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authorAndrew Kaylor <andrew.kaylor@intel.com>2012-09-19 20:46:12 +0000
committerAndrew Kaylor <andrew.kaylor@intel.com>2012-09-19 20:46:12 +0000
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This patch adds memory support functions which will later be used to implement section-specific protection handling in MCJIT.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@164249 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/Memory.h b/include/llvm/Support/Memory.h
index 37890e7e4a..8227c84bff 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/Memory.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/Memory.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#define LLVM_SYSTEM_MEMORY_H
#include "llvm/Support/DataTypes.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/system_error.h"
#include <string>
namespace llvm {
@@ -43,6 +44,70 @@ namespace sys {
/// @brief An abstraction for memory operations.
class Memory {
public:
+ enum ProtectionFlags {
+ MF_READ = 0x1000000,
+ MF_WRITE = 0x2000000,
+ MF_EXEC = 0x4000000
+ };
+
+ /// This method allocates a block of memory that is suitable for loading
+ /// dynamically generated code (e.g. JIT). An attempt to allocate
+ /// \p NumBytes bytes of virtual memory is made.
+ /// \p NearBlock may point to an existing allocation in which case
+ /// an attempt is made to allocate more memory near the existing block.
+ /// The actual allocated address is not guaranteed to be near the requested
+ /// address.
+ /// \p Flags is used to set the initial protection flags for the block
+ /// of the memory.
+ /// \p EC [out] returns an object describing any error that occurs.
+ ///
+ /// This method may allocate more than the number of bytes requested. The
+ /// actual number of bytes allocated is indicated in the returned
+ /// MemoryBlock.
+ ///
+ /// The start of the allocated block must be aligned with the
+ /// system allocation granularity (64K on Windows, page size on Linux).
+ /// If the address following \p NearBlock is not so aligned, it will be
+ /// rounded up to the next allocation granularity boundary.
+ ///
+ /// \r a non-null MemoryBlock if the function was successful,
+ /// otherwise a null MemoryBlock is with \p EC describing the error.
+ ///
+ /// @brief Allocate mapped memory.
+ static MemoryBlock allocateMappedMemory(size_t NumBytes,
+ const MemoryBlock *const NearBlock,
+ unsigned Flags,
+ error_code &EC);
+
+ /// This method releases a block of memory that was allocated with the
+ /// allocateMappedMemory method. It should not be used to release any
+ /// memory block allocated any other way.
+ /// \p Block describes the memory to be released.
+ ///
+ /// \r error_success if the function was successful, or an error_code
+ /// describing the failure if an error occurred.
+ ///
+ /// @brief Release mapped memory.
+ static error_code releaseMappedMemory(MemoryBlock &Block);
+
+ /// This method sets the protection flags for a block of memory to the
+ /// state specified by /p Flags. The behavior is not specified if the
+ /// memory was not allocated using the allocateMappedMemory method.
+ /// \p Block describes the memory block to be protected.
+ /// \p Flags specifies the new protection state to be assigned to the block.
+ /// \p ErrMsg [out] returns a string describing any error that occured.
+ ///
+ /// If \p Flags is MF_WRITE, the actual behavior varies
+ /// with the operating system (i.e. MF_READWRITE on Windows) and the
+ /// target architecture (i.e. MF_WRITE -> MF_READWRITE on i386).
+ ///
+ /// \r error_success if the function was successful, or an error_code
+ /// describing the failure if an error occurred.
+ ///
+ /// @brief Set memory protection state.
+ static error_code protectMappedMemory(const MemoryBlock &Block,
+ unsigned Flags);
+
/// This method allocates a block of Read/Write/Execute memory that is
/// suitable for executing dynamically generated code (e.g. JIT). An
/// attempt to allocate \p NumBytes bytes of virtual memory is made.