[llvm-branch-commits] [clang] release/21.x: [clang] Avoid inheriting [[noreturn]] in explicit function template specializations (#150003) (PR #151752)

[Tobias Hieta via llvm-branch-commits]

https://github.com/tru updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/151752

>From 087cb2e91c5b276531b617781974e76145b7da0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samarth Narang <70980689+snarang181 at users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:04:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [clang] Avoid inheriting [[noreturn]] in explicit function
 template specializations (#150003)

This patch fixes incorrect behavior in Clang where [[noreturn]] (either
spelled or inferred) was being inherited by explicit specializations of
function templates or member function templates, even when those
specializations returned normally.

Follow up on https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/145166

(cherry picked from commit 22fef005225b129d73ade4ed995fc0ec0c7be044)
---
 clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp                  |  8 ++++++++
 clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp              |  7 +++++++
 clang/test/SemaCXX/wreturn-always-throws.cpp | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
index 14403e65e8f42..bb412ef6788e7 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -3267,6 +3267,14 @@ void Sema::mergeDeclAttributes(NamedDecl *New, Decl *Old,
     if (isa<UsedAttr>(I) || isa<RetainAttr>(I))
       continue;
 
+    if (isa<InferredNoReturnAttr>(I)) {
+      if (auto *FD = dyn_cast<FunctionDecl>(New)) {
+        if (FD->getTemplateSpecializationKind() == TSK_ExplicitSpecialization)
+          continue; // Don't propagate inferred noreturn attributes to explicit
+                    // specializations.
+      }
+    }
+
     if (mergeDeclAttribute(*this, New, I, LocalAMK))
       foundAny = true;
   }
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
index eff5f9568236a..a7897bdfe6e0f 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
@@ -1970,6 +1970,13 @@ void clang::inferNoReturnAttr(Sema &S, const Decl *D) {
   if (!FD)
     return;
 
+  // Skip explicit specializations here as they may have
+  // a user-provided definition that may deliberately differ from the primary
+  // template. If an explicit specialization truly never returns, the user
+  // should explicitly mark it with [[noreturn]].
+  if (FD->getTemplateSpecializationKind() == TSK_ExplicitSpecialization)
+    return;
+
   auto *NonConstFD = const_cast<FunctionDecl *>(FD);
   DiagnosticsEngine &Diags = S.getDiagnostics();
   if (Diags.isIgnored(diag::warn_falloff_nonvoid, FD->getLocation()) &&
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/wreturn-always-throws.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/wreturn-always-throws.cpp
index addcadd1183dc..df7689f7063cc 100644
--- a/clang/test/SemaCXX/wreturn-always-throws.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/wreturn-always-throws.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -fcxx-exceptions -fexceptions -Wreturn-type -verify %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -fcxx-exceptions -fexceptions -Wreturn-type -Winvalid-noreturn -verify %s
 // expected-no-diagnostics
 
 namespace std {
@@ -44,3 +44,22 @@ void testTemplates() {
   throwErrorTemplate("ERROR");
   (void)ensureZeroTemplate(42);
 }
+
+// Ensure that explicit specialization of a member function does not inherit
+// the warning from the primary template.
+
+template<typename T>
+struct S {
+  void f();
+  void g();
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+void S<T>::f() { throw 0; } 
+template<>
+void S<int>::f() {}
+
+template<typename T> 
+void S<T>::g() {}  
+template<> 
+void S<int>::g() { throw 0; }