[clang] [LifetimeSafety] Track origins through array subscript and array-to-pointer decay (PR #186902)

Gábor Horváth via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Mar 17 05:11:40 PDT 2026


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@@ -1980,3 +1980,117 @@ void outer_pointer_outlives_inner_pointee() {
 }
 
 } // namespace LoopLocalPointers
+
+namespace array {
+
+void element_use_after_scope() {
+  int* p;
+  {
+    int a[10]{};
+    p = &a[2]; // expected-warning {{object whose reference is captured does not live long enough}}
+  }            // expected-note {{destroyed here}}
+  (void)*p;    // expected-note {{later used here}}
+}
+
+int* element_use_after_return() {
+  int a[10]{};
+  int* p = &a[0]; // expected-warning {{address of stack memory is returned later}}
+  return p;       // expected-note {{returned here}}
+}
+
+void element_use_same_scope() {
+  int a[10]{};
+  int* p = &a[0];
+  (void)*p;
+}
+
+void element_reassigned_safe() {
+  int safe[10]{};
+  int* p;
+  {
+    int a[10]{};
+    p = &a[0];
+  }
+  p = &safe[0]; // rescued
+  (void)*p;
+}
+
+void multidimensional_use_after_scope() {
+  int* p;
+  {
+    int a[3][4]{};
+    p = &a[1][2]; // expected-warning {{object whose reference is captured does not live long enough}}
+  }               // expected-note {{destroyed here}}
+  (void)*p;       // expected-note {{later used here}}
+}
+
+void member_array_element_use_after_scope() {
+  struct S {
+    int arr[10];
+    int b;
+  };
+  int* p;
+  {
+    S s;
+    p = &s.arr[0]; // expected-warning {{object whose reference is captured does not live long enough}}
+  }                // expected-note {{destroyed here}}
+  (void)*p;        // expected-note {{later used here}}
+}
+
+void array_of_pointers_use_after_scope() {
+  int** p;
+  {
+    int x = 0;
+    int* a[10] = {&x};
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Xazax-hun wrote:

Could we have a test where a dangling pointer is inside the array?

I suspect that we do not catch that problem just yet but it would be nice to still cover it and have a FIXME. 

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/186902


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