[cfe-dev] Inline Asm Warnings in Clang

[Renato Golin]

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On 31 May 2015 at 20:05, Renato Golin <renato.golin at linaro.org> wrote:
> Clang folks,
>
> I had a read around the reporting code in Clang and I have to say I'm
> a bit lost...
>
> In ARMAsmParser, we have warnings:
>
>     if (ARMMCRegisterClasses[ARM::GPRRegClassID].contains(Reg))
>         Warning(RegLoc, "register list not in ascending order");
>
> When using inline asm, clang has the -Wno-inline-asm, which disables
> those warnings. But when compiling assmebly files directly, that -W
> directive doesn't work (intentionally).
>
> I'd like to create a new -W flag, -Wasm-directives or something, which
> will warn on architecture changing directives misuse.
>
> DiagnosticsSemaKinds.td seems to have a large list of inline asm
> warnings, but I need to use the Diag.Warn(..., ID) so that it can
> suppress if the ID is disabled. Meanwhile, inside the ARMAsmParser,
> the Warning function doesn't have an ID to suppress. So, even if I
> create such a warning flag in Clang, how do I make it work inside the
> assembly parser?
>
> cheers,
> --renato