RFR: 8362516: Support of GCC static analyzer (-fanalyzer)

[Erik Joelsson]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:17:47 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaesken at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Recent versions of GCC have a static code analyzer option (-fanalyzer) that works quite well for C code (but it has still issues with C++).
> This can be used to identify e.g. some leaks like memory leaks, double close, use of uninitialized data etc. .
> Some info about it :
> 
> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Static-Analyzer-Options.html
> https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2023/05/31/improvements-static-analysis-gcc-13-compiler

make/autoconf/jdk-options.m4 line 489:

> 487: [
> 488:   UTIL_ARG_ENABLE(NAME: static-analyzer, DEFAULT: false, RESULT: STATIC_ANALYZER_ENABLED,
> 489:       DESC: [enable static analyzer],

I think we can be more specific in the description, at as long as this option actually is GCC specific.
Suggestion:

      DESC: [enable the GCC static analyzer],

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26989#discussion_r2308003680