(reland) [clang] Warn [[clang::lifetimebound]] misusages on types

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This relands #118281 as-is, after it got reverted in commit 356df2d. The reland can go in after we fixed some downstream codebases that had incorrectly placed attributes.

Original commit description:

Emit the "cannot be applied to types" warning instead of silently ignoring the attribute when it's attempted to be used on a type (instead of a function argument or the function definition).

Before this commit, the warning has been printed when the attribute was (mis)used on a decl-specifier, but not in other places in a declarator.

Examples where the warning starts being emitted with this commit:

  int * [[clang::lifetimebound]] x;

  void f(int * [[clang::lifetimebound]] x);

  void g(int * [[clang::lifetimebound]]);

Note that the last example is the case of an unnamed function parameter. While in theory Clang could've supported the [[clang::lifetimebound]] analysis for unnamed parameters, it doesn't currently, so the commit at least makes the situation better by highlighting this as a warning instead of a silent ignore - which was reported at #96034.

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Author: Maksim Ivanov (emaxx-google)

Changes

The reland can go in after we fixed downstream codebases that had incorrectly placed attributes.

Original commit description:

Emit the "cannot be applied to types" warning instead of silently ignoring the attribute when it's attempted to be used on a type (instead of a function argument or the function definition).

Before this commit, the warning has been printed when the attribute was (mis)used on a decl-specifier, but not in other places in a declarator.

Examples where the warning starts being emitted with this commit:

  int * [[clang::lifetimebound]] x;

  void f(int * [[clang::lifetimebound]] x);

  void g(int * [[clang::lifetimebound]]);

Note that the last example is the case of an unnamed function parameter. While in theory Clang could've supported the [[clang::lifetimebound]] analysis for unnamed parameters, it doesn't currently, so the commit at least makes the situation better by highlighting this as a warning instead of a silent ignore - which was reported at #96034.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/118501.diff

3 Files Affected:

• (modified) clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (+16-1)
• (modified) clang/lib/Sema/SemaType.cpp (+4)
• (modified) clang/test/SemaCXX/attr-lifetimebound.cpp (+16-2)

diff --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index b9986434d09d24..b7f0012572f880 100644
--- a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ C++ Specific Potentially Breaking Changes
     // Fixed version:
     unsigned operator""_udl_name(unsigned long long);
 
-- Clang will now produce an error diagnostic when [[clang::lifetimebound]] is
+- Clang will now produce an error diagnostic when ``[[clang::lifetimebound]]`` is
   applied on a parameter or an implicit object parameter of a function that
   returns void. This was previously ignored and had no effect. (#GH107556)
 
@@ -148,6 +148,21 @@ C++ Specific Potentially Breaking Changes
     // Now diagnoses with an error.
     void f(int& i [[clang::lifetimebound]]);
 
+- Clang will now produce an error diagnostic when ``[[clang::lifetimebound]]``
+  is applied on a type (instead of a function parameter or an implicit object
+  parameter); this includes the case when the attribute is specified for an
+  unnamed function parameter. These were previously ignored and had no effect.
+  (#GH118281)
+
+  .. code-block:: c++
+
+    // Now diagnoses with an error.
+    int* [[clang::lifetimebound]] x;
+    // Now diagnoses with an error.
+    void f(int* [[clang::lifetimebound]] i);
+    // Now diagnoses with an error.
+    void g(int* [[clang::lifetimebound]]);
+
 - Clang now rejects all field accesses on null pointers in constant expressions. The following code
   used to work but will now be rejected:
 
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaType.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaType.cpp
index f32edc5ac06440..75130436282fbd 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaType.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaType.cpp
@@ -8612,7 +8612,11 @@ static void HandleLifetimeBoundAttr(TypeProcessingState &State,
     CurType = State.getAttributedType(
         createSimpleAttr<LifetimeBoundAttr>(State.getSema().Context, Attr),
         CurType, CurType);
+    return;
   }
+  State.getSema().Diag(Attr.getLoc(), diag::err_attribute_wrong_decl_type_str)
+      << Attr << Attr.isRegularKeywordAttribute()
+      << "parameters and implicit object parameters";
 }
 
 static void HandleLifetimeCaptureByAttr(TypeProcessingState &State,
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/attr-lifetimebound.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/attr-lifetimebound.cpp
index f89b556f5bba08..c7abec61873efb 100644
--- a/clang/test/SemaCXX/attr-lifetimebound.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/attr-lifetimebound.cpp
@@ -9,11 +9,25 @@ namespace usage_invalid {
     ~A() [[clang::lifetimebound]]; // expected-error {{cannot be applied to a destructor}}
     static int *static_class_member() [[clang::lifetimebound]]; // expected-error {{static member function has no implicit object parameter}}
     int *explicit_object(this A&) [[clang::lifetimebound]]; // expected-error {{explicit object member function has no implicit object parameter}}
-    int not_function [[clang::lifetimebound]]; // expected-error {{only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
-    int [[clang::lifetimebound]] also_not_function; // expected-error {{cannot be applied to types}}
+    int attr_on_var [[clang::lifetimebound]]; // expected-error {{only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
+    int [[clang::lifetimebound]] attr_on_int; // expected-error {{cannot be applied to types}}
+    int * [[clang::lifetimebound]] attr_on_int_ptr; // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
+    int * [[clang::lifetimebound]] * attr_on_int_ptr_ptr; // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
+    int (* [[clang::lifetimebound]] attr_on_func_ptr)(); // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
     void void_return_member() [[clang::lifetimebound]]; // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute cannot be applied to an implicit object parameter of a function that returns void; did you mean 'lifetime_capture_by(X)'}}
   };
   int *attr_with_param(int &param [[clang::lifetimebound(42)]]); // expected-error {{takes no arguments}}
+
+  void attr_on_ptr_arg(int * [[clang::lifetimebound]] ptr); // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
+  static_assert((int [[clang::lifetimebound]]) 12); // expected-error {{cannot be applied to types}}
+  int* attr_on_unnamed_arg(const int& [[clang::lifetimebound]]); // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
+  template <typename T>
+  int* attr_on_template_ptr_arg(T * [[clang::lifetimebound]] ptr); // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
+
+  int (*func_ptr)(int) [[clang::lifetimebound]]; // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
+  int (*(*func_ptr_ptr)(int) [[clang::lifetimebound]])(int); // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
+  struct X {};
+  int (X::*member_func_ptr)(int) [[clang::lifetimebound]]; // expected-error {{'lifetimebound' attribute only applies to parameters and implicit object parameters}}
 }
 
 namespace usage_ok {

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[emaxx-google]

Also: I didn't proceed with this PR because internal cleanup in Google's internal code base took time, but as this is finished now the PR could be merged.

[emaxx-google]

#122473 is the promised follow-up for the diag.