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