When an initializer is provided to a variable, the Linux kernel relied
on the compiler to zero-initialize unspecified fields, as clarified in
https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg1007244.html.
But clang doesn't guarantee this:
1. For a union type, if an empty initializer is given, clang only
initializes bytes for the first field, left bytes for other (larger)
fields are marked as undef. Accessing those undef bytes can lead
to undefined behaviors.
2. For a union type, if an initializer explicitly sets a field, left
bytes for other (larger) fields are marked as undef.
3. When an initializer is given, clang doesn't zero initialize padding.
So this patch makes the following change:
1. In C, when an initializer is provided for a variable, zero-initialize
undef and padding fields in the initializer.
2. Document the change in LanguageExtensions.rst.
As suggested in
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/78034#issuecomment-2183437928,
the change isn't required by C23, but it's standards conforming to do
so.
Fixes: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/97459
This adds -no-opaque-pointers to clang tests whose output will
change when opaque pointers are enabled by default. This is
intended to be part of the migration approach described in
https://discourse.llvm.org/t/enabling-opaque-pointers-by-default/61322/9.
The patch has been produced by replacing %clang_cc1 with
%clang_cc1 -no-opaque-pointers for tests that fail with opaque
pointers enabled. Worth noting that this doesn't cover all tests,
there's a remaining ~40 tests not using %clang_cc1 that will need
a followup change.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D123115
For a definition (of most linkage types), dso_local is set for ELF -fno-pic/-fpie
and COFF, but not for Mach-O. This nuance causes unneeded binary format differences.
This patch replaces (function) `define ` with `define{{.*}} `,
(variable/constant/alias) `= ` with `={{.*}} `, or inserts appropriate `{{.*}} `
if there is an explicit linkage.
* Clang will set dso_local for Mach-O, which is currently implied by TargetMachine.cpp. This will make COFF/Mach-O and executable ELF similar.
* Eventually I hope we can make dso_local the textual LLVM IR default (write explicit "dso_preemptable" when applicable) and -fpic ELF will be similar to everything else. This patch helps move toward that goal.
