llvm-project/clang/test/SemaCXX/vla-construct.cpp
Aaron Ballman 84a3aadf0f Diagnose use of VLAs in C++ by default
Reapplication of 7339c0f782d5c70e0928f8991b0c05338a90c84c with a fix
for a crash involving arrays without a size expression.

Clang supports VLAs in C++ as an extension, but we currently only warn
on their use when you pass -Wvla, -Wvla-extension, or -pedantic.
However, VLAs as they're expressed in C have been considered by WG21
and rejected, are easy to use accidentally to the surprise of users
(e.g., https://ddanilov.me/default-non-standard-features/), and they
have potential security implications beyond constant-size arrays
(https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/ARR32-C.+Ensure+size+arguments+for+variable+length+arrays+are+in+a+valid+range).
C++ users should strongly consider using other functionality such as
std::vector instead.

This seems like sufficiently compelling evidence to warn users about
VLA use by default in C++ modes. This patch enables the -Wvla-extension
diagnostic group in C++ language modes by default, and adds the warning
group to -Wall in GNU++ language modes. The warning is still opt-in in
C language modes, where support for VLAs is somewhat less surprising to
users.

RFC: https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-diagnosing-use-of-vlas-in-c/73109
Fixes https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/62836
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D156565
2023-10-20 13:10:03 -04:00

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// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fcxx-exceptions -fexceptions -O0 -verify -Wno-vla %s
// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fcxx-exceptions -fexceptions -pedantic-errors -O0 -verify=pe %s
// expected-no-diagnostics
extern "C" int printf(const char*, ...);
static int N;
struct S {
S() __attribute__ ((nothrow)) { printf("%d: S()\n", ++N); }
~S() __attribute__ ((nothrow)) { printf("%d: ~S()\n", N--); }
int n[17];
};
void print(int n, int a, int b, int c, int d) {
printf("n=%d\n,sizeof(S)=%d\nsizeof(array_t[0][0])=%d\nsizeof(array_t[0])=%d\nsizeof(array_t)=%d\n",
n, a, b, c, d);
if (n == 2) throw(n);
}
void test(int n) {
S array_t[n][n+1]; // pe-error 2{{variable length arrays in C++ are a Clang extension}} pe-note 2{{parameter}} pe-note@-1 2{{here}}
int sizeof_S = sizeof(S);
int sizeof_array_t_0_0 = sizeof(array_t[0][0]);
int sizeof_array_t_0 = sizeof(array_t[0]);
int sizeof_array_t = sizeof(array_t);
print(n, sizeof_S, sizeof_array_t_0_0, sizeof_array_t_0, sizeof_array_t);
}
int main()
{
try {
test(2);
} catch(int e) {
printf("exception %d\n", e);
}
try {
test(3);
} catch(int e) {
printf("exception %d", e);
}
}