Add option to exclude headers from clang-tidy analysis

clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer.cpp

@@ -311,7 +311,18 @@ ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer::ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer(
     : Context(Ctx), ExternalDiagEngine(ExternalDiagEngine),
       RemoveIncompatibleErrors(RemoveIncompatibleErrors),
       GetFixesFromNotes(GetFixesFromNotes),
-      EnableNolintBlocks(EnableNolintBlocks) {}
+      EnableNolintBlocks(EnableNolintBlocks) {
+
+  if (Context.getOptions().HeaderFilterRegex &&
+      !Context.getOptions().HeaderFilterRegex->empty())
+    HeaderFilter =
+        std::make_unique<llvm::Regex>(*Context.getOptions().HeaderFilterRegex);
+
+  if (Context.getOptions().ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex &&
+      !Context.getOptions().ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex->empty())
+    ExcludeHeaderFilter = std::make_unique<llvm::Regex>(
+        *Context.getOptions().ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex);
+}
 
 void ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer::finalizeLastError() {
   if (!Errors.empty()) {
@@ -562,22 +573,17 @@ void ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer::checkFilters(SourceLocation Location,
   }
 
   StringRef FileName(File->getName());
-  LastErrorRelatesToUserCode = LastErrorRelatesToUserCode ||
-                               Sources.isInMainFile(Location) ||
-                               getHeaderFilter()->match(FileName);
+  LastErrorRelatesToUserCode =
+      LastErrorRelatesToUserCode || Sources.isInMainFile(Location) ||
+      (HeaderFilter &&
+       (HeaderFilter->match(FileName) &&
+        !(ExcludeHeaderFilter && ExcludeHeaderFilter->match(FileName))));
 
   unsigned LineNumber = Sources.getExpansionLineNumber(Location);
   LastErrorPassesLineFilter =
       LastErrorPassesLineFilter || passesLineFilter(FileName, LineNumber);
 }
 
-llvm::Regex *ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer::getHeaderFilter() {
-  if (!HeaderFilter)
-    HeaderFilter =
-        std::make_unique<llvm::Regex>(*Context.getOptions().HeaderFilterRegex);
-  return HeaderFilter.get();
-}
-
 void ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer::removeIncompatibleErrors() {
   // Each error is modelled as the set of intervals in which it applies
   // replacements. To detect overlapping replacements, we use a sweep line

clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer.h

@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ class ClangTidyDiagnosticConsumer : public DiagnosticConsumer {
   bool EnableNolintBlocks;
   std::vector<ClangTidyError> Errors;
   std::unique_ptr<llvm::Regex> HeaderFilter;
+  std::unique_ptr<llvm::Regex> ExcludeHeaderFilter;
   bool LastErrorRelatesToUserCode = false;
   bool LastErrorPassesLineFilter = false;
   bool LastErrorWasIgnored = false;

clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.cpp

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ template <> struct MappingTraits<ClangTidyOptions> {
     IO.mapOptional("ImplementationFileExtensions",
                    Options.ImplementationFileExtensions);
     IO.mapOptional("HeaderFilterRegex", Options.HeaderFilterRegex);
+    IO.mapOptional("ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex",
+                   Options.ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex);
     IO.mapOptional("FormatStyle", Options.FormatStyle);
     IO.mapOptional("User", Options.User);
     IO.mapOptional("CheckOptions", Options.CheckOptions);
@@ -191,7 +193,8 @@ ClangTidyOptions ClangTidyOptions::getDefaults() {
   Options.WarningsAsErrors = "";
   Options.HeaderFileExtensions = {"", "h", "hh", "hpp", "hxx"};
   Options.ImplementationFileExtensions = {"c", "cc", "cpp", "cxx"};
-  Options.HeaderFilterRegex = "";
+  Options.HeaderFilterRegex = std::nullopt;
+  Options.ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex = std::nullopt;
   Options.SystemHeaders = false;
   Options.FormatStyle = "none";
   Options.User = std::nullopt;
@@ -231,6 +234,7 @@ ClangTidyOptions &ClangTidyOptions::mergeWith(const ClangTidyOptions &Other,
   overrideValue(ImplementationFileExtensions,
                 Other.ImplementationFileExtensions);
   overrideValue(HeaderFilterRegex, Other.HeaderFilterRegex);
+  overrideValue(ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex, Other.ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex);
   overrideValue(SystemHeaders, Other.SystemHeaders);
   overrideValue(FormatStyle, Other.FormatStyle);
   overrideValue(User, Other.User);

clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.h

@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ struct ClangTidyOptions {
   /// main files will always be displayed.
   std::optional<std::string> HeaderFilterRegex;
 
+  /// \brief Exclude warnings from headers matching this filter, even if they
+  /// match \c HeaderFilterRegex.
+  std::optional<std::string> ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex;
+
   /// Output warnings from system headers matching \c HeaderFilterRegex.
   std::optional<bool> SystemHeaders;
 

clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Configuration files:
   Checks                       - Same as '--checks'. Additionally, the list of
                                  globs can be specified as a list instead of a
                                  string.
+  ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex     - Same as '--exclude-header-filter'.
   ExtraArgs                    - Same as '--extra-args'.
   ExtraArgsBefore              - Same as '--extra-args-before'.
   FormatStyle                  - Same as '--format-style'.
@@ -132,6 +133,20 @@ option in .clang-tidy file, if any.
                                          cl::init(""),
                                          cl::cat(ClangTidyCategory));
 
+static cl::opt<std::string> ExcludeHeaderFilter("exclude-header-filter",
+                                                desc(R"(
+Regular expression matching the names of the
+headers to exclude diagnostics from. Diagnostics
+from the main file of each translation unit are
+always displayed.
+Must be used together with --header-filter.
+Can be used together with -line-filter.
+This option overrides the 'ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex'
+option in .clang-tidy file, if any.
+)"),
+                                                cl::init(""),
+                                                cl::cat(ClangTidyCategory));
+
 static cl::opt<bool> SystemHeaders("system-headers", desc(R"(
 Display the errors from system headers.
 This option overrides the 'SystemHeaders' option
@@ -353,6 +368,7 @@ static std::unique_ptr<ClangTidyOptionsProvider> createOptionsProvider(
   DefaultOptions.Checks = DefaultChecks;
   DefaultOptions.WarningsAsErrors = "";
   DefaultOptions.HeaderFilterRegex = HeaderFilter;
+  DefaultOptions.ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex = ExcludeHeaderFilter;
   DefaultOptions.SystemHeaders = SystemHeaders;
   DefaultOptions.FormatStyle = FormatStyle;
   DefaultOptions.User = llvm::sys::Process::GetEnv("USER");
@@ -367,6 +383,8 @@ static std::unique_ptr<ClangTidyOptionsProvider> createOptionsProvider(
     OverrideOptions.WarningsAsErrors = WarningsAsErrors;
   if (HeaderFilter.getNumOccurrences() > 0)
     OverrideOptions.HeaderFilterRegex = HeaderFilter;
+  if (ExcludeHeaderFilter.getNumOccurrences() > 0)
+    OverrideOptions.ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex = ExcludeHeaderFilter;
   if (SystemHeaders.getNumOccurrences() > 0)
     OverrideOptions.SystemHeaders = SystemHeaders;
   if (FormatStyle.getNumOccurrences() > 0)

clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py

@@ -106,11 +106,14 @@ def get_tidy_invocation(
     use_color,
     plugins,
     warnings_as_errors,
+    exclude_header_filter,
 ):
     """Gets a command line for clang-tidy."""
     start = [clang_tidy_binary]
     if allow_enabling_alpha_checkers:
         start.append("-allow-enabling-analyzer-alpha-checkers")
+    if exclude_header_filter is not None:
+        start.append("--exclude-header-filter=" + exclude_header_filter)
     if header_filter is not None:
         start.append("-header-filter=" + header_filter)
     if line_filter is not None:
@@ -228,6 +231,7 @@ def run_tidy(args, clang_tidy_binary, tmpdir, build_path, queue, lock, failed_fi
             args.use_color,
             args.plugins,
             args.warnings_as_errors,
+            args.exclude_header_filter,
         )
 
         proc = subprocess.Popen(
@@ -292,6 +296,14 @@ def main():
         "-config option after reading specified config file. "
         "Use either -config-file or -config, not both.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-exclude-header-filter",
+        default=None,
+        help="Regular expression matching the names of the "
+        "headers to exclude diagnostics from. Diagnostics from "
+        "the main file of each translation unit are always "
+        "displayed.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-header-filter",
         default=None,
@@ -450,6 +462,7 @@ def main():
             args.use_color,
             args.plugins,
             args.warnings_as_errors,
+            args.exclude_header_filter,
         )
         invocation.append("-list-checks")
         invocation.append("-")

clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst

@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ Improvements to clang-tidy
 - Fixed `--verify-config` option not properly parsing checks when using the
   literal operator in the `.clang-tidy` config.
 
+- Added argument `--exclude-header-filter` and config option `ExcludeHeaderFilterRegex`
+  to exclude headers from analysis via a RegEx.
+
 New checks
 ^^^^^^^^^^