aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/lib/compiler/src/beam_validator.erl
AgeCommit message (Collapse)Author
2019-01-28beam_validator: Add explicit assertions for fragile termsJohn Högberg
We haven't seen any related bugs so far, but all instructions that place a term in another ought to reject fragile inputs. It can't hurt to check.
2019-01-28beam_validator: Refactor type managementJohn Högberg
Our current type management (based on set_type_reg etc) is rather error-prone, often requiring special cases on a per-instruction basis. This commit replaces nearly all ad-hoc mechanisms with more general abstractions: * assign - Moves a term. * create_term - Creates a new term. * extract_term - Extracts a term from another, maintaining fragility as required. * update_type - Adds more type information about a register. * type_test - Helper function for type tests that subtracts on failure and meets on success.
2019-01-24Make the beam_validator smarter again, againJohn Högberg
The fix in f9ea85611faca82c7494449ddb8bcb1ef1d194cb didn't consider that the tested register could be aliased.
2019-01-21beam_validator: Validate types on local function callsJohn Högberg
2019-01-21beam_validator: Add a stable interface for type annotationsJohn Högberg
2019-01-21beam_validator: Handle aliased registers during type inferenceJohn Högberg
2019-01-17Make the beam_validator smarter (again)Björn Gustavsson
Needed because of the optimizations in 48f20bd589fa69. https://bugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-832
2019-01-14Infer types from more BIFsBjörn Gustavsson
2019-01-11beam_validator: Infer types from '=:='Björn Gustavsson
As beam_ssa_type is about to get smarter, beam_validator must be smarter too.
2018-11-30beam_validator: Don't discard fragilityBjörn Gustavsson
Be more careful when updating types so that fragility is not lost.
2018-10-01Merge pull request #1965 from bjorng/bjorn/compiler/misc-cleanupsBjörn Gustavsson
Minor cleanups and bug fixes of the compiler
2018-09-28Merge pull request #1958 from jhogberg/john/compiler/ssa-bsm-optJohn Högberg
Rewrite BSM optimizations in the new SSA-based intermediate format
2018-09-28Remove unused instruction bs_context_to_binary from the compilerJohn Högberg
This has been superseded by bs_get_tail/3. Note that it is NOT removed from the emulator or beam_disasm, as old modules are still legal.
2018-09-28Rewrite BSM optimizations in the new SSA-based intermediate formatJohn Högberg
This commit improves the bit-syntax match optimization pass, leveraging the new SSA intermediate format to perform much more aggressive optimizations. Some highlights: * Watch contexts can be reused even after being passed to a function or being used in a try block. * Sub-binaries are no longer eagerly extracted, making it far easier to keep "happy paths" free from binary creation. * Trivial wrapper functions no longer disable context reuse.
2018-09-26beam_validator: Disallow literal arguments for certain instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
Disallow a literal map source for get_map_elements. There is currently runtime support for get_map with a literal map source, but by forbidding it in OTP 22, the runtime support could be removed in a future release (perhaps OTP 24). Also verify that the source arguments for get_list, get_hd, get_tl, and get_tuple_element are not literals. Literals are not supported for those instructions in the runtime system; verifying it in beam_validator is a convenience so that this kind of bug will be detected already during compilation.
2018-09-25beam_validator: Use set_aliased_type in more operationsJohn Högberg
The following code broke because aliases weren't tracked for hd/1: bug(Bool) -> Bug = remote:call(), if Bool -> %% Branch of some kind. _ = hd(Bug), remote:call(), hd(Bug) end. Related to 1f221b27f1336e747f7409692f260055dd3ddf79
2018-09-12beam_validator: Infer more typesBjörn Gustavsson
When optimizations get more powerful, beam_validator must keep up.
2018-09-12beam_validator: Validate the literals in select_valBjörn Gustavsson
2018-09-12beam_validator: Handle types for unary '-' or '+'Björn Gustavsson
2018-09-03Introduce a put_tuple2 instructionBjörn Gustavsson
Sometimes when building a tuple, there is no way to avoid an extra `move` instruction. Consider this code: make_tuple(A) -> {ok,A}. The corresponding BEAM code looks like this: {test_heap,3,1}. {put_tuple,2,{x,1}}. {put,{atom,ok}}. {put,{x,0}}. {move,{x,1},{x,0}}. return. To avoid overwriting the source register `{x,0}`, a `move` instruction is necessary. The problem doesn't exist when building a list: %% build_list(A) -> [A]. {test_heap,2,1}. {put_list,{x,0},nil,{x,0}}. return. Introduce a new `put_tuple2` instruction that builds a tuple in a single instruction, so that the `move` instruction can be eliminated: %% make_tuple(A) -> {ok,A}. {test_heap,3,1}. {put_tuple2,{x,0},{list,[{atom,ok},{x,0}]}}. return. Note that the BEAM loader already combines `put_tuple` and `put` instructions into an internal instruction similar to `put_tuple2`. Therefore the introduction of the new instruction will not speed up execution of tuple building itself, but it will be less work for the loader to load the new instruction.
2018-08-24Merge branch 'bjorn/compiler/ssa'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/compiler/ssa: Travis CI: Run the SSA linter in the Linux64SmokeTest build Remove retired compiler passes Introduce a new SSA-based intermediate format hipe_beam_to_icode: Correct translation of get_map_elements beam_dead: Remove shortcut of binary matching instruction beam_bs: Remove optimizations that are easier done on SSA format Don't run unsafe compiler passes Simplify optimizations by introducing is_nil late beam_utils: Make is_tagged_tuple a pure test beam_except: Enhance recognition of function_clause exceptions beam_validator: Infer the types of copies in a smarter way beam_validator: Improve merge of cons and literal list beam_validator: Strengthen validation of func_info beam_validator: Allow get_tuple_element before dsetelement beam_validator: Don't transfer state to labels that can't be reached beam_validator: Improve type analysis for tuples beam_validator: Be more careful when updating try/catch state beam_trim: Handle an empty list of instructions v3_core: Number argument variables in ascending order Teach binary instructions to use Y registers as destination OTP-14894
2018-08-23Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: map_SUITE: Test is_map_key/2 followed by a map update beam_validator: Infer the type of the map argument for is_map_key/2 map_SUITE: Cover map_get optimizations in beam_dead
2018-08-22beam_validator: Infer the type of the map argument for is_map_key/2Björn Gustavsson
Make sure that beam_validator considers a call to is_map_key/2 followed by an update of the same map without an is_map/1 test safe. (This situation will probably not be encountered when using the compiler in OTP 21, but better safe than sorry.)
2018-08-17beam_validator: Infer the types of copies in a smarter wayBjörn Gustavsson
Smarter code generation means that beam_validator must be smarter too. In the following example, beam_validator must be able to infer that y0 refers to a map: move x0 y0 test is_map L1 x0 %% Here the type for y0 must be 'map'.
2018-08-17beam_validator: Improve merge of cons and literal listBjörn Gustavsson
2018-08-17beam_validator: Strengthen validation of func_infoBjörn Gustavsson
The func_info instruction does not expect a stack frame. There will be an assertion failure in the debug-compiled runtime system.
2018-08-17beam_validator: Allow get_tuple_element before dsetelementBjörn Gustavsson
2018-08-17beam_validator: Don't transfer state to labels that can't be reachedBjörn Gustavsson
If we transfer state appropriately to labels that can't be reached, the state could taint other labels.
2018-08-17beam_validator: Improve type analysis for tuplesBjörn Gustavsson
Since the compiler will start optimizing more aggressively, beam_validator must keep up and improve the recognization of tuples and maps.
2018-08-17beam_validator: Be more careful when updating try/catch stateBjörn Gustavsson
The new code generator will more aggressively reuse registers, so we must be more careful about updating the state for try/catch. In particular, an "empty" try/catch that can't throw an exception must not update the try/catch state.
2018-08-08Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: Eliminate double computation of next var beam_validator: Fix false diagnostic for a receive nested in a try
2018-08-06beam_validator: Fix false diagnostic for a receive nested in a tryBjörn Gustavsson
When nesting a receive in a try/catch, there could be a false diagnostic that a fragile term is used. https://bugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-684
2018-07-27Change "can not" into "cannot"Raimo Niskanen
I did not find any legitimate use of "can not", however skipped changing e.g RFCs archived in the source tree.
2018-06-27Fix internal compiler error for map_get/2Björn Gustavsson
Code such as that the following: Val = map_get(a, Map), Map#{a:=z} %Could be any map update would incorrectly cause an internal consistency check failure: Internal consistency check failed - please report this bug. Instruction: {put_map_exact,{f,0},{x,0},{x,0},1,{list,[{atom,a},{atom,z}]}} Error: {bad_type,{needed,map},{actual,term}}: Update beam_validator so that it understands that the second argument for map_get/2 is a map.
2018-06-18Update copyright yearHenrik Nord
2018-04-27beam_validator: Verify Y registers in exception-causing instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
When an exception is handled, the stack will be scanned. Therefore all Y registers must be initialized.
2018-04-25beam_validator: Clear X registers in wait_timeoutBjörn Gustavsson
Help us find more compiler bugs.
2018-04-11beam_validator: Remove repeated "this"Björn Gustavsson
2018-04-11beam_validator: Remove unnecessary inclusion of beam_disasm.hrlBjörn Gustavsson
2018-04-11beam_validator: Strengthen validation of remaining GC instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
1ee21858db7e strengenthed validatation of GC instructions, but forgot the following instructions: bs_start_match2/5 bs_get_binary2/7 bs_get_float2/7 bs_get_integer2/7 bs_get_utf8/5 bs_get_utf16/5 bs_get_utf32/5 bs_skip_utf8/4 bs_skip_utf16/4 bs_skip_utf32/4
2018-04-06Check that messages outside of the heap are not corruptedBjörn Gustavsson
Waiting messages for a process may be stored in a queue outside of any heap or heap fragment belonging to the process. This is an optimization added in a recent major release to avoid garbage collection messages again and again if there is a long message queue. Until such message has been matched and accepted by the remove_message/0 instruction, the message must not be included in the root set for a garbage collection, as that would corrupt the message. The loop_rec/2 instruction explicitly turns off garbage collection of the process as long messages are being matched. However, if the compiler were to put references to a message outside of the heap in an Y register (on the stack) and there happened to be a GC when the process had been scheduled out, the message would be corrupted and the runtime system would crash sooner or later. To ensure that doesn't happen, teach beam_validator to check for references on the stack to messages outside of the heap.
2018-03-01Enhance beam_validator to check proper nesting of try/catch and catchBjörn Gustavsson
Every catch or try/catch must use a lower Y register number than any enclosing catch or try/catch. That will ensure that when the stack is scanned when an exception occurs, the innermost try/catch tag is found first.
2018-02-14Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: Check that the stack is initialized when an exception may occur
2018-02-09Check that the stack is initialized when an exception may occurBjörn Gustavsson
Strengthen beam_validator to check that the stack is initialized when an instruction with an {f,0} operand is executed. For example, the following code sequence: {allocate,0,1}. {bif,element,{f,0},[{integer,1},{x,0}],{x,0}}. should not be accepted because the stack may be scanned if element/2 fails. That could cause a crash or other undefined behavior if garbage on the stack looks like a catch tag.
2018-01-26Eliminate get_list/3 internally in the compilerBjörn Gustavsson
Instructions that produce more than one result complicate optimizations. get_list/3 is one of two instructions that produce multiple results (get_map_elements/3 is the other). Introduce the get_hd/2 and get_tl/2 instructions that return the head and tail of a cons cell, respectively, and use it internally in all optimization passes. For efficiency, we still want to use get_list/3 if both head and tail are used, so we will translate matching pairs of get_hd and get_tl back to get_list instructions.
2018-01-26Merge pull request #1691 from bjorng/bjorn/compiler/local-cseBjörn Gustavsson
Do local common sub expression elimination (CSE)
2018-01-23beam_validator: Validate building of tuplesBjörn Gustavsson
Make sure that there is the correct number of put/1 instructions following put_tuple/2. Also make it illegal to reference the register for the tuple being built in a put/1 instruction. That is, beam_validator will now issue a diagnostice for the the following code: {put_tuple,1,{x,0}}. {put,{x,0}}.
2018-01-22Don't build a stacktrace if it's only passed to erlang:raise/3Björn Gustavsson
Consider the following function: function({function,Name,Arity,CLabel,Is0}, Lc0) -> try %% Optimize the code for the function. catch Class:Error:Stack -> io:format("Function: ~w/~w\n", [Name,Arity]), erlang:raise(Class, Error, Stack) end. The stacktrace is retrieved, but it is only used in the call to erlang:raise/3. There is no need to build a stacktrace in this function. We can avoid the building if we introduce an instruction called raw_raise/3 that works exactly like the erlang:raise/3 BIF except that its third argument must be a raw stacktrace.
2018-01-10Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: beam_validator: Strengthen validation of GC instructions
2018-01-08beam_validator: Strengthen validation of GC instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
beam_validator did not verify that the Y registers were initialized before executing the following instructions that could cause a GC: bs_append/8 bs_init2/6 bs_init_bits/6 gc_bif1/5 gc_bif2/6 gc_bif3/7 test_heap/2 That means that, for example, an incorrect optimization that replaced an 'allocate_zero' instruction with an 'allocate' instruction when it was not safe, would not be rejected by beam_validtor, but would instead cause a crash or other undefined behavior at runtime. Also fix a minor bug in beam_type exposed by the stronger checking. When compiling from .S files, beam_type did not handle the init/1 instruction and could produce unsafe code.