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/CodeGen/ShadowStackGCLowering.h"
19 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
20 #include "llvm/ADT/StringExtras.h"
21 #include "llvm/Analysis/DomTreeUpdater.h"
22 #include "llvm/CodeGen/GCMetadata.h"
23 #include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
24 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
25 #include "llvm/IR/Constant.h"
26 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
27 #include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"
28 #include "llvm/IR/Dominators.h"
29 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
30 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalValue.h"
31 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h"
32 #include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
33 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
34 #include "llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h"
35 #include "llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h"
36 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
37 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
38 #include "llvm/IR/Value.h"
39 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
40 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
41 #include "llvm/Support/Casting.h"
42 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/EscapeEnumerator.h"
51 #define DEBUG_TYPE "shadow-stack-gc-lowering"
55 class ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl
{
56 /// RootChain - This is the global linked-list that contains the chain of GC
58 GlobalVariable
*Head
= nullptr;
60 /// StackEntryTy - Abstract type of a link in the shadow stack.
61 StructType
*StackEntryTy
= nullptr;
62 StructType
*FrameMapTy
= nullptr;
64 /// Roots - GC roots in the current function. Each is a pair of the
65 /// intrinsic call and its corresponding alloca.
66 std::vector
<std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*>> Roots
;
69 ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl() = default;
71 bool doInitialization(Module
&M
);
72 bool runOnFunction(Function
&F
, DomTreeUpdater
*DTU
);
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 class ShadowStackGCLowering
: public FunctionPass
{
89 ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl Impl
;
94 ShadowStackGCLowering();
96 bool doInitialization(Module
&M
) override
{ return Impl
.doInitialization(M
); }
97 void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage
&AU
) const override
{
98 AU
.addPreserved
<DominatorTreeWrapperPass
>();
100 bool runOnFunction(Function
&F
) override
{
101 std::optional
<DomTreeUpdater
> DTU
;
102 if (auto *DTWP
= getAnalysisIfAvailable
<DominatorTreeWrapperPass
>())
103 DTU
.emplace(DTWP
->getDomTree(), DomTreeUpdater::UpdateStrategy::Lazy
);
104 return Impl
.runOnFunction(F
, DTU
? &*DTU
: nullptr);
108 } // end anonymous namespace
110 PreservedAnalyses
ShadowStackGCLoweringPass::run(Module
&M
,
111 ModuleAnalysisManager
&MAM
) {
112 auto &Map
= MAM
.getResult
<CollectorMetadataAnalysis
>(M
);
113 if (Map
.StrategyMap
.contains("shadow-stack"))
114 return PreservedAnalyses::all();
116 ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl Impl
;
117 bool Changed
= Impl
.doInitialization(M
);
120 MAM
.getResult
<FunctionAnalysisManagerModuleProxy
>(M
).getManager();
121 auto *DT
= FAM
.getCachedResult
<DominatorTreeAnalysis
>(F
);
122 DomTreeUpdater
DTU(DT
, DomTreeUpdater::UpdateStrategy::Lazy
);
123 Changed
|= Impl
.runOnFunction(F
, DT
? &DTU
: nullptr);
127 return PreservedAnalyses::all();
128 PreservedAnalyses PA
;
129 PA
.preserve
<DominatorTreeAnalysis
>();
133 char ShadowStackGCLowering::ID
= 0;
134 char &llvm::ShadowStackGCLoweringID
= ShadowStackGCLowering::ID
;
136 INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(ShadowStackGCLowering
, DEBUG_TYPE
,
137 "Shadow Stack GC Lowering", false, false)
138 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(GCModuleInfo
)
139 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(DominatorTreeWrapperPass
)
140 INITIALIZE_PASS_END(ShadowStackGCLowering
, DEBUG_TYPE
,
141 "Shadow Stack GC Lowering", false, false)
143 FunctionPass
*llvm::createShadowStackGCLoweringPass() { return new ShadowStackGCLowering(); }
145 ShadowStackGCLowering::ShadowStackGCLowering() : FunctionPass(ID
) {
146 initializeShadowStackGCLoweringPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
149 Constant
*ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl::GetFrameMap(Function
&F
) {
150 // doInitialization creates the abstract type of this value.
151 Type
*VoidPtr
= PointerType::getUnqual(F
.getContext());
153 // Truncate the ShadowStackDescriptor if some metadata is null.
154 unsigned NumMeta
= 0;
155 SmallVector
<Constant
*, 16> Metadata
;
156 for (unsigned I
= 0; I
!= Roots
.size(); ++I
) {
157 Constant
*C
= cast
<Constant
>(Roots
[I
].first
->getArgOperand(1));
158 if (!C
->isNullValue())
160 Metadata
.push_back(C
);
162 Metadata
.resize(NumMeta
);
164 Type
*Int32Ty
= Type::getInt32Ty(F
.getContext());
166 Constant
*BaseElts
[] = {
167 ConstantInt::get(Int32Ty
, Roots
.size(), false),
168 ConstantInt::get(Int32Ty
, NumMeta
, false),
171 Constant
*DescriptorElts
[] = {
172 ConstantStruct::get(FrameMapTy
, BaseElts
),
173 ConstantArray::get(ArrayType::get(VoidPtr
, NumMeta
), Metadata
)};
175 Type
*EltTys
[] = {DescriptorElts
[0]->getType(), DescriptorElts
[1]->getType()};
176 StructType
*STy
= StructType::create(EltTys
, "gc_map." + utostr(NumMeta
));
178 Constant
*FrameMap
= ConstantStruct::get(STy
, DescriptorElts
);
180 // FIXME: Is this actually dangerous as WritingAnLLVMPass.html claims? Seems
181 // that, short of multithreaded LLVM, it should be safe; all that is
182 // necessary is that a simple Module::iterator loop not be invalidated.
183 // Appending to the GlobalVariable list is safe in that sense.
185 // All of the output passes emit globals last. The ExecutionEngine
186 // explicitly supports adding globals to the module after
189 // Still, if it isn't deemed acceptable, then this transformation needs
190 // to be a ModulePass (which means it cannot be in the 'llc' pipeline
191 // (which uses a FunctionPassManager (which segfaults (not asserts) if
192 // provided a ModulePass))).
193 Constant
*GV
= new GlobalVariable(*F
.getParent(), FrameMap
->getType(), true,
194 GlobalVariable::InternalLinkage
, FrameMap
,
195 "__gc_" + F
.getName());
197 Constant
*GEPIndices
[2] = {
198 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(F
.getContext()), 0),
199 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(F
.getContext()), 0)};
200 return ConstantExpr::getGetElementPtr(FrameMap
->getType(), GV
, GEPIndices
);
203 Type
*ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl::GetConcreteStackEntryType(Function
&F
) {
204 // doInitialization creates the generic version of this type.
205 std::vector
<Type
*> EltTys
;
206 EltTys
.push_back(StackEntryTy
);
207 for (const std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*> &Root
: Roots
)
208 EltTys
.push_back(Root
.second
->getAllocatedType());
210 return StructType::create(EltTys
, ("gc_stackentry." + F
.getName()).str());
213 /// doInitialization - If this module uses the GC intrinsics, find them now. If
215 bool ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl::doInitialization(Module
&M
) {
217 for (Function
&F
: M
) {
218 if (F
.hasGC() && F
.getGC() == "shadow-stack") {
227 // int32_t NumRoots; // Number of roots in stack frame.
228 // int32_t NumMeta; // Number of metadata descriptors. May be < NumRoots.
229 // void *Meta[]; // May be absent for roots without metadata.
231 std::vector
<Type
*> EltTys
;
232 // 32 bits is ok up to a 32GB stack frame. :)
233 EltTys
.push_back(Type::getInt32Ty(M
.getContext()));
234 // Specifies length of variable length array.
235 EltTys
.push_back(Type::getInt32Ty(M
.getContext()));
236 FrameMapTy
= StructType::create(EltTys
, "gc_map");
237 PointerType
*FrameMapPtrTy
= PointerType::getUnqual(FrameMapTy
);
239 // struct StackEntry {
240 // ShadowStackEntry *Next; // Caller's stack entry.
241 // FrameMap *Map; // Pointer to constant FrameMap.
242 // void *Roots[]; // Stack roots (in-place array, so we pretend).
245 StackEntryTy
= StructType::create(M
.getContext(), "gc_stackentry");
248 EltTys
.push_back(PointerType::getUnqual(StackEntryTy
));
249 EltTys
.push_back(FrameMapPtrTy
);
250 StackEntryTy
->setBody(EltTys
);
251 PointerType
*StackEntryPtrTy
= PointerType::getUnqual(StackEntryTy
);
253 // Get the root chain if it already exists.
254 Head
= M
.getGlobalVariable("llvm_gc_root_chain");
256 // If the root chain does not exist, insert a new one with linkonce
258 Head
= new GlobalVariable(
259 M
, StackEntryPtrTy
, false, GlobalValue::LinkOnceAnyLinkage
,
260 Constant::getNullValue(StackEntryPtrTy
), "llvm_gc_root_chain");
261 } else if (Head
->hasExternalLinkage() && Head
->isDeclaration()) {
262 Head
->setInitializer(Constant::getNullValue(StackEntryPtrTy
));
263 Head
->setLinkage(GlobalValue::LinkOnceAnyLinkage
);
269 bool ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl::IsNullValue(Value
*V
) {
270 if (Constant
*C
= dyn_cast
<Constant
>(V
))
271 return C
->isNullValue();
275 void ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl::CollectRoots(Function
&F
) {
276 // FIXME: Account for original alignment. Could fragment the root array.
277 // Approach 1: Null initialize empty slots at runtime. Yuck.
278 // Approach 2: Emit a map of the array instead of just a count.
280 assert(Roots
.empty() && "Not cleaned up?");
282 SmallVector
<std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*>, 16> MetaRoots
;
284 for (BasicBlock
&BB
: F
)
285 for (Instruction
&I
: BB
)
286 if (IntrinsicInst
*CI
= dyn_cast
<IntrinsicInst
>(&I
))
287 if (Function
*F
= CI
->getCalledFunction())
288 if (F
->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::gcroot
) {
289 std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*> Pair
= std::make_pair(
291 cast
<AllocaInst
>(CI
->getArgOperand(0)->stripPointerCasts()));
292 if (IsNullValue(CI
->getArgOperand(1)))
293 Roots
.push_back(Pair
);
295 MetaRoots
.push_back(Pair
);
298 // Number roots with metadata (usually empty) at the beginning, so that the
299 // FrameMap::Meta array can be elided.
300 Roots
.insert(Roots
.begin(), MetaRoots
.begin(), MetaRoots
.end());
304 ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl::CreateGEP(LLVMContext
&Context
, IRBuilder
<> &B
,
305 Type
*Ty
, Value
*BasePtr
, int Idx
,
306 int Idx2
, const char *Name
) {
307 Value
*Indices
[] = {ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), 0),
308 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), Idx
),
309 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), Idx2
)};
310 Value
*Val
= B
.CreateGEP(Ty
, BasePtr
, Indices
, Name
);
312 assert(isa
<GetElementPtrInst
>(Val
) && "Unexpected folded constant");
314 return dyn_cast
<GetElementPtrInst
>(Val
);
317 GetElementPtrInst
*ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl::CreateGEP(LLVMContext
&Context
,
320 Value
*BasePtr
, int Idx
,
322 Value
*Indices
[] = {ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), 0),
323 ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context
), Idx
)};
324 Value
*Val
= B
.CreateGEP(Ty
, BasePtr
, Indices
, Name
);
326 assert(isa
<GetElementPtrInst
>(Val
) && "Unexpected folded constant");
328 return dyn_cast
<GetElementPtrInst
>(Val
);
331 /// runOnFunction - Insert code to maintain the shadow stack.
332 bool ShadowStackGCLoweringImpl::runOnFunction(Function
&F
,
333 DomTreeUpdater
*DTU
) {
334 // Quick exit for functions that do not use the shadow stack GC.
335 if (!F
.hasGC() || F
.getGC() != "shadow-stack")
338 LLVMContext
&Context
= F
.getContext();
340 // Find calls to llvm.gcroot.
343 // If there are no roots in this function, then there is no need to add a
344 // stack map entry for it.
348 // Build the constant map and figure the type of the shadow stack entry.
349 Value
*FrameMap
= GetFrameMap(F
);
350 Type
*ConcreteStackEntryTy
= GetConcreteStackEntryType(F
);
352 // Build the shadow stack entry at the very start of the function.
353 BasicBlock::iterator IP
= F
.getEntryBlock().begin();
354 IRBuilder
<> AtEntry(IP
->getParent(), IP
);
356 Instruction
*StackEntry
=
357 AtEntry
.CreateAlloca(ConcreteStackEntryTy
, nullptr, "gc_frame");
359 AtEntry
.SetInsertPointPastAllocas(&F
);
360 IP
= AtEntry
.GetInsertPoint();
362 // Initialize the map pointer and load the current head of the shadow stack.
363 Instruction
*CurrentHead
=
364 AtEntry
.CreateLoad(AtEntry
.getPtrTy(), Head
, "gc_currhead");
365 Instruction
*EntryMapPtr
= CreateGEP(Context
, AtEntry
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
,
366 StackEntry
, 0, 1, "gc_frame.map");
367 AtEntry
.CreateStore(FrameMap
, EntryMapPtr
);
369 // After all the allocas...
370 for (unsigned I
= 0, E
= Roots
.size(); I
!= E
; ++I
) {
371 // For each root, find the corresponding slot in the aggregate...
372 Value
*SlotPtr
= CreateGEP(Context
, AtEntry
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
,
373 StackEntry
, 1 + I
, "gc_root");
375 // And use it in lieu of the alloca.
376 AllocaInst
*OriginalAlloca
= Roots
[I
].second
;
377 SlotPtr
->takeName(OriginalAlloca
);
378 OriginalAlloca
->replaceAllUsesWith(SlotPtr
);
381 // Move past the original stores inserted by GCStrategy::InitRoots. This isn't
382 // really necessary (the collector would never see the intermediate state at
383 // runtime), but it's nicer not to push the half-initialized entry onto the
385 while (isa
<StoreInst
>(IP
))
387 AtEntry
.SetInsertPoint(IP
->getParent(), IP
);
389 // Push the entry onto the shadow stack.
390 Instruction
*EntryNextPtr
= CreateGEP(Context
, AtEntry
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
,
391 StackEntry
, 0, 0, "gc_frame.next");
392 Instruction
*NewHeadVal
= CreateGEP(Context
, AtEntry
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
,
393 StackEntry
, 0, "gc_newhead");
394 AtEntry
.CreateStore(CurrentHead
, EntryNextPtr
);
395 AtEntry
.CreateStore(NewHeadVal
, Head
);
397 // For each instruction that escapes...
398 EscapeEnumerator
EE(F
, "gc_cleanup", /*HandleExceptions=*/true, DTU
);
399 while (IRBuilder
<> *AtExit
= EE
.Next()) {
400 // Pop the entry from the shadow stack. Don't reuse CurrentHead from
401 // AtEntry, since that would make the value live for the entire function.
402 Instruction
*EntryNextPtr2
=
403 CreateGEP(Context
, *AtExit
, ConcreteStackEntryTy
, StackEntry
, 0, 0,
406 AtExit
->CreateLoad(AtExit
->getPtrTy(), EntryNextPtr2
, "gc_savedhead");
407 AtExit
->CreateStore(SavedHead
, Head
);
410 // Delete the original allocas (which are no longer used) and the intrinsic
411 // calls (which are no longer valid). Doing this last avoids invalidating
413 for (std::pair
<CallInst
*, AllocaInst
*> &Root
: Roots
) {
414 Root
.first
->eraseFromParent();
415 Root
.second
->eraseFromParent();