[clang] [Clang] Reland "Diagnose UB and emit error when identifier has both internal and external linkage" (PR #193567)

Vlad Serebrennikov via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Sat Apr 25 11:26:39 PDT 2026


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@@ -4802,6 +4802,27 @@ void Sema::MergeVarDecl(VarDecl *New, LookupResult &Previous) {
       return New->setInvalidDecl();
     }
   }
+
+  // C2y 6.7.1p7: an identifier shall not appear with both internal and
+  // external linkage within a translation unit. Before C2y this was UB
+  // (C11 6.2.2p7).
+  //
+  // In C, a local shadow prevents a block-scope extern from inheriting the
+  // file-scope static's internal linkage (C2y 6.2.2p4), so it defaults to
+  // external linkage, creating the conflict.
+  //
+  // In C++, block-scope extern declarations target the enclosing namespace
+  // scope ([dcl.meaning.general]/3.5), bypassing local shadows entirely, so
+  // the extern always inherits internal linkage. No conflict arises.
+  if (!getLangOpts().CPlusPlus && New->isLocalVarDecl() &&
+      New->hasExternalStorage() && Old->isFileVarDecl() && Old->hasLinkage() &&
+      Previous.isShadowed() && Old->getFormalLinkage() == Linkage::Internal) {
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Endilll wrote:

> I am planning to handle this in a follow-up. MergeFunctionDecl doesn't take LookupResult &Previous as a parameter, so isShadowed() isn't available there.

In case you don't, please at least open an issue on our bug tracker, otherwise we'll lose sight of that.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/193567


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