[clang] [llvm] [AArch64] Implement the atomic store with hint intrinsic (PR #198316)

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Fri Aug 21 05:23:55 PDT 2026


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@@ -322,6 +323,94 @@ bool SemaARM::BuiltinARMSpecialReg(unsigned BuiltinID, CallExpr *TheCall,
   return false;
 }
 
+bool SemaARM::BuiltinARMAtomicStoreHintCall(unsigned BuiltinID,
+                                            CallExpr *TheCall) {
+  if (SemaRef.checkArgCount(TheCall, 4))
+    return true;
+
+  // Arg 0 should be the pointer type. The pointee type must be a
+  // scalar integral or floating-point type of 8, 16, 32 or 64 bits.
+  ASTContext &Context = getASTContext();
+  auto PtrArgRes =
+      SemaRef.DefaultFunctionArrayLvalueConversion(TheCall->getArg(0));
+  if (PtrArgRes.isInvalid())
+    return true;
+  auto *PtrArg = PtrArgRes.get();
+  auto *PtrTy = PtrArg->getType()->getAs<PointerType>();
+  if (!PtrTy)
+    return Diag(TheCall->getBeginLoc(),
+                diag::err_atomic_hint_builtin_must_be_pointer)
+           << PtrArg->getType() << 0 << PtrArg->getSourceRange();
+  QualType PtrQT = PtrTy->getPointeeType();
+
+  if (!PtrQT->isIntegralType(getASTContext()) && !PtrQT->isFloatingType() &&
+      !PtrQT->isMFloat8Type())
+    return Diag(TheCall->getBeginLoc(),
+                diag::err_atomic_op_needs_atomic_int_or_fp)
+           << 0 << PtrQT << PtrArg->getSourceRange();
+
+  unsigned TySize = Context.getTypeSize(PtrQT);
+  if (TySize != 8 && TySize != 16 && TySize != 32 && TySize != 64)
+    return Diag(TheCall->getBeginLoc(), diag::err_atomic_op_hint_data_size)
+           << PtrArg->getSourceRange();
+
+  // Arg 1 is the data to be stored. The type must match the pointee
+  // type found above.
+  auto DataArgRes =
+      SemaRef.DefaultFunctionArrayLvalueConversion(TheCall->getArg(1));
+  if (DataArgRes.isInvalid())
+    return true;
+  QualType DataQT = DataArgRes.get()->getType();
+
+  if (PtrQT != DataQT)
+    return Diag(TheCall->getBeginLoc(),
+                diag::err_typecheck_call_different_arg_types)
+           << PtrQT << DataQT;
+
+  // Arg 2 is the memory order, which must be relaxed, release or seq_cst
+  auto MemOrdArg =
+      SemaRef.DefaultFunctionArrayLvalueConversion(TheCall->getArg(2)).get();
+  std::optional<llvm::APSInt> MemOrdAP =
+      MemOrdArg->getIntegerConstantExpr(Context);
+  if (!MemOrdAP)
+    return Diag(TheCall->getBeginLoc(),
+                diag::err_atomic_hint_has_invalid_memory_order)
+           << MemOrdArg->getType() << MemOrdArg->getSourceRange();
+
+  unsigned Ordering = MemOrdAP->getZExtValue();
+  if (!llvm::isValidAtomicOrderingCABI(Ordering))
+    return Diag(TheCall->getBeginLoc(),
+                diag::err_atomic_hint_has_invalid_memory_order)
+           << *MemOrdAP << MemOrdArg->getSourceRange();
+
+  auto AtomicOrdering = static_cast<llvm::AtomicOrderingCABI>(Ordering);
+  if (AtomicOrdering != llvm::AtomicOrderingCABI::relaxed &&
+      AtomicOrdering != llvm::AtomicOrderingCABI::release &&
+      AtomicOrdering != llvm::AtomicOrderingCABI::seq_cst)
+    return Diag(TheCall->getBeginLoc(),
+                diag::err_atomic_hint_has_invalid_memory_order)
+           << *MemOrdAP << MemOrdArg->getSourceRange();
+
+  // Arg 3 is the hint type. Only values represented by AArch64AtomicStoreHint
+  // are valid.
+  auto HintArg =
+      SemaRef.DefaultFunctionArrayLvalueConversion(TheCall->getArg(3)).get();
+  std::optional<llvm::APSInt> HintAP = HintArg->getIntegerConstantExpr(Context);
+  if (!HintAP) {
+    Diag(TheCall->getBeginLoc(), diag::warn_atomic_hint_has_invalid_hint_type)
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Lukacma wrote:

I think we are too permissive here. We allow code like this to progress and then crash in LLVM:
```
  __arm_atomic_store_with_hint(ptr, data, __ATOMIC_RELAXED, "f");
```
We should still error when we don't receive integral or enum types.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/198316


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