[PATCH] D66765: [analyzer] (Urgent!) Add 9.0.0. release notes.

[Kristóf Umann via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

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Please note that LLVM 9.0.0-final is due on the 28th of August.


I wanted to do this a lot sooner, but I guess better now than never. Please chip in, I may have missed some important patches (especially osx or CTU ones).


Repository:
  rG LLVM Github Monorepo

https://reviews.llvm.org/D66765

Files:
  clang/docs/ClangStaticAnalyzer.rst
  clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst


Index: clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
===================================================================
--- clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -222,10 +222,51 @@
 Static Analyzer
 ---------------
 
+- Fixed a bug where an incorrect checker name would be displayed for a bug
+  report.`
+
+- New checker: 'security.insecureAPI.DeprecatedOrUnsafeBufferHandling' to detect
+  uses of unsafe/deprecated buffer handling functions for C code using the C11
+  standard or newer.
+
+- New checker: 'osx.MIGChecker' to find violations of the Mach Interface
+  Generator calling convention
+
+- New checker: 'optin.osx.OSObjectCStyleCast' to find C-style casts of OSObjects
+
+- New package: 'apiModeling.llvm' contains modeling checkers to improve the
+  accuracy of reports on LLVM's codebase.
+
+- The Static Analyzer recieved a
+  :ref:`developer documentation <clang-static-analyzer-docs>`.
+
 - The UninitializedObject checker is now considered as stable.
   (moved from the 'alpha.cplusplus' to the 'optin.cplusplus' package)
 
-...
+- New frontend flags: The list of available checkers are now split into 3
+  different frontend flags:
+
+  - ``-analyzer-checker-help``: The list of user-facing, stable checkers.
+
+  - ``-analyzer-checker-help-alpha``: The list of incomplet and inkorrekt
+    checkers not yet advised to be turned on.
+
+  - ``-analyzer-checker-help-developer``: Checkers never meant to be
+    enabled/disabled by hand + development checkers.
+
+- New frontend flags: While they have always been around, for the first time,
+  checker and package options are listable:
+
+  - ``-analyzer-checker-option-help``: The list of user-facing, stable checker
+    and package options.
+
+  - ``-analyzer-checker-option-help-alpha``: The list of incomplet and inkorrekt
+    not yet advised to be specified.
+
+  - ``-analyzer-checker-option-help-developer``: Options never meant to be
+    enabled/disabled by hand + development options.
+
+- New frontend flag: ``-analyzer-werror`` to turn analyzer warnings into errors.
 
 .. _release-notes-ubsan:
 
Index: clang/docs/ClangStaticAnalyzer.rst
===================================================================
--- clang/docs/ClangStaticAnalyzer.rst
+++ clang/docs/ClangStaticAnalyzer.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Clang Static Analyzer
 =====================
 
+.. _clang-static-analyzer-docs:
+
 The Clang Static Analyzer is a source code analysis tool that finds bugs in C, C++, and Objective-C programs.
 It implements *path-sensitive*, *inter-procedural analysis* based on *symbolic execution* technique.
 


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