[all-commits] [llvm/llvm-project] b8fdaf: [Sema] Perform call checking when building CXXNewExpr

Roman Lebedev via All-commits all-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Feb 25 14:37:50 PST 2020


  Branch: refs/heads/master
  Home:   https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
  Commit: b8fdafe68ce25b7ff4d31720548622e28db87ebf
      https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/b8fdafe68ce25b7ff4d31720548622e28db87ebf
  Author: Roman Lebedev <lebedev.ri at gmail.com>
  Date:   2020-02-26 (Wed, 26 Feb 2020)

  Changed paths:
    M clang/lib/Sema/SemaChecking.cpp
    M clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprCXX.cpp
    M clang/test/SemaCXX/diagnose_if.cpp
    A clang/test/SemaCXX/operator-new-size-diagnose_if.cpp
    M clang/test/SemaCXX/std-align-val-t-in-operator-new.cpp

  Log Message:
  -----------
  [Sema] Perform call checking when building CXXNewExpr

Summary:
There was even a TODO for this.
The main motivation is to make use of call-site based
`__attribute__((alloc_align(param_idx)))` validation (D72996).

Reviewers: rsmith, erichkeane, aaron.ballman, jdoerfert

Reviewed By: rsmith

Subscribers: cfe-commits

Tags: #clang

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D73020


  Commit: 3dd5a298bfff48c0939448c9b4bc987cf6bb5385
      https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/3dd5a298bfff48c0939448c9b4bc987cf6bb5385
  Author: Roman Lebedev <lebedev.ri at gmail.com>
  Date:   2020-02-26 (Wed, 26 Feb 2020)

  Changed paths:
    M clang/include/clang/AST/Decl.h
    M clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h
    M clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp
    M clang/lib/CodeGen/CGCall.cpp
    M clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
    M clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
    M clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprCXX.cpp
    M clang/test/AST/ast-dump-stmt-json.cpp
    M clang/test/Analysis/new-ctor-malloc.cpp
    M clang/test/Analysis/new-ctor-null-throw.cpp
    M clang/test/Analysis/new-ctor-null.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/align-avx-complete-objects.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/arm.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/builtin-calling-conv.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/builtin-is-constant-evaluated.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/builtin-operator-new-delete.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/cxx0x-initializer-stdinitializerlist.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/cxx11-initializer-array-new.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/cxx1z-aligned-allocation.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/delete-two-arg.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/dllexport.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/dllimport.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/exceptions.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/goto.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/microsoft-abi-array-cookies.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/mips-size_t-ptrdiff_t.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/multi-dim-operator-new.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/new-alias.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/new-array-init.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/new-overflow.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/new.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/operator-new.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/runtime-dllstorage.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCXX/static-init.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCoroutines/coro-alloc.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCoroutines/coro-cleanup.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCoroutines/coro-gro-nrvo.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCoroutines/coro-gro.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenCoroutines/coro-return.cpp
    M clang/test/CodeGenObjCXX/arc-new-delete.mm
    M clang/test/CodeGenObjCXX/copy.mm
    M clang/test/SemaCXX/builtin-operator-new-delete.cpp
    M clang/test/SemaCXX/new-delete.cpp

  Log Message:
  -----------
  [clang] Annotating C++'s `operator new` with more attributes

Summary:
Right now we annotate C++'s `operator new` with `noalias` attribute,
which very much is healthy for optimizations.

However as per [[ http://eel.is/c++draft/basic.stc.dynamic.allocation | `[basic.stc.dynamic.allocation]` ]],
there are more promises on global `operator new`, namely:
* non-`std::nothrow_t` `operator new` *never* returns `nullptr`
* If `std::align_val_t align` parameter is taken, the pointer will also be `align`-aligned
* ~~global `operator new`-returned pointer is `__STDCPP_DEFAULT_NEW_ALIGNMENT__`-aligned ~~ It's more caveated than that.

Supplying this information may not cause immediate landslide effects
on any specific benchmarks, but it for sure will be healthy for optimizer
in the sense that the IR will better reflect the guarantees provided in the source code.

The caveat is `-fno-assume-sane-operator-new`, which currently prevents emitting `noalias`
attribute, and is automatically passed by Sanitizers ([[ https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16386 | PR16386 ]]) - should it also cover these attributes?
The problem is that the flag is back-end-specific, as seen in `test/Modules/explicit-build-flags.cpp`.
But while it is okay to add `noalias` metadata in backend, we really should be adding at least
the alignment metadata to the AST, since that allows us to perform sema checks on it.

Reviewers: erichkeane, rjmccall, jdoerfert, eugenis, rsmith

Reviewed By: rsmith

Subscribers: xbolva00, jrtc27, atanasyan, nlopes, cfe-commits

Tags: #llvm, #clang

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D73380


Compare: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/compare/6d2372ce584f...3dd5a298bfff


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