diag(noalias): VERIFY_NO_ALIAS becomes an optimizer fact in release; gate proves it

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What

src/infra/Diagnostics.h §6: VERIFY_NO_ALIAS(a, b) was VERIFY_TEXT( &a != &b, … ). Under -DNDEBUG that lowers to a bare __builtin_assume( &a != &b ), which LLVM keeps in the IR and alias analysis never reads — release codegen was byte-identical to having no macro at all, while the header's comment claimed "the no-alias contract that __restrict would assert".

Now the macro is the debug check it always was plus RW_ASSUME_SEPARATE_STORAGE( &a, &b ) → __builtin_assume_separate_storage (clang 17+, __has_builtin-guarded; GCC and older clang get ( (void)0 ) and keep the debug check). BasicAA consumes that bundle, so codegen matches __restrict__ on the parameters exactly. VERIFY_NO_ALIAS3 is unchanged in shape; VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF( a, b ) is new for two containers (promises the .data() buffers, checks the objects).

No call sites change in this PR (there are none in src/ today); lane D applies the audit.

Measured (2026-09-12, Apple clang 21, instructions at -O2 -DNDEBUG)

probe	plain	assume(&a!=&b)	separate_storage	__restrict__
out=a; out+=b; out+=a; arm64	10	10	6	6
same, x86-64	11	11	9	9
dst[i] += k*src[i] loop, arm64	62	62	56	56
same loop, x86-64	68	68	45	44

The loop delta is the runtime overlap check plus the scalar fallback loop LLVM emits when it cannot prove dst and src disjoint. The promise on two container objects is inert for their loops (header separation says nothing about the heap buffers: std::vector<uint32_t> dst[i] += src[i]*3 plain 65 / on the objects 65 / on .data() 61 arm64, 65 / 65 / 41 x86-64), hence VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF.

The macOS __restrict trap (<sys/cdefs.h>)

#if __STDC_VERSION__ < 199901
#define __restrict
#endif

__STDC_VERSION__ is undefined in C++, so every bare __restrict that follows any libc/libc++ include is silently deleted (verified by bisect: a function lost its noalias IR attributes the moment <cstdio> was included). __restrict__ is a keyword and survives; it is now the only spelling allowed in src/, and the §6 comment says so along with the complete-object contract quoted from clang's LanguageExtensions.rst (never two members of one struct or two elements of one array).

The gate: test/noaliascheck.sh (written first, observed RED, then GREEN)

Eight arms (the eighth is below, under LLVM 17), each compiling its own probe with the system compiler at -O2 -DNDEBUG (the dev build never defines NDEBUG): 1 debug traps naming both expressions · 2 release IR carries "separate_storage" and no reload, objdump count in a band below plain · 3 the OLD definition inlined as the negative control still reloads, and arms 2/3 must disagree · 4 zero bare __restrict in src/ code with a positive control · 5 __has_builtin forced 0 + __clang__ undefined still compiles to the ( (void)0 ) fallback, with contrast · 6 VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF shortens the vector loop and the object form must not · 7 buffer form in debug: empty vectors pass, the same vector twice traps. Arms 2/3/6/8 report WARN (never PASS) on a compiler without the builtin (the gcc CI legs) or whose optimizer cannot be made to read the bundle.

Red run — the gate against the OLD definition (commit 5cf44af with the header at 42b7c8d), exit 1

noaliascheck: CXX=c++ OBJDUMP=objdump
  info  __builtin_assume_separate_storage available: 1
  PASS  arm 1: debug probe compiled against <repo>/src/infra/Diagnostics.h
  PASS  arm 1: distinct objects -> exit 0, out = 17
  PASS  arm 1: acc( x, y, x ) traps in debug (rc=133)
  PASS  arm 1: stderr names both expressions ('out' and 'b')
  PASS  arm 2: release probe compiled (-O2 -DNDEBUG, IR + object)
  FAIL  arm 2: accNew IR has no "separate_storage" bundle — the macro is not an optimizer fact
  FAIL  arm 2: accNew still reloads a after the store to out (loads of a: 2, reload=1)
  PASS  arm 3: accOld (old definition) IR carries no "separate_storage"
  PASS  arm 3: accOld still reloads a after the store (loads of a: 2) — the old assume was inert
  FAIL  arm 2/3: NO CONTRAST — arms 2 and 3 agree (reload=1); the gate examined one population twice
  info  release instructions: accPlain=9 accOld=9 accNew=9 (measured 2026-09-12: arm64 10/10/6, x86-64 11/11/9)
  PASS  arm 2: accPlain instruction count 9 in band [6,16]
  FAIL  arm 2: accNew 9 instructions is not at least 2 below plain (9) — the assumption bought nothing
  PASS  arm 3: accOld 9 instructions, no better than plain (9)
  PASS  arm 4: positive control — the scan catches a bare __restrict beside a __restrict__
  PASS  arm 4: filter control — comment, string literal and __restrict__ are not bare
  PASS  arm 4: zero bare __restrict in src/ code
  FAIL  arm 5: header does not compile under the GCC shape (-DNDEBUG)
    <tmp>/shape.cpp:5:35: error: use of undeclared identifier 'VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF'
    1 error generated.
  FAIL  arm 5: GCC shape did not expand to the ( (void)0 ) fallback
    void shapeScalar( uint32_t& p, uint32_t& q, uint32_t& r ) { do { if(!(static_cast<const void*>(&(p)) != static_cast<const void*>(&(q)))) __builtin_unreachable(); } while (0); do { do { if(!(static
    void shapeBuf( Buf& d, Buf& s ) { VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF( d, s ); }
  FAIL  arm 5: NO CONTRAST — the natural expansion never reaches the builtin either; the fallback arm proves nothing
  FAIL  arm 6: buffer probe failed to compile
    <tmp>/bufprobe.cpp:20:5: error: use of undeclared identifier 'VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF'
       20 |     VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF( dst, src );
          |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    1 error generated.
  FAIL  arm 7: debug buffer probe failed to compile
    <tmp>/bufprobe.cpp:20:5: error: use of undeclared identifier 'VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF'
       20 |     VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF( dst, src );
          |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    1 error generated.
FAILURES ABOVE

Green run — the same gate against the new definition, exit 0

noaliascheck: CXX=c++ OBJDUMP=objdump
  info  __builtin_assume_separate_storage available: 1
  PASS  arm 1: debug probe compiled against <repo>/src/infra/Diagnostics.h
  PASS  arm 1: distinct objects -> exit 0, out = 17
  PASS  arm 1: acc( x, y, x ) traps in debug (rc=133)
  PASS  arm 1: stderr names both expressions ('out' and 'b')
  PASS  arm 2: release probe compiled (-O2 -DNDEBUG, IR + object)
  PASS  arm 2: accNew IR carries the "separate_storage" assume bundle
  PASS  arm 2: accNew loads a ONCE, no reload after the store to out (loads of a: 1)
  PASS  arm 3: accOld (old definition) IR carries no "separate_storage"
  PASS  arm 3: accOld still reloads a after the store (loads of a: 2) — the old assume was inert
  PASS  arm 2/3: contrast — the two populations DISAGREE (new reload=0, old reload=1)
  info  release instructions: accPlain=9 accOld=9 accNew=5 (measured 2026-09-12: arm64 10/10/6, x86-64 11/11/9)
  PASS  arm 2: accPlain instruction count 9 in band [6,16]
  PASS  arm 2: accNew 5 instructions, at least 2 below plain (9)
  PASS  arm 3: accOld 9 instructions, no better than plain (9)
  PASS  arm 4: positive control — the scan catches a bare __restrict beside a __restrict__
  PASS  arm 4: filter control — comment, string literal and __restrict__ are not bare
  PASS  arm 4: zero bare __restrict in src/ code
  PASS  arm 5: header compiles with __has_builtin forced 0 and __clang__ undefined (-DNDEBUG)
  PASS  arm 5: GCC shape expands to the ( (void)0 ) fallback, never to the builtin
  PASS  arm 5: contrast — the natural expansion on this compiler DOES use the builtin
  PASS  arm 6: buffer probe compiled (-O2 -DNDEBUG)
  info  release instructions: axpyPlain=65 axpyObj=65 axpyBuf=61 (measured 2026-09-12: arm64 65/65/61, x86-64 65/65/41)
  PASS  arm 6: axpyPlain instruction count 65 in band [20,160]
  PASS  arm 6: VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF loop 61 instructions, at least 2 below plain (65)
  PASS  arm 6: negative control — VERIFY_NO_ALIAS on the two OBJECTS leaves the loop at 65 (plain 65)
  PASS  arm 7: debug buffer probe compiled
  PASS  arm 7: two empty vectors, then two distinct ones -> exit 0, d2[7] = 7
  PASS  arm 7: axpyBuf( v, v ) traps in debug (rc=133)
  PASS  arm 7: stderr names both expressions ('dst' and 'src')
ALL PASS

LLVM 17: the optimizer half is off by default

The CI job. release (macos-14, plain, appleclang, shard 4/4) on this PR failed noaliascheck arms 2, 2/3 and 6 — accNew still reloads a after the store (loads of a: 2), NO CONTRAST, accNew 9 instructions is not at least 2 below plain (9), VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF loop 48 is not below plain (48) — while arm 7 and the IR-bundle row passed. That job's compiler is AppleClang 16.0.0.16000026 (Xcode 16.2), which is LLVM 17.

The cause. llvm/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp in LLVM 17:

static cl::opt<bool> EnableSeparateStorageAnalysis("basic-aa-separate-storage", cl::Hidden, cl::init(false));

LLVM 18 and later have cl::init(true). So on LLVM 17 the front end accepts __builtin_assume_separate_storage, emits the "separate_storage" bundle (the row that passed), and BasicAA ignores it unless the option is on (the rows that failed). The gate's __has_builtin probe answered for the front end and said nothing about the optimizer. Reproduced on the local Apple clang 21 (LLVM 21): the arm-2 probe is 5 instructions by default, 9 with -mllvm -basic-aa-separate-storage=false, 5 with =true. The option name is identical from 17 through 21 and clang accepts it as a compile flag.

The CMake fix (b62c1dc1). include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag); the two-token option is probed through CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS (the house pattern the libFuzzer probe uses) and, when accepted, attached with target_compile_options to RIPWIRE_OWNED_CXX_TARGETS only — ripwire, ripwire_probe, the test executables, in every flavour — never add_compile_options (tree-sitter and the grammars are C). Fresh configure prints -- separate-storage alias analysis: forced on (-mllvm -basic-aa-separate-storage — turns BasicAA's separate_storage reader on for LLVM 17 / AppleClang 16, a no-op on LLVM 18+); no LTO, so nothing runs at link, the answer is cached as RIPWIRE_CXX_HAS_BASIC_AA_SEPARATE_STORAGE:INTERNAL=1, and the same probe over -mllvm -bogus-option-xyz says no (clang exits 1 on an unknown -mllvm name; gcc rejects -mllvm itself). ts_cpp's flags carry 0 occurrences; pagerank.cpp.o was recompiled by the flag change alone. Under RIPWIRE_LTO on Apple the option also reaches the link as -Wl,-mllvm,-basic-aa-separate-storage, probed with a real -flto link before it is attached — verified by hand first: compile =false + link =false → 9 instructions, compile =false + link =true → 5, a bogus name fails the link with libLLVMLTO: Unknown command line argument. The ELF spelling (-Wl,-plugin-opt=… for lld/gold) is not added: it could not be verified on this machine and no CI or release leg pairs LTO with an LLVM-17 ELF toolchain (ubuntu-24.04's clang is 18; the Linux release leg is gcc); the CMake comment states that limit instead of passing a flag blind.

The gate (2b2b5d25). The capability probe is now the real slice: the probe carries accBuiltin (the builtin called directly, so the verdict is about the compiler and not about whichever header is on disk) compiled at -O2 -DNDEBUG three ways and classified — CONSUMED_DEFAULT (LLVM 18+) · CONSUMED_WITH_FLAG (LLVM 17: the CMake flag is load-bearing) · NOT_CONSUMED · NO_BUILTIN. Arms 2, 3 and 6 compile with exactly the option CMake attaches; CMake's cached answer in build/CMakeCache.txt must agree with the gate's own acceptance probe or the gate FAILS, and $CXX defaults to the cache's CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER. Arm 8 is the negative control for the probe: with =false the reload must come back. On this machine:

  info  compiler: Apple clang version 21.0.0 (clang-2100.1.1.101)
  info  optimizer consumes "separate_storage": CONSUMED_DEFAULT (accBuiltin reload after store — default: 0, =true: 0, =false: 1; -mllvm -basic-aa-separate-storage accepted: 1)
  PASS  probe: CMake's cached probe agrees (RIPWIRE_CXX_HAS_BASIC_AA_SEPARATE_STORAGE=1, CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/c++; gate CXX=/usr/bin/c++)
  PASS  arm 2: release probe compiled (-O2 -DNDEBUG -mllvm -basic-aa-separate-storage, IR + object)
  PASS  arm 8: release probe compiled with -mllvm -basic-aa-separate-storage=false
  PASS  arm 8: the front end still emits the "separate_storage" bundle with the analysis off (the flag flips the reader, not the writer)
  PASS  arm 8: with the analysis off accNew reloads a after the store (loads of a: 2) — the arm-2 measurement can fail
  info  release instructions with the analysis off: accPlain=9 accNew=9 (measured 2026-09-12 Apple clang 21 arm64: 9/9)
  PASS  arm 8: accNew 9 instructions, no better than plain (9) with the analysis off — what the LLVM 17 leg saw
  PASS  arm 2/8: contrast — on and off DISAGREE (on reload=0, off reload=1)
ALL PASS

The cross-check row has been observed red: the first draft of the acceptance probe reused hb.cpp, whose #error is the __has_builtin tell, and reported the flag rejected — FAIL probe: CMake's cached probe DISAGREES — cache says accepted=1 (…), this gate says 0 (…). A fake cache saying rejected, a cache without the row, and no cache at all give FAIL / FAIL / WARN respectively. Red-then-green against the pre-lane header (5cf44af), with the new gate:

  info  optimizer consumes "separate_storage": CONSUMED_DEFAULT (accBuiltin reload after store — default: 0, =true: 0, =false: 1; -mllvm -basic-aa-separate-storage accepted: 1)
  FAIL  arm 2: accNew IR has no "separate_storage" bundle — the macro is not an optimizer fact
  FAIL  arm 2: accNew still reloads a after the store to out (loads of a: 2, reload=1)
  FAIL  arm 2/3: NO CONTRAST — arms 2 and 3 agree (reload=1); the gate examined one population twice
  FAIL  arm 2: accNew 9 instructions is not at least 2 below plain (9) — the assumption bought nothing
  FAIL  arm 5: header does not compile under the GCC shape (-DNDEBUG)
  FAIL  arm 5: GCC shape did not expand to the ( (void)0 ) fallback
  FAIL  arm 5: NO CONTRAST — the natural expansion never reaches the builtin either; the fallback arm proves nothing
  FAIL  arm 6: buffer probe failed to compile
  FAIL  arm 7: debug buffer probe failed to compile
  FAIL  arm 2/8: NO CONTRAST — arm 2 (reload=1) and arm 8 (reload=1) agree; the flag is not what separates them
FAILURES ABOVE

— the same three arm-2 rows the macos-14 leg printed. src/infra/Diagnostics.h §6 gains two sentences (5156d668), nothing else in the header changes.

Scope, shipped binaries (release.yml):

leg	toolchain	LLVM	what VERIFY_NO_ALIAS is in that binary
macos-arm64 (macos-14)	AppleClang 16, Xcode 16.2	17	debug check + release promise, consumed via the CMake flag for scalar reloads only (compile and, under Release's LTO, the ld64 link); the loop vectorizer's overlap checks stay: LLVM 17 consults the hint only at the assume's own context (llvm/llvm-project#64666, fixed in LLVM 18 by #76770)
macos-x64 (macos-26, cross)	Xcode 26	18+	debug check + release promise, consumed by default (the flag is a no-op)
linux-x64 (manylinux, gcc-toolset)	gcc	—	debug check only (( (void)0 ) in release; no builtin, -mllvm rejected, compiler default)

The loop path on LLVM 17 (79d35ad5). With the flag on, CI's AppleClang 16 legs went from three red rows to one: arm 2 (scalar reload after a store) green, arm 6 (VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF loop) still "48 is not below plain (48)". That is upstream issue #64666, "Loop Vectorizer: __builtin_assume_separate_storage is not propagated to LV AA", fixed by #76770 in LLVM 18: the hint is consulted only at the assume's own context, and LoopAccessAnalysis never supplies one. The gate now classifies the loop path on its own real slice, axpyBuiltin (the builtin on .data() called directly, so the verdict is about the compiler): LOOP_CONSUMED keeps arm 6 as a hard row; LOOP_NOT_CONSUMED prints WARN naming the compiler and the issue and still asserts the macro form is no worse than the direct builtin, so a header regression cannot hide behind the compiler's limit. Arm 6/8 shows LOOP_CONSUMED can fail: with the analysis forced off the direct builtin buys the loop nothing (65 vs 65 here). Local run on Apple clang 21: LOOP_CONSUMED, 61 vs 65, ALL PASS.

Only CI can run the AppleClang 16 leg itself; locally the =false control is the stand-in for it.

Verification

• cmake --build build -j (plain, no build type) and cmake -S . -B asan -DRIPWIRE_ASAN=ON && cmake --build asan -j; LSAN_OPTIONS=suppressions=lsan_suppressions.txt ./asan/ripwire test/fixture >/dev/null exit 0.

• test/g1freshcheck.sh ALL PASS; test/manifestcheck.sh and test/gateexitcheck.sh pass with the new gate registered; python3 docs/gatecount_build.py regenerated 606 → 607; python3 docs/limits_build.py --check clean.

• python3 test/pargates.py . ./build/ripwire -j 6: gates=621 pass=618 skip=2 fail=1 wall=759.6s jobs=6 tree_writes=0. The one failure was binoverridecheck (arm 4: a gate that never invokes build/ripwire stays green under the failing stub), fixed by the pinned EXEMPT row in the third commit; binoverridecheck re-run alone: (4) all 573 non-exempt gates FAILED when pointed at the sentinel (0 false-greens), ALL PASS. The two skips are the sanctioned argvdiffcheck / editchecknotecheck (c) (no RIPWIRE_BASE).

• ./build/ripwire . --quality-delta: regressions="0" gating="0" preexisting-worse="0" new-symbol="0" api-new-surface="0" (the 76 stale= ledger rows are pre-existing hygiene, never gating).

• ./build/ripwire . --test-gate=src/infra/Diagnostics.h,test/noaliascheck.sh: changed="2" impacted="667" tests="9" untested="590", next="bash test/noaliascheck.sh" — a macro header's blast radius is the whole tree, which is what the full suite above covers; VERIFY_NO_ALIAS has no call sites in src/ today, so no behaviour changes in the binary.

• LLVM 17 round (5156d66): cmake --build build -j (the flag change alone recompiled pagerank.cpp.o; the header comment then rebuilt everything) and cmake --build asan -j, both trees carrying -mllvm -basic-aa-separate-storage in our targets' flags and nothing in the grammars'; LSAN_OPTIONS=suppressions=lsan_suppressions.txt ./asan/ripwire test/fixture exit 0; test/g1freshcheck.sh ALL PASS; bash test/noaliascheck.sh ALL PASS (eight arms + the probe rows); python3 test/pargates.py … --only noaliascheck / binoverridecheck / manifestcheck ALL PASS (1 + 1 + 2 gates ran, binoverridecheck 160.7 s); python3 docs/limits_build.py --check and python3 docs/gatecount_build.py --root . --check clean (607); CLANG_FORMAT=/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin/clang-format bash scripts/formatcheck.sh ALL PASS (clang-format 22, 9 files); test/regression.sh: 639 PASS, golden (2208 B) byte-identical and determinism PASS — the option changes no output — with one FAIL, versioncheck (built_from=95627a00c+dirty: the binary predated the commits; rebuilt, built_from=5156d6684, versioncheck ALL PASS, golden still byte-identical). The AppleClang 16 leg itself only CI can run; on this machine the =false control is its stand-in.

• Merge of origin/main (eced7a5): the PR went CONFLICTING while fix(legend): compact --zoom, --tree, churn-decay and map rows carried twelve attributes with no definition #189/fix(sidecars): a symlinked sidecar was still read through the link #191/docs(readme): a reader who only wanted the manual had no reference to jump to #192/fix(gates): mcpremotecheck hung on a stalled listener and judged a dead one's silence as verdicts #194/fix(scip): a --scip path that is empty, a directory, a FIFO or a device served the name-based map instead of refusing #197 landed; the only conflict was CHANGELOG.md's Unreleased section (main's Upgrade notes + this lane's entry, both kept). Rebuilt on the merged tree: noaliascheck ALL PASS with the cache cross-check green, versioncheck and manifestcheck ALL PASS, golden byte-identical, determinism and xmllint clean, LIMITS and gate-count checks clean.

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• Performance

  • Improved optimization for verified non-aliasing data when compiler support is available.

• Bug Fixes

  • VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF now rejects non-owning views such as std::span and std::string_view at compile time.
  • Added compatibility handling for compilers without separate-storage optimization support.

• Tests

  • Expanded non-aliasing checks, compiler detection, and regression-gate coverage.

• Documentation

  • Updated project materials to reflect the test suite’s increase from 608 to 609 validation gates.
  • Clarified ownership requirements and view-type restrictions for non-aliasing verification.

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The change configures separate-storage alias analysis, expands noaliascheck.sh to nine validation arms, rejects view types in VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF, integrates the gate into regression checks, and updates gate counts from 608 to 609.

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No-alias validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Alias contract and optimizer configuration src/infra/Diagnostics.h, CMakeLists.txt	VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF now rejects std::span and std::string_view. CMake probes and enables separate-storage alias analysis for supported compiler and Apple LTO cases.
Compiler classification and validation arms test/noaliascheck.sh	The gate uses the cached compiler, classifies optimizer behavior, checks CMake agreement, validates release and disabled paths, and tests owning-container and view types.
Regression integration and published counts test/regression.sh, test/binoverridecheck.sh, README.md, docs/EVALS.md, present/deck5_ripwire_build.js, CHANGELOG.md	Regression checks run noaliascheck, the exemption describes its expanded behavior, and documentation reports 609 gate scripts and the updated alias contract.

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Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Regression
  participant NoAliasGate
  participant CMakeCache
  participant Compiler
  Regression->>NoAliasGate: run noaliascheck.sh
  NoAliasGate->>CMakeCache: read compiler and optimizer probe results
  NoAliasGate->>Compiler: compile enabled and disabled probes
  Compiler-->>NoAliasGate: return optimizer classifications and measurements
  NoAliasGate-->>Regression: report validation result

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src/infra/Diagnostics.h (1)

300-304: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Narrow VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF to separately allocated buffers. The macro checks only wrapper addresses, then passes .data() to __builtin_assume_separate_storage, which requires different storage allocations. Distinct std::span objects can reference one allocation and pass the check, causing undefined behavior in release. A range-overlap check is insufficient because non-overlapping views from one allocation also violate the contract. Remove the generic std::span/view support from the documented contract, or use a different mechanism for views.

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In `@src/infra/Diagnostics.h` around lines 300 - 304, Update VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF
to require independently allocated buffer objects rather than merely distinct
wrapper addresses, since RW_ASSUME_SEPARATE_STORAGE requires separate
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In `@src/infra/Diagnostics.h`:
- Around line 300-304: Update VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF to require independently
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RW_ASSUME_SEPARATE_STORAGE requires separate allocations. Remove std::span/view
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test/noaliascheck.sh (1)

211-214: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fail the gate when the cached compiler and CXX identities differ. The probes compile with CXX, while the cached flag result describes the CMake compiler. This branch only warns and leaves fail unchanged, so the script can exit successfully after validating the override instead of the compiler that built the binary.

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CMakeLists.txt (1)

954-995: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the option to non-Apple LTO backends

When a Release build uses LLVM 17 with RIPWIRE_LTO=ON, this branch adds -mllvm -basic-aa-separate-storage only to compile commands. The non-Apple LTO link gets no backend option, so LLVM 17's EnableSeparateStorageAnalysis remains false and the final LTO optimization ignores the emitted separate_storage assumptions. Add the LLVM 17 LLD backend option in the non-Apple branch, for example target_link_options(${_t} PRIVATE "-Wl,-mllvm=-basic-aa-separate-storage"). The Apple branch already forwards its equivalent option.

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In `@CMakeLists.txt` around lines 954 - 995, Update the non-Apple RIPWIRE_LTO
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Re review 5187496495, the Minor on CMakeLists.txt (non-Apple RIPWIRE_LTO adds -mllvm -basic-aa-separate-storage to compiles only): declined, deliberately, and the CMake comment already says why. No toolchain in scope pairs LLVM 17 with an ELF LTO link: ubuntu-24.04's clang is 18 (the option is on by default there, so nothing is lost), the Linux release assets are gcc-toolset (no builtin, no -mllvm, the fallback ( (void)0 )), and the only LLVM-17 leg is AppleClang 16, where the ld64 form -Wl,-mllvm,-basic-aa-separate-storage IS added and was verified with a real -flto link. The lld/gold spelling could not be verified on any machine or CI leg we have, and a link flag passed blind is exactly the kind of thing this PR's gate exists to refuse. If an LLVM-17 ELF LTO build ever enters scope, the gate's classification (CONSUMED_WITH_FLAG on the compile probe) will not cover the link, and that is the moment to add and verify the -Wl,-mllvm=… / --plugin-opt form.

The two Majors in reviews 5187309381 and 5187496495 are fixed in the next pushed head: VERIFY_NO_ALIAS_BUF refuses std::span / std::string_view at compile time (structural trait, header stays library-free, gate arm 9 proves both the refusal and that vector/string/array still compile), and a CXX that is not the binary's cached compiler is now a FAIL, with RIPWIRE_CMAKE_CACHE as the documented way to classify another compiler.

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