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From: David Malcolm <dmalcolm@gcc.gnu.org> To: gcc-cvs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [gcc r13-5613] doc: add notes about limitations of -fanalyzer Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 02:22:16 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview] Message-ID: <20230201022216.486523858D38@sourceware.org> (raw) https://gcc.gnu.org/g:a90316c6ceddfbb47b3c2161baf446ccb87df5ff commit r13-5613-ga90316c6ceddfbb47b3c2161baf446ccb87df5ff Author: David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> Date: Tue Jan 31 21:18:00 2023 -0500 doc: add notes about limitations of -fanalyzer gcc/ChangeLog: * doc/invoke.texi (Static Analyzer Options): Add notes about limitations of -fanalyzer. Signed-off-by: David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> Diff: --- gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi index d12f318adfd..b45b629069b 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi @@ -10064,6 +10064,13 @@ code, and issues warnings for problems found on them. This analysis is much more expensive than other GCC warnings. +In technical terms, it performs coverage-guided symbolic execution of +the code being compiled. It is neither sound nor complete: it can +have false positives and false negatives. It is a bug-finding tool, +rather than a tool for proving program correctness. + +The analyzer is only suitable for use on C code in this release. + Enabling this option effectively enables the following warnings: @gccoptlist{ @gol
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