[clang] [sema] Fix recursive concept detection (PR #206629)
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Author: Daniel Christian Mandolang (danielcm585)
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This patch improves Clang's handling of recursive concept alias expansions in C++20 concepts. Previously, recursive concept definitions caused infinite recursion during semantic analysis, leading to compiler crashes or undefined behavior.
Fixes #<!-- -->206336
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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/206629.diff
3 Files Affected:
- (modified) clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h (+2)
- (modified) clang/lib/Sema/SemaConcept.cpp (+11-1)
- (added) clang/test/SemaCXX/recursive-concept-alias.cpp (+3)
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diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h b/clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h
index 2cf16fac83282..f8dfc06d2dc1a 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h
@@ -918,6 +918,8 @@ class Sema final : public SemaBase {
CodeCompleteConsumer *CompletionConsumer = nullptr);
~Sema();
+ llvm::SmallPtrSet<const NamedDecl *, 8> ActiveConcepts;
+
/// Perform initialization that occurs after the parser has been
/// initialized but before it parses anything.
void Initialize();
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaConcept.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaConcept.cpp
index f41f37b8a3d19..b558480d526b5 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaConcept.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaConcept.cpp
@@ -1051,6 +1051,16 @@ ExprResult ConstraintSatisfactionChecker::Evaluate(
const MultiLevelTemplateArgumentList &MLTAL) {
const ConceptReference *ConceptId = Constraint.getConceptId();
+ const NamedDecl *ConceptDecl = cast<clang::NamedDecl>(ConceptId->getNamedConcept()->getCanonicalDecl());
+
+ if (S.ActiveConcepts.contains(ConceptDecl)) {
+ S.Diag(ConceptId->getBeginLoc(), diag::err_recursive_concept)
+ << ConceptId->getNamedConcept()->getName();
+ Satisfaction.IsSatisfied = false;
+ Satisfaction.ContainsErrors = true;
+ return ExprError();
+ }
+
Sema::InstantiatingTemplate InstTemplate(
S, ConceptId->getBeginLoc(),
Sema::InstantiatingTemplate::ConstraintsCheck{},
@@ -1069,7 +1079,7 @@ ExprResult ConstraintSatisfactionChecker::Evaluate(
unsigned Size = Satisfaction.Details.size();
llvm::SaveAndRestore PushConceptDecl(
- ParentConcept, cast<ConceptDecl>(ConceptId->getNamedConcept()));
+ ParentConcept, cast<clang::ConceptDecl>(ConceptId->getNamedConcept()));
ExprResult E = Evaluate(Constraint.getNormalizedConstraint(), MLTAL);
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/recursive-concept-alias.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/recursive-concept-alias.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f97889afb02e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/recursive-concept-alias.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++20 -fsyntax-only -verify %s
+
+template<typename T> concept C1 = C1<T>; // expected-error {{a concept definition cannot refer to itself}} expected-note {{here}}
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``````````
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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/206629
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