llvm · AaronBallman · Apr 25, 2025 · Apr 23, 2025 · Apr 23, 2025 · Apr 23, 2025
diff --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ C Language Changes
 - Clang now allows an ``inline`` specifier on a typedef declaration of a
   function type in Microsoft compatibility mode. #GH124869
 - Clang now allows ``restrict`` qualifier for array types with pointer elements (#GH92847).
+- Clang now diagnoses ``const``-qualified object definitions without an
+  initializer. If the object is zero-initialized, it will be diagnosed under
+  the new warning ``-Wdefault-const-init`` (which is grouped under
+  ``-Wc++-compat`` because this construct is not compatible with C++). If the
+  object is left uninitialized, it will be diagnosed unsed the new warning
+  ``-Wdefault-const-init-unsafe`` (which is grouped under
+  ``-Wdefault-const-init``). #GH19297
 - Added ``-Wimplicit-void-ptr-cast``, grouped under ``-Wc++-compat``, which
   diagnoses implicit conversion from ``void *`` to another pointer type as
   being incompatible with C++. (#GH17792)

diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticGroups.td
@@ -154,9 +154,11 @@ def BuiltinRequiresHeader : DiagGroup<"builtin-requires-header">;
 def C99Compat : DiagGroup<"c99-compat">;
 def C23Compat : DiagGroup<"c23-compat">;
 def : DiagGroup<"c2x-compat", [C23Compat]>;
-
+def DefaultConstInitUnsafe : DiagGroup<"default-const-init-unsafe">;
+def DefaultConstInit : DiagGroup<"default-const-init", [DefaultConstInitUnsafe]>;
 def ImplicitVoidPtrCast : DiagGroup<"implicit-void-ptr-cast">;
-def CXXCompat: DiagGroup<"c++-compat", [ImplicitVoidPtrCast]>;
+def CXXCompat: DiagGroup<"c++-compat", [ImplicitVoidPtrCast, DefaultConstInit]>;
+
 def ExternCCompat : DiagGroup<"extern-c-compat">;
 def KeywordCompat : DiagGroup<"keyword-compat">;
 def GNUCaseRange : DiagGroup<"gnu-case-range">;

diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
@@ -8197,6 +8197,16 @@ def err_address_space_qualified_new : Error<
 def err_address_space_qualified_delete : Error<
   "'delete' cannot delete objects of type %0 in address space '%1'">;
 
+def note_default_init_const_member : Note<
+  "member %0 declared 'const' here">;
+def warn_default_init_const : Warning<
+  "default initialization of an object of type %0%select{| with const member}1 "
+  "is incompatible with C++">,
+  InGroup<DefaultConstInit>, DefaultIgnore;
+def warn_default_init_const_unsafe : Warning<
+  "default initialization of an object of type %0%select{| with const member}1 "
+  "leaves the object uninitialized and is incompatible with C++">,
+  InGroup<DefaultConstInitUnsafe>;
 def err_default_init_const : Error<
   "default initialization of an object of const type %0"
   "%select{| without a user-provided default constructor}1">;

diff --git a/clang/lib/Parse/ParseStmt.cpp b/clang/lib/Parse/ParseStmt.cpp
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@ StmtResult Parser::ParseForStatement(SourceLocation *TrailingElseLoc) {
       FirstPart = Actions.ActOnDeclStmt(DG, DeclStart, Tok.getLocation());
     } else {
       // In C++0x, "for (T NS:a" might not be a typo for ::
-      bool MightBeForRangeStmt = getLangOpts().CPlusPlus;
+      bool MightBeForRangeStmt = getLangOpts().CPlusPlus || getLangOpts().ObjC;
       ColonProtectionRAIIObject ColonProtection(*this, MightBeForRangeStmt);
       ParsedAttributes DeclSpecAttrs(AttrFactory);
       DG = ParseSimpleDeclaration(

diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/Sema.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/Sema.cpp
@@ -1448,6 +1448,18 @@ void Sema::ActOnEndOfTranslationUnit() {
     // No initialization is performed for a tentative definition.
     CheckCompleteVariableDeclaration(VD);
 
+    // In C, if the definition is const-qualified and has no initializer, it
+    // is left uninitialized unless it has static or thread storage duration.
+    QualType Type = VD->getType();
+    if (!VD->isInvalidDecl() && !getLangOpts().CPlusPlus &&
+        Type.isConstQualified() && !VD->getAnyInitializer()) {
+      unsigned DiagID = diag::warn_default_init_const_unsafe;
+      if (VD->getStorageDuration() == SD_Static ||
+          VD->getStorageDuration() == SD_Thread)
+        DiagID = diag::warn_default_init_const;
+      Diag(VD->getLocation(), DiagID) << Type << /*not a field*/ 0;
+    }
+
     // Notify the consumer that we've completed a tentative definition.
     if (!VD->isInvalidDecl())
       Consumer.CompleteTentativeDefinition(VD);

diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -14333,6 +14333,16 @@ void Sema::ActOnUninitializedDecl(Decl *RealDecl) {
       return;
     }
 
+    // In C, if the definition is const-qualified and has no initializer, it
+    // is left uninitialized unless it has static or thread storage duration.
+    if (!getLangOpts().CPlusPlus && Type.isConstQualified()) {
+      unsigned DiagID = diag::warn_default_init_const_unsafe;
+      if (Var->getStorageDuration() == SD_Static ||
+          Var->getStorageDuration() == SD_Thread)
+        DiagID = diag::warn_default_init_const;
+      Diag(Var->getLocation(), DiagID) << Type << /*not a field*/ 0;
+    }
+
     // Check for jumps past the implicit initializer.  C++0x
     // clarifies that this applies to a "variable with automatic
     // storage duration", not a "local variable".

diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaInit.cpp
@@ -6496,6 +6496,20 @@ static bool canPerformArrayCopy(const InitializedEntity &Entity) {
   return false;
 }
 
+static const FieldDecl *getConstField(const RecordDecl *RD) {
+  assert(!isa<CXXRecordDecl>(RD) && "Only expect to call this in C mode");
+  for (const FieldDecl *FD : RD->fields()) {
+    QualType QT = FD->getType();
+    if (QT.isConstQualified())
+      return FD;
+    if (const auto *RD = QT->getAsRecordDecl()) {
+      if (const FieldDecl *FD = getConstField(RD))
+        return FD;
+    }
+  }
+  return nullptr;
+}
+
 void InitializationSequence::InitializeFrom(Sema &S,
                                             const InitializedEntity &Entity,
                                             const InitializationKind &Kind,
@@ -6563,13 +6577,28 @@ void InitializationSequence::InitializeFrom(Sema &S,
 
   if (!S.getLangOpts().CPlusPlus &&
       Kind.getKind() == InitializationKind::IK_Default) {
-    RecordDecl *Rec = DestType->getAsRecordDecl();
-    if (Rec && Rec->hasUninitializedExplicitInitFields()) {
+    if (RecordDecl *Rec = DestType->getAsRecordDecl()) {
       VarDecl *Var = dyn_cast_or_null<VarDecl>(Entity.getDecl());
-      if (Var && !Initializer) {
-        S.Diag(Var->getLocation(), diag::warn_field_requires_explicit_init)
-            << /* Var-in-Record */ 1 << Rec;
-        emitUninitializedExplicitInitFields(S, Rec);
+      if (Rec->hasUninitializedExplicitInitFields()) {
+        if (Var && !Initializer) {
+          S.Diag(Var->getLocation(), diag::warn_field_requires_explicit_init)
+              << /* Var-in-Record */ 1 << Rec;
+          emitUninitializedExplicitInitFields(S, Rec);
+        }
+      }
+      // If the record has any members which are const (recursively checked),
+      // then we want to diagnose those as being uninitialized if there is no
+      // initializer present.
+      if (!Initializer) {
+        if (const FieldDecl *FD = getConstField(Rec)) {
+          unsigned DiagID = diag::warn_default_init_const_unsafe;
+          if (Var->getStorageDuration() == SD_Static ||
+              Var->getStorageDuration() == SD_Thread)
+            DiagID = diag::warn_default_init_const;
+
+          S.Diag(Var->getLocation(), DiagID) << Var->getType() << /*member*/ 1;
+          S.Diag(FD->getLocation(), diag::note_default_init_const_member) << FD;
+        }
       }
     }
   }

diff --git a/clang/test/C/C23/n2607.c b/clang/test/C/C23/n2607.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void test1(void) {
 void test2(void) {
   typedef int array[1];
   array reg_array;
-  const array const_array;
+  const array const_array = { 0 };
 
   // An array and its elements are identically qualified. We have to test this
   // using pointers to the array and element, because the controlling
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void test2(void) {
 void test3(void) {
   // Validate that we pick the correct composite type for a conditional
   // operator in the presence of qualifiers.
-  const int const_array[1];
+  const int const_array[1] = { 0 };
   int array[1];
 
   // FIXME: the type here should be `const int (*)[1]`, but for some reason,

diff --git a/clang/test/C/drs/dr1xx.c b/clang/test/C/drs/dr1xx.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ void dr124(void) {
  */
 void dr126(void) {
   typedef int *IP;
-  const IP object; /* expected-note {{variable 'object' declared const here}} */
+  const IP object = 0; /* expected-note {{variable 'object' declared const here}} */
 
   /* The root of the DR is whether 'object' is a pointer to a const int, or a
    * const pointer to int.
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void dr129(void) {
 void dr131(void) {
   struct S {
     const int i; /* expected-note {{data member 'i' declared const here}} */
-  } s1, s2;
+  } s1 = { 0 }, s2 = { 0 };
   s1 = s2; /* expected-error {{cannot assign to variable 's1' with const-qualified data member 'i'}} */
 }
 

diff --git a/clang/test/Parser/typeof.c b/clang/test/Parser/typeof.c
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ static void test(void) {
   short TInt eee; // expected-error{{expected ';' at end of declaration}}
   void ary[7] fff; // expected-error{{array has incomplete element type 'void'}} expected-error{{expected ';' at end of declaration}}
   typeof(void ary[7]) anIntError; // expected-error{{expected ')'}} expected-note {{to match this '('}}  expected-error {{variable has incomplete type 'typeof(void)' (aka 'void')}}
-  typeof(const int) aci; 
-  const typeof (*pi) aConstInt; 
+  typeof(const int) aci = 0;
+  const typeof (*pi) aConstInt = 0;
   int xx;
   int *i;
 }

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/assign.c b/clang/test/Sema/assign.c
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ void test2 (const struct {int a;} *x) {
 
 typedef int arr[10];
 void test3(void) {
-  const arr b;      // expected-note {{variable 'b' declared const here}}
-  const int b2[10]; // expected-note {{variable 'b2' declared const here}}
+  const arr b = {};      // expected-note {{variable 'b' declared const here}}
+  const int b2[10] = {}; // expected-note {{variable 'b2' declared const here}}
   b[4] = 1;         // expected-error {{cannot assign to variable 'b' with const-qualified type 'const arr' (aka 'const int[10]')}}
   b2[4] = 1;        // expected-error {{cannot assign to variable 'b2' with const-qualified type 'const int[10]'}}
 }

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/atomic-ops.c b/clang/test/Sema/atomic-ops.c
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -verify=expected,fp80,noi128 -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -ffreestanding \
-// RUN:   -fsyntax-only -triple=i686-linux-gnu -std=c11
+// RUN:   -Wno-default-const-init-unsafe -fsyntax-only -triple=i686-linux-gnu -std=c11
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -verify=expected,noi128 -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -ffreestanding \
-// RUN:   -fsyntax-only -triple=i686-linux-android -std=c11
+// RUN:   -Wno-default-const-init-unsafe -fsyntax-only -triple=i686-linux-android -std=c11
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -verify -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -ffreestanding \
-// RUN:   -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64-linux-gnu -std=c11
+// RUN:   -Wno-default-const-init-unsafe -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64-linux-gnu -std=c11
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -verify -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -ffreestanding \
-// RUN:   -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64-linux-gnu -std=c11 \
+// RUN:   -Wno-default-const-init-unsafe -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64-linux-gnu -std=c11 \
 // RUN:   -target-cpu pwr7
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -verify -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -ffreestanding \
-// RUN:   -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64le-linux-gnu -std=c11 \
+// RUN:   -Wno-default-const-init-unsafe -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64le-linux-gnu -std=c11 \
 // RUN:   -target-cpu pwr8 -DPPC64_PWR8
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -verify -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -ffreestanding \
-// RUN:   -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64-unknown-aix -std=c11 \
+// RUN:   -Wno-default-const-init-unsafe -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64-unknown-aix -std=c11 \
 // RUN:   -target-cpu pwr8
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -verify -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -ffreestanding \
-// RUN:   -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64-unknown-aix -std=c11 \
+// RUN:   -Wno-default-const-init-unsafe -fsyntax-only -triple=powerpc64-unknown-aix -std=c11 \
 // RUN:   -mabi=quadword-atomics -target-cpu pwr8 -DPPC64_PWR8
 
 // Basic parsing/Sema tests for __c11_atomic_*

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/block-return.c b/clang/test/Sema/block-return.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void foo7(void)
   int (^JJ) (void)  = ^{ return j; }; // OK
   int (^KK) (void)  = ^{ return j+1; }; // OK
 
-  __block const int k;
+  __block const int k = 0;
   const int cint = 100;
 
   int (^MM) (void)  = ^{ return k; };

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/builtins-bpf.c b/clang/test/Sema/builtins-bpf.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ unsigned invalid11(struct s *arg, int info_kind) {
 }
 
 unsigned valid12(void) {
-  const struct s t;
+  const struct s t = {};
   return __builtin_preserve_type_info(t, 0) +
          __builtin_preserve_type_info(*(struct s *)0, 1);
 }

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/builtins-elementwise-math.c b/clang/test/Sema/builtins-elementwise-math.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void test_builtin_elementwise_add_sat(int i, short s, double d, float4 v, int3 i
   _BitInt(32) ext; // expected-warning {{'_BitInt' in C17 and earlier is a Clang extension}}
   ext = __builtin_elementwise_add_sat(ext, ext);
 
-  const int ci;
+  const int ci = 0;
   i = __builtin_elementwise_add_sat(ci, i);
   i = __builtin_elementwise_add_sat(i, ci);
   i = __builtin_elementwise_add_sat(ci, ci);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void test_builtin_elementwise_sub_sat(int i, short s, double d, float4 v, int3 i
   _BitInt(32) ext; // expected-warning {{'_BitInt' in C17 and earlier is a Clang extension}}
   ext = __builtin_elementwise_sub_sat(ext, ext);
 
-  const int ci;
+  const int ci = 0;
   i = __builtin_elementwise_sub_sat(ci, i);
   i = __builtin_elementwise_sub_sat(i, ci);
   i = __builtin_elementwise_sub_sat(ci, ci);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void test_builtin_elementwise_max(int i, short s, double d, float4 v, int3 iv, u
   _BitInt(32) ext; // expected-warning {{'_BitInt' in C17 and earlier is a Clang extension}}
   ext = __builtin_elementwise_max(ext, ext);
 
-  const int ci;
+  const int ci = 0;
   i = __builtin_elementwise_max(ci, i);
   i = __builtin_elementwise_max(i, ci);
   i = __builtin_elementwise_max(ci, ci);
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void test_builtin_elementwise_min(int i, short s, double d, float4 v, int3 iv, u
   _BitInt(32) ext; // expected-warning {{'_BitInt' in C17 and earlier is a Clang extension}}
   ext = __builtin_elementwise_min(ext, ext);
 
-  const int ci;
+  const int ci = 0;
   i = __builtin_elementwise_min(ci, i);
   i = __builtin_elementwise_min(i, ci);
   i = __builtin_elementwise_min(ci, ci);
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ void test_builtin_elementwise_copysign(int i, short s, double d, float f, float4
   ext = __builtin_elementwise_copysign(ext, ext);
   // expected-error@-1 {{1st argument must be a scalar or vector of floating-point types (was '_BitInt(32)')}}
 
-  const float cf32;
+  const float cf32 = 0.0f;
   f = __builtin_elementwise_copysign(cf32, f);
   f = __builtin_elementwise_copysign(f, cf32);
   f = __builtin_elementwise_copysign(cf32, f);

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/builtins-overflow.c b/clang/test/Sema/builtins-overflow.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ void test(void) {
   unsigned r;
   const char * c;
   float f;
-  const unsigned q;
+  const unsigned q = 0;
 
   __builtin_add_overflow();  // expected-error {{too few arguments to function call, expected 3, have 0}}
   __builtin_add_overflow(1, 1, 1, 1);  // expected-error {{too many arguments to function call, expected 3, have 4}}

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/enable_if.c b/clang/test/Sema/enable_if.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen) // expected-note {{'strnlen' has be
 
 void test2(const char *s, int i) {
 // CHECK: define {{.*}}void @test2
-  const char c[123];
+  const char c[123] = { 0 };
   strnlen(s, i);
 // CHECK: call {{.*}}strnlen_real1
   strnlen(s, 999);

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/implicit-decl.c b/clang/test/Sema/implicit-decl.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ typedef unsigned char Boolean;
 extern int printf(__const char *__restrict __format, ...); // both-note{{'printf' declared here}}
 void func(void) {
    int32_t *vector[16];
-   const char compDesc[16 + 1];
+   const char compDesc[16 + 1] = { 0 };
    int32_t compCount = 0;
    if (_CFCalendarDecomposeAbsoluteTimeV(compDesc, vector, compCount)) { // expected-error {{call to undeclared function '_CFCalendarDecomposeAbsoluteTimeV'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations}} \
                                                                             expected-note {{previous implicit declaration}} \

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/overloadable.c b/clang/test/Sema/overloadable.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void incompatible_pointer_type_conversions() {
 }
 
 void dropping_qualifiers_is_incompatible() {
-  const char ccharbuf[1];
+  const char ccharbuf[1] = {0};
   volatile char vcharbuf[1];
 
   void foo(char *c) __attribute__((overloadable));

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/sizeless-1.c b/clang/test/Sema/sizeless-1.c
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ void func(int sel) {
   svint8_t bad_brace_init_int8_6 = {{local_int8, 0}};  // expected-warning {{too many braces around initializer}}
 
   const svint8_t const_int8 = local_int8; // expected-note {{declared const here}}
-  const svint8_t uninit_const_int8;
+  const svint8_t uninit_const_int8;       // expected-warning {{default initialization of an object of type 'const svint8_t' (aka 'const __SVInt8_t') leaves the object uninitialized and is incompatible with C++}};
 
   volatile svint8_t volatile_int8;
 
   const volatile svint8_t const_volatile_int8 = local_int8; // expected-note {{declared const here}}
-  const volatile svint8_t uninit_const_volatile_int8;
+  const volatile svint8_t uninit_const_volatile_int8;       // expected-warning {{default initialization of an object of type 'const volatile svint8_t' (aka 'const volatile __SVInt8_t') leaves the object uninitialized and is incompatible with C++}}
 
   _Atomic svint8_t atomic_int8;      // expected-error {{_Atomic cannot be applied to sizeless type 'svint8_t'}}
   __restrict svint8_t restrict_int8; // expected-error {{requires a pointer or reference}}

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/typedef-retain.c b/clang/test/Sema/typedef-retain.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ void test2(float4 a, int4p result, int i) {
 typedef int a[5];
 void test3(void) {
   typedef const a b;
-  b r;       // expected-note {{variable 'r' declared const here}}
+  b r;       // expected-note {{variable 'r' declared const here}} \
+                expected-warning {{default initialization of an object of type 'b' (aka 'const int[5]') leaves the object uninitialized and is incompatible with C++}}
   r[0] = 10; // expected-error {{cannot assign to variable 'r' with const-qualified type 'b' (aka 'const int[5]')}}
 }
 

diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/varargs-x86-64.c b/clang/test/Sema/varargs-x86-64.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -verify %s -triple x86_64-apple-darwin9
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -Wno-default-const-init-unsafe -verify %s -triple x86_64-apple-darwin9
 
 void f1(void) {
   const __builtin_va_list args2;