This patch adds powerpc64le Linux support. While the patch also adds
the matching powerpc64 bits, there are endian issues that need to be
sorted out.
The PowerPC LLVM changes for the swift ABI (eg returning three element
non-homogeneous aggregates) are still in the works, but a simple LLVM
fix to allow those aggregates results in swift passing all but 8
test cases.
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
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
