1 //===- ShadowStackGCLowering.cpp - Custom lowering for shadow-stack gc ----===//
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 // This file contains the custom lowering code required by the shadow-stack GC
12 // This pass implements the code transformation described in this paper:
13 // "Accurate Garbage Collection in an Uncooperative Environment"
14 // Fergus Henderson, ISMM, 2002
16 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
18 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
19 #include "llvm/ADT/StringExtras.h"
20 #include "llvm/Analysis/DomTreeUpdater.h"
21 #include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
23 #include "llvm/IR/Constant.h"
24 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
25 #include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"
26 #include "llvm/IR/Dominators.h"
27 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
28 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalValue.h"
29 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h"
30 #include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
31 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
32 #include "llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h"
33 #include "llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h"
34 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
35 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
36 #include "llvm/IR/Value.h"
37 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
38 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
39 #include "llvm/Support/Casting.h"
40 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/EscapeEnumerator.h"
48 #define DEBUG_TYPE "shadow-stack-gc-lowering"
52 class ShadowStackGCLowering
: public FunctionPass
{
53 /// RootChain - This is the global linked-list that contains the chain of GC
55 GlobalVariable
*Head
= nullptr;
57 /// StackEntryTy - Abstract type of a link in the shadow stack.
58 StructType
*StackEntryTy
= nullptr;
59 StructType
*FrameMapTy
= nullptr;
61 /// Roots - GC roots in the current function. Each is a pair of the
62 /// intrinsic call and its corresponding alloca.
63 std::vector
<std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*>> Roots
;
68 ShadowStackGCLowering();
70 bool doInitialization(Module
&M
) override
;
71 void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage
&AU
) const override
;
72 bool runOnFunction(Function
&F
) override
;
75 bool IsNullValue(Value
*V
);
76 Constant
*GetFrameMap(Function
&F
);
77 Type
*GetConcreteStackEntryType(Function
&F
);
78 void CollectRoots(Function
&F
);
80 static GetElementPtrInst
*CreateGEP(LLVMContext
&Context
, IRBuilder
<> &B
,
81 Type
*Ty
, Value
*BasePtr
, int Idx1
,
83 static GetElementPtrInst
*CreateGEP(LLVMContext
&Context
, IRBuilder
<> &B
,
84 Type
*Ty
, Value
*BasePtr
, int Idx1
, int Idx2
,
88 } // end anonymous namespace
90 char ShadowStackGCLowering::ID
= 0;
91 char &llvm::ShadowStackGCLoweringID
= ShadowStackGCLowering::ID
;
93 INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(ShadowStackGCLowering
, DEBUG_TYPE
,
94 "Shadow Stack GC Lowering", false, false)
95 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(GCModuleInfo
)
96 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(DominatorTreeWrapperPass
)
97 INITIALIZE_PASS_END(ShadowStackGCLowering
, DEBUG_TYPE
,
98 "Shadow Stack GC Lowering", false, false)
100 FunctionPass
*llvm::createShadowStackGCLoweringPass() { return new ShadowStackGCLowering(); }
102 ShadowStackGCLowering::ShadowStackGCLowering() : FunctionPass(ID
) {
103 initializeShadowStackGCLoweringPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
106 Constant
*ShadowStackGCLowering::GetFrameMap(Function
&F
) {
107 // doInitialization creates the abstract type of this value.
108 Type
*VoidPtr
= Type::getInt8PtrTy(F
.getContext());
110 // Truncate the ShadowStackDescriptor if some metadata is null.
111 unsigned NumMeta
= 0;
112 SmallVector
<Constant
*, 16> Metadata
;
113 for (unsigned I
= 0; I
!= Roots
.size(); ++I
) {
114 Constant
*C
= cast
<Constant
>(Roots
[I
].first
->getArgOperand(1));
115 if (!C
->isNullValue())
117 Metadata
.push_back(ConstantExpr::getBitCast(C
, VoidPtr
));
119 Metadata
.resize(NumMeta
);
121 Type
*Int32Ty
= Type::getInt32Ty(F
.getContext());
123 Constant
*BaseElts
[] = {
124 ConstantInt::get(Int32Ty
, Roots
.size(), false),
125 ConstantInt::get(Int32Ty
, NumMeta
, false),
128 Constant
*DescriptorElts
[] = {
129 ConstantStruct::get(FrameMapTy
, BaseElts
),
130 ConstantArray::get(ArrayType::get(VoidPtr
, NumMeta
), Metadata
)};
132 Type
*EltTys
[] = {DescriptorElts
[0]->getType(), DescriptorElts
[1]->getType()};
133 StructType
*STy
= StructType::create(EltTys
, "gc_map." + utostr(NumMeta
));
135 Constant
*FrameMap
= ConstantStruct::get(STy
, DescriptorElts
);
137 // FIXME: Is this actually dangerous as WritingAnLLVMPass.html claims? Seems
138 // that, short of multithreaded LLVM, it should be safe; all that is
139 // necessary is that a simple Module::iterator loop not be invalidated.
140 // Appending to the GlobalVariable list is safe in that sense.
142 // All of the output passes emit globals last. The ExecutionEngine
143 // explicitly supports adding globals to the module after
146 // Still, if it isn't deemed acceptable, then this transformation needs
147 // to be a ModulePass (which means it cannot be in the 'llc' pipeline
148 // (which uses a FunctionPassManager (which segfaults (not asserts) if
149 // provided a ModulePass))).
150 Constant
*GV
= new GlobalVariable(*F
.getParent(), FrameMap
->getType(), true,
151 GlobalVariable::InternalLinkage
, FrameMap
,
152 "__gc_" + F
.getName());
154 Constant
*GEPIndices
[2] = {
155 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(F
.getContext()), 0),
156 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(F
.getContext()), 0)};
157 return ConstantExpr::getGetElementPtr(FrameMap
->getType(), GV
, GEPIndices
);
160 Type
*ShadowStackGCLowering::GetConcreteStackEntryType(Function
&F
) {
161 // doInitialization creates the generic version of this type.
162 std::vector
<Type
*> EltTys
;
163 EltTys
.push_back(StackEntryTy
);
164 for (const std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*> &Root
: Roots
)
165 EltTys
.push_back(Root
.second
->getAllocatedType());
167 return StructType::create(EltTys
, ("gc_stackentry." + F
.getName()).str());
170 /// doInitialization - If this module uses the GC intrinsics, find them now. If
172 bool ShadowStackGCLowering::doInitialization(Module
&M
) {
174 for (Function
&F
: M
) {
175 if (F
.hasGC() && F
.getGC() == std::string("shadow-stack")) {
184 // int32_t NumRoots; // Number of roots in stack frame.
185 // int32_t NumMeta; // Number of metadata descriptors. May be < NumRoots.
186 // void *Meta[]; // May be absent for roots without metadata.
188 std::vector
<Type
*> EltTys
;
189 // 32 bits is ok up to a 32GB stack frame. :)
190 EltTys
.push_back(Type::getInt32Ty(M
.getContext()));
191 // Specifies length of variable length array.
192 EltTys
.push_back(Type::getInt32Ty(M
.getContext()));
193 FrameMapTy
= StructType::create(EltTys
, "gc_map");
194 PointerType
*FrameMapPtrTy
= PointerType::getUnqual(FrameMapTy
);
196 // struct StackEntry {
197 // ShadowStackEntry *Next; // Caller's stack entry.
198 // FrameMap *Map; // Pointer to constant FrameMap.
199 // void *Roots[]; // Stack roots (in-place array, so we pretend).
202 StackEntryTy
= StructType::create(M
.getContext(), "gc_stackentry");
205 EltTys
.push_back(PointerType::getUnqual(StackEntryTy
));
206 EltTys
.push_back(FrameMapPtrTy
);
207 StackEntryTy
->setBody(EltTys
);
208 PointerType
*StackEntryPtrTy
= PointerType::getUnqual(StackEntryTy
);
210 // Get the root chain if it already exists.
211 Head
= M
.getGlobalVariable("llvm_gc_root_chain");
213 // If the root chain does not exist, insert a new one with linkonce
215 Head
= new GlobalVariable(
216 M
, StackEntryPtrTy
, false, GlobalValue::LinkOnceAnyLinkage
,
217 Constant::getNullValue(StackEntryPtrTy
), "llvm_gc_root_chain");
218 } else if (Head
->hasExternalLinkage() && Head
->isDeclaration()) {
219 Head
->setInitializer(Constant::getNullValue(StackEntryPtrTy
));
220 Head
->setLinkage(GlobalValue::LinkOnceAnyLinkage
);
226 bool ShadowStackGCLowering::IsNullValue(Value
*V
) {
227 if (Constant
*C
= dyn_cast
<Constant
>(V
))
228 return C
->isNullValue();
232 void ShadowStackGCLowering::CollectRoots(Function
&F
) {
233 // FIXME: Account for original alignment. Could fragment the root array.
234 // Approach 1: Null initialize empty slots at runtime. Yuck.
235 // Approach 2: Emit a map of the array instead of just a count.
237 assert(Roots
.empty() && "Not cleaned up?");
239 SmallVector
<std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*>, 16> MetaRoots
;
241 for (BasicBlock
&BB
: F
)
242 for (Instruction
&I
: BB
)
243 if (IntrinsicInst
*CI
= dyn_cast
<IntrinsicInst
>(&I
))
244 if (Function
*F
= CI
->getCalledFunction())
245 if (F
->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::gcroot
) {
246 std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*> Pair
= std::make_pair(
248 cast
<AllocaInst
>(CI
->getArgOperand(0)->stripPointerCasts()));
249 if (IsNullValue(CI
->getArgOperand(1)))
250 Roots
.push_back(Pair
);
252 MetaRoots
.push_back(Pair
);
255 // Number roots with metadata (usually empty) at the beginning, so that the
256 // FrameMap::Meta array can be elided.
257 Roots
.insert(Roots
.begin(), MetaRoots
.begin(), MetaRoots
.end());
260 GetElementPtrInst
*ShadowStackGCLowering::CreateGEP(LLVMContext
&Context
,
261 IRBuilder
<> &B
, Type
*Ty
,
262 Value
*BasePtr
, int Idx
,
265 Value
*Indices
[] = {ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), 0),
266 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), Idx
),
267 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), Idx2
)};
268 Value
*Val
= B
.CreateGEP(Ty
, BasePtr
, Indices
, Name
);
270 assert(isa
<GetElementPtrInst
>(Val
) && "Unexpected folded constant");
272 return dyn_cast
<GetElementPtrInst
>(Val
);
275 GetElementPtrInst
*ShadowStackGCLowering::CreateGEP(LLVMContext
&Context
,
276 IRBuilder
<> &B
, Type
*Ty
, Value
*BasePtr
,
277 int Idx
, const char *Name
) {
278 Value
*Indices
[] = {ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), 0),
279 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), Idx
)};
280 Value
*Val
= B
.CreateGEP(Ty
, BasePtr
, Indices
, Name
);
282 assert(isa
<GetElementPtrInst
>(Val
) && "Unexpected folded constant");
284 return dyn_cast
<GetElementPtrInst
>(Val
);
287 void ShadowStackGCLowering::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage
&AU
) const {
288 AU
.addPreserved
<DominatorTreeWrapperPass
>();
291 /// runOnFunction - Insert code to maintain the shadow stack.
292 bool ShadowStackGCLowering::runOnFunction(Function
&F
) {
293 // Quick exit for functions that do not use the shadow stack GC.
295 F
.getGC() != std::string("shadow-stack"))
298 LLVMContext
&Context
= F
.getContext();
300 // Find calls to llvm.gcroot.
303 // If there are no roots in this function, then there is no need to add a
304 // stack map entry for it.
308 Optional
<DomTreeUpdater
> DTU
;
309 if (auto *DTWP
= getAnalysisIfAvailable
<DominatorTreeWrapperPass
>())
310 DTU
.emplace(DTWP
->getDomTree(), DomTreeUpdater::UpdateStrategy::Lazy
);
312 // Build the constant map and figure the type of the shadow stack entry.
313 Value
*FrameMap
= GetFrameMap(F
);
314 Type
*ConcreteStackEntryTy
= GetConcreteStackEntryType(F
);
316 // Build the shadow stack entry at the very start of the function.
317 BasicBlock::iterator IP
= F
.getEntryBlock().begin();
318 IRBuilder
<> AtEntry(IP
->getParent(), IP
);
320 Instruction
*StackEntry
=
321 AtEntry
.CreateAlloca(ConcreteStackEntryTy
, nullptr, "gc_frame");
323 while (isa
<AllocaInst
>(IP
))
325 AtEntry
.SetInsertPoint(IP
->getParent(), IP
);
327 // Initialize the map pointer and load the current head of the shadow stack.
328 Instruction
*CurrentHead
=
329 AtEntry
.CreateLoad(StackEntryTy
->getPointerTo(), Head
, "gc_currhead");
330 Instruction
*EntryMapPtr
= CreateGEP(Context
, AtEntry
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
,
331 StackEntry
, 0, 1, "gc_frame.map");
332 AtEntry
.CreateStore(FrameMap
, EntryMapPtr
);
334 // After all the allocas...
335 for (unsigned I
= 0, E
= Roots
.size(); I
!= E
; ++I
) {
336 // For each root, find the corresponding slot in the aggregate...
337 Value
*SlotPtr
= CreateGEP(Context
, AtEntry
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
,
338 StackEntry
, 1 + I
, "gc_root");
340 // And use it in lieu of the alloca.
341 AllocaInst
*OriginalAlloca
= Roots
[I
].second
;
342 SlotPtr
->takeName(OriginalAlloca
);
343 OriginalAlloca
->replaceAllUsesWith(SlotPtr
);
346 // Move past the original stores inserted by GCStrategy::InitRoots. This isn't
347 // really necessary (the collector would never see the intermediate state at
348 // runtime), but it's nicer not to push the half-initialized entry onto the
350 while (isa
<StoreInst
>(IP
))
352 AtEntry
.SetInsertPoint(IP
->getParent(), IP
);
354 // Push the entry onto the shadow stack.
355 Instruction
*EntryNextPtr
= CreateGEP(Context
, AtEntry
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
,
356 StackEntry
, 0, 0, "gc_frame.next");
357 Instruction
*NewHeadVal
= CreateGEP(Context
, AtEntry
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
,
358 StackEntry
, 0, "gc_newhead");
359 AtEntry
.CreateStore(CurrentHead
, EntryNextPtr
);
360 AtEntry
.CreateStore(NewHeadVal
, Head
);
362 // For each instruction that escapes...
363 EscapeEnumerator
EE(F
, "gc_cleanup", /*HandleExceptions=*/true,
364 DTU
? DTU
.getPointer() : nullptr);
365 while (IRBuilder
<> *AtExit
= EE
.Next()) {
366 // Pop the entry from the shadow stack. Don't reuse CurrentHead from
367 // AtEntry, since that would make the value live for the entire function.
368 Instruction
*EntryNextPtr2
=
369 CreateGEP(Context
, *AtExit
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
, StackEntry
, 0, 0,
371 Value
*SavedHead
= AtExit
->CreateLoad(StackEntryTy
->getPointerTo(),
372 EntryNextPtr2
, "gc_savedhead");
373 AtExit
->CreateStore(SavedHead
, Head
);
376 // Delete the original allocas (which are no longer used) and the intrinsic
377 // calls (which are no longer valid). Doing this last avoids invalidating
379 for (std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*> &Root
: Roots
) {
380 Root
.first
->eraseFromParent();
381 Root
.second
->eraseFromParent();