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1 /* Functions dealing with attribute handling, used by most front ends.
2 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
3 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GCC.
7 GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
8 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
9 Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
10 version.
12 GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
13 WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
14 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
15 for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with GCC; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
19 Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
20 02110-1301, USA. */
22 #include "config.h"
23 #include "system.h"
24 #include "coretypes.h"
25 #include "tm.h"
26 #include "tree.h"
27 #include "flags.h"
28 #include "toplev.h"
29 #include "output.h"
30 #include "rtl.h"
31 #include "ggc.h"
32 #include "tm_p.h"
33 #include "cpplib.h"
34 #include "target.h"
35 #include "langhooks.h"
37 static void init_attributes (void);
39 /* Table of the tables of attributes (common, language, format, machine)
40 searched. */
41 static const struct attribute_spec *attribute_tables[4];
43 static bool attributes_initialized = false;
45 /* Default empty table of attributes. */
46 static const struct attribute_spec empty_attribute_table[] =
48 { NULL, 0, 0, false, false, false, NULL }
51 /* Initialize attribute tables, and make some sanity checks
52 if --enable-checking. */
54 static void
55 init_attributes (void)
57 size_t i;
59 attribute_tables[0] = lang_hooks.common_attribute_table;
60 attribute_tables[1] = lang_hooks.attribute_table;
61 attribute_tables[2] = lang_hooks.format_attribute_table;
62 attribute_tables[3] = targetm.attribute_table;
64 /* Translate NULL pointers to pointers to the empty table. */
65 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (attribute_tables); i++)
66 if (attribute_tables[i] == NULL)
67 attribute_tables[i] = empty_attribute_table;
69 #ifdef ENABLE_CHECKING
70 /* Make some sanity checks on the attribute tables. */
71 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (attribute_tables); i++)
73 int j;
75 for (j = 0; attribute_tables[i][j].name != NULL; j++)
77 /* The name must not begin and end with __. */
78 const char *name = attribute_tables[i][j].name;
79 int len = strlen (name);
81 gcc_assert (!(name[0] == '_' && name[1] == '_'
82 && name[len - 1] == '_' && name[len - 2] == '_'));
84 /* The minimum and maximum lengths must be consistent. */
85 gcc_assert (attribute_tables[i][j].min_length >= 0);
87 gcc_assert (attribute_tables[i][j].max_length == -1
88 || (attribute_tables[i][j].max_length
89 >= attribute_tables[i][j].min_length));
91 /* An attribute cannot require both a DECL and a TYPE. */
92 gcc_assert (!attribute_tables[i][j].decl_required
93 || !attribute_tables[i][j].type_required);
95 /* If an attribute requires a function type, in particular
96 it requires a type. */
97 gcc_assert (!attribute_tables[i][j].function_type_required
98 || attribute_tables[i][j].type_required);
102 /* Check that each name occurs just once in each table. */
103 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (attribute_tables); i++)
105 int j, k;
106 for (j = 0; attribute_tables[i][j].name != NULL; j++)
107 for (k = j + 1; attribute_tables[i][k].name != NULL; k++)
108 gcc_assert (strcmp (attribute_tables[i][j].name,
109 attribute_tables[i][k].name));
111 /* Check that no name occurs in more than one table. */
112 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (attribute_tables); i++)
114 size_t j, k, l;
116 for (j = i + 1; j < ARRAY_SIZE (attribute_tables); j++)
117 for (k = 0; attribute_tables[i][k].name != NULL; k++)
118 for (l = 0; attribute_tables[j][l].name != NULL; l++)
119 gcc_assert (strcmp (attribute_tables[i][k].name,
120 attribute_tables[j][l].name));
122 #endif
124 attributes_initialized = true;
127 /* Process the attributes listed in ATTRIBUTES and install them in *NODE,
128 which is either a DECL (including a TYPE_DECL) or a TYPE. If a DECL,
129 it should be modified in place; if a TYPE, a copy should be created
130 unless ATTR_FLAG_TYPE_IN_PLACE is set in FLAGS. FLAGS gives further
131 information, in the form of a bitwise OR of flags in enum attribute_flags
132 from tree.h. Depending on these flags, some attributes may be
133 returned to be applied at a later stage (for example, to apply
134 a decl attribute to the declaration rather than to its type). */
136 tree
137 decl_attributes (tree *node, tree attributes, int flags)
139 tree a;
140 tree returned_attrs = NULL_TREE;
142 if (!attributes_initialized)
143 init_attributes ();
145 targetm.insert_attributes (*node, &attributes);
147 for (a = attributes; a; a = TREE_CHAIN (a))
149 tree name = TREE_PURPOSE (a);
150 tree args = TREE_VALUE (a);
151 tree *anode = node;
152 const struct attribute_spec *spec = NULL;
153 bool no_add_attrs = 0;
154 tree fn_ptr_tmp = NULL_TREE;
155 size_t i;
157 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (attribute_tables); i++)
159 int j;
161 for (j = 0; attribute_tables[i][j].name != NULL; j++)
163 if (is_attribute_p (attribute_tables[i][j].name, name))
165 spec = &attribute_tables[i][j];
166 break;
169 if (spec != NULL)
170 break;
173 if (spec == NULL)
175 warning (OPT_Wattributes, "%qs attribute directive ignored",
176 IDENTIFIER_POINTER (name));
177 continue;
179 else if (list_length (args) < spec->min_length
180 || (spec->max_length >= 0
181 && list_length (args) > spec->max_length))
183 error ("wrong number of arguments specified for %qs attribute",
184 IDENTIFIER_POINTER (name));
185 continue;
188 if (spec->decl_required && !DECL_P (*anode))
190 if (flags & ((int) ATTR_FLAG_DECL_NEXT
191 | (int) ATTR_FLAG_FUNCTION_NEXT
192 | (int) ATTR_FLAG_ARRAY_NEXT))
194 /* Pass on this attribute to be tried again. */
195 returned_attrs = tree_cons (name, args, returned_attrs);
196 continue;
198 else
200 warning (OPT_Wattributes, "%qs attribute does not apply to types",
201 IDENTIFIER_POINTER (name));
202 continue;
206 /* If we require a type, but were passed a decl, set up to make a
207 new type and update the one in the decl. ATTR_FLAG_TYPE_IN_PLACE
208 would have applied if we'd been passed a type, but we cannot modify
209 the decl's type in place here. */
210 if (spec->type_required && DECL_P (*anode))
212 anode = &TREE_TYPE (*anode);
213 flags &= ~(int) ATTR_FLAG_TYPE_IN_PLACE;
216 if (spec->function_type_required && TREE_CODE (*anode) != FUNCTION_TYPE
217 && TREE_CODE (*anode) != METHOD_TYPE)
219 if (TREE_CODE (*anode) == POINTER_TYPE
220 && (TREE_CODE (TREE_TYPE (*anode)) == FUNCTION_TYPE
221 || TREE_CODE (TREE_TYPE (*anode)) == METHOD_TYPE))
223 /* OK, this is a bit convoluted. We can't just make a copy
224 of the pointer type and modify its TREE_TYPE, because if
225 we change the attributes of the target type the pointer
226 type needs to have a different TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT. So we
227 pull out the target type now, frob it as appropriate, and
228 rebuild the pointer type later.
230 This would all be simpler if attributes were part of the
231 declarator, grumble grumble. */
232 fn_ptr_tmp = TREE_TYPE (*anode);
233 anode = &fn_ptr_tmp;
234 flags &= ~(int) ATTR_FLAG_TYPE_IN_PLACE;
236 else if (flags & (int) ATTR_FLAG_FUNCTION_NEXT)
238 /* Pass on this attribute to be tried again. */
239 returned_attrs = tree_cons (name, args, returned_attrs);
240 continue;
243 if (TREE_CODE (*anode) != FUNCTION_TYPE
244 && TREE_CODE (*anode) != METHOD_TYPE)
246 warning (OPT_Wattributes,
247 "%qs attribute only applies to function types",
248 IDENTIFIER_POINTER (name));
249 continue;
253 if (spec->handler != NULL)
254 returned_attrs = chainon ((*spec->handler) (anode, name, args,
255 flags, &no_add_attrs),
256 returned_attrs);
258 /* Layout the decl in case anything changed. */
259 if (spec->type_required && DECL_P (*node)
260 && (TREE_CODE (*node) == VAR_DECL
261 || TREE_CODE (*node) == PARM_DECL
262 || TREE_CODE (*node) == RESULT_DECL))
263 relayout_decl (*node);
265 if (!no_add_attrs)
267 tree old_attrs;
268 tree a;
270 if (DECL_P (*anode))
271 old_attrs = DECL_ATTRIBUTES (*anode);
272 else
273 old_attrs = TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (*anode);
275 for (a = lookup_attribute (spec->name, old_attrs);
276 a != NULL_TREE;
277 a = lookup_attribute (spec->name, TREE_CHAIN (a)))
279 if (simple_cst_equal (TREE_VALUE (a), args) == 1)
280 break;
283 if (a == NULL_TREE)
285 /* This attribute isn't already in the list. */
286 if (DECL_P (*anode))
287 DECL_ATTRIBUTES (*anode) = tree_cons (name, args, old_attrs);
288 else if (flags & (int) ATTR_FLAG_TYPE_IN_PLACE)
290 TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (*anode) = tree_cons (name, args, old_attrs);
291 /* If this is the main variant, also push the attributes
292 out to the other variants. */
293 if (*anode == TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT (*anode))
295 tree variant;
296 for (variant = *anode; variant;
297 variant = TYPE_NEXT_VARIANT (variant))
299 if (TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (variant) == old_attrs)
300 TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (variant)
301 = TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (*anode);
302 else if (!lookup_attribute
303 (spec->name, TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (variant)))
304 TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (variant) = tree_cons
305 (name, args, TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (variant));
309 else
310 *anode = build_type_attribute_variant (*anode,
311 tree_cons (name, args,
312 old_attrs));
316 if (fn_ptr_tmp)
318 /* Rebuild the function pointer type and put it in the
319 appropriate place. */
320 fn_ptr_tmp = build_pointer_type (fn_ptr_tmp);
321 if (DECL_P (*node))
322 TREE_TYPE (*node) = fn_ptr_tmp;
323 else
325 gcc_assert (TREE_CODE (*node) == POINTER_TYPE);
326 *node = fn_ptr_tmp;
331 return returned_attrs;