Index: clang/docs/ClangStaticAnalyzer.rst =================================================================== --- clang/docs/ClangStaticAnalyzer.rst +++ clang/docs/ClangStaticAnalyzer.rst @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Clang Static Analyzer ===================== +.. _clang-static-analyzer-docs: + The Clang Static Analyzer is a source code analysis tool that finds bugs in C, C++, and Objective-C programs. It implements *path-sensitive*, *inter-procedural analysis* based on *symbolic execution* technique. Index: clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst =================================================================== --- clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -222,10 +222,57 @@ Static Analyzer --------------- +- Fixed a bug where an incorrect checker name would be displayed for a bug + report.` + +- New checker: 'security.insecureAPI.DeprecatedOrUnsafeBufferHandling' to detect + uses of unsafe/deprecated buffer handling functions for C code using the C11 + standard or newer. + +- New checker: 'osx.MIGChecker' to find violations of the Mach Interface + Generator calling convention + +- New checker: 'optin.osx.OSObjectCStyleCast' to find C-style casts of of XNU + libkern OSObjects + +- New package: 'apiModeling.llvm' contains modeling checkers to improve the + accuracy of reports on LLVM's own codebase. + +- The Static Analyzer received a + :ref:`developer documentation `. + - The UninitializedObject checker is now considered as stable. (moved from the 'alpha.cplusplus' to the 'optin.cplusplus' package) -... +- New frontend flags: The list of available checkers are now split into 3 + different frontend flags: + + - ``-analyzer-checker-help``: The list of user-facing, stable checkers. + + - ``-analyzer-checker-help-alpha``: The list of in-development + checkers not yet advised to be turned on. + + - ``-analyzer-checker-help-developer``: Checkers never meant to be + enabled/disabled by hand + development checkers. + +- New frontend flags: While they have always been around, for the first time, + checker and package options are listable: + + - ``-analyzer-checker-option-help``: The list of user-facing, stable checker + and package options. + + - ``-analyzer-checker-option-help-alpha``: The list of in-development checker + options not yet advised to be used. + + - ``-analyzer-checker-option-help-developer``: Options never meant to be + enabled/disabled by hand + development options. + +- New frontend flag: ``-analyzer-werror`` to turn analyzer warnings into errors. + +- Numerous fixes to increase the stability of the experimental cross translation + unit analysis (CTU). + +- CTU now handles virtual functions as well. .. _release-notes-ubsan: