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1 //===--- OwningMemoryCheck.cpp - clang-tidy--------------------------------===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 
9 #include "OwningMemoryCheck.h"
10 #include "../utils/Matchers.h"
11 #include "../utils/OptionsUtils.h"
12 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
13 #include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
14 #include <string>
15 #include <vector>
16 
17 using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
18 using namespace clang::ast_matchers::internal;
19 
20 namespace clang {
21 namespace tidy {
22 namespace cppcoreguidelines {
23 
24 // FIXME: Copied from 'NoMallocCheck.cpp'. Has to be refactored into 'util' or
25 // something like that.
26 namespace {
27 Matcher<FunctionDecl> hasAnyListedName(const std::string &FunctionNames) {
28   const std::vector<std::string> NameList =
29       utils::options::parseStringList(FunctionNames);
30   return hasAnyName(std::vector<StringRef>(NameList.begin(), NameList.end()));
31 }
32 } // namespace
33 
34 void OwningMemoryCheck::storeOptions(ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) {
35   Options.store(Opts, "LegacyResourceProducers", LegacyResourceProducers);
36   Options.store(Opts, "LegacyResourceConsumers", LegacyResourceConsumers);
37 }
38 
39 /// Match common cases, where the owner semantic is relevant, like function
40 /// calls, delete expressions and others.
41 void OwningMemoryCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
42   const auto OwnerDecl = typeAliasTemplateDecl(hasName("::gsl::owner"));
43   const auto IsOwnerType = hasType(OwnerDecl);
44 
45   const auto LegacyCreatorFunctions = hasAnyListedName(LegacyResourceProducers);
46   const auto LegacyConsumerFunctions =
47       hasAnyListedName(LegacyResourceConsumers);
48 
49   // Legacy functions that are use for resource management but cannot be
50   // updated to use `gsl::owner<>`, like standard C memory management.
51   const auto CreatesLegacyOwner =
52       callExpr(callee(functionDecl(LegacyCreatorFunctions)));
53   // C-style functions like `::malloc()` sometimes create owners as void*
54   // which is expected to be cast to the correct type in C++. This case
55   // must be catched explicitly.
56   const auto LegacyOwnerCast =
57       castExpr(hasSourceExpression(CreatesLegacyOwner));
58   // Functions that do manual resource management but cannot be updated to use
59   // owner. Best example is `::free()`.
60   const auto LegacyOwnerConsumers = functionDecl(LegacyConsumerFunctions);
61 
62   const auto CreatesOwner =
63       anyOf(cxxNewExpr(),
64             callExpr(callee(
65                 functionDecl(returns(qualType(hasDeclaration(OwnerDecl)))))),
66             CreatesLegacyOwner, LegacyOwnerCast);
67 
68   const auto ConsideredOwner = eachOf(IsOwnerType, CreatesOwner);
69 
70   // Find delete expressions that delete non-owners.
71   Finder->addMatcher(
72       traverse(TK_AsIs,
73                cxxDeleteExpr(hasDescendant(declRefExpr(unless(ConsideredOwner))
74                                                .bind("deleted_variable")))
75                    .bind("delete_expr")),
76       this);
77 
78   // Ignoring the implicit casts is vital because the legacy owners do not work
79   // with the 'owner<>' annotation and therefore always implicitly cast to the
80   // legacy type (even 'void *').
81   //
82   // Furthermore, legacy owner functions are assumed to use raw pointers for
83   // resources. This check assumes that all pointer arguments of a legacy
84   // functions shall be 'gsl::owner<>'.
85   Finder->addMatcher(
86       traverse(TK_AsIs, callExpr(callee(LegacyOwnerConsumers),
87                                  hasAnyArgument(expr(
88                                      unless(ignoringImpCasts(ConsideredOwner)),
89                                      hasType(pointerType()))))
90                             .bind("legacy_consumer")),
91       this);
92 
93   // Matching assignment to owners, with the rhs not being an owner nor creating
94   // one.
95   Finder->addMatcher(
96       traverse(TK_AsIs,
97                binaryOperator(isAssignmentOperator(), hasLHS(IsOwnerType),
98                               hasRHS(unless(ConsideredOwner)))
99                    .bind("owner_assignment")),
100       this);
101 
102   // Matching initialization of owners with non-owners, nor creating owners.
103   Finder->addMatcher(
104       traverse(TK_AsIs,
105                namedDecl(
106                    varDecl(hasInitializer(unless(ConsideredOwner)), IsOwnerType)
107                        .bind("owner_initialization"))),
108       this);
109 
110   const auto HasConstructorInitializerForOwner =
111       has(cxxConstructorDecl(forEachConstructorInitializer(
112           cxxCtorInitializer(
113               isMemberInitializer(), forField(IsOwnerType),
114               withInitializer(
115                   // Avoid templatesdeclaration with
116                   // excluding parenListExpr.
117                   allOf(unless(ConsideredOwner), unless(parenListExpr()))))
118               .bind("owner_member_initializer"))));
119 
120   // Match class member initialization that expects owners, but does not get
121   // them.
122   Finder->addMatcher(
123       traverse(TK_AsIs, cxxRecordDecl(HasConstructorInitializerForOwner)),
124       this);
125 
126   // Matching on assignment operations where the RHS is a newly created owner,
127   // but the LHS is not an owner.
128   Finder->addMatcher(binaryOperator(isAssignmentOperator(),
129                                     hasLHS(unless(IsOwnerType)),
130                                     hasRHS(CreatesOwner))
131                          .bind("bad_owner_creation_assignment"),
132                      this);
133 
134   // Matching on initialization operations where the initial value is a newly
135   // created owner, but the LHS is not an owner.
136   Finder->addMatcher(
137       traverse(
138           TK_AsIs,
139           namedDecl(
140               varDecl(eachOf(allOf(hasInitializer(CreatesOwner),
141                                    unless(IsOwnerType)),
142                              allOf(hasInitializer(ConsideredOwner),
143                                    hasType(autoType().bind("deduced_type")))))
144                   .bind("bad_owner_creation_variable"))),
145       this);
146 
147   // Match on all function calls that expect owners as arguments, but didn't
148   // get them.
149   Finder->addMatcher(
150       callExpr(forEachArgumentWithParam(
151           expr(unless(ConsideredOwner)).bind("expected_owner_argument"),
152           parmVarDecl(IsOwnerType))),
153       this);
154 
155   // Matching for function calls where one argument is a created owner, but the
156   // parameter type is not an owner.
157   Finder->addMatcher(callExpr(forEachArgumentWithParam(
158                          expr(CreatesOwner).bind("bad_owner_creation_argument"),
159                          parmVarDecl(unless(IsOwnerType))
160                              .bind("bad_owner_creation_parameter"))),
161                      this);
162 
163   // Matching on functions, that return an owner/resource, but don't declare
164   // their return type as owner.
165   Finder->addMatcher(
166       functionDecl(hasDescendant(returnStmt(hasReturnValue(ConsideredOwner))
167                                      .bind("bad_owner_return")),
168                    unless(returns(qualType(hasDeclaration(OwnerDecl)))))
169           .bind("function_decl"),
170       this);
171 
172   // Match on classes that have an owner as member, but don't declare a
173   // destructor to properly release the owner.
174   Finder->addMatcher(
175       cxxRecordDecl(
176           has(fieldDecl(IsOwnerType).bind("undestructed_owner_member")),
177           anyOf(unless(has(cxxDestructorDecl())),
178                 has(cxxDestructorDecl(anyOf(isDefaulted(), isDeleted())))))
179           .bind("non_destructor_class"),
180       this);
181 }
182 
183 void OwningMemoryCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
184   const auto &Nodes = Result.Nodes;
185 
186   bool CheckExecuted = false;
187   CheckExecuted |= handleDeletion(Nodes);
188   CheckExecuted |= handleLegacyConsumers(Nodes);
189   CheckExecuted |= handleExpectedOwner(Nodes);
190   CheckExecuted |= handleAssignmentAndInit(Nodes);
191   CheckExecuted |= handleAssignmentFromNewOwner(Nodes);
192   CheckExecuted |= handleReturnValues(Nodes);
193   CheckExecuted |= handleOwnerMembers(Nodes);
194 
195   assert(CheckExecuted &&
196          "None of the subroutines executed, logic error in matcher!");
197 }
198 
199 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleDeletion(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
200   // Result of delete matchers.
201   const auto *DeleteStmt = Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXDeleteExpr>("delete_expr");
202   const auto *DeletedVariable =
203       Nodes.getNodeAs<DeclRefExpr>("deleted_variable");
204 
205   // Deletion of non-owners, with `delete variable;`
206   if (DeleteStmt) {
207     diag(DeleteStmt->getBeginLoc(),
208          "deleting a pointer through a type that is "
209          "not marked 'gsl::owner<>'; consider using a "
210          "smart pointer instead")
211         << DeletedVariable->getSourceRange();
212 
213     // FIXME: The declaration of the variable that was deleted can be
214     // rewritten.
215     const ValueDecl *Decl = DeletedVariable->getDecl();
216     diag(Decl->getBeginLoc(), "variable declared here", DiagnosticIDs::Note)
217         << Decl->getSourceRange();
218 
219     return true;
220   }
221   return false;
222 }
223 
224 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleLegacyConsumers(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
225   // Result of matching for legacy consumer-functions like `::free()`.
226   const auto *LegacyConsumer = Nodes.getNodeAs<CallExpr>("legacy_consumer");
227 
228   // FIXME: `freopen` should be handled separately because it takes the filename
229   // as a pointer, which should not be an owner. The argument that is an owner
230   // is known and the false positive coming from the filename can be avoided.
231   if (LegacyConsumer) {
232     diag(LegacyConsumer->getBeginLoc(),
233          "calling legacy resource function without passing a 'gsl::owner<>'")
234         << LegacyConsumer->getSourceRange();
235     return true;
236   }
237   return false;
238 }
239 
240 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleExpectedOwner(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
241   // Result of function call matchers.
242   const auto *ExpectedOwner = Nodes.getNodeAs<Expr>("expected_owner_argument");
243 
244   // Expected function argument to be owner.
245   if (ExpectedOwner) {
246     diag(ExpectedOwner->getBeginLoc(),
247          "expected argument of type 'gsl::owner<>'; got %0")
248         << ExpectedOwner->getType() << ExpectedOwner->getSourceRange();
249     return true;
250   }
251   return false;
252 }
253 
254 /// Assignment and initialization of owner variables.
255 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleAssignmentAndInit(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
256   const auto *OwnerAssignment =
257       Nodes.getNodeAs<BinaryOperator>("owner_assignment");
258   const auto *OwnerInitialization =
259       Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("owner_initialization");
260   const auto *OwnerInitializer =
261       Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXCtorInitializer>("owner_member_initializer");
262 
263   // Assignments to owners.
264   if (OwnerAssignment) {
265     diag(OwnerAssignment->getBeginLoc(),
266          "expected assignment source to be of type 'gsl::owner<>'; got %0")
267         << OwnerAssignment->getRHS()->getType()
268         << OwnerAssignment->getSourceRange();
269     return true;
270   }
271 
272   // Initialization of owners.
273   if (OwnerInitialization) {
274     diag(OwnerInitialization->getBeginLoc(),
275          "expected initialization with value of type 'gsl::owner<>'; got %0")
276         << OwnerInitialization->getAnyInitializer()->getType()
277         << OwnerInitialization->getSourceRange();
278     return true;
279   }
280 
281   // Initializer of class constructors that initialize owners.
282   if (OwnerInitializer) {
283     diag(OwnerInitializer->getSourceLocation(),
284          "expected initialization of owner member variable with value of type "
285          "'gsl::owner<>'; got %0")
286         // FIXME: the expression from getInit has type 'void', but the type
287         // of the supplied argument would be of interest.
288         << OwnerInitializer->getInit()->getType()
289         << OwnerInitializer->getSourceRange();
290     return true;
291   }
292   return false;
293 }
294 
295 /// Problematic assignment and initializations, since the assigned value is a
296 /// newly created owner.
297 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleAssignmentFromNewOwner(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
298   const auto *BadOwnerAssignment =
299       Nodes.getNodeAs<BinaryOperator>("bad_owner_creation_assignment");
300   const auto *BadOwnerInitialization =
301       Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("bad_owner_creation_variable");
302 
303   const auto *BadOwnerArgument =
304       Nodes.getNodeAs<Expr>("bad_owner_creation_argument");
305   const auto *BadOwnerParameter =
306       Nodes.getNodeAs<ParmVarDecl>("bad_owner_creation_parameter");
307 
308   // Bad assignments to non-owners, where the RHS is a newly created owner.
309   if (BadOwnerAssignment) {
310     diag(BadOwnerAssignment->getBeginLoc(),
311          "assigning newly created 'gsl::owner<>' to non-owner %0")
312         << BadOwnerAssignment->getLHS()->getType()
313         << BadOwnerAssignment->getSourceRange();
314     return true;
315   }
316 
317   // Bad initialization of non-owners, where the RHS is a newly created owner.
318   if (BadOwnerInitialization) {
319     diag(BadOwnerInitialization->getBeginLoc(),
320          "initializing non-owner %0 with a newly created 'gsl::owner<>'")
321         << BadOwnerInitialization->getType()
322         << BadOwnerInitialization->getSourceRange();
323 
324     // FIXME: FixitHint to rewrite the type of the initialized variable
325     // as 'gsl::owner<OriginalType>'
326 
327     // If the type of the variable was deduced, the wrapping owner typedef is
328     // eliminated, therefore the check emits a special note for that case.
329     if (Nodes.getNodeAs<AutoType>("deduced_type")) {
330       diag(BadOwnerInitialization->getBeginLoc(),
331            "type deduction did not result in an owner", DiagnosticIDs::Note);
332     }
333     return true;
334   }
335 
336   // Function call, where one arguments is a newly created owner, but the
337   // parameter type is not.
338   if (BadOwnerArgument) {
339     assert(BadOwnerParameter &&
340            "parameter for the problematic argument not found");
341     diag(BadOwnerArgument->getBeginLoc(), "initializing non-owner argument of "
342                                           "type %0 with a newly created "
343                                           "'gsl::owner<>'")
344         << BadOwnerParameter->getType() << BadOwnerArgument->getSourceRange();
345     return true;
346   }
347   return false;
348 }
349 
350 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleReturnValues(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
351   // Function return statements, that are owners/resources, but the function
352   // declaration does not declare its return value as owner.
353   const auto *BadReturnType = Nodes.getNodeAs<ReturnStmt>("bad_owner_return");
354   const auto *Function = Nodes.getNodeAs<FunctionDecl>("function_decl");
355 
356   // Function return values, that should be owners but aren't.
357   if (BadReturnType) {
358     // The returned value is a resource or variable that was not annotated with
359     // owner<> and the function return type is not owner<>.
360     diag(BadReturnType->getBeginLoc(),
361          "returning a newly created resource of "
362          "type %0 or 'gsl::owner<>' from a "
363          "function whose return type is not 'gsl::owner<>'")
364         << Function->getReturnType() << BadReturnType->getSourceRange();
365 
366     // FIXME: Rewrite the return type as 'gsl::owner<OriginalType>'
367     return true;
368   }
369   return false;
370 }
371 
372 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleOwnerMembers(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
373   // Classes, that have owners as member, but do not declare destructors
374   // accordingly.
375   const auto *BadClass = Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXRecordDecl>("non_destructor_class");
376 
377   // Classes, that contains owners, but do not declare destructors.
378   if (BadClass) {
379     const auto *DeclaredOwnerMember =
380         Nodes.getNodeAs<FieldDecl>("undestructed_owner_member");
381     assert(DeclaredOwnerMember &&
382            "match on class with bad destructor but without a declared owner");
383 
384     diag(DeclaredOwnerMember->getBeginLoc(),
385          "member variable of type 'gsl::owner<>' requires the class %0 to "
386          "implement a destructor to release the owned resource")
387         << BadClass;
388     return true;
389   }
390   return false;
391 }
392 
393 } // namespace cppcoreguidelines
394 } // namespace tidy
395 } // namespace clang
396