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authorMartin Uecker <uecker@tugraz.at>2023-07-27 13:36:05 +0200
committerMartin Uecker <uecker@tugraz.at>2023-11-01 22:35:14 +0100
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c: Add Walloc-size to warn about insufficient size in allocations [PR71219]
Add option Walloc-size that warns about allocations that have insufficient storage for the target type of the pointer the storage is assigned to. Added to Wextra. PR c/71219 gcc: * doc/invoke.texi: Document -Walloc-size option. gcc/c-family: * c.opt (Walloc-size): New option. gcc/c: * c-typeck.cc (convert_for_assignment): Add warning. gcc/testsuite: * gcc.dg/Walloc-size-1.c: New test. * gcc.dg/Walloc-size-2.c: New test.
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@@ -8138,6 +8138,16 @@ always leads to a call to another @code{cold} function such as wrappers of
C++ @code{throw} or fatal error reporting functions leading to @code{abort}.
@end table
+@opindex Wno-alloc-size
+@opindex Walloc-size
+@item -Walloc-size
+Warn about calls to allocation functions decorated with attribute
+@code{alloc_size} that specify insufficient size for the target type of
+the pointer the result is assigned to, including those to the built-in
+forms of the functions @code{aligned_alloc}, @code{alloca},
+@code{calloc},
+@code{malloc}, and @code{realloc}.
+
@opindex Wno-alloc-zero
@opindex Walloc-zero
@item -Walloc-zero