DisassemblerEmitter.cpp revision 49d9dc4dd205b615beb7af160ef974eaabe4d1cf
1//===- DisassemblerEmitter.cpp - Generate a disassembler ------------------===//
2//
3//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
4//
5// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
7//
8//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9
10#include "DisassemblerEmitter.h"
11#include "CodeGenTarget.h"
12#include "Record.h"
13#include "X86DisassemblerTables.h"
14#include "X86RecognizableInstr.h"
15using namespace llvm;
16using namespace llvm::X86Disassembler;
17
18/// DisassemblerEmitter - Contains disassembler table emitters for various
19/// architectures.
20
21/// X86 Disassembler Emitter
22///
23/// *** IF YOU'RE HERE TO RESOLVE A "Primary decode conflict", LOOK DOWN NEAR
24///     THE END OF THIS COMMENT!
25///
26/// The X86 disassembler emitter is part of the X86 Disassembler, which is
27/// documented in lib/Target/X86/X86Disassembler.h.
28///
29/// The emitter produces the tables that the disassembler uses to translate
30/// instructions.  The emitter generates the following tables:
31///
32/// - One table (CONTEXTS_SYM) that contains a mapping of attribute masks to
33///   instruction contexts.  Although for each attribute there are cases where
34///   that attribute determines decoding, in the majority of cases decoding is
35///   the same whether or not an attribute is present.  For example, a 64-bit
36///   instruction with an OPSIZE prefix and an XS prefix decodes the same way in
37///   all cases as a 64-bit instruction with only OPSIZE set.  (The XS prefix
38///   may have effects on its execution, but does not change the instruction
39///   returned.)  This allows considerable space savings in other tables.
40/// - Four tables (ONEBYTE_SYM, TWOBYTE_SYM, THREEBYTE38_SYM, and
41///   THREEBYTE3A_SYM) contain the hierarchy that the decoder traverses while
42///   decoding an instruction.  At the lowest level of this hierarchy are
43///   instruction UIDs, 16-bit integers that can be used to uniquely identify
44///   the instruction and correspond exactly to its position in the list of
45///   CodeGenInstructions for the target.
46/// - One table (INSTRUCTIONS_SYM) contains information about the operands of
47///   each instruction and how to decode them.
48///
49/// During table generation, there may be conflicts between instructions that
50/// occupy the same space in the decode tables.  These conflicts are resolved as
51/// follows in setTableFields() (X86DisassemblerTables.cpp)
52///
53/// - If the current context is the native context for one of the instructions
54///   (that is, the attributes specified for it in the LLVM tables specify
55///   precisely the current context), then it has priority.
56/// - If the current context isn't native for either of the instructions, then
57///   the higher-priority context wins (that is, the one that is more specific).
58///   That hierarchy is determined by outranks() (X86DisassemblerTables.cpp)
59/// - If the current context is native for both instructions, then the table
60///   emitter reports a conflict and dies.
61///
62/// *** RESOLUTION FOR "Primary decode conflict"S
63///
64/// If two instructions collide, typically the solution is (in order of
65/// likelihood):
66///
67/// (1) to filter out one of the instructions by editing filter()
68///     (X86RecognizableInstr.cpp).  This is the most common resolution, but
69///     check the Intel manuals first to make sure that (2) and (3) are not the
70///     problem.
71/// (2) to fix the tables (X86.td and its subsidiaries) so the opcodes are
72///     accurate.  Sometimes they are not.
73/// (3) to fix the tables to reflect the actual context (for example, required
74///     prefixes), and possibly to add a new context by editing
75///     lib/Target/X86/X86DisassemblerDecoderCommon.h.  This is unlikely to be
76///     the cause.
77///
78/// DisassemblerEmitter.cpp contains the implementation for the emitter,
79///   which simply pulls out instructions from the CodeGenTarget and pushes them
80///   into X86DisassemblerTables.
81/// X86DisassemblerTables.h contains the interface for the instruction tables,
82///   which manage and emit the structures discussed above.
83/// X86DisassemblerTables.cpp contains the implementation for the instruction
84///   tables.
85/// X86ModRMFilters.h contains filters that can be used to determine which
86///   ModR/M values are valid for a particular instruction.  These are used to
87///   populate ModRMDecisions.
88/// X86RecognizableInstr.h contains the interface for a single instruction,
89///   which knows how to translate itself from a CodeGenInstruction and provide
90///   the information necessary for integration into the tables.
91/// X86RecognizableInstr.cpp contains the implementation for a single
92///   instruction.
93
94void DisassemblerEmitter::run(raw_ostream &OS) {
95  CodeGenTarget Target;
96
97  OS << "/*===- TableGen'erated file "
98     << "---------------------------------------*- C -*-===*\n"
99     << " *\n"
100     << " * " << Target.getName() << " Disassembler\n"
101     << " *\n"
102     << " * Automatically generated file, do not edit!\n"
103     << " *\n"
104     << " *===---------------------------------------------------------------"
105     << "-------===*/\n";
106
107  // X86 uses a custom disassembler.
108  if (Target.getName() == "X86") {
109    DisassemblerTables Tables;
110
111    std::vector<const CodeGenInstruction*> numberedInstructions;
112    Target.getInstructionsByEnumValue(numberedInstructions);
113
114    for (unsigned i = 0, e = numberedInstructions.size(); i != e; ++i)
115      RecognizableInstr::processInstr(Tables, *numberedInstructions[i], i);
116
117    // FIXME: As long as we are using exceptions, might as well drop this to the
118    // actual conflict site.
119    if (Tables.hasConflicts())
120      throw TGError(Target.getTargetRecord()->getLoc(),
121                    "Primary decode conflict");
122
123    Tables.emit(OS);
124    return;
125  }
126
127  throw TGError(Target.getTargetRecord()->getLoc(),
128                "Unable to generate disassembler for this target");
129}
130