[lldb][TypeSynthetic][NFC] Make SyntheticChildrenFrontend::Update() return an enum

lldb/include/lldb/DataFormatters/TypeSynthetic.h

@@ -49,14 +49,15 @@ class SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
 
   virtual size_t GetIndexOfChildWithName(ConstString name) = 0;
 
-  // this function is assumed to always succeed and it if fails, the front-end
-  // should know to deal with it in the correct way (most probably, by refusing
-  // to return any children) the return value of Update() should actually be
-  // interpreted as "ValueObjectSyntheticFilter cache is good/bad" if =true,
-  // ValueObjectSyntheticFilter is allowed to use the children it fetched
-  // previously and cached if =false, ValueObjectSyntheticFilter must throw
-  // away its cache, and query again for children
-  virtual bool Update() = 0;
+  /// This function is assumed to always succeed and if it fails, the front-end
+  /// should know to deal with it in the correct way (most probably, by refusing
+  /// to return any children). The return value of \ref Update should actually
+  /// be interpreted as "ValueObjectSyntheticFilter cache is good/bad". If this
+  /// function returns \ref lldb::ChildCacheState::eReuse, \ref
+  /// ValueObjectSyntheticFilter is allowed to use the children it fetched
+  /// previously and cached. Otherwise, \ref ValueObjectSyntheticFilter must
+  /// throw away its cache, and query again for children.
+  virtual lldb::ChildCacheState Update() = 0;
 
   // if this function returns false, then CalculateNumChildren() MUST return 0
   // since UI frontends might validly decide not to inquire for children given
@@ -116,7 +117,9 @@ class SyntheticValueProviderFrontEnd : public SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
     return UINT32_MAX;
   }
 
-  bool Update() override { return false; }
+  lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override {
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
+  }
 
   bool MightHaveChildren() override { return false; }
 
@@ -328,7 +331,9 @@ class TypeFilterImpl : public SyntheticChildren {
           filter->GetExpressionPathAtIndex(idx), true);
     }
 
-    bool Update() override { return false; }
+    lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override {
+      return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
+    }
 
     bool MightHaveChildren() override { return filter->GetCount() > 0; }
 
@@ -427,7 +432,7 @@ class ScriptedSyntheticChildren : public SyntheticChildren {
 
     lldb::ValueObjectSP GetChildAtIndex(size_t idx) override;
 
-    bool Update() override;
+    lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override;
 
     bool MightHaveChildren() override;
 

lldb/include/lldb/DataFormatters/VectorIterator.h

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class VectorIteratorSyntheticFrontEnd : public SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
 
   lldb::ValueObjectSP GetChildAtIndex(size_t idx) override;
 
-  bool Update() override;
+  lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override;
 
   bool MightHaveChildren() override;
 

lldb/include/lldb/lldb-enumerations.h

@@ -1305,6 +1305,15 @@ enum CompletionType {
   eTerminatorCompletion = (1ul << 27)
 };
 
+/// Specifies if children need to be re-computed
+/// after a call to \ref SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd::Update.
+enum class ChildCacheState {
+  eRefetch = 0, ///< Children need to be recomputed dynamically.
+
+  eReuse = 1, ///< Children did not change and don't need to be recomputed;
+              ///< re-use what we computed the last time we called Update.
+};
+
 } // namespace lldb
 
 #endif // LLDB_LLDB_ENUMERATIONS_H

lldb/source/Core/ValueObjectSyntheticFilter.cpp

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ class DummySyntheticFrontEnd : public SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
 
   bool MightHaveChildren() override { return m_backend.MightHaveChildren(); }
 
-  bool Update() override { return false; }
+  lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override {
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
+  }
 };
 
 ValueObjectSynthetic::ValueObjectSynthetic(ValueObject &parent,
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ bool ValueObjectSynthetic::UpdateValue() {
   }
 
   // let our backend do its update
-  if (!m_synth_filter_up->Update()) {
+  if (m_synth_filter_up->Update() == lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch) {
     LLDB_LOGF(log,
               "[ValueObjectSynthetic::UpdateValue] name=%s, synthetic "
               "filter said caches are stale - clearing",

lldb/source/DataFormatters/TypeSynthetic.cpp

@@ -190,11 +190,13 @@ size_t ScriptedSyntheticChildren::FrontEnd::CalculateNumChildren(uint32_t max) {
   return m_interpreter->CalculateNumChildren(m_wrapper_sp, max);
 }
 
-bool ScriptedSyntheticChildren::FrontEnd::Update() {
+lldb::ChildCacheState ScriptedSyntheticChildren::FrontEnd::Update() {
   if (!m_wrapper_sp || m_interpreter == nullptr)
-    return false;
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 
-  return m_interpreter->UpdateSynthProviderInstance(m_wrapper_sp);
+  return m_interpreter->UpdateSynthProviderInstance(m_wrapper_sp)
+             ? lldb::ChildCacheState::eReuse
+             : lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 }
 
 bool ScriptedSyntheticChildren::FrontEnd::MightHaveChildren() {

lldb/source/DataFormatters/VectorType.cpp

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class VectorTypeSyntheticFrontEnd : public SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
     return child_sp;
   }
 
-  bool Update() override {
+  lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override {
     m_parent_format = m_backend.GetFormat();
     CompilerType parent_type(m_backend.GetCompilerType());
     CompilerType element_type;
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class VectorTypeSyntheticFrontEnd : public SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
         ::CalculateNumChildren(element_type, num_elements, m_child_type)
             .value_or(0);
     m_item_format = GetItemFormatForFormat(m_parent_format, m_child_type);
-    return false;
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
   }
 
   bool MightHaveChildren() override { return true; }

lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/BlockPointer.cpp

@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ class BlockPointerSyntheticFrontEnd : public SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
 
   // return true if this object is now safe to use forever without ever
   // updating again; the typical (and tested) answer here is 'false'
-  bool Update() override { return false; }
+  lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override {
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
+  }
 
   // maybe return false if the block pointer is, say, null
   bool MightHaveChildren() override { return true; }

lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/Coroutines.cpp

@@ -125,24 +125,24 @@ lldb::ValueObjectSP lldb_private::formatters::
   return lldb::ValueObjectSP();
 }
 
-bool lldb_private::formatters::StdlibCoroutineHandleSyntheticFrontEnd::
-    Update() {
+lldb::ChildCacheState
+lldb_private::formatters::StdlibCoroutineHandleSyntheticFrontEnd::Update() {
   m_resume_ptr_sp.reset();
   m_destroy_ptr_sp.reset();
   m_promise_ptr_sp.reset();
 
   ValueObjectSP valobj_sp = m_backend.GetNonSyntheticValue();
   if (!valobj_sp)
-    return false;
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 
   lldb::addr_t frame_ptr_addr = GetCoroFramePtrFromHandle(valobj_sp);
   if (frame_ptr_addr == 0 || frame_ptr_addr == LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS)
-    return false;
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 
   auto ts = valobj_sp->GetCompilerType().GetTypeSystem();
   auto ast_ctx = ts.dyn_cast_or_null<TypeSystemClang>();
   if (!ast_ctx)
-    return false;
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 
   // Create the `resume` and `destroy` children.
   lldb::TargetSP target_sp = m_backend.GetTargetSP();
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ bool lldb_private::formatters::StdlibCoroutineHandleSyntheticFrontEnd::
   CompilerType promise_type(
       valobj_sp->GetCompilerType().GetTypeTemplateArgument(0));
   if (!promise_type)
-    return false;
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 
   // Try to infer the promise_type if it was type-erased
   if (promise_type.IsVoidType()) {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ bool lldb_private::formatters::StdlibCoroutineHandleSyntheticFrontEnd::
   // If we don't know the promise type, we don't display the `promise` member.
   // `CreateValueObjectFromAddress` below would fail for `void` types.
   if (promise_type.IsVoidType()) {
-    return false;
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
   }
 
   // Add the `promise` member. We intentionally add `promise` as a pointer type
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ bool lldb_private::formatters::StdlibCoroutineHandleSyntheticFrontEnd::
   if (error.Success())
     m_promise_ptr_sp = promisePtr->Clone(ConstString("promise"));
 
-  return false;
+  return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 }
 
 bool lldb_private::formatters::StdlibCoroutineHandleSyntheticFrontEnd::

lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/Coroutines.h

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class StdlibCoroutineHandleSyntheticFrontEnd
 
   lldb::ValueObjectSP GetChildAtIndex(size_t idx) override;
 
-  bool Update() override;
+  lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override;
 
   bool MightHaveChildren() override;
 

lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/GenericBitset.cpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class GenericBitsetFrontEnd : public SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
   }
 
   bool MightHaveChildren() override { return true; }
-  bool Update() override;
+  lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override;
   size_t CalculateNumChildren() override { return m_elements.size(); }
   ValueObjectSP GetChildAtIndex(size_t idx) override;
 
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ llvm::StringRef GenericBitsetFrontEnd::GetDataContainerMemberName() {
   llvm_unreachable("Unknown StdLib enum");
 }
 
-bool GenericBitsetFrontEnd::Update() {
+lldb::ChildCacheState GenericBitsetFrontEnd::Update() {
   m_elements.clear();
   m_first = nullptr;
 
   TargetSP target_sp = m_backend.GetTargetSP();
   if (!target_sp)
-    return false;
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 
   size_t size = 0;
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ bool GenericBitsetFrontEnd::Update() {
   m_elements.assign(size, ValueObjectSP());
   m_first =
       m_backend.GetChildMemberWithName(GetDataContainerMemberName()).get();
-  return false;
+  return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 }
 
 ValueObjectSP GenericBitsetFrontEnd::GetChildAtIndex(size_t idx) {

lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/GenericOptional.cpp

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class GenericOptionalFrontend : public SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
   size_t CalculateNumChildren() override { return m_has_value ? 1U : 0U; }
 
   ValueObjectSP GetChildAtIndex(size_t idx) override;
-  bool Update() override;
+  lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override;
 
 private:
   bool m_has_value = false;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ GenericOptionalFrontend::GenericOptionalFrontend(ValueObject &valobj,
   }
 }
 
-bool GenericOptionalFrontend::Update() {
+lldb::ChildCacheState GenericOptionalFrontend::Update() {
   ValueObjectSP engaged_sp;
 
   if (m_stdlib == StdLib::LibCxx)
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ bool GenericOptionalFrontend::Update() {
                      ->GetChildMemberWithName("_M_engaged");
 
   if (!engaged_sp)
-    return false;
+    return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 
   // _M_engaged/__engaged is a bool flag and is true if the optional contains a
   // value. Converting it to unsigned gives us a size of 1 if it contains a
   // value and 0 if not.
   m_has_value = engaged_sp->GetValueAsUnsigned(0) != 0;
 
-  return false;
+  return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
 }
 
 ValueObjectSP GenericOptionalFrontend::GetChildAtIndex(size_t _idx) {