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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
index e4b42402dc5..979c28cbd87 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
@@ -9026,10 +9026,6 @@ static QualType CheckIndirectionOperand(Sema &S, Expr *Op, ExprValueKind &VK,
Op->getSourceRange());
}
- // Note that per both C89 and C99, indirection is always legal, even if OpTy
- // is an incomplete type or void. It would be possible to warn about
- // dereferencing a void pointer, but it's completely well-defined, and such a
- // warning is unlikely to catch any mistakes.
if (const PointerType *PT = OpTy->getAs<PointerType>())
Result = PT->getPointeeType();
else if (const ObjCObjectPointerType *OPT =
@@ -9048,6 +9044,19 @@ static QualType CheckIndirectionOperand(Sema &S, Expr *Op, ExprValueKind &VK,
return QualType();
}
+ // Note that per both C89 and C99, indirection is always legal, even if Result
+ // is an incomplete type or void. It would be possible to warn about
+ // dereferencing a void pointer, but it's completely well-defined, and such a
+ // warning is unlikely to catch any mistakes. In C++, indirection is not valid
+ // for pointers to 'void' but is fine for any other pointer type:
+ //
+ // C++ [expr.unary.op]p1:
+ // [...] the expression to which [the unary * operator] is applied shall
+ // be a pointer to an object type, or a pointer to a function type
+ if (S.getLangOpts().CPlusPlus && Result->isVoidType())
+ S.Diag(OpLoc, diag::ext_typecheck_indirection_through_void_pointer)
+ << OpTy << Op->getSourceRange();
+
// Dereferences are usually l-values...
VK = VK_LValue;
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