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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 caught 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(TK_AsIs, namedDecl(varDecl(allOf(hasInitializer(CreatesOwner),
138                                                 unless(IsOwnerType)))
139                                       .bind("bad_owner_creation_variable"))),
140       this);
141 
142   // Match on all function calls that expect owners as arguments, but didn't
143   // get them.
144   Finder->addMatcher(
145       callExpr(forEachArgumentWithParam(
146           expr(unless(ConsideredOwner)).bind("expected_owner_argument"),
147           parmVarDecl(IsOwnerType))),
148       this);
149 
150   // Matching for function calls where one argument is a created owner, but the
151   // parameter type is not an owner.
152   Finder->addMatcher(callExpr(forEachArgumentWithParam(
153                          expr(CreatesOwner).bind("bad_owner_creation_argument"),
154                          parmVarDecl(unless(IsOwnerType))
155                              .bind("bad_owner_creation_parameter"))),
156                      this);
157 
158   // Matching on functions, that return an owner/resource, but don't declare
159   // their return type as owner.
160   Finder->addMatcher(
161       functionDecl(hasDescendant(returnStmt(hasReturnValue(ConsideredOwner))
162                                      .bind("bad_owner_return")),
163                    unless(returns(qualType(hasDeclaration(OwnerDecl)))))
164           .bind("function_decl"),
165       this);
166 
167   // Match on classes that have an owner as member, but don't declare a
168   // destructor to properly release the owner.
169   Finder->addMatcher(
170       cxxRecordDecl(
171           has(fieldDecl(IsOwnerType).bind("undestructed_owner_member")),
172           anyOf(unless(has(cxxDestructorDecl())),
173                 has(cxxDestructorDecl(anyOf(isDefaulted(), isDeleted())))))
174           .bind("non_destructor_class"),
175       this);
176 }
177 
178 void OwningMemoryCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
179   const auto &Nodes = Result.Nodes;
180 
181   bool CheckExecuted = false;
182   CheckExecuted |= handleDeletion(Nodes);
183   CheckExecuted |= handleLegacyConsumers(Nodes);
184   CheckExecuted |= handleExpectedOwner(Nodes);
185   CheckExecuted |= handleAssignmentAndInit(Nodes);
186   CheckExecuted |= handleAssignmentFromNewOwner(Nodes);
187   CheckExecuted |= handleReturnValues(Nodes);
188   CheckExecuted |= handleOwnerMembers(Nodes);
189 
190   (void)CheckExecuted;
191   assert(CheckExecuted &&
192          "None of the subroutines executed, logic error in matcher!");
193 }
194 
195 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleDeletion(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
196   // Result of delete matchers.
197   const auto *DeleteStmt = Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXDeleteExpr>("delete_expr");
198   const auto *DeletedVariable =
199       Nodes.getNodeAs<DeclRefExpr>("deleted_variable");
200 
201   // Deletion of non-owners, with `delete variable;`
202   if (DeleteStmt) {
203     diag(DeleteStmt->getBeginLoc(),
204          "deleting a pointer through a type that is "
205          "not marked 'gsl::owner<>'; consider using a "
206          "smart pointer instead")
207         << DeletedVariable->getSourceRange();
208 
209     // FIXME: The declaration of the variable that was deleted can be
210     // rewritten.
211     const ValueDecl *Decl = DeletedVariable->getDecl();
212     diag(Decl->getBeginLoc(), "variable declared here", DiagnosticIDs::Note)
213         << Decl->getSourceRange();
214 
215     return true;
216   }
217   return false;
218 }
219 
220 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleLegacyConsumers(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
221   // Result of matching for legacy consumer-functions like `::free()`.
222   const auto *LegacyConsumer = Nodes.getNodeAs<CallExpr>("legacy_consumer");
223 
224   // FIXME: `freopen` should be handled separately because it takes the filename
225   // as a pointer, which should not be an owner. The argument that is an owner
226   // is known and the false positive coming from the filename can be avoided.
227   if (LegacyConsumer) {
228     diag(LegacyConsumer->getBeginLoc(),
229          "calling legacy resource function without passing a 'gsl::owner<>'")
230         << LegacyConsumer->getSourceRange();
231     return true;
232   }
233   return false;
234 }
235 
236 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleExpectedOwner(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
237   // Result of function call matchers.
238   const auto *ExpectedOwner = Nodes.getNodeAs<Expr>("expected_owner_argument");
239 
240   // Expected function argument to be owner.
241   if (ExpectedOwner) {
242     diag(ExpectedOwner->getBeginLoc(),
243          "expected argument of type 'gsl::owner<>'; got %0")
244         << ExpectedOwner->getType() << ExpectedOwner->getSourceRange();
245     return true;
246   }
247   return false;
248 }
249 
250 /// Assignment and initialization of owner variables.
251 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleAssignmentAndInit(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
252   const auto *OwnerAssignment =
253       Nodes.getNodeAs<BinaryOperator>("owner_assignment");
254   const auto *OwnerInitialization =
255       Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("owner_initialization");
256   const auto *OwnerInitializer =
257       Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXCtorInitializer>("owner_member_initializer");
258 
259   // Assignments to owners.
260   if (OwnerAssignment) {
261     diag(OwnerAssignment->getBeginLoc(),
262          "expected assignment source to be of type 'gsl::owner<>'; got %0")
263         << OwnerAssignment->getRHS()->getType()
264         << OwnerAssignment->getSourceRange();
265     return true;
266   }
267 
268   // Initialization of owners.
269   if (OwnerInitialization) {
270     diag(OwnerInitialization->getBeginLoc(),
271          "expected initialization with value of type 'gsl::owner<>'; got %0")
272         << OwnerInitialization->getAnyInitializer()->getType()
273         << OwnerInitialization->getSourceRange();
274     return true;
275   }
276 
277   // Initializer of class constructors that initialize owners.
278   if (OwnerInitializer) {
279     diag(OwnerInitializer->getSourceLocation(),
280          "expected initialization of owner member variable with value of type "
281          "'gsl::owner<>'; got %0")
282         // FIXME: the expression from getInit has type 'void', but the type
283         // of the supplied argument would be of interest.
284         << OwnerInitializer->getInit()->getType()
285         << OwnerInitializer->getSourceRange();
286     return true;
287   }
288   return false;
289 }
290 
291 /// Problematic assignment and initializations, since the assigned value is a
292 /// newly created owner.
293 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleAssignmentFromNewOwner(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
294   const auto *BadOwnerAssignment =
295       Nodes.getNodeAs<BinaryOperator>("bad_owner_creation_assignment");
296   const auto *BadOwnerInitialization =
297       Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("bad_owner_creation_variable");
298 
299   const auto *BadOwnerArgument =
300       Nodes.getNodeAs<Expr>("bad_owner_creation_argument");
301   const auto *BadOwnerParameter =
302       Nodes.getNodeAs<ParmVarDecl>("bad_owner_creation_parameter");
303 
304   // Bad assignments to non-owners, where the RHS is a newly created owner.
305   if (BadOwnerAssignment) {
306     diag(BadOwnerAssignment->getBeginLoc(),
307          "assigning newly created 'gsl::owner<>' to non-owner %0")
308         << BadOwnerAssignment->getLHS()->getType()
309         << BadOwnerAssignment->getSourceRange();
310     return true;
311   }
312 
313   // Bad initialization of non-owners, where the RHS is a newly created owner.
314   if (BadOwnerInitialization) {
315     diag(BadOwnerInitialization->getBeginLoc(),
316          "initializing non-owner %0 with a newly created 'gsl::owner<>'")
317         << BadOwnerInitialization->getType()
318         << BadOwnerInitialization->getSourceRange();
319 
320     // FIXME: FixitHint to rewrite the type of the initialized variable
321     // as 'gsl::owner<OriginalType>'
322     return true;
323   }
324 
325   // Function call, where one arguments is a newly created owner, but the
326   // parameter type is not.
327   if (BadOwnerArgument) {
328     assert(BadOwnerParameter &&
329            "parameter for the problematic argument not found");
330     diag(BadOwnerArgument->getBeginLoc(), "initializing non-owner argument of "
331                                           "type %0 with a newly created "
332                                           "'gsl::owner<>'")
333         << BadOwnerParameter->getType() << BadOwnerArgument->getSourceRange();
334     return true;
335   }
336   return false;
337 }
338 
339 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleReturnValues(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
340   // Function return statements, that are owners/resources, but the function
341   // declaration does not declare its return value as owner.
342   const auto *BadReturnType = Nodes.getNodeAs<ReturnStmt>("bad_owner_return");
343   const auto *Function = Nodes.getNodeAs<FunctionDecl>("function_decl");
344 
345   // Function return values, that should be owners but aren't.
346   if (BadReturnType) {
347     // The returned value is a resource or variable that was not annotated with
348     // owner<> and the function return type is not owner<>.
349     diag(BadReturnType->getBeginLoc(),
350          "returning a newly created resource of "
351          "type %0 or 'gsl::owner<>' from a "
352          "function whose return type is not 'gsl::owner<>'")
353         << Function->getReturnType() << BadReturnType->getSourceRange();
354 
355     // FIXME: Rewrite the return type as 'gsl::owner<OriginalType>'
356     return true;
357   }
358   return false;
359 }
360 
361 bool OwningMemoryCheck::handleOwnerMembers(const BoundNodes &Nodes) {
362   // Classes, that have owners as member, but do not declare destructors
363   // accordingly.
364   const auto *BadClass = Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXRecordDecl>("non_destructor_class");
365 
366   // Classes, that contains owners, but do not declare destructors.
367   if (BadClass) {
368     const auto *DeclaredOwnerMember =
369         Nodes.getNodeAs<FieldDecl>("undestructed_owner_member");
370     assert(DeclaredOwnerMember &&
371            "match on class with bad destructor but without a declared owner");
372 
373     diag(DeclaredOwnerMember->getBeginLoc(),
374          "member variable of type 'gsl::owner<>' requires the class %0 to "
375          "implement a destructor to release the owned resource")
376         << BadClass;
377     return true;
378   }
379   return false;
380 }
381 
382 } // namespace cppcoreguidelines
383 } // namespace tidy
384 } // namespace clang
385