SILGen: Global constants are addressable.

A global or static `let` has a stable address, which is addressable when its
representation is naturally fully abstracted.

Author: jckarter

lib/SILGen/SILGenApply.cpp

@@ -3568,8 +3568,8 @@ SILGenFunction::tryEmitAddressableParameterAsAddress(ArgumentSource &&arg,
   }
   if (auto dre = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(expr)) {
     if (auto param = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(dre->getDecl())) {
-      if (auto addr = getLocalVariableAddressableBuffer(param, expr,
-                                                        ownership)) {
+      if (auto addr = getVariableAddressableBuffer(param, expr,
+                                                   ownership)) {
         return ManagedValue::forBorrowedAddressRValue(addr);
       }
     }

lib/SILGen/SILGenDecl.cpp

@@ -2263,12 +2263,41 @@ SILGenFunction::enterLocalVariableAddressableBufferScope(VarDecl *decl,
   Cleanups.pushCleanup<DeallocateLocalVariableAddressableBuffer>(decl, destroyCleanup);
 }
 
+static bool isFullyAbstractedLowering(SILGenFunction &SGF,
+                                      Type formalType, SILType loweredType) {
+  return SGF.getLoweredType(AbstractionPattern::getOpaque(), formalType)
+            .getASTType()
+    == loweredType.getASTType();
+}
+
+static bool isNaturallyFullyAbstractedType(SILGenFunction &SGF,
+                                           Type formalType) {
+  return isFullyAbstractedLowering(SGF, formalType, SGF.getLoweredType(formalType));
+}
+
 SILValue
-SILGenFunction::getLocalVariableAddressableBuffer(VarDecl *decl,
-                                                  SILLocation curLoc,
-                                                  ValueOwnership ownership) {
+SILGenFunction::getVariableAddressableBuffer(VarDecl *decl,
+                                             SILLocation curLoc,
+                                             ValueOwnership ownership) {
+  // For locals, we might be able to retroactively produce a local addressable
+  // representation. 
   auto foundVarLoc = VarLocs.find(decl);
   if (foundVarLoc == VarLocs.end()) {
+    // If it's not local, is it at least a global stored variable?
+    if (decl->isGlobalStorage()) {
+      // Is the global immutable?
+      if (!decl->isLet()) {
+        return SILValue();
+      }
+    
+      // Does the storage naturally have a fully abstracted representation?
+      if (!isNaturallyFullyAbstractedType(*this, decl->getTypeInContext())) {
+        return SILValue();
+      }
+
+      // We can get the stable address via the addressor.
+      return emitGlobalVariableRef(curLoc, decl, std::nullopt).getUnmanagedValue();
+    }
     return SILValue();
   }
 
@@ -2282,7 +2311,8 @@ SILGenFunction::getLocalVariableAddressableBuffer(VarDecl *decl,
   // Check whether the bound value is inherently suitable for addressability.
   // It must already be in memory and fully abstracted.
   if (value->getType().isAddress()
-      && fullyAbstractedTy.getASTType() == value->getType().getASTType()) {
+      && isFullyAbstractedLowering(*this, decl->getTypeInContext()->getRValueType(),
+                                   value->getType())) {
     SILValue address = value;
     // Begin an access if the address is mutable.
     if (access != SILAccessEnforcement::Unknown) {

lib/SILGen/SILGenFunction.h

@@ -576,9 +576,9 @@ class LLVM_LIBRARY_VISIBILITY SILGenFunction
 
   /// Get a stable address which is suitable for forming dependent pointers
   /// if possible.
-  SILValue getLocalVariableAddressableBuffer(VarDecl *decl,
-                                             SILLocation loc,
-                                             ValueOwnership ownership);
+  SILValue getVariableAddressableBuffer(VarDecl *decl,
+                                        SILLocation loc,
+                                        ValueOwnership ownership);
 
   /// The local auxiliary declarations for the parameters of this function that
   /// need to be emitted inside the next brace statement.

test/SILGen/addressable_global.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// RUN: %target-swift-emit-silgen -parse-as-library -disable-availability-checking %s | %FileCheck %s
+
+enum Color {
+    case R, G, B
+}
+
+let colors: InlineArray<_, Color> = [
+    .G, .G, .R, .G, .G, .B,
+    .G, .G, .B, .G, .G, .R,
+    .B, .R, .G, .R, .B, .G,
+    .G, .G, .B, .G, .G, .R,
+    .G, .G, .R, .G, .G, .B,
+    .R, .B, .G, .B, .R, .G,
+]
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: sil{{.*}} @$s{{.*}}4main
+func main() {
+    // CHECK: [[POINTER:%.*]] = apply {{.*}}() : $@convention(thin) () -> Builtin.RawPointer
+    // CHECK: [[ADDRESS:%.*]] = pointer_to_address [[POINTER]]
+    // CHECK: [[GET_SPAN:%.*]] = function_ref @$s{{.*}}11InlineArray{{.*}}4span
+    // CHECK: apply [[GET_SPAN]]<{{.*}}>([[ADDRESS]])
+    let span = colors.span
+    for elem in [3, 9, 8] {
+        switch span[elem] {
+        case .R: print(0)
+        case .G: print(1)
+        case .B: print(2)
+        }
+    }
+}