[PATCH] D150892: [clang][ExprConstant] fix __builtin_object_size for flexible array members

[Nick Desaulniers via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

nickdesaulniers added inline comments.


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Comment at: clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp:11740
+          LVal.getLValueBase().dyn_cast<const ValueDecl *>());
+      Result += VD->getFlexibleArrayInitChars(Info.Ctx);
+    }
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erichkeane wrote:
> nickdesaulniers wrote:
> > erichkeane wrote:
> > > Isn't this a possible null-deref?  
> > I don't think so; in fact, I can use `cast` and `get` rather than `dyn_cast_or_null` and `dyn_cast` here.
> > 
> > Just because we have a pointer doesn't mean it's possibly `nullptr`; I don't think we can reach this code patch for evaluating the `__builtin_object_size` of a struct with a flexible array member if the LValue doesn't have a corresponding VarDecl.
> Of course that is a possibility.  You shouldn't use dyn_cast right before a dereference, this should definitely be using `cast`/`get`, since they assert.
> 
> What does the LValue have when the dynamic struct does not have an initializer?  Or just an empty one? 
s/code patch/code path/


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