cg_ssa: remove pointee types and pointercast/bitcast-of-ptr

Author: erikdesjardins

src/builder.rs

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{
     BaseTypeMethods,
     BuilderMethods,
     ConstMethods,
-    DerivedTypeMethods,
     LayoutTypeMethods,
     HasCodegen,
     OverflowOp,

src/common.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ use crate::context::CodegenCx;
 use crate::type_of::LayoutGccExt;
 
 impl<'gcc, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
+    pub fn const_ptrcast(&self, val: RValue<'gcc>, ty: Type<'gcc>) -> RValue<'gcc> {
+        self.context.new_cast(None, val, ty)
+    }
+
     pub fn const_bytes(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> RValue<'gcc> {
         bytes_in_context(self, bytes)
     }
@@ -242,10 +246,6 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> ConstMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
         const_alloc_to_gcc(self, alloc)
     }
 
-    fn const_ptrcast(&self, val: RValue<'gcc>, ty: Type<'gcc>) -> RValue<'gcc> {
-        self.context.new_cast(None, val, ty)
-    }
-
     fn const_bitcast(&self, value: RValue<'gcc>, typ: Type<'gcc>) -> RValue<'gcc> {
         if value.get_type() == self.bool_type.make_pointer() {
             if let Some(pointee) = typ.get_pointee() {

src/intrinsic/mod.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use rustc_codegen_ssa::mir::operand::{OperandRef, OperandValue};
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::mir::place::PlaceRef;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{ArgAbiMethods, BaseTypeMethods, BuilderMethods, ConstMethods, IntrinsicCallMethods};
 #[cfg(feature="master")]
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{DerivedTypeMethods, MiscMethods};
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::MiscMethods;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::errors::InvalidMonomorphization;
 use rustc_middle::bug;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Instance, Ty};

src/type_.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,23 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
         self.u128_type
     }
 
+    pub fn type_ptr_to(&self, ty: Type<'gcc>) -> Type<'gcc> {
+        ty.make_pointer()
+    }
+
+    pub fn type_ptr_to_ext(&self, ty: Type<'gcc>, _address_space: AddressSpace) -> Type<'gcc> {
+        // TODO(antoyo): use address_space, perhaps with TYPE_ADDR_SPACE?
+        ty.make_pointer()
+    }
+
+    pub fn type_i8p(&self) -> Type<'gcc> {
+        self.type_ptr_to(self.type_i8())
+    }
+
+    pub fn type_i8p_ext(&self, address_space: AddressSpace) -> Type<'gcc> {
+        self.type_ptr_to_ext(self.type_i8(), address_space)
+    }
+
     pub fn type_pointee_for_align(&self, align: Align) -> Type<'gcc> {
         // FIXME(eddyb) We could find a better approximation if ity.align < align.
         let ity = Integer::approximate_align(self, align);
@@ -149,13 +166,12 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> BaseTypeMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn type_ptr_to(&self, ty: Type<'gcc>) -> Type<'gcc> {
-        ty.make_pointer()
+    fn type_ptr(&self) -> Type<'gcc> {
+        self.type_ptr_to(self.type_void())
     }
 
-    fn type_ptr_to_ext(&self, ty: Type<'gcc>, _address_space: AddressSpace) -> Type<'gcc> {
-        // TODO(antoyo): use address_space, perhaps with TYPE_ADDR_SPACE?
-        ty.make_pointer()
+    fn type_ptr_ext(&self, address_space: AddressSpace) -> Type<'gcc> {
+        self.type_ptr_to_ext(self.type_void(), address_space)
     }
 
     fn element_type(&self, ty: Type<'gcc>) -> Type<'gcc> {