Remove addBlockByrefAddress(), it is dead code as far as clang is concerned.

[aprantl]

Summary

This patch removes addBlockByrefAddress(), it is dead code as far as clang is concerned: Every byref block capture is emitted with a complex expression that is equivalent to what this function does.

Now if I can move the code from DbgVariable::getType() into Clang, too we can get rid of the entire BlockByrefStruct DIFlag!

[dblaikie]

lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfCompileUnit.cpp

981–982

Should this then be an assertion? And possibly a verifier check?

[JDevlieghere]

lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfCompileUnit.cpp

981–982

It's already part of the assertion on line 977; if it doesn't have a complex expression, then isBlockByrefVariable has to be false. Verifier check sounds reasonable.

[aprantl]

Added a verifier check. It's the right thing to do, even if it is temporary.

[aprantl]

FYI the block_var.m test in debuginfo-tests exercises this area end-to-end.

[JDevlieghere]

Neat, LGTM!

lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfCompileUnit.cpp

void DwarfCompileUnit::addVariableAddress(const DbgVariable &DV, DIE &Die,
   // addBlockByrefAddress is obsolete and will be removed soon.
   // The clang frontend always generates block byref variables with a
   // complex expression that encodes exactly what addBlockByrefAddress
   // would do.
   assert((!DV.isBlockByrefVariable() || DV.hasComplexAddress()) &&
          "block byref variable without a complex expression");
   if (DV.hasComplexAddress())
     addComplexAddress(DV, Die, dwarf::DW_AT_location, Location);
-  else if (DV.isBlockByrefVariable())
-    addBlockByrefAddress(DV, Die, dwarf::DW_AT_location, Location);
   else
     addAddress(Die, dwarf::DW_AT_location, Location);
 }
 
 /// Add an address attribute to a die based on the location provided.
 void DwarfCompileUnit::addAddress(DIE &Die, dwarf::Attribute Attribute,
                                   const MachineLocation &Location) {
   DIELoc *Loc = new (DIEValueAllocator) DIELoc;

lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfUnit.cpp

 }
 
 void DwarfUnit::addSourceLine(DIE &Die, const DIObjCProperty *Ty) {
   assert(Ty);
 
   addSourceLine(Die, Ty->getLine(), Ty->getFile());
 }
 
-/* Byref variables, in Blocks, are declared by the programmer as "SomeType
-   VarName;", but the compiler creates a __Block_byref_x_VarName struct, and
-   gives the variable VarName either the struct, or a pointer to the struct, as
-   its type.  This is necessary for various behind-the-scenes things the
-   compiler needs to do with by-reference variables in Blocks.
-
-   However, as far as the original *programmer* is concerned, the variable
-   should still have type 'SomeType', as originally declared.
-
-   The function getBlockByrefType dives into the __Block_byref_x_VarName
-   struct to find the original type of the variable, which is then assigned to
-   the variable's Debug Information Entry as its real type.  So far, so good.
-   However now the debugger will expect the variable VarName to have the type
-   SomeType.  So we need the location attribute for the variable to be an
-   expression that explains to the debugger how to navigate through the
-   pointers and struct to find the actual variable of type SomeType.
-
-   The following function does just that.  We start by getting
-   the "normal" location for the variable. This will be the location
-   of either the struct __Block_byref_x_VarName or the pointer to the
-   struct __Block_byref_x_VarName.
-
-   The struct will look something like:
-
-   struct __Block_byref_x_VarName {
-     ... <various fields>
-     struct __Block_byref_x_VarName *forwarding;
-     ... <various other fields>
-     SomeType VarName;
-     ... <maybe more fields>
-   };
-
-   If we are given the struct directly (as our starting point) we
-   need to tell the debugger to:
-
-   1).  Add the offset of the forwarding field.
-
-   2).  Follow that pointer to get the real __Block_byref_x_VarName
-   struct to use (the real one may have been copied onto the heap).
-
-   3).  Add the offset for the field VarName, to find the actual variable.
-
-   If we started with a pointer to the struct, then we need to
-   dereference that pointer first, before the other steps.
-   Translating this into DWARF ops, we will need to append the following
-   to the current location description for the variable:
-
-   DW_OP_deref                    -- optional, if we start with a pointer
-   DW_OP_plus_uconst <forward_fld_offset>
-   DW_OP_deref
-   DW_OP_plus_uconst <varName_fld_offset>
-
-   That is what this function does.  */
-
-void DwarfUnit::addBlockByrefAddress(const DbgVariable &DV, DIE &Die,
-                                     dwarf::Attribute Attribute,
-                                     const MachineLocation &Location) {
-  const DIType *Ty = DV.getType();
-  const DIType *TmpTy = Ty;
-  uint16_t Tag = Ty->getTag();
-  bool isPointer = false;
-
-  StringRef varName = DV.getName();
-
-  if (Tag == dwarf::DW_TAG_pointer_type) {
-    auto *DTy = cast<DIDerivedType>(Ty);
-    TmpTy = resolve(DTy->getBaseType());
-    isPointer = true;
-  }
-
-  // Find the __forwarding field and the variable field in the __Block_byref
-  // struct.
-  DINodeArray Fields = cast<DICompositeType>(TmpTy)->getElements();
-  const DIDerivedType *varField = nullptr;
-  const DIDerivedType *forwardingField = nullptr;
-
-  for (unsigned i = 0, N = Fields.size(); i < N; ++i) {
-    auto *DT = cast<DIDerivedType>(Fields[i]);
-    StringRef fieldName = DT->getName();
-    if (fieldName == "__forwarding")
-      forwardingField = DT;
-    else if (fieldName == varName)
-      varField = DT;
-  }
-
-  // Get the offsets for the forwarding field and the variable field.
-  unsigned forwardingFieldOffset = forwardingField->getOffsetInBits() >> 3;
-  unsigned varFieldOffset = varField->getOffsetInBits() >> 2;
-
-  // Decode the original location, and use that as the start of the byref
-  // variable's location.
-  DIELoc *Loc = new (DIEValueAllocator) DIELoc;
-  DIEDwarfExpression DwarfExpr(*Asm, *this, *Loc);
-  if (Location.isIndirect())
-    DwarfExpr.setMemoryLocationKind();
-
-  SmallVector<uint64_t, 6> Ops;
-  // If we started with a pointer to the __Block_byref... struct, then
-  // the first thing we need to do is dereference the pointer (DW_OP_deref).
-  if (isPointer)
-    Ops.push_back(dwarf::DW_OP_deref);
-
-  // Next add the offset for the '__forwarding' field:
-  // DW_OP_plus_uconst ForwardingFieldOffset.  Note there's no point in
-  // adding the offset if it's 0.
-  if (forwardingFieldOffset > 0) {
-    Ops.push_back(dwarf::DW_OP_plus_uconst);
-    Ops.push_back(forwardingFieldOffset);
-  }
-
-  // Now dereference the __forwarding field to get to the real __Block_byref
-  // struct:  DW_OP_deref.
-  Ops.push_back(dwarf::DW_OP_deref);
-
-  // Now that we've got the real __Block_byref... struct, add the offset
-  // for the variable's field to get to the location of the actual variable:
-  // DW_OP_plus_uconst varFieldOffset.  Again, don't add if it's 0.
-  if (varFieldOffset > 0) {
-    Ops.push_back(dwarf::DW_OP_plus_uconst);
-    Ops.push_back(varFieldOffset);
-  }
-
-  DIExpressionCursor Cursor(Ops);
-  const TargetRegisterInfo &TRI = *Asm->MF->getSubtarget().getRegisterInfo();
-  if (!DwarfExpr.addMachineRegExpression(TRI, Cursor, Location.getReg()))
-    return;
-  DwarfExpr.addExpression(std::move(Cursor));
-
-  // Now attach the location information to the DIE.
-  addBlock(Die, Attribute, DwarfExpr.finalize());
-}
-
 /// Return true if type encoding is unsigned.
 static bool isUnsignedDIType(DwarfDebug *DD, const DIType *Ty) {
   if (auto *CTy = dyn_cast<DICompositeType>(Ty)) {
     // FIXME: Enums without a fixed underlying type have unknown signedness
     // here, leading to incorrectly emitted constants.
     if (CTy->getTag() == dwarf::DW_TAG_enumeration_type)
       return false;