[clang] [C] Update -Wimplicit-void-ptr-cast for null pointer constants (PR #138271)

Aaron Ballman via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri May 2 06:21:56 PDT 2025


https://github.com/AaronBallman updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/138271

>From 6360cf51134d978b1ee8b6615128922eb3726d97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Ballman <aaron at aaronballman.com>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 07:35:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Handle null pointer constants properly

---
 clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
index 0cd86dc54b0ab..93e2e862deb8a 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
@@ -9818,15 +9818,36 @@ Sema::CheckSingleAssignmentConstraints(QualType LHSType, ExprResult &CallerRHS,
       ((getLangOpts().C23 && RHS.get()->getType()->isNullPtrType()) ||
        RHS.get()->isNullPointerConstant(Context,
                                         Expr::NPC_ValueDependentIsNull))) {
+    AssignConvertType Ret = Compatible;
     if (Diagnose || ConvertRHS) {
       CastKind Kind;
       CXXCastPath Path;
       CheckPointerConversion(RHS.get(), LHSType, Kind, Path,
                              /*IgnoreBaseAccess=*/false, Diagnose);
+
+      // If there is a conversion of some kind, check to see what kind of
+      // pointer conversion happened so we can diagnose a C++ compatibility
+      // diagnostic if the conversion is invalid. This only matters if the RHS
+      // is some kind of void pointer.
+      if (Kind != CK_NoOp && !getLangOpts().CPlusPlus) {
+        QualType CanRHS =
+            RHS.get()->getType().getCanonicalType().getUnqualifiedType();
+        QualType CanLHS = LHSType.getCanonicalType().getUnqualifiedType();
+        if (CanRHS->isVoidPointerType() && CanLHS->isPointerType()) {
+          Ret = checkPointerTypesForAssignment(*this, CanLHS, CanRHS,
+                                               RHS.get()->getExprLoc());
+          // Anything that's not considered perfectly compatible would be
+          // incompatible in C++.
+          if (Ret != Compatible)
+            Ret = CompatibleVoidPtrToNonVoidPtr;
+        }
+      }
+
+
       if (ConvertRHS)
         RHS = ImpCastExprToType(RHS.get(), LHSType, Kind, VK_PRValue, &Path);
     }
-    return Compatible;
+    return Ret;
   }
   // C23 6.5.16.1p1: the left operand has type atomic, qualified, or
   // unqualified bool, and the right operand is a pointer or its type is
@@ -13946,10 +13967,8 @@ QualType Sema::CheckAssignmentOperands(Expr *LHSExpr, ExprResult &RHS,
           LHSType->isObjCObjectPointerType())))
       ConvTy = Compatible;
 
-    if (ConvTy == Compatible &&
-        LHSType->isObjCObjectType())
-        Diag(Loc, diag::err_objc_object_assignment)
-          << LHSType;
+    if (IsAssignConvertCompatible(ConvTy) && LHSType->isObjCObjectType())
+      Diag(Loc, diag::err_objc_object_assignment) << LHSType;
 
     // If the RHS is a unary plus or minus, check to see if they = and + are
     // right next to each other.  If so, the user may have typo'd "x =+ 4"
@@ -13971,7 +13990,7 @@ QualType Sema::CheckAssignmentOperands(Expr *LHSExpr, ExprResult &RHS,
       }
     }
 
-    if (ConvTy == Compatible) {
+    if (IsAssignConvertCompatible(ConvTy)) {
       if (LHSType.getObjCLifetime() == Qualifiers::OCL_Strong) {
         // Warn about retain cycles where a block captures the LHS, but
         // not if the LHS is a simple variable into which the block is

>From 19362f3caae13ef5cad3a50bc167caa4d86e0de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Ballman <aaron at aaronballman.com>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 09:14:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add test coverage

---
 clang/test/Sema/implicit-void-ptr-cast.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/implicit-void-ptr-cast.c b/clang/test/Sema/implicit-void-ptr-cast.c
index df18eeebd9347..a469c49c36b49 100644
--- a/clang/test/Sema/implicit-void-ptr-cast.c
+++ b/clang/test/Sema/implicit-void-ptr-cast.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -verify=c -Wimplicit-void-ptr-cast %s
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -verify=c -Wc++-compat %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -std=c23 -verify=c -Wimplicit-void-ptr-cast %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -std=c23 -verify=c -Wc++-compat %s
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -verify=cxx -x c++ %s
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -verify=good %s
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -verify=good -Wc++-compat -Wno-implicit-void-ptr-cast %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -std=c23 -verify=good %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -std=c23 -verify=good -Wc++-compat -Wno-implicit-void-ptr-cast %s
 // good-no-diagnostics
 
 typedef __typeof__(sizeof(int)) size_t;
@@ -36,3 +36,27 @@ int *other_func(void *ptr) {
   return ptr; // c-warning {{implicit conversion when returning 'void *' from a function with result type 'int *' is not permitted in C++}} \
                  cxx-error {{cannot initialize return object of type 'int *' with an lvalue of type 'void *'}}
 }
+
+void more(void) {
+  __attribute__((address_space(0))) char *b1 = (void *)0; // c-warning {{implicit conversion when initializing '__attribute__((address_space(0))) char *' with an expression of type 'void *' is not permitted in C++}} \
+                                                             cxx-error {{cannot initialize a variable of type '__attribute__((address_space(0))) char *' with an rvalue of type 'void *'}}
+  __attribute__((address_space(0))) void *b2 = (void *)0; // c-warning {{implicit conversion when initializing '__attribute__((address_space(0))) void *' with an expression of type 'void *' is not permitted in C++}} \
+                                                             cxx-error {{cannot initialize a variable of type '__attribute__((address_space(0))) void *' with an rvalue of type 'void *'}}
+  char *b3 = (void *)0; // c-warning {{implicit conversion when initializing 'char *' with an expression of type 'void *' is not permitted in C++}} \
+                           cxx-error {{cannot initialize a variable of type 'char *' with an rvalue of type 'void *'}}
+
+  b1 = (void*)0; // c-warning {{implicit conversion when assigning to '__attribute__((address_space(0))) char *' from type 'void *' is not permitted in C++}} \
+                    cxx-error {{assigning 'void *' to '__attribute__((address_space(0))) char *' changes address space of pointer}}
+
+  b2 = (void*)0; // c-warning {{implicit conversion when assigning to '__attribute__((address_space(0))) void *' from type 'void *' is not permitted in C++}} \
+                    cxx-error {{assigning 'void *' to '__attribute__((address_space(0))) void *' changes address space of pointer}}
+  b2 = (__attribute__((address_space(0))) void *)0;
+  b2 = nullptr;
+  b2 = 0;
+
+  b3 = (void*)0; // c-warning {{implicit conversion when assigning to 'char *' from type 'void *' is not permitted in C++}} \
+                    cxx-error {{assigning to 'char *' from incompatible type 'void *'}}
+  b3 = (char *)0;
+  b3 = nullptr;
+  b3 = 0;
+}

>From 24f657a9d6147d207277658f9b6252879da12283 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Ballman <aaron at aaronballman.com>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 09:21:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Corrected the rebase, oops!

---
 clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
index bea75f9444d9f..c5be7b685c3d8 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
@@ -13979,11 +13979,7 @@ QualType Sema::CheckAssignmentOperands(Expr *LHSExpr, ExprResult &RHS,
           LHSType->isObjCObjectPointerType())))
       ConvTy = AssignConvertType::Compatible;
 
-<<<<<<< HEAD
     if (IsAssignConvertCompatible(ConvTy) && LHSType->isObjCObjectType())
-=======
-    if (ConvTy == AssignConvertType::Compatible && LHSType->isObjCObjectType())
->>>>>>> origin/main
       Diag(Loc, diag::err_objc_object_assignment) << LHSType;
 
     // If the RHS is a unary plus or minus, check to see if they = and + are
@@ -14006,11 +14002,7 @@ QualType Sema::CheckAssignmentOperands(Expr *LHSExpr, ExprResult &RHS,
       }
     }
 
-<<<<<<< HEAD
     if (IsAssignConvertCompatible(ConvTy)) {
-=======
-    if (ConvTy == AssignConvertType::Compatible) {
->>>>>>> origin/main
       if (LHSType.getObjCLifetime() == Qualifiers::OCL_Strong) {
         // Warn about retain cycles where a block captures the LHS, but
         // not if the LHS is a simple variable into which the block is



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