Summary:
Right now we annotate C++'s `operator new` with `noalias` attribute,
which very much is healthy for optimizations.
However as per [[ http://eel.is/c++draft/basic.stc.dynamic.allocation | `[basic.stc.dynamic.allocation]` ]],
there are more promises on global `operator new`, namely:
* non-`std::nothrow_t` `operator new` *never* returns `nullptr`
* If `std::align_val_t align` parameter is taken, the pointer will also be `align`-aligned
* ~~global `operator new`-returned pointer is `__STDCPP_DEFAULT_NEW_ALIGNMENT__`-aligned ~~ It's more caveated than that.
Supplying this information may not cause immediate landslide effects
on any specific benchmarks, but it for sure will be healthy for optimizer
in the sense that the IR will better reflect the guarantees provided in the source code.
The caveat is `-fno-assume-sane-operator-new`, which currently prevents emitting `noalias`
attribute, and is automatically passed by Sanitizers ([[ https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16386 | PR16386 ]]) - should it also cover these attributes?
The problem is that the flag is back-end-specific, as seen in `test/Modules/explicit-build-flags.cpp`.
But while it is okay to add `noalias` metadata in backend, we really should be adding at least
the alignment metadata to the AST, since that allows us to perform sema checks on it.
Reviewers: erichkeane, rjmccall, jdoerfert, eugenis, rsmith
Reviewed By: rsmith
Subscribers: xbolva00, jrtc27, atanasyan, nlopes, cfe-commits
Tags: #llvm, #clang
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D73380
Implements finding appropriate source locations for intermediate diagnostic
pieces in path-sensitive bug reports that need to descend into an inlined
operator new() call that was called via new-expression. The diagnostics have
worked correctly when operator new() was called "directly".
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D41409
rdar://problem/12180598
llvm-svn: 322791
The callback runs after operator new() and before the construction and allows
the checker to access the casted return value of operator new() (in the
sense of r322780) which is not available in the PostCall callback for the
allocator call.
Update MallocChecker to use the new callback instead of PostStmt<CXXNewExpr>,
which gets called after the constructor.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D41406
rdar://problem/12180598
llvm-svn: 322787
Roman Lebedev