[clang] [llvm] [Clang] Show inlining hints for __attribute__((warning/error)) (PR #174892)

Bill Wendling via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Feb 19 15:52:01 PST 2026


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@@ -6064,13 +6064,23 @@ RValue CodeGenFunction::EmitCall(const CGFunctionInfo &CallInfo,
   if (getDebugInfo() && TargetDecl && TargetDecl->hasAttr<MSAllocatorAttr>())
     getDebugInfo()->addHeapAllocSiteMetadata(CI, RetTy->getPointeeType(), Loc);
 
-  // Add metadata if calling an __attribute__((error(""))) or warning fn.
-  if (TargetDecl && TargetDecl->hasAttr<ErrorAttr>()) {
-    llvm::ConstantInt *Line =
-        llvm::ConstantInt::get(Int64Ty, Loc.getRawEncoding());
-    llvm::ConstantAsMetadata *MD = llvm::ConstantAsMetadata::get(Line);
-    llvm::MDTuple *MDT = llvm::MDNode::get(getLLVMContext(), {MD});
-    CI->setMetadata("srcloc", MDT);
+  // Add srcloc metadata for [[gnu::error/warning]] diagnostics. Track
+  // inline/static calls for the heuristic fallback when debug info is not
+  // available. This heuristic is conservative and best-effort since static or
+  // inline-annotated functions are still not guaranteed to be inlined.
+  if (TargetDecl) {
+    bool NeedSrcLoc = TargetDecl->hasAttr<ErrorAttr>();
+    if (!NeedSrcLoc) {
+      if (const auto *FD = dyn_cast<FunctionDecl>(TargetDecl))
+        NeedSrcLoc = FD->isInlined() || FD->hasAttr<AlwaysInlineAttr>() ||
+                     FD->getStorageClass() == SC_Static ||
+                     FD->isInAnonymousNamespace();
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bwendling wrote:

The Line was just an idea. It probably won't help anything, because it will have to be stored somewhere no matter what.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/174892


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