[flang-commits] [clang] [flang] [clang][flang] Add support for -finit-local-zero (PR #159788)

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Tue Jul 21 06:58:16 PDT 2026


https://github.com/NimishMishra updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/159788

>From 80000310c58c79c9081eb64e00c40c9e4d3ffe73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NimishMishra <neelam.nimish at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:16:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Address review comments

---
 clang/include/clang/Options/FlangOptions.td   |  4 +-
 clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Flang.cpp         |  2 +-
 flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def |  3 +
 flang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp     |  5 +
 flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp           | 91 +++++++++++++++++++
 flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90        |  8 ++
 flang/test/Lower/init-local-zero.f90          | 66 ++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 177 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90
 create mode 100644 flang/test/Lower/init-local-zero.f90

diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Options/FlangOptions.td b/clang/include/clang/Options/FlangOptions.td
index bafc063663fe2..79cabe35e9406 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Options/FlangOptions.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Options/FlangOptions.td
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ defm dump_parse_tree : BooleanFFlag<"dump-parse-tree">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
 defm external_blas : BooleanFFlag<"external-blas">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
 defm f2c : BooleanFFlag<"f2c">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
 defm frontend_optimize : BooleanFFlag<"frontend-optimize">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
-defm init_local_zero : BooleanFFlag<"init-local-zero">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
+defm init_local_zero : BooleanFFlag<"init-local-zero">, Group<gfortran_Group>,
+	 Visibility<[FlangOption, FC1Option]>, HelpText<"Initialize real, integer, character, logical, and complex variables "
+		"to zero.">;
 defm integer_4_integer_8 : BooleanFFlag<"integer-4-integer-8">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
 defm max_identifier_length : BooleanFFlag<"max-identifier-length">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
 defm module_private : BooleanFFlag<"module-private">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Flang.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Flang.cpp
index d900037230f20..34452206ed6db 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Flang.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Flang.cpp
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ void Flang::addCodegenOptions(const ArgList &Args,
        options::OPT_fno_ppc_native_vec_elem_order,
        options::OPT_fppc_native_vec_elem_order, options::OPT_finit_global_zero,
        options::OPT_fno_init_global_zero, options::OPT_frepack_arrays,
-       options::OPT_fno_repack_arrays,
+       options::OPT_fno_repack_arrays, options::OPT_finit_local_zero,
        options::OPT_frepack_arrays_contiguity_EQ,
        options::OPT_fstack_repack_arrays, options::OPT_fno_stack_repack_arrays,
        options::OPT_ftime_report, options::OPT_ftime_report_EQ,
diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def b/flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def
index 0b02ffd5a3b22..2b75d579c021e 100644
--- a/flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def
@@ -93,5 +93,8 @@ ENUM_LOWERINGOPT(PreserveUseDebugInfo, unsigned, 1, 0)
 /// Portable, Extremum, ExtremeNum). Default: Legacy.
 ENUM_LOWERINGOPT(FPMaxminBehavior, Fortran::common::FPMaxminBehavior, 2, 0)
 
+/// When true, it enables semantics for -finit-local-zero during codegen.
+ENUM_LOWERINGOPT(InitLocalZeroDef, unsigned, 1, 0)
+
 #undef LOWERINGOPT
 #undef ENUM_LOWERINGOPT
diff --git a/flang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp b/flang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
index 79ad08353b64c..32f03215f3469 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
@@ -1684,6 +1684,11 @@ bool CompilerInvocation::createFromArgs(
   else
     invoc.loweringOpts.setInitGlobalZero(false);
 
+  // -finit-local-zero
+  if (args.hasArg(clang::options::OPT_finit_local_zero)) {
+    invoc.loweringOpts.setInitLocalZeroDef(1);
+  }
+
   // Preserve all the remark options requested, i.e. -Rpass, -Rpass-missed or
   // -Rpass-analysis. This will be used later when processing and outputting the
   // remarks generated by LLVM in ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp.
diff --git a/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp b/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp
index 007b536d97098..607f40e48e133 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Lower/ConvertVariable.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "flang/Optimizer/Builder/FIRBuilder.h"
 #include "flang/Optimizer/Builder/HLFIRTools.h"
 #include "flang/Optimizer/Builder/IntrinsicCall.h"
+#include "flang/Optimizer/Builder/Runtime/Assign.h"
 #include "flang/Optimizer/Builder/Runtime/Derived.h"
 #include "flang/Optimizer/Builder/Todo.h"
 #include "flang/Optimizer/Dialect/CUF/CUFOps.h"
@@ -1225,6 +1226,54 @@ getSafeRepackAttrs(Fortran::lower::AbstractConverter &converter) {
   return attrs.empty() ? mlir::ArrayAttr{} : builder.getArrayAttr(attrs);
 }
 
+// Helper class to encapsulate utilities related to emission of implicit
+// assignments. `Implicit` here implies the assignment does not
+// exist in the Fortran source, but is implicit through definition
+// of one or more flagsets (like -finit-* family of flags).
+// General purpose usage of these utilities outside the
+// scope detailed here is discouraged, and is probably wrong.
+class ImplicitAssignmentGenerator {
+private:
+  bool isInitLocalZeroFlagDefined;
+
+public:
+  ImplicitAssignmentGenerator(bool isInitLocalZeroFlagDefined)
+      : isInitLocalZeroFlagDefined(isInitLocalZeroFlagDefined) {}
+
+  void emitAssignment(Fortran::lower::AbstractConverter &converter,
+                      mlir::Location loc, const Fortran::semantics::Symbol &sym,
+                      Fortran::lower::SymMap &symMap) {
+    if (isInitLocalZeroFlagDefined) {
+      mlir::Type eleTy = hlfir::getFortranElementType(converter.genType(sym));
+      auto *builder = &converter.getFirOpBuilder();
+
+      if (mlir::isa<fir::CharacterType>(eleTy)) {
+        fir::factory::CharacterExprHelper helper{*builder, loc};
+        fir::CharacterType::KindTy kind =
+            helper.getCharacterType(eleTy).getFKind();
+        mlir::Value zeroCode =
+            builder->createIntegerConstant(loc, builder->getI32Type(), 0);
+        mlir::Value zero = helper.createSingletonFromCode(zeroCode, kind);
+        hlfir::Entity lhs{symMap.lookupSymbol(sym).getAddr()};
+        lhs = hlfir::derefPointersAndAllocatables(loc, *builder, lhs);
+        mlir::Value rhsTmp = builder->createTemporary(loc, zero.getType());
+        builder->create<fir::StoreOp>(loc, zero, rhsTmp);
+        builder->create<hlfir::AssignOp>(loc, rhsTmp, lhs);
+      }
+
+      else if (fir::isa_integer(eleTy) || fir::isa_real(eleTy) ||
+               fir::isa_complex(eleTy) || mlir::isa<fir::LogicalType>(eleTy)) {
+        mlir::Value zero = fir::factory::createZeroValue(*builder, loc, eleTy);
+        hlfir::Entity lhs{symMap.lookupSymbol(sym).getAddr()};
+        lhs = hlfir::derefPointersAndAllocatables(loc, *builder, lhs);
+        mlir::Value rhsTmp = builder->createTemporary(loc, zero.getType());
+        builder->create<fir::StoreOp>(loc, zero, rhsTmp);
+        builder->create<hlfir::AssignOp>(loc, rhsTmp, lhs);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
 /// Instantiate a local variable. Precondition: Each variable will be visited
 /// such that if its properties depend on other variables, the variables upon
 /// which its properties depend will already have been visited.
@@ -1317,6 +1366,48 @@ static void instantiateLocal(Fortran::lower::AbstractConverter &converter,
       Fortran::lower::genUnpackArray(*converterPtr, loc, *varDef, *sym);
     });
   }
+
+  /// These options do not initialize:
+  ///   1) Any variable already initialized
+  ///   2) objects with the POINTER attribute
+  ///   3) allocatable arrays
+  ///   4) variables that appear in an EQUIVALENCE statement
+
+  auto isEligibleForImplicitAssignment = [&var]() -> bool {
+    if (!var.hasSymbol())
+      return false;
+
+    const Fortran::semantics::Symbol &sym = var.getSymbol();
+    if (const auto *details =
+            sym.detailsIf<Fortran::semantics::ObjectEntityDetails>()) {
+      if (details->init())
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (sym.attrs().test(Fortran::semantics::Attr::POINTER))
+      return false;
+
+    if (sym.Rank() > 0 &&
+        sym.attrs().test(Fortran::semantics::Attr::ALLOCATABLE))
+      return false;
+
+    if (Fortran::lower::pft::getDependentVariableList(sym).size() > 1)
+      return false;
+
+    return true;
+  };
+
+  if (isEligibleForImplicitAssignment()) {
+    // Internal state of this class holds only the -finit-* flagsets. Hence
+    // can be reused for different symbols. Also minimizes the number of
+    // calls to `getLoweringOptions()`.
+    static ImplicitAssignmentGenerator implicitAssignmentGenerator{
+        /*isInitLocalZeroFlagDefined=*/converter.getLoweringOptions()
+            .getInitLocalZeroDef() == 1};
+
+    implicitAssignmentGenerator.emitAssignment(
+        converter, converter.getCurrentLocation(), var.getSymbol(), symMap);
+  }
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90 b/flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7dd2612e624ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+! Check that the driver passes through -finit-global-zero:
+! RUN: %flang -### -S -finit-local-zero %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+! Check that the compiler accepts -finit-local-zero:
+! RUN: %flang_fc1 -emit-hlfir -finit-local-zero %s -o -
+
+
+! CHECK: "-fc1"{{.*}}"-finit-local-zero"
diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/init-local-zero.f90 b/flang/test/Lower/init-local-zero.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..61a4d70ad788d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/init-local-zero.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+! RUN: %flang_fc1 -emit-hlfir -finit-local-zero -o - %s | FileCheck %s
+
+
+!CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QPuninitialized_integer() {
+!CHECK: %[[ZERO_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca i32
+!CHECK: %[[X_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca i32 {bindc_name = "x", uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_integerEx"}
+!CHECK: %[[X:.*]]:2 = hlfir.declare %[[X_ALLOCA]] {uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_integerEx"} : (!fir.ref<i32>) -> (!fir.ref<i32>, !fir.ref<i32>)
+!CHECK: %[[ZERO:.*]] = arith.constant 0 : i32
+!CHECK: fir.store %[[ZERO]] to %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] : !fir.ref<i32>
+!CHECK: hlfir.assign %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] to %[[X]]#0 : !fir.ref<i32>, !fir.ref<i32>
+subroutine uninitialized_integer
+  integer :: x
+end subroutine
+
+!CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QPuninitialized_real() {
+!CHECK: %[[ZERO_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca f32
+!CHECK: %[[X_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca f32 {bindc_name = "x", uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_realEx"}
+!CHECK: %[[X:.*]]:2 = hlfir.declare %[[X_ALLOCA]] {uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_realEx"} : (!fir.ref<f32>) -> (!fir.ref<f32>, !fir.ref<f32>)
+!CHECK: %[[ZERO:.*]] = arith.constant 0.000000e+00 : f32
+!CHECK: fir.store %[[ZERO]] to %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] : !fir.ref<f32>
+!CHECK: hlfir.assign %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] to %[[X]]#0 : !fir.ref<f32>, !fir.ref<f32>
+subroutine uninitialized_real
+   real :: x
+end subroutine
+
+!CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QPuninitialized_logical() {
+!CHECK: %[[ZERO_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca !fir.logical<4>
+!CHECK: %[[X_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca !fir.logical<4> {bindc_name = "x", uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_logicalEx"}
+!CHECK: %[[X:.*]]:2 = hlfir.declare %[[X_ALLOCA]] {uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_logicalEx"} : (!fir.ref<!fir.logical<4>>) -> (!fir.ref<!fir.logical<4>>, !fir.ref<!fir.logical<4>>)
+!CHECK: %false = arith.constant false
+!CHECK: %[[CVT:.*]] = fir.convert %false : (i1) -> !fir.logical<4>
+!CHECK: fir.store %[[CVT]] to %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] : !fir.ref<!fir.logical<4>>
+!CHECK: hlfir.assign %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] to %[[X]]#0 : !fir.ref<!fir.logical<4>>, !fir.ref<!fir.logical<4>>
+subroutine uninitialized_logical
+   logical :: x
+end subroutine
+
+
+!CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QPuninitialized_complex() {
+!CHECK: %[[ZERO_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca complex<f32>
+!CHECK: %[[X_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca complex<f32> {bindc_name = "x", uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_complexEx"}
+!CHECK: %[[X:.*]]:2 = hlfir.declare %[[X_ALLOCA]] {uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_complexEx"} : (!fir.ref<complex<f32>>) -> (!fir.ref<complex<f32>>, !fir.ref<complex<f32>>)
+!CHECK: %[[CONST:.*]] = arith.constant 0.000000e+00 : f32
+!CHECK: %[[UNDEF:.*]] = fir.undefined complex<f32>
+!CHECK: %[[IDX0:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[UNDEF]], %[[CONST]], [0 : index] : (complex<f32>, f32) -> complex<f32>
+!CHECK: %[[IDX1:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[IDX0]], %[[CONST]], [1 : index] : (complex<f32>, f32) -> complex<f32>
+!CHECK: fir.store %[[IDX1]] to %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] : !fir.ref<complex<f32>>
+!CHECK: hlfir.assign %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] to %[[X]]#0 : !fir.ref<complex<f32>>, !fir.ref<complex<f32>>
+subroutine uninitialized_complex
+   complex :: x
+end subroutine
+
+!CHECK-LABEL: func.func @_QPuninitialized_character() {
+!CHECK: %[[ZERO_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca !fir.char<1>
+!CHECK: %[[ONE:.*]] = arith.constant 1 : index
+!CHECK: %[[X_ALLOCA:.*]] = fir.alloca !fir.char<1> {bindc_name = "x", uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_characterEx"}
+!CHECK: %3:2 = hlfir.declare %[[X_ALLOCA]] typeparams %[[ONE]] {uniq_name = "_QFuninitialized_characterEx"} : (!fir.ref<!fir.char<1>>, index) -> (!fir.ref<!fir.char<1>>, !fir.ref<!fir.char<1>>)
+!CHECK: %[[CONST:.*]] = arith.constant 0 : i32
+!CHECK: %[[CVT:.*]] = fir.convert %[[CONST]] : (i32) -> i8
+!CHECK: %[[UNDEF:.*]] = fir.undefined !fir.char<1>
+!CHECK: %[[VAL:.*]] = fir.insert_value %[[UNDEF]], %[[CVT]], [0 : index] : (!fir.char<1>, i8) -> !fir.char<1>
+!CHECK: fir.store %[[VAL]] to %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] : !fir.ref<!fir.char<1>>
+!CHECK: hlfir.assign %[[ZERO_ALLOCA]] to %[[X]]#0 : !fir.ref<!fir.char<1>>, !fir.ref<!fir.char<1>>
+subroutine uninitialized_character
+   character :: x
+end subroutine

>From a5f6b3cde11ec8ee5c1ae53b7629f91b784ceede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NimishMishra <neelam.nimish at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:19:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix test

---
 flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90 | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90 b/flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90
index 7dd2612e624ad..8cfadc9372edc 100644
--- a/flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Driver/finit-local-zero.f90
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-! Check that the driver passes through -finit-global-zero:
+! Check that the driver passes through -finit-local-zero:
 ! RUN: %flang -### -S -finit-local-zero %s -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
 ! Check that the compiler accepts -finit-local-zero:
-! RUN: %flang_fc1 -emit-hlfir -finit-local-zero %s -o -
-
+! RUN: %flang_fc1 -emit-hlfir -finit-local-zero %s -o /dev/null
 
 ! CHECK: "-fc1"{{.*}}"-finit-local-zero"

>From 1ad6500f8025ebcb4109469a38f95a83537ce0a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NimishMishra <42909663+NimishMishra at users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:28:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update LoweringOptions.def

---
 flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def b/flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def
index 2b75d579c021e..3155cf7878608 100644
--- a/flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Lower/LoweringOptions.def
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ENUM_LOWERINGOPT(PreserveUseDebugInfo, unsigned, 1, 0)
 /// Portable, Extremum, ExtremeNum). Default: Legacy.
 ENUM_LOWERINGOPT(FPMaxminBehavior, Fortran::common::FPMaxminBehavior, 2, 0)
 
-/// When true, it enables semantics for -finit-local-zero during codegen.
+/// When true, enables semantics for -finit-local-zero during codegen.
 ENUM_LOWERINGOPT(InitLocalZeroDef, unsigned, 1, 0)
 
 #undef LOWERINGOPT



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