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[v8] C, ObjC: Add -Wunterminated-string-initialization

Message ID 20240306184352.109374-1-alx@kernel.org
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Alejandro Colomar March 6, 2024, 6:43 p.m. UTC 
Warn about the following:

    char  s[3] = "foo";

Initializing a char array with a string literal of the same length as
the size of the array is usually a mistake.  Rarely is the case where
one wants to create a non-terminated character sequence from a string
literal.

In some cases, for writing faster code, one may want to use arrays
instead of pointers, since that removes the need for storing an array of
pointers apart from the strings themselves.

    char  *log_levels[]   = { "info", "warning", "err" };
vs.
    char  log_levels[][7] = { "info", "warning", "err" };

This forces the programmer to specify a size, which might change if a
new entry is later added.  Having no way to enforce null termination is
very dangerous, however, so it is useful to have a warning for this, so
that the compiler can make sure that the programmer didn't make any
mistakes.  This warning catches the bug above, so that the programmer
will be able to fix it and write:

    char  log_levels[][8] = { "info", "warning", "err" };

This warning already existed as part of -Wc++-compat, but this patch
allows enabling it separately.  It is also included in -Wextra, since
it may not always be desired (when unterminated character sequences are
wanted), but it's likely to be desired in most cases.

Since Wc++-compat now includes this warning, the test has to be modified
to expect the text of the new warning too, in <gcc.dg/Wcxx-compat-14.c>.

gcc/c-family/ChangeLog:

	* c.opt: Add -Wunterminated-string-initialization.

gcc/c/ChangeLog:

	* c-typeck.cc (digest_init): Separate warnings about character
	  arrays being initialized as unterminated character sequences
	  with string literals, from -Wc++-compat, into a new warning,
	  -Wunterminated-string-initialization.

gcc/ChangeLog:

	* doc/invoke.texi: Document the new
	  -Wunterminated-string-initialization.

gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gcc.dg/Wcxx-compat-14.c: Adapt the test to match the new text
	  of the warning, which doesn't say anything about C++ anymore.
	* gcc.dg/Wunterminated-string-initialization.c: New test.

Link: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-11/msg00059.html>
Link: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-11/msg00063.html>
Link: <https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/36da94eb-1cac-5ae8-7fea-ec66160cf413@gmail.com/T/>
Acked-by: Doug McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>
[Sandra: The documentation parts of the patch are OK.]
Reviewed-by: Sandra Loosemore <sloosemore@baylibre.com>
Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Cc: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk>
Cc: Dave Kemper <saint.snit@gmail.com>
Cc: Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com>
Cc: Andrew Pinski <pinskia@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Clayton <andrew@digital-domain.net>
Cc: Martin Uecker <muecker@gwdg.de>
Cc: David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Stump <mikestump@comcast.net>
Cc: Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
---

Hi!

I've added a changelog to the commit message, as requested by Sandra,
and noted her review.

Have a lovely day!
Alex


Range-diff against v7:
1:  c0f3ffcca7a ! 1:  06236d0aa05 C, ObjC: Add -Wunterminated-string-initialization
    @@ Commit message
         Since Wc++-compat now includes this warning, the test has to be modified
         to expect the text of the new warning too, in <gcc.dg/Wcxx-compat-14.c>.
     
    +    gcc/c-family/ChangeLog:
    +
    +            * c.opt: Add -Wunterminated-string-initialization.
    +
    +    gcc/c/ChangeLog:
    +
    +            * c-typeck.cc (digest_init): Separate warnings about character
    +              arrays being initialized as unterminated character sequences
    +              with string literals, from -Wc++-compat, into a new warning,
    +              -Wunterminated-string-initialization.
    +
    +    gcc/ChangeLog:
    +
    +            * doc/invoke.texi: Document the new
    +              -Wunterminated-string-initialization.
    +
    +    gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
    +
    +            * gcc.dg/Wcxx-compat-14.c: Adapt the test to match the new text
    +              of the warning, which doesn't say anything about C++ anymore.
    +            * gcc.dg/Wunterminated-string-initialization.c: New test.
    +
         Link: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-11/msg00059.html>
         Link: <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-11/msg00063.html>
         Link: <https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/36da94eb-1cac-5ae8-7fea-ec66160cf413@gmail.com/T/>
         Acked-by: Doug McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>
    +    [Sandra: The documentation parts of the patch are OK.]
    +    Reviewed-by: Sandra Loosemore <sloosemore@baylibre.com>
         Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
         Cc: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk>
         Cc: Dave Kemper <saint.snit@gmail.com>
    @@ Commit message
         Cc: David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
         Cc: Mike Stump <mikestump@comcast.net>
         Cc: Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com>
    -    Cc: Sandra Loosemore <sloosemore@baylibre.com>
         Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
     
      ## gcc/c-family/c.opt ##

 gcc/c-family/c.opt                            |  4 ++++
 gcc/c/c-typeck.cc                             |  6 +++---
 gcc/doc/invoke.texi                           | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-
 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wcxx-compat-14.c         |  2 +-
 .../Wunterminated-string-initialization.c     |  6 ++++++
 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wunterminated-string-initialization.c
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Patch

diff --git a/gcc/c-family/c.opt b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
index 44b9c862c14..3837021747b 100644
--- a/gcc/c-family/c.opt
+++ b/gcc/c-family/c.opt
@@ -1407,6 +1407,10 @@  Wunsuffixed-float-constants
 C ObjC Var(warn_unsuffixed_float_constants) Warning
 Warn about unsuffixed float constants.
 
+Wunterminated-string-initialization
+C ObjC Var(warn_unterminated_string_initialization) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC,Wextra || Wc++-compat)
+Warn about character arrays initialized as unterminated character sequences with a string literal.
+
 Wunused
 C ObjC C++ ObjC++ LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
 ; documented in common.opt
diff --git a/gcc/c/c-typeck.cc b/gcc/c/c-typeck.cc
index e55e887da14..7df9de819ed 100644
--- a/gcc/c/c-typeck.cc
+++ b/gcc/c/c-typeck.cc
@@ -8399,11 +8399,11 @@  digest_init (location_t init_loc, tree type, tree init, tree origtype,
 		pedwarn_init (init_loc, 0,
 			      ("initializer-string for array of %qT "
 			       "is too long"), typ1);
-	      else if (warn_cxx_compat
+	      else if (warn_unterminated_string_initialization
 		       && compare_tree_int (TYPE_SIZE_UNIT (type), len) < 0)
-		warning_at (init_loc, OPT_Wc___compat,
+		warning_at (init_loc, OPT_Wunterminated_string_initialization,
 			    ("initializer-string for array of %qT "
-			     "is too long for C++"), typ1);
+			     "is too long"), typ1);
 	      if (compare_tree_int (TYPE_SIZE_UNIT (type), len) < 0)
 		{
 		  unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT size
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 146b40414b0..4e85311851f 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -410,7 +410,9 @@  Objective-C and Objective-C++ Dialects}.
 -Wsystem-headers  -Wtautological-compare  -Wtrampolines  -Wtrigraphs
 -Wtrivial-auto-var-init -Wtsan -Wtype-limits  -Wundef
 -Wuninitialized  -Wunknown-pragmas
--Wunsuffixed-float-constants  -Wunused
+-Wunsuffixed-float-constants
+-Wunterminated-string-initialization
+-Wunused
 -Wunused-but-set-parameter  -Wunused-but-set-variable
 -Wunused-const-variable  -Wunused-const-variable=@var{n}
 -Wunused-function  -Wunused-label  -Wunused-local-typedefs
@@ -6264,6 +6266,7 @@  name is still supported, but the newer name is more descriptive.)
 -Wredundant-move @r{(only for C++)}
 -Wtype-limits
 -Wuninitialized
+-Wunterminated-string-initialization
 -Wshift-negative-value @r{(in C++11 to C++17 and in C99 and newer)}
 -Wunused-parameter @r{(only with} @option{-Wunused} @r{or} @option{-Wall}@r{)}
 -Wunused-but-set-parameter @r{(only with} @option{-Wunused} @r{or} @option{-Wall}@r{)}}
@@ -8281,6 +8284,21 @@  arithmetic that may yield out of bounds values. This warning level may
 give a larger number of false positives and is deactivated by default.
 @end table
 
+@opindex Wunterminated-string-initialization
+@opindex Wno-unterminated-string-initialization
+@item -Wunterminated-string-initialization @r{(C and Objective-C only)}
+Warn about character arrays
+initialized as unterminated character sequences
+with a string literal.
+For example:
+
+@smallexample
+char arr[3] = "foo";
+@end smallexample
+
+This warning is enabled by @option{-Wextra} and @option{-Wc++-compat}.
+In C++, such initializations are an error.
+
 @opindex Warray-compare
 @opindex Wno-array-compare
 @item -Warray-compare
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wcxx-compat-14.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wcxx-compat-14.c
index 23783711be6..6df0ee197cc 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wcxx-compat-14.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wcxx-compat-14.c
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ 
 /* { dg-options "-Wc++-compat" } */
 
 char a1[] = "a";
-char a2[1] = "a";	/* { dg-warning "C\[+\]\[+\]" } */
+char a2[1] = "a";	/* { dg-warning "initializer-string for array of 'char' is too long" } */
 char a3[2] = "a";
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wunterminated-string-initialization.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wunterminated-string-initialization.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13d5dbc6640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wunterminated-string-initialization.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ 
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-Wunterminated-string-initialization" } */
+
+char a1[] = "a";
+char a2[1] = "a";	/* { dg-warning "initializer-string for array of 'char' is too long" } */
+char a3[2] = "a";