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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::EndPath,
48                                        check::EndAnalysis,
49                                        check::EndOfTranslationUnit,
50                                        eval::Call,
51                                        eval::Assume,
52                                        check::LiveSymbols,
53                                        check::RegionChanges,
54                                        check::PointerEscape,
55                                        check::Event<ImplicitNullDerefEvent>,
56                                        check::ASTDecl<FunctionDecl> > {
57 public:
58 
59   /// \brief Pre-visit the Statement.
60   ///
61   /// The method will be called before the analyzer core processes the
62   /// statement. The notification is performed for every explored CFGElement,
63   /// which does not include the control flow statements such as IfStmt. The
64   /// callback can be specialized to be called with any subclass of Stmt.
65   ///
66   /// See checkBranchCondition() callback for performing custom processing of
67   /// the branching statements.
68   ///
69   /// check::PreStmt<ReturnStmt>
70   void checkPreStmt(const ReturnStmt *DS, CheckerContext &C) const {}
71 
72   /// \brief Post-visit the Statement.
73   ///
74   /// The method will be called after the analyzer core processes the
75   /// statement. The notification is performed for every explored CFGElement,
76   /// which does not include the control flow statements such as IfStmt. The
77   /// callback can be specialized to be called with any subclass of Stmt.
78   ///
79   /// check::PostStmt<DeclStmt>
80   void checkPostStmt(const DeclStmt *DS, CheckerContext &C) const;
81 
82   /// \brief Pre-visit the Objective C message.
83   ///
84   /// This will be called before the analyzer core processes the method call.
85   /// This is called for any action which produces an Objective-C message send,
86   /// including explicit message syntax and property access.
87   ///
88   /// check::PreObjCMessage
89   void checkPreObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall &M, CheckerContext &C) const {}
90 
91   /// \brief Post-visit the Objective C message.
92   /// \sa checkPreObjCMessage()
93   ///
94   /// check::PostObjCMessage
95   void checkPostObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall &M, CheckerContext &C) const {}
96 
97   /// \brief Pre-visit an abstract "call" event.
98   ///
99   /// This is used for checkers that want to check arguments or attributed
100   /// behavior for functions and methods no matter how they are being invoked.
101   ///
102   /// Note that this includes ALL cross-body invocations, so if you want to
103   /// limit your checks to, say, function calls, you should test for that at the
104   /// beginning of your callback function.
105   ///
106   /// check::PreCall
107   void checkPreCall(const CallEvent &Call, CheckerContext &C) const {}
108 
109   /// \brief Post-visit an abstract "call" event.
110   /// \sa checkPreObjCMessage()
111   ///
112   /// check::PostCall
113   void checkPostCall(const CallEvent &Call, CheckerContext &C) const {}
114 
115   /// \brief Pre-visit of the condition statement of a branch (such as IfStmt).
116   void checkBranchCondition(const Stmt *Condition, CheckerContext &Ctx) const {}
117 
118   /// \brief Called on a load from and a store to a location.
119   ///
120   /// The method will be called each time a location (pointer) value is
121   /// accessed.
122   /// \param Loc    The value of the location (pointer).
123   /// \param IsLoad The flag specifying if the location is a store or a load.
124   /// \param S      The load is performed while processing the statement.
125   ///
126   /// check::Location
127   void checkLocation(SVal Loc, bool IsLoad, const Stmt *S,
128                      CheckerContext &) const {}
129 
130   /// \brief Called on binding of a value to a location.
131   ///
132   /// \param Loc The value of the location (pointer).
133   /// \param Val The value which will be stored at the location Loc.
134   /// \param S   The bind is performed while processing the statement S.
135   ///
136   /// check::Bind
137   void checkBind(SVal Loc, SVal Val, const Stmt *S, CheckerContext &) const {}
138 
139 
140   /// \brief Called whenever a symbol becomes dead.
141   ///
142   /// This callback should be used by the checkers to aggressively clean
143   /// up/reduce the checker state, which is important for reducing the overall
144   /// memory usage. Specifically, if a checker keeps symbol specific information
145   /// in the sate, it can and should be dropped after the symbol becomes dead.
146   /// In addition, reporting a bug as soon as the checker becomes dead leads to
147   /// more precise diagnostics. (For example, one should report that a malloced
148   /// variable is not freed right after it goes out of scope.)
149   ///
150   /// \param SR The SymbolReaper object can be queried to determine which
151   ///           symbols are dead.
152   ///
153   /// check::DeadSymbols
154   void checkDeadSymbols(SymbolReaper &SR, CheckerContext &C) const {}
155 
156   /// \brief Called when the analyzer core reaches the end of the top-level
157   /// function being analyzed.
158   ///
159   /// check::EndPath
160   void checkEndPath(CheckerContext &Ctx) const {}
161 
162   /// \brief Called after all the paths in the ExplodedGraph reach end of path
163   /// - the symbolic execution graph is fully explored.
164   ///
165   /// This callback should be used in cases when a checker needs to have a
166   /// global view of the information generated on all paths. For example, to
167   /// compare execution summary/result several paths.
168   /// See IdempotentOperationChecker for a usage example.
169   ///
170   /// check::EndAnalysis
171   void checkEndAnalysis(ExplodedGraph &G,
172                         BugReporter &BR,
173                         ExprEngine &Eng) const {}
174 
175   /// \brief Called after analysis of a TranslationUnit is complete.
176   ///
177   /// check::EndOfTranslationUnit
178   void checkEndOfTranslationUnit(const TranslationUnitDecl *TU,
179                                  AnalysisManager &Mgr,
180                                  BugReporter &BR) const {}
181 
182 
183   /// \brief Evaluates function call.
184   ///
185   /// The analysis core threats all function calls in the same way. However, some
186   /// functions have special meaning, which should be reflected in the program
187   /// state. This callback allows a checker to provide domain specific knowledge
188   /// about the particular functions it knows about.
189   ///
190   /// \returns true if the call has been successfully evaluated
191   /// and false otherwise. Note, that only one checker can evaluate a call. If
192   /// more then one checker claim that they can evaluate the same call the
193   /// first one wins.
194   ///
195   /// eval::Call
196   bool evalCall(const CallExpr *CE, CheckerContext &C) const { return true; }
197 
198   /// \brief Handles assumptions on symbolic values.
199   ///
200   /// This method is called when a symbolic expression is assumed to be true or
201   /// false. For example, the assumptions are performed when evaluating a
202   /// condition at a branch. The callback allows checkers track the assumptions
203   /// performed on the symbols of interest and change the state accordingly.
204   ///
205   /// eval::Assume
206   ProgramStateRef evalAssume(ProgramStateRef State,
207                                  SVal Cond,
208                                  bool Assumption) const { return State; }
209 
210   /// Allows modifying SymbolReaper object. For example, checkers can explicitly
211   /// register symbols of interest as live. These symbols will not be marked
212   /// dead and removed.
213   ///
214   /// check::LiveSymbols
215   void checkLiveSymbols(ProgramStateRef State, SymbolReaper &SR) const {}
216 
217   /// \brief Called to determine if the checker currently needs to know if when
218   /// contents of any regions change.
219   ///
220   /// Since it is not necessarily cheap to compute which regions are being
221   /// changed, this allows the analyzer core to skip the more expensive
222   /// #checkRegionChanges when no checkers are tracking any state.
223   bool wantsRegionChangeUpdate(ProgramStateRef St) const { return true; }
224 
225   /// \brief Called when the contents of one or more regions change.
226   ///
227   /// This can occur in many different ways: an explicit bind, a blanket
228   /// invalidation of the region contents, or by passing a region to a function
229   /// call whose behavior the analyzer cannot model perfectly.
230   ///
231   /// \param State The current program state.
232   /// \param Invalidated A set of all symbols potentially touched by the change.
233   /// \param ExplicitRegions The regions explicitly requested for invalidation.
234   ///        For a function call, this would be the arguments. For a bind, this
235   ///        would be the region being bound to.
236   /// \param Regions The transitive closure of regions accessible from,
237   ///        \p ExplicitRegions, i.e. all regions that may have been touched
238   ///        by this change. For a simple bind, this list will be the same as
239   ///        \p ExplicitRegions, since a bind does not affect the contents of
240   ///        anything accessible through the base region.
241   /// \param Call The opaque call triggering this invalidation. Will be 0 if the
242   ///        change was not triggered by a call.
243   ///
244   /// Note that this callback will not be invoked unless
245   /// #wantsRegionChangeUpdate returns \c true.
246   ///
247   /// check::RegionChanges
248   ProgramStateRef
249     checkRegionChanges(ProgramStateRef State,
250                        const InvalidatedSymbols *Invalidated,
251                        ArrayRef<const MemRegion *> ExplicitRegions,
252                        ArrayRef<const MemRegion *> Regions,
253                        const CallEvent *Call) const {
254     return State;
255   }
256 
257   /// \brief Called when pointers escape.
258   ///
259   /// This notifies the checkers about pointer escape, which occurs whenever
260   /// the analyzer cannot track the symbol any more. For example, as a
261   /// result of assigning a pointer into a global or when it's passed to a
262   /// function call the analyzer cannot model.
263   ///
264   /// \param State The state at the point of escape.
265   /// \param Escaped The list of escaped symbols.
266   /// \param Call The corresponding CallEvent, if the symbols escape as
267   /// parameters to the given call.
268   /// \returns Checkers can modify the state by returning a new state.
269   ProgramStateRef checkPointerEscape(ProgramStateRef State,
270                                      const InvalidatedSymbols &Escaped,
271                                      const CallEvent *Call) const {
272     return State;
273   }
274 
275   /// check::Event<ImplicitNullDerefEvent>
276   void checkEvent(ImplicitNullDerefEvent Event) const {}
277 
278   /// \brief Check every declaration in the AST.
279   ///
280   /// An AST traversal callback, which should only be used when the checker is
281   /// not path sensitive. It will be called for every Declaration in the AST and
282   /// can be specialized to only be called on subclasses of Decl, for example,
283   /// FunctionDecl.
284   ///
285   /// check::ASTDecl<FunctionDecl>
286   void checkASTDecl(const FunctionDecl *D,
287                     AnalysisManager &Mgr,
288                     BugReporter &BR) const {}
289 
290 };
291 
292 void CheckerDocumentation::checkPostStmt(const DeclStmt *DS,
293                                          CheckerContext &C) const {
294   return;
295 }
296 
297 } // end namespace ento
298 } // end namespace clang
299