https://github.com/flowerhack updated 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/157213

>From 84a477b27da2e833b6c4da2db7b2a10f00df8b6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julia Hansbrough <flowerh...@google.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 21:27:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified clang-tidy
 check.

Adds a clang-tidy check that alerts when a loop variable is copied and
subsequently modified.

This is a bugprone pattern because the programmer in this case often
assumes they are modifying the original value instead of a copy.

This warning can be suppressed by either converting the loop variable to
a const ref, or by performing the copy explicitly inside the body of the
loop.
---
 .../bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp           |   3 +
 .../clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt        |   1 +
 .../LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.cpp   | 100 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.h     |  39 +++++++
 clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst       |   8 ++
 .../loop-variable-copied-then-modified.rst    |  47 ++++++++
 .../docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst           |   3 +-
 ...opied-then-modified-ignore-inexpensive.cpp |  55 ++++++++++
 .../loop-variable-copied-then-modified.cpp    |  50 +++++++++
 9 files changed, 305 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 
clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.cpp
 create mode 100644 
clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.h
 create mode 100644 
clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified.rst
 create mode 100644 
clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified-ignore-inexpensive.cpp
 create mode 100644 
clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified.cpp

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp
index 824ebdfbd00dc..3ce32d88ea005 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/BugproneTidyModule.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "IntegerDivisionCheck.h"
 #include "InvalidEnumDefaultInitializationCheck.h"
 #include "LambdaFunctionNameCheck.h"
+#include "LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.h"
 #include "MacroParenthesesCheck.h"
 #include "MacroRepeatedSideEffectsCheck.h"
 #include "MisleadingSetterOfReferenceCheck.h"
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ class BugproneModule : public ClangTidyModule {
         "bugprone-incorrect-enable-if");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<IncorrectEnableSharedFromThisCheck>(
         "bugprone-incorrect-enable-shared-from-this");
+    CheckFactories.registerCheck<LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck>(
+        "bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<UnintendedCharOstreamOutputCheck>(
         "bugprone-unintended-char-ostream-output");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<ReturnConstRefFromParameterCheck>(
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt
index 59928e5e47a09..fb28f075b991e 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ add_clang_library(clangTidyBugproneModule STATIC
   IncorrectEnableIfCheck.cpp
   IncorrectEnableSharedFromThisCheck.cpp
   InvalidEnumDefaultInitializationCheck.cpp
+  LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.cpp
   UnintendedCharOstreamOutputCheck.cpp
   ReturnConstRefFromParameterCheck.cpp
   SuspiciousStringviewDataUsageCheck.cpp
diff --git 
a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4a2bf4b5f85a7
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM 
Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.h"
+#include "../utils/Matchers.h"
+#include "../utils/TypeTraits.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+#include "clang/Analysis/Analyses/ExprMutationAnalyzer.h"
+#include "clang/Basic/Diagnostic.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang::tidy::bugprone {
+
+LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck::LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck(
+    StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
+    : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
+      IgnoreInexpensiveVariables(
+          Options.get("IgnoreInexpensiveVariables", false)) {}
+
+void LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck::storeOptions(
+    ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) {
+  Options.store(Opts, "IgnoreInexpensiveVariables", 
IgnoreInexpensiveVariables);
+}
+
+void LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck::registerMatchers(
+    MatchFinder *Finder) {
+  auto HasReferenceOrPointerTypeOrIsAllowed = hasType(qualType(
+      unless(hasCanonicalType(anyOf(referenceType(), pointerType())))));
+  auto IteratorReturnsValueType = cxxOperatorCallExpr(
+      hasOverloadedOperatorName("*"),
+      callee(
+          cxxMethodDecl(returns(unless(hasCanonicalType(referenceType()))))));
+  auto NotConstructedByCopy = cxxConstructExpr(
+      hasDeclaration(cxxConstructorDecl(unless(isCopyConstructor()))));
+  auto ConstructedByConversion = 
cxxMemberCallExpr(callee(cxxConversionDecl()));
+  auto LoopVar =
+      varDecl(HasReferenceOrPointerTypeOrIsAllowed,
+              unless(hasInitializer(expr(hasDescendant(expr(
+                  anyOf(materializeTemporaryExpr(), IteratorReturnsValueType,
+                        NotConstructedByCopy, ConstructedByConversion)))))));
+  Finder->addMatcher(
+      traverse(TK_AsIs,
+               cxxForRangeStmt(hasLoopVariable(LoopVar.bind("loopVar")))
+                   .bind("forRange")),
+      this);
+}
+
+void LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck::check(
+    const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+  const auto *Var = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("loopVar");
+  if (Var->getBeginLoc().isMacroID())
+    return;
+  std::optional<bool> Expensive =
+      utils::type_traits::isExpensiveToCopy(Var->getType(), *Result.Context);
+  if ((!Expensive || !*Expensive) && IgnoreInexpensiveVariables)
+    return;
+  const auto *ForRange = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXForRangeStmt>("forRange");
+  if (copiedLoopVarIsMutated(*Var, *ForRange, *Result.Context))
+    return;
+}
+
+bool LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck::copiedLoopVarIsMutated(
+    const VarDecl &LoopVar, const CXXForRangeStmt &ForRange,
+    ASTContext &Context) {
+
+  std::string hintstring = "";
+
+  if (ExprMutationAnalyzer(*ForRange.getBody(), Context).isMutated(&LoopVar)) {
+    if (isa<AutoType>(LoopVar.getType())) {
+      hintstring = "const auto&";
+    } else {
+      std::string CanonicalTypeStr =
+          LoopVar.getType().getAsString(Context.getLangOpts());
+      hintstring = "const " + CanonicalTypeStr + "&";
+    }
+    clang::SourceRange loopvar_source_range =
+        LoopVar.getTypeSourceInfo()->getTypeLoc().getSourceRange();
+    auto Diag =
+        diag(LoopVar.getLocation(), "loop variable '%0' is copied and then "
+                                    "modified, which is likely a bug; you "
+                                    "probably want to modify the underlying "
+                                    "object and not this copy. If you "
+                                    "*did* intend to modify this copy, "
+                                    "please use an explicit copy inside the "
+                                    "body of the loop")
+        << LoopVar.getName()
+        << FixItHint::CreateReplacement(loopvar_source_range, hintstring);
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+} // namespace clang::tidy::bugprone
diff --git 
a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.h 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..60e44fc50c039
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM 
Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef 
LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_BUGPRONE_LOOPVARIABLECOPIEDTHENMODIFIEDCHECK_H
+#define 
LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_BUGPRONE_LOOPVARIABLECOPIEDTHENMODIFIEDCHECK_H
+
+#include "../ClangTidyCheck.h"
+
+namespace clang::tidy::bugprone {
+
+/// Finds loop variables that are copied and subsequently modified.
+///
+/// For the user-facing documentation see:
+/// 
http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified.html
+class LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
+public:
+  LoopVariableCopiedThenModifiedCheck(StringRef Name,
+                                      ClangTidyContext *Context);
+  void storeOptions(ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) override;
+  void registerMatchers(ast_matchers::MatchFinder *Finder) override;
+  void check(const ast_matchers::MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) override;
+  bool isLanguageVersionSupported(const LangOptions &LangOpts) const override {
+    return LangOpts.CPlusPlus;
+  }
+  bool copiedLoopVarIsMutated(const VarDecl &LoopVar,
+                              const CXXForRangeStmt &ForRange,
+                              ASTContext &Context);
+  const bool IgnoreInexpensiveVariables;
+};
+
+} // namespace clang::tidy::bugprone
+
+#endif // 
LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_BUGPRONE_LOOPVARIABLECOPIEDTHENMODIFIEDCHECK_H
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 0f230b8fbdebd..bc95f18c04e84 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ New checks
   Detects default initialization (to 0) of variables with ``enum`` type where
   the enum has no enumerator with value of 0.
 
+- New :doc:`bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified
+  <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified>` check.
+
+  Detects when a loop variable is copied and then subsequently modified.
+  Suggests replacing such instances with either a const ref (to prevent the
+  copy) or by performing the copy explicitly inside the loop (to make it
+  obvious one intends to modify a copy instead of the underlying object).
+
 - New :doc:`cppcoreguidelines-pro-bounds-avoid-unchecked-container-access
   
<clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines/pro-bounds-avoid-unchecked-container-access>`
   check.
diff --git 
a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified.rst
 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f2e2f2dc5f630
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+.. title:: clang-tidy - bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified
+
+bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified
+===========================================
+
+Warns when a loop variable is copied and subsequently modified.
+
+This pattern is considered bugprone because, frequently, programmers do not
+realize that they are modifying a *copy* rather than an underlying value,
+resulting in subtly erroneous code.
+
+For instance, the following code attempts to null out a value in a map, but 
only
+succeeds in 
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+  for (auto target : target_map) {
+    target.value = nullptr;
+  }
+
+The programmer is likely to have intended this code instead:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+    
+  for (const auto& target : target_map) {
+    target.value = nullptr;
+  }
+
+This warning can be suppressed in one of two ways:
+  - In cases where the programmer did not intend to create a copy, they can
+    convert the loop variable to a const reference. A FixIt message will
+    provide a naive suggestion of how to achieve this, which works in most
+    cases.
+  - In cases where the intent is in fact to modify a copy, they may perform the
+    copy inside the body of the loop, and perform whatever operations they like
+    on that copy.
+
+This is a conservative check: in cases where it cannot be determined at compile
+time whether or not a particular function modifies the variable, it assumes a
+modification has ocurred and warns accordingly. However, in such cases, the
+warning will still be suppressed by doing one of the actions described above.
+
+.. option:: IgnoreInexpensiveVariables
+
+   When `true`, this check will only alert on types that are expensive to copy.
+   This will lead to fewer "false" positives, but will also overlook some
+   instances where there may be an actual bug.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
index 5e3ffc4f8aca3..bb88a4d3e05b1 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ Clang-Tidy Checks
    :doc:`bugprone-integer-division <bugprone/integer-division>`,
    :doc:`bugprone-invalid-enum-default-initialization 
<bugprone/invalid-enum-default-initialization>`,
    :doc:`bugprone-lambda-function-name <bugprone/lambda-function-name>`,
+   :doc:`bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified 
<bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`bugprone-macro-parentheses <bugprone/macro-parentheses>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`bugprone-macro-repeated-side-effects 
<bugprone/macro-repeated-side-effects>`,
    :doc:`bugprone-misleading-setter-of-reference 
<bugprone/misleading-setter-of-reference>`,
@@ -249,12 +250,12 @@ Clang-Tidy Checks
    :doc:`linuxkernel-must-check-errs <linuxkernel/must-check-errs>`,
    :doc:`llvm-header-guard <llvm/header-guard>`,
    :doc:`llvm-include-order <llvm/include-order>`, "Yes"
-   :doc:`llvm-use-new-mlir-op-builder <llvm/use-new-mlir-op-builder>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvm-namespace-comment <llvm/namespace-comment>`,
    :doc:`llvm-prefer-isa-or-dyn-cast-in-conditionals 
<llvm/prefer-isa-or-dyn-cast-in-conditionals>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvm-prefer-register-over-unsigned 
<llvm/prefer-register-over-unsigned>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvm-prefer-static-over-anonymous-namespace 
<llvm/prefer-static-over-anonymous-namespace>`,
    :doc:`llvm-twine-local <llvm/twine-local>`, "Yes"
+   :doc:`llvm-use-new-mlir-op-builder <llvm/use-new-mlir-op-builder>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvmlibc-callee-namespace <llvmlibc/callee-namespace>`,
    :doc:`llvmlibc-implementation-in-namespace 
<llvmlibc/implementation-in-namespace>`,
    :doc:`llvmlibc-inline-function-decl <llvmlibc/inline-function-decl>`, "Yes"
diff --git 
a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified-ignore-inexpensive.cpp
 
b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified-ignore-inexpensive.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7e14b3dcea7da
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified-ignore-inexpensive.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified %t -- 
-- -I%S -std=c++!4 -config="{CheckOptions: 
{bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified.IgnoreInexpensiveVariables: true}}"
+
+#include "Inputs/system-header-simulator/sim_set"
+#include "Inputs/system-header-simulator/sim_unordered_set"
+#include "Inputs/system-header-simulator/sim_map"
+#include "Inputs/system-header-simulator/sim_unordered_map"
+#include "Inputs/system-header-simulator/sim_vector"
+#include "Inputs/system-header-simulator/sim_algorithm"
+
+template <typename T>
+struct Iterator {
+  void operator++() {}
+  const T& operator*() {
+    static T* TT = new T();
+    return *TT;
+  }
+  bool operator!=(const Iterator &) { return false; }
+};
+template <typename T>
+struct View {
+  T begin() { return T(); }
+  T begin() const { return T(); }
+  T end() { return T(); }
+  T end() const { return T(); }
+};
+
+struct S {
+  int value;
+
+  S() : value(0) {};
+  S(const S &);
+  ~S();
+  S &operator=(const S &);
+  void modify() {
+    value++;
+  }
+};
+
+void NegativeOnlyCopyingInts() {
+    std::vector<int> foo;
+    foo.push_back(1);
+    foo.push_back(2);
+    foo.push_back(3);
+    for (int v : foo) {
+        v += 1;
+    }
+}
+
+void PositiveLoopVariableCopiedAndThenModfied() {
+  for (S S1 : View<Iterator<S>>()) {
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:10: warning: loop variable 'S1' is copied 
and then modified, which is likely a bug; you probably want to modify the 
underlying object and not this copy. If you *did* intend to modify this copy, 
please use an explicit copy inside the body of the loop
+    // CHECK-FIXES: for (const S& S1 : View<Iterator<S>>()) {
+    S1.modify();
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git 
a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified.cpp
 
b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..924738f14a86a
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/loop-variable-copied-then-modified.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s bugprone-loop-variable-copied-then-modified %t
+
+template <typename T>
+struct Iterator {
+  void operator++() {}
+  const T& operator*() {
+    static T* TT = new T();
+    return *TT;
+  }
+  bool operator!=(const Iterator &) { return false; }
+};
+template <typename T>
+struct View {
+  T begin() { return T(); }
+  T begin() const { return T(); }
+  T end() { return T(); }
+  T end() const { return T(); }
+};
+
+struct S {
+  int value;
+
+  S() : value(0) {};
+  S(const S &);
+  ~S();
+  S &operator=(const S &);
+  void modify() {
+    value++;
+  }
+};
+
+void NegativeLoopVariableNotCopied() {
+  for (const S& S1 : View<Iterator<S>>()) {
+    // It's fine to copy-by-value S1 into some other S.
+    S S2 = S1;
+  }
+}
+
+void NegativeLoopVariableCopiedButNotModified() {
+  for (S S1 : View<Iterator<S>>()) {
+  }
+}
+
+void PositiveLoopVariableCopiedAndThenModfied() {
+  for (S S1 : View<Iterator<S>>()) {
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:10: warning: loop variable 'S1' is copied 
and then modified, which is likely a bug; you probably want to modify the 
underlying object and not this copy. If you *did* intend to modify this copy, 
please use an explicit copy inside the body of the loop
+    // CHECK-FIXES: for (const S& S1 : View<Iterator<S>>()) {
+    S1.modify();
+  }
+}

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