[clang-tools-extra] Add bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified clang-tidy check. (PR #157213)
Baranov Victor via cfe-commits
cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Sat Sep 13 02:11:45 PDT 2025
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+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.h"
+#include "../utils/Matchers.h"
+#include "../utils/TypeTraits.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+#include "clang/Analysis/Analyses/ExprMutationAnalyzer.h"
+#include "clang/Basic/Diagnostic.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang::tidy::bugprone {
+
+LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck::LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck(
+ StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
+ : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
+ IgnoreInexpensiveVariables(
+ Options.get("IgnoreInexpensiveVariables", false)) {}
+
+void LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck::storeOptions(
+ ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) {
+ Options.store(Opts, "IgnoreInexpensiveVariables", IgnoreInexpensiveVariables);
+}
+
+void LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck::registerMatchers(
+ MatchFinder *Finder) {
+ const auto HasReferenceOrPointerTypeOrIsAllowed = hasType(qualType(
+ unless(hasCanonicalType(anyOf(referenceType(), pointerType())))));
+ const auto IteratorReturnsValueType = cxxOperatorCallExpr(
+ hasOverloadedOperatorName("*"),
+ callee(
+ cxxMethodDecl(returns(unless(hasCanonicalType(referenceType()))))));
+ const auto NotConstructedByCopy = cxxConstructExpr(
+ hasDeclaration(cxxConstructorDecl(unless(isCopyConstructor()))));
+ const auto ConstructedByConversion =
+ cxxMemberCallExpr(callee(cxxConversionDecl()));
+ const auto LoopVar =
+ varDecl(HasReferenceOrPointerTypeOrIsAllowed,
+ unless(hasInitializer(expr(hasDescendant(expr(
+ anyOf(materializeTemporaryExpr(), IteratorReturnsValueType,
+ NotConstructedByCopy, ConstructedByConversion)))))));
+ Finder->addMatcher(cxxForRangeStmt(hasLoopVariable(LoopVar.bind("loopVar")))
+ .bind("forRange"),
+ this);
+}
+
+void LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck::check(
+ const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+ const auto *LoopVar = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("loopVar");
+ if (LoopVar->getBeginLoc().isMacroID())
+ return;
+ std::optional<bool> Expensive = utils::type_traits::isExpensiveToCopy(
+ LoopVar->getType(), *Result.Context);
+ if ((!Expensive || !*Expensive) && IgnoreInexpensiveVariables)
+ return;
+ const auto *ForRange = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXForRangeStmt>("forRange");
+
+ std::string HintString = "";
+
+ if (ExprMutationAnalyzer(*ForRange->getBody(), *Result.Context)
+ .isMutated(LoopVar)) {
+ if (isa<AutoType>(LoopVar->getType())) {
+ HintString = "const auto&";
+ } else {
+ const std::string CanonicalTypeStr =
+ LoopVar->getType().getAsString(Result.Context->getLangOpts());
+ HintString = "const " + CanonicalTypeStr + "&";
+ }
+ clang::SourceRange LoopVarSourceRange =
+ LoopVar->getTypeSourceInfo()->getTypeLoc().getSourceRange();
+ diag(LoopVar->getLocation(), "loop variable '%0' is copied and then "
+ "modified, which is likely a bug; you "
+ "probably want to modify the underlying "
+ "object and not this copy. If you "
+ "*did* intend to modify this copy, "
+ "please use an explicit copy inside the "
+ "body of the loop")
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vbvictor wrote:
The user would read documentation if necessary - the diagnostic should be concise.
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/157213
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