2001-02-06 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
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1 /* ehopt.c--optimize gcc exception frame information.
2 Copyright (C) 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>.
5 This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.
7 GAS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
10 any later version.
12 GAS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with GAS; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
19 Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
20 02111-1307, USA. */
22 #include "as.h"
23 #include "subsegs.h"
25 /* We include this ELF file, even though we may not be assembling for
26 ELF, since the exception frame information is always in a format
27 derived from DWARF. */
29 #include "elf/dwarf2.h"
31 /* Try to optimize gcc 2.8 exception frame information.
33 Exception frame information is emitted for every function in the
34 .eh_frame or .debug_frame sections. Simple information for a function
35 with no exceptions looks like this:
37 __FRAME_BEGIN__:
38 .4byte .LLCIE1 / Length of Common Information Entry
39 .LSCIE1:
40 #if .eh_frame
41 .4byte 0x0 / CIE Identifier Tag
42 #elif .debug_frame
43 .4byte 0xffffffff / CIE Identifier Tag
44 #endif
45 .byte 0x1 / CIE Version
46 .byte 0x0 / CIE Augmentation (none)
47 .byte 0x1 / ULEB128 0x1 (CIE Code Alignment Factor)
48 .byte 0x7c / SLEB128 -4 (CIE Data Alignment Factor)
49 .byte 0x8 / CIE RA Column
50 .byte 0xc / DW_CFA_def_cfa
51 .byte 0x4 / ULEB128 0x4
52 .byte 0x4 / ULEB128 0x4
53 .byte 0x88 / DW_CFA_offset, column 0x8
54 .byte 0x1 / ULEB128 0x1
55 .align 4
56 .LECIE1:
57 .set .LLCIE1,.LECIE1-.LSCIE1 / CIE Length Symbol
58 .4byte .LLFDE1 / FDE Length
59 .LSFDE1:
60 .4byte .LSFDE1-__FRAME_BEGIN__ / FDE CIE offset
61 .4byte .LFB1 / FDE initial location
62 .4byte .LFE1-.LFB1 / FDE address range
63 .byte 0x4 / DW_CFA_advance_loc4
64 .4byte .LCFI0-.LFB1
65 .byte 0xe / DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset
66 .byte 0x8 / ULEB128 0x8
67 .byte 0x85 / DW_CFA_offset, column 0x5
68 .byte 0x2 / ULEB128 0x2
69 .byte 0x4 / DW_CFA_advance_loc4
70 .4byte .LCFI1-.LCFI0
71 .byte 0xd / DW_CFA_def_cfa_register
72 .byte 0x5 / ULEB128 0x5
73 .byte 0x4 / DW_CFA_advance_loc4
74 .4byte .LCFI2-.LCFI1
75 .byte 0x2e / DW_CFA_GNU_args_size
76 .byte 0x4 / ULEB128 0x4
77 .byte 0x4 / DW_CFA_advance_loc4
78 .4byte .LCFI3-.LCFI2
79 .byte 0x2e / DW_CFA_GNU_args_size
80 .byte 0x0 / ULEB128 0x0
81 .align 4
82 .LEFDE1:
83 .set .LLFDE1,.LEFDE1-.LSFDE1 / FDE Length Symbol
85 The immediate issue we can address in the assembler is the
86 DW_CFA_advance_loc4 followed by a four byte value. The value is
87 the difference of two addresses in the function. Since gcc does
88 not know this value, it always uses four bytes. We will know the
89 value at the end of assembly, so we can do better. */
91 static int eh_frame_code_alignment PARAMS ((int));
93 /* Get the code alignment factor from the CIE. */
95 static int
96 eh_frame_code_alignment (in_seg)
97 int in_seg;
99 /* ??? Assume .eh_frame and .debug_frame have the same alignment. */
100 static int code_alignment;
102 fragS *f;
103 fixS *fix;
104 int offset;
105 char CIE_id;
106 char augmentation[10];
107 int iaug;
109 if (code_alignment != 0)
110 return code_alignment;
112 /* Can't find the alignment if we've changed sections. */
113 if (! in_seg)
114 return -1;
116 /* We should find the CIE at the start of the section. */
118 #if defined (BFD_ASSEMBLER) || defined (MANY_SEGMENTS)
119 f = seg_info (now_seg)->frchainP->frch_root;
120 #else
121 f = frchain_now->frch_root;
122 #endif
123 #ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
124 fix = seg_info (now_seg)->frchainP->fix_root;
125 #else
126 fix = *seg_fix_rootP;
127 #endif
129 /* Look through the frags of the section to find the code alignment. */
131 /* First make sure that the CIE Identifier Tag is 0/-1. */
133 if (strcmp (segment_name (now_seg), ".debug_frame") == 0)
134 CIE_id = (char)0xff;
135 else
136 CIE_id = 0;
138 offset = 4;
139 while (f != NULL && offset >= f->fr_fix)
141 offset -= f->fr_fix;
142 f = f->fr_next;
144 if (f == NULL
145 || f->fr_fix - offset < 4
146 || f->fr_literal[offset] != CIE_id
147 || f->fr_literal[offset + 1] != CIE_id
148 || f->fr_literal[offset + 2] != CIE_id
149 || f->fr_literal[offset + 3] != CIE_id)
151 code_alignment = -1;
152 return -1;
155 /* Next make sure the CIE version number is 1. */
157 offset += 4;
158 while (f != NULL && offset >= f->fr_fix)
160 offset -= f->fr_fix;
161 f = f->fr_next;
163 if (f == NULL
164 || f->fr_fix - offset < 1
165 || f->fr_literal[offset] != 1)
167 code_alignment = -1;
168 return -1;
171 /* Skip the augmentation (a null terminated string). */
173 iaug = 0;
174 ++offset;
175 while (1)
177 while (f != NULL && offset >= f->fr_fix)
179 offset -= f->fr_fix;
180 f = f->fr_next;
182 if (f == NULL)
184 code_alignment = -1;
185 return -1;
187 while (offset < f->fr_fix && f->fr_literal[offset] != '\0')
189 if ((size_t) iaug < (sizeof augmentation) - 1)
191 augmentation[iaug] = f->fr_literal[offset];
192 ++iaug;
194 ++offset;
196 if (offset < f->fr_fix)
197 break;
199 ++offset;
200 while (f != NULL && offset >= f->fr_fix)
202 offset -= f->fr_fix;
203 f = f->fr_next;
205 if (f == NULL)
207 code_alignment = -1;
208 return -1;
211 augmentation[iaug] = '\0';
212 if (augmentation[0] == '\0')
214 /* No augmentation. */
216 else if (strcmp (augmentation, "eh") == 0)
218 /* We have to skip a pointer. Unfortunately, we don't know how
219 large it is. We find out by looking for a matching fixup. */
220 while (fix != NULL
221 && (fix->fx_frag != f || fix->fx_where != offset))
222 fix = fix->fx_next;
223 if (fix == NULL)
224 offset += 4;
225 else
226 offset += fix->fx_size;
227 while (f != NULL && offset >= f->fr_fix)
229 offset -= f->fr_fix;
230 f = f->fr_next;
232 if (f == NULL)
234 code_alignment = -1;
235 return -1;
238 else
240 code_alignment = -1;
241 return -1;
244 /* We're now at the code alignment factor, which is a ULEB128. If
245 it isn't a single byte, forget it. */
247 code_alignment = f->fr_literal[offset] & 0xff;
248 if ((code_alignment & 0x80) != 0 || code_alignment == 0)
250 code_alignment = -1;
251 return -1;
254 return code_alignment;
257 /* This function is called from emit_expr. It looks for cases which
258 we can optimize.
260 Rather than try to parse all this information as we read it, we
261 look for a single byte DW_CFA_advance_loc4 followed by a 4 byte
262 difference. We turn that into a rs_cfa_advance frag, and handle
263 those frags at the end of the assembly. If the gcc output changes
264 somewhat, this optimization may stop working.
266 This function returns non-zero if it handled the expression and
267 emit_expr should not do anything, or zero otherwise. It can also
268 change *EXP and *PNBYTES. */
271 check_eh_frame (exp, pnbytes)
272 expressionS *exp;
273 unsigned int *pnbytes;
275 struct frame_data
277 symbolS *size_end_sym;
278 fragS *loc4_frag;
279 int saw_size;
280 int saw_advance_loc4;
281 int loc4_fix;
284 static struct frame_data eh_frame_data;
285 static struct frame_data debug_frame_data;
286 struct frame_data *d;
288 /* Don't optimize. */
289 if (flag_traditional_format)
290 return 0;
292 /* Select the proper section data. */
293 if (strcmp (segment_name (now_seg), ".eh_frame") == 0)
294 d = &eh_frame_data;
295 else if (strcmp (segment_name (now_seg), ".debug_frame") == 0)
296 d = &debug_frame_data;
297 else
298 return 0;
300 if (d->saw_size && S_IS_DEFINED (d->size_end_sym))
302 /* We have come to the end of the CIE or FDE. See below where
303 we set saw_size. We must check this first because we may now
304 be looking at the next size. */
305 d->saw_size = 0;
306 d->saw_advance_loc4 = 0;
309 if (! d->saw_size
310 && *pnbytes == 4)
312 /* This might be the size of the CIE or FDE. We want to know
313 the size so that we don't accidentally optimize across an FDE
314 boundary. We recognize the size in one of two forms: a
315 symbol which will later be defined as a difference, or a
316 subtraction of two symbols. Either way, we can tell when we
317 are at the end of the FDE because the symbol becomes defined
318 (in the case of a subtraction, the end symbol, from which the
319 start symbol is being subtracted). Other ways of describing
320 the size will not be optimized. */
321 if ((exp->X_op == O_symbol || exp->X_op == O_subtract)
322 && ! S_IS_DEFINED (exp->X_add_symbol))
324 d->saw_size = 1;
325 d->size_end_sym = exp->X_add_symbol;
328 else if (d->saw_size
329 && *pnbytes == 1
330 && exp->X_op == O_constant
331 && exp->X_add_number == DW_CFA_advance_loc4)
333 /* This might be a DW_CFA_advance_loc4. Record the frag and the
334 position within the frag, so that we can change it later. */
335 d->saw_advance_loc4 = 1;
336 frag_grow (1);
337 d->loc4_frag = frag_now;
338 d->loc4_fix = frag_now_fix ();
340 else if (d->saw_advance_loc4
341 && *pnbytes == 4
342 && exp->X_op == O_constant)
344 int ca;
346 /* This is a case which we can optimize. The two symbols being
347 subtracted were in the same frag and the expression was
348 reduced to a constant. We can do the optimization entirely
349 in this function. */
351 d->saw_advance_loc4 = 0;
353 ca = eh_frame_code_alignment (1);
354 if (ca < 0)
356 /* Don't optimize. */
358 else if (exp->X_add_number % ca == 0
359 && exp->X_add_number / ca < 0x40)
361 d->loc4_frag->fr_literal[d->loc4_fix]
362 = DW_CFA_advance_loc | (exp->X_add_number / ca);
363 /* No more bytes needed. */
364 return 1;
366 else if (exp->X_add_number < 0x100)
368 d->loc4_frag->fr_literal[d->loc4_fix] = DW_CFA_advance_loc1;
369 *pnbytes = 1;
371 else if (exp->X_add_number < 0x10000)
373 d->loc4_frag->fr_literal[d->loc4_fix] = DW_CFA_advance_loc2;
374 *pnbytes = 2;
377 else if (d->saw_advance_loc4
378 && *pnbytes == 4
379 && exp->X_op == O_subtract)
381 /* This is a case we can optimize. The expression was not
382 reduced, so we can not finish the optimization until the end
383 of the assembly. We set up a variant frag which we handle
384 later. */
386 d->saw_advance_loc4 = 0;
388 frag_var (rs_cfa, 4, 0, 0, make_expr_symbol (exp),
389 d->loc4_fix, (char *) d->loc4_frag);
391 return 1;
393 else
394 d->saw_advance_loc4 = 0;
396 return 0;
399 /* The function estimates the size of a rs_cfa variant frag based on
400 the current values of the symbols. It is called before the
401 relaxation loop. We set fr_subtype to the expected length. */
404 eh_frame_estimate_size_before_relax (frag)
405 fragS *frag;
407 int ca;
408 offsetT diff;
409 int ret;
411 ca = eh_frame_code_alignment (0);
412 diff = resolve_symbol_value (frag->fr_symbol, 0);
414 if (ca < 0)
415 ret = 4;
416 else if (diff % ca == 0 && diff / ca < 0x40)
417 ret = 0;
418 else if (diff < 0x100)
419 ret = 1;
420 else if (diff < 0x10000)
421 ret = 2;
422 else
423 ret = 4;
425 frag->fr_subtype = ret;
427 return ret;
430 /* This function relaxes a rs_cfa variant frag based on the current
431 values of the symbols. fr_subtype is the current length of the
432 frag. This returns the change in frag length. */
435 eh_frame_relax_frag (frag)
436 fragS *frag;
438 int oldsize, newsize;
440 oldsize = frag->fr_subtype;
441 newsize = eh_frame_estimate_size_before_relax (frag);
442 return newsize - oldsize;
445 /* This function converts a rs_cfa variant frag into a normal fill
446 frag. This is called after all relaxation has been done.
447 fr_subtype will be the desired length of the frag. */
449 void
450 eh_frame_convert_frag (frag)
451 fragS *frag;
453 offsetT diff;
454 fragS *loc4_frag;
455 int loc4_fix;
457 loc4_frag = (fragS *) frag->fr_opcode;
458 loc4_fix = (int) frag->fr_offset;
460 diff = resolve_symbol_value (frag->fr_symbol, 1);
462 if (frag->fr_subtype == 0)
464 int ca;
466 ca = eh_frame_code_alignment (0);
467 assert (ca > 0 && diff % ca == 0 && diff / ca < 0x40);
468 loc4_frag->fr_literal[loc4_fix] = DW_CFA_advance_loc | (diff / ca);
470 else if (frag->fr_subtype == 1)
472 assert (diff < 0x100);
473 loc4_frag->fr_literal[loc4_fix] = DW_CFA_advance_loc1;
474 frag->fr_literal[frag->fr_fix] = diff;
476 else if (frag->fr_subtype == 2)
478 assert (diff < 0x10000);
479 loc4_frag->fr_literal[loc4_fix] = DW_CFA_advance_loc2;
480 md_number_to_chars (frag->fr_literal + frag->fr_fix, diff, 2);
482 else
483 md_number_to_chars (frag->fr_literal + frag->fr_fix, diff, 4);
485 frag->fr_fix += frag->fr_subtype;
486 frag->fr_type = rs_fill;
487 frag->fr_offset = 0;