rustc_trans: approximate ABI alignment for padding/union fillers.

src/librustc/ty/layout.rs

@@ -489,14 +489,27 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Integer {
 
         let wanted = align.abi();
         for &candidate in &[I8, I16, I32, I64, I128] {
-            let ty = Int(candidate, false);
-            if wanted == ty.align(dl).abi() && wanted == ty.size(dl).bytes() {
+            if wanted == candidate.align(dl).abi() && wanted == candidate.size().bytes() {
                 return Some(candidate);
             }
         }
         None
     }
 
+    /// Find the largest integer with the given alignment or less.
+    pub fn approximate_abi_align<C: HasDataLayout>(cx: C, align: Align) -> Integer {
+        let dl = cx.data_layout();
+
+        let wanted = align.abi();
+        // FIXME(eddyb) maybe include I128 in the future, when it works everywhere.
+        for &candidate in &[I64, I32, I16] {
+            if wanted >= candidate.align(dl).abi() && wanted >= candidate.size().bytes() {
+                return candidate;
+            }
+        }
+        I8
+    }
+
     /// Get the Integer type from an attr::IntType.
     pub fn from_attr<C: HasDataLayout>(cx: C, ity: attr::IntType) -> Integer {
         let dl = cx.data_layout();

src/librustc_trans/type_.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use llvm::{Float, Double, X86_FP80, PPC_FP128, FP128};
 use context::CrateContext;
 
 use syntax::ast;
-use rustc::ty::layout::{self, Align};
+use rustc::ty::layout::{self, Align, Size};
 
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -279,12 +279,19 @@ impl Type {
     /// Return a LLVM type that has at most the required alignment,
     /// as a conservative approximation for unknown pointee types.
     pub fn pointee_for_abi_align(ccx: &CrateContext, align: Align) -> Type {
-        if let Some(ity) = layout::Integer::for_abi_align(ccx, align) {
-            Type::from_integer(ccx, ity)
-        } else {
-            // FIXME(eddyb) We could find a better approximation here.
-            Type::i8(ccx)
-        }
+        // FIXME(eddyb) We could find a better approximation if ity.align < align.
+        let ity = layout::Integer::approximate_abi_align(ccx, align);
+        Type::from_integer(ccx, ity)
+    }
+
+    /// Return a LLVM type that has at most the required alignment,
+    /// and exactly the required size, as a best-effort padding array.
+    pub fn padding_filler(ccx: &CrateContext, size: Size, align: Align) -> Type {
+        let unit = layout::Integer::approximate_abi_align(ccx, align);
+        let size = size.bytes();
+        let unit_size = unit.size().bytes();
+        assert_eq!(size % unit_size, 0);
+        Type::array(&Type::from_integer(ccx, unit), size / unit_size)
     }
 
     pub fn x86_mmx(ccx: &CrateContext) -> Type {

src/librustc_trans/type_of.rs

@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ fn uncached_llvm_type<'a, 'tcx>(ccx: &CrateContext<'a, 'tcx>,
 
     match layout.fields {
         layout::FieldPlacement::Union(_) => {
-            let size = layout.size.bytes();
-            let fill = Type::array(&Type::i8(ccx), size);
+            let fill = Type::padding_filler(ccx, layout.size, layout.align);
             match name {
                 None => {
                     Type::struct_(ccx, &[fill], layout.is_packed())
@@ -115,6 +114,7 @@ fn struct_llfields<'a, 'tcx>(ccx: &CrateContext<'a, 'tcx>,
     let field_count = layout.fields.count();
 
     let mut offset = Size::from_bytes(0);
+    let mut prev_align = layout.align;
     let mut result: Vec<Type> = Vec::with_capacity(1 + field_count * 2);
     for i in layout.fields.index_by_increasing_offset() {
         let field = layout.field(ccx, i);
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ fn struct_llfields<'a, 'tcx>(ccx: &CrateContext<'a, 'tcx>,
             i, field, offset, target_offset);
         assert!(target_offset >= offset);
         let padding = target_offset - offset;
-        result.push(Type::array(&Type::i8(ccx), padding.bytes()));
+        let padding_align = layout.align.min(prev_align).min(field.align);
+        assert_eq!(offset.abi_align(padding_align) + padding, target_offset);
+        result.push(Type::padding_filler(ccx, padding, padding_align));
         debug!("    padding before: {:?}", padding);
 
         result.push(field.llvm_type(ccx));
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ fn struct_llfields<'a, 'tcx>(ccx: &CrateContext<'a, 'tcx>,
         }
 
         offset = target_offset + field.size;
+        prev_align = field.align;
     }
     if !layout.is_unsized() && field_count > 0 {
         if offset > layout.size {
@@ -144,9 +147,11 @@ fn struct_llfields<'a, 'tcx>(ccx: &CrateContext<'a, 'tcx>,
                  layout, layout.size, offset);
         }
         let padding = layout.size - offset;
+        let padding_align = layout.align.min(prev_align);
+        assert_eq!(offset.abi_align(padding_align) + padding, layout.size);
         debug!("struct_llfields: pad_bytes: {:?} offset: {:?} stride: {:?}",
                padding, offset, layout.size);
-        result.push(Type::array(&Type::i8(ccx), padding.bytes()));
+        result.push(Type::padding_filler(ccx, padding, padding_align));
         assert!(result.len() == 1 + field_count * 2);
     } else {
         debug!("struct_llfields: offset: {:?} stride: {:?}",

src/test/codegen/align-struct.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 // compile-flags: -C no-prepopulate-passes
+// ignore-tidy-linelength
+
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
 #![feature(attr_literals)]
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #[repr(align(64))]
 pub struct Align64(i32);
+// CHECK: %Align64 = type { [0 x i32], i32, [15 x i32] }
 
 pub struct Nested64 {
     a: Align64,
@@ -23,11 +26,20 @@ pub struct Nested64 {
     c: i32,
     d: i8,
 }
+// CHECK: %Nested64 = type { [0 x i64], %Align64, [0 x i32], i32, [0 x i32], i32, [0 x i8], i8, [55 x i8] }
+
+pub enum Enum4 {
+    A(i32),
+    B(i32),
+}
+// CHECK: %Enum4 = type { [2 x i32] }
 
 pub enum Enum64 {
     A(Align64),
     B(i32),
 }
+// CHECK: %Enum64 = type { [16 x i64] }
+// CHECK: %"Enum64::A" = type { [8 x i64], %Align64, [0 x i64] }
 
 // CHECK-LABEL: @align64
 #[no_mangle]
@@ -46,6 +58,14 @@ pub fn nested64(a: Align64, b: i32, c: i32, d: i8) -> Nested64 {
     n64
 }
 
+// CHECK-LABEL: @enum4
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn enum4(a: i32) -> Enum4 {
+// CHECK: %e4 = alloca %Enum4, align 4
+    let e4 = Enum4::A(a);
+    e4
+}
+
 // CHECK-LABEL: @enum64
 #[no_mangle]
 pub fn enum64(a: Align64) -> Enum64 {