https://github.com/furtib updated 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/207407

>From 05271eeb77b9d7d97184208fe6e80088147c9222 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F.Tibor" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 23:43:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] [clang-tidy] Add llvm-regex check

---
 .../clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt            |   1 +
 .../clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp        |   2 +
 .../clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp            |  88 +++++++++++
 .../clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h              |  33 +++++
 clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst       |   5 +
 .../docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst           |   1 +
 .../docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst     |  34 +++++
 .../test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp   | 140 ++++++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 304 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp
 create mode 100644 clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h
 create mode 100644 clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
 create mode 100644 clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
index bec3ba50c81c5..2f5d136108191 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ add_clang_library(clangTidyLLVMModule STATIC
   PreferRegisterOverUnsignedCheck.cpp
   PreferStaticOverAnonymousNamespaceCheck.cpp
   RedundantCastingCheck.cpp
+  RegexCheck.cpp
   TwineLocalCheck.cpp
   TypeSwitchCaseTypesCheck.cpp
   UseNewMLIROpBuilderCheck.cpp
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp
index 918af88c979e0..16409770f0467 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "PreferRegisterOverUnsignedCheck.h"
 #include "PreferStaticOverAnonymousNamespaceCheck.h"
 #include "RedundantCastingCheck.h"
+#include "RegexCheck.h"
 #include "TwineLocalCheck.h"
 #include "TypeSwitchCaseTypesCheck.h"
 #include "UseNewMLIROpBuilderCheck.h"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ class LLVMModule : public ClangTidyModule {
         "llvm-qualified-auto");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<RedundantCastingCheck>(
         "llvm-redundant-casting");
+    CheckFactories.registerCheck<RegexCheck>("llvm-regex");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<TwineLocalCheck>("llvm-twine-local");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<TypeSwitchCaseTypesCheck>(
         "llvm-type-switch-case-types");
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f9f2b58e424f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+//===--- RegexCheck.cpp - clang-tidy 
--------------------------------------===//
+//
+// 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 "RegexCheck.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Regex.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang::tidy::llvm_check {
+
+void RegexCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
+  // main matcher
+  auto IsConstllvmStringRef = qualType(
+      isConstQualified(), 
hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(recordType(hasDeclaration(
+                              cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::llvm::StringRef"))))));
+  auto IsConstStdString = qualType(
+      isConstQualified(), 
hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(recordType(hasDeclaration(
+                              
cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::std::basic_string"))))));
+  auto GetStringLit = ignoringImplicit(stringLiteral().bind("stringLiteral"));
+  auto GetStringLiteralFromObject =
+      ignoringImplicit(cxxConstructExpr(hasAnyArgument(GetStringLit)));
+  auto IsConstCharPtr = pointerType(pointee(builtinType(), 
isConstQualified()));
+  auto IsStdStringView = qualType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(recordType(
+      hasDeclaration(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::std::basic_string_view"))))));
+  auto AnyCastedToStringRef = ignoringImplicit(anyOf(
+      stringLiteral().bind("stringLiteral"),
+      declRefExpr(to(varDecl(hasType(IsConstStdString),
+                             hasInitializer(GetStringLiteralFromObject)))),
+      declRefExpr(to(varDecl(hasType(IsConstllvmStringRef),
+                             hasInitializer(GetStringLiteralFromObject)))),
+      declRefExpr(
+          to(varDecl(hasType(IsConstCharPtr), hasInitializer(GetStringLit)))),
+      declRefExpr(to(varDecl(hasType(IsStdStringView),
+                             hasInitializer(GetStringLiteralFromObject)))),
+      memberExpr(
+          member(fieldDecl(hasType(IsConstStdString),
+                           
hasInClassInitializer(GetStringLiteralFromObject)))),
+      memberExpr(member(fieldDecl(hasType(IsConstCharPtr),
+                                  hasInClassInitializer(GetStringLit)))),
+      memberExpr(
+          member(fieldDecl(hasType(IsConstllvmStringRef),
+                           
hasInClassInitializer(GetStringLiteralFromObject)))),
+      memberExpr(member(
+          fieldDecl(hasType(IsStdStringView),
+                    hasInClassInitializer(GetStringLiteralFromObject))))));
+
+  auto IsRegexFlagsType = ignoringParenImpCasts(
+      anyOf(integerLiteral().bind("regexFlagsInt"),
+            declRefExpr(to(enumConstantDecl().bind("regexFlagEnum")))));
+  Finder->addMatcher(
+      cxxConstructExpr(
+          hasDeclaration(cxxConstructorDecl(ofClass(hasName("llvm::Regex")))),
+          hasArgument(0, ignoringImplicit(cxxConstructExpr(
+                             hasDeclaration(cxxConstructorDecl(
+                                 ofClass(hasName("::llvm::StringRef")))),
+                             hasArgument(0, AnyCastedToStringRef)))),
+          optionally(hasArgument(1, IsRegexFlagsType))),
+      this);
+}
+
+void RegexCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+  const auto *DetectedPattern =
+      Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<StringLiteral>("stringLiteral");
+  if (DetectedPattern) {
+    const auto *FlagInt =
+        Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<IntegerLiteral>("regexFlagsInt");
+    const auto *FlagEnum =
+        Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<EnumConstantDecl>("regexFlagEnum");
+    uint Flag = llvm::Regex::RegexFlags::NoFlags;
+    if (FlagInt)
+      Flag = FlagInt->getValue().getZExtValue();
+    if (FlagEnum)
+      Flag = FlagEnum->getInitVal().getZExtValue();
+    const llvm::Regex TestRegex(DetectedPattern->getString(), Flag);
+    std::string RegexError;
+    if (!TestRegex.isValid(RegexError))
+      diag(DetectedPattern->getBeginLoc(), "invalid regex pattern: %0")
+          << RegexError << DetectedPattern->getSourceRange();
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace clang::tidy::llvm_check
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..17891713e62ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//===--- RegexCheck.h - clang-tidy ------------------------------*- C++ 
-*-===//
+//
+// 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_LLVM_REGEXCHECK_H
+#define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_LLVM_REGEXCHECK_H
+
+#include "../ClangTidyCheck.h"
+
+namespace clang::tidy::llvm_check {
+
+/// Detects malformed regex patterns used in ``llvm::Regex``.
+///
+/// For the user-facing documentation see:
+/// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.html
+class RegexCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
+public:
+  RegexCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
+      : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context) {}
+  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;
+  }
+};
+
+} // namespace clang::tidy::llvm_check
+
+#endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_LLVM_REGEXCHECK_H
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 42e4020f5f85c..221acb5f98081 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -318,6 +318,11 @@ New checks
   Checks for presence or absence of trailing commas in enum definitions and
   initializer lists.
 
+- New :doc:`llvm-regex
+  <clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex>` check.
+
+  Detects malformed regex patterns used in ``llvm::Regex``.
+
 New check aliases
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
index 2a44dc78fbc89..4b3bacfa8a42e 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ Clang-Tidy Checks
    :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-redundant-casting <llvm/redundant-casting>`, "Yes"
+   :doc:`llvm-regex <llvm/regex>`, "No"
    :doc:`llvm-twine-local <llvm/twine-local>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvm-type-switch-case-types <llvm/type-switch-case-types>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvm-use-new-mlir-op-builder <llvm/use-new-mlir-op-builder>`, "Yes"
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..837181a8ea4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+.. title:: clang-tidy - llvm-regex
+
+llvm-regex
+==========
+
+The checker detects malformed regex patterns defined in a single string literal
+to catch mistakes at compile time.
+It detects these string literals if they are defined in the regex constructor
+with a string literal, or stored in one of these non mutable container:
+
+- ``const std::string``
+- ``const char*``
+- ``const llvm::StringRef``
+- ``std::string_view``
+
+In the event that the patterns are stored as a class member, the check checks
+the initialization value, if defined, even if its overwritten by the 
constructor.
+
+Example of detection:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+    const std::string my_regex_pattern("[0-8"); // invalid regex pattern
+    llvm::Regex my_regex(my_regex_pattern);
+
+Example of member data being overwritten:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+    class foo{
+    public:
+      foo(llvm::StringRef regex_ptrn) : regex_prtn(regex_prtn){};
+      const llvm_StringRef regex_prtn = "("; // invalid regex pattern
+    };
+    foo bar("[0-9]");
+    llvm::Regex my_regex(bar.regex_prtn);
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..229b35f2eb204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++17 %s llvm-regex %t
+
+namespace std {
+  template <typename T>
+  class basic_string {
+  public:
+    basic_string(const char*);
+  };
+  using string = basic_string<char>;
+
+  template <typename T>
+  class basic_string_view {
+  public:
+    basic_string_view(const char*);
+    const char* begin() const;
+  };
+  using string_view = basic_string_view<char>;
+} // namespace std
+
+namespace llvm {
+  class StringRef {
+  public:
+    StringRef(const char*);
+    StringRef(const std::string&);
+    StringRef(const std::string_view&);
+  };
+  
+  class Regex {
+  public:
+    Regex(StringRef, unsigned int i = 0);
+    enum RegexFlags : unsigned {
+      NoFlags = 0,
+      IgnoreCase = 1,
+      Newline = 2,
+      BasicRegex = 4,
+    };
+  };
+} // namespace llvm
+
+void test_detected_faulty_patterns(){
+  llvm::Regex re1("(");
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:19: warning: invalid regex pattern: 
parentheses not balanced
+
+  const std::string badStdString("(");
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:34: warning: invalid regex pattern: 
parentheses not balanced
+  llvm::Regex re2(badStdString);
+
+  const char* badCharPtr = "[]";
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:28: warning: invalid regex pattern: brackets 
([ ]) not balanced
+  llvm::Regex re3(badCharPtr);
+
+  std::string_view badStrView("+");
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:31: warning: invalid regex pattern: 
repetition-operator operand invalid
+  llvm::Regex re4(badStrView);
+
+  const llvm::StringRef badStrRef = "a*?";
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:37: warning: invalid regex pattern: 
repetition-operator operand invalid
+  llvm::Regex re5(badStrRef);
+
+  struct RegexPatterns {
+    const char* badMemberChar = "";
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:33: warning: invalid regex pattern: empty 
(sub)expression
+
+    const std::string badMemberStr = "(";
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:38: warning: invalid regex pattern: 
parentheses not balanced
+
+    std::string_view badMemberStrView = "+";
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:41: warning: invalid regex pattern: 
repetition-operator operand invalid
+
+    const llvm::StringRef badMemberStrRef = "a*?";
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:45: warning: invalid regex pattern: 
repetition-operator operand invalid
+  };
+
+  RegexPatterns Pats;
+
+  llvm::Regex re6(Pats.badMemberChar);
+  llvm::Regex re7(Pats.badMemberStr);
+  llvm::Regex re8(Pats.badMemberStrView);
+  llvm::Regex re9(Pats.badMemberStrRef);
+}
+
+void test_no_detection_on_mutable(){
+  std::string badMutStdString("(");
+  llvm::Regex re10(badMutStdString);
+
+  char* badMutCharPtr = "[";
+  llvm::Regex re11(badMutCharPtr);
+
+  llvm::StringRef badMutStrRef = "a*?";
+  llvm::Regex re12(badMutStrRef);
+
+  struct RegexMutPatterns {
+    char* badMutMemberChar = "";
+    std::string badMutMemberStr = "(";
+    llvm::StringRef badMutMemberStrRef = "a*?";
+  };
+
+  RegexMutPatterns mutPats;
+
+  llvm::Regex re13(mutPats.badMutMemberChar);
+  llvm::Regex re14(mutPats.badMutMemberStr);
+  llvm::Regex re15(mutPats.badMutMemberStrRef);
+}
+
+void test_no_report_on_correct_patterns(){
+  llvm::Regex re16("[0-9]");
+
+  const std::string goodStdString("test");
+  llvm::Regex re17(goodStdString);
+
+  const char* goodCharPtr = "\\[test\\]";
+  llvm::Regex re18(goodCharPtr);
+
+  std::string_view goodStrView("testi+ng");
+  llvm::Regex re19(goodStrView);
+
+  const llvm::StringRef goodStrRef = "a*b?";
+  llvm::Regex re20(goodStrRef);
+
+  struct GoodRegexPatterns {
+    const char* goodMemberChar = "[0-9]";
+    const std::string goodMemberStr = "test";
+    std::string_view goodMemberStrView = "\[test\]";
+    const llvm::StringRef goodMemberStrRef = "a*b";
+  };
+
+  GoodRegexPatterns goodPats;
+
+  llvm::Regex re21(goodPats.goodMemberChar);
+  llvm::Regex re22(goodPats.goodMemberStr);
+  llvm::Regex re23(goodPats.goodMemberStrView);
+  llvm::Regex re24(goodPats.goodMemberStrRef);
+}
+
+void test_grammar_flags(){
+  llvm::Regex re1_noflag("(", 0);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:26: warning: invalid regex pattern: 
parentheses not balanced
+  llvm::Regex re1_basic("(", 4U);
+  llvm::Regex re2_basic("(", llvm::Regex::RegexFlags::BasicRegex);
+}

>From 1cce3f6b96c489913c8e3897c15b8b94949d2df7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F.Tibor" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 10:57:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: EugeneZelenko <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Zeyi Xu <[email protected]>
---
 clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp          | 2 +-
 clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h            | 2 +-
 clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst         | 2 +-
 clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst   | 2 +-
 clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp
index f9f2b58e424f7..57f6fa9588adf 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//===--- RegexCheck.cpp - clang-tidy 
--------------------------------------===//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //
 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM 
Exceptions.
 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h
index 17891713e62ee..e18bda161ae43 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//===--- RegexCheck.h - clang-tidy ------------------------------*- C++ 
-*-===//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //
 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM 
Exceptions.
 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
index 4b3bacfa8a42e..be5305a6537ea 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Clang-Tidy Checks
    :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-redundant-casting <llvm/redundant-casting>`, "Yes"
-   :doc:`llvm-regex <llvm/regex>`, "No"
+   :doc:`llvm-regex <llvm/regex>`,
    :doc:`llvm-twine-local <llvm/twine-local>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvm-type-switch-case-types <llvm/type-switch-case-types>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvm-use-new-mlir-op-builder <llvm/use-new-mlir-op-builder>`, "Yes"
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
index 837181a8ea4a6..f570fac85c867 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 llvm-regex
 ==========
 
-The checker detects malformed regex patterns defined in a single string literal
+Detects malformed regex patterns defined in a single string literal
 to catch mistakes at compile time.
 It detects these string literals if they are defined in the regex constructor
 with a string literal, or stored in one of these non mutable container:
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
index 229b35f2eb204..c83fa9a85c501 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++17 %s llvm-regex %t
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++17-or-later %s llvm-regex %t
 
 namespace std {
   template <typename T>

>From 39c315ecd3d5e0bf8bcf97aebd081d2c4e1f6ee7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F.Tibor" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 11:20:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Documentation fixes

---
 clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst        | 11 ++++++-----
 .../docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst      | 18 ++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 221acb5f98081..eed1f0bfb610a 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ New checks
   derived type thereof. Also does similar analysis for calls to ``isa<>`` that
   always return ``true``.
 
+  - New :doc:`llvm-regex
+  <clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex>` check.
+
+  Detects malformed regex patterns defined in a single string literal
+  to catch mistakes at compile time.
+
 - New :doc:`llvm-type-switch-case-types
   <clang-tidy/checks/llvm/type-switch-case-types>` check.
 
@@ -318,11 +324,6 @@ New checks
   Checks for presence or absence of trailing commas in enum definitions and
   initializer lists.
 
-- New :doc:`llvm-regex
-  <clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex>` check.
-
-  Detects malformed regex patterns used in ``llvm::Regex``.
-
 New check aliases
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
index f570fac85c867..604520f3d979a 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
@@ -13,22 +13,24 @@ with a string literal, or stored in one of these non 
mutable container:
 - ``const llvm::StringRef``
 - ``std::string_view``
 
-In the event that the patterns are stored as a class member, the check checks
+In the event that the patterns are stored as a class member, the check verifies
 the initialization value, if defined, even if its overwritten by the 
constructor.
 
 Example of detection:
 
 .. code-block:: c++
+
     const std::string my_regex_pattern("[0-8"); // invalid regex pattern
     llvm::Regex my_regex(my_regex_pattern);
 
 Example of member data being overwritten:
 
 .. code-block:: c++
-    class foo{
-    public:
-      foo(llvm::StringRef regex_ptrn) : regex_prtn(regex_prtn){};
-      const llvm_StringRef regex_prtn = "("; // invalid regex pattern
-    };
-    foo bar("[0-9]");
-    llvm::Regex my_regex(bar.regex_prtn);
+
+  class foo{
+  public:
+    foo(llvm::StringRef regex_ptrn) : regex_prtn(regex_prtn){};
+    const llvm_StringRef regex_prtn = "("; // invalid regex pattern
+  };
+  foo bar("[0-9]");
+  llvm::Regex my_regex(bar.regex_prtn);

>From 26158da48b34328f9cb5c8fe56dce95a54535eaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F.Tibor" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 11:20:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Use include <string> in test file

---
 .../test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp     | 17 +----------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
index c83fa9a85c501..88de3539da583 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
 // RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++17-or-later %s llvm-regex %t
 
-namespace std {
-  template <typename T>
-  class basic_string {
-  public:
-    basic_string(const char*);
-  };
-  using string = basic_string<char>;
-
-  template <typename T>
-  class basic_string_view {
-  public:
-    basic_string_view(const char*);
-    const char* begin() const;
-  };
-  using string_view = basic_string_view<char>;
-} // namespace std
+#include <string>
 
 namespace llvm {
   class StringRef {

>From 108ec1a770c8bf0c9f23459ff6c84d70a83a446a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F.Tibor" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 11:36:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Rename checker to llvm-invalid-regex-pattern

---
 clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt            | 2 +-
 .../llvm/{RegexCheck.cpp => InvalidRegexPatternCheck.cpp}   | 6 +++---
 .../llvm/{RegexCheck.h => InvalidRegexPatternCheck.h}       | 6 +++---
 clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp        | 4 ++--
 clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst                     | 4 ++--
 clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst           | 2 +-
 .../checks/llvm/{regex.rst => invalid-regex-pattern.rst}    | 6 +++---
 clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp   | 2 +-
 8 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 rename clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/{RegexCheck.cpp => 
InvalidRegexPatternCheck.cpp} (95%)
 rename clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/{RegexCheck.h => 
InvalidRegexPatternCheck.h} (84%)
 rename clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/{regex.rst => 
invalid-regex-pattern.rst} (90%)

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f5d136108191..563c05d14232a 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ add_clang_library(clangTidyLLVMModule STATIC
   PreferRegisterOverUnsignedCheck.cpp
   PreferStaticOverAnonymousNamespaceCheck.cpp
   RedundantCastingCheck.cpp
-  RegexCheck.cpp
+  InvalidRegexPatternCheck.cpp
   TwineLocalCheck.cpp
   TypeSwitchCaseTypesCheck.cpp
   UseNewMLIROpBuilderCheck.cpp
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/InvalidRegexPatternCheck.cpp
similarity index 95%
rename from clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp
rename to clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/InvalidRegexPatternCheck.cpp
index 57f6fa9588adf..ca23dcc8c9650 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/InvalidRegexPatternCheck.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //
 
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include "RegexCheck.h"
+#include "InvalidRegexPatternCheck.h"
 #include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Regex.h"
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
 
 namespace clang::tidy::llvm_check {
 
-void RegexCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
+void InvalidRegexPatternCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
   // main matcher
   auto IsConstllvmStringRef = qualType(
       isConstQualified(), 
hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(recordType(hasDeclaration(
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void RegexCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
       this);
 }
 
-void RegexCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+void InvalidRegexPatternCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
   const auto *DetectedPattern =
       Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<StringLiteral>("stringLiteral");
   if (DetectedPattern) {
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/InvalidRegexPatternCheck.h
similarity index 84%
rename from clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h
rename to clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/InvalidRegexPatternCheck.h
index e18bda161ae43..177a47b668dc1 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/RegexCheck.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/InvalidRegexPatternCheck.h
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ namespace clang::tidy::llvm_check {
 ///
 /// For the user-facing documentation see:
 /// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.html
-class RegexCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
+class InvalidRegexPatternCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
 public:
-  RegexCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
+  InvalidRegexPatternCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
       : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context) {}
   void registerMatchers(ast_matchers::MatchFinder *Finder) override;
   void check(const ast_matchers::MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) override;
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ class RegexCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
 
 } // namespace clang::tidy::llvm_check
 
-#endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_LLVM_REGEXCHECK_H
+#endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_LLVM_InvalidRegexPatternCheck_H
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp
index 16409770f0467..549867beec25d 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/LLVMTidyModule.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "PreferRegisterOverUnsignedCheck.h"
 #include "PreferStaticOverAnonymousNamespaceCheck.h"
 #include "RedundantCastingCheck.h"
-#include "RegexCheck.h"
+#include "InvalidRegexPatternCheck.h"
 #include "TwineLocalCheck.h"
 #include "TypeSwitchCaseTypesCheck.h"
 #include "UseNewMLIROpBuilderCheck.h"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class LLVMModule : public ClangTidyModule {
         "llvm-qualified-auto");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<RedundantCastingCheck>(
         "llvm-redundant-casting");
-    CheckFactories.registerCheck<RegexCheck>("llvm-regex");
+    
CheckFactories.registerCheck<InvalidRegexPatternCheck>("llvm-invalid-regex-pattern");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<TwineLocalCheck>("llvm-twine-local");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<TypeSwitchCaseTypesCheck>(
         "llvm-type-switch-case-types");
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index eed1f0bfb610a..e1be5993517a6 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ New checks
   derived type thereof. Also does similar analysis for calls to ``isa<>`` that
   always return ``true``.
 
-  - New :doc:`llvm-regex
-  <clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex>` check.
+  - New :doc:`llvm-invalid-regex-pattern
+  <clang-tidy/checks/llvm/invalid-regex-pattern>` check.
 
   Detects malformed regex patterns defined in a single string literal
   to catch mistakes at compile time.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
index be5305a6537ea..d7a0878e0eb1b 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -246,12 +246,12 @@ Clang-Tidy Checks
    :doc:`llvm-formatv-string <llvm/formatv-string>`,
    :doc:`llvm-header-guard <llvm/header-guard>`,
    :doc:`llvm-include-order <llvm/include-order>`, "Yes"
+   :doc:`llvm-invalid-regex-pattern <llvm/invalid-regex-pattern>`,
    :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-redundant-casting <llvm/redundant-casting>`, "Yes"
-   :doc:`llvm-regex <llvm/regex>`,
    :doc:`llvm-twine-local <llvm/twine-local>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvm-type-switch-case-types <llvm/type-switch-case-types>`, "Yes"
    :doc:`llvm-use-new-mlir-op-builder <llvm/use-new-mlir-op-builder>`, "Yes"
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst 
b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/invalid-regex-pattern.rst
similarity index 90%
rename from clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
rename to 
clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/invalid-regex-pattern.rst
index 604520f3d979a..2cba3766608e7 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/regex.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/llvm/invalid-regex-pattern.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.. title:: clang-tidy - llvm-regex
+.. title:: clang-tidy - llvm-invalid-regex-pattern
 
-llvm-regex
-==========
+llvm-invalid-regex-pattern
+==========================
 
 Detects malformed regex patterns defined in a single string literal
 to catch mistakes at compile time.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp 
b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
index 88de3539da583..440c59eea50f0 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm/regex.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++17-or-later %s llvm-regex %t
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++17-or-later %s llvm-invalid-regex-pattern %t
 
 #include <string>
 

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