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1 //===- DisassemblerEmitter.cpp - Generate a disassembler ------------------===//
2 //
3 // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
4 //
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
7 //
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
10 #include "DisassemblerEmitter.h"
11 #include "CodeGenTarget.h"
12 #include "Record.h"
13 #include "X86DisassemblerTables.h"
14 #include "X86RecognizableInstr.h"
15 #include "ARMDecoderEmitter.h"
17 using namespace llvm;
18 using namespace llvm::X86Disassembler;
20 /// DisassemblerEmitter - Contains disassembler table emitters for various
21 /// architectures.
23 /// X86 Disassembler Emitter
24 ///
25 /// *** IF YOU'RE HERE TO RESOLVE A "Primary decode conflict", LOOK DOWN NEAR
26 /// THE END OF THIS COMMENT!
27 ///
28 /// The X86 disassembler emitter is part of the X86 Disassembler, which is
29 /// documented in lib/Target/X86/X86Disassembler.h.
30 ///
31 /// The emitter produces the tables that the disassembler uses to translate
32 /// instructions. The emitter generates the following tables:
33 ///
34 /// - One table (CONTEXTS_SYM) that contains a mapping of attribute masks to
35 /// instruction contexts. Although for each attribute there are cases where
36 /// that attribute determines decoding, in the majority of cases decoding is
37 /// the same whether or not an attribute is present. For example, a 64-bit
38 /// instruction with an OPSIZE prefix and an XS prefix decodes the same way in
39 /// all cases as a 64-bit instruction with only OPSIZE set. (The XS prefix
40 /// may have effects on its execution, but does not change the instruction
41 /// returned.) This allows considerable space savings in other tables.
42 /// - Four tables (ONEBYTE_SYM, TWOBYTE_SYM, THREEBYTE38_SYM, and
43 /// THREEBYTE3A_SYM) contain the hierarchy that the decoder traverses while
44 /// decoding an instruction. At the lowest level of this hierarchy are
45 /// instruction UIDs, 16-bit integers that can be used to uniquely identify
46 /// the instruction and correspond exactly to its position in the list of
47 /// CodeGenInstructions for the target.
48 /// - One table (INSTRUCTIONS_SYM) contains information about the operands of
49 /// each instruction and how to decode them.
50 ///
51 /// During table generation, there may be conflicts between instructions that
52 /// occupy the same space in the decode tables. These conflicts are resolved as
53 /// follows in setTableFields() (X86DisassemblerTables.cpp)
54 ///
55 /// - If the current context is the native context for one of the instructions
56 /// (that is, the attributes specified for it in the LLVM tables specify
57 /// precisely the current context), then it has priority.
58 /// - If the current context isn't native for either of the instructions, then
59 /// the higher-priority context wins (that is, the one that is more specific).
60 /// That hierarchy is determined by outranks() (X86DisassemblerTables.cpp)
61 /// - If the current context is native for both instructions, then the table
62 /// emitter reports a conflict and dies.
63 ///
64 /// *** RESOLUTION FOR "Primary decode conflict"S
65 ///
66 /// If two instructions collide, typically the solution is (in order of
67 /// likelihood):
68 ///
69 /// (1) to filter out one of the instructions by editing filter()
70 /// (X86RecognizableInstr.cpp). This is the most common resolution, but
71 /// check the Intel manuals first to make sure that (2) and (3) are not the
72 /// problem.
73 /// (2) to fix the tables (X86.td and its subsidiaries) so the opcodes are
74 /// accurate. Sometimes they are not.
75 /// (3) to fix the tables to reflect the actual context (for example, required
76 /// prefixes), and possibly to add a new context by editing
77 /// lib/Target/X86/X86DisassemblerDecoderCommon.h. This is unlikely to be
78 /// the cause.
79 ///
80 /// DisassemblerEmitter.cpp contains the implementation for the emitter,
81 /// which simply pulls out instructions from the CodeGenTarget and pushes them
82 /// into X86DisassemblerTables.
83 /// X86DisassemblerTables.h contains the interface for the instruction tables,
84 /// which manage and emit the structures discussed above.
85 /// X86DisassemblerTables.cpp contains the implementation for the instruction
86 /// tables.
87 /// X86ModRMFilters.h contains filters that can be used to determine which
88 /// ModR/M values are valid for a particular instruction. These are used to
89 /// populate ModRMDecisions.
90 /// X86RecognizableInstr.h contains the interface for a single instruction,
91 /// which knows how to translate itself from a CodeGenInstruction and provide
92 /// the information necessary for integration into the tables.
93 /// X86RecognizableInstr.cpp contains the implementation for a single
94 /// instruction.
96 void DisassemblerEmitter::run(raw_ostream &OS) {
97 CodeGenTarget Target(Records);
99 OS << "/*===- TableGen'erated file "
100 << "---------------------------------------*- C -*-===*\n"
101 << " *\n"
102 << " * " << Target.getName() << " Disassembler\n"
103 << " *\n"
104 << " * Automatically generated file, do not edit!\n"
105 << " *\n"
106 << " *===---------------------------------------------------------------"
107 << "-------===*/\n";
109 // X86 uses a custom disassembler.
110 if (Target.getName() == "X86") {
111 DisassemblerTables Tables;
113 const std::vector<const CodeGenInstruction*> &numberedInstructions =
114 Target.getInstructionsByEnumValue();
116 for (unsigned i = 0, e = numberedInstructions.size(); i != e; ++i)
117 RecognizableInstr::processInstr(Tables, *numberedInstructions[i], i);
119 // FIXME: As long as we are using exceptions, might as well drop this to the
120 // actual conflict site.
121 if (Tables.hasConflicts())
122 throw TGError(Target.getTargetRecord()->getLoc(),
123 "Primary decode conflict");
125 Tables.emit(OS);
126 return;
129 // Fixed-instruction-length targets use a common disassembler.
130 if (Target.getName() == "ARM") {
131 ARMDecoderEmitter(Records).run(OS);
132 return;
135 throw TGError(Target.getTargetRecord()->getLoc(),
136 "Unable to generate disassembler for this target");