On 10/8/21 03:44, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
index 133b82eef38..082d167cd65 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
@@ -12777,6 +12777,17 @@ assert (__builtin_object_size (q, 1) == sizeof
(var.b));
@end smallexample
@end deftypefn
+@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {size_t} __builtin_dynamic_object_size (const void * @var{ptr}, int @var{type})
+is similar to @code{__builtin_object_size} in that it returns a number of bytes
+from @var{ptr} to the end of the object @var{ptr} pointer points to, except
+that the size returned may not be a constant. This results in successful
+evaluation of object size estimates in a wider range of use cases and can be
+more precise than @code{__builtin_object_size}, but it incurs a performance
+penalty since it may add a runtime overhead on size computation. Semantics of
+@var{type} as well as return values in case it is not possible to determine
+which objects @var{ptr} points to at compile time are the same as in the case
+of @code{__builtin_object_size}.
+
Looks like I had pushed my scratch build without this doc update; this
fails because I didn't terminate the @deftypefn. I've fixed it locally
and will post an updated series along with resolution of feedback I
receive on the series.
Thanks,
Siddhesh
