[PATCH] D33826: [clang-tidy] avoid pointer cast to more strict alignment check

[Roman Lebedev via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

lebedev.ri added a comment.

In https://reviews.llvm.org/D33826#866161, @JonasToth wrote:

> There is an exception to the general rule (EXP36-C-EX2), stating that the result of `malloc` and friends is allowed to be casted to stricter alignments, since the pointer is known to be of correct alignment.


Quote for the reference:

> EXP36-C-EX2: If a pointer is known to be correctly aligned to the target type, then a cast to that type is permitted. There are several cases where a pointer is known to be correctly aligned to the target type. The pointer could point to an object declared with a suitable alignment specifier. It could point to an object returned by aligned_alloc(), calloc(), malloc(), or realloc(), as per the C standard, section 7.22.3, paragraph 1  [ISO/IEC 9899:2011].

For plain `calloc(), malloc(), or realloc()`, i would guess it's related to `max_align_t` / `std::max_align_t` / `__STDCPP_DEFAULT_NEW_ALIGNMENT__`, which is generally just `16` bytes.

> Could you add a testcase for this case, i think there would currenlty be a false positive.
> 
> And is there a general way of knowing when the pointer is of correct alignment, or is it necessary to keep a list of functions like `malloc` that are just known? 
>  If yes, i think it would be nice if this list is configurable (maybe like in cppcoreguidelines-no-malloc, where that functionality could be refactored out).




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https://reviews.llvm.org/D33826