[clang] [StaticAnalyzer] Handle `__builtin_bit_cast` (PR #139188)

[Donát Nagy via cfe-commits]

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@@ -285,15 +285,43 @@ void ExprEngine::VisitCast(const CastExpr *CastE, const Expr *Ex,
   ExplodedNodeSet dstPreStmt;
   getCheckerManager().runCheckersForPreStmt(dstPreStmt, Pred, CastE, *this);
 
-  if (CastE->getCastKind() == CK_LValueToRValue ||
-      CastE->getCastKind() == CK_LValueToRValueBitCast) {
+  if (CastE->getCastKind() == CK_LValueToRValue) {
     for (ExplodedNode *subExprNode : dstPreStmt) {
       ProgramStateRef state = subExprNode->getState();
       const LocationContext *LCtx = subExprNode->getLocationContext();
       evalLoad(Dst, CastE, CastE, subExprNode, state, state->getSVal(Ex, LCtx));
     }
     return;
   }
+  if (CastE->getCastKind() == CK_LValueToRValueBitCast) {
+    // Handle `__builtin_bit_cast`:
+    ExplodedNodeSet dstEvalLoad;
+
+    // Simulate the lvalue-to-rvalue conversion on `Ex`:
+    for (ExplodedNode *subExprNode : dstPreStmt) {
+      ProgramStateRef state = subExprNode->getState();
+      const LocationContext *LCtx = subExprNode->getLocationContext();
+      evalLocation(dstEvalLoad, CastE, Ex, subExprNode, state,
+                   state->getSVal(Ex, LCtx), true);
+    }
+    // Simulate the operation that actually casts the original value to a new
+    // value of the destination type :
+    StmtNodeBuilder Bldr(dstEvalLoad, Dst, *currBldrCtx);
+
+    for (ExplodedNode *Node : dstEvalLoad) {
+      ProgramStateRef state = Node->getState();
+      const LocationContext *LCtx = Node->getLocationContext();
+      // getAsRegion should always be successful since Ex is an lvalue:
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NagyDonat wrote:

Thanks for checking this!

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/139188