We have enough flag bits on function types now to warrant stashing an extra word in the metadata key alongside the arguments and results, so add one, and pack the number of arguments, function convention, and 'throws' bit in there. This lets us merge the separate metadata caches for thick/thin/block/C functions into one, saving a bit of runtime memory, and simplifying a bunch of repetitive code in the runtime and IRGen.
This also fixes a subtle bug we had where the runtime getFunctionTypeMetadata function expected the result argument to be passed in the arguments array, but IRGen was passing it as a separate argument, which would have caused function type metadata to fail to be uniqued by result type.
Swift SVN r27651
@objc protocols aren't supported with an ObjC runtime, but we still want values of AnyObject type to be word-sized. Handle this by turning the binary "needsWitnessTable" condition into a "dispatch strategy" enum, so we can recognize the condition "has no methods, so neither swift nor objc dispatch" as distinct from either swift or ObjC protocol representations. Assign this dispatch strategy when we lower AnyObject. Should be NFC for the ObjC-enabled build.
(It would also be beneficial for the ObjC-runtime-enabled version of Swift if AnyObject weren't an @objc protocol; that would mean we could give it a canonical protocol descriptor in the standard library, among other things. There are fairly deep assumptions in Sema that AnyObject is @objc, though, and it's not worth disturbing those assumptions right now.)
Reapplying with updates to the runtime unit tests.
Swift SVN r27341
@objc protocols aren't supported with an ObjC runtime, but we still want values of AnyObject type to be word-sized. Handle this by turning the binary "needsWitnessTable" condition into a "dispatch strategy" enum, so we can recognize the condition "has no methods, so neither swift nor objc dispatch" as distinct from either swift or ObjC protocol representations. Assign this dispatch strategy when we lower AnyObject. Should be NFC for the ObjC-enabled build.
(It would also be beneficial for the ObjC-runtime-enabled version of Swift if AnyObject weren't an @objc protocol; that would mean we could give it a canonical protocol descriptor in the standard library, among other things. There are fairly deep assumptions in Sema that AnyObject is @objc, though, and it's not worth disturbing those assumptions right now.)
Swift SVN r27338
We need to be able to easily recognize ErrorType in the runtime (and AnyObject, which we recognize by strcmp'ing in a few places currently, which is terrible). Carve out a byte in the protocol descriptor and existential type metadata flags where we can store an enumerator to identify interesting protocols and their existential types. While we're here, move the ProtocolDescriptorFlags and ExistentialTypeFlags up to swift/ABI/MetadataValues.h so their layout can be shared easily from IRGen and the runtime. NFC yet (except you're now arbitrarily limited to 16M protocols in a composition instead of 2G, but hopefully nobody will notice).
Swift SVN r26361
Teach IRGen and the runtime about the extra inhabitants
of function pointers, and take advantage of that in
thin and thick function types.
Also add runtime entrypoints for thin function type
metadata.
Swift SVN r24346
IRGen uses a typedef, SpareBitVector, for its principal
purpose of tracking spare bits. Other uses should not
use this typedef, and I've tried to follow that, but I
did this rewrite mostly with sed and may have missed
some fixups.
This should be almost completely NFC. There may be
some subtle changes in spare bits for witness tables
and other off-beat pointer types. I also fixed a bug
where IRGen thought that thin functions were two
pointers wide, but this wouldn't have affected anything
because we never store thin functions anyway, since
they're not a valid AST type.
This commit repplies r24305 with two fixes:
- It fixes the computation of spare bits for unusual
integer types to use the already-agreed-upon type
size instead of recomputing it. This fixes the
i386 stdlib build. Joe and I agreed that we should
also change the size to use the LLVM alloc size
instead of the next power of 2, but this patch
does not do that yet.
- It changes the spare bits in function types back
to the empty set. I'll be changing this in a
follow-up, but it needs to be tied to runtime
changes. This fixes the regression test failures.
Swift SVN r24324
IRGen uses a typedef, SpareBitVector, for its principal
purpose of tracking spare bits. Other uses should not
use this typedef, and I've tried to follow that, but I
did this rewrite mostly with sed and may have missed
some fixups.
This should be almost completely NFC. There may be
some subtle changes in spare bits for witness tables
and other off-beat pointer types. I also fixed a bug
where IRGen thought that thin functions were two
pointers wide, but this wouldn't have affected anything
because we never store thin functions anyway, since
they're not a valid AST type.
Swift SVN r24305
We used to reserve a specific spare bit to say "this is a native
object." Now, we're going to say, "if *any* spare bit is set, this is a
native object." At the cost of having no spare bits to work with in the
non-native case, this allows us to store a number in 1..<4 (actually
0..<4, at some cost in speed for the 0 case) along with any native
object on all platforms.
This half bit advantage is important on 32-bit platforms, we have only
spare 2 bits to work with.
Given that on the 64-bit platforms there are *no* spare bits in the case
where the object is a non-native tagged pointer, we have no guarantee of
being able to store extra information along with an arbitrary non-native
object. Giving up the ability to store bits for *all* non-native
objects (even non-tagged ones) is therefore not much of a sacrifice.
Fixes <rdar://problem/18920415> More useful spare bits in Builtin.BridgeObject
Swift SVN r23345
As a stopgap till IRGen properly emits indirected class references, support direct class reference protocol conformance records. This should get us to the point we can replace the dlsym hack with the new implementation.
Swift SVN r23073
When we emit a witness table, build a protocol conformance record for it, and emit the list of all conformance records into a "__swift1_proto" section of the data segment.
Swift SVN r22939
This is a type that has ownership of a reference while allowing access to the
spare bits inside the pointer, but which can also safely hold an ObjC tagged pointer
reference (with no spare bits of course). It additionally blesses one
Foundation-coordinated bit with the meaning of "has swift refcounting" in order
to get a faster short-circuit to native refcounting. It supports the following
builtin operations:
- Builtin.castToBridgeObject<T>(ref: T, bits: Builtin.Word) ->
Builtin.BridgeObject
Creates a BridgeObject that contains the bitwise-OR of the bit patterns of
"ref" and "bits". It is the user's responsibility to ensure "bits" doesn't
interfere with the reference identity of the resulting value. In other words,
it is undefined behavior unless:
castReferenceFromBridgeObject(castToBridgeObject(ref, bits)) === ref
This means "bits" must be zero if "ref" is a tagged pointer. If "ref" is a real
object pointer, "bits" must not have any non-spare bits set (unless they're
already set in the pointer value). The native discriminator bit may only be set
if the object is Swift-refcounted.
- Builtin.castReferenceFromBridgeObject<T>(bo: Builtin.BridgeObject) -> T
Extracts the reference from a BridgeObject.
- Builtin.castBitPatternFromBridgeObject(bo: Builtin.BridgeObject) -> Builtin.Word
Presents the bit pattern of a BridgeObject as a Word.
BridgeObject's bits are set up as follows on the various platforms:
i386, armv7:
No ObjC tagged pointers
Swift native refcounting flag bit: 0x0000_0001
Other available spare bits: 0x0000_0002
x86_64:
Reserved for ObjC tagged pointers: 0x8000_0000_0000_0001
Swift native refcounting flag bit: 0x0000_0000_0000_0002
Other available spare bits: 0x7F00_0000_0000_0004
arm64:
Reserved for ObjC tagged pointers: 0x8000_0000_0000_0000
Swift native refcounting flag bit: 0x4000_0000_0000_0000
Other available spare bits: 0x3F00_0000_0000_0007
TODO: BridgeObject doesn't present any extra inhabitants. It ought to at least provide null as an extra inhabitant for Optional.
Swift SVN r22880
refcounting and take advantage of it.
Also, set the Swift1 flag in classes we generate.
Also, initialize a global cache of the non-pointer-isa
mask and use that instead of object_getClass, at least
within the runtime.
Also, centralize the runtime on a _swift_getSuperclass
function and make that use a direct access while we
await word from Greg on the desired ABI requirements.
Swift SVN r21077
This allows one to cast a value type (say, [String]) to AnyObject or
NSCoding, for example. It's another piece of <rdar://problem/17637959>.
Swift SVN r20964
a flags field, add an instance address point field, and reserve
some additional space.
This change must be coordinated with a corresponding change
to ObjC runtime bits in libarclite; without this, dynamic
subclassing features like KVO will break.
The actual contents of the new fields can change without
bothering the ObjC runtime.
Swift SVN r20183
This is the most general dynamic cast operation, permitting
arbitary source and destination types and handling arbitrary
changes in representation. A value of the destination type
is constructed in an address provided by the caller; flags
control the behavior w.r.t. the source value.
Not yet used; probably buggy in various particulars.
Swift SVN r18815
Don't use spare bits on platforms that use ObjC tagged pointers when an enum payload involves a class-constrained existential, archetype, or ObjC-defined class type. If a payload is of a Swift-defined class type, we can still assume it's a real pointer and use its spare bits. Add an @unsafe_no_objc_tagged_pointer attribute that can be applied to protocols to denote that existentials bounded by that protocol can use spare bits; this is necessary to preserve the layout of bridged Array and Dictionary types, which should not be bound to tagged pointer types in practice (fingers crossed). Fixes <rdar://problem/16270219>.
Swift SVN r18781
Blocks need their own type metadata with value witnesses appropriate to the block representation. Fixes <rdar://problem/16918740> and <rdar://problem/16981126>.
Swift SVN r18508
Language features like erasing concrete metatype
values are also left for the future. Still, baby steps.
The singleton ordinary metatype for existential types
is still potentially useful; we allow it to be written
as P.Protocol.
I've been somewhat cavalier in making code accept
AnyMetatypeType instead of a more specific type, and
it's likely that a number of these places can and
should be more restrictive.
When T is an existential type, parse T.Type as an
ExistentialMetatypeType instead of a MetatypeType.
An existential metatype is the formal type
\exists t:P . (t.Type)
whereas the ordinary metatype is the formal type
(\exists t:P . t).Type
which is singleton. Our inability to express that
difference was leading to an ever-increasing cascade
of hacks where information is shadily passed behind
the scenes in order to make various operations with
static members of protocols work correctly.
This patch takes the first step towards fixing that
by splitting out existential metatypes and giving
them a pointer representation. Eventually, we will
need them to be able to carry protocol witness tables
Swift SVN r15716
There's still a lot of manual intervention required, but
at least we don't have the constants written in two different
places.
Should be NFC.
Swift SVN r15242
In the short term LLDB needs to be able to find and parse generic parameter vectors and field offset vectors from metadata records without necessarily having the debug info necessary to do so. Start off the descriptor by including these offsets and lengths.
Swift SVN r9458
We haven't fully updated references to union cases, and enums still are not
their own thing yet, but "oneof" is gone. Long live "union"!
Swift SVN r6783
The "Kind" field for class metadata is an isa pointer and not a member of MetadataKind, and so the switch in swift_dynamicCast was falling out and casting to an uninitialized pointer. Guard Metadata behind some accessor methods that do the right thing and update dynamicCast.
Swift SVN r4525
The interesting thing here is that we need runtime support in
order to generate references to metatypes for classes, mostly
because normal ObjC classes don't have all the information we want
in a metatype (which for now just means the VWT pointer).
We'll need to be able to reverse this mapping when finding a
class pointer to hand off to, say, an Objective-C class method,
of course.
Swift SVN r3424
the metadata kind.
I don't think this is actually a particularly useful thing
to track, especially since a non-generic type can be
generically parented or have a generic superclass or two.
Swift SVN r3182
