Allow constexpr construction of subobjects unconditionally, not just in C++14.

Summary:
Per https://wg21.link/CWG1677, the C++11 standard did not clarify that constant
initialization of an object allowed constexpr brace-or-equal initialization of
subobjects:

  struct foo_t { union { int i; volatile int j; } u; };

  __attribute__((__require_constant_initialization__))
  static const foo_t x = {{0}};

Because foo_t::u has a volatile member, the initializer for x fails. However,
there is really no good reason, because this:

  union foo_u { int i; volatile int j; };
  __attribute__((__require_constant_initialization__))
  static const foo_u x = {0};

does have a constant initializer.

(This was triggered by musl's pthread_mutex_t type when building under C++11.)

Reviewers: rsmith

Subscribers: EricWF, cfe-commits

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D28427

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk@291480 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp b/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp
index fe77c7f6f3..a8512b2940 100644
--- a/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp
+++ b/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp
@@ -1627,8 +1627,17 @@ static bool CheckLiteralType(EvalInfo &Info, const Expr *E,
   // C++1y: A constant initializer for an object o [...] may also invoke
   // constexpr constructors for o and its subobjects even if those objects
   // are of non-literal class types.
-  if (Info.getLangOpts().CPlusPlus14 && This &&
-      Info.EvaluatingDecl == This->getLValueBase())
+  //
+  // C++11 missed this detail for aggregates, so classes like this:
+  //   struct foo_t { union { int i; volatile int j; } u; };
+  // are not (obviously) initializable like so:
+  //   __attribute__((__require_constant_initialization__))
+  //   static const foo_t x = {{0}};
+  // because "i" is a subobject with non-literal initialization (due to the
+  // volatile member of the union). See:
+  //   http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/cwg_active.html#1677
+  // Therefore, we use the C++1y behavior.
+  if (This && Info.EvaluatingDecl == This->getLValueBase())
     return true;
 
   // Prvalue constant expressions must be of literal types.