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Comment at: clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cert/DefaultOperatorNewCheck.cpp:51
+  // The alignment used by default 'operator new' (in bits).
+  const unsigned DefaultAlignment = Context.getTargetInfo().getNewAlign();
+
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aaron.ballman wrote:
> aaron.ballman wrote:
> > martong wrote:
> > > aaron.ballman wrote:
> > > > martong wrote:
> > > > > martong wrote:
> > > > > > aaron.ballman wrote:
> > > > > > > lebedev.ri wrote:
> > > > > > > > martong wrote:
> > > > > > > > > martong wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > What is the difference between "default" and "fundamental" 
> > > > > > > > > > alignment? Are they the same? Can they differ in any 
> > > > > > > > > > architecture?
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/MEM57-CPP.+Avoid+using+default+operator+new+for+over-aligned+types
> > > > > > > > > > Here there is no wording of "default alignment" only 
> > > > > > > > > > "fundamental alignment" is mentioned. Based on this I'd 
> > > > > > > > > > call this as `FundamentalAligment`.
> > > > > > > > > > What is the difference between "default" and "fundamental" 
> > > > > > > > > > alignment? Are they the same?
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > `fundamental alignment` of any type is the alignment of 
> > > > > > > > > std::max_align_t. I.e. `alignof(std::max_align_t)`. 
> > > > > > > > > See C++17 6.11.2.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > On the other hand, default alignment is the value in 
> > > > > > > > > `__STDCPP_DEFAULT_NEW_ALIGNMENT__` which may be predefined 
> > > > > > > > > with `fnew-alignment`
> > > > > > > > > See https://www.bfilipek.com/2019/08/newnew-align.html
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > These values can differ: 
> > > > > > > > > https://wandbox.org/permlink/yIwjiNMw9KyXEQan
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Thus, I think we should use the fundamental alignment here, 
> > > > > > > > > not the default alignment. 
> > > > > > > > > So, `getNewAlign()` does not seem right to me.
> > > > > > > > > @aaron.ballman What do you think?
> > > > > > > > > Thus, I think we should use the fundamental alignment here, 
> > > > > > > > > not the default alignment.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > I have the exact opposite view.
> > > > > > > > If as per `getNewAlign()` the alignment would be okay, why 
> > > > > > > > should we not trust it?
> > > > > > > The comment on `getNewAlign()` is:
> > > > > > > ```
> > > > > > >   /// Return the largest alignment for which a suitably-sized 
> > > > > > > allocation with
> > > > > > >   /// '::operator new(size_t)' is guaranteed to produce a 
> > > > > > > correctly-aligned
> > > > > > >   /// pointer.
> > > > > > > ```
> > > > > > > I read that as saying any alignment larger than what is returned 
> > > > > > > by `getNewAlign()` must call the over-aligned operator new 
> > > > > > > variant in C++17 if available. So if the actual call target 
> > > > > > > doesn't have an alignment specifier, it's probably getting the 
> > > > > > > alignment wrong and would be worth diagnosing on.
> > > > > > > I have the exact opposite view.
> > > > > > > If as per getNewAlign() the alignment would be okay, why should 
> > > > > > > we not trust it?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > That could lead to a false positive diagnostic if 
> > > > > > `-fnew-alignment=8` and `alignas(16)` , because 
> > > > > > `alignof(max_align_t)` is still 16.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > See the definidion of `getNewAlign()` which will return with 8 in 
> > > > > > this case I suppose:
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > >   unsigned getNewAlign() const {
> > > > > >     return NewAlign ? NewAlign : std::max(LongDoubleAlign, 
> > > > > > LongLongAlign);
> > > > > >   }
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > > So if the actual call target doesn't have an alignment specifier, 
> > > > > > it's probably getting the alignment wrong and would be worth 
> > > > > > diagnosing on.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I agree, but then we are implementing a checker which is different 
> > > > > from the description given in cert-mem57.
> > > > > So it is not a CERT checker anymore, perhaps we should rename then.
> > > > > There is no mention of __STDCPP_DEFAULT_NEW_ALIGNMENT__ in 
> > > > > https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/MEM57-CPP.+Avoid+using+default+operator+new+for+over-aligned+types
> > > > > It clearly references the "fundamental alignement".
> > > > Why do you believe that to be a false positive? That seems like exactly 
> > > > the behavior we'd want -- if the user says that their allocation 
> > > > function guarantees a particular max alignment by using 
> > > > `-fnew-alignment`, we should honor that.
> > > > Why do you believe that to be a false positive? That seems like exactly 
> > > > the behavior we'd want -- if the user says that their allocation 
> > > > function guarantees a particular max alignment by using 
> > > > -fnew-alignment, we should honor that.
> > > 
> > > Okay, giving it more thought, that makes perfect sense.
> > > Anyway, thanks for trying to understand my concerns :)
> > That's because the CERT rule was written to target C++14 and earlier, which 
> > did not have `__STDCPP_DEFAULT_NEW_ALIGNMENT__`.
> > 
> > We can solve this in one of two ways: don't enable the check in C++17 mode, 
> > or do the right thing in C++17 mode. I think we should do the right thing, 
> > which is to check which overload is selected (if the aligned overload is 
> > selected, we don't diagnose because it's doing the right thing for the 
> > user) and compare against `getNewAlign()` (if the alignment requested is 
> > stricter than what we can guarantee through `getNewAlign()` and we've 
> > verified we're not calling an aligned overload, there is a real chance the 
> > pointer value will be incorrectly aligned). To me, that meets the spirit of 
> > what the CERT rule is trying to convey while still being useful in C++17.
> > Okay, giving it more thought, that makes perfect sense.
> > Anyway, thanks for trying to understand my concerns :)
> 
> Thank you for the good discussion on them!
I am not sure about if really any warning is needed in C++17. Because if the 
non-aligned `operator new` is selected it is already an user-provided one (the 
system-provided allocation function should take the alignment argument). And 
for user-defined `operator new` we do not want any warning (even if it looks 
like wrong but may be it is not).


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