https://github.com/vbvictor updated 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/180337

>From 79654f0d9f0d8814b81fd5c8780dd87bd1add6d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Baranov <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 12:30:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [clang-tidy] Fix bugprone-string-constructor FN with
 allocators

---
 .../bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp       | 13 +++--
 clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst       |  5 ++
 .../checkers/bugprone/string-constructor.cpp  | 51 +++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp
index d2e631e539b78..4ec705a6016ab 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ void StringConstructorCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder 
*Finder) {
   Finder->addMatcher(
       cxxConstructExpr(
           hasDeclaration(cxxMethodDecl(hasName("basic_string"))),
-          argumentCountIs(2), hasArgument(0, hasType(qualType(isInteger()))),
+          anyOf(argumentCountIs(2),
+                allOf(argumentCountIs(3),
+                      hasArgument(2, unless(hasType(qualType(isInteger())))))),
+          hasArgument(0, hasType(qualType(isInteger()))),
           hasArgument(1, hasType(qualType(isInteger()))),
           anyOf(
               // Detect the expression: string('x', 40);
@@ -101,7 +104,10 @@ void StringConstructorCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder 
*Finder) {
       cxxConstructExpr(
           hasDeclaration(cxxConstructorDecl(ofClass(
               cxxRecordDecl(hasAnyName(removeNamespaces(StringNames)))))),
-          argumentCountIs(2), hasArgument(0, hasType(CharPtrType)),
+          anyOf(argumentCountIs(2),
+                allOf(argumentCountIs(3),
+                      hasArgument(2, unless(hasType(qualType(isInteger())))))),
+          hasArgument(0, hasType(CharPtrType)),
           hasArgument(1, hasType(isInteger())),
           anyOf(
               // Detect the expression: string("...", 0);
@@ -123,7 +129,8 @@ void StringConstructorCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder 
*Finder) {
       cxxConstructExpr(
           hasDeclaration(cxxConstructorDecl(ofClass(
               cxxRecordDecl(hasAnyName(removeNamespaces(StringNames)))))),
-          argumentCountIs(3), hasArgument(0, hasType(CharPtrType)),
+          anyOf(argumentCountIs(3), argumentCountIs(4)),
+          hasArgument(0, hasType(CharPtrType)),
           hasArgument(1, hasType(qualType(isInteger()))),
           hasArgument(2, hasType(qualType(isInteger()))),
           anyOf(
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 0ad69f5fdc5aa..c8edf0f08dc77 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ Changes in existing checks
   <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/macro-parentheses>` check by printing the macro
   definition in the warning message if the macro is defined on command line.
 
+- Improved :doc:`bugprone-string-constructor
+  <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/string-constructor>` check to detect suspicious
+  string constructor calls when the string class constructor has a default
+  allocator argument.
+
 - Improved :doc:`bugprone-unsafe-functions
   <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/unsafe-functions>` check by adding the function
   ``std::get_temporary_buffer`` to the default list of unsafe functions. (This
diff --git 
a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/string-constructor.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/string-constructor.cpp
index 2576d19916250..af844b04aa438 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/string-constructor.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone/string-constructor.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ class char_traits {};
 template <typename C, typename T = std::char_traits<C>, typename A = 
std::allocator<C> >
 struct basic_string {
   basic_string();
-  basic_string(const C*, unsigned int size);
+  basic_string(const C*, unsigned int size, const A &a = A());
   basic_string(const C *, const A &allocator = A());
-  basic_string(unsigned int size, C c);
-  basic_string(const C*, unsigned int pos, unsigned int size);
+  basic_string(unsigned int size, C c, const A &a = A());
+  basic_string(const C*, unsigned int pos, unsigned int size, const A &a = 
A());
 };
 typedef basic_string<char> string;
 typedef basic_string<wchar_t> wstring;
@@ -119,6 +119,44 @@ std::string_view StringViewFromZero() {
   // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:10: warning: constructing string from nullptr 
is undefined behaviour
 }
 
+void TestExplicitAllocator() {
+  std::allocator<char> a;
+
+  std::string s1('x', 5, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: string constructor parameters 
are probably swapped; expecting string(count, character) 
[bugprone-string-constructor]
+  // CHECK-FIXES: std::string s1(5, 'x', a);
+  std::string s2(0, 'x', a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: constructor creating an empty 
string
+  std::string s3(-4, 'x', a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: negative value used as length 
parameter
+  std::string s4(0x1000000, 'x', a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: suspicious large length parameter
+
+  std::string q0("test", 0, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: constructor creating an empty 
string
+  std::string q1(kText, -4, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: negative value used as length 
parameter
+  std::string q2("test", 200, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: length is bigger than string 
literal size
+  std::string q3(kText3, 0x1000000, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: suspicious large length parameter
+
+  std::string r1("test", 1, 0, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: constructor creating an empty 
string
+  std::string r2("test", 0, -4, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: negative value used as length 
parameter
+  std::string r3("test", -4, 1, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: negative value used as position 
of the first character parameter
+  std::string r4("test", 0, 0x1000000, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: suspicious large length parameter
+  std::string r5("test", 0, 5, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: length is bigger than string 
literal size
+  std::string r6("test", 3, 2, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: length is bigger than remaining 
string literal size
+  std::string r7("test", 4, 1, a);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:15: warning: position of the first character 
parameter is bigger than string literal character range
+}
+
 void Valid() {
   std::string empty();
   std::string str(4, 'x');
@@ -132,6 +170,13 @@ void Valid() {
   std::string s8("test", 3, 1);
   std::string s9("te" "st", 1, 2);
 
+  std::allocator<char> a;
+  std::string sa1(4, 'x', a);
+  std::string sa2("test", 4, a);
+  std::string sa3("test", 3, a);
+  std::string sa4("test", 0, 4, a);
+  std::string sa5("test", 3, 1, a);
+
   std::string_view emptyv();
   std::string_view sv1("test", 4);
   std::string_view sv2("test", 3);

>From 6c67dd86bdf0242a6cf6ea4af095077644dde644 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Baranov <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 11:09:48 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix 3 integer ctor

---
 .../clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp            | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp
index 4ec705a6016ab..d6bc4caf23879 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/StringConstructorCheck.cpp
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ void StringConstructorCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder 
*Finder) {
   Finder->addMatcher(
       cxxConstructExpr(
           hasDeclaration(cxxMethodDecl(hasName("basic_string"))),
-          anyOf(argumentCountIs(2),
-                allOf(argumentCountIs(3),
-                      hasArgument(2, unless(hasType(qualType(isInteger())))))),
+          anyOf(argumentCountIs(2), argumentCountIs(3)),
           hasArgument(0, hasType(qualType(isInteger()))),
           hasArgument(1, hasType(qualType(isInteger()))),
           anyOf(

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