1 Client Code . Generated . libgccjit.so
3 . . JIT API . JIT "Frontend". (libbackend.a)
4 ....................................................................................
6 ──────────────────────────> . .
10 . . │ (error-checking).
12 . . ──> jit-recording.c
13 . . (record API calls)
16 <─────────────────────────── . .
19 V . . gcc_jit_context_compile .
20 ──────────────────────────> . .
21 . . │ start of recording::context::compile ()
23 . . │ start of playback::context::compile ()
24 . . │ (create tempdir) .
28 . . V───────────────────────> toplev::main (for now)
30 . . . . (various code)
33 . . . <───────────────── langhook:parse_file
35 . . . │ (jit_langhook_parse_file)
37 ..........................................│..................VVVVVVVVVVVVV...
38 . . . │ . No GC in here
39 . . . │ jit-playback.c
40 . . . │ (playback of API calls)
41 . . . ───────────────> creation of functions,
42 . . . . types, expression trees
43 . . . <──────────────── etc
44 . . . │(handle_locations: add locations to
45 . . . │ linemap and associate them with trees)
47 . . . │ . No GC in here
48 ..........................................│..................AAAAAAAAAAAAA...
49 . . . │ for each function
52 . . . ────────────> cgraph_finalize_function
56 . . . ──────────────────> (end of
57 . . . . │ langhook_parse_file)
59 . . . . (various code)
62 . . . <───────────────── langhook:write_globals
64 . . . │ (jit_langhook_write_globals)
67 . . . ──────────────────> finalize_compilation_unit
69 . . . . (the middle─end and backend)
71 . . <───────────────────────────── end of toplev::main
73 . . V───────────────────────> toplev::finalize
74 . . . . │ (purge internal state)
75 . . <──────────────────────── end of toplev::finalize
77 . . V─> playback::context::postprocess:
79 . . │ (assuming an in-memory compile):
81 . . --> Convert assembler to DSO, via embedded
84 . . invocation of "as"
85 . . invocation of "ld"
86 . . driver::finalize ()
89 . . │ . Load DSO (dlopen "fake.so")
91 . . │ . Bundle it up in a jit::result
96 . . │ end of playback::context::compile ()
98 . . │ playback::context dtor
100 . . │ Normally we cleanup the tempdir here:
101 . . │ ("fake.so" is unlinked from the
102 . . │ filesystem at this point)
103 . . │ If the client code requested debuginfo, the
104 . . │ cleanup happens later (in gcc_jit_result_release)
105 . . │ to make it easier on the debugger (see PR jit/64206)
108 . . │ end of recording::context::compile ()
109 <─────────────────────────── . .
111 V . . gcc_jit_result_get_code .
112 ──────────────────────────> . .
113 . . │ dlsym () within loaded DSO
114 <─────────────────────────── . .
118 ───────────────> . . .
121 <─────────────── . . .
125 V . . gcc_jit_result_release .
126 ──────────────────────────> . .
127 . . │ dlclose () the loaded DSO
128 . . │ (code becomes uncallable)
130 . . │ If the client code requested debuginfo, then
131 . . │ cleanup of the tempdir was delayed.
132 . . │ If that was the case, clean it up now.
133 <─────────────────────────── . .