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      1 //===- ShadowStackGCLowering.cpp - Custom lowering for shadow-stack gc ----===//
      2 //
      3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
      4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
      5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
      6 //
      7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
      8 //
      9 // This file contains the custom lowering code required by the shadow-stack GC
     10 // strategy.
     11 //
     12 // This pass implements the code transformation described in this paper:
     13 //   "Accurate Garbage Collection in an Uncooperative Environment"
     14 //   Fergus Henderson, ISMM, 2002
     15 //
     16 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     17 
     18 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
     19 #include "llvm/ADT/StringExtras.h"
     20 #include "llvm/Analysis/DomTreeUpdater.h"
     21 #include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
     22 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
     23 #include "llvm/IR/Constant.h"
     24 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
     25 #include "llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h"
     26 #include "llvm/IR/Dominators.h"
     27 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
     28 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalValue.h"
     29 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h"
     30 #include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
     31 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
     32 #include "llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h"
     33 #include "llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h"
     34 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
     35 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
     36 #include "llvm/IR/Value.h"
     37 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
     38 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
     39 #include "llvm/Support/Casting.h"
     40 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/EscapeEnumerator.h"
     41 #include <cassert>
     42 #include <cstddef>
     43 #include <string>
     44 #include <utility>
     45 #include <vector>
     46 
     47 using namespace llvm;
     48 
     49 #define DEBUG_TYPE "shadow-stack-gc-lowering"
     50 
     51 namespace {
     52 
     53 class ShadowStackGCLowering : public FunctionPass {
     54   /// RootChain - This is the global linked-list that contains the chain of GC
     55   /// roots.
     56   GlobalVariable *Head = nullptr;
     57 
     58   /// StackEntryTy - Abstract type of a link in the shadow stack.
     59   StructType *StackEntryTy = nullptr;
     60   StructType *FrameMapTy = nullptr;
     61 
     62   /// Roots - GC roots in the current function. Each is a pair of the
     63   /// intrinsic call and its corresponding alloca.
     64   std::vector<std::pair<CallInst *, AllocaInst *>> Roots;
     65 
     66 public:
     67   static char ID;
     68 
     69   ShadowStackGCLowering();
     70 
     71   bool doInitialization(Module &M) override;
     72   void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override;
     73   bool runOnFunction(Function &F) override;
     74 
     75 private:
     76   bool IsNullValue(Value *V);
     77   Constant *GetFrameMap(Function &F);
     78   Type *GetConcreteStackEntryType(Function &F);
     79   void CollectRoots(Function &F);
     80 
     81   static GetElementPtrInst *CreateGEP(LLVMContext &Context, IRBuilder<> &B,
     82                                       Type *Ty, Value *BasePtr, int Idx1,
     83                                       const char *Name);
     84   static GetElementPtrInst *CreateGEP(LLVMContext &Context, IRBuilder<> &B,
     85                                       Type *Ty, Value *BasePtr, int Idx1, int Idx2,
     86                                       const char *Name);
     87 };
     88 
     89 } // end anonymous namespace
     90 
     91 char ShadowStackGCLowering::ID = 0;
     92 
     93 INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(ShadowStackGCLowering, DEBUG_TYPE,
     94                       "Shadow Stack GC Lowering", false, false)
     95 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(GCModuleInfo)
     96 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(DominatorTreeWrapperPass)
     97 INITIALIZE_PASS_END(ShadowStackGCLowering, DEBUG_TYPE,
     98                     "Shadow Stack GC Lowering", false, false)
     99 
    100 FunctionPass *llvm::createShadowStackGCLoweringPass() { return new ShadowStackGCLowering(); }
    101 
    102 ShadowStackGCLowering::ShadowStackGCLowering() : FunctionPass(ID) {
    103   initializeShadowStackGCLoweringPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
    104 }
    105 
    106 Constant *ShadowStackGCLowering::GetFrameMap(Function &F) {
    107   // doInitialization creates the abstract type of this value.
    108   Type *VoidPtr = Type::getInt8PtrTy(F.getContext());
    109 
    110   // Truncate the ShadowStackDescriptor if some metadata is null.
    111   unsigned NumMeta = 0;
    112   SmallVector<Constant *, 16> Metadata;
    113   for (unsigned I = 0; I != Roots.size(); ++I) {
    114     Constant *C = cast<Constant>(Roots[I].first->getArgOperand(1));
    115     if (!C->isNullValue())
    116       NumMeta = I + 1;
    117     Metadata.push_back(ConstantExpr::getBitCast(C, VoidPtr));
    118   }
    119   Metadata.resize(NumMeta);
    120 
    121   Type *Int32Ty = Type::getInt32Ty(F.getContext());
    122 
    123   Constant *BaseElts[] = {
    124       ConstantInt::get(Int32Ty, Roots.size(), false),
    125       ConstantInt::get(Int32Ty, NumMeta, false),
    126   };
    127 
    128   Constant *DescriptorElts[] = {
    129       ConstantStruct::get(FrameMapTy, BaseElts),
    130       ConstantArray::get(ArrayType::get(VoidPtr, NumMeta), Metadata)};
    131 
    132   Type *EltTys[] = {DescriptorElts[0]->getType(), DescriptorElts[1]->getType()};
    133   StructType *STy = StructType::create(EltTys, "gc_map." + utostr(NumMeta));
    134 
    135   Constant *FrameMap = ConstantStruct::get(STy, DescriptorElts);
    136 
    137   // FIXME: Is this actually dangerous as WritingAnLLVMPass.html claims? Seems
    138   //        that, short of multithreaded LLVM, it should be safe; all that is
    139   //        necessary is that a simple Module::iterator loop not be invalidated.
    140   //        Appending to the GlobalVariable list is safe in that sense.
    141   //
    142   //        All of the output passes emit globals last. The ExecutionEngine
    143   //        explicitly supports adding globals to the module after
    144   //        initialization.
    145   //
    146   //        Still, if it isn't deemed acceptable, then this transformation needs
    147   //        to be a ModulePass (which means it cannot be in the 'llc' pipeline
    148   //        (which uses a FunctionPassManager (which segfaults (not asserts) if
    149   //        provided a ModulePass))).
    150   Constant *GV = new GlobalVariable(*F.getParent(), FrameMap->getType(), true,
    151                                     GlobalVariable::InternalLinkage, FrameMap,
    152                                     "__gc_" + F.getName());
    153 
    154   Constant *GEPIndices[2] = {
    155       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(F.getContext()), 0),
    156       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(F.getContext()), 0)};
    157   return ConstantExpr::getGetElementPtr(FrameMap->getType(), GV, GEPIndices);
    158 }
    159 
    160 Type *ShadowStackGCLowering::GetConcreteStackEntryType(Function &F) {
    161   // doInitialization creates the generic version of this type.
    162   std::vector<Type *> EltTys;
    163   EltTys.push_back(StackEntryTy);
    164   for (size_t I = 0; I != Roots.size(); I++)
    165     EltTys.push_back(Roots[I].second->getAllocatedType());
    166 
    167   return StructType::create(EltTys, ("gc_stackentry." + F.getName()).str());
    168 }
    169 
    170 /// doInitialization - If this module uses the GC intrinsics, find them now. If
    171 /// not, exit fast.
    172 bool ShadowStackGCLowering::doInitialization(Module &M) {
    173   bool Active = false;
    174   for (Function &F : M) {
    175     if (F.hasGC() && F.getGC() == std::string("shadow-stack")) {
    176       Active = true;
    177       break;
    178     }
    179   }
    180   if (!Active)
    181     return false;
    182 
    183   // struct FrameMap {
    184   //   int32_t NumRoots; // Number of roots in stack frame.
    185   //   int32_t NumMeta;  // Number of metadata descriptors. May be < NumRoots.
    186   //   void *Meta[];     // May be absent for roots without metadata.
    187   // };
    188   std::vector<Type *> EltTys;
    189   // 32 bits is ok up to a 32GB stack frame. :)
    190   EltTys.push_back(Type::getInt32Ty(M.getContext()));
    191   // Specifies length of variable length array.
    192   EltTys.push_back(Type::getInt32Ty(M.getContext()));
    193   FrameMapTy = StructType::create(EltTys, "gc_map");
    194   PointerType *FrameMapPtrTy = PointerType::getUnqual(FrameMapTy);
    195 
    196   // struct StackEntry {
    197   //   ShadowStackEntry *Next; // Caller's stack entry.
    198   //   FrameMap *Map;          // Pointer to constant FrameMap.
    199   //   void *Roots[];          // Stack roots (in-place array, so we pretend).
    200   // };
    201 
    202   StackEntryTy = StructType::create(M.getContext(), "gc_stackentry");
    203 
    204   EltTys.clear();
    205   EltTys.push_back(PointerType::getUnqual(StackEntryTy));
    206   EltTys.push_back(FrameMapPtrTy);
    207   StackEntryTy->setBody(EltTys);
    208   PointerType *StackEntryPtrTy = PointerType::getUnqual(StackEntryTy);
    209 
    210   // Get the root chain if it already exists.
    211   Head = M.getGlobalVariable("llvm_gc_root_chain");
    212   if (!Head) {
    213     // If the root chain does not exist, insert a new one with linkonce
    214     // linkage!
    215     Head = new GlobalVariable(
    216         M, StackEntryPtrTy, false, GlobalValue::LinkOnceAnyLinkage,
    217         Constant::getNullValue(StackEntryPtrTy), "llvm_gc_root_chain");
    218   } else if (Head->hasExternalLinkage() && Head->isDeclaration()) {
    219     Head->setInitializer(Constant::getNullValue(StackEntryPtrTy));
    220     Head->setLinkage(GlobalValue::LinkOnceAnyLinkage);
    221   }
    222 
    223   return true;
    224 }
    225 
    226 bool ShadowStackGCLowering::IsNullValue(Value *V) {
    227   if (Constant *C = dyn_cast<Constant>(V))
    228     return C->isNullValue();
    229   return false;
    230 }
    231 
    232 void ShadowStackGCLowering::CollectRoots(Function &F) {
    233   // FIXME: Account for original alignment. Could fragment the root array.
    234   //   Approach 1: Null initialize empty slots at runtime. Yuck.
    235   //   Approach 2: Emit a map of the array instead of just a count.
    236 
    237   assert(Roots.empty() && "Not cleaned up?");
    238 
    239   SmallVector<std::pair<CallInst *, AllocaInst *>, 16> MetaRoots;
    240 
    241   for (BasicBlock &BB : F)
    242     for (BasicBlock::iterator II = BB.begin(), E = BB.end(); II != E;)
    243       if (IntrinsicInst *CI = dyn_cast<IntrinsicInst>(II++))
    244         if (Function *F = CI->getCalledFunction())
    245           if (F->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::gcroot) {
    246             std::pair<CallInst *, AllocaInst *> Pair = std::make_pair(
    247                 CI,
    248                 cast<AllocaInst>(CI->getArgOperand(0)->stripPointerCasts()));
    249             if (IsNullValue(CI->getArgOperand(1)))
    250               Roots.push_back(Pair);
    251             else
    252               MetaRoots.push_back(Pair);
    253           }
    254 
    255   // Number roots with metadata (usually empty) at the beginning, so that the
    256   // FrameMap::Meta array can be elided.
    257   Roots.insert(Roots.begin(), MetaRoots.begin(), MetaRoots.end());
    258 }
    259 
    260 GetElementPtrInst *ShadowStackGCLowering::CreateGEP(LLVMContext &Context,
    261                                                     IRBuilder<> &B, Type *Ty,
    262                                                     Value *BasePtr, int Idx,
    263                                                     int Idx2,
    264                                                     const char *Name) {
    265   Value *Indices[] = {ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), 0),
    266                       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), Idx),
    267                       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), Idx2)};
    268   Value *Val = B.CreateGEP(Ty, BasePtr, Indices, Name);
    269 
    270   assert(isa<GetElementPtrInst>(Val) && "Unexpected folded constant");
    271 
    272   return dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(Val);
    273 }
    274 
    275 GetElementPtrInst *ShadowStackGCLowering::CreateGEP(LLVMContext &Context,
    276                                             IRBuilder<> &B, Type *Ty, Value *BasePtr,
    277                                             int Idx, const char *Name) {
    278   Value *Indices[] = {ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), 0),
    279                       ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Context), Idx)};
    280   Value *Val = B.CreateGEP(Ty, BasePtr, Indices, Name);
    281 
    282   assert(isa<GetElementPtrInst>(Val) && "Unexpected folded constant");
    283 
    284   return dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(Val);
    285 }
    286 
    287 void ShadowStackGCLowering::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
    288   AU.addPreserved<DominatorTreeWrapperPass>();
    289 }
    290 
    291 /// runOnFunction - Insert code to maintain the shadow stack.
    292 bool ShadowStackGCLowering::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
    293   // Quick exit for functions that do not use the shadow stack GC.
    294   if (!F.hasGC() ||
    295       F.getGC() != std::string("shadow-stack"))
    296     return false;
    297 
    298   LLVMContext &Context = F.getContext();
    299 
    300   // Find calls to llvm.gcroot.
    301   CollectRoots(F);
    302 
    303   // If there are no roots in this function, then there is no need to add a
    304   // stack map entry for it.
    305   if (Roots.empty())
    306     return false;
    307 
    308   Optional<DomTreeUpdater> DTU;
    309   if (auto *DTWP = getAnalysisIfAvailable<DominatorTreeWrapperPass>())
    310     DTU.emplace(DTWP->getDomTree(), DomTreeUpdater::UpdateStrategy::Lazy);
    311 
    312   // Build the constant map and figure the type of the shadow stack entry.
    313   Value *FrameMap = GetFrameMap(F);
    314   Type *ConcreteStackEntryTy = GetConcreteStackEntryType(F);
    315 
    316   // Build the shadow stack entry at the very start of the function.
    317   BasicBlock::iterator IP = F.getEntryBlock().begin();
    318   IRBuilder<> AtEntry(IP->getParent(), IP);
    319 
    320   Instruction *StackEntry =
    321       AtEntry.CreateAlloca(ConcreteStackEntryTy, nullptr, "gc_frame");
    322 
    323   while (isa<AllocaInst>(IP))
    324     ++IP;
    325   AtEntry.SetInsertPoint(IP->getParent(), IP);
    326 
    327   // Initialize the map pointer and load the current head of the shadow stack.
    328   Instruction *CurrentHead =
    329       AtEntry.CreateLoad(StackEntryTy->getPointerTo(), Head, "gc_currhead");
    330   Instruction *EntryMapPtr = CreateGEP(Context, AtEntry, ConcreteStackEntryTy,
    331                                        StackEntry, 0, 1, "gc_frame.map");
    332   AtEntry.CreateStore(FrameMap, EntryMapPtr);
    333 
    334   // After all the allocas...
    335   for (unsigned I = 0, E = Roots.size(); I != E; ++I) {
    336     // For each root, find the corresponding slot in the aggregate...
    337     Value *SlotPtr = CreateGEP(Context, AtEntry, ConcreteStackEntryTy,
    338                                StackEntry, 1 + I, "gc_root");
    339 
    340     // And use it in lieu of the alloca.
    341     AllocaInst *OriginalAlloca = Roots[I].second;
    342     SlotPtr->takeName(OriginalAlloca);
    343     OriginalAlloca->replaceAllUsesWith(SlotPtr);
    344   }
    345 
    346   // Move past the original stores inserted by GCStrategy::InitRoots. This isn't
    347   // really necessary (the collector would never see the intermediate state at
    348   // runtime), but it's nicer not to push the half-initialized entry onto the
    349   // shadow stack.
    350   while (isa<StoreInst>(IP))
    351     ++IP;
    352   AtEntry.SetInsertPoint(IP->getParent(), IP);
    353 
    354   // Push the entry onto the shadow stack.
    355   Instruction *EntryNextPtr = CreateGEP(Context, AtEntry, ConcreteStackEntryTy,
    356                                         StackEntry, 0, 0, "gc_frame.next");
    357   Instruction *NewHeadVal = CreateGEP(Context, AtEntry, ConcreteStackEntryTy,
    358                                       StackEntry, 0, "gc_newhead");
    359   AtEntry.CreateStore(CurrentHead, EntryNextPtr);
    360   AtEntry.CreateStore(NewHeadVal, Head);
    361 
    362   // For each instruction that escapes...
    363   EscapeEnumerator EE(F, "gc_cleanup", /*HandleExceptions=*/true,
    364                       DTU.hasValue() ? DTU.getPointer() : nullptr);
    365   while (IRBuilder<> *AtExit = EE.Next()) {
    366     // Pop the entry from the shadow stack. Don't reuse CurrentHead from
    367     // AtEntry, since that would make the value live for the entire function.
    368     Instruction *EntryNextPtr2 =
    369         CreateGEP(Context, *AtExit, ConcreteStackEntryTy, StackEntry, 0, 0,
    370                   "gc_frame.next");
    371     Value *SavedHead = AtExit->CreateLoad(StackEntryTy->getPointerTo(),
    372                                           EntryNextPtr2, "gc_savedhead");
    373     AtExit->CreateStore(SavedHead, Head);
    374   }
    375 
    376   // Delete the original allocas (which are no longer used) and the intrinsic
    377   // calls (which are no longer valid). Doing this last avoids invalidating
    378   // iterators.
    379   for (unsigned I = 0, E = Roots.size(); I != E; ++I) {
    380     Roots[I].first->eraseFromParent();
    381     Roots[I].second->eraseFromParent();
    382   }
    383 
    384   Roots.clear();
    385   return true;
    386 }
    387