[clang] [LifetimeSafety] Fix liveness propagation for all origin flows (PR #205323)
Utkarsh Saxena via cfe-commits
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Tue Jun 23 09:39:37 PDT 2026
https://github.com/usx95 updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/205323
>From 46411a43f7b118eead8de100007ef4bff2278c1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Utkarsh Saxena <usx at google.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:03:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] make liveness more precise
---
.../LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp | 6 ++++
.../Analysis/LifetimeSafety/LiveOrigins.cpp | 17 +++++++++--
.../Sema/LifetimeSafety/invalidations.cpp | 29 +++++++++++++++----
3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp b/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp
index 3861117005752..3dce1eba9979d 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/FactsGenerator.cpp
@@ -887,6 +887,12 @@ void FactsGenerator::handleMovedArgsInCall(const FunctionDecl *FD,
const ParmVarDecl *PVD = FD->getParamDecl(I - IsInstance);
if (!PVD->getType()->isRValueReferenceType())
continue;
+ // Skip lifetime annotated r-value reference parameters. Lifetime annotation
+ // indicates that the parameter is borrowed (not consumed), so it should not
+ // be marked as moved even though it's an r-value reference.
+ if (PVD->hasAttr<LifetimeBoundAttr>() ||
+ PVD->hasAttr<LifetimeCaptureByAttr>())
+ continue;
const Expr *Arg = Args[I];
OriginList *MovedOrigins = getOriginsList(*Arg);
assert(MovedOrigins->getLength() >= 1 &&
diff --git a/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/LiveOrigins.cpp b/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/LiveOrigins.cpp
index cfbcacf04b1b0..69b903c813555 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/LiveOrigins.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Analysis/LifetimeSafety/LiveOrigins.cpp
@@ -161,9 +161,20 @@ class AnalysisImpl
/// An OriginFlow kills the liveness of the destination origin if `KillDest`
/// is true. Otherwise, it propagates liveness from destination to source.
Lattice transfer(Lattice In, const OriginFlowFact &OF) {
- if (!OF.getKillDest())
- return In;
- return Lattice(Factory.remove(In.LiveOrigins, OF.getDestOriginID()));
+ Lattice Out = In;
+ OriginID Dest = OF.getDestOriginID();
+ OriginID Src = OF.getSrcOriginID();
+ // If the destination of the flow is live, the source of the flow must also
+ // be marked live before this point as its value will flow into the
+ // destination.
+ if (In.LiveOrigins.contains(Dest)) {
+ const LivenessInfo *DestInfo = In.LiveOrigins.lookup(Dest);
+ assert(DestInfo);
+ Out = Lattice(Factory.add(Out.LiveOrigins, Src, *DestInfo));
+ }
+ if (OF.getKillDest())
+ Out = Lattice(Factory.remove(Out.LiveOrigins, Dest));
+ return Out;
}
Lattice transfer(Lattice In, const KillOriginFact &F) {
diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/LifetimeSafety/invalidations.cpp b/clang/test/Sema/LifetimeSafety/invalidations.cpp
index c2ac105855d07..be1acc6bc7fbc 100644
--- a/clang/test/Sema/LifetimeSafety/invalidations.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Sema/LifetimeSafety/invalidations.cpp
@@ -402,10 +402,20 @@ void SelfInvalidatingMap() {
// Therefore the following is safe in practice.
// On the other hand, std::flat_map (since C++23) does not provide pointer stability on
// insertion and following is unsafe for this container.
- mp[1] = "42";
- mp[2] // expected-note {{local variable 'mp' is invalidated here}}
- =
- mp[1]; // expected-warning {{local variable 'mp' is later invalidated}} expected-note {{later used here}}
+ // FIXME: The warnings below are false positives (self-invalidation of the Owner).
+ // Modifying a container should not invalidate the container object itself.
+ // To resolve this, we need to:
+ // 1. Distinguish owner-borrow (borrowing the container object) from content-borrow (borrowing elements inside the container).
+ // 2. Make AccessPaths more precise to reason at element/field granularity rather than treating the whole container as a single storage location.
+ mp[1] = "42"; // expected-warning {{local variable 'mp' is later invalidated}} \
+ // expected-note {{local variable 'mp' is invalidated here}} \
+ // expected-note {{later used here}}
+ mp[2] = mp[1]; // expected-warning {{local variable 'mp' is later invalidated}} \
+ // expected-warning {{local variable 'mp' is later invalidated}} \
+ // expected-note {{local variable 'mp' is invalidated here}} \
+ // expected-note {{later used here}} \
+ // expected-note {{local variable 'mp' is invalidated here}} \
+ // expected-note {{later used here}}
}
void InvalidateErase() {
@@ -740,9 +750,16 @@ void MapSubscriptMultipleCallsDoesNotInvalidate(std::map<int, int> mp, int a, in
}
void FlatMapSubscriptMultipleCallsInvalidate(std::flat_map<int, int> mp, int a, int b) {
+ // FIXME: The duplicate warning below is a false positive caused by self-invalidation of the Owner 'mp'.
+ // While the warning on the temporary reference returned by mp[a] is a true positive (it dangles),
+ // the second warning on 'mp' itself is redundant and incorrect.
+ // Resolving this requires distinguishing owner-borrow from content-borrow.
PrintMax(mp[a], mp[b]); // expected-warning {{parameter 'mp' is later invalidated}} \
- // expected-note {{parameter 'mp' is invalidated here}} \
- // expected-note {{later used here}}
+ // expected-warning {{parameter 'mp' is later invalidated}} \
+ // expected-note {{parameter 'mp' is invalidated here}} \
+ // expected-note {{later used here}} \
+ // expected-note {{parameter 'mp' is invalidated here}} \
+ // expected-note {{later used here}}
}
} // namespace AssociativeContainers
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