+/**
+ * Creates a new atomic type.
+ *
+ * @param akind The kind of the atomic type.
+ * @param qualifiers Type qualifiers for the new type.
+ */
+type_t *make_atomic_type(atomic_type_kind_t akind, type_qualifiers_t qualifiers)
+{
+ type_t *type = obstack_alloc(type_obst, sizeof(atomic_type_t));
+ memset(type, 0, sizeof(atomic_type_t));
+
+ type->kind = TYPE_ATOMIC;
+ type->base.qualifiers = qualifiers;
+ type->atomic.akind = akind;
+
+ return identify_new_type(type);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new complex type.
+ *
+ * @param akind The kind of the atomic type.
+ * @param qualifiers Type qualifiers for the new type.
+ */
+type_t *make_complex_type(atomic_type_kind_t akind, type_qualifiers_t qualifiers)
+{
+ type_t *type = obstack_alloc(type_obst, sizeof(complex_type_t));
+ memset(type, 0, sizeof(complex_type_t));
+
+ type->kind = TYPE_COMPLEX;
+ type->base.qualifiers = qualifiers;
+ type->complex.akind = akind;
+
+ return identify_new_type(type);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new imaginary type.
+ *
+ * @param akind The kind of the atomic type.
+ * @param qualifiers Type qualifiers for the new type.
+ */
+type_t *make_imaginary_type(atomic_type_kind_t akind, type_qualifiers_t qualifiers)
+{
+ type_t *type = obstack_alloc(type_obst, sizeof(imaginary_type_t));
+ memset(type, 0, sizeof(imaginary_type_t));
+
+ type->kind = TYPE_IMAGINARY;
+ type->base.qualifiers = qualifiers;
+ type->imaginary.akind = akind;
+
+ return identify_new_type(type);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new pointer type.
+ *
+ * @param points_to The points-to type for the new type.
+ * @param qualifiers Type qualifiers for the new type.
+ */
+type_t *make_pointer_type(type_t *points_to, type_qualifiers_t qualifiers)
+{
+ type_t *type = obstack_alloc(type_obst, sizeof(pointer_type_t));
+ memset(type, 0, sizeof(pointer_type_t));
+
+ type->kind = TYPE_POINTER;
+ type->base.qualifiers = qualifiers;
+ type->pointer.points_to = points_to;
+ type->pointer.base_variable = NULL;
+
+ return identify_new_type(type);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new reference type.
+ *
+ * @param refers_to The referred-to type for the new type.
+ */
+type_t *make_reference_type(type_t *refers_to)
+{
+ type_t *type = obstack_alloc(type_obst, sizeof(reference_type_t));
+ memset(type, 0, sizeof(reference_type_t));
+
+ type->kind = TYPE_REFERENCE;
+ type->base.qualifiers = 0;
+ type->reference.refers_to = refers_to;
+
+ return identify_new_type(type);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new based pointer type.
+ *
+ * @param points_to The points-to type for the new type.
+ * @param qualifiers Type qualifiers for the new type.
+ * @param variable The based variable
+ */
+type_t *make_based_pointer_type(type_t *points_to,
+ type_qualifiers_t qualifiers, variable_t *variable)
+{
+ type_t *type = obstack_alloc(type_obst, sizeof(pointer_type_t));
+ memset(type, 0, sizeof(pointer_type_t));
+
+ type->kind = TYPE_POINTER;
+ type->base.qualifiers = qualifiers;
+ type->pointer.points_to = points_to;
+ type->pointer.base_variable = variable;
+
+ return identify_new_type(type);
+}
+
+
+type_t *make_array_type(type_t *element_type, size_t size,
+ type_qualifiers_t qualifiers)
+{
+ type_t *type = obstack_alloc(type_obst, sizeof(array_type_t));
+ memset(type, 0, sizeof(array_type_t));
+
+ type->kind = TYPE_ARRAY;
+ type->base.qualifiers = qualifiers;
+ type->array.element_type = element_type;
+ type->array.size = size;
+ type->array.size_constant = true;
+
+ return identify_new_type(type);
+}
+
+static entity_t *pack_bitfield_members_big_endian(il_size_t *struct_offset,
+ il_alignment_t *struct_alignment, bool packed, entity_t *first)
+{
+ type_t *current_base_type = NULL;
+ il_size_t offset = *struct_offset;
+ il_alignment_t alignment = *struct_alignment;
+ size_t bit_offset = 0;
+
+ if (packed)
+ panic("packed bitfields on big-endian arch not supported yet");
+
+ entity_t *member;
+ for (member = first; member != NULL; member = member->base.next) {
+ if (member->kind != ENTITY_COMPOUND_MEMBER)
+ continue;
+
+ type_t *type = member->declaration.type;
+ if (type->kind != TYPE_BITFIELD)
+ break;
+
+ size_t bit_size = type->bitfield.bit_size;
+ type_t *base_type = skip_typeref(type->bitfield.base_type);
+
+ /* see if we need to start a new "bucket" */
+ if (base_type != current_base_type || bit_size > bit_offset) {
+ if (current_base_type != NULL)
+ offset += get_type_size(current_base_type);
+
+ current_base_type = base_type;
+ il_alignment_t base_alignment = get_type_alignment(base_type);
+ il_alignment_t alignment_mask = base_alignment-1;
+ if (base_alignment > alignment)
+ alignment = base_alignment;
+ offset = (offset + base_alignment-1) & ~alignment_mask;
+ bit_offset = get_type_size(base_type) * BITS_PER_BYTE;
+ assert(bit_offset >= bit_size);
+ }
+
+ bit_offset -= bit_size;
+ member->compound_member.offset = offset;
+ member->compound_member.bit_offset = bit_offset;
+ }
+
+ if (current_base_type != NULL)
+ offset += get_type_size(current_base_type);
+
+ *struct_offset = offset;
+ *struct_alignment = alignment;
+ return member;
+}
+
+static entity_t *pack_bitfield_members(il_size_t *struct_offset,
+ il_alignment_t *struct_alignment,
+ bool packed, entity_t *first)