[clang-tools-extra] f8580c9 - [clang-tidy] Make `readability-redundant-control-flow` not suggest deleting unrelated lines (#171287)

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Author: Victor Chernyakin
Date: 2025-12-10T08:27:50-07:00
New Revision: f8580c915f0b5205ddc3ae5e8286653ddc1d8d68

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/f8580c915f0b5205ddc3ae5e8286653ddc1d8d68
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/f8580c915f0b5205ddc3ae5e8286653ddc1d8d68.diff

LOG: [clang-tidy] Make `readability-redundant-control-flow` not suggest deleting unrelated lines (#171287)

Closes #171200.

Added: 
    

Modified: 
    clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantControlFlowCheck.cpp
    clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
    clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-control-flow.cpp

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantControlFlowCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantControlFlowCheck.cpp
index 132b7ddc4311b..b77108c49f53c 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantControlFlowCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantControlFlowCheck.cpp
@@ -71,19 +71,11 @@ void RedundantControlFlowCheck::issueDiagnostic(
   if (isLocationInMacroExpansion(SM, StmtRange.getBegin()))
     return;
 
-  const CompoundStmt::const_reverse_body_iterator Previous =
-      ++Block->body_rbegin();
-  SourceLocation Start;
-  if (Previous != Block->body_rend())
-    Start = Lexer::findLocationAfterToken(
-        cast<Stmt>(*Previous)->getEndLoc(), tok::semi, SM, getLangOpts(),
-        /*SkipTrailingWhitespaceAndNewLine=*/true);
-  if (!Start.isValid())
-    Start = StmtRange.getBegin();
-  auto RemovedRange = CharSourceRange::getCharRange(
-      Start, Lexer::findLocationAfterToken(
-                 StmtRange.getEnd(), tok::semi, SM, getLangOpts(),
-                 /*SkipTrailingWhitespaceAndNewLine=*/true));
+  const auto RemovedRange = CharSourceRange::getCharRange(
+      StmtRange.getBegin(),
+      Lexer::findLocationAfterToken(StmtRange.getEnd(), tok::semi, SM,
+                                    getLangOpts(),
+                                    /*SkipTrailingWhitespaceAndNewLine=*/true));
 
   diag(StmtRange.getBegin(), Diag) << FixItHint::CreateRemoval(RemovedRange);
 }

diff  --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 6d3da6183c86a..8efde0ab121e6 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -586,6 +586,11 @@ Changes in existing checks
   <clang-tidy/checks/readability/redundant-casting>` check by fixing false
   negatives when explicitly cast from function pointer.
 
+- Improved :doc:`readability-redundant-control-flow
+  <clang-tidy/checks/readability/redundant-control-flow>` by fixing an issue
+  where the check would sometimes suggest deleting not only a redundant
+  ``return`` or ``continue``, but also unrelated lines preceding it.
+
 - Improved :doc:`readability-uppercase-literal-suffix
   <clang-tidy/checks/readability/uppercase-literal-suffix>` check to recognize
   literal suffixes added in C++23 and C23.

diff  --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-control-flow.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-control-flow.cpp
index 94e4fc6c70572..e157e99c5bf0b 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-control-flow.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-control-flow.cpp
@@ -222,3 +222,53 @@ void call_templates() {
   template_loop(10L);
   template_loop(10U);
 }
+
+void dont_delete_lines_before_return_statement() {
+	do {} while (0);
+#ifdef FOO
+#endif
+  return;
+}
+// CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-2]]:3: warning: redundant return statement
+// CHECK-FIXES:      void dont_delete_lines_before_return_statement() {
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: 	 do {} while (0);
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: #ifdef FOO
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: #endif
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: }
+
+void dont_delete_lines_before_continue_statement() {
+  for (;;) {
+	  do {} while (0);
+#ifdef BAR
+#endif
+    continue;
+  }
+}
+// CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-3]]:5: warning: redundant continue statement
+// CHECK-FIXES:      void dont_delete_lines_before_continue_statement() {
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT:   for (;;) {
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: 	   do {} while (0);
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: #ifdef BAR
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: #endif
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT:   }
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: }
+
+void semicolon_far_from_return() {
+  return
+
+  ;
+}
+// CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-4]]:3: warning: redundant return statement at the end of a function with a void return type [readability-redundant-control-flow]
+// CHECK-FIXES:      void semicolon_far_from_return() {
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: }
+
+void semicolon_far_from_continue() {
+  for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
+    continue
+
+    ;
+  }
+}
+// CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-5]]:5: warning: redundant continue statement at the end of loop statement
+// CHECK-FIXES:      for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
+// CHECK-FIXES-NEXT: }