[clang] [LifetimeSafety] Fix liveness propagation for all origin flows (PR #205323)

Utkarsh Saxena via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
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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