[clang] 1529d35 - Reland "[Clang] Enable -Wunused-template under -Wall" (#208001)

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Author: Aditya Medhane
Date: 2026-07-08T19:47:54+03:00
New Revision: 1529d35adbd6f13aa234a5f4cfd9ac0e28bdd338

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/1529d35adbd6f13aa234a5f4cfd9ac0e28bdd338
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/1529d35adbd6f13aa234a5f4cfd9ac0e28bdd338.diff

LOG: Reland "[Clang] Enable -Wunused-template under -Wall" (#208001)

Reland of #206123, which was reverted in #207848.

What has changed since:

- flang-rt occurrences are fixed in #207979 
- openmp had one more occurrence which is fixed in #207983 
- The remaining -Wunused-template hits anywhere in CI logs are the tsan
Go runtime warnings, which are warnings only (buildgo.sh does not use
-Werror on Linux)

Marked as draft until #207979  and #207983  land.

Closes #202945

Added: 
    

Modified: 
    clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
    clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td
    clang/test/Misc/warning-wall.c
    clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-func-not-needed.cpp
    clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-variable-not-needed.cpp

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
index 5de8e546b7812..b49a9db3d5fca 100644
--- a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -570,6 +570,11 @@ latest release, please see the [Clang Web Site](https://clang.llvm.org) or the
   allowing it to be disabled independently with `-Wno-unused-but-set-global`.
   (#GH148361)
 
+- `-Wunused-template` is now part of `-Wunused` (which is enabled by `-Wall`).
+  It diagnoses unused function and variable templates with internal linkage,
+  which in a header is a latent ODR hazard. It can be disabled with
+  `-Wno-unused-template`. (#GH202945)
+
 - Added `-Wlifetime-safety` to enable lifetime safety analysis,
   a CFG-based intra-procedural analysis that detects use-after-free and related
   temporal safety bugs. See the

diff  --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td
index 16ee72c80dbc8..d353a86f228ba 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ def Conversion
 def Unused : DiagGroup<"unused",
                        [UnusedArgument, UnusedFunction, UnusedLabel,
                         // UnusedParameter, (matches GCC's behavior)
-                        // UnusedTemplate, (clean-up libc++ before enabling)
+                        UnusedTemplate,
                         // UnusedMemberFunction, (clean-up llvm before enabling)
                         UnusedPrivateField, UnusedLambdaCapture,
                         UnusedLocalTypedef, UnusedValue, UnusedVariable,

diff  --git a/clang/test/Misc/warning-wall.c b/clang/test/Misc/warning-wall.c
index 6d6c4e562400f..ade9cbaace77e 100644
--- a/clang/test/Misc/warning-wall.c
+++ b/clang/test/Misc/warning-wall.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ CHECK-NEXT:      -Wunused-argument
 CHECK-NEXT:      -Wunused-function
 CHECK-NEXT:        -Wunneeded-internal-declaration
 CHECK-NEXT:      -Wunused-label
+CHECK-NEXT:      -Wunused-template
+CHECK-NEXT:        -Wunneeded-internal-declaration
 CHECK-NEXT:      -Wunused-private-field
 CHECK-NEXT:      -Wunused-lambda-capture
 CHECK-NEXT:      -Wunused-local-typedef

diff  --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-func-not-needed.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-func-not-needed.cpp
index cb3cae4cd6c76..74438543c43b7 100644
--- a/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-func-not-needed.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-func-not-needed.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ void foo() {
 }
 
 namespace test1_template {
-template <typename T> static void f() {}
+template <typename T> static void f() {} // expected-warning {{unused function template}}
 template <> void f<int>() {} // expected-warning {{function 'f<int>' is not needed and will not be emitted}}
 template <typename T>
 void foo() {

diff  --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-variable-not-needed.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-variable-not-needed.cpp
index 272c8998d15c0..d234e9140e3fd 100644
--- a/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-variable-not-needed.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-variable-not-needed.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace test1 {
   static int abc = 42; // expected-warning {{variable 'abc' is not needed and will not be emitted}}
 
   namespace {
-  template <typename T> int abc_template = 0;
+  template <typename T> int abc_template = 0; // expected-warning {{unused variable template}}
   template <> int abc_template<int> = 0; // expected-warning {{variable 'abc_template<int>' is not needed and will not be emitted}}
   }                                      // namespace
   template <typename T>