[clang] [CIR] Record how far a bit-field's declared types reach on x86_64 (PR #220069)

Erich Keane via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Mon Aug 31 12:58:48 PDT 2026


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@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ struct CIRRecordLowering final {
         cir::ArrayType::get(cirGenTypes.convertTypeForMem(field->getType()), 0),
         cir::RecordMemberKind::BitField);
   }
+
+  /// A member recording that declared types reach \p excessInBits past where
+  /// it sits.  An access unit's width is the compiler's choice, so it can be
+  /// narrower than the types declared in it, and the ABI reads that reach to
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erichkeane wrote:

why did you introduce the term 'reach' here?  Is that from the ABI spec?  It isn't really meaningful anywhere else.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/220069


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