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diff --git a/llvm/docs/tutorial/MyFirstLanguageFrontend/LangImpl03.rst b/llvm/docs/tutorial/MyFirstLanguageFrontend/LangImpl03.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..da465ef7061 --- /dev/null +++ b/llvm/docs/tutorial/MyFirstLanguageFrontend/LangImpl03.rst @@ -0,0 +1,568 @@ +======================================== +Kaleidoscope: Code generation to LLVM IR +======================================== + +.. contents:: + :local: + +Chapter 3 Introduction +====================== + +Welcome to Chapter 3 of the "`Implementing a language with +LLVM <index.html>`_" tutorial. This chapter shows you how to transform +the `Abstract Syntax Tree <LangImpl02.html>`_, built in Chapter 2, into +LLVM IR. This will teach you a little bit about how LLVM does things, as +well as demonstrate how easy it is to use. It's much more work to build +a lexer and parser than it is to generate LLVM IR code. :) + +**Please note**: the code in this chapter and later require LLVM 3.7 or +later. LLVM 3.6 and before will not work with it. Also note that you +need to use a version of this tutorial that matches your LLVM release: +If you are using an official LLVM release, use the version of the +documentation included with your release or on the `llvm.org releases +page <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_. + +Code Generation Setup +===================== + +In order to generate LLVM IR, we want some simple setup to get started. +First we define virtual code generation (codegen) methods in each AST +class: + +.. code-block:: c++ + + /// ExprAST - Base class for all expression nodes. + class ExprAST { + public: + virtual ~ExprAST() {} + virtual Value *codegen() = 0; + }; + + /// NumberExprAST - Expression class for numeric literals like "1.0". + class NumberExprAST : public ExprAST { + double Val; + + public: + NumberExprAST(double Val) : Val(Val) {} + virtual Value *codegen(); + }; + ... + +The codegen() method says to emit IR for that AST node along with all +the things it depends on, and they all return an LLVM Value object. +"Value" is the class used to represent a "`Static Single Assignment +(SSA) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_ +register" or "SSA value" in LLVM. The most distinct aspect of SSA values +is that their value is computed as the related instruction executes, and +it does not get a new value until (and if) the instruction re-executes. +In other words, there is no way to "change" an SSA value. For more +information, please read up on `Static Single +Assignment <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form>`_ +- the concepts are really quite natural once you grok them. + +Note that instead of adding virtual methods to the ExprAST class +hierarchy, it could also make sense to use a `visitor +pattern <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitor_pattern>`_ or some other +way to model this. Again, this tutorial won't dwell on good software +engineering practices: for our purposes, adding a virtual method is +simplest. + +The second thing we want is an "LogError" method like we used for the +parser, which will be used to report errors found during code generation +(for example, use of an undeclared parameter): + +.. code-block:: c++ + + static LLVMContext TheContext; + static IRBuilder<> Builder(TheContext); + static std::unique_ptr<Module> TheModule; + static std::map<std::string, Value *> NamedValues; + + Value *LogErrorV(const char *Str) { + LogError(Str); + return nullptr; + } + +The static variables will be used during code generation. ``TheContext`` +is an opaque object that owns a lot of core LLVM data structures, such as +the type and constant value tables. We don't need to understand it in +detail, we just need a single instance to pass into APIs that require it. + +The ``Builder`` object is a helper object that makes it easy to generate +LLVM instructions. Instances of the +`IRBuilder <http://llvm.org/doxygen/IRBuilder_8h-source.html>`_ +class template keep track of the current place to insert instructions +and has methods to create new instructions. + +``TheModule`` is an LLVM construct that contains functions and global +variables. In many ways, it is the top-level structure that the LLVM IR +uses to contain code. It will own the memory for all of the IR that we +generate, which is why the codegen() method returns a raw Value\*, +rather than a unique_ptr<Value>. + +The ``NamedValues`` map keeps track of which values are defined in the +current scope and what their LLVM representation is. (In other words, it +is a symbol table for the code). In this form of Kaleidoscope, the only +things that can be referenced are function parameters. As such, function +parameters will be in this map when generating code for their function +body. + +With these basics in place, we can start talking about how to generate +code for each expression. Note that this assumes that the ``Builder`` +has been set up to generate code *into* something. For now, we'll assume +that this has already been done, and we'll just use it to emit code. + +Expression Code Generation +========================== + +Generating LLVM code for expression nodes is very straightforward: less +than 45 lines of commented code for all four of our expression nodes. +First we'll do numeric literals: + +.. code-block:: c++ + + Value *NumberExprAST::codegen() { + return ConstantFP::get(TheContext, APFloat(Val)); + } + +In the LLVM IR, numeric constants are represented with the +``ConstantFP`` class, which holds the numeric value in an ``APFloat`` +internally (``APFloat`` has the capability of holding floating point +constants of Arbitrary Precision). This code basically just creates +and returns a ``ConstantFP``. Note that in the LLVM IR that constants +are all uniqued together and shared. For this reason, the API uses the +"foo::get(...)" idiom instead of "new foo(..)" or "foo::Create(..)". + +.. code-block:: c++ + + Value *VariableExprAST::codegen() { + // Look this variable up in the function. + Value *V = NamedValues[Name]; + if (!V) + LogErrorV("Unknown variable name"); + return V; + } + +References to variables are also quite simple using LLVM. In the simple +version of Kaleidoscope, we assume that the variable has already been +emitted somewhere and its value is available. In practice, the only +values that can be in the ``NamedValues`` map are function arguments. +This code simply checks to see that the specified name is in the map (if +not, an unknown variable is being referenced) and returns the value for +it. In future chapters, we'll add support for `loop induction +variables <LangImpl5.html#for-loop-expression>`_ in the symbol table, and for `local +variables <LangImpl7.html#user-defined-local-variables>`_. + +.. code-block:: c++ + + Value *BinaryExprAST::codegen() { + Value *L = LHS->codegen(); + Value *R = RHS->codegen(); + if (!L || !R) + return nullptr; + + switch (Op) { + case '+': + return Builder.CreateFAdd(L, R, "addtmp"); + case '-': + return Builder.CreateFSub(L, R, "subtmp"); + case '*': + return Builder.CreateFMul(L, R, "multmp"); + case '<': + L = Builder.CreateFCmpULT(L, R, "cmptmp"); + // Convert bool 0/1 to double 0.0 or 1.0 + return Builder.CreateUIToFP(L, Type::getDoubleTy(TheContext), + "booltmp"); + default: + return LogErrorV("invalid binary operator"); + } + } + +Binary operators start to get more interesting. The basic idea here is +that we recursively emit code for the left-hand side of the expression, +then the right-hand side, then we compute the result of the binary +expression. In this code, we do a simple switch on the opcode to create +the right LLVM instruction. + +In the example above, the LLVM builder class is starting to show its +value. IRBuilder knows where to insert the newly created instruction, +all you have to do is specify what instruction to create (e.g. with +``CreateFAdd``), which operands to use (``L`` and ``R`` here) and +optionally provide a name for the generated instruction. + +One nice thing about LLVM is that the name is just a hint. For instance, +if the code above emits multiple "addtmp" variables, LLVM will +automatically provide each one with an increasing, unique numeric +suffix. Local value names for instructions are purely optional, but it +makes it much easier to read the IR dumps. + +`LLVM instructions <../LangRef.html#instruction-reference>`_ are constrained by strict +rules: for example, the Left and Right operators of an `add +instruction <../LangRef.html#add-instruction>`_ must have the same type, and the +result type of the add must match the operand types. Because all values +in Kaleidoscope are doubles, this makes for very simple code for add, +sub and mul. + +On the other hand, LLVM specifies that the `fcmp +instruction <../LangRef.html#fcmp-instruction>`_ always returns an 'i1' value (a +one bit integer). The problem with this is that Kaleidoscope wants the +value to be a 0.0 or 1.0 value. In order to get these semantics, we +combine the fcmp instruction with a `uitofp +instruction <../LangRef.html#uitofp-to-instruction>`_. This instruction converts its +input integer into a floating point value by treating the input as an +unsigned value. In contrast, if we used the `sitofp +instruction <../LangRef.html#sitofp-to-instruction>`_, the Kaleidoscope '<' operator +would return 0.0 and -1.0, depending on the input value. + +.. code-block:: c++ + + Value *CallExprAST::codegen() { + // Look up the name in the global module table. + Function *CalleeF = TheModule->getFunction(Callee); + if (!CalleeF) + return LogErrorV("Unknown function referenced"); + + // If argument mismatch error. + if (CalleeF->arg_size() != Args.size()) + return LogErrorV("Incorrect # arguments passed"); + + std::vector<Value *> ArgsV; + for (unsigned i = 0, e = Args.size(); i != e; ++i) { + ArgsV.push_back(Args[i]->codegen()); + if (!ArgsV.back()) + return nullptr; + } + + return Builder.CreateCall(CalleeF, ArgsV, "calltmp"); + } + +Code generation for function calls is quite straightforward with LLVM. The code +above initially does a function name lookup in the LLVM Module's symbol table. +Recall that the LLVM Module is the container that holds the functions we are +JIT'ing. By giving each function the same name as what the user specifies, we +can use the LLVM symbol table to resolve function names for us. + +Once we have the function to call, we recursively codegen each argument +that is to be passed in, and create an LLVM `call +instruction <../LangRef.html#call-instruction>`_. Note that LLVM uses the native C +calling conventions by default, allowing these calls to also call into +standard library functions like "sin" and "cos", with no additional +effort. + +This wraps up our handling of the four basic expressions that we have so +far in Kaleidoscope. Feel free to go in and add some more. For example, +by browsing the `LLVM language reference <../LangRef.html>`_ you'll find +several other interesting instructions that are really easy to plug into +our basic framework. + +Function Code Generation +======================== + +Code generation for prototypes and functions must handle a number of +details, which make their code less beautiful than expression code +generation, but allows us to illustrate some important points. First, +let's talk about code generation for prototypes: they are used both for +function bodies and external function declarations. The code starts +with: + +.. code-block:: c++ + + Function *PrototypeAST::codegen() { + // Make the function type: double(double,double) etc. + std::vector<Type*> Doubles(Args.size(), + Type::getDoubleTy(TheContext)); + FunctionType *FT = + FunctionType::get(Type::getDoubleTy(TheContext), Doubles, false); + + Function *F = + Function::Create(FT, Function::ExternalLinkage, Name, TheModule.get()); + +This code packs a lot of power into a few lines. Note first that this +function returns a "Function\*" instead of a "Value\*". Because a +"prototype" really talks about the external interface for a function +(not the value computed by an expression), it makes sense for it to +return the LLVM Function it corresponds to when codegen'd. + +The call to ``FunctionType::get`` creates the ``FunctionType`` that +should be used for a given Prototype. Since all function arguments in +Kaleidoscope are of type double, the first line creates a vector of "N" +LLVM double types. It then uses the ``Functiontype::get`` method to +create a function type that takes "N" doubles as arguments, returns one +double as a result, and that is not vararg (the false parameter +indicates this). Note that Types in LLVM are uniqued just like Constants +are, so you don't "new" a type, you "get" it. + +The final line above actually creates the IR Function corresponding to +the Prototype. This indicates the type, linkage and name to use, as +well as which module to insert into. "`external +linkage <../LangRef.html#linkage>`_" means that the function may be +defined outside the current module and/or that it is callable by +functions outside the module. The Name passed in is the name the user +specified: since "``TheModule``" is specified, this name is registered +in "``TheModule``"s symbol table. + +.. code-block:: c++ + + // Set names for all arguments. + unsigned Idx = 0; + for (auto &Arg : F->args()) + Arg.setName(Args[Idx++]); + + return F; + +Finally, we set the name of each of the function's arguments according to the +names given in the Prototype. This step isn't strictly necessary, but keeping +the names consistent makes the IR more readable, and allows subsequent code to +refer directly to the arguments for their names, rather than having to look up +them up in the Prototype AST. + +At this point we have a function prototype with no body. This is how LLVM IR +represents function declarations. For extern statements in Kaleidoscope, this +is as far as we need to go. For function definitions however, we need to +codegen and attach a function body. + +.. code-block:: c++ + + Function *FunctionAST::codegen() { + // First, check for an existing function from a previous 'extern' declaration. + Function *TheFunction = TheModule->getFunction(Proto->getName()); + + if (!TheFunction) + TheFunction = Proto->codegen(); + + if (!TheFunction) + return nullptr; + + if (!TheFunction->empty()) + return (Function*)LogErrorV("Function cannot be redefined."); + + +For function definitions, we start by searching TheModule's symbol table for an +existing version of this function, in case one has already been created using an +'extern' statement. If Module::getFunction returns null then no previous version +exists, so we'll codegen one from the Prototype. In either case, we want to +assert that the function is empty (i.e. has no body yet) before we start. + +.. code-block:: c++ + + // Create a new basic block to start insertion into. + BasicBlock *BB = BasicBlock::Create(TheContext, "entry", TheFunction); + Builder.SetInsertPoint(BB); + + // Record the function arguments in the NamedValues map. + NamedValues.clear(); + for (auto &Arg : TheFunction->args()) + NamedValues[Arg.getName()] = &Arg; + +Now we get to the point where the ``Builder`` is set up. The first line +creates a new `basic block <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_block>`_ +(named "entry"), which is inserted into ``TheFunction``. The second line +then tells the builder that new instructions should be inserted into the +end of the new basic block. Basic blocks in LLVM are an important part +of functions that define the `Control Flow +Graph <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_flow_graph>`_. Since we +don't have any control flow, our functions will only contain one block +at this point. We'll fix this in `Chapter 5 <LangImpl05.html>`_ :). + +Next we add the function arguments to the NamedValues map (after first clearing +it out) so that they're accessible to ``VariableExprAST`` nodes. + +.. code-block:: c++ + + if (Value *RetVal = Body->codegen()) { + // Finish off the function. + Builder.CreateRet(RetVal); + + // Validate the generated code, checking for consistency. + verifyFunction(*TheFunction); + + return TheFunction; + } + +Once the insertion point has been set up and the NamedValues map populated, +we call the ``codegen()`` method for the root expression of the function. If no +error happens, this emits code to compute the expression into the entry block +and returns the value that was computed. Assuming no error, we then create an +LLVM `ret instruction <../LangRef.html#ret-instruction>`_, which completes the function. +Once the function is built, we call ``verifyFunction``, which is +provided by LLVM. This function does a variety of consistency checks on +the generated code, to determine if our compiler is doing everything +right. Using this is important: it can catch a lot of bugs. Once the +function is finished and validated, we return it. + +.. code-block:: c++ + + // Error reading body, remove function. + TheFunction->eraseFromParent(); + return nullptr; + } + +The only piece left here is handling of the error case. For simplicity, +we handle this by merely deleting the function we produced with the +``eraseFromParent`` method. This allows the user to redefine a function +that they incorrectly typed in before: if we didn't delete it, it would +live in the symbol table, with a body, preventing future redefinition. + +This code does have a bug, though: If the ``FunctionAST::codegen()`` method +finds an existing IR Function, it does not validate its signature against the +definition's own prototype. This means that an earlier 'extern' declaration will +take precedence over the function definition's signature, which can cause +codegen to fail, for instance if the function arguments are named differently. +There are a number of ways to fix this bug, see what you can come up with! Here +is a testcase: + +:: + + extern foo(a); # ok, defines foo. + def foo(b) b; # Error: Unknown variable name. (decl using 'a' takes precedence). + +Driver Changes and Closing Thoughts +=================================== + +For now, code generation to LLVM doesn't really get us much, except that +we can look at the pretty IR calls. The sample code inserts calls to +codegen into the "``HandleDefinition``", "``HandleExtern``" etc +functions, and then dumps out the LLVM IR. This gives a nice way to look +at the LLVM IR for simple functions. For example: + +:: + + ready> 4+5; + Read top-level expression: + define double @0() { + entry: + ret double 9.000000e+00 + } + +Note how the parser turns the top-level expression into anonymous +functions for us. This will be handy when we add `JIT +support <LangImpl4.html#adding-a-jit-compiler>`_ in the next chapter. Also note that the +code is very literally transcribed, no optimizations are being performed +except simple constant folding done by IRBuilder. We will `add +optimizations <LangImpl4.html#trivial-constant-folding>`_ explicitly in the next +chapter. + +:: + + ready> def foo(a b) a*a + 2*a*b + b*b; + Read function definition: + define double @foo(double %a, double %b) { + entry: + %multmp = fmul double %a, %a + %multmp1 = fmul double 2.000000e+00, %a + %multmp2 = fmul double %multmp1, %b + %addtmp = fadd double %multmp, %multmp2 + %multmp3 = fmul double %b, %b + %addtmp4 = fadd double %addtmp, %multmp3 + ret double %addtmp4 + } + +This shows some simple arithmetic. Notice the striking similarity to the +LLVM builder calls that we use to create the instructions. + +:: + + ready> def bar(a) foo(a, 4.0) + bar(31337); + Read function definition: + define double @bar(double %a) { + entry: + %calltmp = call double @foo(double %a, double 4.000000e+00) + %calltmp1 = call double @bar(double 3.133700e+04) + %addtmp = fadd double %calltmp, %calltmp1 + ret double %addtmp + } + +This shows some function calls. Note that this function will take a long +time to execute if you call it. In the future we'll add conditional +control flow to actually make recursion useful :). + +:: + + ready> extern cos(x); + Read extern: + declare double @cos(double) + + ready> cos(1.234); + Read top-level expression: + define double @1() { + entry: + %calltmp = call double @cos(double 1.234000e+00) + ret double %calltmp + } + +This shows an extern for the libm "cos" function, and a call to it. + +.. TODO:: Abandon Pygments' horrible `llvm` lexer. It just totally gives up + on highlighting this due to the first line. + +:: + + ready> ^D + ; ModuleID = 'my cool jit' + + define double @0() { + entry: + %addtmp = fadd double 4.000000e+00, 5.000000e+00 + ret double %addtmp + } + + define double @foo(double %a, double %b) { + entry: + %multmp = fmul double %a, %a + %multmp1 = fmul double 2.000000e+00, %a + %multmp2 = fmul double %multmp1, %b + %addtmp = fadd double %multmp, %multmp2 + %multmp3 = fmul double %b, %b + %addtmp4 = fadd double %addtmp, %multmp3 + ret double %addtmp4 + } + + define double @bar(double %a) { + entry: + %calltmp = call double @foo(double %a, double 4.000000e+00) + %calltmp1 = call double @bar(double 3.133700e+04) + %addtmp = fadd double %calltmp, %calltmp1 + ret double %addtmp + } + + declare double @cos(double) + + define double @1() { + entry: + %calltmp = call double @cos(double 1.234000e+00) + ret double %calltmp + } + +When you quit the current demo (by sending an EOF via CTRL+D on Linux +or CTRL+Z and ENTER on Windows), it dumps out the IR for the entire +module generated. Here you can see the big picture with all the +functions referencing each other. + +This wraps up the third chapter of the Kaleidoscope tutorial. Up next, +we'll describe how to `add JIT codegen and optimizer +support <LangImpl04.html>`_ to this so we can actually start running +code! + +Full Code Listing +================= + +Here is the complete code listing for our running example, enhanced with +the LLVM code generator. Because this uses the LLVM libraries, we need +to link them in. To do this, we use the +`llvm-config <http://llvm.org/cmds/llvm-config.html>`_ tool to inform +our makefile/command line about which options to use: + +.. code-block:: bash + + # Compile + clang++ -g -O3 toy.cpp `llvm-config --cxxflags --ldflags --system-libs --libs core` -o toy + # Run + ./toy + +Here is the code: + +.. literalinclude:: ../../examples/Kaleidoscope/Chapter3/toy.cpp + :language: c++ + +`Next: Adding JIT and Optimizer Support <LangImpl04.html>`_ + |
