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2 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
3 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
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9 // except according to those terms.
11 // Information concerning the machine representation of various types.
13 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
15 use llvm::{self, ValueRef};
20 pub type llbits = u64;
21 pub type llsize = u64;
22 pub type llalign = u32;
24 // ______________________________________________________________________
25 // compute sizeof / alignof
27 // Returns the number of bytes between successive elements of type T in an
28 // array of T. This is the "ABI" size. It includes any ABI-mandated padding.
29 pub fn llsize_of_alloc(cx: &CrateContext, ty: Type) -> llsize {
31 return llvm::LLVMABISizeOfType(cx.td(), ty.to_ref());
35 /// Returns the "real" size of the type in bits.
36 pub fn llbitsize_of_real(cx: &CrateContext, ty: Type) -> llbits {
38 llvm::LLVMSizeOfTypeInBits(cx.td(), ty.to_ref())
42 /// Returns the size of the type as an LLVM constant integer value.
43 pub fn llsize_of(cx: &CrateContext, ty: Type) -> ValueRef {
44 // Once upon a time, this called LLVMSizeOf, which does a
45 // getelementptr(1) on a null pointer and casts to an int, in
46 // order to obtain the type size as a value without requiring the
47 // target data layout. But we have the target data layout, so
48 // there's no need for that contrivance. The instruction
49 // selection DAG generator would flatten that GEP(1) node into a
50 // constant of the type's alloc size, so let's save it some work.
51 return C_uint(cx, llsize_of_alloc(cx, ty));
54 // Returns the preferred alignment of the given type for the current target.
55 // The preferred alignment may be larger than the alignment used when
56 // packing the type into structs. This will be used for things like
57 // allocations inside a stack frame, which LLVM has a free hand in.
58 pub fn llalign_of_pref(cx: &CrateContext, ty: Type) -> llalign {
60 return llvm::LLVMPreferredAlignmentOfType(cx.td(), ty.to_ref());
64 // Returns the minimum alignment of a type required by the platform.
65 // This is the alignment that will be used for struct fields, arrays,
66 // and similar ABI-mandated things.
67 pub fn llalign_of_min(cx: &CrateContext, ty: Type) -> llalign {
69 return llvm::LLVMABIAlignmentOfType(cx.td(), ty.to_ref());
73 pub fn llelement_offset(cx: &CrateContext, struct_ty: Type, element: usize) -> u64 {
75 return llvm::LLVMOffsetOfElement(cx.td(),