[llvm] r342710 - [ADT] restrict bit_cast to trivially-constructible To

[JF Bastien via llvm-commits]

Author: jfb
Date: Thu Sep 20 22:18:49 2018
New Revision: 342710

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=342710&view=rev
Log:
[ADT] restrict bit_cast to trivially-constructible To

Summary: As discussed in r341853 by blaikie, the reinterpret_cast was technically an aliasing violation. Restrict our bit_cast implementation to To which are trivially-constructible (and note the existing restriction to constexpr). Once we move to C++17 we can use a version of bit_cast without these restrictions, or if we care we can SFINAE a different implementation when To isn't trivially-constructible.

Reviewers: dblaikie, rsmith

Subscribers: dexonsmith, kristina, llvm-commits

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D52332

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/bit.h

Modified: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/bit.h
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/bit.h?rev=342710&r1=342709&r2=342710&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/bit.h (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/bit.h Thu Sep 20 22:18:49 2018
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@
 
 namespace llvm {
 
+// This implementation of bit_cast is different from the C++17 one in two ways:
+//  - It isn't constexpr because that requires compiler support.
+//  - It requires trivially-constructible To, to avoid UB in the implementation.
 template <typename To, typename From
           , typename = typename std::enable_if<sizeof(To) == sizeof(From)>::type
+          , typename = typename std::is_trivially_constructible<To>::type
 #if (__has_feature(is_trivially_copyable) && defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION)) || \
     (defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 5)
           , typename = typename std::enable_if<std::is_trivially_copyable<To>::value>::type
@@ -38,17 +42,9 @@ template <typename To, typename From
 #endif
 >
 inline To bit_cast(const From &from) noexcept {
-  alignas(To) unsigned char storage[sizeof(To)];
-  std::memcpy(&storage, &from, sizeof(To));
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
-  // Before GCC 7.2, GCC thought that this violated strict aliasing.
-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstrict-aliasing"
-#endif
-  return reinterpret_cast<To &>(storage);
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-#endif
+  To to;
+  std::memcpy(&to, &from, sizeof(To));
+  return to;
 }
 
 } // namespace llvm