https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107851
Bug ID: 107851 Summary: Issues with -Wanalyzer-allocation-size messages Product: gcc Version: 13.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: analyzer Assignee: dmalcolm at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: dmalcolm at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- Taken from gcc.dg/analyzer/allocation-size-2.c #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdint.h> void test_2 (int32_t n) { int32_t *ptr = malloc (n * sizeof (int16_t)); free (ptr); } With "-fanalyzer" (https://godbolt.org/z/fKcdrrh3z) we get: <source>: In function 'test_2': <source>:6:18: warning: allocated buffer size is not a multiple of the pointee's size [CWE-131] [-Wanalyzer-allocation-size] 6 | int32_t *ptr = malloc (n * sizeof (int16_t)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'test_2': event 1 | | 6 | int32_t *ptr = malloc (n * sizeof (int16_t)); | | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | | (1) allocated '(long unsigned int)n * 2' bytes and assigned to 'int32_t *' {aka 'int *'} here; 'sizeof (int32_t {aka int})' is '4' | <source>:6:18: warning: allocated buffer size is not a multiple of the pointee's size [CWE-131] [-Wanalyzer-allocation-size] 'test_2': events 1-3 | | 6 | int32_t *ptr = malloc (n * sizeof (int16_t)); | | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | | (1) allocated '(long unsigned int)n * 2' bytes here | | (2) allocated '(long unsigned int)n * 2' bytes here | | (3) assigned to 'int32_t *' {aka 'int *'} here; 'sizeof (int32_t {aka int})' is '4' | Compiler returned: 0 With "-fanalyzer -fanalyzer-fine-grained" ( https://godbolt.org/z/3fbvofPje ) we get: <source>: In function 'test_2': <source>:6:18: warning: allocated buffer size is not a multiple of the pointee's size [CWE-131] [-Wanalyzer-allocation-size] 6 | int32_t *ptr = malloc (n * sizeof (int16_t)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'test_2': events 1-3 | | 6 | int32_t *ptr = malloc (n * sizeof (int16_t)); | | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | | (1) allocated '(long unsigned int)n * 2' bytes here | | (2) allocated '(long unsigned int)n * 2' bytes here | | (3) assigned to 'int32_t *' {aka 'int *'} here; 'sizeof (int32_t {aka int})' is '4' | Compiler returned: 0 Issues: * note how the "allocated '(long unsigned int)n * 2' bytes here" message is repeated * note how we get a duplicate diagnostic, which goes away with -fanalyzer-fine-grained