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[MLIR][NFC] Ignore clang-tidy modernize-use-using check in C code - #180326

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[MLIR][NFC] Ignore clang-tidy modernize-use-using check in C code#180326
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In the MLIR C API headers, clang-tidy’s modernize-use-using check reports a large number of type definitions that use typedef. In my IDE, this even causes the typedef code to be shown as struck through. However, in this case it is clearly not possible to replace them with using. This PR suppresses the modernize-use-using check for the code inside extern "C" blocks.

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In the MLIR C API headers, clang-tidy’s modernize-use-using check reports a large number of type definitions that use typedef. In my IDE, this even causes the typedef code to be shown as struck through. However, in this case it is clearly not possible to replace them with using. This PR suppresses the modernize-use-using check for the code inside extern "C" blocks.


Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/180326.diff

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  • (modified) mlir/.clang-tidy (+2)
diff --git a/mlir/.clang-tidy b/mlir/.clang-tidy
index eb8cbbeb9723c..0d4a4b1214837 100644
--- a/mlir/.clang-tidy
+++ b/mlir/.clang-tidy
@@ -58,3 +58,5 @@ CheckOptions:
     value:           camelBack
   - key:             readability-identifier-naming.VariableCase
     value:           camelBack
+  - key:             modernize-use-using.IgnoreExternC
+    value:           true

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interesting that this isn't automatically the case given that it can recognize extern "C"

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LLVM Buildbot has detected a new failure on builder sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast running on sanitizer-buildbot3 while building mlir at step 2 "annotate".

Full details are available at: https://lab.llvm.org/buildbot/#/builders/169/builds/19764

Here is the relevant piece of the build log for the reference
Step 2 (annotate) failure: 'python ../sanitizer_buildbot/sanitizers/zorg/buildbot/builders/sanitizers/buildbot_selector.py' (failure)
...
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using lld-link: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/lld-link
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using ld64.lld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/ld64.lld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using wasm-ld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/wasm-ld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using ld.lld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/ld.lld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using lld-link: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/lld-link
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using ld64.lld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/ld64.lld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using wasm-ld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/wasm-ld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/main.py:74: note: The test suite configuration requested an individual test timeout of 0 seconds but a timeout of 900 seconds was requested on the command line. Forcing timeout to be 900 seconds.
-- Testing: 96028 tests, 64 workers --
Testing:  0.. 10.. 20.. 30.. 40.. 50.. 60.. 70.. 80.. 90
FAIL: LLVM :: ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s (74228 of 96028)
******************** TEST 'LLVM :: ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s' FAILED ********************
Exit Code: 1

Command Output (stdout):
--
# RUN: at line 1
rm -rf /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp && mkdir -p /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp
# executed command: rm -rf /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# executed command: mkdir -p /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# RUN: at line 2
/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-mc -triple x86_64-apple-macosx10.9 -filetype=obj    -o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_extra_def_strong.o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Inputs/MachO_extra_def_strong.s
# executed command: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-mc -triple x86_64-apple-macosx10.9 -filetype=obj -o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_extra_def_strong.o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Inputs/MachO_extra_def_strong.s
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# RUN: at line 4
/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-ar crs /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/libExtraDef.a /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_extra_def_strong.o
# executed command: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-ar crs /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/libExtraDef.a /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_extra_def_strong.o
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# RUN: at line 5
/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-mc -triple x86_64-apple-macosx10.9 -filetype=obj    -o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_archive_load_hidden_support.o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s
# executed command: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-mc -triple x86_64-apple-macosx10.9 -filetype=obj -o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_archive_load_hidden_support.o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# RUN: at line 7
not /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-jitlink -noexec /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_archive_load_hidden_support.o -lFoo    -jd Foo -L/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp -hidden-lExtraDef
# executed command: not /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-jitlink -noexec /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_archive_load_hidden_support.o -lFoo -jd Foo -L/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp -hidden-lExtraDef
# .---command stderr------------
# | llvm-jitlink error: Symbols not found: [ ExtraDef ]
# | libc++abi: Pure virtual function called!
# `-----------------------------
# error: command failed with exit status: 1

--

********************
Testing:  0.. 10.. 20.. 30.. 40.. 50.. 60.. 70.. 80.. 90..
Slowest Tests:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Step 10 (stage2/asan_ubsan check) failure: stage2/asan_ubsan check (failure)
...
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using lld-link: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/lld-link
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using ld64.lld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/ld64.lld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using wasm-ld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/wasm-ld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using ld.lld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/ld.lld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using lld-link: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/lld-link
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using ld64.lld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/ld64.lld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py:561: note: using wasm-ld: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/wasm-ld
llvm-lit: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/utils/lit/lit/main.py:74: note: The test suite configuration requested an individual test timeout of 0 seconds but a timeout of 900 seconds was requested on the command line. Forcing timeout to be 900 seconds.
-- Testing: 96028 tests, 64 workers --
Testing:  0.. 10.. 20.. 30.. 40.. 50.. 60.. 70.. 80.. 90
FAIL: LLVM :: ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s (74228 of 96028)
******************** TEST 'LLVM :: ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s' FAILED ********************
Exit Code: 1

Command Output (stdout):
--
# RUN: at line 1
rm -rf /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp && mkdir -p /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp
# executed command: rm -rf /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# executed command: mkdir -p /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# RUN: at line 2
/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-mc -triple x86_64-apple-macosx10.9 -filetype=obj    -o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_extra_def_strong.o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Inputs/MachO_extra_def_strong.s
# executed command: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-mc -triple x86_64-apple-macosx10.9 -filetype=obj -o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_extra_def_strong.o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Inputs/MachO_extra_def_strong.s
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# RUN: at line 4
/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-ar crs /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/libExtraDef.a /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_extra_def_strong.o
# executed command: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-ar crs /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/libExtraDef.a /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_extra_def_strong.o
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# RUN: at line 5
/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-mc -triple x86_64-apple-macosx10.9 -filetype=obj    -o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_archive_load_hidden_support.o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s
# executed command: /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-mc -triple x86_64-apple-macosx10.9 -filetype=obj -o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_archive_load_hidden_support.o /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm-project/llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s
# note: command had no output on stdout or stderr
# RUN: at line 7
not /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-jitlink -noexec /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_archive_load_hidden_support.o -lFoo    -jd Foo -L/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp -hidden-lExtraDef
# executed command: not /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/bin/llvm-jitlink -noexec /home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp/MachO_archive_load_hidden_support.o -lFoo -jd Foo -L/home/b/sanitizer-x86_64-linux-fast/build/llvm_build_asan_ubsan/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/x86-64/Output/MachO_archive_load_hidden_expect_failure.s.tmp -hidden-lExtraDef
# .---command stderr------------
# | llvm-jitlink error: Symbols not found: [ ExtraDef ]
# | libc++abi: Pure virtual function called!
# `-----------------------------
# error: command failed with exit status: 1

--

********************
Testing:  0.. 10.. 20.. 30.. 40.. 50.. 60.. 70.. 80.. 90..
Slowest Tests:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

rishabhmadan19 pushed a commit to rishabhmadan19/llvm-project that referenced this pull request Feb 9, 2026
…lvm#180326)

In the MLIR C API headers, clang-tidy’s `modernize-use-using` check
reports a large number of type definitions that use `typedef`. In my
IDE, this even causes the `typedef` code to be shown as struck through.
However, in this case it is clearly not possible to replace them with
`using`. This PR suppresses the `modernize-use-using` check for the code
inside `extern "C"` blocks.
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