Re: [PATCH tip/locking/core v3] compiler-context-analysis: Bump required Clang version to 23

[Bart Van Assche]

On 5/15/26 5:43 AM, Marco Elver wrote:
> Clang 23 introduces several major improvements:
>
> 1. Support for multiple arguments in the `guarded_by` and
>     `pt_guarded_by` attributes [1]. This allows defining variables
>     protected by multiple context locks, where read access requires
>     holding at least one lock (shared or exclusive), and write access
>     requires holding all of them exclusively.
>
> 2. Function pointer support [2]. We can now add attributes to function
>     pointers just like we do on normal functions.
>
> 3. A fix to use arrays of locks [3]. Each index is now correctly treated
>     as a separate lock instance.
>
> 4. A fix for implicit member access in attributes [4]. This allows to
>     use __guarded_by(&foo->lock) correctly.
>
> Overall that makes it worthwhile bumping the compiler version instead of
> trying to make both Clang 22 and later work while supporting these new
> features.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>