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@chabbimilind chabbimilind commented Apr 29, 2026

When types.Instantiate is called with check == nil (as done by
golang.org/x/tools/go/ssa), the resulting *Alias instances had
a.actual == nil. Concurrent calls to types.Identical would then
race on the lazy initialization in unalias().

This change adds an else clause to (*Checker).newAlias to call
a.cleanup() inline when check == nil, ensuring a.actual is set
before the alias escapes.

The new test TestInstantiateAliasRace reproduces the race when
the fix is not present and passes with the fix applied.

Fixes #79035

When types.Instantiate is called with check == nil (as done by
golang.org/x/tools/go/ssa), the resulting *Alias instances had
a.actual == nil. Concurrent calls to types.Identical would then
race on the lazy initialization in unalias().

This change adds an else clause to (*Checker).newAlias to call
a.cleanup() inline when check == nil, ensuring a.actual is set
before the alias escapes.

The new test TestInstantiateAliasRace reproduces the race when
the fix is not present and passes with the fix applied.

Fixes golang#79035
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go/types: data race in Unalias during concurrent types.Identical calls on SSA-instantiated aliases

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