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1 //= CheckerDocumentation.cpp - Documentation checker ---------------*- C++ -*-//
2 //
3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
4 //
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
7 //
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 //
10 // This checker lists all the checker callbacks and provides documentation for
11 // checker writers.
12 //
13 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
14 
15 #include "ClangSACheckers.h"
16 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugType.h"
17 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
18 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/CheckerManager.h"
19 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/CheckerContext.h"
20 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/ProgramStateTrait.h"
21 
22 using namespace clang;
23 using namespace ento;
24 
25 // All checkers should be placed into anonymous namespace.
26 // We place the CheckerDocumentation inside ento namespace to make the
27 // it visible in doxygen.
28 namespace clang {
29 namespace ento {
30 
31 /// This checker documents the callback functions checkers can use to implement
32 /// the custom handling of the specific events during path exploration as well
33 /// as reporting bugs. Most of the callbacks are targeted at path-sensitive
34 /// checking.
35 ///
36 /// \sa CheckerContext
37 class CheckerDocumentation : public Checker< check::PreStmt<ReturnStmt>,
38                                        check::PostStmt<DeclStmt>,
39                                        check::PreObjCMessage,
40                                        check::PostObjCMessage,
41                                        check::PreCall,
42                                        check::PostCall,
43                                        check::BranchCondition,
44                                        check::Location,
45                                        check::Bind,
46                                        check::DeadSymbols,
47                                        check::EndFunction,
48                                        check::EndAnalysis,
49                                        check::EndOfTranslationUnit,
50                                        eval::Call,
51                                        eval::Assume,
52                                        check::LiveSymbols,
53                                        check::RegionChanges,
54                                        check::PointerEscape,
55                                        check::ConstPointerEscape,
56                                        check::Event<ImplicitNullDerefEvent>,
57                                        check::ASTDecl<FunctionDecl> > {
58 public:
59 
60   /// \brief Pre-visit the Statement.
61   ///
62   /// The method will be called before the analyzer core processes the
63   /// statement. The notification is performed for every explored CFGElement,
64   /// which does not include the control flow statements such as IfStmt. The
65   /// callback can be specialized to be called with any subclass of Stmt.
66   ///
67   /// See checkBranchCondition() callback for performing custom processing of
68   /// the branching statements.
69   ///
70   /// check::PreStmt<ReturnStmt>
checkPreStmt(const ReturnStmt * DS,CheckerContext & C) const71   void checkPreStmt(const ReturnStmt *DS, CheckerContext &C) const {}
72 
73   /// \brief Post-visit the Statement.
74   ///
75   /// The method will be called after the analyzer core processes the
76   /// statement. The notification is performed for every explored CFGElement,
77   /// which does not include the control flow statements such as IfStmt. The
78   /// callback can be specialized to be called with any subclass of Stmt.
79   ///
80   /// check::PostStmt<DeclStmt>
81   void checkPostStmt(const DeclStmt *DS, CheckerContext &C) const;
82 
83   /// \brief Pre-visit the Objective C message.
84   ///
85   /// This will be called before the analyzer core processes the method call.
86   /// This is called for any action which produces an Objective-C message send,
87   /// including explicit message syntax and property access.
88   ///
89   /// check::PreObjCMessage
checkPreObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall & M,CheckerContext & C) const90   void checkPreObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall &M, CheckerContext &C) const {}
91 
92   /// \brief Post-visit the Objective C message.
93   /// \sa checkPreObjCMessage()
94   ///
95   /// check::PostObjCMessage
checkPostObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall & M,CheckerContext & C) const96   void checkPostObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall &M, CheckerContext &C) const {}
97 
98   /// \brief Pre-visit an abstract "call" event.
99   ///
100   /// This is used for checkers that want to check arguments or attributed
101   /// behavior for functions and methods no matter how they are being invoked.
102   ///
103   /// Note that this includes ALL cross-body invocations, so if you want to
104   /// limit your checks to, say, function calls, you should test for that at the
105   /// beginning of your callback function.
106   ///
107   /// check::PreCall
checkPreCall(const CallEvent & Call,CheckerContext & C) const108   void checkPreCall(const CallEvent &Call, CheckerContext &C) const {}
109 
110   /// \brief Post-visit an abstract "call" event.
111   /// \sa checkPreObjCMessage()
112   ///
113   /// check::PostCall
checkPostCall(const CallEvent & Call,CheckerContext & C) const114   void checkPostCall(const CallEvent &Call, CheckerContext &C) const {}
115 
116   /// \brief Pre-visit of the condition statement of a branch (such as IfStmt).
checkBranchCondition(const Stmt * Condition,CheckerContext & Ctx) const117   void checkBranchCondition(const Stmt *Condition, CheckerContext &Ctx) const {}
118 
119   /// \brief Called on a load from and a store to a location.
120   ///
121   /// The method will be called each time a location (pointer) value is
122   /// accessed.
123   /// \param Loc    The value of the location (pointer).
124   /// \param IsLoad The flag specifying if the location is a store or a load.
125   /// \param S      The load is performed while processing the statement.
126   ///
127   /// check::Location
checkLocation(SVal Loc,bool IsLoad,const Stmt * S,CheckerContext &) const128   void checkLocation(SVal Loc, bool IsLoad, const Stmt *S,
129                      CheckerContext &) const {}
130 
131   /// \brief Called on binding of a value to a location.
132   ///
133   /// \param Loc The value of the location (pointer).
134   /// \param Val The value which will be stored at the location Loc.
135   /// \param S   The bind is performed while processing the statement S.
136   ///
137   /// check::Bind
checkBind(SVal Loc,SVal Val,const Stmt * S,CheckerContext &) const138   void checkBind(SVal Loc, SVal Val, const Stmt *S, CheckerContext &) const {}
139 
140 
141   /// \brief Called whenever a symbol becomes dead.
142   ///
143   /// This callback should be used by the checkers to aggressively clean
144   /// up/reduce the checker state, which is important for reducing the overall
145   /// memory usage. Specifically, if a checker keeps symbol specific information
146   /// in the sate, it can and should be dropped after the symbol becomes dead.
147   /// In addition, reporting a bug as soon as the checker becomes dead leads to
148   /// more precise diagnostics. (For example, one should report that a malloced
149   /// variable is not freed right after it goes out of scope.)
150   ///
151   /// \param SR The SymbolReaper object can be queried to determine which
152   ///           symbols are dead.
153   ///
154   /// check::DeadSymbols
checkDeadSymbols(SymbolReaper & SR,CheckerContext & C) const155   void checkDeadSymbols(SymbolReaper &SR, CheckerContext &C) const {}
156 
157   /// \brief Called when the analyzer core reaches the end of a
158   /// function being analyzed.
159   ///
160   /// check::EndFunction
checkEndFunction(CheckerContext & Ctx) const161   void checkEndFunction(CheckerContext &Ctx) const {}
162 
163   /// \brief Called after all the paths in the ExplodedGraph reach end of path
164   /// - the symbolic execution graph is fully explored.
165   ///
166   /// This callback should be used in cases when a checker needs to have a
167   /// global view of the information generated on all paths. For example, to
168   /// compare execution summary/result several paths.
169   /// See IdempotentOperationChecker for a usage example.
170   ///
171   /// check::EndAnalysis
checkEndAnalysis(ExplodedGraph & G,BugReporter & BR,ExprEngine & Eng) const172   void checkEndAnalysis(ExplodedGraph &G,
173                         BugReporter &BR,
174                         ExprEngine &Eng) const {}
175 
176   /// \brief Called after analysis of a TranslationUnit is complete.
177   ///
178   /// check::EndOfTranslationUnit
checkEndOfTranslationUnit(const TranslationUnitDecl * TU,AnalysisManager & Mgr,BugReporter & BR) const179   void checkEndOfTranslationUnit(const TranslationUnitDecl *TU,
180                                  AnalysisManager &Mgr,
181                                  BugReporter &BR) const {}
182 
183 
184   /// \brief Evaluates function call.
185   ///
186   /// The analysis core threats all function calls in the same way. However, some
187   /// functions have special meaning, which should be reflected in the program
188   /// state. This callback allows a checker to provide domain specific knowledge
189   /// about the particular functions it knows about.
190   ///
191   /// \returns true if the call has been successfully evaluated
192   /// and false otherwise. Note, that only one checker can evaluate a call. If
193   /// more than one checker claims that they can evaluate the same call the
194   /// first one wins.
195   ///
196   /// eval::Call
evalCall(const CallExpr * CE,CheckerContext & C) const197   bool evalCall(const CallExpr *CE, CheckerContext &C) const { return true; }
198 
199   /// \brief Handles assumptions on symbolic values.
200   ///
201   /// This method is called when a symbolic expression is assumed to be true or
202   /// false. For example, the assumptions are performed when evaluating a
203   /// condition at a branch. The callback allows checkers track the assumptions
204   /// performed on the symbols of interest and change the state accordingly.
205   ///
206   /// eval::Assume
evalAssume(ProgramStateRef State,SVal Cond,bool Assumption) const207   ProgramStateRef evalAssume(ProgramStateRef State,
208                                  SVal Cond,
209                                  bool Assumption) const { return State; }
210 
211   /// Allows modifying SymbolReaper object. For example, checkers can explicitly
212   /// register symbols of interest as live. These symbols will not be marked
213   /// dead and removed.
214   ///
215   /// check::LiveSymbols
checkLiveSymbols(ProgramStateRef State,SymbolReaper & SR) const216   void checkLiveSymbols(ProgramStateRef State, SymbolReaper &SR) const {}
217 
218   /// \brief Called to determine if the checker currently needs to know if when
219   /// contents of any regions change.
220   ///
221   /// Since it is not necessarily cheap to compute which regions are being
222   /// changed, this allows the analyzer core to skip the more expensive
223   /// #checkRegionChanges when no checkers are tracking any state.
wantsRegionChangeUpdate(ProgramStateRef St) const224   bool wantsRegionChangeUpdate(ProgramStateRef St) const { return true; }
225 
226   /// \brief Called when the contents of one or more regions change.
227   ///
228   /// This can occur in many different ways: an explicit bind, a blanket
229   /// invalidation of the region contents, or by passing a region to a function
230   /// call whose behavior the analyzer cannot model perfectly.
231   ///
232   /// \param State The current program state.
233   /// \param Invalidated A set of all symbols potentially touched by the change.
234   /// \param ExplicitRegions The regions explicitly requested for invalidation.
235   ///        For a function call, this would be the arguments. For a bind, this
236   ///        would be the region being bound to.
237   /// \param Regions The transitive closure of regions accessible from,
238   ///        \p ExplicitRegions, i.e. all regions that may have been touched
239   ///        by this change. For a simple bind, this list will be the same as
240   ///        \p ExplicitRegions, since a bind does not affect the contents of
241   ///        anything accessible through the base region.
242   /// \param Call The opaque call triggering this invalidation. Will be 0 if the
243   ///        change was not triggered by a call.
244   ///
245   /// Note that this callback will not be invoked unless
246   /// #wantsRegionChangeUpdate returns \c true.
247   ///
248   /// check::RegionChanges
249   ProgramStateRef
checkRegionChanges(ProgramStateRef State,const InvalidatedSymbols * Invalidated,ArrayRef<const MemRegion * > ExplicitRegions,ArrayRef<const MemRegion * > Regions,const CallEvent * Call) const250     checkRegionChanges(ProgramStateRef State,
251                        const InvalidatedSymbols *Invalidated,
252                        ArrayRef<const MemRegion *> ExplicitRegions,
253                        ArrayRef<const MemRegion *> Regions,
254                        const CallEvent *Call) const {
255     return State;
256   }
257 
258   /// \brief Called when pointers escape.
259   ///
260   /// This notifies the checkers about pointer escape, which occurs whenever
261   /// the analyzer cannot track the symbol any more. For example, as a
262   /// result of assigning a pointer into a global or when it's passed to a
263   /// function call the analyzer cannot model.
264   ///
265   /// \param State The state at the point of escape.
266   /// \param Escaped The list of escaped symbols.
267   /// \param Call The corresponding CallEvent, if the symbols escape as
268   /// parameters to the given call.
269   /// \param Kind How the symbols have escaped.
270   /// \returns Checkers can modify the state by returning a new state.
checkPointerEscape(ProgramStateRef State,const InvalidatedSymbols & Escaped,const CallEvent * Call,PointerEscapeKind Kind) const271   ProgramStateRef checkPointerEscape(ProgramStateRef State,
272                                      const InvalidatedSymbols &Escaped,
273                                      const CallEvent *Call,
274                                      PointerEscapeKind Kind) const {
275     return State;
276   }
277 
278   /// \brief Called when const pointers escape.
279   ///
280   /// Note: in most cases checkPointerEscape callback is sufficient.
281   /// \sa checkPointerEscape
checkConstPointerEscape(ProgramStateRef State,const InvalidatedSymbols & Escaped,const CallEvent * Call,PointerEscapeKind Kind) const282   ProgramStateRef checkConstPointerEscape(ProgramStateRef State,
283                                      const InvalidatedSymbols &Escaped,
284                                      const CallEvent *Call,
285                                      PointerEscapeKind Kind) const {
286     return State;
287   }
288 
289   /// check::Event<ImplicitNullDerefEvent>
checkEvent(ImplicitNullDerefEvent Event) const290   void checkEvent(ImplicitNullDerefEvent Event) const {}
291 
292   /// \brief Check every declaration in the AST.
293   ///
294   /// An AST traversal callback, which should only be used when the checker is
295   /// not path sensitive. It will be called for every Declaration in the AST and
296   /// can be specialized to only be called on subclasses of Decl, for example,
297   /// FunctionDecl.
298   ///
299   /// check::ASTDecl<FunctionDecl>
checkASTDecl(const FunctionDecl * D,AnalysisManager & Mgr,BugReporter & BR) const300   void checkASTDecl(const FunctionDecl *D,
301                     AnalysisManager &Mgr,
302                     BugReporter &BR) const {}
303 
304 };
305 
checkPostStmt(const DeclStmt * DS,CheckerContext & C) const306 void CheckerDocumentation::checkPostStmt(const DeclStmt *DS,
307                                          CheckerContext &C) const {
308   return;
309 }
310 
311 } // end namespace ento
312 } // end namespace clang
313