[clang-tools-extra] [clang-tidy] Add bugprone-smart-ptr-initialization check (PR #181570)
Baranov Victor via cfe-commits
cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Sun Feb 22 04:45:39 PST 2026
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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 "SmartPtrInitializationCheck.h"
+#include "../utils/OptionsUtils.h"
+#include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
+#include "clang/AST/DeclCXX.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang::tidy::bugprone {
+
+namespace {
+
+const auto DefaultSharedPointers = "::std::shared_ptr;::boost::shared_ptr";
+const auto DefaultUniquePointers = "::std::unique_ptr";
+const auto DefaultDefaultDeleters = "::std::default_delete";
+
+} // namespace
+
+SmartPtrInitializationCheck::SmartPtrInitializationCheck(
+ StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
+ : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
+ SharedPointers(utils::options::parseStringList(
+ Options.get("SharedPointers", DefaultSharedPointers))),
+ UniquePointers(utils::options::parseStringList(
+ Options.get("UniquePointers", DefaultUniquePointers))),
+ DefaultDeleters(utils::options::parseStringList(
+ Options.get("DefaultDeleters", DefaultDefaultDeleters))) {}
+
+void SmartPtrInitializationCheck::storeOptions(
+ ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) {
+ Options.store(Opts, "SharedPointers",
+ utils::options::serializeStringList(SharedPointers));
+ Options.store(Opts, "UniquePointers",
+ utils::options::serializeStringList(UniquePointers));
+ Options.store(Opts, "DefaultDeleters",
+ utils::options::serializeStringList(DefaultDeleters));
+}
+
+void SmartPtrInitializationCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
+ const auto IsSharedPtr = hasAnyName(SharedPointers);
+ const auto IsUniquePtr = hasAnyName(UniquePointers);
+ const auto IsSmartPtr = anyOf(IsSharedPtr, IsUniquePtr);
+ const auto IsDefaultDeleter = hasAnyName(DefaultDeleters);
+
+ const auto IsSharedPtrRecord = cxxRecordDecl(IsSharedPtr);
+ const auto IsUniquePtrRecord = cxxRecordDecl(IsUniquePtr);
+ const auto IsSmartPtrRecord = cxxRecordDecl(IsSmartPtr);
+
+ auto ReleaseMethod = cxxMethodDecl(hasName("release"));
+ auto ResetMethod = cxxMethodDecl(hasName("reset"));
+
+ auto ReleaseCallMatcher = cxxMemberCallExpr(callee(ReleaseMethod));
+
+ // Array automatically decays to pointer
+ auto PointerArg = expr(anyOf(hasType(pointerType()), hasType(arrayType())))
+ .bind("pointer-arg");
+
+ // Matcher for unique_ptr types with custom deleters
+ auto UniquePtrWithCustomDeleter = classTemplateSpecializationDecl(
+ IsUniquePtr, templateArgumentCountIs(2),
+ hasTemplateArgument(
+ 1, refersToType(
+ unless(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(recordType(hasDeclaration(
+ classTemplateSpecializationDecl(IsDefaultDeleter))))))));
+
+ // Matcher for smart pointer constructors
+ // Exclude constructors with custom deleters:
+ // - shared_ptr with 2+ arguments (second is deleter)
+ // - unique_ptr with 2+ template args where second is not default_delete
+ auto HasCustomDeleter = anyOf(
+ allOf(hasDeclaration(cxxConstructorDecl(ofClass(IsSharedPtrRecord))),
+ hasArgument(1, anything())),
+ allOf(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
+ recordType(hasDeclaration(UniquePtrWithCustomDeleter)))),
+ hasDeclaration(cxxConstructorDecl(ofClass(IsUniquePtrRecord)))));
+
+ auto SmartPtrConstructorMatcher =
+ cxxConstructExpr(
+ hasDeclaration(cxxConstructorDecl(ofClass(IsSmartPtrRecord))),
+ hasArgument(0, PointerArg), unless(HasCustomDeleter),
+ unless(hasArgument(0, cxxNewExpr())),
+ unless(hasArgument(0, ReleaseCallMatcher)))
+ .bind("constructor");
+
+ // Matcher for reset() calls
+ // Exclude reset() calls with custom deleters:
+ // - shared_ptr with 2+ arguments (second is deleter)
+ // - unique_ptr with custom deleter type (2+ template args where second is not
+ // default_delete)
+ auto HasCustomDeleterInReset = anyOf(
+ allOf(on(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(recordType(hasDeclaration(
+ classTemplateSpecializationDecl(IsSharedPtr)))))),
+ hasArgument(1, anything())),
+ on(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(
+ recordType(hasDeclaration(UniquePtrWithCustomDeleter))))));
+
+ auto ResetCallMatcher =
+ cxxMemberCallExpr(
+ on(hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(recordType(
+ hasDeclaration(classTemplateSpecializationDecl(IsSmartPtr)))))),
+ callee(ResetMethod), hasArgument(0, PointerArg),
+ unless(HasCustomDeleterInReset), unless(hasArgument(0, cxxNewExpr())),
+ unless(hasArgument(0, ReleaseCallMatcher)))
+ .bind("reset-call");
+
+ Finder->addMatcher(SmartPtrConstructorMatcher, this);
+ Finder->addMatcher(ResetCallMatcher, this);
+}
+
+void SmartPtrInitializationCheck::check(
+ const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+ const auto *PointerArg = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<Expr>("pointer-arg");
+ const auto *Constructor =
+ Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXConstructExpr>("constructor");
+ const auto *ResetCall =
+ Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXMemberCallExpr>("reset-call");
+ assert(PointerArg);
+
+ const SourceLocation Loc = PointerArg->getBeginLoc();
+ const CXXMethodDecl *MethodDecl =
+ Constructor ? Constructor->getConstructor()
+ : (ResetCall ? ResetCall->getMethodDecl() : nullptr);
+ if (!MethodDecl)
+ return;
+
+ const auto *Record = MethodDecl->getParent();
+ if (!Record)
+ return;
+
+ const std::string TypeName = Record->getQualifiedNameAsString();
+ diag(Loc, "passing a raw pointer '%0' to %1%2 may cause double deletion")
+ << getPointerDescription(PointerArg, *Result.Context) << TypeName
+ << (Constructor ? " constructor" : "::reset()");
+}
+
+std::string
+SmartPtrInitializationCheck::getPointerDescription(const Expr *PointerExpr,
+ ASTContext &Context) {
+ std::string Description;
+ llvm::raw_string_ostream OS(Description);
+
+ // Try to get a readable representation of the expression
+ PrintingPolicy Policy(Context.getLangOpts());
+ Policy.SuppressSpecifiers = false;
+ Policy.SuppressTagKeyword = true;
+
+ PointerExpr->printPretty(OS, nullptr, Policy);
+ return OS.str();
+}
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vbvictor wrote:
Why is this needed, we should print whole type.
If we are in templates, we need full type
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/181570
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