On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Richard Biener <rguent...@suse.de> wrote:
> On November 7, 2017 7:21:17 PM GMT+01:00, Jason Merrill <ja...@redhat.com> 
> wrote:
>>On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 3:14 AM, Richard Biener <rguent...@suse.de>
>>wrote:
>>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2017, Jason Merrill wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Marek Polacek <pola...@redhat.com>
>>wrote:
>>>> > On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 12:19:05PM -0400, Jason Merrill wrote:
>>>> >> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Marek Polacek
>><pola...@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>> >> > +  TYPE_EMPTY_P (t) = targetm.calls.empty_record_p (t);
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I think we want to set this in finalize_type_size; since the
>>point of
>>>> >> all this is becoming compliant with the psABI (and compatible
>>with the
>>>> >> C front end), I wouldn't think it should be specific to the C++
>>front
>>>> >> end.
>>>> >
>>>> > Sure, that works.  I'd wanted to do the TYPE_EMPTY_P setting in
>>layout_type,
>>>> > but that wasn't called for the classes in my testcases.  I've
>>moved the
>>>> > setting of TYPE_EMPTY_P to finalize_type_size now.
>>>> >
>>>> >> > +  TYPE_WARN_EMPTY_P (t) = warn_abi && abi_version_crosses
>>(12);
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Can this flag go on the TRANSLATION_UNIT_DECL rather than the
>>type?
>>>> >
>>>> > Yeah, that works, too.  To avoid needing a lang hook, I'm setting
>>the
>>>> > flag in cxx_init_decl_processing, hope that's ok.
>>>>
>>>> Sure.
>>>>
>>>> >> > + if (TREE_CODE (field) == FIELD_DECL
>>>> >> > +     && (DECL_NAME (field)
>>>> >> > +         || RECORD_OR_UNION_TYPE_P (TREE_TYPE (field)))
>>>> >> > +     && !default_is_empty_type (TREE_TYPE (field)))
>>>> >> > +    return false;
>>>> >> > +  return true;
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hmm, this assumes that any unnamed field can be ignored; I'm
>>concerned
>>>> >> that some front end might clear DECL_NAME for a reason that
>>doesn't
>>>> >> imply that the field is just padding.
>>>> >
>>>> > In that case I guess we need a new lang hook, right?  Because in
>>>> > default_is_empty_type we can't check FE-specific flags such as
>>>> > DECL_C_BIT_FIELD.  For C++, should that lang hook be just
>>>> > is_really_empty_class?  Or is there anything else I can do?
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, maybe leave it as it is and just document this assumption about
>>>> FIELD_DECL with null DECL_NAME, both here and in tree.def.
>>>
>>> But are you sure you are not changing the ABI for a language other
>>> than C++ then?
>>
>>No, that is the concern, we'd need to check that.
>>
>>> I don't think DECL_NAME has any special meaning - why
>>> not check DECL_ARTIFICIAL or another flag that has appropriate
>>> semantic - _what_ semantic are you looking for after all?
>>
>>That a struct consisting only of padding is considered empty.
>>
>>Perhaps we could use decl_flag_3 on FIELD_DECL for DECL_PADDING_P to
>>indicate that a field isn't really data.  Or perhaps we should remove
>>such things from TYPE_FIELDS after layout is done.
>
> Hmm, I thought we had custom layout routines if you need padding that isn't 
> indicated by the real fields alignment? Why does C++ need explicit 
> FIELD_DECLs here?

The C front end builds FIELD_DECLs for unnamed bit-fields; I think the
C++ front end inherited that decision.

Jason

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