In hybrid images, the PE header references a single IAT for both native
and EC views, merging entries where possible. When merging isn't
feasible, different imports are grouped together, and ARM64X relocations
are emitted as needed.
On hybrid ARM64X targets, ARM64 and ARM64EC input files operate in
separate namespaces and cannot reference each other. This change
introduces separate `SymbolTable` instances and associates each
`InputFile` with the appropriate table to reflect this behavior.
This change prepares for the introduction of separate hybrid namespaces.
Hybrid images will require two `SymbolTable` instances, making it
necessary to associate `InputFile` objects with the relevant one.
Similar to #112319 for ELF. While there is some initial boilerplate, it
can simplify some call sites that use Twine, especially when a printed
element uses `ctx` or toString.
On ARM64EC, external function calls emit a pair of weak-dependency
aliases: `func` to `#func` and `#func` to the `func` guess exit thunk
(instead of a single undefined `func` symbol, which would be emitted on
other targets). Allow such aliases to be overridden by lazy archive
symbols, just as we would for undefined symbols.
In addition to the auxiliary IAT, ARM64EC modules also contain a copy of
it. At runtime, the auxiliary IAT is filled with the addresses of actual
ARM64EC functions when possible. If patching is detected, the OS may use
the IAT copy to revert the auxiliary IAT, ensuring that the call checker
is used for calls to imported functions.
In addition to the regular IAT, ARM64EC also includes an auxiliary IAT.
At runtime, the regular IAT is populated with the addresses of imported
functions, which may be x86_64 functions or the export thunks of ARM64EC
functions. The auxiliary IAT contains versions of functions that are
guaranteed to be directly callable by ARM64 code.
The linker fills the auxiliary IAT with the addresses of `__impchk_`
thunks. These thunks perform a call on the IAT address using
`__icall_helper_arm64ec` with the target address from the IAT. If the
imported function is an ARM64EC function, the OS may replace the address
in the auxiliary IAT with the address of the ARM64EC version of the
function (not its export thunk), avoiding the runtime call checker for
better performance.
These thunks can be accessed using `__impchk_*` symbols, though they
are typically not called directly. Instead, they are used to populate the
auxiliary IAT. When the imported function is x86_64 (or an ARM64EC
function with a patched export thunk), the thunk is used to call it.
Otherwise, the OS may replace the thunk at runtime with a direct
pointer to the ARM64EC function to avoid the overhead.
For x86_64 callable functions, ARM64EC requires an entry thunk generated
by the compiler. The linker interprets .hybmp sections to associate
function chunks with their entry points and writes an offset to thunks
preceding function section contents.
Additionally, ICF needs to be aware of entry thunks to not consider
chunks to be equal when they have different entry thunks, and GC needs
to mark entry thunks together with function chunks.
I used a new SectionChunkEC class instead of storing entry thunks in
SectionChunk, following the guideline to keep SectionChunk as compact as
possible. This way, there is no memory usage increase on non-EC targets.
MS link accepts *.obj with ehcont bit set only. LLD should match this
behavoir too.
Reviewed By: rnk
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D150508
This reverts commit 7370ff624d217b0f8f7512ca5b651a9b8095a411.
(and 47fb8ae2f9a4075de05433ef24f459b6befd1730).
This commit broke the symbol type in import libraries generated
for mingw autoexported symbols, when the source files were built
with LTO. I'll commit a testcase that showcases this issue after
the revert.
This patch relaxes the constraints on the error message saved in PDBInputFile when failing to load a pdb file.
Storing an `Error` member infers that it must be accessed exactly once, which doesn't fit in several scenarios:
- If an invalid PDB file is provided as input file but never used, a loading error is created but never handled, causing an assert at shutdown.
- PDB file created using MSVC's `/Zi` option : The loading error message must be displayed once per obj file.
Also, the state of `PDBInputFile` was altered when reading (taking) the `Error` member, causing issues:
- accessing it (taking the `Error`) makes the object look valid whereas it's not properly initialized
- read vs write concurrency on a same `PDBInputFile` in the ghash parallel algorithm
The solution adopted here was to instead store an optional error string, and generate Error objects from it on demand.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D140333
Similar to ELF 3a5fb57393c3bc77be9e7afc2ec9d4ec3c9bbf70.
* previously when a LazyObjFile was extracted, a new ObjFile/BitcodeFile was created; now the file is reused, just with `lazy` cleared
* avoid the confusing transfer of `symbols` from LazyObjFile to the new file
* simpler code, smaller executable (5200+ bytes smaller on x86-64)
* make eager parsing feasible (for parallel section/symbol table initialization)
Reviewed By: aganea, rnk
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D116434
Original commit description:
[LLD] Remove global state in lld/COFF
This patch removes globals from the lldCOFF library, by moving globals
into a context class (COFFLinkingContext) and passing it around wherever
it's needed.
See https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2021-June/151184.html for
context about removing globals from LLD.
I also haven't moved the `driver` or `config` variables yet.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D109634
This reverts commit a2fd05ada9030eab2258fff25e77a05adccae128.
Original commits were b4fa71eed34d967195514fe9b0a5211fca2bc5bc
and e03c7e367adb8f228332e3c2ef8f45484597b719.
check for timer output"
Seems to be causing a number of asan test failures.
This reverts commit b4fa71eed34d967195514fe9b0a5211fca2bc5bc
and e03c7e367adb8f228332e3c2ef8f45484597b719.
This patch removes globals from the lldCOFF library, by moving globals
into a context class (COFFLinkingContext) and passing it around wherever
it's needed.
See https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2021-June/151184.html for
context about removing globals from LLD.
I also haven't moved the `driver` or `config` variables yet.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D109634
GNU ld.bfd supports linking directly against DLLs without using an
import library, and some projects have picked up on this habit.
(There's no one single unsurmountable issue with using import
libraries, but this is a regularly surfacing missing feature.)
As long as one is linking by name (instead of by ordinal), the DLL
export table contains most of the information needed. (One can
inspect what section a symbol points at, to see if it's a function
or data symbol. The practical implementation of this loops over all
sections for each symbol, but as long as they're not very many, that
should hopefully be tolerable performance wise.)
One exception where the information in the DLL isn't entirely enough
is on i386 with stdcall functions; depending on how they're done,
the exported function name can be a plain undecorated name, while
the import library would contain the full decorated symbol name. This
issue is addressed separately in a different patch.
This is implemented mimicing the structure of a regular import library,
with one InputFile corresponding to the static archive that just adds
lazy symbols, which then are fetched when they are needed. When such
a symbol is fetched, we synthesize a coff_import_header structure
in memory and create a regular ImportFile out of it.
The implementation could be even smaller by just creating ImportFiles
for every symbol available immediately, but that would have the
drawback of actually ending up importing all symbols unless running
with GC enabled (and mingw mode defaults to having it disabled for
historical reasons).
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D104530
This patch adds support for creating Guard Address-Taken IAT Entry Tables (.giats$y sections) in object files, matching the behavior of MSVC. These contain lists of address-taken imported functions, which are used by the linker to create the final GIATS table.
Additionally, if any DLLs are delay-loaded, the linker must look through the .giats tables and add the respective load thunks of address-taken imports to the GFIDS table, as these are also valid call targets.
Reviewed By: rnk
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D87544
This broke both Firefox and Chromium (PR47905) due to what seems like dllimport
function not being handled correctly.
> This patch adds support for creating Guard Address-Taken IAT Entry Tables (.giats$y sections) in object files, matching the behavior of MSVC. These contain lists of address-taken imported functions, which are used by the linker to create the final GIATS table.
> Additionally, if any DLLs are delay-loaded, the linker must look through the .giats tables and add the respective load thunks of address-taken imports to the GFIDS table, as these are also valid call targets.
>
> Reviewed By: rnk
>
> Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D87544
This reverts commit cfd8481da1adba1952e0f6ecd00440986e49a946.
Add a simple forwarding option in the MinGW frontend, and implement
the private -wrap option in the COFF linker.
The feature in lld-link isn't gated by the -lldmingw option, but
the option is left as a private, undocumented option primarily
used by the MinGW driver.
The implementation is significantly based on the support for --wrap
in the ELF linker, but many small nuance details are different
between the ELF and COFF linkers, ending up with more than a few
implementation differences.
This fixes https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47384.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D89004
Reapplied with the bitfield member canInline fixed so it doesn't break
builds targeting windows.
This reverts commit a012c704b5e5b60f9d2a7304d27cbc84a3619571.
Breaks Windows builds.
C:\src\llvm-mint\lld\COFF\Symbols.cpp(26,1): error: static_assert failed due to requirement 'sizeof(lld::coff::SymbolUnion) <= 48' "symbols should be optimized for memory usage"
static_assert(sizeof(SymbolUnion) <= 48,
Add a simple forwarding option in the MinGW frontend, and implement
the private -wrap option in the COFF linker.
The feature in lld-link isn't gated by the -lldmingw option, but
the option is left as a private, undocumented option primarily
used by the MinGW driver.
The implementation is significantly based on the support for --wrap
in the ELF linker, but many small nuance details are different
between the ELF and COFF linkers, ending up with more than a few
implementation differences.
This fixes https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47384.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D89004
This patch adds support for creating Guard Address-Taken IAT Entry Tables (.giats$y sections) in object files, matching the behavior of MSVC. These contain lists of address-taken imported functions, which are used by the linker to create the final GIATS table.
Additionally, if any DLLs are delay-loaded, the linker must look through the .giats tables and add the respective load thunks of address-taken imports to the GFIDS table, as these are also valid call targets.
Reviewed By: rnk
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D87544
This patch adds support for creating Guard Address-Taken IAT Entry Tables (.giats$y sections) in object files, matching the behavior of MSVC. These contain lists of address-taken imported functions, which are used by the linker to create the final GIATS table.
Additionally, if any DLLs are delay-loaded, the linker must look through the .giats tables and add the respective load thunks of address-taken imports to the GFIDS table, as these are also valid call targets.
Reviewed By: rnk
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D87544
Binutils generated sections seem to be padded to a multiple of 16 bytes,
but the aux section definition contains the original, unpadded section
length.
The size check used for IMAGE_COMDAT_SELECT_SAME_SIZE previously
only checked the size of the section itself. When checking the
currently processed object file against the previously chosen
comdat section, we easily have access to the aux section definition
of the currently processed section, but we have to iterate over the
symbols of the previously selected object file to find the section
definition of the previously picked section. (We don't want to
inflate SectionChunk to carry more data, for something that is only
needed in corner cases.) Only do this when the mingw flag is set.
This fixes statically linking clang-built C++ object files against
libstdc++ built with GCC, if the object files contain e.g. typeinfo.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D86659
First, do not reserve numSections in the Chunks array. In cases where
there are many non-prevailing sections, this will overallocate memory
which will not be used.
Second, free the memory for sparseChunks after initializeSymbols. After
that, it is never used.
This saves 50MB of 627MB for my use case without affecting performance.
This paves the way to doing more things in parallel, and allows us to
order type sources in dependency order. PDBs and PCH objects have to be
loaded before object files which use them.
This is a rebase of the unapplied remaining changes in
https://reviews.llvm.org/D59226. I found it very challenging to rebase
this across the LLD variable name style change. I recall there was a
tool for that, but I didn't take the time to use it.
Reviewers: aganea, akhuang
Subscribers: llvm-commits
Tags: #llvm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D79672
