llvm-project/llvm/test/DebugInfo/NVPTX/packed_bitfields.ll
Victor Campos 119aecb955
[DebugInfo] Emit negative DW_AT_bit_offset in explicit signed form (#87994)
Before this patch, the value of DW_AT_bit_offset, used for bitfields
before DWARF version 4, was always emitted as an unsigned integer using
the form DW_FORM_data<n>. If the value was originally a signed integer,
for instance in the case of negative offsets, it was up to debug
information consumers to re-cast it to a signed integer.

This is problematic since the burden of deciding if the value should be
read as signed or unsigned was put onto the debug info consumers: the
DWARF specification doesn't define DW_AT_bit_offset's underlying type.
If a debugger decided to interpret this attribute in the form data<n> as
unsigned, then negative offsets would be completely broken.

The DWARF specification version 3 mentions in the Data Representation
section, page 127:

> If one of the DW_FORM_data<n> forms is used to represent a signed or
unsigned integer, it can be hard for a consumer to discover the context
necessary to determine which interpretation is intended. Producers are
therefore strongly encouraged to use DW_FORM_sdata or DW_FORM_udata for
signed and unsigned integers respectively, rather than DW_FORM_data<n>.

Therefore, the proposal is to use DW_FORM_sdata, which is explicitly
signed. This is an indication to consumers that the offset must be
parsed unambiguously as a signed integer.

Finally, gcc already uses DW_FORM_sdata for negative offsets, fixing the
potential ambiguity altogether.

This patch mimics gcc's behaviour by emitting negative values of
DW_AT_bit_offset using the DW_FORM_sdata form. This eliminates any
potential misinterpretation.

One could argue that all values should use DW_FORM_sdata, but for the
sake of parity with gcc, it is safe to restrict the change to negative
values.
2024-05-13 11:14:35 +01:00

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; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=nvptx64-nvidia-cuda | FileCheck %s
; RUN: %if ptxas %{ llc < %s -mtriple=nvptx64-nvidia-cuda | %ptxas-verify %}
; Produced at -O0 from:
; struct {
; char : 3;
; char a : 6;
; } __attribute__((__packed__)) b;
; Note that DWARF 2 counts bit offsets backwards from the high end of
; the storage unit to the high end of the bit field.
; CHECK: .section .debug_info
; CHECK: .b8 3 // Abbrev {{.*}} DW_TAG_structure_type
; CHECK: .b8 3 // DW_AT_decl_line
; CHECK-NEXT: .b8 1 // DW_AT_byte_size
; CHECK-NEXT: .b8 6 // DW_AT_bit_size
; Negative offset must be encoded as an unsigned integer.
; CHECK-NEXT: .b8 127 // DW_AT_bit_offset
; CHECK-NEXT: .b8 2 // DW_AT_data_member_location
%struct.anon = type { i16 }
@b = global %struct.anon zeroinitializer, align 1, !dbg !0
!llvm.dbg.cu = !{!2}
!llvm.module.flags = !{!10, !11, !12, !13}
!llvm.ident = !{!14}
!0 = !DIGlobalVariableExpression(var: !1, expr: !DIExpression())
!1 = distinct !DIGlobalVariable(name: "b", scope: !2, file: !3, line: 4, type: !6, isLocal: false, isDefinition: true)
!2 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C99, file: !3, producer: "clang version 11.0.0 ", isOptimized: false, runtimeVersion: 0, emissionKind: FullDebug, enums: !4, globals: !5, nameTableKind: None, sysroot: "/")
!3 = !DIFile(filename: "repro.c", directory: "/tmp")
!4 = !{}
!5 = !{!0}
!6 = distinct !DICompositeType(tag: DW_TAG_structure_type, file: !3, line: 1, size: 16, elements: !7)
!7 = !{!8}
!8 = !DIDerivedType(tag: DW_TAG_member, name: "a", scope: !6, file: !3, line: 3, baseType: !9, size: 6, offset: 3, flags: DIFlagBitField, extraData: i64 0)
!9 = !DIBasicType(name: "char", size: 8, encoding: DW_ATE_signed_char)
!10 = !{i32 7, !"Dwarf Version", i32 2}
!11 = !{i32 2, !"Debug Info Version", i32 3}
!12 = !{i32 1, !"wchar_size", i32 4}
!13 = !{i32 7, !"PIC Level", i32 2}
!14 = !{!"clang version 11.0.0 "}