Change llvm void pointer to i8 pointer to avoid assert failed (#250)

core/iwasm/compilation/aot_compiler.h

@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ typedef enum FloatArithmetic {
 #define INT64_PTR_TYPE comp_ctx->basic_types.int64_ptr_type
 #define F32_PTR_TYPE comp_ctx->basic_types.float32_ptr_type
 #define F64_PTR_TYPE comp_ctx->basic_types.float64_ptr_type
-#define VOID_PTR_TYPE comp_ctx->basic_types.void_ptr_type
 
 #define I32_CONST(v) LLVMConstInt(I32_TYPE, v, true)
 #define I64_CONST(v) LLVMConstInt(I64_TYPE, v, true)

core/iwasm/compilation/aot_emit_memory.c

@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ aot_compile_op_memory_grow(AOTCompContext *comp_ctx, AOTFuncContext *func_ctx)
 
     /* To be simple, call wasm_runtime_set_exception() no matter
        enlarge success or not */
-    param_types[1] = VOID_PTR_TYPE;
+    param_types[1] = INT8_PTR_TYPE;
     ret_type = VOID_TYPE;
     if (!(func_type = LLVMFunctionType(ret_type, param_types, 2, false))) {
         aot_set_last_error("llvm add function type failed.");
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ aot_compile_op_memory_grow(AOTCompContext *comp_ctx, AOTFuncContext *func_ctx)
     }
 
     /* Call function wasm_runtime_set_exception(aot_inst, NULL) */
-    param_values[1] = LLVMConstNull(VOID_PTR_TYPE);
+    param_values[1] = LLVMConstNull(INT8_PTR_TYPE);
     CHECK_LLVM_CONST(param_values[1]);
     if (!(LLVMBuildCall(comp_ctx->builder, func, param_values, 2, ""))) {
         aot_set_last_error("llvm build call failed.");

core/iwasm/compilation/aot_llvm.c

@@ -359,45 +359,6 @@ create_cur_exception(AOTCompContext *comp_ctx, AOTFuncContext *func_ctx)
     return true;
 }
 
-static bool
-create_func_ptrs(AOTCompContext *comp_ctx, AOTFuncContext *func_ctx)
-{
-    LLVMValueRef offset, func_ptrs_ptr;
-    LLVMTypeRef void_ptr_type;
-
-    offset = I32_CONST(offsetof(AOTModuleInstance, func_ptrs.ptr));
-    func_ptrs_ptr = LLVMBuildInBoundsGEP(comp_ctx->builder,
-                                         func_ctx->aot_inst,
-                                         &offset, 1,
-                                         "func_ptrs_ptr");
-    if (!func_ptrs_ptr) {
-        aot_set_last_error("llvm build in bounds gep failed.");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if (!(void_ptr_type = LLVMPointerType(VOID_PTR_TYPE, 0))
-        || !(void_ptr_type = LLVMPointerType(void_ptr_type, 0))) {
-        aot_set_last_error("llvm get pointer type failed.");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    func_ctx->func_ptrs = LLVMBuildBitCast(comp_ctx->builder, func_ptrs_ptr,
-                                           void_ptr_type, "func_ptrs_tmp");
-    if (!func_ctx->func_ptrs) {
-        aot_set_last_error("llvm build bit cast failed.");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    func_ctx->func_ptrs = LLVMBuildLoad(comp_ctx->builder, func_ctx->func_ptrs,
-            "func_ptrs");
-    if (!func_ctx->func_ptrs) {
-        aot_set_last_error("llvm build load failed.");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 static bool
 create_func_type_indexes(AOTCompContext *comp_ctx,
                          AOTFuncContext *func_ctx)
@@ -636,10 +597,6 @@ aot_create_func_context(AOTCompData *comp_data, AOTCompContext *comp_ctx,
     if (!create_cur_exception(comp_ctx, func_ctx))
         goto fail;
 
-    /* Load function pointers */
-    if (!create_func_ptrs(comp_ctx, func_ctx))
-      goto fail;
-
     /* Load function type indexes */
     if (!create_func_type_indexes(comp_ctx, func_ctx))
         goto fail;
@@ -723,7 +680,6 @@ aot_set_llvm_basic_types(AOTLLVMTypes *basic_types, LLVMContextRef context)
     basic_types->int64_ptr_type = LLVMPointerType(basic_types->int64_type, 0);
     basic_types->float32_ptr_type = LLVMPointerType(basic_types->float32_type, 0);
     basic_types->float64_ptr_type = LLVMPointerType(basic_types->float64_type, 0);
-    basic_types->void_ptr_type = LLVMPointerType(basic_types->void_type, 0);
 
     return (basic_types->int8_ptr_type
             && basic_types->int16_ptr_type
@@ -731,7 +687,6 @@ aot_set_llvm_basic_types(AOTLLVMTypes *basic_types, LLVMContextRef context)
             && basic_types->int64_ptr_type
             && basic_types->float32_ptr_type
             && basic_types->float64_ptr_type
-            && basic_types->void_ptr_type
             && basic_types->meta_data_type) ? true : false;
 }
 

core/iwasm/compilation/aot_llvm.h

@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ typedef struct AOTFuncContext {
   LLVMBasicBlockRef got_exception_block;
   LLVMBasicBlockRef func_return_block;
   LLVMValueRef exception_id_phi;
-  LLVMValueRef func_ptrs;
   LLVMValueRef func_type_indexes;
   LLVMValueRef locals[1];
 } AOTFuncContext;
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@ typedef struct AOTLLVMTypes {
   LLVMTypeRef int64_ptr_type;
   LLVMTypeRef float32_ptr_type;
   LLVMTypeRef float64_ptr_type;
-  LLVMTypeRef void_ptr_type;
 
   LLVMTypeRef meta_data_type;
 } AOTLLVMTypes;