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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ART_COMPILER_UTILS_ASSEMBLER_TEST_BASE_H_
+#define ART_COMPILER_UTILS_ASSEMBLER_TEST_BASE_H_
+
+#include "common_runtime_test.h"  // For ScratchFile
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+namespace art {
+
+// If you want to take a look at the differences between the ART assembler and GCC, set this flag
+// to true. The disassembled files will then remain in the tmp directory.
+static constexpr bool kKeepDisassembledFiles = false;
+
+// Use a glocal static variable to keep the same name for all test data. Else we'll just spam the
+// temp directory.
+static std::string tmpnam_;
+
+// We put this into a class as gtests are self-contained, so this helper needs to be in an h-file.
+class AssemblerTestInfrastructure {
+ public:
+  AssemblerTestInfrastructure(std::string architecture,
+                              std::string as,
+                              std::string as_params,
+                              std::string objdump,
+                              std::string objdump_params,
+                              std::string disasm,
+                              std::string disasm_params,
+                              const char* asm_header) :
+      architecture_string_(architecture),
+      asm_header_(asm_header),
+      assembler_cmd_name_(as),
+      assembler_parameters_(as_params),
+      objdump_cmd_name_(objdump),
+      objdump_parameters_(objdump_params),
+      disassembler_cmd_name_(disasm),
+      disassembler_parameters_(disasm_params) {
+    // Fake a runtime test for ScratchFile
+    CommonRuntimeTest::SetUpAndroidData(android_data_);
+  }
+
+  virtual ~AssemblerTestInfrastructure() {
+    // We leave temporaries in case this failed so we can debug issues.
+    CommonRuntimeTest::TearDownAndroidData(android_data_, false);
+    tmpnam_ = "";
+  }
+
+  // This is intended to be run as a test.
+  bool CheckTools() {
+    if (!FileExists(FindTool(assembler_cmd_name_))) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    LOG(INFO) << "Chosen assembler command: " << GetAssemblerCommand();
+
+    if (!FileExists(FindTool(objdump_cmd_name_))) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    LOG(INFO) << "Chosen objdump command: " << GetObjdumpCommand();
+
+    // Disassembly is optional.
+    std::string disassembler = GetDisassembleCommand();
+    if (disassembler.length() != 0) {
+      if (!FileExists(FindTool(disassembler_cmd_name_))) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      LOG(INFO) << "Chosen disassemble command: " << GetDisassembleCommand();
+    } else {
+      LOG(INFO) << "No disassembler given.";
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Driver() assembles and compares the results. If the results are not equal and we have a
+  // disassembler, disassemble both and check whether they have the same mnemonics (in which case
+  // we just warn).
+  void Driver(const std::vector<uint8_t>& data, std::string assembly_text, std::string test_name) {
+    EXPECT_NE(assembly_text.length(), 0U) << "Empty assembly";
+
+    NativeAssemblerResult res;
+    Compile(assembly_text, &res, test_name);
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(res.ok) << res.error_msg;
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      // No way of continuing.
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (data == *res.code) {
+      Clean(&res);
+    } else {
+      if (DisassembleBinaries(data, *res.code, test_name)) {
+        if (data.size() > res.code->size()) {
+          // Fail this test with a fancy colored warning being printed.
+          EXPECT_TRUE(false) << "Assembly code is not identical, but disassembly of machine code "
+              "is equal: this implies sub-optimal encoding! Our code size=" << data.size() <<
+              ", gcc size=" << res.code->size();
+        } else {
+          // Otherwise just print an info message and clean up.
+          LOG(INFO) << "GCC chose a different encoding than ours, but the overall length is the "
+              "same.";
+          Clean(&res);
+        }
+      } else {
+        // This will output the assembly.
+        EXPECT_EQ(*res.code, data) << "Outputs (and disassembly) not identical.";
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  // Return the host assembler command for this test.
+  virtual std::string GetAssemblerCommand() {
+    // Already resolved it once?
+    if (resolved_assembler_cmd_.length() != 0) {
+      return resolved_assembler_cmd_;
+    }
+
+    std::string line = FindTool(assembler_cmd_name_);
+    if (line.length() == 0) {
+      return line;
+    }
+
+    resolved_assembler_cmd_ = line + assembler_parameters_;
+
+    return resolved_assembler_cmd_;
+  }
+
+  // Return the host objdump command for this test.
+  virtual std::string GetObjdumpCommand() {
+    // Already resolved it once?
+    if (resolved_objdump_cmd_.length() != 0) {
+      return resolved_objdump_cmd_;
+    }
+
+    std::string line = FindTool(objdump_cmd_name_);
+    if (line.length() == 0) {
+      return line;
+    }
+
+    resolved_objdump_cmd_ = line + objdump_parameters_;
+
+    return resolved_objdump_cmd_;
+  }
+
+  // Return the host disassembler command for this test.
+  virtual std::string GetDisassembleCommand() {
+    // Already resolved it once?
+    if (resolved_disassemble_cmd_.length() != 0) {
+      return resolved_disassemble_cmd_;
+    }
+
+    std::string line = FindTool(disassembler_cmd_name_);
+    if (line.length() == 0) {
+      return line;
+    }
+
+    resolved_disassemble_cmd_ = line + disassembler_parameters_;
+
+    return resolved_disassemble_cmd_;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  // Structure to store intermediates and results.
+  struct NativeAssemblerResult {
+    bool ok;
+    std::string error_msg;
+    std::string base_name;
+    std::unique_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t>> code;
+    uintptr_t length;
+  };
+
+  // Compile the assembly file from_file to a binary file to_file. Returns true on success.
+  bool Assemble(const char* from_file, const char* to_file, std::string* error_msg) {
+    bool have_assembler = FileExists(FindTool(assembler_cmd_name_));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(have_assembler) << "Cannot find assembler:" << GetAssemblerCommand();
+    if (!have_assembler) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::vector<std::string> args;
+
+    // Encaspulate the whole command line in a single string passed to
+    // the shell, so that GetAssemblerCommand() may contain arguments
+    // in addition to the program name.
+    args.push_back(GetAssemblerCommand());
+    args.push_back("-o");
+    args.push_back(to_file);
+    args.push_back(from_file);
+    std::string cmd = Join(args, ' ');
+
+    args.clear();
+    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
+    args.push_back("-c");
+    args.push_back(cmd);
+
+    bool success = Exec(args, error_msg);
+    if (!success) {
+      LOG(INFO) << "Assembler command line:";
+      for (std::string arg : args) {
+        LOG(INFO) << arg;
+      }
+    }
+    return success;
+  }
+
+  // Runs objdump -h on the binary file and extracts the first line with .text.
+  // Returns "" on failure.
+  std::string Objdump(std::string file) {
+    bool have_objdump = FileExists(FindTool(objdump_cmd_name_));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(have_objdump) << "Cannot find objdump: " << GetObjdumpCommand();
+    if (!have_objdump) {
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    std::string error_msg;
+    std::vector<std::string> args;
+
+    // Encaspulate the whole command line in a single string passed to
+    // the shell, so that GetObjdumpCommand() may contain arguments
+    // in addition to the program name.
+    args.push_back(GetObjdumpCommand());
+    args.push_back(file);
+    args.push_back(">");
+    args.push_back(file+".dump");
+    std::string cmd = Join(args, ' ');
+
+    args.clear();
+    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
+    args.push_back("-c");
+    args.push_back(cmd);
+
+    if (!Exec(args, &error_msg)) {
+      EXPECT_TRUE(false) << error_msg;
+    }
+
+    std::ifstream dump(file+".dump");
+
+    std::string line;
+    bool found = false;
+    while (std::getline(dump, line)) {
+      if (line.find(".text") != line.npos) {
+        found = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    dump.close();
+
+    if (found) {
+      return line;
+    } else {
+      return "";
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Disassemble both binaries and compare the text.
+  bool DisassembleBinaries(const std::vector<uint8_t>& data, const std::vector<uint8_t>& as,
+                           std::string test_name) {
+    std::string disassembler = GetDisassembleCommand();
+    if (disassembler.length() == 0) {
+      LOG(WARNING) << "No dissassembler command.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string data_name = WriteToFile(data, test_name + ".ass");
+    std::string error_msg;
+    if (!DisassembleBinary(data_name, &error_msg)) {
+      LOG(INFO) << "Error disassembling: " << error_msg;
+      std::remove(data_name.c_str());
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string as_name = WriteToFile(as, test_name + ".gcc");
+    if (!DisassembleBinary(as_name, &error_msg)) {
+      LOG(INFO) << "Error disassembling: " << error_msg;
+      std::remove(data_name.c_str());
+      std::remove((data_name + ".dis").c_str());
+      std::remove(as_name.c_str());
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    bool result = CompareFiles(data_name + ".dis", as_name + ".dis");
+
+    if (!kKeepDisassembledFiles) {
+      std::remove(data_name.c_str());
+      std::remove(as_name.c_str());
+      std::remove((data_name + ".dis").c_str());
+      std::remove((as_name + ".dis").c_str());
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  bool DisassembleBinary(std::string file, std::string* error_msg) {
+    std::vector<std::string> args;
+
+    // Encaspulate the whole command line in a single string passed to
+    // the shell, so that GetDisassembleCommand() may contain arguments
+    // in addition to the program name.
+    args.push_back(GetDisassembleCommand());
+    args.push_back(file);
+    args.push_back("| sed -n \'/<.data>/,$p\' | sed -e \'s/.*://\'");
+    args.push_back(">");
+    args.push_back(file+".dis");
+    std::string cmd = Join(args, ' ');
+
+    args.clear();
+    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
+    args.push_back("-c");
+    args.push_back(cmd);
+
+    return Exec(args, error_msg);
+  }
+
+  std::string WriteToFile(const std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer, std::string test_name) {
+    std::string file_name = GetTmpnam() + std::string("---") + test_name;
+    const char* data = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(buffer.data());
+    std::ofstream s_out(file_name + ".o");
+    s_out.write(data, buffer.size());
+    s_out.close();
+    return file_name + ".o";
+  }
+
+  bool CompareFiles(std::string f1, std::string f2) {
+    std::ifstream f1_in(f1);
+    std::ifstream f2_in(f2);
+
+    bool result = std::equal(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f1_in),
+                             std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(),
+                             std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f2_in));
+
+    f1_in.close();
+    f2_in.close();
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // Compile the given assembly code and extract the binary, if possible. Put result into res.
+  bool Compile(std::string assembly_code, NativeAssemblerResult* res, std::string test_name) {
+    res->ok = false;
+    res->code.reset(nullptr);
+
+    res->base_name = GetTmpnam() + std::string("---") + test_name;
+
+    // TODO: Lots of error checking.
+
+    std::ofstream s_out(res->base_name + ".S");
+    if (asm_header_ != nullptr) {
+      s_out << asm_header_;
+    }
+    s_out << assembly_code;
+    s_out.close();
+
+    if (!Assemble((res->base_name + ".S").c_str(), (res->base_name + ".o").c_str(),
+                  &res->error_msg)) {
+      res->error_msg = "Could not compile.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string odump = Objdump(res->base_name + ".o");
+    if (odump.length() == 0) {
+      res->error_msg = "Objdump failed.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::istringstream iss(odump);
+    std::istream_iterator<std::string> start(iss);
+    std::istream_iterator<std::string> end;
+    std::vector<std::string> tokens(start, end);
+
+    if (tokens.size() < OBJDUMP_SECTION_LINE_MIN_TOKENS) {
+      res->error_msg = "Objdump output not recognized: too few tokens.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    if (tokens[1] != ".text") {
+      res->error_msg = "Objdump output not recognized: .text not second token.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string lengthToken = "0x" + tokens[2];
+    std::istringstream(lengthToken) >> std::hex >> res->length;
+
+    std::string offsetToken = "0x" + tokens[5];
+    uintptr_t offset;
+    std::istringstream(offsetToken) >> std::hex >> offset;
+
+    std::ifstream obj(res->base_name + ".o");
+    obj.seekg(offset);
+    res->code.reset(new std::vector<uint8_t>(res->length));
+    obj.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&(*res->code)[0]), res->length);
+    obj.close();
+
+    res->ok = true;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Remove temporary files.
+  void Clean(const NativeAssemblerResult* res) {
+    std::remove((res->base_name + ".S").c_str());
+    std::remove((res->base_name + ".o").c_str());
+    std::remove((res->base_name + ".o.dump").c_str());
+  }
+
+  // Check whether file exists. Is used for commands, so strips off any parameters: anything after
+  // the first space. We skip to the last slash for this, so it should work with directories with
+  // spaces.
+  static bool FileExists(std::string file) {
+    if (file.length() == 0) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Need to strip any options.
+    size_t last_slash = file.find_last_of('/');
+    if (last_slash == std::string::npos) {
+      // No slash, start looking at the start.
+      last_slash = 0;
+    }
+    size_t space_index = file.find(' ', last_slash);
+
+    if (space_index == std::string::npos) {
+      std::ifstream infile(file.c_str());
+      return infile.good();
+    } else {
+      std::string copy = file.substr(0, space_index - 1);
+
+      struct stat buf;
+      return stat(copy.c_str(), &buf) == 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  static std::string GetGCCRootPath() {
+    return "prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86";
+  }
+
+  static std::string GetRootPath() {
+    // 1) Check ANDROID_BUILD_TOP
+    char* build_top = getenv("ANDROID_BUILD_TOP");
+    if (build_top != nullptr) {
+      return std::string(build_top) + "/";
+    }
+
+    // 2) Do cwd
+    char temp[1024];
+    return getcwd(temp, 1024) ? std::string(temp) + "/" : std::string("");
+  }
+
+  std::string FindTool(std::string tool_name) {
+    // Find the current tool. Wild-card pattern is "arch-string*tool-name".
+    std::string gcc_path = GetRootPath() + GetGCCRootPath();
+    std::vector<std::string> args;
+    args.push_back("find");
+    args.push_back(gcc_path);
+    args.push_back("-name");
+    args.push_back(architecture_string_ + "*" + tool_name);
+    args.push_back("|");
+    args.push_back("sort");
+    args.push_back("|");
+    args.push_back("tail");
+    args.push_back("-n");
+    args.push_back("1");
+    std::string tmp_file = GetTmpnam();
+    args.push_back(">");
+    args.push_back(tmp_file);
+    std::string sh_args = Join(args, ' ');
+
+    args.clear();
+    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
+    args.push_back("-c");
+    args.push_back(sh_args);
+
+    std::string error_msg;
+    if (!Exec(args, &error_msg)) {
+      EXPECT_TRUE(false) << error_msg;
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    std::ifstream in(tmp_file.c_str());
+    std::string line;
+    if (!std::getline(in, line)) {
+      in.close();
+      std::remove(tmp_file.c_str());
+      return "";
+    }
+    in.close();
+    std::remove(tmp_file.c_str());
+    return line;
+  }
+
+  // Use a consistent tmpnam, so store it.
+  std::string GetTmpnam() {
+    if (tmpnam_.length() == 0) {
+      ScratchFile tmp;
+      tmpnam_ = tmp.GetFilename() + "asm";
+    }
+    return tmpnam_;
+  }
+
+  static constexpr size_t OBJDUMP_SECTION_LINE_MIN_TOKENS = 6;
+
+  std::string architecture_string_;
+  const char* asm_header_;
+
+  std::string assembler_cmd_name_;
+  std::string assembler_parameters_;
+
+  std::string objdump_cmd_name_;
+  std::string objdump_parameters_;
+
+  std::string disassembler_cmd_name_;
+  std::string disassembler_parameters_;
+
+  std::string resolved_assembler_cmd_;
+  std::string resolved_objdump_cmd_;
+  std::string resolved_disassemble_cmd_;
+
+  std::string android_data_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AssemblerTestInfrastructure);
+};
+
+}  // namespace art
+
+#endif  // ART_COMPILER_UTILS_ASSEMBLER_TEST_BASE_H_