[clang] [TySan] Add initial documentation for Type Sanitizer (PR #123595)
Florian Hahn via cfe-commits
cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Mon Jan 20 08:36:35 PST 2025
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+TypeSanitizer
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+.. contents::
+ :local:
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+TypeSanitizer is a detector for strict type aliasing violations. It consists of a compiler
+instrumentation module and a run-time library. The tool detects violations such as the use
+of an illegally cast pointer, or misuse of a union.
+
+The violations TypeSanitizer catches may cause the compiler to emit incorrect code.
+
+Typical slowdown introduced by TypeSanitizer is about **4x** [[CHECK THIS]]. Typical memory overhead introduced by TypeSanitizer is about **9x**.
+
+How to build
+============
+
+Build LLVM/Clang with `CMake <https://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html>`_ and enable
+the ``compiler-rt`` runtime. An example CMake configuration that will allow
+for the use/testing of TypeSanitizer:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang" -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="compiler-rt" <path to source>/llvm
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+Compile and link your program with ``-fsanitize=type`` flag. The
+TypeSanitizer run-time library should be linked to the final executable, so
+make sure to use ``clang`` (not ``ld``) for the final link step. To
+get a reasonable performance add ``-O1`` or higher.
+TypeSanitizer by default doesn't print the full stack trace on error messages. Use ``TYSAN_OPTIONS=print_stacktrace=1``
+to print the full trace. To get nicer stack traces in error messages add ``-fno-omit-frame-pointer`` and
+``-g``. To get perfect stack traces you may need to disable inlining (just use ``-O1``) and tail call elimination
+(``-fno-optimize-sibling-calls``).
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ % cat example_AliasViolation.c
+ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ int x = 100;
+ float *y = (float*)&x;
+ *y += 2.0f; // Strict aliasing violation
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ # Compile and link
+ % clang++ -g -fsanitize=type example_AliasViolation.cc
+
+If a strict aliasing violation is detected, the program will print an error message to stderr.
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fhahn wrote:
```suggestion
The program will print an error message to stderr each time a strict aliasing violation is detected.
```
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/123595
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