1 //==- DeadStoresChecker.cpp - Check for stores to dead variables -*- 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 file defines a DeadStores, a flow-sensitive checker that looks for
11 //  stores to variables that are no longer live.
12 //
13 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
14 
15 #include "ClangSACheckers.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 
TraverseObjCAtFinallyStmt(ObjCAtFinallyStmt * S)39   bool TraverseObjCAtFinallyStmt(ObjCAtFinallyStmt *S) {
40     SaveAndRestore<bool> inFinally(inEH, true);
41     return ::RecursiveASTVisitor<EHCodeVisitor>::TraverseObjCAtFinallyStmt(S);
42   }
43 
TraverseObjCAtCatchStmt(ObjCAtCatchStmt * S)44   bool TraverseObjCAtCatchStmt(ObjCAtCatchStmt *S) {
45     SaveAndRestore<bool> inCatch(inEH, true);
46     return ::RecursiveASTVisitor<EHCodeVisitor>::TraverseObjCAtCatchStmt(S);
47   }
48 
TraverseCXXCatchStmt(CXXCatchStmt * S)49   bool TraverseCXXCatchStmt(CXXCatchStmt *S) {
50     SaveAndRestore<bool> inCatch(inEH, true);
51     return TraverseStmt(S->getHandlerBlock());
52   }
53 
VisitDeclRefExpr(DeclRefExpr * DR)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 
EHCodeVisitor(llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl * > & S)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:
ReachableCode(const CFG & cfg)71   ReachableCode(const CFG &cfg)
72     : cfg(cfg), reachable(cfg.getNumBlockIDs(), false) {}
73 
74   void computeReachableBlocks();
75 
isReachable(const CFGBlock * block) const76   bool isReachable(const CFGBlock *block) const {
77     return reachable[block->getBlockID()];
78   }
79 };
80 }
81 
computeReachableBlocks()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 *
LookThroughTransitiveAssignmentsAndCommaOperators(const Expr * Ex)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 DeadStoreObs : public LiveVariables::Observer {
124   const CFG &cfg;
125   ASTContext &Ctx;
126   BugReporter& BR;
127   const CheckerBase *Checker;
128   AnalysisDeclContext* AC;
129   ParentMap& Parents;
130   llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl*, 20> Escaped;
131   std::unique_ptr<ReachableCode> reachableCode;
132   const CFGBlock *currentBlock;
133   std::unique_ptr<llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *>> InEH;
134 
135   enum DeadStoreKind { Standard, Enclosing, DeadIncrement, DeadInit };
136 
137 public:
DeadStoreObs(const CFG & cfg,ASTContext & ctx,BugReporter & br,const CheckerBase * checker,AnalysisDeclContext * ac,ParentMap & parents,llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl *,20> & escaped)138   DeadStoreObs(const CFG &cfg, ASTContext &ctx, BugReporter &br,
139                const CheckerBase *checker, AnalysisDeclContext *ac,
140                ParentMap &parents,
141                llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl *, 20> &escaped)
142       : cfg(cfg), Ctx(ctx), BR(br), Checker(checker), AC(ac), Parents(parents),
143         Escaped(escaped), currentBlock(nullptr) {}
144 
~DeadStoreObs()145   ~DeadStoreObs() override {}
146 
isLive(const LiveVariables::LivenessValues & Live,const VarDecl * D)147   bool isLive(const LiveVariables::LivenessValues &Live, const VarDecl *D) {
148     if (Live.isLive(D))
149       return true;
150     // Lazily construct the set that records which VarDecls are in
151     // EH code.
152     if (!InEH.get()) {
153       InEH.reset(new llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *>());
154       EHCodeVisitor V(*InEH.get());
155       V.TraverseStmt(AC->getBody());
156     }
157     // Treat all VarDecls that occur in EH code as being "always live"
158     // when considering to suppress dead stores.  Frequently stores
159     // are followed by reads in EH code, but we don't have the ability
160     // to analyze that yet.
161     return InEH->count(D);
162   }
163 
Report(const VarDecl * V,DeadStoreKind dsk,PathDiagnosticLocation L,SourceRange R)164   void Report(const VarDecl *V, DeadStoreKind dsk,
165               PathDiagnosticLocation L, SourceRange R) {
166     if (Escaped.count(V))
167       return;
168 
169     // Compute reachable blocks within the CFG for trivial cases
170     // where a bogus dead store can be reported because itself is unreachable.
171     if (!reachableCode.get()) {
172       reachableCode.reset(new ReachableCode(cfg));
173       reachableCode->computeReachableBlocks();
174     }
175 
176     if (!reachableCode->isReachable(currentBlock))
177       return;
178 
179     SmallString<64> buf;
180     llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(buf);
181     const char *BugType = nullptr;
182 
183     switch (dsk) {
184       case DeadInit:
185         BugType = "Dead initialization";
186         os << "Value stored to '" << *V
187            << "' during its initialization is never read";
188         break;
189 
190       case DeadIncrement:
191         BugType = "Dead increment";
192       case Standard:
193         if (!BugType) BugType = "Dead assignment";
194         os << "Value stored to '" << *V << "' is never read";
195         break;
196 
197       case Enclosing:
198         // Don't report issues in this case, e.g.: "if (x = foo())",
199         // where 'x' is unused later.  We have yet to see a case where
200         // this is a real bug.
201         return;
202     }
203 
204     BR.EmitBasicReport(AC->getDecl(), Checker, BugType, "Dead store", os.str(),
205                        L, R);
206   }
207 
CheckVarDecl(const VarDecl * VD,const Expr * Ex,const Expr * Val,DeadStoreKind dsk,const LiveVariables::LivenessValues & Live)208   void CheckVarDecl(const VarDecl *VD, const Expr *Ex, const Expr *Val,
209                     DeadStoreKind dsk,
210                     const LiveVariables::LivenessValues &Live) {
211 
212     if (!VD->hasLocalStorage())
213       return;
214     // Reference types confuse the dead stores checker.  Skip them
215     // for now.
216     if (VD->getType()->getAs<ReferenceType>())
217       return;
218 
219     if (!isLive(Live, VD) &&
220         !(VD->hasAttr<UnusedAttr>() || VD->hasAttr<BlocksAttr>() ||
221           VD->hasAttr<ObjCPreciseLifetimeAttr>())) {
222 
223       PathDiagnosticLocation ExLoc =
224         PathDiagnosticLocation::createBegin(Ex, BR.getSourceManager(), AC);
225       Report(VD, dsk, ExLoc, Val->getSourceRange());
226     }
227   }
228 
CheckDeclRef(const DeclRefExpr * DR,const Expr * Val,DeadStoreKind dsk,const LiveVariables::LivenessValues & Live)229   void CheckDeclRef(const DeclRefExpr *DR, const Expr *Val, DeadStoreKind dsk,
230                     const LiveVariables::LivenessValues& Live) {
231     if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl()))
232       CheckVarDecl(VD, DR, Val, dsk, Live);
233   }
234 
isIncrement(VarDecl * VD,const BinaryOperator * B)235   bool isIncrement(VarDecl *VD, const BinaryOperator* B) {
236     if (B->isCompoundAssignmentOp())
237       return true;
238 
239     const Expr *RHS = B->getRHS()->IgnoreParenCasts();
240     const BinaryOperator* BRHS = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(RHS);
241 
242     if (!BRHS)
243       return false;
244 
245     const DeclRefExpr *DR;
246 
247     if ((DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(BRHS->getLHS()->IgnoreParenCasts())))
248       if (DR->getDecl() == VD)
249         return true;
250 
251     if ((DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(BRHS->getRHS()->IgnoreParenCasts())))
252       if (DR->getDecl() == VD)
253         return true;
254 
255     return false;
256   }
257 
observeStmt(const Stmt * S,const CFGBlock * block,const LiveVariables::LivenessValues & Live)258   void observeStmt(const Stmt *S, const CFGBlock *block,
259                    const LiveVariables::LivenessValues &Live) override {
260 
261     currentBlock = block;
262 
263     // Skip statements in macros.
264     if (S->getLocStart().isMacroID())
265       return;
266 
267     // Only cover dead stores from regular assignments.  ++/-- dead stores
268     // have never flagged a real bug.
269     if (const BinaryOperator* B = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(S)) {
270       if (!B->isAssignmentOp()) return; // Skip non-assignments.
271 
272       if (DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(B->getLHS()))
273         if (VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl())) {
274           // Special case: check for assigning null to a pointer.
275           //  This is a common form of defensive programming.
276           const Expr *RHS =
277             LookThroughTransitiveAssignmentsAndCommaOperators(B->getRHS());
278           RHS = RHS->IgnoreParenCasts();
279 
280           QualType T = VD->getType();
281           if (T->isPointerType() || T->isObjCObjectPointerType()) {
282             if (RHS->isNullPointerConstant(Ctx, Expr::NPC_ValueDependentIsNull))
283               return;
284           }
285 
286           // Special case: self-assignments.  These are often used to shut up
287           //  "unused variable" compiler warnings.
288           if (const DeclRefExpr *RhsDR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(RHS))
289             if (VD == dyn_cast<VarDecl>(RhsDR->getDecl()))
290               return;
291 
292           // Otherwise, issue a warning.
293           DeadStoreKind dsk = Parents.isConsumedExpr(B)
294                               ? Enclosing
295                               : (isIncrement(VD,B) ? DeadIncrement : Standard);
296 
297           CheckVarDecl(VD, DR, B->getRHS(), dsk, Live);
298         }
299     }
300     else if (const UnaryOperator* U = dyn_cast<UnaryOperator>(S)) {
301       if (!U->isIncrementOp() || U->isPrefix())
302         return;
303 
304       const Stmt *parent = Parents.getParentIgnoreParenCasts(U);
305       if (!parent || !isa<ReturnStmt>(parent))
306         return;
307 
308       const Expr *Ex = U->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParenCasts();
309 
310       if (const DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(Ex))
311         CheckDeclRef(DR, U, DeadIncrement, Live);
312     }
313     else if (const DeclStmt *DS = dyn_cast<DeclStmt>(S))
314       // Iterate through the decls.  Warn if any initializers are complex
315       // expressions that are not live (never used).
316       for (const auto *DI : DS->decls()) {
317         const auto *V = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DI);
318 
319         if (!V)
320           continue;
321 
322         if (V->hasLocalStorage()) {
323           // Reference types confuse the dead stores checker.  Skip them
324           // for now.
325           if (V->getType()->getAs<ReferenceType>())
326             return;
327 
328           if (const Expr *E = V->getInit()) {
329             while (const ExprWithCleanups *exprClean =
330                     dyn_cast<ExprWithCleanups>(E))
331               E = exprClean->getSubExpr();
332 
333             // Look through transitive assignments, e.g.:
334             // int x = y = 0;
335             E = LookThroughTransitiveAssignmentsAndCommaOperators(E);
336 
337             // Don't warn on C++ objects (yet) until we can show that their
338             // constructors/destructors don't have side effects.
339             if (isa<CXXConstructExpr>(E))
340               return;
341 
342             // A dead initialization is a variable that is dead after it
343             // is initialized.  We don't flag warnings for those variables
344             // marked 'unused' or 'objc_precise_lifetime'.
345             if (!isLive(Live, V) &&
346                 !V->hasAttr<UnusedAttr>() &&
347                 !V->hasAttr<ObjCPreciseLifetimeAttr>()) {
348               // Special case: check for initializations with constants.
349               //
350               //  e.g. : int x = 0;
351               //
352               // If x is EVER assigned a new value later, don't issue
353               // a warning.  This is because such initialization can be
354               // due to defensive programming.
355               if (E->isEvaluatable(Ctx))
356                 return;
357 
358               if (const DeclRefExpr *DRE =
359                   dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(E->IgnoreParenCasts()))
360                 if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DRE->getDecl())) {
361                   // Special case: check for initialization from constant
362                   //  variables.
363                   //
364                   //  e.g. extern const int MyConstant;
365                   //       int x = MyConstant;
366                   //
367                   if (VD->hasGlobalStorage() &&
368                       VD->getType().isConstQualified())
369                     return;
370                   // Special case: check for initialization from scalar
371                   //  parameters.  This is often a form of defensive
372                   //  programming.  Non-scalars are still an error since
373                   //  because it more likely represents an actual algorithmic
374                   //  bug.
375                   if (isa<ParmVarDecl>(VD) && VD->getType()->isScalarType())
376                     return;
377                 }
378 
379               PathDiagnosticLocation Loc =
380                 PathDiagnosticLocation::create(V, BR.getSourceManager());
381               Report(V, DeadInit, Loc, E->getSourceRange());
382             }
383           }
384         }
385       }
386   }
387 };
388 
389 } // end anonymous namespace
390 
391 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
392 // Driver function to invoke the Dead-Stores checker on a CFG.
393 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
394 
395 namespace {
396 class FindEscaped {
397 public:
398   llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl*, 20> Escaped;
399 
operator ()(const Stmt * S)400   void operator()(const Stmt *S) {
401     // Check for '&'. Any VarDecl whose address has been taken we treat as
402     // escaped.
403     // FIXME: What about references?
404     const UnaryOperator *U = dyn_cast<UnaryOperator>(S);
405     if (!U)
406       return;
407     if (U->getOpcode() != UO_AddrOf)
408       return;
409 
410     const Expr *E = U->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParenCasts();
411     if (const DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(E))
412       if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl()))
413         Escaped.insert(VD);
414   }
415 };
416 } // end anonymous namespace
417 
418 
419 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
420 // DeadStoresChecker
421 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
422 
423 namespace {
424 class DeadStoresChecker : public Checker<check::ASTCodeBody> {
425 public:
checkASTCodeBody(const Decl * D,AnalysisManager & mgr,BugReporter & BR) const426   void checkASTCodeBody(const Decl *D, AnalysisManager& mgr,
427                         BugReporter &BR) const {
428 
429     // Don't do anything for template instantiations.
430     // Proving that code in a template instantiation is "dead"
431     // means proving that it is dead in all instantiations.
432     // This same problem exists with -Wunreachable-code.
433     if (const FunctionDecl *FD = dyn_cast<FunctionDecl>(D))
434       if (FD->isTemplateInstantiation())
435         return;
436 
437     if (LiveVariables *L = mgr.getAnalysis<LiveVariables>(D)) {
438       CFG &cfg = *mgr.getCFG(D);
439       AnalysisDeclContext *AC = mgr.getAnalysisDeclContext(D);
440       ParentMap &pmap = mgr.getParentMap(D);
441       FindEscaped FS;
442       cfg.VisitBlockStmts(FS);
443       DeadStoreObs A(cfg, BR.getContext(), BR, this, AC, pmap, FS.Escaped);
444       L->runOnAllBlocks(A);
445     }
446   }
447 };
448 }
449 
registerDeadStoresChecker(CheckerManager & mgr)450 void ento::registerDeadStoresChecker(CheckerManager &mgr) {
451   mgr.registerChecker<DeadStoresChecker>();
452 }
453