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1 //=== LLVMConventionsChecker.cpp - Check LLVM codebase conventions ---*- 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 defines LLVMConventionsChecker, a bunch of small little checks
11 // for checking specific coding conventions in the LLVM/Clang codebase.
12 //
13 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
14 
15 #include "clang/AST/DeclTemplate.h"
16 #include "clang/AST/StmtVisitor.h"
17 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/LocalCheckers.h"
18 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/BugReporter/BugReporter.h"
19 #include <string>
20 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
21 
22 using namespace clang;
23 using namespace ento;
24 
25 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
26 // Generic type checking routines.
27 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
28 
29 static bool IsLLVMStringRef(QualType T) {
30   const RecordType *RT = T->getAs<RecordType>();
31   if (!RT)
32     return false;
33 
34   return llvm::StringRef(QualType(RT, 0).getAsString()) ==
35           "class llvm::StringRef";
36 }
37 
38 /// Check whether the declaration is semantically inside the top-level
39 /// namespace named by ns.
40 static bool InNamespace(const Decl *D, llvm::StringRef NS) {
41   const DeclContext *DC = D->getDeclContext();
42   const NamespaceDecl *ND = dyn_cast<NamespaceDecl>(D->getDeclContext());
43   if (!ND)
44     return false;
45   const IdentifierInfo *II = ND->getIdentifier();
46   if (!II || !II->getName().equals(NS))
47     return false;
48   DC = ND->getDeclContext();
49   return isa<TranslationUnitDecl>(DC);
50 }
51 
52 static bool IsStdString(QualType T) {
53   if (const ElaboratedType *QT = T->getAs<ElaboratedType>())
54     T = QT->getNamedType();
55 
56   const TypedefType *TT = T->getAs<TypedefType>();
57   if (!TT)
58     return false;
59 
60   const TypedefDecl *TD = TT->getDecl();
61 
62   if (!InNamespace(TD, "std"))
63     return false;
64 
65   return TD->getName() == "string";
66 }
67 
68 static bool IsClangType(const RecordDecl *RD) {
69   return RD->getName() == "Type" && InNamespace(RD, "clang");
70 }
71 
72 static bool IsClangDecl(const RecordDecl *RD) {
73   return RD->getName() == "Decl" && InNamespace(RD, "clang");
74 }
75 
76 static bool IsClangStmt(const RecordDecl *RD) {
77   return RD->getName() == "Stmt" && InNamespace(RD, "clang");
78 }
79 
80 static bool IsClangAttr(const RecordDecl *RD) {
81   return RD->getName() == "Attr" && InNamespace(RD, "clang");
82 }
83 
84 static bool IsStdVector(QualType T) {
85   const TemplateSpecializationType *TS = T->getAs<TemplateSpecializationType>();
86   if (!TS)
87     return false;
88 
89   TemplateName TM = TS->getTemplateName();
90   TemplateDecl *TD = TM.getAsTemplateDecl();
91 
92   if (!TD || !InNamespace(TD, "std"))
93     return false;
94 
95   return TD->getName() == "vector";
96 }
97 
98 static bool IsSmallVector(QualType T) {
99   const TemplateSpecializationType *TS = T->getAs<TemplateSpecializationType>();
100   if (!TS)
101     return false;
102 
103   TemplateName TM = TS->getTemplateName();
104   TemplateDecl *TD = TM.getAsTemplateDecl();
105 
106   if (!TD || !InNamespace(TD, "llvm"))
107     return false;
108 
109   return TD->getName() == "SmallVector";
110 }
111 
112 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
113 // CHECK: a llvm::StringRef should not be bound to a temporary std::string whose
114 // lifetime is shorter than the StringRef's.
115 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
116 
117 namespace {
118 class StringRefCheckerVisitor : public StmtVisitor<StringRefCheckerVisitor> {
119   BugReporter &BR;
120 public:
121   StringRefCheckerVisitor(BugReporter &br) : BR(br) {}
122   void VisitChildren(Stmt *S) {
123     for (Stmt::child_iterator I = S->child_begin(), E = S->child_end() ;
124       I != E; ++I)
125       if (Stmt *child = *I)
126         Visit(child);
127   }
128   void VisitStmt(Stmt *S) { VisitChildren(S); }
129   void VisitDeclStmt(DeclStmt *DS);
130 private:
131   void VisitVarDecl(VarDecl *VD);
132 };
133 } // end anonymous namespace
134 
135 static void CheckStringRefAssignedTemporary(const Decl *D, BugReporter &BR) {
136   StringRefCheckerVisitor walker(BR);
137   walker.Visit(D->getBody());
138 }
139 
140 void StringRefCheckerVisitor::VisitDeclStmt(DeclStmt *S) {
141   VisitChildren(S);
142 
143   for (DeclStmt::decl_iterator I = S->decl_begin(), E = S->decl_end();I!=E; ++I)
144     if (VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(*I))
145       VisitVarDecl(VD);
146 }
147 
148 void StringRefCheckerVisitor::VisitVarDecl(VarDecl *VD) {
149   Expr *Init = VD->getInit();
150   if (!Init)
151     return;
152 
153   // Pattern match for:
154   // llvm::StringRef x = call() (where call returns std::string)
155   if (!IsLLVMStringRef(VD->getType()))
156     return;
157   ExprWithCleanups *Ex1 = dyn_cast<ExprWithCleanups>(Init);
158   if (!Ex1)
159     return;
160   CXXConstructExpr *Ex2 = dyn_cast<CXXConstructExpr>(Ex1->getSubExpr());
161   if (!Ex2 || Ex2->getNumArgs() != 1)
162     return;
163   ImplicitCastExpr *Ex3 = dyn_cast<ImplicitCastExpr>(Ex2->getArg(0));
164   if (!Ex3)
165     return;
166   CXXConstructExpr *Ex4 = dyn_cast<CXXConstructExpr>(Ex3->getSubExpr());
167   if (!Ex4 || Ex4->getNumArgs() != 1)
168     return;
169   ImplicitCastExpr *Ex5 = dyn_cast<ImplicitCastExpr>(Ex4->getArg(0));
170   if (!Ex5)
171     return;
172   CXXBindTemporaryExpr *Ex6 = dyn_cast<CXXBindTemporaryExpr>(Ex5->getSubExpr());
173   if (!Ex6 || !IsStdString(Ex6->getType()))
174     return;
175 
176   // Okay, badness!  Report an error.
177   const char *desc = "StringRef should not be bound to temporary "
178                      "std::string that it outlives";
179 
180   BR.EmitBasicReport(desc, "LLVM Conventions", desc,
181                      VD->getLocStart(), Init->getSourceRange());
182 }
183 
184 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
185 // CHECK: Clang AST nodes should not have fields that can allocate
186 //   memory.
187 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
188 
189 static bool AllocatesMemory(QualType T) {
190   return IsStdVector(T) || IsStdString(T) || IsSmallVector(T);
191 }
192 
193 // This type checking could be sped up via dynamic programming.
194 static bool IsPartOfAST(const CXXRecordDecl *R) {
195   if (IsClangStmt(R) || IsClangType(R) || IsClangDecl(R) || IsClangAttr(R))
196     return true;
197 
198   for (CXXRecordDecl::base_class_const_iterator I = R->bases_begin(),
199                                                 E = R->bases_end(); I!=E; ++I) {
200     CXXBaseSpecifier BS = *I;
201     QualType T = BS.getType();
202     if (const RecordType *baseT = T->getAs<RecordType>()) {
203       CXXRecordDecl *baseD = cast<CXXRecordDecl>(baseT->getDecl());
204       if (IsPartOfAST(baseD))
205         return true;
206     }
207   }
208 
209   return false;
210 }
211 
212 namespace {
213 class ASTFieldVisitor {
214   llvm::SmallVector<FieldDecl*, 10> FieldChain;
215   CXXRecordDecl *Root;
216   BugReporter &BR;
217 public:
218   ASTFieldVisitor(CXXRecordDecl *root, BugReporter &br)
219     : Root(root), BR(br) {}
220 
221   void Visit(FieldDecl *D);
222   void ReportError(QualType T);
223 };
224 } // end anonymous namespace
225 
226 static void CheckASTMemory(CXXRecordDecl *R, BugReporter &BR) {
227   if (!IsPartOfAST(R))
228     return;
229 
230   for (RecordDecl::field_iterator I = R->field_begin(), E = R->field_end();
231        I != E; ++I) {
232     ASTFieldVisitor walker(R, BR);
233     walker.Visit(*I);
234   }
235 }
236 
237 void ASTFieldVisitor::Visit(FieldDecl *D) {
238   FieldChain.push_back(D);
239 
240   QualType T = D->getType();
241 
242   if (AllocatesMemory(T))
243     ReportError(T);
244 
245   if (const RecordType *RT = T->getAs<RecordType>()) {
246     const RecordDecl *RD = RT->getDecl()->getDefinition();
247     for (RecordDecl::field_iterator I = RD->field_begin(), E = RD->field_end();
248          I != E; ++I)
249       Visit(*I);
250   }
251 
252   FieldChain.pop_back();
253 }
254 
255 void ASTFieldVisitor::ReportError(QualType T) {
256   llvm::SmallString<1024> buf;
257   llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(buf);
258 
259   os << "AST class '" << Root->getName() << "' has a field '"
260      << FieldChain.front()->getName() << "' that allocates heap memory";
261   if (FieldChain.size() > 1) {
262     os << " via the following chain: ";
263     bool isFirst = true;
264     for (llvm::SmallVectorImpl<FieldDecl*>::iterator I=FieldChain.begin(),
265          E=FieldChain.end(); I!=E; ++I) {
266       if (!isFirst)
267         os << '.';
268       else
269         isFirst = false;
270       os << (*I)->getName();
271     }
272   }
273   os << " (type " << FieldChain.back()->getType().getAsString() << ")";
274   os.flush();
275 
276   // Note that this will fire for every translation unit that uses this
277   // class.  This is suboptimal, but at least scan-build will merge
278   // duplicate HTML reports.  In the future we need a unified way of merging
279   // duplicate reports across translation units.  For C++ classes we cannot
280   // just report warnings when we see an out-of-line method definition for a
281   // class, as that heuristic doesn't always work (the complete definition of
282   // the class may be in the header file, for example).
283   BR.EmitBasicReport("AST node allocates heap memory", "LLVM Conventions",
284                      os.str(), FieldChain.front()->getLocStart());
285 }
286 
287 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
288 // Entry point for all checks.
289 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
290 
291 static void ScanCodeDecls(DeclContext *DC, BugReporter &BR) {
292   for (DeclContext::decl_iterator I=DC->decls_begin(), E=DC->decls_end();
293        I!=E ; ++I) {
294 
295     Decl *D = *I;
296 
297     if (D->hasBody())
298       CheckStringRefAssignedTemporary(D, BR);
299 
300     if (CXXRecordDecl *R = dyn_cast<CXXRecordDecl>(D))
301       if (R->isDefinition())
302         CheckASTMemory(R, BR);
303 
304     if (DeclContext *DC_child = dyn_cast<DeclContext>(D))
305       ScanCodeDecls(DC_child, BR);
306   }
307 }
308 
309 void ento::CheckLLVMConventions(TranslationUnitDecl &TU,
310                                  BugReporter &BR) {
311   ScanCodeDecls(&TU, BR);
312 }
313 
314