[clang-tools-extra] 12a9996 - [clang-tidy] Prevent false-positive in presence of derived-to-base cast in bugprone.use-after-move (#189638)

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Author: serge-sans-paille
Date: 2026-04-17T22:03:51Z
New Revision: 12a9996192f66e7b3b5534b43e50b2e387214097

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/12a9996192f66e7b3b5534b43e50b2e387214097
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/12a9996192f66e7b3b5534b43e50b2e387214097.diff

LOG: [clang-tidy] Prevent false-positive in presence of derived-to-base cast in bugprone.use-after-move (#189638)

The following scenario is quite common, but was reported as a
use-after-move:

```cpp
struct Base {
  Base(Base&&);
};

struct C : Base {
    int field;
    C(C&& c) :
      Base(std::move(c)),  // << only moves through the base type
      field(c.field) // << this is a valid use-after-move
      {}
};
```

Fix this by checking field origin when the moved value is immediately
cast to base.

Added: 
    clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/use-after-move-derived-to-base.cpp

Modified: 
    clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UseAfterMoveCheck.cpp
    clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UseAfterMoveCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UseAfterMoveCheck.cpp
index 9e9dfdc5de11e..31c70b3643be6 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UseAfterMoveCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UseAfterMoveCheck.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ namespace clang::tidy::bugprone {
 using matchers::hasUnevaluatedContext;
 
 namespace {
+AST_MATCHER_P(Expr, hasParentIgnoringParenImpCasts,
+              ast_matchers::internal::Matcher<Expr>, InnerMatcher) {
+  const Expr *E = &Node;
+  do {
+    const DynTypedNodeList Parents = Finder->getASTContext().getParents(*E);
+    if (Parents.size() != 1)
+      return false;
+    E = Parents[0].get<Expr>();
+    if (!E)
+      return false;
+  } while (isa<ImplicitCastExpr, ParenExpr>(E));
+
+  return InnerMatcher.matches(*E, Finder, Builder);
+}
 
 /// Contains information about a use-after-move.
 struct UseAfterMove {
@@ -52,7 +66,8 @@ class UseAfterMoveFinder {
 public:
   UseAfterMoveFinder(ASTContext *TheContext,
                      llvm::ArrayRef<StringRef> InvalidationFunctions,
-                     llvm::ArrayRef<StringRef> ReinitializationFunctions);
+                     llvm::ArrayRef<StringRef> ReinitializationFunctions,
+                     const CXXRecordDecl *MovedAs);
 
   // Within the given code block, finds the first use of 'MovedVariable' that
   // occurs after 'MovingCall' (the expression that performs the move). If a
@@ -77,26 +92,12 @@ class UseAfterMoveFinder {
   ASTContext *Context;
   llvm::ArrayRef<StringRef> InvalidationFunctions;
   llvm::ArrayRef<StringRef> ReinitializationFunctions;
+  const CXXRecordDecl *MovedAs;
   std::unique_ptr<ExprSequence> Sequence;
   std::unique_ptr<StmtToBlockMap> BlockMap;
   llvm::SmallPtrSet<const CFGBlock *, 8> Visited;
 };
 
-AST_MATCHER_P(Expr, hasParentIgnoringParenImpCasts,
-              ast_matchers::internal::Matcher<Expr>, InnerMatcher) {
-  const Expr *E = &Node;
-  do {
-    const DynTypedNodeList Parents = Finder->getASTContext().getParents(*E);
-    if (Parents.size() != 1)
-      return false;
-    E = Parents[0].get<Expr>();
-    if (!E)
-      return false;
-  } while (isa<ImplicitCastExpr, ParenExpr>(E));
-
-  return InnerMatcher.matches(*E, Finder, Builder);
-}
-
 } // namespace
 
 static auto getNameMatcher(llvm::ArrayRef<StringRef> InvalidationFunctions) {
@@ -193,9 +194,10 @@ static StatementMatcher inDecltypeOrTemplateArg() {
 
 UseAfterMoveFinder::UseAfterMoveFinder(
     ASTContext *TheContext, llvm::ArrayRef<StringRef> InvalidationFunctions,
-    llvm::ArrayRef<StringRef> ReinitializationFunctions)
+    llvm::ArrayRef<StringRef> ReinitializationFunctions,
+    const CXXRecordDecl *MovedAs)
     : Context(TheContext), InvalidationFunctions(InvalidationFunctions),
-      ReinitializationFunctions(ReinitializationFunctions) {}
+      ReinitializationFunctions(ReinitializationFunctions), MovedAs(MovedAs) {}
 
 std::optional<UseAfterMove>
 UseAfterMoveFinder::find(Stmt *CodeBlock, const Expr *MovingCall,
@@ -405,7 +407,13 @@ void UseAfterMoveFinder::getDeclRefs(
                         DeclRefs](const ArrayRef<BoundNodes> Matches) {
       for (const auto &Match : Matches) {
         const auto *DeclRef = Match.getNodeAs<DeclRefExpr>("declref");
+        const auto *Member = Match.getNodeAs<MemberExpr>("member-expr");
         const auto *Operator = Match.getNodeAs<CXXOperatorCallExpr>("operator");
+        // Non-moved member as the move only implies a base class.
+        if (Member && MovedAs && !isa<CXXMethodDecl>(Member->getMemberDecl()) &&
+            !MovedAs->hasMemberName(Member->getMemberDecl()->getIdentifier())) {
+          continue;
+        }
         if (DeclRef && BlockMap->blockContainingStmt(DeclRef) == Block) {
           // Ignore uses of a standard smart pointer or classes annotated as
           // "null_after_move" (smart-pointer-like behavior) that don't
@@ -420,7 +428,9 @@ void UseAfterMoveFinder::getDeclRefs(
         declRefExpr(hasDeclaration(equalsNode(MovedVariable)),
                     unless(inDecltypeOrTemplateArg()),
                     unless(hasParentIgnoringParenImpCasts(
-                        memberExpr(hasDeclaration(cxxDestructorDecl())))))
+                        memberExpr(hasDeclaration(cxxDestructorDecl())))),
+                    optionally(hasParentIgnoringParenImpCasts(
+                        memberExpr().bind("member-expr"))))
             .bind("declref");
 
     AddDeclRefs(match(traverse(TK_AsIs, findAll(DeclRefMatcher)), *S->getStmt(),
@@ -540,25 +550,27 @@ void UseAfterMoveCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
       cxxMemberCallExpr(callee(cxxMethodDecl(hasName("try_emplace"))));
   auto Arg = declRefExpr().bind("arg");
   auto IsMemberCallee = callee(functionDecl(unless(isStaticStorageClass())));
-  auto CallMoveMatcher =
-      callExpr(callee(functionDecl(getNameMatcher(InvalidationFunctions))
-                          .bind("move-decl")),
-               anyOf(cxxMemberCallExpr(IsMemberCallee, on(Arg)),
-                     callExpr(unless(cxxMemberCallExpr(IsMemberCallee)),
-                              hasArgument(0, Arg))),
-               unless(inDecltypeOrTemplateArg()),
-               unless(hasParent(TryEmplaceMatcher)), expr().bind("call-move"),
-               anyOf(hasAncestor(compoundStmt(
-                         hasParent(lambdaExpr().bind("containing-lambda")))),
-                     hasAncestor(functionDecl(anyOf(
-                         cxxConstructorDecl(
-                             hasAnyConstructorInitializer(withInitializer(
-                                 expr(anyOf(equalsBoundNode("call-move"),
-                                            hasDescendant(expr(
-                                                equalsBoundNode("call-move")))))
-                                     .bind("containing-ctor-init"))))
-                             .bind("containing-ctor"),
-                         functionDecl().bind("containing-func"))))));
+  auto CallMoveMatcher = callExpr(
+      callee(functionDecl(getNameMatcher(InvalidationFunctions))
+                 .bind("move-decl")),
+      anyOf(cxxMemberCallExpr(IsMemberCallee, on(Arg)),
+            callExpr(unless(cxxMemberCallExpr(IsMemberCallee)),
+                     hasArgument(0, Arg))),
+      unless(inDecltypeOrTemplateArg()), unless(hasParent(TryEmplaceMatcher)),
+      expr().bind("call-move"),
+      optionally(hasParent(implicitCastExpr(hasCastKind(CK_DerivedToBase))
+                               .bind("optional-cast"))),
+      anyOf(hasAncestor(compoundStmt(
+                hasParent(lambdaExpr().bind("containing-lambda")))),
+            hasAncestor(functionDecl(
+                anyOf(cxxConstructorDecl(
+                          hasAnyConstructorInitializer(withInitializer(
+                              expr(anyOf(equalsBoundNode("call-move"),
+                                         hasDescendant(expr(
+                                             equalsBoundNode("call-move")))))
+                                  .bind("containing-ctor-init"))))
+                          .bind("containing-ctor"),
+                      functionDecl().bind("containing-func"))))));
 
   Finder->addMatcher(
       traverse(
@@ -593,6 +605,8 @@ void UseAfterMoveCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
   const auto *MovingCall = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<Expr>("moving-call");
   const auto *Arg = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<DeclRefExpr>("arg");
   const auto *MoveDecl = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<FunctionDecl>("move-decl");
+  const auto *ParentCast =
+      Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<ImplicitCastExpr>("optional-cast");
 
   if (!MovingCall || !MovingCall->getExprLoc().isValid())
     MovingCall = CallMove;
@@ -623,9 +637,12 @@ void UseAfterMoveCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
     CodeBlocks.push_back(ContainingFunc->getBody());
   }
 
+  const CXXRecordDecl *MovedAs =
+      ParentCast ? ParentCast->getType()->getAsCXXRecordDecl() : nullptr;
+
   for (Stmt *CodeBlock : CodeBlocks) {
     UseAfterMoveFinder Finder(Result.Context, InvalidationFunctions,
-                              ReinitializationFunctions);
+                              ReinitializationFunctions, MovedAs);
     if (auto Use = Finder.find(CodeBlock, MovingCall, Arg))
       emitDiagnostic(MovingCall, Arg, *Use, this, Result.Context,
                      determineMoveType(MoveDecl), MoveDecl);

diff  --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 329d0a42aef7a..95ed0061d654c 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ Changes in existing checks
 
   - Do not report explicit call to destructor after move as an invalid use.
 
+  - Avoid false positives when moving object to a base type then accessing
+    non-base members.
+
 - Improved :doc:`cppcoreguidelines-avoid-capturing-lambda-coroutines
   <clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines/avoid-capturing-lambda-coroutines>`
   check by adding the `AllowExplicitObjectParameters` option. When enabled,

diff  --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/use-after-move-derived-to-base.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/use-after-move-derived-to-base.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bd1a0a6f6c180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/use-after-move-derived-to-base.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++11-or-later %s bugprone-use-after-move %t
+
+#include <utility>
+
+struct A {
+  int a;
+};
+
+struct B : A {
+  int b;
+  void f();
+  B(B&& other) :
+    A(std::move(other)),
+    b(std::move(other.b))
+    // CHECK-NOTES-NOT: [[@LINE-1]]:17: warning: 'other' used after it was moved
+    {
+      other.f();
+      // CHECK-NOTES: [[@LINE-1]]:7: warning: 'other' used after it was moved
+      // CHECK-NOTES: [[@LINE-6]]:5: note: move occurred here
+    }
+};
+
+struct C : A {
+  int c;
+  C(C&& other) :
+    A(std::move(other))
+    {
+      other.a;
+      // CHECK-NOTES: [[@LINE-1]]:7: warning: 'other' used after it was moved
+      // CHECK-NOTES: [[@LINE-4]]:5: note: move occurred here
+    }
+};
+
+struct D { int d; };
+struct E : A, D {
+    E(E&& other) : A(std::move(other)) { other.d; }
+};
+


        


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