[ARM] generate armv6m eXecute Only (XO) code for immediates, globals
Previously eXecute Only (XO) support was implemented for targets that support
MOVW/MOVT (~armv7+). See: https://reviews.llvm.org/D27449
XO prevents the compiler from generating data accesses to code sections. This
patch implements XO codegen for armv6-M, which does not support MOVW/MOVT, and
must resort to the following general pattern to avoid loads:
movs r3, :upper8_15:foo
lsls r3, #8
adds r3, :upper0_7:foo
lsls r3, #8
adds r3, :lower8_15:foo
lsls r3, #8
adds r3, :lower0_7:foo
ldr r3, [r3]
This is equivalent to the code pattern generated by GCC.
The above relocations are new to LLVM and have been implemented in a parent
patch: https://reviews.llvm.org/D149443.
This patch limits itself to implementing codegen for this pattern and enabling
XO for armv6-M in the backend.
Separate patches will follow for:
- switch tables
- replacing specific loads from constant islands which are spread out over the
ARM backend codebase. Amongst others: FastISel, call lowering, stack frames.
Reviewed By: john.brawn
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D152795
The NoMovt feature prevents the use of MOVW/MOVT
instructions on Cortex-M23 for performance reasons.
These instructions are required for execute only code
so NoMovt should be disabled when that option is enabled.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D52551
llvm-svn: 343302
This implements execute-only support for ARM code generation, which
prevents the compiler from generating data accesses to code sections.
The following changes are involved:
* Add the CodeGen option "-arm-execute-only" to the ARM code generator.
* Add the clang flag "-mexecute-only" as well as the GCC-compatible
alias "-mpure-code" to enable this option.
* When enabled, literal pools are replaced with MOVW/MOVT instructions,
with VMOV used in addition for floating-point literals. As the MOVT
instruction is required, execute-only support is only available in
Thumb mode for targets supporting ARMv8-M baseline or Thumb2.
* Jump tables are placed in data sections when in execute-only mode.
* The execute-only text section is assigned section ID 0, and is
marked as unreadable with the SHF_ARM_PURECODE flag with symbol 'y'.
This also overrides selection of ELF sections for globals.
llvm-svn: 289784
