |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2454 | </p> |
| 2455 | |
| 2456 | <p> |
| 2457 | The shuffle mask operand is required to be a constant vector with either |
| 2458 | constant integer or undef values. |
| 2459 | </p> |
| 2460 | |
| 2461 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2462 | |
| 2463 | <p> |
| 2464 | The elements of the two input vectors are numbered from left to right across |
| 2465 | both of the vectors. The shuffle mask operand specifies, for each element of |
| 2466 | the result vector, which element of the two input registers the result element |
| 2467 | gets. The element selector may be undef (meaning "don't care") and the second |
| 2468 | operand may be undef if performing a shuffle from only one vector. |
| 2469 | </p> |
| 2470 | |
| 2471 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2472 | |
| 2473 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2474 | %result = shufflevector <4 x i32> %v1, <4 x i32> %v2, |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2475 | <4 x i32> <i32 0, i32 4, i32 1, i32 5> <i>; yields <4 x i32></i> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2476 | %result = shufflevector <4 x i32> %v1, <4 x i32> undef, |
| 2477 | <4 x i32> <i32 0, i32 1, i32 2, i32 3> <i>; yields <4 x i32></i> - Identity shuffle. |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2478 | </pre> |
| 2479 | </div> |
| 2480 | |
Tanya Lattner | 0947429 | 2006-04-14 19:24:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2481 | |
Chris Lattner | 3df241e | 2006-04-08 23:07:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2482 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 2483 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 884a970 | 2006-08-15 00:45:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2484 | <a name="memoryops">Memory Access and Addressing Operations</a> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2485 | </div> |
| 2486 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2487 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2488 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2489 | <p>A key design point of an SSA-based representation is how it |
| 2490 | represents memory. In LLVM, no memory locations are in SSA form, which |
| 2491 | makes things very simple. This section describes how to read, write, |
John Criswell | 9e2485c | 2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2492 | allocate, and free memory in LLVM.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2493 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2494 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2495 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2496 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2497 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 2498 | <a name="i_malloc">'<tt>malloc</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2499 | </div> |
| 2500 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2501 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2502 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2503 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2504 | |
| 2505 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2506 | <result> = malloc <type>[, i32 <NumElements>][, align <alignment>] <i>; yields {type*}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2507 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2508 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2509 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2510 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2511 | <p>The '<tt>malloc</tt>' instruction allocates memory from the system |
| 2512 | heap and returns a pointer to it.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2513 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2514 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2515 | |
| 2516 | <p>The '<tt>malloc</tt>' instruction allocates |
| 2517 | <tt>sizeof(<type>)*NumElements</tt> |
John Criswell | 6e4ca61 | 2004-02-24 16:13:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2518 | bytes of memory from the operating system and returns a pointer of the |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2519 | appropriate type to the program. If "NumElements" is specified, it is the |
| 2520 | number of elements allocated. If an alignment is specified, the value result |
| 2521 | of the allocation is guaranteed to be aligned to at least that boundary. If |
| 2522 | not specified, or if zero, the target can choose to align the allocation on any |
| 2523 | convenient boundary.</p> |
| 2524 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2525 | <p>'<tt>type</tt>' must be a sized type.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2526 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2527 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2528 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2529 | <p>Memory is allocated using the system "<tt>malloc</tt>" function, and |
| 2530 | a pointer is returned.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2531 | |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2532 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2533 | |
| 2534 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2535 | %array = malloc [4 x i8 ] <i>; yields {[%4 x i8]*}:array</i> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2536 | |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2537 | %size = <a href="#i_add">add</a> i32 2, 2 <i>; yields {i32}:size = i32 4</i> |
| 2538 | %array1 = malloc i8, i32 4 <i>; yields {i8*}:array1</i> |
| 2539 | %array2 = malloc [12 x i8], i32 %size <i>; yields {[12 x i8]*}:array2</i> |
| 2540 | %array3 = malloc i32, i32 4, align 1024 <i>; yields {i32*}:array3</i> |
| 2541 | %array4 = malloc i32, align 1024 <i>; yields {i32*}:array4</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2542 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2543 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2544 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2545 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2546 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 2547 | <a name="i_free">'<tt>free</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2548 | </div> |
| 2549 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2550 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2551 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2552 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2553 | |
| 2554 | <pre> |
| 2555 | free <type> <value> <i>; yields {void}</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2556 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2557 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2558 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2559 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2560 | <p>The '<tt>free</tt>' instruction returns memory back to the unused |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2561 | memory heap to be reallocated in the future.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2562 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2563 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2564 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2565 | <p>'<tt>value</tt>' shall be a pointer value that points to a value |
| 2566 | that was allocated with the '<tt><a href="#i_malloc">malloc</a></tt>' |
| 2567 | instruction.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2568 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2569 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2570 | |
John Criswell | 9e2485c | 2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2571 | <p>Access to the memory pointed to by the pointer is no longer defined |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2572 | after this instruction executes.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2573 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2574 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2575 | |
| 2576 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2577 | %array = <a href="#i_malloc">malloc</a> [4 x i8] <i>; yields {[4 x i8]*}:array</i> |
| 2578 | free [4 x i8]* %array |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2579 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2580 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2581 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2582 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2583 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 2584 | <a name="i_alloca">'<tt>alloca</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2585 | </div> |
| 2586 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2587 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2588 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2589 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2590 | |
| 2591 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2592 | <result> = alloca <type>[, i32 <NumElements>][, align <alignment>] <i>; yields {type*}:result</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2593 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2594 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2595 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2596 | |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2597 | <p>The '<tt>alloca</tt>' instruction allocates memory on the stack frame of the |
| 2598 | currently executing function, to be automatically released when this function |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2599 | returns to its caller.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2600 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2601 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2602 | |
John Criswell | 9e2485c | 2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2603 | <p>The '<tt>alloca</tt>' instruction allocates <tt>sizeof(<type>)*NumElements</tt> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2604 | bytes of memory on the runtime stack, returning a pointer of the |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2605 | appropriate type to the program. If "NumElements" is specified, it is the |
| 2606 | number of elements allocated. If an alignment is specified, the value result |
| 2607 | of the allocation is guaranteed to be aligned to at least that boundary. If |
| 2608 | not specified, or if zero, the target can choose to align the allocation on any |
| 2609 | convenient boundary.</p> |
| 2610 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2611 | <p>'<tt>type</tt>' may be any sized type.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2612 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2613 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2614 | |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2615 | <p>Memory is allocated; a pointer is returned. '<tt>alloca</tt>'d |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2616 | memory is automatically released when the function returns. The '<tt>alloca</tt>' |
| 2617 | instruction is commonly used to represent automatic variables that must |
| 2618 | have an address available. When the function returns (either with the <tt><a |
John Criswell | dae2e93 | 2005-05-12 16:55:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2619 | href="#i_ret">ret</a></tt> or <tt><a href="#i_unwind">unwind</a></tt> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2620 | instructions), the memory is reclaimed.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2621 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2622 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2623 | |
| 2624 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2625 | %ptr = alloca i32 <i>; yields {i32*}:ptr</i> |
| 2626 | %ptr = alloca i32, i32 4 <i>; yields {i32*}:ptr</i> |
| 2627 | %ptr = alloca i32, i32 4, align 1024 <i>; yields {i32*}:ptr</i> |
| 2628 | %ptr = alloca i32, align 1024 <i>; yields {i32*}:ptr</i> |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2629 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2630 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 2cbdc45 | 2005-11-06 08:02:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2631 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2632 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2633 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_load">'<tt>load</tt>' |
| 2634 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2635 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2636 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Christopher Lamb | 2330e4d | 2007-04-21 08:16:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2637 | <pre> <result> = load <ty>* <pointer>[, align <alignment>]<br> <result> = volatile load <ty>* <pointer>[, align <alignment>]<br></pre> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2638 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2639 | <p>The '<tt>load</tt>' instruction is used to read from memory.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2640 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2641 | <p>The argument to the '<tt>load</tt>' instruction specifies the memory |
John Criswell | 0ec250c | 2005-10-24 16:17:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2642 | address from which to load. The pointer must point to a <a |
Chris Lattner | e53e508 | 2004-06-03 22:57:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2643 | href="#t_firstclass">first class</a> type. If the <tt>load</tt> is |
John Criswell | 0ec250c | 2005-10-24 16:17:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2644 | marked as <tt>volatile</tt>, then the optimizer is not allowed to modify |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2645 | the number or order of execution of this <tt>load</tt> with other |
| 2646 | volatile <tt>load</tt> and <tt><a href="#i_store">store</a></tt> |
| 2647 | instructions. </p> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2648 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2649 | <p>The location of memory pointed to is loaded.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2650 | <h5>Examples:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2651 | <pre> %ptr = <a href="#i_alloca">alloca</a> i32 <i>; yields {i32*}:ptr</i> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2652 | <a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2653 | href="#i_store">store</a> i32 3, i32* %ptr <i>; yields {void}</i> |
| 2654 | %val = load i32* %ptr <i>; yields {i32}:val = i32 3</i> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2655 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2656 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2657 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2658 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_store">'<tt>store</tt>' |
| 2659 | Instruction</a> </div> |
Reid Spencer | 035ab57 | 2006-11-09 21:18:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2660 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2661 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Christopher Lamb | 2330e4d | 2007-04-21 08:16:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2662 | <pre> store <ty> <value>, <ty>* <pointer>[, align <alignment>] <i>; yields {void}</i> |
| 2663 | volatile store <ty> <value>, <ty>* <pointer>[, align <alignment>] <i>; yields {void}</i> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2664 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2665 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2666 | <p>The '<tt>store</tt>' instruction is used to write to memory.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2667 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2668 | <p>There are two arguments to the '<tt>store</tt>' instruction: a value |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2669 | to store and an address at which to store it. The type of the '<tt><pointer></tt>' |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2670 | operand must be a pointer to the type of the '<tt><value></tt>' |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2671 | operand. If the <tt>store</tt> is marked as <tt>volatile</tt>, then the |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2672 | optimizer is not allowed to modify the number or order of execution of |
| 2673 | this <tt>store</tt> with other volatile <tt>load</tt> and <tt><a |
| 2674 | href="#i_store">store</a></tt> instructions.</p> |
| 2675 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2676 | <p>The contents of memory are updated to contain '<tt><value></tt>' |
| 2677 | at the location specified by the '<tt><pointer></tt>' operand.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2678 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2679 | <pre> %ptr = <a href="#i_alloca">alloca</a> i32 <i>; yields {i32*}:ptr</i> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2680 | <a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2681 | href="#i_store">store</a> i32 3, i32* %ptr <i>; yields {void}</i> |
| 2682 | %val = load i32* %ptr <i>; yields {i32}:val = i32 3</i> |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2683 | </pre> |
Reid Spencer | 47ce179 | 2006-11-09 21:15:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2684 | </div> |
| 2685 | |
Chris Lattner | 2b7d320 | 2002-05-06 03:03:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2686 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2687 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 2688 | <a name="i_getelementptr">'<tt>getelementptr</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2689 | </div> |
| 2690 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2691 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2692 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2693 | <pre> |
| 2694 | <result> = getelementptr <ty>* <ptrval>{, <ty> <idx>}* |
| 2695 | </pre> |
| 2696 | |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2697 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2698 | |
| 2699 | <p> |
| 2700 | The '<tt>getelementptr</tt>' instruction is used to get the address of a |
| 2701 | subelement of an aggregate data structure.</p> |
| 2702 | |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2703 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2704 | |
Reid Spencer | 85f5b5b | 2006-12-04 21:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2705 | <p>This instruction takes a list of integer operands that indicate what |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2706 | elements of the aggregate object to index to. The actual types of the arguments |
| 2707 | provided depend on the type of the first pointer argument. The |
| 2708 | '<tt>getelementptr</tt>' instruction is used to index down through the type |
John Criswell | fc6b895 | 2005-05-16 16:17:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2709 | levels of a structure or to a specific index in an array. When indexing into a |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2710 | structure, only <tt>i32</tt> integer constants are allowed. When indexing |
Reid Spencer | 85f5b5b | 2006-12-04 21:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2711 | into an array or pointer, only integers of 32 or 64 bits are allowed, and will |
| 2712 | be sign extended to 64-bit values.</p> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2713 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2714 | <p>For example, let's consider a C code fragment and how it gets |
| 2715 | compiled to LLVM:</p> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2716 | |
| 2717 | <pre> |
| 2718 | struct RT { |
| 2719 | char A; |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2720 | i32 B[10][20]; |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2721 | char C; |
| 2722 | }; |
| 2723 | struct ST { |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2724 | i32 X; |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2725 | double Y; |
| 2726 | struct RT Z; |
| 2727 | }; |
| 2728 | |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2729 | define i32 *foo(struct ST *s) { |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2730 | return &s[1].Z.B[5][13]; |
| 2731 | } |
| 2732 | </pre> |
| 2733 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2734 | <p>The LLVM code generated by the GCC frontend is:</p> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2735 | |
| 2736 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2737 | %RT = type { i8 , [10 x [20 x i32]], i8 } |
| 2738 | %ST = type { i32, double, %RT } |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2739 | |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2740 | define i32* %foo(%ST* %s) { |
Brian Gaeke | 7283e7c | 2004-07-02 21:08:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2741 | entry: |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2742 | %reg = getelementptr %ST* %s, i32 1, i32 2, i32 1, i32 5, i32 13 |
| 2743 | ret i32* %reg |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2744 | } |
| 2745 | </pre> |
| 2746 | |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2747 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2748 | |
| 2749 | <p>The index types specified for the '<tt>getelementptr</tt>' instruction depend |
John Criswell | c1f786c | 2005-05-13 22:25:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2750 | on the pointer type that is being indexed into. <a href="#t_pointer">Pointer</a> |
Reid Spencer | 85f5b5b | 2006-12-04 21:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2751 | and <a href="#t_array">array</a> types can use a 32-bit or 64-bit |
Reid Spencer | 42ddd84 | 2006-12-03 16:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2752 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type but the value will always be sign extended |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2753 | to 64-bits. <a href="#t_struct">Structure</a> types require <tt>i32</tt> |
Reid Spencer | 42ddd84 | 2006-12-03 16:53:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2754 | <b>constants</b>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2755 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2756 | <p>In the example above, the first index is indexing into the '<tt>%ST*</tt>' |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2757 | type, which is a pointer, yielding a '<tt>%ST</tt>' = '<tt>{ i32, double, %RT |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2758 | }</tt>' type, a structure. The second index indexes into the third element of |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2759 | the structure, yielding a '<tt>%RT</tt>' = '<tt>{ i8 , [10 x [20 x i32]], |
| 2760 | i8 }</tt>' type, another structure. The third index indexes into the second |
| 2761 | element of the structure, yielding a '<tt>[10 x [20 x i32]]</tt>' type, an |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2762 | array. The two dimensions of the array are subscripted into, yielding an |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2763 | '<tt>i32</tt>' type. The '<tt>getelementptr</tt>' instruction returns a pointer |
| 2764 | to this element, thus computing a value of '<tt>i32*</tt>' type.</p> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2765 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2766 | <p>Note that it is perfectly legal to index partially through a |
| 2767 | structure, returning a pointer to an inner element. Because of this, |
| 2768 | the LLVM code for the given testcase is equivalent to:</p> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2769 | |
| 2770 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2771 | define i32* %foo(%ST* %s) { |
| 2772 | %t1 = getelementptr %ST* %s, i32 1 <i>; yields %ST*:%t1</i> |
Jeff Cohen | 6f1cc77 | 2007-04-22 01:17:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2773 | %t2 = getelementptr %ST* %t1, i32 0, i32 2 <i>; yields %RT*:%t2</i> |
| 2774 | %t3 = getelementptr %RT* %t2, i32 0, i32 1 <i>; yields [10 x [20 x i32]]*:%t3</i> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2775 | %t4 = getelementptr [10 x [20 x i32]]* %t3, i32 0, i32 5 <i>; yields [20 x i32]*:%t4</i> |
| 2776 | %t5 = getelementptr [20 x i32]* %t4, i32 0, i32 13 <i>; yields i32*:%t5</i> |
| 2777 | ret i32* %t5 |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2778 | } |
Chris Lattner | 6536cfe | 2002-05-06 22:08:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2779 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | e67a951 | 2005-06-24 17:22:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2780 | |
| 2781 | <p>Note that it is undefined to access an array out of bounds: array and |
| 2782 | pointer indexes must always be within the defined bounds of the array type. |
| 2783 | The one exception for this rules is zero length arrays. These arrays are |
| 2784 | defined to be accessible as variable length arrays, which requires access |
| 2785 | beyond the zero'th element.</p> |
| 2786 | |
Chris Lattner | 884a970 | 2006-08-15 00:45:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2787 | <p>The getelementptr instruction is often confusing. For some more insight |
| 2788 | into how it works, see <a href="GetElementPtr.html">the getelementptr |
| 2789 | FAQ</a>.</p> |
| 2790 | |
Chris Lattner | 7faa883 | 2002-04-14 06:13:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2791 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | e67a951 | 2005-06-24 17:22:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2792 | |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2793 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2794 | <i>; yields [12 x i8]*:aptr</i> |
| 2795 | %aptr = getelementptr {i32, [12 x i8]}* %sptr, i64 0, i32 1 |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2796 | </pre> |
Chris Lattner | f74d5c7 | 2004-04-05 01:30:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2797 | </div> |
Reid Spencer | 47ce179 | 2006-11-09 21:15:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2798 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2799 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Reid Spencer | 2fd21e6 | 2006-11-08 01:18:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2800 | <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="convertops">Conversion Operations</a> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2801 | </div> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2802 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Reid Spencer | 2fd21e6 | 2006-11-08 01:18:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2803 | <p>The instructions in this category are the conversion instructions (casting) |
| 2804 | which all take a single operand and a type. They perform various bit conversions |
| 2805 | on the operand.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2806 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2807 | |
Chris Lattner | 6536cfe | 2002-05-06 22:08:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2808 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2809 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2810 | <a name="i_trunc">'<tt>trunc .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2811 | </div> |
| 2812 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2813 | |
| 2814 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2815 | <pre> |
| 2816 | <result> = trunc <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
| 2817 | </pre> |
| 2818 | |
| 2819 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2820 | <p> |
| 2821 | The '<tt>trunc</tt>' instruction truncates its operand to the type <tt>ty2</tt>. |
| 2822 | </p> |
| 2823 | |
| 2824 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2825 | <p> |
| 2826 | The '<tt>trunc</tt>' instruction takes a <tt>value</tt> to trunc, which must |
| 2827 | be an <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type, and a type that specifies the size |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2828 | and type of the result, which must be an <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2829 | type. The bit size of <tt>value</tt> must be larger than the bit size of |
| 2830 | <tt>ty2</tt>. Equal sized types are not allowed.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2831 | |
| 2832 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2833 | <p> |
| 2834 | The '<tt>trunc</tt>' instruction truncates the high order bits in <tt>value</tt> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2835 | and converts the remaining bits to <tt>ty2</tt>. Since the source size must be |
| 2836 | larger than the destination size, <tt>trunc</tt> cannot be a <i>no-op cast</i>. |
| 2837 | It will always truncate bits.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2838 | |
| 2839 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2840 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2841 | %X = trunc i32 257 to i8 <i>; yields i8:1</i> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2842 | %Y = trunc i32 123 to i1 <i>; yields i1:true</i> |
| 2843 | %Y = trunc i32 122 to i1 <i>; yields i1:false</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2844 | </pre> |
| 2845 | </div> |
| 2846 | |
| 2847 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2848 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 2849 | <a name="i_zext">'<tt>zext .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2850 | </div> |
| 2851 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2852 | |
| 2853 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2854 | <pre> |
| 2855 | <result> = zext <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
| 2856 | </pre> |
| 2857 | |
| 2858 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2859 | <p>The '<tt>zext</tt>' instruction zero extends its operand to type |
| 2860 | <tt>ty2</tt>.</p> |
| 2861 | |
| 2862 | |
| 2863 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2864 | <p>The '<tt>zext</tt>' instruction takes a value to cast, which must be of |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2865 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type, and a type to cast it to, which must |
| 2866 | also be of <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type. The bit size of the |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2867 | <tt>value</tt> must be smaller than the bit size of the destination type, |
| 2868 | <tt>ty2</tt>.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2869 | |
| 2870 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2871 | <p>The <tt>zext</tt> fills the high order bits of the <tt>value</tt> with zero |
| 2872 | bits until it reaches the size of the destination type, <tt>ty2</tt>. When the |
| 2873 | the operand and the type are the same size, no bit filling is done and the |
| 2874 | cast is considered a <i>no-op cast</i> because no bits change (only the type |
| 2875 | changes).</p> |
| 2876 | |
Reid Spencer | b592952 | 2007-01-12 15:46:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2877 | <p>When zero extending from i1, the result will always be either 0 or 1.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2878 | |
| 2879 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2880 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2881 | %X = zext i32 257 to i64 <i>; yields i64:257</i> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2882 | %Y = zext i1 true to i32 <i>; yields i32:1</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2883 | </pre> |
| 2884 | </div> |
| 2885 | |
| 2886 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2887 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 2888 | <a name="i_sext">'<tt>sext .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2889 | </div> |
| 2890 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2891 | |
| 2892 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2893 | <pre> |
| 2894 | <result> = sext <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
| 2895 | </pre> |
| 2896 | |
| 2897 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2898 | <p>The '<tt>sext</tt>' sign extends <tt>value</tt> to the type <tt>ty2</tt>.</p> |
| 2899 | |
| 2900 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2901 | <p> |
| 2902 | The '<tt>sext</tt>' instruction takes a value to cast, which must be of |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2903 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type, and a type to cast it to, which must |
| 2904 | also be of <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type. The bit size of the |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2905 | <tt>value</tt> must be smaller than the bit size of the destination type, |
| 2906 | <tt>ty2</tt>.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2907 | |
| 2908 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 2909 | <p> |
| 2910 | The '<tt>sext</tt>' instruction performs a sign extension by copying the sign |
| 2911 | bit (highest order bit) of the <tt>value</tt> until it reaches the bit size of |
| 2912 | the type <tt>ty2</tt>. When the the operand and the type are the same size, |
| 2913 | no bit filling is done and the cast is considered a <i>no-op cast</i> because |
| 2914 | no bits change (only the type changes).</p> |
| 2915 | |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2916 | <p>When sign extending from i1, the extension always results in -1 or 0.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2917 | |
| 2918 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2919 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2920 | %X = sext i8 -1 to i16 <i>; yields i16 :65535</i> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2921 | %Y = sext i1 true to i32 <i>; yields i32:-1</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2922 | </pre> |
| 2923 | </div> |
| 2924 | |
| 2925 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2926 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | 3fa91b0 | 2006-11-09 21:48:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2927 | <a name="i_fptrunc">'<tt>fptrunc .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2928 | </div> |
| 2929 | |
| 2930 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2931 | |
| 2932 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2933 | |
| 2934 | <pre> |
| 2935 | <result> = fptrunc <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
| 2936 | </pre> |
| 2937 | |
| 2938 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2939 | <p>The '<tt>fptrunc</tt>' instruction truncates <tt>value</tt> to type |
| 2940 | <tt>ty2</tt>.</p> |
| 2941 | |
| 2942 | |
| 2943 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2944 | <p>The '<tt>fptrunc</tt>' instruction takes a <a href="#t_floating">floating |
| 2945 | point</a> value to cast and a <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type to |
| 2946 | cast it to. The size of <tt>value</tt> must be larger than the size of |
| 2947 | <tt>ty2</tt>. This implies that <tt>fptrunc</tt> cannot be used to make a |
| 2948 | <i>no-op cast</i>.</p> |
| 2949 | |
| 2950 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2951 | <p> The '<tt>fptrunc</tt>' instruction truncates a <tt>value</tt> from a larger |
| 2952 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type to a smaller |
| 2953 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type. If the value cannot fit within |
| 2954 | the destination type, <tt>ty2</tt>, then the results are undefined.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 3fa91b0 | 2006-11-09 21:48:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2955 | |
| 2956 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2957 | <pre> |
| 2958 | %X = fptrunc double 123.0 to float <i>; yields float:123.0</i> |
| 2959 | %Y = fptrunc double 1.0E+300 to float <i>; yields undefined</i> |
| 2960 | </pre> |
| 2961 | </div> |
| 2962 | |
| 2963 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2964 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2965 | <a name="i_fpext">'<tt>fpext .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 2966 | </div> |
| 2967 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 2968 | |
| 2969 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 2970 | <pre> |
| 2971 | <result> = fpext <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
| 2972 | </pre> |
| 2973 | |
| 2974 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 2975 | <p>The '<tt>fpext</tt>' extends a floating point <tt>value</tt> to a larger |
| 2976 | floating point value.</p> |
| 2977 | |
| 2978 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 2979 | <p>The '<tt>fpext</tt>' instruction takes a |
| 2980 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> <tt>value</tt> to cast, |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2981 | and a <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type to cast it to. The source |
| 2982 | type must be smaller than the destination type.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2983 | |
| 2984 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2985 | <p>The '<tt>fpext</tt>' instruction extends the <tt>value</tt> from a smaller |
Duncan Sands | 8036ca4 | 2007-03-30 12:22:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2986 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type to a larger |
| 2987 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type. The <tt>fpext</tt> cannot be |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2988 | used to make a <i>no-op cast</i> because it always changes bits. Use |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2989 | <tt>bitcast</tt> to make a <i>no-op cast</i> for a floating point cast.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2990 | |
| 2991 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 2992 | <pre> |
| 2993 | %X = fpext float 3.1415 to double <i>; yields double:3.1415</i> |
| 2994 | %Y = fpext float 1.0 to float <i>; yields float:1.0 (no-op)</i> |
| 2995 | </pre> |
| 2996 | </div> |
| 2997 | |
| 2998 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 2999 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | 24d6da5 | 2007-01-21 00:29:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3000 | <a name="i_fptoui">'<tt>fptoui .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3001 | </div> |
| 3002 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3003 | |
| 3004 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3005 | <pre> |
| 3006 | <result> = fp2uint <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
| 3007 | </pre> |
| 3008 | |
| 3009 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3010 | <p>The '<tt>fp2uint</tt>' converts a floating point <tt>value</tt> to its |
| 3011 | unsigned integer equivalent of type <tt>ty2</tt>. |
| 3012 | </p> |
| 3013 | |
| 3014 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3015 | <p>The '<tt>fp2uint</tt>' instruction takes a value to cast, which must be a |
| 3016 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> value, and a type to cast it to, which |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3017 | must be an <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3018 | |
| 3019 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3020 | <p> The '<tt>fp2uint</tt>' instruction converts its |
| 3021 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> operand into the nearest (rounding |
| 3022 | towards zero) unsigned integer value. If the value cannot fit in <tt>ty2</tt>, |
| 3023 | the results are undefined.</p> |
| 3024 | |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3025 | <p>When converting to i1, the conversion is done as a comparison against |
| 3026 | zero. If the <tt>value</tt> was zero, the i1 result will be <tt>false</tt>. |
| 3027 | If the <tt>value</tt> was non-zero, the i1 result will be <tt>true</tt>.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3028 | |
| 3029 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 3030 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3031 | %X = fp2uint double 123.0 to i32 <i>; yields i32:123</i> |
| 3032 | %Y = fp2uint float 1.0E+300 to i1 <i>; yields i1:true</i> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3033 | %X = fp2uint float 1.04E+17 to i8 <i>; yields undefined:1</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3034 | </pre> |
| 3035 | </div> |
| 3036 | |
| 3037 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3038 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3039 | <a name="i_fptosi">'<tt>fptosi .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3040 | </div> |
| 3041 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3042 | |
| 3043 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3044 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3045 | <result> = fptosi <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3046 | </pre> |
| 3047 | |
| 3048 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3049 | <p>The '<tt>fptosi</tt>' instruction converts |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3050 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> <tt>value</tt> to type <tt>ty2</tt>. |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3051 | </p> |
| 3052 | |
| 3053 | |
Chris Lattner | 6536cfe | 2002-05-06 22:08:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3054 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3055 | <p> The '<tt>fptosi</tt>' instruction takes a value to cast, which must be a |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3056 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> value, and a type to cast it to, which |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3057 | must also be an <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type.</p> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3058 | |
Chris Lattner | 6536cfe | 2002-05-06 22:08:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3059 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3060 | <p>The '<tt>fptosi</tt>' instruction converts its |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3061 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> operand into the nearest (rounding |
| 3062 | towards zero) signed integer value. If the value cannot fit in <tt>ty2</tt>, |
| 3063 | the results are undefined.</p> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3064 | |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3065 | <p>When converting to i1, the conversion is done as a comparison against |
| 3066 | zero. If the <tt>value</tt> was zero, the i1 result will be <tt>false</tt>. |
| 3067 | If the <tt>value</tt> was non-zero, the i1 result will be <tt>true</tt>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3068 | |
Chris Lattner | 33ba0d9 | 2001-07-09 00:26:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3069 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3070 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3071 | %X = fptosi double -123.0 to i32 <i>; yields i32:-123</i> |
| 3072 | %Y = fptosi float 1.0E-247 to i1 <i>; yields i1:true</i> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3073 | %X = fptosi float 1.04E+17 to i8 <i>; yields undefined:1</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3074 | </pre> |
| 3075 | </div> |
| 3076 | |
| 3077 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3078 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3079 | <a name="i_uitofp">'<tt>uitofp .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3080 | </div> |
| 3081 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3082 | |
| 3083 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3084 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3085 | <result> = uitofp <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3086 | </pre> |
| 3087 | |
| 3088 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3089 | <p>The '<tt>uitofp</tt>' instruction regards <tt>value</tt> as an unsigned |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3090 | integer and converts that value to the <tt>ty2</tt> type.</p> |
| 3091 | |
| 3092 | |
| 3093 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3094 | <p>The '<tt>uitofp</tt>' instruction takes a value to cast, which must be an |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3095 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> value, and a type to cast it to, which must |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3096 | be a <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type.</p> |
| 3097 | |
| 3098 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3099 | <p>The '<tt>uitofp</tt>' instruction interprets its operand as an unsigned |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3100 | integer quantity and converts it to the corresponding floating point value. If |
Jeff Cohen | cb75731 | 2007-04-22 14:56:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3101 | the value cannot fit in the floating point value, the results are undefined.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3102 | |
| 3103 | |
| 3104 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 3105 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3106 | %X = uitofp i32 257 to float <i>; yields float:257.0</i> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3107 | %Y = uitofp i8 -1 to double <i>; yields double:255.0</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3108 | </pre> |
| 3109 | </div> |
| 3110 | |
| 3111 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3112 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3113 | <a name="i_sitofp">'<tt>sitofp .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3114 | </div> |
| 3115 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3116 | |
| 3117 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3118 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3119 | <result> = sitofp <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3120 | </pre> |
| 3121 | |
| 3122 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3123 | <p>The '<tt>sitofp</tt>' instruction regards <tt>value</tt> as a signed |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3124 | integer and converts that value to the <tt>ty2</tt> type.</p> |
| 3125 | |
| 3126 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3127 | <p>The '<tt>sitofp</tt>' instruction takes a value to cast, which must be an |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3128 | <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> value, and a type to cast it to, which must be |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3129 | a <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type.</p> |
| 3130 | |
| 3131 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | d444879 | 2006-11-09 23:03:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3132 | <p>The '<tt>sitofp</tt>' instruction interprets its operand as a signed |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3133 | integer quantity and converts it to the corresponding floating point value. If |
Jeff Cohen | cb75731 | 2007-04-22 14:56:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3134 | the value cannot fit in the floating point value, the results are undefined.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3135 | |
| 3136 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 3137 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3138 | %X = sitofp i32 257 to float <i>; yields float:257.0</i> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3139 | %Y = sitofp i8 -1 to double <i>; yields double:-1.0</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3140 | </pre> |
| 3141 | </div> |
| 3142 | |
| 3143 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3144 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | 7267925 | 2006-11-11 21:00:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3145 | <a name="i_ptrtoint">'<tt>ptrtoint .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 3146 | </div> |
| 3147 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3148 | |
| 3149 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3150 | <pre> |
| 3151 | <result> = ptrtoint <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
| 3152 | </pre> |
| 3153 | |
| 3154 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3155 | <p>The '<tt>ptrtoint</tt>' instruction converts the pointer <tt>value</tt> to |
| 3156 | the integer type <tt>ty2</tt>.</p> |
| 3157 | |
| 3158 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3159 | <p>The '<tt>ptrtoint</tt>' instruction takes a <tt>value</tt> to cast, which |
Duncan Sands | 8036ca4 | 2007-03-30 12:22:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3160 | must be a <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> value, and a type to cast it to |
Reid Spencer | 7267925 | 2006-11-11 21:00:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3161 | <tt>ty2</tt>, which must be an <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type. |
| 3162 | |
| 3163 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3164 | <p>The '<tt>ptrtoint</tt>' instruction converts <tt>value</tt> to integer type |
| 3165 | <tt>ty2</tt> by interpreting the pointer value as an integer and either |
| 3166 | truncating or zero extending that value to the size of the integer type. If |
| 3167 | <tt>value</tt> is smaller than <tt>ty2</tt> then a zero extension is done. If |
| 3168 | <tt>value</tt> is larger than <tt>ty2</tt> then a truncation is done. If they |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3169 | are the same size, then nothing is done (<i>no-op cast</i>) other than a type |
| 3170 | change.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 7267925 | 2006-11-11 21:00:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3171 | |
| 3172 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 3173 | <pre> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3174 | %X = ptrtoint i32* %X to i8 <i>; yields truncation on 32-bit architecture</i> |
| 3175 | %Y = ptrtoint i32* %x to i64 <i>; yields zero extension on 32-bit architecture</i> |
Reid Spencer | 7267925 | 2006-11-11 21:00:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3176 | </pre> |
| 3177 | </div> |
| 3178 | |
| 3179 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3180 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 3181 | <a name="i_inttoptr">'<tt>inttoptr .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 3182 | </div> |
| 3183 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3184 | |
| 3185 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3186 | <pre> |
| 3187 | <result> = inttoptr <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
| 3188 | </pre> |
| 3189 | |
| 3190 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3191 | <p>The '<tt>inttoptr</tt>' instruction converts an integer <tt>value</tt> to |
| 3192 | a pointer type, <tt>ty2</tt>.</p> |
| 3193 | |
| 3194 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Duncan Sands | 8036ca4 | 2007-03-30 12:22:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3195 | <p>The '<tt>inttoptr</tt>' instruction takes an <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> |
Reid Spencer | 7267925 | 2006-11-11 21:00:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3196 | value to cast, and a type to cast it to, which must be a |
Anton Korobeynikov | 7f70559 | 2007-01-12 19:20:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3197 | <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> type. |
Reid Spencer | 7267925 | 2006-11-11 21:00:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3198 | |
| 3199 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3200 | <p>The '<tt>inttoptr</tt>' instruction converts <tt>value</tt> to type |
| 3201 | <tt>ty2</tt> by applying either a zero extension or a truncation depending on |
| 3202 | the size of the integer <tt>value</tt>. If <tt>value</tt> is larger than the |
| 3203 | size of a pointer then a truncation is done. If <tt>value</tt> is smaller than |
| 3204 | the size of a pointer then a zero extension is done. If they are the same size, |
| 3205 | nothing is done (<i>no-op cast</i>).</p> |
| 3206 | |
| 3207 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 3208 | <pre> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3209 | %X = inttoptr i32 255 to i32* <i>; yields zero extension on 64-bit architecture</i> |
| 3210 | %X = inttoptr i32 255 to i32* <i>; yields no-op on 32-bit architecture</i> |
| 3211 | %Y = inttoptr i64 0 to i32* <i>; yields truncation on 32-bit architecture</i> |
Reid Spencer | 7267925 | 2006-11-11 21:00:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3212 | </pre> |
| 3213 | </div> |
| 3214 | |
| 3215 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3216 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3217 | <a name="i_bitcast">'<tt>bitcast .. to</tt>' Instruction</a> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3218 | </div> |
| 3219 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3220 | |
| 3221 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3222 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3223 | <result> = bitcast <ty> <value> to <ty2> <i>; yields ty2</i> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3224 | </pre> |
| 3225 | |
| 3226 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3227 | <p>The '<tt>bitcast</tt>' instruction converts <tt>value</tt> to type |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3228 | <tt>ty2</tt> without changing any bits.</p> |
| 3229 | |
| 3230 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3231 | <p>The '<tt>bitcast</tt>' instruction takes a value to cast, which must be |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3232 | a first class value, and a type to cast it to, which must also be a <a |
| 3233 | href="#t_firstclass">first class</a> type. The bit sizes of <tt>value</tt> |
Reid Spencer | 19b569f | 2007-01-09 20:08:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3234 | and the destination type, <tt>ty2</tt>, must be identical. If the source |
| 3235 | type is a pointer, the destination type must also be a pointer.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3236 | |
| 3237 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 5c0ef47 | 2006-11-11 23:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3238 | <p>The '<tt>bitcast</tt>' instruction converts <tt>value</tt> to type |
Reid Spencer | 7267925 | 2006-11-11 21:00:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3239 | <tt>ty2</tt>. It is always a <i>no-op cast</i> because no bits change with |
| 3240 | this conversion. The conversion is done as if the <tt>value</tt> had been |
| 3241 | stored to memory and read back as type <tt>ty2</tt>. Pointer types may only be |
| 3242 | converted to other pointer types with this instruction. To convert pointers to |
| 3243 | other types, use the <a href="#i_inttoptr">inttoptr</a> or |
| 3244 | <a href="#i_ptrtoint">ptrtoint</a> instructions first.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 9dee3ac | 2006-11-08 01:11:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3245 | |
| 3246 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 3247 | <pre> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3248 | %X = bitcast i8 255 to i8 <i>; yields i8 :-1</i> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3249 | %Y = bitcast i32* %x to sint* <i>; yields sint*:%x</i> |
| 3250 | %Z = bitcast <2xint> %V to i64; <i>; yields i64: %V</i> |
Chris Lattner | 33ba0d9 | 2001-07-09 00:26:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3251 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3252 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3253 | |
Reid Spencer | 2fd21e6 | 2006-11-08 01:18:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3254 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 3255 | <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="otherops">Other Operations</a> </div> |
| 3256 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3257 | <p>The instructions in this category are the "miscellaneous" |
| 3258 | instructions, which defy better classification.</p> |
| 3259 | </div> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3260 | |
| 3261 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3262 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="i_icmp">'<tt>icmp</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 3263 | </div> |
| 3264 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3265 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3266 | <pre> <result> = icmp <cond> <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {i1}:result</i> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3267 | </pre> |
| 3268 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3269 | <p>The '<tt>icmp</tt>' instruction returns a boolean value based on comparison |
| 3270 | of its two integer operands.</p> |
| 3271 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3272 | <p>The '<tt>icmp</tt>' instruction takes three operands. The first operand is |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3273 | the condition code indicating the kind of comparison to perform. It is not |
| 3274 | a value, just a keyword. The possible condition code are: |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3275 | <ol> |
| 3276 | <li><tt>eq</tt>: equal</li> |
| 3277 | <li><tt>ne</tt>: not equal </li> |
| 3278 | <li><tt>ugt</tt>: unsigned greater than</li> |
| 3279 | <li><tt>uge</tt>: unsigned greater or equal</li> |
| 3280 | <li><tt>ult</tt>: unsigned less than</li> |
| 3281 | <li><tt>ule</tt>: unsigned less or equal</li> |
| 3282 | <li><tt>sgt</tt>: signed greater than</li> |
| 3283 | <li><tt>sge</tt>: signed greater or equal</li> |
| 3284 | <li><tt>slt</tt>: signed less than</li> |
| 3285 | <li><tt>sle</tt>: signed less or equal</li> |
| 3286 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | 3b19d65 | 2007-01-15 01:54:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3287 | <p>The remaining two arguments must be <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> or |
Reid Spencer | 350f8aa | 2007-01-04 05:19:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3288 | <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> typed. They must also be identical types.</p> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3289 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3290 | <p>The '<tt>icmp</tt>' compares <tt>var1</tt> and <tt>var2</tt> according to |
| 3291 | the condition code given as <tt>cond</tt>. The comparison performed always |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3292 | yields a <a href="#t_primitive">i1</a> result, as follows: |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3293 | <ol> |
| 3294 | <li><tt>eq</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if the operands are equal, |
| 3295 | <tt>false</tt> otherwise. No sign interpretation is necessary or performed. |
| 3296 | </li> |
| 3297 | <li><tt>ne</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if the operands are unequal, |
| 3298 | <tt>false</tt> otherwise. No sign interpretation is necessary or performed. |
| 3299 | <li><tt>ugt</tt>: interprets the operands as unsigned values and yields |
| 3300 | <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is greater than <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
| 3301 | <li><tt>uge</tt>: interprets the operands as unsigned values and yields |
| 3302 | <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
| 3303 | <li><tt>ult</tt>: interprets the operands as unsigned values and yields |
| 3304 | <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is less than <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
| 3305 | <li><tt>ule</tt>: interprets the operands as unsigned values and yields |
| 3306 | <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
| 3307 | <li><tt>sgt</tt>: interprets the operands as signed values and yields |
| 3308 | <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is greater than <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
| 3309 | <li><tt>sge</tt>: interprets the operands as signed values and yields |
| 3310 | <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
| 3311 | <li><tt>slt</tt>: interprets the operands as signed values and yields |
| 3312 | <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is less than <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
| 3313 | <li><tt>sle</tt>: interprets the operands as signed values and yields |
| 3314 | <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3315 | </ol> |
| 3316 | <p>If the operands are <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> typed, the pointer |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3317 | values are compared as if they were integers.</p> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3318 | |
| 3319 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3320 | <pre> <result> = icmp eq i32 4, 5 <i>; yields: result=false</i> |
| 3321 | <result> = icmp ne float* %X, %X <i>; yields: result=false</i> |
| 3322 | <result> = icmp ult i16 4, 5 <i>; yields: result=true</i> |
| 3323 | <result> = icmp sgt i16 4, 5 <i>; yields: result=false</i> |
| 3324 | <result> = icmp ule i16 -4, 5 <i>; yields: result=false</i> |
| 3325 | <result> = icmp sge i16 4, 5 <i>; yields: result=false</i> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3326 | </pre> |
| 3327 | </div> |
| 3328 | |
| 3329 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3330 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="i_fcmp">'<tt>fcmp</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 3331 | </div> |
| 3332 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3333 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3334 | <pre> <result> = fcmp <cond> <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {i1}:result</i> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3335 | </pre> |
| 3336 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3337 | <p>The '<tt>fcmp</tt>' instruction returns a boolean value based on comparison |
| 3338 | of its floating point operands.</p> |
| 3339 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3340 | <p>The '<tt>fcmp</tt>' instruction takes three operands. The first operand is |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3341 | the condition code indicating the kind of comparison to perform. It is not |
| 3342 | a value, just a keyword. The possible condition code are: |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3343 | <ol> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3344 | <li><tt>false</tt>: no comparison, always returns false</li> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3345 | <li><tt>oeq</tt>: ordered and equal</li> |
| 3346 | <li><tt>ogt</tt>: ordered and greater than </li> |
| 3347 | <li><tt>oge</tt>: ordered and greater than or equal</li> |
| 3348 | <li><tt>olt</tt>: ordered and less than </li> |
| 3349 | <li><tt>ole</tt>: ordered and less than or equal</li> |
| 3350 | <li><tt>one</tt>: ordered and not equal</li> |
| 3351 | <li><tt>ord</tt>: ordered (no nans)</li> |
| 3352 | <li><tt>ueq</tt>: unordered or equal</li> |
| 3353 | <li><tt>ugt</tt>: unordered or greater than </li> |
| 3354 | <li><tt>uge</tt>: unordered or greater than or equal</li> |
| 3355 | <li><tt>ult</tt>: unordered or less than </li> |
| 3356 | <li><tt>ule</tt>: unordered or less than or equal</li> |
| 3357 | <li><tt>une</tt>: unordered or not equal</li> |
| 3358 | <li><tt>uno</tt>: unordered (either nans)</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3359 | <li><tt>true</tt>: no comparison, always returns true</li> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3360 | </ol> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3361 | <p><i>Ordered</i> means that neither operand is a QNAN while |
Reid Spencer | 93a4985 | 2006-12-06 07:08:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3362 | <i>unordered</i> means that either operand may be a QNAN.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 350f8aa | 2007-01-04 05:19:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3363 | <p>The <tt>val1</tt> and <tt>val2</tt> arguments must be |
| 3364 | <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> typed. They must have identical |
| 3365 | types.</p> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3366 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3367 | <p>The '<tt>fcmp</tt>' compares <tt>var1</tt> and <tt>var2</tt> according to |
| 3368 | the condition code given as <tt>cond</tt>. The comparison performed always |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3369 | yields a <a href="#t_primitive">i1</a> result, as follows: |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3370 | <ol> |
| 3371 | <li><tt>false</tt>: always yields <tt>false</tt>, regardless of operands.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3372 | <li><tt>oeq</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3373 | <tt>var1</tt> is equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3374 | <li><tt>ogt</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3375 | <tt>var1</tt> is greather than <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3376 | <li><tt>oge</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3377 | <tt>var1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3378 | <li><tt>olt</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3379 | <tt>var1</tt> is less than <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3380 | <li><tt>ole</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3381 | <tt>var1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3382 | <li><tt>one</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3383 | <tt>var1</tt> is not equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3384 | <li><tt>ord</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN.</li> |
| 3385 | <li><tt>ueq</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3386 | <tt>var1</tt> is equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3387 | <li><tt>ugt</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3388 | <tt>var1</tt> is greater than <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3389 | <li><tt>uge</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3390 | <tt>var1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3391 | <li><tt>ult</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3392 | <tt>var1</tt> is less than <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3393 | <li><tt>ule</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3394 | <tt>var1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3395 | <li><tt>une</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3396 | <tt>var1</tt> is not equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li> |
Reid Spencer | b7f2628 | 2006-11-19 03:00:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3397 | <li><tt>uno</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN.</li> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3398 | <li><tt>true</tt>: always yields <tt>true</tt>, regardless of operands.</li> |
| 3399 | </ol> |
Reid Spencer | f3a70a6 | 2006-11-18 21:50:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3400 | |
| 3401 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 3402 | <pre> <result> = fcmp oeq float 4.0, 5.0 <i>; yields: result=false</i> |
| 3403 | <result> = icmp one float 4.0, 5.0 <i>; yields: result=true</i> |
| 3404 | <result> = icmp olt float 4.0, 5.0 <i>; yields: result=true</i> |
| 3405 | <result> = icmp ueq double 1.0, 2.0 <i>; yields: result=false</i> |
| 3406 | </pre> |
| 3407 | </div> |
| 3408 | |
Reid Spencer | 2fd21e6 | 2006-11-08 01:18:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3409 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3410 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_phi">'<tt>phi</tt>' |
| 3411 | Instruction</a> </div> |
| 3412 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3413 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3414 | <pre> <result> = phi <ty> [ <val0>, <label0>], ...<br></pre> |
| 3415 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3416 | <p>The '<tt>phi</tt>' instruction is used to implement the φ node in |
| 3417 | the SSA graph representing the function.</p> |
| 3418 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3419 | <p>The type of the incoming values is specified with the first type |
Reid Spencer | 2fd21e6 | 2006-11-08 01:18:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3420 | field. After this, the '<tt>phi</tt>' instruction takes a list of pairs |
| 3421 | as arguments, with one pair for each predecessor basic block of the |
| 3422 | current block. Only values of <a href="#t_firstclass">first class</a> |
| 3423 | type may be used as the value arguments to the PHI node. Only labels |
| 3424 | may be used as the label arguments.</p> |
| 3425 | <p>There must be no non-phi instructions between the start of a basic |
| 3426 | block and the PHI instructions: i.e. PHI instructions must be first in |
| 3427 | a basic block.</p> |
| 3428 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3429 | <p>At runtime, the '<tt>phi</tt>' instruction logically takes on the value |
| 3430 | specified by the pair corresponding to the predecessor basic block that executed |
| 3431 | just prior to the current block.</p> |
Reid Spencer | 2fd21e6 | 2006-11-08 01:18:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3432 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3433 | <pre>Loop: ; Infinite loop that counts from 0 on up...<br> %indvar = phi i32 [ 0, %LoopHeader ], [ %nextindvar, %Loop ]<br> %nextindvar = add i32 %indvar, 1<br> br label %Loop<br></pre> |
Reid Spencer | 2fd21e6 | 2006-11-08 01:18:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3434 | </div> |
| 3435 | |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3436 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3437 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 3438 | <a name="i_select">'<tt>select</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 3439 | </div> |
| 3440 | |
| 3441 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3442 | |
| 3443 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3444 | |
| 3445 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3446 | <result> = select i1 <cond>, <ty> <val1>, <ty> <val2> <i>; yields ty</i> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3447 | </pre> |
| 3448 | |
| 3449 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3450 | |
| 3451 | <p> |
| 3452 | The '<tt>select</tt>' instruction is used to choose one value based on a |
| 3453 | condition, without branching. |
| 3454 | </p> |
| 3455 | |
| 3456 | |
| 3457 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3458 | |
| 3459 | <p> |
| 3460 | The '<tt>select</tt>' instruction requires a boolean value indicating the condition, and two values of the same <a href="#t_firstclass">first class</a> type. |
| 3461 | </p> |
| 3462 | |
| 3463 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3464 | |
| 3465 | <p> |
| 3466 | If the boolean condition evaluates to true, the instruction returns the first |
John Criswell | fc6b895 | 2005-05-16 16:17:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3467 | value argument; otherwise, it returns the second value argument. |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3468 | </p> |
| 3469 | |
| 3470 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
| 3471 | |
| 3472 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | c78f337 | 2007-01-12 03:35:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3473 | %X = select i1 true, i8 17, i8 42 <i>; yields i8:17</i> |
Chris Lattner | cc37aae | 2004-03-12 05:50:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3474 | </pre> |
| 3475 | </div> |
| 3476 | |
Robert Bocchino | 05ccd70 | 2006-01-15 20:48:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3477 | |
| 3478 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3479 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3480 | <a name="i_call">'<tt>call</tt>' Instruction</a> |
| 3481 | </div> |
| 3482 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3483 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3484 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3485 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3486 | <pre> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3487 | <result> = [tail] call [<a href="#callingconv">cconv</a>] <ty>* <fnptrval>(<param list>) |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3488 | </pre> |
| 3489 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3490 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3491 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3492 | <p>The '<tt>call</tt>' instruction represents a simple function call.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3493 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3494 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3495 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3496 | <p>This instruction requires several arguments:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3497 | |
Chris Lattner | 6536cfe | 2002-05-06 22:08:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3498 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3499 | <li> |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3500 | <p>The optional "tail" marker indicates whether the callee function accesses |
| 3501 | any allocas or varargs in the caller. If the "tail" marker is present, the |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3502 | function call is eligible for tail call optimization. Note that calls may |
| 3503 | be marked "tail" even if they do not occur before a <a |
| 3504 | href="#i_ret"><tt>ret</tt></a> instruction. |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3505 | </li> |
| 3506 | <li> |
Duncan Sands | 8036ca4 | 2007-03-30 12:22:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3507 | <p>The optional "cconv" marker indicates which <a href="#callingconv">calling |
Chris Lattner | bad10ee | 2005-05-06 22:57:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3508 | convention</a> the call should use. If none is specified, the call defaults |
| 3509 | to using C calling conventions. |
| 3510 | </li> |
| 3511 | <li> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3512 | <p>'<tt>ty</tt>': shall be the signature of the pointer to function value |
| 3513 | being invoked. The argument types must match the types implied by this |
John Criswell | fc6b895 | 2005-05-16 16:17:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3514 | signature. This type can be omitted if the function is not varargs and |
| 3515 | if the function type does not return a pointer to a function.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3516 | </li> |
| 3517 | <li> |
| 3518 | <p>'<tt>fnptrval</tt>': An LLVM value containing a pointer to a function to |
| 3519 | be invoked. In most cases, this is a direct function invocation, but |
| 3520 | indirect <tt>call</tt>s are just as possible, calling an arbitrary pointer |
John Criswell | fc6b895 | 2005-05-16 16:17:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3521 | to function value.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3522 | </li> |
| 3523 | <li> |
| 3524 | <p>'<tt>function args</tt>': argument list whose types match the |
Reid Spencer | a7e302a | 2005-05-01 22:22:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3525 | function signature argument types. All arguments must be of |
| 3526 | <a href="#t_firstclass">first class</a> type. If the function signature |
| 3527 | indicates the function accepts a variable number of arguments, the extra |
| 3528 | arguments can be specified.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3529 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 6536cfe | 2002-05-06 22:08:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3530 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3531 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3532 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3533 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3534 | <p>The '<tt>call</tt>' instruction is used to cause control flow to |
| 3535 | transfer to a specified function, with its incoming arguments bound to |
| 3536 | the specified values. Upon a '<tt><a href="#i_ret">ret</a></tt>' |
| 3537 | instruction in the called function, control flow continues with the |
| 3538 | instruction after the function call, and the return value of the |
| 3539 | function is bound to the result argument. This is a simpler case of |
| 3540 | the <a href="#i_invoke">invoke</a> instruction.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3541 | |
Chris Lattner | 0095054 | 2001-06-06 20:29:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3542 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3543 | |
| 3544 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3545 | %retval = call i32 %test(i32 %argc) |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3546 | call i32(i8 *, ...) *%printf(i8 * %msg, i32 12, i8 42); |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3547 | %X = tail call i32 %foo() |
| 3548 | %Y = tail call <a href="#callingconv">fastcc</a> i32 %foo() |
Chris Lattner | 2bff524 | 2005-05-06 05:47:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3549 | </pre> |
| 3550 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3551 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3552 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3553 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3554 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Chris Lattner | fb6977d | 2006-01-13 23:26:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3555 | <a name="i_va_arg">'<tt>va_arg</tt>' Instruction</a> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3556 | </div> |
| 3557 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3558 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3559 | |
Chris Lattner | 8d1a81d | 2003-10-18 05:51:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3560 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3561 | |
| 3562 | <pre> |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3563 | <resultval> = va_arg <va_list*> <arglist>, <argty> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3564 | </pre> |
| 3565 | |
Chris Lattner | 8d1a81d | 2003-10-18 05:51:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3566 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3567 | |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3568 | <p>The '<tt>va_arg</tt>' instruction is used to access arguments passed through |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3569 | the "variable argument" area of a function call. It is used to implement the |
| 3570 | <tt>va_arg</tt> macro in C.</p> |
| 3571 | |
Chris Lattner | 8d1a81d | 2003-10-18 05:51:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3572 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3573 | |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3574 | <p>This instruction takes a <tt>va_list*</tt> value and the type of |
| 3575 | the argument. It returns a value of the specified argument type and |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3576 | increments the <tt>va_list</tt> to point to the next argument. The |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3577 | actual type of <tt>va_list</tt> is target specific.</p> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3578 | |
Chris Lattner | 8d1a81d | 2003-10-18 05:51:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3579 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3580 | |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3581 | <p>The '<tt>va_arg</tt>' instruction loads an argument of the specified |
| 3582 | type from the specified <tt>va_list</tt> and causes the |
| 3583 | <tt>va_list</tt> to point to the next argument. For more information, |
| 3584 | see the variable argument handling <a href="#int_varargs">Intrinsic |
| 3585 | Functions</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3586 | |
| 3587 | <p>It is legal for this instruction to be called in a function which does not |
| 3588 | take a variable number of arguments, for example, the <tt>vfprintf</tt> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3589 | function.</p> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3590 | |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3591 | <p><tt>va_arg</tt> is an LLVM instruction instead of an <a |
John Criswell | fc6b895 | 2005-05-16 16:17:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3592 | href="#intrinsics">intrinsic function</a> because it takes a type as an |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3593 | argument.</p> |
| 3594 | |
Chris Lattner | 8d1a81d | 2003-10-18 05:51:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3595 | <h5>Example:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | e19d7a7 | 2004-09-27 21:51:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3596 | |
| 3597 | <p>See the <a href="#int_varargs">variable argument processing</a> section.</p> |
| 3598 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3599 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3600 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3601 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3602 | <div class="doc_section"> <a name="intrinsics">Intrinsic Functions</a> </div> |
| 3603 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3604 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3605 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3606 | |
| 3607 | <p>LLVM supports the notion of an "intrinsic function". These functions have |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3608 | well known names and semantics and are required to follow certain restrictions. |
| 3609 | Overall, these intrinsics represent an extension mechanism for the LLVM |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3610 | language that does not require changing all of the transformations in LLVM when |
| 3611 | adding to the language (or the bytecode reader/writer, the parser, etc...).</p> |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3612 | |
John Criswell | fc6b895 | 2005-05-16 16:17:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3613 | <p>Intrinsic function names must all start with an "<tt>llvm.</tt>" prefix. This |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3614 | prefix is reserved in LLVM for intrinsic names; thus, function names may not |
| 3615 | begin with this prefix. Intrinsic functions must always be external functions: |
| 3616 | you cannot define the body of intrinsic functions. Intrinsic functions may |
| 3617 | only be used in call or invoke instructions: it is illegal to take the address |
| 3618 | of an intrinsic function. Additionally, because intrinsic functions are part |
| 3619 | of the LLVM language, it is required if any are added that they be documented |
| 3620 | here.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3621 | |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3622 | <p>Some intrinsic functions can be overloaded, i.e., the intrinsic represents |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3623 | a family of functions that perform the same operation but on different data |
| 3624 | types. This is most frequent with the integer types. Since LLVM can represent |
| 3625 | over 8 million different integer types, there is a way to declare an intrinsic |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3626 | that can be overloaded based on its arguments. Such an intrinsic will have the |
| 3627 | names of its argument types encoded into its function name, each |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3628 | preceded by a period. For example, the <tt>llvm.ctpop</tt> function can take an |
| 3629 | integer of any width. This leads to a family of functions such as |
| 3630 | <tt>i32 @llvm.ctpop.i8(i8 %val)</tt> and <tt>i32 @llvm.ctpop.i29(i29 %val)</tt>. |
| 3631 | </p> |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3632 | |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3633 | |
| 3634 | <p>To learn how to add an intrinsic function, please see the |
| 3635 | <a href="ExtendingLLVM.html">Extending LLVM Guide</a>. |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3636 | </p> |
| 3637 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3638 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3639 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3640 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3641 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 3642 | <a name="int_varargs">Variable Argument Handling Intrinsics</a> |
| 3643 | </div> |
| 3644 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3645 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3646 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3647 | <p>Variable argument support is defined in LLVM with the <a |
Chris Lattner | fb6977d | 2006-01-13 23:26:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3648 | href="#i_va_arg"><tt>va_arg</tt></a> instruction and these three |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3649 | intrinsic functions. These functions are related to the similarly |
| 3650 | named macros defined in the <tt><stdarg.h></tt> header file.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3651 | |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3652 | <p>All of these functions operate on arguments that use a |
| 3653 | target-specific value type "<tt>va_list</tt>". The LLVM assembly |
| 3654 | language reference manual does not define what this type is, so all |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3655 | transformations should be prepared to handle these functions regardless of |
| 3656 | the type used.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3657 | |
Chris Lattner | 374ab30 | 2006-05-15 17:26:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3658 | <p>This example shows how the <a href="#i_va_arg"><tt>va_arg</tt></a> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3659 | instruction and the variable argument handling intrinsic functions are |
| 3660 | used.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3661 | |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3662 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 5d522f3 | 2007-03-21 23:58:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3663 | define i32 @test(i32 %X, ...) { |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3664 | ; Initialize variable argument processing |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3665 | %ap = alloca i8* |
Chris Lattner | b75137d | 2007-01-08 07:55:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3666 | %ap2 = bitcast i8** %ap to i8* |
Anton Korobeynikov | 5d522f3 | 2007-03-21 23:58:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3667 | call void @llvm.va_start(i8* %ap2) |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3668 | |
| 3669 | ; Read a single integer argument |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3670 | %tmp = va_arg i8** %ap, i32 |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3671 | |
| 3672 | ; Demonstrate usage of llvm.va_copy and llvm.va_end |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3673 | %aq = alloca i8* |
Chris Lattner | b75137d | 2007-01-08 07:55:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3674 | %aq2 = bitcast i8** %aq to i8* |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3675 | call void @llvm.va_copy(i8* %aq2, i8* %ap2) |
Anton Korobeynikov | 5d522f3 | 2007-03-21 23:58:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3676 | call void @llvm.va_end(i8* %aq2) |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3677 | |
| 3678 | ; Stop processing of arguments. |
Anton Korobeynikov | 5d522f3 | 2007-03-21 23:58:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3679 | call void @llvm.va_end(i8* %ap2) |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3680 | ret i32 %tmp |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3681 | } |
Anton Korobeynikov | 5d522f3 | 2007-03-21 23:58:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3682 | |
| 3683 | declare void @llvm.va_start(i8*) |
| 3684 | declare void @llvm.va_copy(i8*, i8*) |
| 3685 | declare void @llvm.va_end(i8*) |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3686 | </pre> |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3687 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3688 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3689 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3690 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3691 | <a name="int_va_start">'<tt>llvm.va_start</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3692 | </div> |
| 3693 | |
| 3694 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3695 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3696 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | b75137d | 2007-01-08 07:55:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3697 | <pre> declare void %llvm.va_start(i8* <arglist>)<br></pre> |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3698 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3699 | <P>The '<tt>llvm.va_start</tt>' intrinsic initializes |
| 3700 | <tt>*<arglist></tt> for subsequent use by <tt><a |
| 3701 | href="#i_va_arg">va_arg</a></tt>.</p> |
| 3702 | |
| 3703 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3704 | |
| 3705 | <P>The argument is a pointer to a <tt>va_list</tt> element to initialize.</p> |
| 3706 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3707 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3708 | |
| 3709 | <P>The '<tt>llvm.va_start</tt>' intrinsic works just like the <tt>va_start</tt> |
| 3710 | macro available in C. In a target-dependent way, it initializes the |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3711 | <tt>va_list</tt> element to which the argument points, so that the next call to |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3712 | <tt>va_arg</tt> will produce the first variable argument passed to the function. |
| 3713 | Unlike the C <tt>va_start</tt> macro, this intrinsic does not need to know the |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3714 | last argument of the function as the compiler can figure that out.</p> |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3715 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3716 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3717 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3718 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3719 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3720 | <a name="int_va_end">'<tt>llvm.va_end</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3721 | </div> |
| 3722 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3723 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3724 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3725 | <pre> declare void @llvm.va_end(i8* <arglist>)<br></pre> |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3726 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | b75137d | 2007-01-08 07:55:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3727 | |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3728 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.va_end</tt>' intrinsic destroys <tt>*<arglist></tt>, |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3729 | which has been initialized previously with <tt><a href="#int_va_start">llvm.va_start</a></tt> |
Chris Lattner | 261efe9 | 2003-11-25 01:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3730 | or <tt><a href="#i_va_copy">llvm.va_copy</a></tt>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | b75137d | 2007-01-08 07:55:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3731 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3732 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | b75137d | 2007-01-08 07:55:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3733 | |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3734 | <p>The argument is a pointer to a <tt>va_list</tt> to destroy.</p> |
Chris Lattner | b75137d | 2007-01-08 07:55:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3735 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3736 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | b75137d | 2007-01-08 07:55:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3737 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3738 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.va_end</tt>' intrinsic works just like the <tt>va_end</tt> |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3739 | macro available in C. In a target-dependent way, it destroys the |
| 3740 | <tt>va_list</tt> element to which the argument points. Calls to <a |
| 3741 | href="#int_va_start"><tt>llvm.va_start</tt></a> and <a href="#int_va_copy"> |
| 3742 | <tt>llvm.va_copy</tt></a> must be matched exactly with calls to |
| 3743 | <tt>llvm.va_end</tt>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | b75137d | 2007-01-08 07:55:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3744 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3745 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3746 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3747 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3748 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3749 | <a name="int_va_copy">'<tt>llvm.va_copy</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3750 | </div> |
| 3751 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3752 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3753 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3754 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3755 | |
| 3756 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3757 | declare void @llvm.va_copy(i8* <destarglist>, i8* <srcarglist>) |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3758 | </pre> |
| 3759 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3760 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3761 | |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3762 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.va_copy</tt>' intrinsic copies the current argument position |
| 3763 | from the source argument list to the destination argument list.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3764 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3765 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3766 | |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3767 | <p>The first argument is a pointer to a <tt>va_list</tt> element to initialize. |
Andrew Lenharth | d0a4c62 | 2005-06-22 20:38:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3768 | The second argument is a pointer to a <tt>va_list</tt> element to copy from.</p> |
Andrew Lenharth | 8bf607a | 2005-06-18 18:28:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3769 | |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3770 | |
Chris Lattner | d9ad5b3 | 2003-05-08 04:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3771 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3772 | |
Jeff Cohen | b627eab | 2007-04-29 01:07:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3773 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.va_copy</tt>' intrinsic works just like the <tt>va_copy</tt> |
| 3774 | macro available in C. In a target-dependent way, it copies the source |
| 3775 | <tt>va_list</tt> element into the destination <tt>va_list</tt> element. This |
| 3776 | intrinsic is necessary because the <tt><a href="#int_va_start"> |
| 3777 | llvm.va_start</a></tt> intrinsic may be arbitrarily complex and require, for |
| 3778 | example, memory allocation.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3779 | |
Misha Brukman | 9d0919f | 2003-11-08 01:05:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3780 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3781 | |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3782 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 3783 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3784 | <a name="int_gc">Accurate Garbage Collection Intrinsics</a> |
| 3785 | </div> |
| 3786 | |
| 3787 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3788 | |
| 3789 | <p> |
| 3790 | LLVM support for <a href="GarbageCollection.html">Accurate Garbage |
| 3791 | Collection</a> requires the implementation and generation of these intrinsics. |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3792 | These intrinsics allow identification of <a href="#int_gcroot">GC roots on the |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3793 | stack</a>, as well as garbage collector implementations that require <a |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3794 | href="#int_gcread">read</a> and <a href="#int_gcwrite">write</a> barriers. |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3795 | Front-ends for type-safe garbage collected languages should generate these |
| 3796 | intrinsics to make use of the LLVM garbage collectors. For more details, see <a |
| 3797 | href="GarbageCollection.html">Accurate Garbage Collection with LLVM</a>. |
| 3798 | </p> |
| 3799 | </div> |
| 3800 | |
| 3801 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3802 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3803 | <a name="int_gcroot">'<tt>llvm.gcroot</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3804 | </div> |
| 3805 | |
| 3806 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3807 | |
| 3808 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3809 | |
| 3810 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3811 | declare void @llvm.gcroot(<ty>** %ptrloc, <ty2>* %metadata) |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3812 | </pre> |
| 3813 | |
| 3814 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3815 | |
John Criswell | 9e2485c | 2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3816 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.gcroot</tt>' intrinsic declares the existence of a GC root to |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3817 | the code generator, and allows some metadata to be associated with it.</p> |
| 3818 | |
| 3819 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3820 | |
| 3821 | <p>The first argument specifies the address of a stack object that contains the |
| 3822 | root pointer. The second pointer (which must be either a constant or a global |
| 3823 | value address) contains the meta-data to be associated with the root.</p> |
| 3824 | |
| 3825 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3826 | |
| 3827 | <p>At runtime, a call to this intrinsics stores a null pointer into the "ptrloc" |
| 3828 | location. At compile-time, the code generator generates information to allow |
| 3829 | the runtime to find the pointer at GC safe points. |
| 3830 | </p> |
| 3831 | |
| 3832 | </div> |
| 3833 | |
| 3834 | |
| 3835 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3836 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3837 | <a name="int_gcread">'<tt>llvm.gcread</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3838 | </div> |
| 3839 | |
| 3840 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3841 | |
| 3842 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3843 | |
| 3844 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3845 | declare i8 * @llvm.gcread(i8 * %ObjPtr, i8 ** %Ptr) |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3846 | </pre> |
| 3847 | |
| 3848 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3849 | |
| 3850 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.gcread</tt>' intrinsic identifies reads of references from heap |
| 3851 | locations, allowing garbage collector implementations that require read |
| 3852 | barriers.</p> |
| 3853 | |
| 3854 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3855 | |
Chris Lattner | 80626e9 | 2006-03-14 20:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3856 | <p>The second argument is the address to read from, which should be an address |
| 3857 | allocated from the garbage collector. The first object is a pointer to the |
| 3858 | start of the referenced object, if needed by the language runtime (otherwise |
| 3859 | null).</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3860 | |
| 3861 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3862 | |
| 3863 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.gcread</tt>' intrinsic has the same semantics as a load |
| 3864 | instruction, but may be replaced with substantially more complex code by the |
| 3865 | garbage collector runtime, as needed.</p> |
| 3866 | |
| 3867 | </div> |
| 3868 | |
| 3869 | |
| 3870 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3871 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3872 | <a name="int_gcwrite">'<tt>llvm.gcwrite</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3873 | </div> |
| 3874 | |
| 3875 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3876 | |
| 3877 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3878 | |
| 3879 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3880 | declare void @llvm.gcwrite(i8 * %P1, i8 * %Obj, i8 ** %P2) |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3881 | </pre> |
| 3882 | |
| 3883 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3884 | |
| 3885 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.gcwrite</tt>' intrinsic identifies writes of references to heap |
| 3886 | locations, allowing garbage collector implementations that require write |
| 3887 | barriers (such as generational or reference counting collectors).</p> |
| 3888 | |
| 3889 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3890 | |
Chris Lattner | 80626e9 | 2006-03-14 20:02:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3891 | <p>The first argument is the reference to store, the second is the start of the |
| 3892 | object to store it to, and the third is the address of the field of Obj to |
| 3893 | store to. If the runtime does not require a pointer to the object, Obj may be |
| 3894 | null.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d792391 | 2004-05-23 21:06:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3895 | |
| 3896 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3897 | |
| 3898 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.gcwrite</tt>' intrinsic has the same semantics as a store |
| 3899 | instruction, but may be replaced with substantially more complex code by the |
| 3900 | garbage collector runtime, as needed.</p> |
| 3901 | |
| 3902 | </div> |
| 3903 | |
| 3904 | |
| 3905 | |
| 3906 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 3907 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3908 | <a name="int_codegen">Code Generator Intrinsics</a> |
| 3909 | </div> |
| 3910 | |
| 3911 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3912 | <p> |
| 3913 | These intrinsics are provided by LLVM to expose special features that may only |
| 3914 | be implemented with code generator support. |
| 3915 | </p> |
| 3916 | |
| 3917 | </div> |
| 3918 | |
| 3919 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3920 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3921 | <a name="int_returnaddress">'<tt>llvm.returnaddress</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3922 | </div> |
| 3923 | |
| 3924 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3925 | |
| 3926 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3927 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3928 | declare i8 *@llvm.returnaddress(i32 <level>) |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3929 | </pre> |
| 3930 | |
| 3931 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3932 | |
| 3933 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 32b5d71 | 2006-10-15 20:05:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3934 | The '<tt>llvm.returnaddress</tt>' intrinsic attempts to compute a |
| 3935 | target-specific value indicating the return address of the current function |
| 3936 | or one of its callers. |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3937 | </p> |
| 3938 | |
| 3939 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3940 | |
| 3941 | <p> |
| 3942 | The argument to this intrinsic indicates which function to return the address |
| 3943 | for. Zero indicates the calling function, one indicates its caller, etc. The |
| 3944 | argument is <b>required</b> to be a constant integer value. |
| 3945 | </p> |
| 3946 | |
| 3947 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3948 | |
| 3949 | <p> |
| 3950 | The '<tt>llvm.returnaddress</tt>' intrinsic either returns a pointer indicating |
| 3951 | the return address of the specified call frame, or zero if it cannot be |
| 3952 | identified. The value returned by this intrinsic is likely to be incorrect or 0 |
| 3953 | for arguments other than zero, so it should only be used for debugging purposes. |
| 3954 | </p> |
| 3955 | |
| 3956 | <p> |
| 3957 | Note that calling this intrinsic does not prevent function inlining or other |
Chris Lattner | b40bb38 | 2005-03-07 20:30:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3958 | aggressive transformations, so the value returned may not be that of the obvious |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3959 | source-language caller. |
| 3960 | </p> |
| 3961 | </div> |
| 3962 | |
| 3963 | |
| 3964 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 3965 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3966 | <a name="int_frameaddress">'<tt>llvm.frameaddress</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3967 | </div> |
| 3968 | |
| 3969 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 3970 | |
| 3971 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 3972 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3973 | declare i8 *@llvm.frameaddress(i32 <level>) |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3974 | </pre> |
| 3975 | |
| 3976 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 3977 | |
| 3978 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 32b5d71 | 2006-10-15 20:05:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3979 | The '<tt>llvm.frameaddress</tt>' intrinsic attempts to return the |
| 3980 | target-specific frame pointer value for the specified stack frame. |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3981 | </p> |
| 3982 | |
| 3983 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 3984 | |
| 3985 | <p> |
| 3986 | The argument to this intrinsic indicates which function to return the frame |
| 3987 | pointer for. Zero indicates the calling function, one indicates its caller, |
| 3988 | etc. The argument is <b>required</b> to be a constant integer value. |
| 3989 | </p> |
| 3990 | |
| 3991 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 3992 | |
| 3993 | <p> |
| 3994 | The '<tt>llvm.frameaddress</tt>' intrinsic either returns a pointer indicating |
| 3995 | the frame address of the specified call frame, or zero if it cannot be |
| 3996 | identified. The value returned by this intrinsic is likely to be incorrect or 0 |
| 3997 | for arguments other than zero, so it should only be used for debugging purposes. |
| 3998 | </p> |
| 3999 | |
| 4000 | <p> |
| 4001 | Note that calling this intrinsic does not prevent function inlining or other |
Chris Lattner | b40bb38 | 2005-03-07 20:30:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4002 | aggressive transformations, so the value returned may not be that of the obvious |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4003 | source-language caller. |
| 4004 | </p> |
| 4005 | </div> |
| 4006 | |
Chris Lattner | 9a9d7ac | 2005-02-28 19:24:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4007 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4008 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4009 | <a name="int_stacksave">'<tt>llvm.stacksave</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 57e1f39 | 2006-01-13 02:03:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4010 | </div> |
| 4011 | |
| 4012 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4013 | |
| 4014 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4015 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4016 | declare i8 *@llvm.stacksave() |
Chris Lattner | 57e1f39 | 2006-01-13 02:03:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4017 | </pre> |
| 4018 | |
| 4019 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4020 | |
| 4021 | <p> |
| 4022 | The '<tt>llvm.stacksave</tt>' intrinsic is used to remember the current state of |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4023 | the function stack, for use with <a href="#int_stackrestore"> |
Chris Lattner | 57e1f39 | 2006-01-13 02:03:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4024 | <tt>llvm.stackrestore</tt></a>. This is useful for implementing language |
| 4025 | features like scoped automatic variable sized arrays in C99. |
| 4026 | </p> |
| 4027 | |
| 4028 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4029 | |
| 4030 | <p> |
| 4031 | This intrinsic returns a opaque pointer value that can be passed to <a |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4032 | href="#int_stackrestore"><tt>llvm.stackrestore</tt></a>. When an |
Chris Lattner | 57e1f39 | 2006-01-13 02:03:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4033 | <tt>llvm.stackrestore</tt> intrinsic is executed with a value saved from |
| 4034 | <tt>llvm.stacksave</tt>, it effectively restores the state of the stack to the |
| 4035 | state it was in when the <tt>llvm.stacksave</tt> intrinsic executed. In |
| 4036 | practice, this pops any <a href="#i_alloca">alloca</a> blocks from the stack |
| 4037 | that were allocated after the <tt>llvm.stacksave</tt> was executed. |
| 4038 | </p> |
| 4039 | |
| 4040 | </div> |
| 4041 | |
| 4042 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4043 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4044 | <a name="int_stackrestore">'<tt>llvm.stackrestore</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 57e1f39 | 2006-01-13 02:03:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4045 | </div> |
| 4046 | |
| 4047 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4048 | |
| 4049 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4050 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4051 | declare void @llvm.stackrestore(i8 * %ptr) |
Chris Lattner | 57e1f39 | 2006-01-13 02:03:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4052 | </pre> |
| 4053 | |
| 4054 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4055 | |
| 4056 | <p> |
| 4057 | The '<tt>llvm.stackrestore</tt>' intrinsic is used to restore the state of |
| 4058 | the function stack to the state it was in when the corresponding <a |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4059 | href="#int_stacksave"><tt>llvm.stacksave</tt></a> intrinsic executed. This is |
Chris Lattner | 57e1f39 | 2006-01-13 02:03:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4060 | useful for implementing language features like scoped automatic variable sized |
| 4061 | arrays in C99. |
| 4062 | </p> |
| 4063 | |
| 4064 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4065 | |
| 4066 | <p> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4067 | See the description for <a href="#int_stacksave"><tt>llvm.stacksave</tt></a>. |
Chris Lattner | 57e1f39 | 2006-01-13 02:03:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4068 | </p> |
| 4069 | |
| 4070 | </div> |
| 4071 | |
| 4072 | |
| 4073 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4074 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4075 | <a name="int_prefetch">'<tt>llvm.prefetch</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 9a9d7ac | 2005-02-28 19:24:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4076 | </div> |
| 4077 | |
| 4078 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4079 | |
| 4080 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4081 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4082 | declare void @llvm.prefetch(i8 * <address>, |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4083 | i32 <rw>, i32 <locality>) |
Chris Lattner | 9a9d7ac | 2005-02-28 19:24:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4084 | </pre> |
| 4085 | |
| 4086 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4087 | |
| 4088 | |
| 4089 | <p> |
| 4090 | The '<tt>llvm.prefetch</tt>' intrinsic is a hint to the code generator to insert |
John Criswell | fc6b895 | 2005-05-16 16:17:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4091 | a prefetch instruction if supported; otherwise, it is a noop. Prefetches have |
| 4092 | no |
| 4093 | effect on the behavior of the program but can change its performance |
Chris Lattner | 2a61536 | 2005-02-28 19:47:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4094 | characteristics. |
Chris Lattner | 9a9d7ac | 2005-02-28 19:24:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4095 | </p> |
| 4096 | |
| 4097 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4098 | |
| 4099 | <p> |
| 4100 | <tt>address</tt> is the address to be prefetched, <tt>rw</tt> is the specifier |
| 4101 | determining if the fetch should be for a read (0) or write (1), and |
| 4102 | <tt>locality</tt> is a temporal locality specifier ranging from (0) - no |
Chris Lattner | aeffb4a | 2005-03-07 20:31:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4103 | locality, to (3) - extremely local keep in cache. The <tt>rw</tt> and |
Chris Lattner | 9a9d7ac | 2005-02-28 19:24:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4104 | <tt>locality</tt> arguments must be constant integers. |
| 4105 | </p> |
| 4106 | |
| 4107 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4108 | |
| 4109 | <p> |
| 4110 | This intrinsic does not modify the behavior of the program. In particular, |
| 4111 | prefetches cannot trap and do not produce a value. On targets that support this |
| 4112 | intrinsic, the prefetch can provide hints to the processor cache for better |
| 4113 | performance. |
| 4114 | </p> |
| 4115 | |
| 4116 | </div> |
| 4117 | |
Andrew Lenharth | 7f4ec3b | 2005-03-28 20:05:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4118 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4119 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4120 | <a name="int_pcmarker">'<tt>llvm.pcmarker</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Andrew Lenharth | 7f4ec3b | 2005-03-28 20:05:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4121 | </div> |
| 4122 | |
| 4123 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4124 | |
| 4125 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4126 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4127 | declare void @llvm.pcmarker( i32 <id> ) |
Andrew Lenharth | 7f4ec3b | 2005-03-28 20:05:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4128 | </pre> |
| 4129 | |
| 4130 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4131 | |
| 4132 | |
| 4133 | <p> |
John Criswell | fc6b895 | 2005-05-16 16:17:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4134 | The '<tt>llvm.pcmarker</tt>' intrinsic is a method to export a Program Counter |
| 4135 | (PC) in a region of |
Andrew Lenharth | 7f4ec3b | 2005-03-28 20:05:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4136 | code to simulators and other tools. The method is target specific, but it is |
| 4137 | expected that the marker will use exported symbols to transmit the PC of the marker. |
Jeff Cohen | 25d4f7e | 2005-11-11 02:15:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4138 | The marker makes no guarantees that it will remain with any specific instruction |
Chris Lattner | d07c3f4 | 2005-11-15 06:07:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4139 | after optimizations. It is possible that the presence of a marker will inhibit |
Chris Lattner | b3e7afd | 2006-03-24 07:16:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4140 | optimizations. The intended use is to be inserted after optimizations to allow |
John Criswell | fc6b895 | 2005-05-16 16:17:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4141 | correlations of simulation runs. |
Andrew Lenharth | 7f4ec3b | 2005-03-28 20:05:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4142 | </p> |
| 4143 | |
| 4144 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4145 | |
| 4146 | <p> |
| 4147 | <tt>id</tt> is a numerical id identifying the marker. |
| 4148 | </p> |
| 4149 | |
| 4150 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4151 | |
| 4152 | <p> |
| 4153 | This intrinsic does not modify the behavior of the program. Backends that do not |
| 4154 | support this intrinisic may ignore it. |
| 4155 | </p> |
| 4156 | |
| 4157 | </div> |
| 4158 | |
Andrew Lenharth | 51b8d54 | 2005-11-11 16:47:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4159 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4160 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4161 | <a name="int_readcyclecounter">'<tt>llvm.readcyclecounter</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Andrew Lenharth | 51b8d54 | 2005-11-11 16:47:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4162 | </div> |
| 4163 | |
| 4164 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4165 | |
| 4166 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4167 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4168 | declare i64 @llvm.readcyclecounter( ) |
Andrew Lenharth | 51b8d54 | 2005-11-11 16:47:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4169 | </pre> |
| 4170 | |
| 4171 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4172 | |
| 4173 | |
| 4174 | <p> |
| 4175 | The '<tt>llvm.readcyclecounter</tt>' intrinsic provides access to the cycle |
| 4176 | counter register (or similar low latency, high accuracy clocks) on those targets |
| 4177 | that support it. On X86, it should map to RDTSC. On Alpha, it should map to RPCC. |
| 4178 | As the backing counters overflow quickly (on the order of 9 seconds on alpha), this |
| 4179 | should only be used for small timings. |
| 4180 | </p> |
| 4181 | |
| 4182 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4183 | |
| 4184 | <p> |
| 4185 | When directly supported, reading the cycle counter should not modify any memory. |
| 4186 | Implementations are allowed to either return a application specific value or a |
| 4187 | system wide value. On backends without support, this is lowered to a constant 0. |
| 4188 | </p> |
| 4189 | |
| 4190 | </div> |
| 4191 | |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4192 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 4193 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4194 | <a name="int_libc">Standard C Library Intrinsics</a> |
| 4195 | </div> |
| 4196 | |
| 4197 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4198 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4199 | LLVM provides intrinsics for a few important standard C library functions. |
| 4200 | These intrinsics allow source-language front-ends to pass information about the |
| 4201 | alignment of the pointer arguments to the code generator, providing opportunity |
| 4202 | for more efficient code generation. |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4203 | </p> |
| 4204 | |
| 4205 | </div> |
| 4206 | |
| 4207 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4208 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4209 | <a name="int_memcpy">'<tt>llvm.memcpy</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4210 | </div> |
| 4211 | |
| 4212 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4213 | |
| 4214 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4215 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4216 | declare void @llvm.memcpy.i32(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>, |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4217 | i32 <len>, i32 <align>) |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4218 | declare void @llvm.memcpy.i64(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>, |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4219 | i64 <len>, i32 <align>) |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4220 | </pre> |
| 4221 | |
| 4222 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4223 | |
| 4224 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4225 | The '<tt>llvm.memcpy.*</tt>' intrinsics copy a block of memory from the source |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4226 | location to the destination location. |
| 4227 | </p> |
| 4228 | |
| 4229 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4230 | Note that, unlike the standard libc function, the <tt>llvm.memcpy.*</tt> |
| 4231 | intrinsics do not return a value, and takes an extra alignment argument. |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4232 | </p> |
| 4233 | |
| 4234 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4235 | |
| 4236 | <p> |
| 4237 | The first argument is a pointer to the destination, the second is a pointer to |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4238 | the source. The third argument is an integer argument |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4239 | specifying the number of bytes to copy, and the fourth argument is the alignment |
| 4240 | of the source and destination locations. |
| 4241 | </p> |
| 4242 | |
Chris Lattner | 3301ced | 2004-02-12 21:18:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4243 | <p> |
| 4244 | If the call to this intrinisic has an alignment value that is not 0 or 1, then |
Chris Lattner | f0afc2c | 2006-03-04 00:02:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4245 | the caller guarantees that both the source and destination pointers are aligned |
| 4246 | to that boundary. |
Chris Lattner | 3301ced | 2004-02-12 21:18:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4247 | </p> |
| 4248 | |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4249 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4250 | |
| 4251 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4252 | The '<tt>llvm.memcpy.*</tt>' intrinsics copy a block of memory from the source |
Chris Lattner | 33aec9e | 2004-02-12 17:01:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4253 | location to the destination location, which are not allowed to overlap. It |
| 4254 | copies "len" bytes of memory over. If the argument is known to be aligned to |
| 4255 | some boundary, this can be specified as the fourth argument, otherwise it should |
| 4256 | be set to 0 or 1. |
| 4257 | </p> |
| 4258 | </div> |
| 4259 | |
| 4260 | |
Chris Lattner | 0eb51b4 | 2004-02-12 18:10:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4261 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4262 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4263 | <a name="int_memmove">'<tt>llvm.memmove</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | 0eb51b4 | 2004-02-12 18:10:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4264 | </div> |
| 4265 | |
| 4266 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4267 | |
| 4268 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4269 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4270 | declare void @llvm.memmove.i32(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>, |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4271 | i32 <len>, i32 <align>) |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4272 | declare void @llvm.memmove.i64(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>, |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4273 | i64 <len>, i32 <align>) |
Chris Lattner | 0eb51b4 | 2004-02-12 18:10:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4274 | </pre> |
| 4275 | |
| 4276 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4277 | |
| 4278 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4279 | The '<tt>llvm.memmove.*</tt>' intrinsics move a block of memory from the source |
| 4280 | location to the destination location. It is similar to the |
| 4281 | '<tt>llvm.memcmp</tt>' intrinsic but allows the two memory locations to overlap. |
Chris Lattner | 0eb51b4 | 2004-02-12 18:10:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4282 | </p> |
| 4283 | |
| 4284 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4285 | Note that, unlike the standard libc function, the <tt>llvm.memmove.*</tt> |
| 4286 | intrinsics do not return a value, and takes an extra alignment argument. |
Chris Lattner | 0eb51b4 | 2004-02-12 18:10:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4287 | </p> |
| 4288 | |
| 4289 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4290 | |
| 4291 | <p> |
| 4292 | The first argument is a pointer to the destination, the second is a pointer to |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4293 | the source. The third argument is an integer argument |
Chris Lattner | 0eb51b4 | 2004-02-12 18:10:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4294 | specifying the number of bytes to copy, and the fourth argument is the alignment |
| 4295 | of the source and destination locations. |
| 4296 | </p> |
| 4297 | |
Chris Lattner | 3301ced | 2004-02-12 21:18:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4298 | <p> |
| 4299 | If the call to this intrinisic has an alignment value that is not 0 or 1, then |
Chris Lattner | f0afc2c | 2006-03-04 00:02:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4300 | the caller guarantees that the source and destination pointers are aligned to |
| 4301 | that boundary. |
Chris Lattner | 3301ced | 2004-02-12 21:18:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4302 | </p> |
| 4303 | |
Chris Lattner | 0eb51b4 | 2004-02-12 18:10:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4304 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4305 | |
| 4306 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4307 | The '<tt>llvm.memmove.*</tt>' intrinsics copy a block of memory from the source |
Chris Lattner | 0eb51b4 | 2004-02-12 18:10:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4308 | location to the destination location, which may overlap. It |
| 4309 | copies "len" bytes of memory over. If the argument is known to be aligned to |
| 4310 | some boundary, this can be specified as the fourth argument, otherwise it should |
| 4311 | be set to 0 or 1. |
| 4312 | </p> |
| 4313 | </div> |
| 4314 | |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4315 | |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4316 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4317 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4318 | <a name="int_memset">'<tt>llvm.memset.*</tt>' Intrinsics</a> |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4319 | </div> |
| 4320 | |
| 4321 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4322 | |
| 4323 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4324 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4325 | declare void @llvm.memset.i32(i8 * <dest>, i8 <val>, |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4326 | i32 <len>, i32 <align>) |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4327 | declare void @llvm.memset.i64(i8 * <dest>, i8 <val>, |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4328 | i64 <len>, i32 <align>) |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4329 | </pre> |
| 4330 | |
| 4331 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4332 | |
| 4333 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4334 | The '<tt>llvm.memset.*</tt>' intrinsics fill a block of memory with a particular |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4335 | byte value. |
| 4336 | </p> |
| 4337 | |
| 4338 | <p> |
| 4339 | Note that, unlike the standard libc function, the <tt>llvm.memset</tt> intrinsic |
| 4340 | does not return a value, and takes an extra alignment argument. |
| 4341 | </p> |
| 4342 | |
| 4343 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4344 | |
| 4345 | <p> |
| 4346 | The first argument is a pointer to the destination to fill, the second is the |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4347 | byte value to fill it with, the third argument is an integer |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4348 | argument specifying the number of bytes to fill, and the fourth argument is the |
| 4349 | known alignment of destination location. |
| 4350 | </p> |
| 4351 | |
| 4352 | <p> |
| 4353 | If the call to this intrinisic has an alignment value that is not 0 or 1, then |
Chris Lattner | f0afc2c | 2006-03-04 00:02:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4354 | the caller guarantees that the destination pointer is aligned to that boundary. |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4355 | </p> |
| 4356 | |
| 4357 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4358 | |
| 4359 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 5b310c3 | 2006-03-03 00:07:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4360 | The '<tt>llvm.memset.*</tt>' intrinsics fill "len" bytes of memory starting at |
| 4361 | the |
Chris Lattner | 1061064 | 2004-02-14 04:08:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4362 | destination location. If the argument is known to be aligned to some boundary, |
| 4363 | this can be specified as the fourth argument, otherwise it should be set to 0 or |
| 4364 | 1. |
| 4365 | </p> |
| 4366 | </div> |
| 4367 | |
| 4368 | |
Chris Lattner | 3200628 | 2004-06-11 02:28:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4369 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4370 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4371 | <a name="int_sqrt">'<tt>llvm.sqrt.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | a4d7414 | 2005-07-21 01:29:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4372 | </div> |
| 4373 | |
| 4374 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4375 | |
| 4376 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4377 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4378 | declare float @llvm.sqrt.f32(float %Val) |
| 4379 | declare double @llvm.sqrt.f64(double %Val) |
Chris Lattner | a4d7414 | 2005-07-21 01:29:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4380 | </pre> |
| 4381 | |
| 4382 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4383 | |
| 4384 | <p> |
Reid Spencer | 0b11820 | 2006-01-16 21:12:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4385 | The '<tt>llvm.sqrt</tt>' intrinsics return the sqrt of the specified operand, |
Chris Lattner | a4d7414 | 2005-07-21 01:29:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4386 | returning the same value as the libm '<tt>sqrt</tt>' function would. Unlike |
| 4387 | <tt>sqrt</tt> in libm, however, <tt>llvm.sqrt</tt> has undefined behavior for |
| 4388 | negative numbers (which allows for better optimization). |
| 4389 | </p> |
| 4390 | |
| 4391 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4392 | |
| 4393 | <p> |
| 4394 | The argument and return value are floating point numbers of the same type. |
| 4395 | </p> |
| 4396 | |
| 4397 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4398 | |
| 4399 | <p> |
| 4400 | This function returns the sqrt of the specified operand if it is a positive |
| 4401 | floating point number. |
| 4402 | </p> |
| 4403 | </div> |
| 4404 | |
Chris Lattner | f4d252d | 2006-09-08 06:34:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4405 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4406 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4407 | <a name="int_powi">'<tt>llvm.powi.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | f4d252d | 2006-09-08 06:34:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4408 | </div> |
| 4409 | |
| 4410 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4411 | |
| 4412 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4413 | <pre> |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4414 | declare float @llvm.powi.f32(float %Val, i32 %power) |
| 4415 | declare double @llvm.powi.f64(double %Val, i32 %power) |
Chris Lattner | f4d252d | 2006-09-08 06:34:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4416 | </pre> |
| 4417 | |
| 4418 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4419 | |
| 4420 | <p> |
| 4421 | The '<tt>llvm.powi.*</tt>' intrinsics return the first operand raised to the |
| 4422 | specified (positive or negative) power. The order of evaluation of |
| 4423 | multiplications is not defined. |
| 4424 | </p> |
| 4425 | |
| 4426 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4427 | |
| 4428 | <p> |
| 4429 | The second argument is an integer power, and the first is a value to raise to |
| 4430 | that power. |
| 4431 | </p> |
| 4432 | |
| 4433 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4434 | |
| 4435 | <p> |
| 4436 | This function returns the first value raised to the second power with an |
| 4437 | unspecified sequence of rounding operations.</p> |
| 4438 | </div> |
| 4439 | |
| 4440 | |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4441 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 4442 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Nate Begeman | 7e36c47 | 2006-01-13 23:26:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4443 | <a name="int_manip">Bit Manipulation Intrinsics</a> |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4444 | </div> |
| 4445 | |
| 4446 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4447 | <p> |
Nate Begeman | 7e36c47 | 2006-01-13 23:26:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4448 | LLVM provides intrinsics for a few important bit manipulation operations. |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4449 | These allow efficient code generation for some algorithms. |
| 4450 | </p> |
| 4451 | |
| 4452 | </div> |
| 4453 | |
| 4454 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4455 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4456 | <a name="int_bswap">'<tt>llvm.bswap.*</tt>' Intrinsics</a> |
Nate Begeman | 7e36c47 | 2006-01-13 23:26:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4457 | </div> |
| 4458 | |
| 4459 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4460 | |
| 4461 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4462 | <p>This is an overloaded intrinsic function. You can use bswap on any integer |
| 4463 | type that is an even number of bytes (i.e. BitWidth % 16 == 0). Note the suffix |
| 4464 | that includes the type for the result and the operand. |
Nate Begeman | 7e36c47 | 2006-01-13 23:26:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4465 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4466 | declare i16 @llvm.bswap.i16.i16(i16 <id>) |
| 4467 | declare i32 @llvm.bswap.i32.i32(i32 <id>) |
Reid Spencer | 543ab1d | 2007-04-02 00:19:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4468 | declare i64 @llvm.bswap.i64.i64(i64 <id>) |
Nate Begeman | 7e36c47 | 2006-01-13 23:26:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4469 | </pre> |
| 4470 | |
| 4471 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4472 | |
| 4473 | <p> |
Reid Spencer | 338ea09 | 2007-04-02 02:25:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4474 | The '<tt>llvm.bswap</tt>' family of intrinsics is used to byte swap integer |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4475 | values with an even number of bytes (positive multiple of 16 bits). These are |
| 4476 | useful for performing operations on data that is not in the target's native |
| 4477 | byte order. |
Nate Begeman | 7e36c47 | 2006-01-13 23:26:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4478 | </p> |
| 4479 | |
| 4480 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4481 | |
| 4482 | <p> |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4483 | The <tt>llvm.bswap.16.i16</tt> intrinsic returns an i16 value that has the high |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4484 | and low byte of the input i16 swapped. Similarly, the <tt>llvm.bswap.i32</tt> |
| 4485 | intrinsic returns an i32 value that has the four bytes of the input i32 |
| 4486 | swapped, so that if the input bytes are numbered 0, 1, 2, 3 then the returned |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4487 | i32 will have its bytes in 3, 2, 1, 0 order. The <tt>llvm.bswap.i48.i48</tt>, |
| 4488 | <tt>llvm.bswap.i64.i64</tt> and other intrinsics extend this concept to |
| 4489 | additional even-byte lengths (6 bytes, 8 bytes and more, respectively). |
Nate Begeman | 7e36c47 | 2006-01-13 23:26:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4490 | </p> |
| 4491 | |
| 4492 | </div> |
| 4493 | |
| 4494 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4495 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | 0b11820 | 2006-01-16 21:12:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4496 | <a name="int_ctpop">'<tt>llvm.ctpop.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4497 | </div> |
| 4498 | |
| 4499 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4500 | |
| 4501 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4502 | <p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use llvm.ctpop on any integer bit |
| 4503 | width. Not all targets support all bit widths however. |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4504 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4505 | declare i32 @llvm.ctpop.i8 (i8 <src>) |
| 4506 | declare i32 @llvm.ctpop.i16(i16 <src>) |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4507 | declare i32 @llvm.ctpop.i32(i32 <src>) |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4508 | declare i32 @llvm.ctpop.i64(i64 <src>) |
| 4509 | declare i32 @llvm.ctpop.i256(i256 <src>) |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4510 | </pre> |
| 4511 | |
| 4512 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4513 | |
| 4514 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | ec6cb61 | 2006-01-16 22:38:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4515 | The '<tt>llvm.ctpop</tt>' family of intrinsics counts the number of bits set in a |
| 4516 | value. |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4517 | </p> |
| 4518 | |
| 4519 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4520 | |
| 4521 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | cfe6b37 | 2005-05-07 01:46:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4522 | The only argument is the value to be counted. The argument may be of any |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4523 | integer type. The return type must match the argument type. |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4524 | </p> |
| 4525 | |
| 4526 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4527 | |
| 4528 | <p> |
| 4529 | The '<tt>llvm.ctpop</tt>' intrinsic counts the 1's in a variable. |
| 4530 | </p> |
| 4531 | </div> |
| 4532 | |
| 4533 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4534 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 8a886be | 2006-01-16 22:34:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4535 | <a name="int_ctlz">'<tt>llvm.ctlz.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4536 | </div> |
| 4537 | |
| 4538 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4539 | |
| 4540 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4541 | <p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.ctlz</tt> on any |
| 4542 | integer bit width. Not all targets support all bit widths however. |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4543 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4544 | declare i32 @llvm.ctlz.i8 (i8 <src>) |
| 4545 | declare i32 @llvm.ctlz.i16(i16 <src>) |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4546 | declare i32 @llvm.ctlz.i32(i32 <src>) |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4547 | declare i32 @llvm.ctlz.i64(i64 <src>) |
| 4548 | declare i32 @llvm.ctlz.i256(i256 <src>) |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4549 | </pre> |
| 4550 | |
| 4551 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4552 | |
| 4553 | <p> |
Reid Spencer | 0b11820 | 2006-01-16 21:12:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4554 | The '<tt>llvm.ctlz</tt>' family of intrinsic functions counts the number of |
| 4555 | leading zeros in a variable. |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4556 | </p> |
| 4557 | |
| 4558 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4559 | |
| 4560 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | cfe6b37 | 2005-05-07 01:46:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4561 | The only argument is the value to be counted. The argument may be of any |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4562 | integer type. The return type must match the argument type. |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4563 | </p> |
| 4564 | |
| 4565 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4566 | |
| 4567 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | eff29ab | 2005-05-15 19:39:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4568 | The '<tt>llvm.ctlz</tt>' intrinsic counts the leading (most significant) zeros |
| 4569 | in a variable. If the src == 0 then the result is the size in bits of the type |
Reid Spencer | ca86e16 | 2006-12-31 07:07:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4570 | of src. For example, <tt>llvm.ctlz(i32 2) = 30</tt>. |
Andrew Lenharth | ec370fd | 2005-05-03 18:01:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4571 | </p> |
| 4572 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 3200628 | 2004-06-11 02:28:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4573 | |
| 4574 | |
Chris Lattner | eff29ab | 2005-05-15 19:39:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4575 | |
| 4576 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4577 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 8a886be | 2006-01-16 22:34:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4578 | <a name="int_cttz">'<tt>llvm.cttz.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Chris Lattner | eff29ab | 2005-05-15 19:39:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4579 | </div> |
| 4580 | |
| 4581 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4582 | |
| 4583 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4584 | <p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.cttz</tt> on any |
| 4585 | integer bit width. Not all targets support all bit widths however. |
Chris Lattner | eff29ab | 2005-05-15 19:39:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4586 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4587 | declare i32 @llvm.cttz.i8 (i8 <src>) |
| 4588 | declare i32 @llvm.cttz.i16(i16 <src>) |
Anton Korobeynikov | ec43a06 | 2007-03-22 00:02:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4589 | declare i32 @llvm.cttz.i32(i32 <src>) |
Reid Spencer | 409e28f | 2007-04-01 08:04:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4590 | declare i32 @llvm.cttz.i64(i64 <src>) |
| 4591 | declare i32 @llvm.cttz.i256(i256 <src>) |
Chris Lattner | eff29ab | 2005-05-15 19:39:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4592 | </pre> |
| 4593 | |
| 4594 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4595 | |
| 4596 | <p> |
Reid Spencer | 0b11820 | 2006-01-16 21:12:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4597 | The '<tt>llvm.cttz</tt>' family of intrinsic functions counts the number of |
| 4598 | trailing zeros. |
Chris Lattner | eff29ab | 2005-05-15 19:39:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4599 | </p> |
| 4600 | |
| 4601 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4602 | |
| 4603 | <p> |
| 4604 | The only argument is the value to be counted. The argument may be of any |
Reid Spencer | a517338 | 2007-01-04 16:43:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4605 | integer type. The return type must match the argument type. |
Chris Lattner | eff29ab | 2005-05-15 19:39:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4606 | </p> |
| 4607 | |
| 4608 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4609 | |
| 4610 | <p> |
| 4611 | The '<tt>llvm.cttz</tt>' intrinsic counts the trailing (least significant) zeros |
| 4612 | in a variable. If the src == 0 then the result is the size in bits of the type |
| 4613 | of src. For example, <tt>llvm.cttz(2) = 1</tt>. |
| 4614 | </p> |
| 4615 | </div> |
| 4616 | |
Reid Spencer | 497d93e | 2007-04-01 08:27:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4617 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 4618 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
Reid Spencer | beacf66 | 2007-04-10 02:51:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4619 | <a name="int_part_select">'<tt>llvm.part.select.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
Reid Spencer | a13ba7d | 2007-04-01 19:00:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4620 | </div> |
| 4621 | |
| 4622 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4623 | |
| 4624 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | beacf66 | 2007-04-10 02:51:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4625 | <p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.part.select</tt> |
Reid Spencer | a13ba7d | 2007-04-01 19:00:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4626 | on any integer bit width. |
| 4627 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | beacf66 | 2007-04-10 02:51:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4628 | declare i17 @llvm.part.select.i17.i17 (i17 %val, i32 %loBit, i32 %hiBit) |
| 4629 | declare i29 @llvm.part.select.i29.i29 (i29 %val, i32 %loBit, i32 %hiBit) |
Reid Spencer | a13ba7d | 2007-04-01 19:00:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4630 | </pre> |
| 4631 | |
| 4632 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | beacf66 | 2007-04-10 02:51:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4633 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.part.select</tt>' family of intrinsic functions selects a |
Reid Spencer | a13ba7d | 2007-04-01 19:00:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4634 | range of bits from an integer value and returns them in the same bit width as |
| 4635 | the original value.</p> |
| 4636 | |
| 4637 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4638 | <p>The first argument, <tt>%val</tt> and the result may be integer types of |
| 4639 | any bit width but they must have the same bit width. The second and third |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4640 | arguments must be <tt>i32</tt> type since they specify only a bit index.</p> |
Reid Spencer | a13ba7d | 2007-04-01 19:00:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4641 | |
| 4642 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
Reid Spencer | beacf66 | 2007-04-10 02:51:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4643 | <p>The operation of the '<tt>llvm.part.select</tt>' intrinsic has two modes |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4644 | of operation: forwards and reverse. If <tt>%loBit</tt> is greater than |
| 4645 | <tt>%hiBits</tt> then the intrinsic operates in reverse mode. Otherwise it |
| 4646 | operates in forward mode.</p> |
| 4647 | <p>In forward mode, this intrinsic is the equivalent of shifting <tt>%val</tt> |
| 4648 | right by <tt>%loBit</tt> bits and then ANDing it with a mask with |
Reid Spencer | a13ba7d | 2007-04-01 19:00:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4649 | only the <tt>%hiBit - %loBit</tt> bits set, as follows:</p> |
| 4650 | <ol> |
| 4651 | <li>The <tt>%val</tt> is shifted right (LSHR) by the number of bits specified |
| 4652 | by <tt>%loBits</tt>. This normalizes the value to the low order bits.</li> |
| 4653 | <li>The <tt>%loBits</tt> value is subtracted from the <tt>%hiBits</tt> value |
| 4654 | to determine the number of bits to retain.</li> |
| 4655 | <li>A mask of the retained bits is created by shifting a -1 value.</li> |
| 4656 | <li>The mask is ANDed with <tt>%val</tt> to produce the result. |
| 4657 | </ol> |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4658 | <p>In reverse mode, a similar computation is made except that:</p> |
| 4659 | <ol> |
| 4660 | <li>The bits selected wrap around to include both the highest and lowest bits. |
Reid Spencer | beacf66 | 2007-04-10 02:51:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4661 | For example, part.select(i16 X, 4, 7) selects bits from X with a mask of |
| 4662 | 0x00F0 (forwards case) while part.select(i16 X, 8, 3) selects bits from X |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4663 | with a mask of 0xFF0F.</li> |
| 4664 | <li>The bits returned in the reverse case are reversed. So, if X has the value |
Reid Spencer | beacf66 | 2007-04-10 02:51:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4665 | 0x6ACF and we apply part.select(i16 X, 8, 3) to it, we get back the value |
Reid Spencer | a3e435f | 2007-04-04 02:42:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4666 | 0x0A6F.</li> |
| 4667 | </ol> |
Reid Spencer | a13ba7d | 2007-04-01 19:00:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4668 | </div> |
| 4669 | |
Reid Spencer | f86037f | 2007-04-11 23:23:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4670 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 4671 | <a name="int_part_set">'<tt>llvm.part.set.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a> |
| 4672 | </div> |
| 4673 | |
| 4674 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4675 | |
| 4676 | <h5>Syntax:</h5> |
| 4677 | <p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.part.set</tt> |
| 4678 | on any integer bit width. |
| 4679 | <pre> |
| 4680 | declare i17 @llvm.part.set.i17.i17.i9 (i17 %val, i9 %repl, i32 %lo, i32 %hi) |
| 4681 | declare i29 @llvm.part.set.i29.i29.i9 (i29 %val, i9 %repl, i32 %lo, i32 %hi) |
| 4682 | </pre> |
| 4683 | |
| 4684 | <h5>Overview:</h5> |
| 4685 | <p>The '<tt>llvm.part.set</tt>' family of intrinsic functions replaces a range |
| 4686 | of bits in an integer value with another integer value. It returns the integer |
| 4687 | with the replaced bits.</p> |
| 4688 | |
| 4689 | <h5>Arguments:</h5> |
| 4690 | <p>The first argument, <tt>%val</tt> and the result may be integer types of |
| 4691 | any bit width but they must have the same bit width. <tt>%val</tt> is the value |
| 4692 | whose bits will be replaced. The second argument, <tt>%repl</tt> may be an |
| 4693 | integer of any bit width. The third and fourth arguments must be <tt>i32</tt> |
| 4694 | type since they specify only a bit index.</p> |
| 4695 | |
| 4696 | <h5>Semantics:</h5> |
| 4697 | <p>The operation of the '<tt>llvm.part.set</tt>' intrinsic has two modes |
| 4698 | of operation: forwards and reverse. If <tt>%lo</tt> is greater than |
| 4699 | <tt>%hi</tt> then the intrinsic operates in reverse mode. Otherwise it |
| 4700 | operates in forward mode.</p> |
| 4701 | <p>For both modes, the <tt>%repl</tt> value is prepared for use by either |
| 4702 | truncating it down to the size of the replacement area or zero extending it |
| 4703 | up to that size.</p> |
| 4704 | <p>In forward mode, the bits between <tt>%lo</tt> and <tt>%hi</tt> (inclusive) |
| 4705 | are replaced with corresponding bits from <tt>%repl</tt>. That is the 0th bit |
| 4706 | in <tt>%repl</tt> replaces the <tt>%lo</tt>th bit in <tt>%val</tt> and etc. up |
| 4707 | to the <tt>%hi</tt>th bit. |
| 4708 | <p>In reverse mode, a similar computation is made except that the bits replaced |
| 4709 | wrap around to include both the highest and lowest bits. For example, if a |
| 4710 | 16 bit value is being replaced then <tt>%lo=8</tt> and <tt>%hi=4</tt> would |
Reid Spencer | 065cc7f | 2007-04-11 23:46:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4711 | cause these bits to be set: <tt>0xFF1F</tt>.</p> |
Reid Spencer | f86037f | 2007-04-11 23:23:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4712 | <h5>Examples:</h5> |
| 4713 | <pre> |
Reid Spencer | f0dbf64 | 2007-04-12 01:03:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4714 | llvm.part.set(0xFFFF, 0, 4, 7) -> 0xFF0F |
| 4715 | llvm.part.set(0xFFFF, 0, 7, 4) -> 0x0060 |
| 4716 | llvm.part.set(0xFFFF, 0, 8, 3) -> 0x00F0 |
| 4717 | llvm.part.set(0xFFFF, 0, 3, 8) -> 0xFE07 |
Reid Spencer | c891084 | 2007-04-11 23:49:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4718 | </pre> |
Reid Spencer | f86037f | 2007-04-11 23:23:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4719 | </div> |
| 4720 | |
Chris Lattner | 8ff7590 | 2004-01-06 05:31:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4721 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 4722 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 4723 | <a name="int_debugger">Debugger Intrinsics</a> |
| 4724 | </div> |
| 4725 | |
| 4726 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4727 | <p> |
| 4728 | The LLVM debugger intrinsics (which all start with <tt>llvm.dbg.</tt> prefix), |
| 4729 | are described in the <a |
| 4730 | href="SourceLevelDebugging.html#format_common_intrinsics">LLVM Source Level |
| 4731 | Debugging</a> document. |
| 4732 | </p> |
| 4733 | </div> |
| 4734 | |
| 4735 | |
Jim Laskey | dd4ef1b | 2007-03-14 19:31:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4736 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 4737 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 4738 | <a name="int_eh">Exception Handling Intrinsics</a> |
| 4739 | </div> |
| 4740 | |
| 4741 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 4742 | <p> The LLVM exception handling intrinsics (which all start with |
| 4743 | <tt>llvm.eh.</tt> prefix), are described in the <a |
| 4744 | href="ExceptionHandling.html#format_common_intrinsics">LLVM Exception |
| 4745 | Handling</a> document. </p> |
| 4746 | </div> |
| 4747 | |
| 4748 | |
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