[clang] [NFC][analyzer][docs] Document MallocChecker's ownership attributes (PR #121759)

[Balazs Benics via cfe-commits]

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@@ -1389,6 +1389,68 @@ Query for this attribute with ``__has_attribute(overloadable)``.
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+def OwnershipDocs : Documentation {
+  let Heading = "ownership_holds, ownership_returns, ownership_takes (Clang "
+                "Static Analyzer)";
+  let Category = DocCatFunction;
+  let Content = [{
+
+.. note::
+
+  In order for the Clang Static Analyzer to acknowledge these attributes, the
+  ``Optimistic`` config needs to be set to true for the checker
+  ``unix.DynamicMemoryModeling``:
+
+  ``-Xclang -analyzer-config -Xclang unix.DynamicMemoryModeling:Optimistic=true``
+
+These attributes are used by the Clang Static Analyzer's dynamic memory modeling
+facilities to mark custom allocating/deallocating functions.
+
+All 3 attributes' first parameter of type string is the type of the allocation:
+``malloc``, ``new``, etc. to allow for catching mismatched deallocation bugs to
+be found.
+
+* Use ``ownership_returns`` to mark a function as an allocating function. Takes
+  1 parameter to denote the allocation type.
+* Use ``ownership_takes`` to mark a function as a deallocating function. Takes 2
+  parameters: the allocation type, and the index of the parameter that is being
+  deallocated (counting from 1).
+* Use ``ownership_holds`` to mark that a function takes over the ownership of a
+  piece of memory. The analyzer will assume that the memory is not leaked even
+  if it finds that the last pointer referencing it went out of scope (almost as
+  if it was freed). Takes 2 parameters: the allocation type, and the index of
+  the parameter whose ownership will be taken over (counting from 1).
+
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+  // Denotes that my_malloc will return with adynamically allocated piece of
+  // memory using malloc().
+  void __attribute((ownership_returns(malloc))) *my_malloc(size_t);
+
+  // Denotes that my_free will deallocate its parameter using free().
+  void __attribute((ownership_takes(malloc, 1))) my_free(void *);
+
+  // Denotes that my_hold will take over the ownership of its parameter that was
+  // allocated via malloc().
+  void __attribute((ownership_holds(malloc, 1))) my_hold(void *);
+
+Further reading about dynamic memory modeling in the Clang Static Analyzer is
+found in these checker docs:
+:ref:`unix.Malloc <unix-Malloc>`, :ref:`unix.MallocSizeof <unix-MallocSizeof>`,
+:ref:`unix.MismatchedDeallocator <unix-MismatchedDeallocator>`,
+:ref:`cplusplus.NewDelete <cplusplus-NewDelete>`,
+:ref:`cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks <cplusplus-NewDeleteLeaks>`,
+:ref:`optin.taint.TaintedAlloc <optin-taint-TaintedAlloc>`.
+Mind that many more checkers are affected by dynamic memory modeling changes to
+some extent.
+
+Further reading for other annotations:
+`Source Annotations in the Clang Static Analyzer <https://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/annotations.html>`_.
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steakhal wrote:

Should this refer to the GitHub page instead (if that exist)?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/121759