solidity/libevmasm/ConstantOptimiser.h

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/** @file ConstantOptimiser.cpp
 * @author Christian <c@ethdev.com>
 * @date 2015
 */

#pragma once

#include <vector>
#include <libdevcore/CommonData.h>
#include <libdevcore/CommonIO.h>

namespace dev
{
namespace eth
{

class AssemblyItem;
using AssemblyItems = std::vector<AssemblyItem>;
class Assembly;

/**
 * Abstract base class for one way to change how constants are represented in the code.
 */
class ConstantOptimisationMethod
{
public:
	/// Tries to optimised how constants are represented in the source code and modifies
	/// @a _assembly and its @a _items.
	/// @returns zero if no optimisations could be performed.
	static unsigned optimiseConstants(
		bool _isCreation,
		size_t _runs,
		Assembly& _assembly,
		AssemblyItems& _items
	);

	struct Params
	{
		bool isCreation; ///< Whether this is called during contract creation or runtime.
		size_t runs; ///< Estimated number of calls per opcode oven the lifetime of the contract.
		size_t multiplicity; ///< Number of times the constant appears in the code.
	};

	explicit ConstantOptimisationMethod(Params const& _params, u256 const& _value):
		m_params(_params), m_value(_value) {}
	virtual bigint gasNeeded() = 0;
	/// Executes the method, potentially appending to the assembly and returns a vector of
	/// assembly items the constant should be relpaced with in one sweep.
	/// If the vector is empty, the constants will not be deleted.
	virtual AssemblyItems execute(Assembly& _assembly) = 0;

protected:
	size_t dataSize() const { return std::max<size_t>(1, dev::bytesRequired(m_value)); }

	/// @returns the run gas for the given items ignoring special gas costs
	static bigint simpleRunGas(AssemblyItems const& _items);
	/// @returns the gas needed to store the given data literally
	bigint dataGas(bytes const& _data) const;
	/// @returns the gas needed to store the value literally
	bigint dataGas() const { return dataGas(toCompactBigEndian(m_value, 1)); }
	static size_t bytesRequired(AssemblyItems const& _items);
	/// @returns the combined estimated gas usage taking @a m_params into account.
	bigint combineGas(
		bigint const& _runGas,
		bigint const& _repeatedDataGas,
		bigint const& _uniqueDataGas
	)
	{
		// _runGas is not multiplied by _multiplicity because the runs are "per opcode"
		return m_params.runs * _runGas + m_params.multiplicity * _repeatedDataGas + _uniqueDataGas;
	}

	/// Replaces all constants i by the code given in @a _replacement[i].
	static void replaceConstants(AssemblyItems& _items, std::map<u256, AssemblyItems> const& _replacement);

	Params m_params;
	u256 const& m_value;
};

/**
 * Optimisation method that pushes the constant to the stack literally. This is the default method,
 * i.e. executing it does not alter the Assembly.
 */
class LiteralMethod: public ConstantOptimisationMethod
{
public:
	explicit LiteralMethod(Params const& _params, u256 const& _value):
		ConstantOptimisationMethod(_params, _value) {}
	virtual bigint gasNeeded() override;
	virtual AssemblyItems execute(Assembly&) override { return AssemblyItems{}; }
};

/**
 * Method that stores the data in the .data section of the code and copies it to the stack.
 */
class CodeCopyMethod: public ConstantOptimisationMethod
{
public:
	explicit CodeCopyMethod(Params const& _params, u256 const& _value);
	virtual bigint gasNeeded() override;
	virtual AssemblyItems execute(Assembly& _assembly) override;

protected:
	AssemblyItems const& copyRoutine() const;
};

/**
 * Method that tries to compute the constant.
 */
class ComputeMethod: public ConstantOptimisationMethod
{
public:
	explicit ComputeMethod(Params const& _params, u256 const& _value):
		ConstantOptimisationMethod(_params, _value)
	{
		m_routine = findRepresentation(m_value);
	}

	virtual bigint gasNeeded() override { return gasNeeded(m_routine); }
	virtual AssemblyItems execute(Assembly&) override
	{
		return m_routine;
	}

protected:
	/// Tries to recursively find a way to compute @a _value.
	AssemblyItems findRepresentation(u256 const& _value);
	bigint gasNeeded(AssemblyItems const& _routine);

	/// Counter for the complexity of optimization, will stop when it reaches zero.
	size_t m_maxSteps = 10000;
	AssemblyItems m_routine;
};

}
}