vsavchenko added a comment.

In D77722#1969391 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D77722#1969391>, @Szelethus wrote:

> In D77722#1969261 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D77722#1969261>, @vsavchenko 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone!
> >  I'm thinking about adding support for `__attribute((nonnull))__` as well, 
> > but it should be handled a bit differently. That annotation is for 
> > parameters and not for types, so the corresponding constraints should be 
> > generated only when entering the function (as opposed to each load). I'm 
> > not sure that it should be a part of this commit though because it will 
> > have a completely standalone solution. Another question about 
> > `__attribute((nonnull))__` is "Where should we put it?".  It is quite 
> > reasonable to put it into `NullabilityChecker`, but `NonnullParamChecker` 
> > seems like a good candidate as well.
>
>
> Wait, we don't already assume `nonnull` attributed parameters as, well, not 
> null? That's crazy.


Yep, I was shocked by it as well. Maybe for some warnings it is checked in the 
end and they are truncated before reporting. However, DereferenceChecker 
definitely dispatches `ImplicitNullDerefEvent` for params marked with 
`__attribute__((nonnull))`.


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