On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM David Malcolm <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This patch adds a new "struct compiler_channels" to hold channels
> relating to the compiler that plugins (or diagnostic sinks) might want
> to subscribe to events for, accessed from the global gcc::context
> object, along with a new gcc/topics/ source subdirectory to hold
> strongly-typed publish/subscribe topics relating to the compiler.
>
> For now, there is just one: pass_events_channel, which, if there are any
> subscribers, issues notifications about passes starting/stopping on
> particular functions, using topics::pass_events, declared in
> topics/pass-events.h, but followup patches add more kinds of
> notification channel.
>
> A toy plugin in the testsuite shows how this could be used to build a
> progress notification UI for the compiler, and a followup patch uses the
> channel to (optionally) capture CFG information at each stage of
> optimization in machine-readable form into a SARIF sink.
>
> gcc/ChangeLog:
>         * channels.h: New file.
>         * context.cc: Define INCLUDE_LIST.  Include "channels.h".
>         (gcc::context::context): Create m_channels.
>         (gcc::context::~context): Delete it.
>         * context.h (struct compiler_channels): New forward decl.
>         (gcc::context::get_channels): New accessor.
>         (gcc::context::m_channels): New field.
>         * passes.cc: Define INCLUDE_LIST.  Include "topics/pass-events.h"
>         and "channels.h".
>         (execute_one_pass): If the global context's pass_events_channel
>         has subscribers, publish before_pass and after_pass events to it.
>         * topics/pass-events.h: New file.
>
> gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
>         * gcc.dg/plugin/plugin.exp: Add progress_notifications_plugin.cc.
>         * gcc.dg/plugin/progress_notifications_plugin.cc: New test plugin.

The only complaint I have is ...

> ---
>  gcc/channels.h                                | 43 ++++++++++++++
>  gcc/context.cc                                |  7 ++-
>  gcc/context.h                                 | 12 ++++
>  gcc/passes.cc                                 | 12 ++++
>  gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/plugin/plugin.exp        |  1 +
>  .../plugin/progress_notifications_plugin.cc   | 51 ++++++++++++++++
>  gcc/topics/pass-events.h                      | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 184 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 gcc/channels.h
>  create mode 100644 
> gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/plugin/progress_notifications_plugin.cc
>  create mode 100644 gcc/topics/pass-events.h
>
> diff --git a/gcc/channels.h b/gcc/channels.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..433a1e7fcf62a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gcc/channels.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
> +/* channels.h - Publish/Subscribe channels on compiler-specific topics.
> +   Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +   Contributed by David Malcolm <[email protected]>.
> +
> +This file is part of GCC.
> +
> +GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
> +the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
> +Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
> +version.
> +
> +GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
> +WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
> +for more details.
> +
> +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> +along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
> +<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +#ifndef GCC_CHANNELS_H
> +#define GCC_CHANNELS_H
> +
> +#include "pub-sub.h"
> +
> +namespace gcc {
> +
> +/* Forward decls of subscribers for the various topics we have
> +   publish/subscribe channels for.  */
> +namespace topics {
> +  namespace pass_events { struct subscriber; }
> +} // namespace gcc::topics
> +
> +/* Publish/subscribe channels on various compiler-specific topics.  */
> +
> +struct compiler_channels
> +{
> +  pub_sub::channel<topics::pass_events::subscriber> pass_events_channel;
> +};
> +
> +} // namespace gcc
> +
> +#endif /* ! GCC_CHANNELS_H */
> diff --git a/gcc/context.cc b/gcc/context.cc
> index f31acc11460eb..cbd7f2bda48e0 100644
> --- a/gcc/context.cc
> +++ b/gcc/context.cc
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public 
> License
>  along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
>  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
>
> +#define INCLUDE_LIST
>  #include "config.h"
>  #include "system.h"
>  #include "coretypes.h"
> @@ -24,12 +25,15 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
>  #include "pass_manager.h"
>  #include "dumpfile.h"
>  #include "realmpfr.h"
> +#include "channels.h"
>
>  /* The singleton holder of global state: */
>  gcc::context *g;
>
>  gcc::context::context ()
> -  : m_passes (NULL), m_dumps (new gcc::dump_manager ())
> +: m_passes (NULL),
> +  m_dumps (new gcc::dump_manager ()),
> +  m_channels (new gcc::compiler_channels ())
>  {
>    have_offload = false;
>  }
> @@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ gcc::context::~context ()
>  {
>    delete m_passes;
>    delete m_dumps;
> +  delete m_channels;
>
>    /* Release MPFR caches to avoid Valgrind leak reports.  */
>    mpfr_free_cache ();
> diff --git a/gcc/context.h b/gcc/context.h
> index 2220e517d0c50..e881d565676d1 100644
> --- a/gcc/context.h
> +++ b/gcc/context.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace gcc {
>
>  class pass_manager;
>  class dump_manager;
> +struct compiler_channels;
>
>  /* GCC's internal state can be divided into zero or more
>     "parallel universe" of state; an instance of this class is one such
> @@ -51,6 +52,15 @@ public:
>
>    dump_manager *get_dumps () {gcc_assert (m_dumps); return m_dumps; }
>
> +  /* Publish/subscribe channels for events
> +     on various compiler-specific topics.  */
> +  compiler_channels &
> +  get_channels () const
> +  {
> +    gcc_assert (m_channels);
> +    return *m_channels;
> +  }
> +
>  private:
>    /* Pass-management.  */
>    pass_manager *m_passes;
> @@ -58,6 +68,8 @@ private:
>    /* Dump files.  */
>    dump_manager *m_dumps;
>
> +  compiler_channels *m_channels;
> +
>  }; // class context
>
>  } // namespace gcc
> diff --git a/gcc/passes.cc b/gcc/passes.cc
> index a33c8d924a52d..440852f12fabf 100644
> --- a/gcc/passes.cc
> +++ b/gcc/passes.cc
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
>     in the proper order, and counts the time used by each.
>     Error messages and low-level interface to malloc also handled here.  */
>
> +#define INCLUDE_LIST
>  #include "config.h"
>  #include "system.h"
>  #include "coretypes.h"
> @@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
>  #include "diagnostic-core.h" /* for fnotice */
>  #include "stringpool.h"
>  #include "attribs.h"
> +#include "topics/pass-events.h"
> +#include "channels.h"
>
>  /* Reserved TODOs */
>  #define TODO_verify_il                 (1u << 31)
> @@ -2575,10 +2578,15 @@ skip_pass (opt_pass *pass)
>  bool
>  execute_one_pass (opt_pass *pass)
>  {
> +  namespace pass_events = gcc::topics::pass_events;
You have this but then ...

> +
>    unsigned int todo_after = 0;
>
>    bool gate_status;
>
> +  if (auto channel = g->get_channels ().pass_events_channel.get_if_active ())
> +    channel->publish (gcc::topics::pass_events::before_pass {pass, cfun});

You write out the fully qualified name here. Should it just be
pass_events::before_pass ?
Also maybe we should be able to do:
```
if (auto channel = pass_events_channel_if_active (g))
```
Which is slightly easier to write. Obviously it will be a wrapper for
`g->get_channels ().pass_events_channel.get_if_active ()`.

Thanks,
Andrew

> +
>    /* IPA passes are executed on whole program, so cfun should be NULL.
>       Other passes need function context set.  */
>    if (pass->type == SIMPLE_IPA_PASS || pass->type == IPA_PASS)
> @@ -2741,6 +2749,10 @@ execute_one_pass (opt_pass *pass)
>
>    if (pass->type == SIMPLE_IPA_PASS || pass->type == IPA_PASS)
>      report_heap_memory_use ();
> +
> +  if (auto channel = g->get_channels ().pass_events_channel.get_if_active ())
> +    channel->publish (gcc::topics::pass_events::after_pass {pass, cfun});
> +
>    return true;
>  }
>
> diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/plugin/plugin.exp 
> b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/plugin/plugin.exp
> index 38991e8e6191a..b2812db5890ab 100644
> --- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/plugin/plugin.exp
> +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/plugin/plugin.exp
> @@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ set plugin_test_list [list \
>           cpython-plugin-test-PyList_Append.c \
>           cpython-plugin-test-PyList_New.c \
>           cpython-plugin-test-PyLong_FromLong.c } \
> +    { progress_notifications_plugin.cc } \
>  ]
>
>  foreach plugin_test $plugin_test_list {
> diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/plugin/progress_notifications_plugin.cc 
> b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/plugin/progress_notifications_plugin.cc
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..e1fe2a54820f0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/plugin/progress_notifications_plugin.cc
> @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
> +/* Toy implementation of progress notifications about the compiler,
> +   using gcc::topics::pass_events.  */
> +
> +#define INCLUDE_LIST
> +#include "gcc-plugin.h"
> +#include "config.h"
> +#include "system.h"
> +#include "coretypes.h"
> +#include "tree-pass.h"
> +#include "diagnostic-core.h"
> +#include "context.h"
> +#include "channels.h"
> +#include "topics/pass-events.h"
> +
> +int plugin_is_GPL_compatible;
> +
> +namespace pass_events = gcc::topics::pass_events;
> +
> +namespace {
> +
> +class notification_event_subscriber : public pass_events::subscriber
> +{
> +public:
> +  void on_message (const pass_events::before_pass &m) final override
> +  {
> +    if (m.fun)
> +      inform (m.fun->function_start_locus, "starting pass %qs on %qD",
> +             m.pass->name, m.fun->decl);
> +    else
> +      inform (UNKNOWN_LOCATION, "starting pass %qs", m.pass->name);
> +  }
> +  void on_message (const pass_events::after_pass &m) final override
> +  {
> +    if (m.fun)
> +      inform (m.fun->function_end_locus, "finished pass %qs on %qD",
> +             m.pass->name, m.fun->decl);
> +    else
> +      inform (UNKNOWN_LOCATION, "finished pass %qs", m.pass->name);
> +  }
> +} my_event_subscriber;
> +
> +} // anonymous namespace
> +
> +int
> +plugin_init (struct plugin_name_args *,
> +            struct plugin_gcc_version *)
> +{
> +  g->get_channels ().pass_events_channel.add_subscriber 
> (my_event_subscriber);
> +
> +  return 0;
> +}
> diff --git a/gcc/topics/pass-events.h b/gcc/topics/pass-events.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..2b072f65bc154
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gcc/topics/pass-events.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
> +/* pass-events.h - pub/sub messages about GCC optimization passes.
> +   Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +
> +This file is part of GCC.
> +
> +GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
> +the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
> +Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
> +version.
> +
> +GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
> +WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
> +for more details.
> +
> +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> +along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
> +<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +#ifndef GCC_TOPICS_PASS_EVENTS_H
> +#define GCC_TOPICS_PASS_EVENTS_H
> +
> +#include "pub-sub.h"
> +
> +namespace gcc {
> +namespace topics {
> +
> +/* A topic for messages relating to GCC optimization passes.  */
> +
> +namespace pass_events {
> +
> +struct before_pass
> +{
> +  opt_pass *pass;
> +  function *fun;
> +};
> +
> +struct after_pass
> +{
> +  opt_pass *pass;
> +  function *fun;
> +};
> +
> +/* Abstract base class for a subscriber to messages about
> +   GCC optimization passes.  */
> +
> +struct subscriber
> +{
> +  virtual ~subscriber () = default;
> +
> +  virtual void on_message (const before_pass &) = 0;
> +  virtual void on_message (const after_pass &) = 0;
> +};
> +
> +} // namespace gcc::topics::pass_events
> +} // namespace gcc::topics
> +} // namespace gcc
> +
> +#endif /* ! GCC_TOPICS_PASS_EVENTS_H */
> --
> 2.26.3
>

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