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1 //==- DeadStoresChecker.cpp - Check for stores to dead variables -*- C++ -*-==//
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 //  This file defines a DeadStores, a flow-sensitive checker that looks for
10 //  stores to variables that are no longer live.
11 //
12 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
13 
14 #include "clang/Lex/Lexer.h"
15 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/BuiltinCheckerRegistration.h"
16 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
17 #include "clang/AST/Attr.h"
18 #include "clang/AST/ParentMap.h"
19 #include "clang/AST/RecursiveASTVisitor.h"
20 #include "clang/Analysis/Analyses/LiveVariables.h"
21 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugReporter.h"
22 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
23 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/AnalysisManager.h"
24 #include "llvm/ADT/BitVector.h"
25 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
26 #include "llvm/Support/SaveAndRestore.h"
27 
28 using namespace clang;
29 using namespace ento;
30 
31 namespace {
32 
33 /// A simple visitor to record what VarDecls occur in EH-handling code.
34 class EHCodeVisitor : public RecursiveASTVisitor<EHCodeVisitor> {
35 public:
36   bool inEH;
37   llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *> &S;
38 
39   bool TraverseObjCAtFinallyStmt(ObjCAtFinallyStmt *S) {
40     SaveAndRestore<bool> inFinally(inEH, true);
41     return ::RecursiveASTVisitor<EHCodeVisitor>::TraverseObjCAtFinallyStmt(S);
42   }
43 
44   bool TraverseObjCAtCatchStmt(ObjCAtCatchStmt *S) {
45     SaveAndRestore<bool> inCatch(inEH, true);
46     return ::RecursiveASTVisitor<EHCodeVisitor>::TraverseObjCAtCatchStmt(S);
47   }
48 
49   bool TraverseCXXCatchStmt(CXXCatchStmt *S) {
50     SaveAndRestore<bool> inCatch(inEH, true);
51     return TraverseStmt(S->getHandlerBlock());
52   }
53 
54   bool VisitDeclRefExpr(DeclRefExpr *DR) {
55     if (inEH)
56       if (const VarDecl *D = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl()))
57         S.insert(D);
58     return true;
59   }
60 
61   EHCodeVisitor(llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *> &S) :
62   inEH(false), S(S) {}
63 };
64 
65 // FIXME: Eventually migrate into its own file, and have it managed by
66 // AnalysisManager.
67 class ReachableCode {
68   const CFG &cfg;
69   llvm::BitVector reachable;
70 public:
71   ReachableCode(const CFG &cfg)
72     : cfg(cfg), reachable(cfg.getNumBlockIDs(), false) {}
73 
74   void computeReachableBlocks();
75 
76   bool isReachable(const CFGBlock *block) const {
77     return reachable[block->getBlockID()];
78   }
79 };
80 }
81 
82 void ReachableCode::computeReachableBlocks() {
83   if (!cfg.getNumBlockIDs())
84     return;
85 
86   SmallVector<const CFGBlock*, 10> worklist;
87   worklist.push_back(&cfg.getEntry());
88 
89   while (!worklist.empty()) {
90     const CFGBlock *block = worklist.pop_back_val();
91     llvm::BitVector::reference isReachable = reachable[block->getBlockID()];
92     if (isReachable)
93       continue;
94     isReachable = true;
95     for (CFGBlock::const_succ_iterator i = block->succ_begin(),
96                                        e = block->succ_end(); i != e; ++i)
97       if (const CFGBlock *succ = *i)
98         worklist.push_back(succ);
99   }
100 }
101 
102 static const Expr *
103 LookThroughTransitiveAssignmentsAndCommaOperators(const Expr *Ex) {
104   while (Ex) {
105     const BinaryOperator *BO =
106       dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(Ex->IgnoreParenCasts());
107     if (!BO)
108       break;
109     if (BO->getOpcode() == BO_Assign) {
110       Ex = BO->getRHS();
111       continue;
112     }
113     if (BO->getOpcode() == BO_Comma) {
114       Ex = BO->getRHS();
115       continue;
116     }
117     break;
118   }
119   return Ex;
120 }
121 
122 namespace {
123 class DeadStoresChecker : public Checker<check::ASTCodeBody> {
124 public:
125   bool ShowFixIts = false;
126   bool WarnForDeadNestedAssignments = true;
127 
128   void checkASTCodeBody(const Decl *D, AnalysisManager &Mgr,
129                         BugReporter &BR) const;
130 };
131 
132 class DeadStoreObs : public LiveVariables::Observer {
133   const CFG &cfg;
134   ASTContext &Ctx;
135   BugReporter& BR;
136   const DeadStoresChecker *Checker;
137   AnalysisDeclContext* AC;
138   ParentMap& Parents;
139   llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl*, 20> Escaped;
140   std::unique_ptr<ReachableCode> reachableCode;
141   const CFGBlock *currentBlock;
142   std::unique_ptr<llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *>> InEH;
143 
144   enum DeadStoreKind { Standard, Enclosing, DeadIncrement, DeadInit };
145 
146 public:
147   DeadStoreObs(const CFG &cfg, ASTContext &ctx, BugReporter &br,
148                const DeadStoresChecker *checker, AnalysisDeclContext *ac,
149                ParentMap &parents,
150                llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl *, 20> &escaped,
151                bool warnForDeadNestedAssignments)
152       : cfg(cfg), Ctx(ctx), BR(br), Checker(checker), AC(ac), Parents(parents),
153         Escaped(escaped), currentBlock(nullptr) {}
154 
155   ~DeadStoreObs() override {}
156 
157   bool isLive(const LiveVariables::LivenessValues &Live, const VarDecl *D) {
158     if (Live.isLive(D))
159       return true;
160     // Lazily construct the set that records which VarDecls are in
161     // EH code.
162     if (!InEH.get()) {
163       InEH.reset(new llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *>());
164       EHCodeVisitor V(*InEH.get());
165       V.TraverseStmt(AC->getBody());
166     }
167     // Treat all VarDecls that occur in EH code as being "always live"
168     // when considering to suppress dead stores.  Frequently stores
169     // are followed by reads in EH code, but we don't have the ability
170     // to analyze that yet.
171     return InEH->count(D);
172   }
173 
174   bool isSuppressed(SourceRange R) {
175     SourceManager &SMgr = Ctx.getSourceManager();
176     SourceLocation Loc = R.getBegin();
177     if (!Loc.isValid())
178       return false;
179 
180     FileID FID = SMgr.getFileID(Loc);
181     bool Invalid = false;
182     StringRef Data = SMgr.getBufferData(FID, &Invalid);
183     if (Invalid)
184       return false;
185 
186     // Files autogenerated by DriverKit IIG contain some dead stores that
187     // we don't want to report.
188     if (Data.startswith("/* iig"))
189       return true;
190 
191     return false;
192   }
193 
194   void Report(const VarDecl *V, DeadStoreKind dsk,
195               PathDiagnosticLocation L, SourceRange R) {
196     if (Escaped.count(V))
197       return;
198 
199     // Compute reachable blocks within the CFG for trivial cases
200     // where a bogus dead store can be reported because itself is unreachable.
201     if (!reachableCode.get()) {
202       reachableCode.reset(new ReachableCode(cfg));
203       reachableCode->computeReachableBlocks();
204     }
205 
206     if (!reachableCode->isReachable(currentBlock))
207       return;
208 
209     if (isSuppressed(R))
210       return;
211 
212     SmallString<64> buf;
213     llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(buf);
214     const char *BugType = nullptr;
215 
216     SmallVector<FixItHint, 1> Fixits;
217 
218     switch (dsk) {
219       case DeadInit: {
220         BugType = "Dead initialization";
221         os << "Value stored to '" << *V
222            << "' during its initialization is never read";
223 
224         ASTContext &ACtx = V->getASTContext();
225         if (Checker->ShowFixIts) {
226           if (V->getInit()->HasSideEffects(ACtx,
227                                            /*IncludePossibleEffects=*/true)) {
228             break;
229           }
230           SourceManager &SM = ACtx.getSourceManager();
231           const LangOptions &LO = ACtx.getLangOpts();
232           SourceLocation L1 =
233               Lexer::findNextToken(
234                   V->getTypeSourceInfo()->getTypeLoc().getEndLoc(),
235                   SM, LO)->getEndLoc();
236           SourceLocation L2 =
237               Lexer::getLocForEndOfToken(V->getInit()->getEndLoc(), 1, SM, LO);
238           Fixits.push_back(FixItHint::CreateRemoval({L1, L2}));
239         }
240         break;
241       }
242 
243       case DeadIncrement:
244         BugType = "Dead increment";
245         LLVM_FALLTHROUGH;
246       case Standard:
247         if (!BugType) BugType = "Dead assignment";
248         os << "Value stored to '" << *V << "' is never read";
249         break;
250 
251       // eg.: f((x = foo()))
252       case Enclosing:
253         if (!Checker->WarnForDeadNestedAssignments)
254           return;
255         BugType = "Dead nested assignment";
256         os << "Although the value stored to '" << *V
257            << "' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never "
258               "actually read from '"
259            << *V << "'";
260         break;
261     }
262 
263     BR.EmitBasicReport(AC->getDecl(), Checker, BugType, "Dead store", os.str(),
264                        L, R, Fixits);
265   }
266 
267   void CheckVarDecl(const VarDecl *VD, const Expr *Ex, const Expr *Val,
268                     DeadStoreKind dsk,
269                     const LiveVariables::LivenessValues &Live) {
270 
271     if (!VD->hasLocalStorage())
272       return;
273     // Reference types confuse the dead stores checker.  Skip them
274     // for now.
275     if (VD->getType()->getAs<ReferenceType>())
276       return;
277 
278     if (!isLive(Live, VD) &&
279         !(VD->hasAttr<UnusedAttr>() || VD->hasAttr<BlocksAttr>() ||
280           VD->hasAttr<ObjCPreciseLifetimeAttr>())) {
281 
282       PathDiagnosticLocation ExLoc =
283         PathDiagnosticLocation::createBegin(Ex, BR.getSourceManager(), AC);
284       Report(VD, dsk, ExLoc, Val->getSourceRange());
285     }
286   }
287 
288   void CheckDeclRef(const DeclRefExpr *DR, const Expr *Val, DeadStoreKind dsk,
289                     const LiveVariables::LivenessValues& Live) {
290     if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl()))
291       CheckVarDecl(VD, DR, Val, dsk, Live);
292   }
293 
294   bool isIncrement(VarDecl *VD, const BinaryOperator* B) {
295     if (B->isCompoundAssignmentOp())
296       return true;
297 
298     const Expr *RHS = B->getRHS()->IgnoreParenCasts();
299     const BinaryOperator* BRHS = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(RHS);
300 
301     if (!BRHS)
302       return false;
303 
304     const DeclRefExpr *DR;
305 
306     if ((DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(BRHS->getLHS()->IgnoreParenCasts())))
307       if (DR->getDecl() == VD)
308         return true;
309 
310     if ((DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(BRHS->getRHS()->IgnoreParenCasts())))
311       if (DR->getDecl() == VD)
312         return true;
313 
314     return false;
315   }
316 
317   void observeStmt(const Stmt *S, const CFGBlock *block,
318                    const LiveVariables::LivenessValues &Live) override {
319 
320     currentBlock = block;
321 
322     // Skip statements in macros.
323     if (S->getBeginLoc().isMacroID())
324       return;
325 
326     // Only cover dead stores from regular assignments.  ++/-- dead stores
327     // have never flagged a real bug.
328     if (const BinaryOperator* B = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(S)) {
329       if (!B->isAssignmentOp()) return; // Skip non-assignments.
330 
331       if (DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(B->getLHS()))
332         if (VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl())) {
333           // Special case: check for assigning null to a pointer.
334           //  This is a common form of defensive programming.
335           const Expr *RHS =
336             LookThroughTransitiveAssignmentsAndCommaOperators(B->getRHS());
337           RHS = RHS->IgnoreParenCasts();
338 
339           QualType T = VD->getType();
340           if (T.isVolatileQualified())
341             return;
342           if (T->isPointerType() || T->isObjCObjectPointerType()) {
343             if (RHS->isNullPointerConstant(Ctx, Expr::NPC_ValueDependentIsNull))
344               return;
345           }
346 
347           // Special case: self-assignments.  These are often used to shut up
348           //  "unused variable" compiler warnings.
349           if (const DeclRefExpr *RhsDR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(RHS))
350             if (VD == dyn_cast<VarDecl>(RhsDR->getDecl()))
351               return;
352 
353           // Otherwise, issue a warning.
354           DeadStoreKind dsk = Parents.isConsumedExpr(B)
355                               ? Enclosing
356                               : (isIncrement(VD,B) ? DeadIncrement : Standard);
357 
358           CheckVarDecl(VD, DR, B->getRHS(), dsk, Live);
359         }
360     }
361     else if (const UnaryOperator* U = dyn_cast<UnaryOperator>(S)) {
362       if (!U->isIncrementOp() || U->isPrefix())
363         return;
364 
365       const Stmt *parent = Parents.getParentIgnoreParenCasts(U);
366       if (!parent || !isa<ReturnStmt>(parent))
367         return;
368 
369       const Expr *Ex = U->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParenCasts();
370 
371       if (const DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(Ex))
372         CheckDeclRef(DR, U, DeadIncrement, Live);
373     }
374     else if (const DeclStmt *DS = dyn_cast<DeclStmt>(S))
375       // Iterate through the decls.  Warn if any initializers are complex
376       // expressions that are not live (never used).
377       for (const auto *DI : DS->decls()) {
378         const auto *V = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DI);
379 
380         if (!V)
381           continue;
382 
383         if (V->hasLocalStorage()) {
384           // Reference types confuse the dead stores checker.  Skip them
385           // for now.
386           if (V->getType()->getAs<ReferenceType>())
387             return;
388 
389           if (const Expr *E = V->getInit()) {
390             while (const FullExpr *FE = dyn_cast<FullExpr>(E))
391               E = FE->getSubExpr();
392 
393             // Look through transitive assignments, e.g.:
394             // int x = y = 0;
395             E = LookThroughTransitiveAssignmentsAndCommaOperators(E);
396 
397             // Don't warn on C++ objects (yet) until we can show that their
398             // constructors/destructors don't have side effects.
399             if (isa<CXXConstructExpr>(E))
400               return;
401 
402             // A dead initialization is a variable that is dead after it
403             // is initialized.  We don't flag warnings for those variables
404             // marked 'unused' or 'objc_precise_lifetime'.
405             if (!isLive(Live, V) &&
406                 !V->hasAttr<UnusedAttr>() &&
407                 !V->hasAttr<ObjCPreciseLifetimeAttr>()) {
408               // Special case: check for initializations with constants.
409               //
410               //  e.g. : int x = 0;
411               //
412               // If x is EVER assigned a new value later, don't issue
413               // a warning.  This is because such initialization can be
414               // due to defensive programming.
415               if (E->isEvaluatable(Ctx))
416                 return;
417 
418               if (const DeclRefExpr *DRE =
419                   dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(E->IgnoreParenCasts()))
420                 if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DRE->getDecl())) {
421                   // Special case: check for initialization from constant
422                   //  variables.
423                   //
424                   //  e.g. extern const int MyConstant;
425                   //       int x = MyConstant;
426                   //
427                   if (VD->hasGlobalStorage() &&
428                       VD->getType().isConstQualified())
429                     return;
430                   // Special case: check for initialization from scalar
431                   //  parameters.  This is often a form of defensive
432                   //  programming.  Non-scalars are still an error since
433                   //  because it more likely represents an actual algorithmic
434                   //  bug.
435                   if (isa<ParmVarDecl>(VD) && VD->getType()->isScalarType())
436                     return;
437                 }
438 
439               PathDiagnosticLocation Loc =
440                 PathDiagnosticLocation::create(V, BR.getSourceManager());
441               Report(V, DeadInit, Loc, E->getSourceRange());
442             }
443           }
444         }
445       }
446   }
447 };
448 
449 } // end anonymous namespace
450 
451 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
452 // Driver function to invoke the Dead-Stores checker on a CFG.
453 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
454 
455 namespace {
456 class FindEscaped {
457 public:
458   llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl*, 20> Escaped;
459 
460   void operator()(const Stmt *S) {
461     // Check for '&'. Any VarDecl whose address has been taken we treat as
462     // escaped.
463     // FIXME: What about references?
464     if (auto *LE = dyn_cast<LambdaExpr>(S)) {
465       findLambdaReferenceCaptures(LE);
466       return;
467     }
468 
469     const UnaryOperator *U = dyn_cast<UnaryOperator>(S);
470     if (!U)
471       return;
472     if (U->getOpcode() != UO_AddrOf)
473       return;
474 
475     const Expr *E = U->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParenCasts();
476     if (const DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(E))
477       if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl()))
478         Escaped.insert(VD);
479   }
480 
481   // Treat local variables captured by reference in C++ lambdas as escaped.
482   void findLambdaReferenceCaptures(const LambdaExpr *LE)  {
483     const CXXRecordDecl *LambdaClass = LE->getLambdaClass();
484     llvm::DenseMap<const VarDecl *, FieldDecl *> CaptureFields;
485     FieldDecl *ThisCaptureField;
486     LambdaClass->getCaptureFields(CaptureFields, ThisCaptureField);
487 
488     for (const LambdaCapture &C : LE->captures()) {
489       if (!C.capturesVariable())
490         continue;
491 
492       VarDecl *VD = C.getCapturedVar();
493       const FieldDecl *FD = CaptureFields[VD];
494       if (!FD)
495         continue;
496 
497       // If the capture field is a reference type, it is capture-by-reference.
498       if (FD->getType()->isReferenceType())
499         Escaped.insert(VD);
500     }
501   }
502 };
503 } // end anonymous namespace
504 
505 
506 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
507 // DeadStoresChecker
508 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
509 
510 void DeadStoresChecker::checkASTCodeBody(const Decl *D, AnalysisManager &mgr,
511                                          BugReporter &BR) const {
512 
513   // Don't do anything for template instantiations.
514   // Proving that code in a template instantiation is "dead"
515   // means proving that it is dead in all instantiations.
516   // This same problem exists with -Wunreachable-code.
517   if (const FunctionDecl *FD = dyn_cast<FunctionDecl>(D))
518     if (FD->isTemplateInstantiation())
519       return;
520 
521   if (LiveVariables *L = mgr.getAnalysis<LiveVariables>(D)) {
522     CFG &cfg = *mgr.getCFG(D);
523     AnalysisDeclContext *AC = mgr.getAnalysisDeclContext(D);
524     ParentMap &pmap = mgr.getParentMap(D);
525     FindEscaped FS;
526     cfg.VisitBlockStmts(FS);
527     DeadStoreObs A(cfg, BR.getContext(), BR, this, AC, pmap, FS.Escaped,
528                    WarnForDeadNestedAssignments);
529     L->runOnAllBlocks(A);
530   }
531 }
532 
533 void ento::registerDeadStoresChecker(CheckerManager &Mgr) {
534   auto *Chk = Mgr.registerChecker<DeadStoresChecker>();
535 
536   const AnalyzerOptions &AnOpts = Mgr.getAnalyzerOptions();
537   Chk->WarnForDeadNestedAssignments =
538       AnOpts.getCheckerBooleanOption(Chk, "WarnForDeadNestedAssignments");
539   Chk->ShowFixIts =
540       AnOpts.getCheckerBooleanOption(Chk, "ShowFixIts");
541 }
542 
543 bool ento::shouldRegisterDeadStoresChecker(const CheckerManager &mgr) {
544   return true;
545 }
546