1 //=======- PaddingChecker.cpp ------------------------------------*- 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 checker that checks for padding that could be
11 // removed by re-ordering members.
12 //
13 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
14
15 #include "ClangSACheckers.h"
16 #include "clang/AST/CharUnits.h"
17 #include "clang/AST/DeclTemplate.h"
18 #include "clang/AST/RecordLayout.h"
19 #include "clang/AST/RecursiveASTVisitor.h"
20 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugReporter.h"
21 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugType.h"
22 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
23 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/AnalysisManager.h"
24 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
25 #include "llvm/Support/MathExtras.h"
26 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
27 #include <numeric>
28
29 using namespace clang;
30 using namespace ento;
31
32 namespace {
33 class PaddingChecker : public Checker<check::ASTDecl<TranslationUnitDecl>> {
34 private:
35 mutable std::unique_ptr<BugType> PaddingBug;
36 mutable int64_t AllowedPad;
37 mutable BugReporter *BR;
38
39 public:
checkASTDecl(const TranslationUnitDecl * TUD,AnalysisManager & MGR,BugReporter & BRArg) const40 void checkASTDecl(const TranslationUnitDecl *TUD, AnalysisManager &MGR,
41 BugReporter &BRArg) const {
42 BR = &BRArg;
43 AllowedPad =
44 MGR.getAnalyzerOptions().getOptionAsInteger("AllowedPad", 24, this);
45 assert(AllowedPad >= 0 && "AllowedPad option should be non-negative");
46
47 // The calls to checkAST* from AnalysisConsumer don't
48 // visit template instantiations or lambda classes. We
49 // want to visit those, so we make our own RecursiveASTVisitor.
50 struct LocalVisitor : public RecursiveASTVisitor<LocalVisitor> {
51 const PaddingChecker *Checker;
52 bool shouldVisitTemplateInstantiations() const { return true; }
53 bool shouldVisitImplicitCode() const { return true; }
54 explicit LocalVisitor(const PaddingChecker *Checker) : Checker(Checker) {}
55 bool VisitRecordDecl(const RecordDecl *RD) {
56 Checker->visitRecord(RD);
57 return true;
58 }
59 bool VisitVarDecl(const VarDecl *VD) {
60 Checker->visitVariable(VD);
61 return true;
62 }
63 // TODO: Visit array new and mallocs for arrays.
64 };
65
66 LocalVisitor visitor(this);
67 visitor.TraverseDecl(const_cast<TranslationUnitDecl *>(TUD));
68 }
69
70 /// \brief Look for records of overly padded types. If padding *
71 /// PadMultiplier exceeds AllowedPad, then generate a report.
72 /// PadMultiplier is used to share code with the array padding
73 /// checker.
visitRecord(const RecordDecl * RD,uint64_t PadMultiplier=1) const74 void visitRecord(const RecordDecl *RD, uint64_t PadMultiplier = 1) const {
75 if (shouldSkipDecl(RD))
76 return;
77
78 auto &ASTContext = RD->getASTContext();
79 const ASTRecordLayout &RL = ASTContext.getASTRecordLayout(RD);
80 assert(llvm::isPowerOf2_64(RL.getAlignment().getQuantity()));
81
82 CharUnits BaselinePad = calculateBaselinePad(RD, ASTContext, RL);
83 if (BaselinePad.isZero())
84 return;
85 CharUnits OptimalPad = calculateOptimalPad(RD, ASTContext, RL);
86
87 CharUnits DiffPad = PadMultiplier * (BaselinePad - OptimalPad);
88 if (DiffPad.getQuantity() <= AllowedPad) {
89 assert(!DiffPad.isNegative() && "DiffPad should not be negative");
90 // There is not enough excess padding to trigger a warning.
91 return;
92 }
93 reportRecord(RD, BaselinePad, OptimalPad);
94 }
95
96 /// \brief Look for arrays of overly padded types. If the padding of the
97 /// array type exceeds AllowedPad, then generate a report.
visitVariable(const VarDecl * VD) const98 void visitVariable(const VarDecl *VD) const {
99 const ArrayType *ArrTy = VD->getType()->getAsArrayTypeUnsafe();
100 if (ArrTy == nullptr)
101 return;
102 uint64_t Elts = 0;
103 if (const ConstantArrayType *CArrTy = dyn_cast<ConstantArrayType>(ArrTy))
104 Elts = CArrTy->getSize().getZExtValue();
105 if (Elts == 0)
106 return;
107 const RecordType *RT = ArrTy->getElementType()->getAs<RecordType>();
108 if (RT == nullptr)
109 return;
110
111 // TODO: Recurse into the fields and base classes to see if any
112 // of those have excess padding.
113 visitRecord(RT->getDecl(), Elts);
114 }
115
shouldSkipDecl(const RecordDecl * RD) const116 bool shouldSkipDecl(const RecordDecl *RD) const {
117 auto Location = RD->getLocation();
118 // If the construct doesn't have a source file, then it's not something
119 // we want to diagnose.
120 if (!Location.isValid())
121 return true;
122 SrcMgr::CharacteristicKind Kind =
123 BR->getSourceManager().getFileCharacteristic(Location);
124 // Throw out all records that come from system headers.
125 if (Kind != SrcMgr::C_User)
126 return true;
127
128 // Not going to attempt to optimize unions.
129 if (RD->isUnion())
130 return true;
131 // How do you reorder fields if you haven't got any?
132 if (RD->field_empty())
133 return true;
134 if (auto *CXXRD = dyn_cast<CXXRecordDecl>(RD)) {
135 // Tail padding with base classes ends up being very complicated.
136 // We will skip objects with base classes for now.
137 if (CXXRD->getNumBases() != 0)
138 return true;
139 // Virtual bases are complicated, skipping those for now.
140 if (CXXRD->getNumVBases() != 0)
141 return true;
142 // Can't layout a template, so skip it. We do still layout the
143 // instantiations though.
144 if (CXXRD->getTypeForDecl()->isDependentType())
145 return true;
146 if (CXXRD->getTypeForDecl()->isInstantiationDependentType())
147 return true;
148 }
149 auto IsTrickyField = [](const FieldDecl *FD) -> bool {
150 // Bitfield layout is hard.
151 if (FD->isBitField())
152 return true;
153
154 // Variable length arrays are tricky too.
155 QualType Ty = FD->getType();
156 if (Ty->isIncompleteArrayType())
157 return true;
158 return false;
159 };
160
161 if (std::any_of(RD->field_begin(), RD->field_end(), IsTrickyField))
162 return true;
163 return false;
164 }
165
calculateBaselinePad(const RecordDecl * RD,const ASTContext & ASTContext,const ASTRecordLayout & RL)166 static CharUnits calculateBaselinePad(const RecordDecl *RD,
167 const ASTContext &ASTContext,
168 const ASTRecordLayout &RL) {
169 CharUnits PaddingSum;
170 CharUnits Offset = ASTContext.toCharUnitsFromBits(RL.getFieldOffset(0));
171 for (const auto &FD : RD->fields()) {
172 // This checker only cares about the padded size of the
173 // field, and not the data size. If the field is a record
174 // with tail padding, then we won't put that number in our
175 // total because reordering fields won't fix that problem.
176 CharUnits FieldSize = ASTContext.getTypeSizeInChars(FD->getType());
177 auto FieldOffsetBits = RL.getFieldOffset(FD->getFieldIndex());
178 CharUnits FieldOffset = ASTContext.toCharUnitsFromBits(FieldOffsetBits);
179 PaddingSum += (FieldOffset - Offset);
180 Offset = FieldOffset + FieldSize;
181 }
182 PaddingSum += RL.getSize() - Offset;
183 return PaddingSum;
184 }
185
186 /// Optimal padding overview:
187 /// 1. Find a close approximation to where we can place our first field.
188 /// This will usually be at offset 0.
189 /// 2. Try to find the best field that can legally be placed at the current
190 /// offset.
191 /// a. "Best" is the largest alignment that is legal, but smallest size.
192 /// This is to account for overly aligned types.
193 /// 3. If no fields can fit, pad by rounding the current offset up to the
194 /// smallest alignment requirement of our fields. Measure and track the
195 // amount of padding added. Go back to 2.
196 /// 4. Increment the current offset by the size of the chosen field.
197 /// 5. Remove the chosen field from the set of future possibilities.
198 /// 6. Go back to 2 if there are still unplaced fields.
199 /// 7. Add tail padding by rounding the current offset up to the structure
200 /// alignment. Track the amount of padding added.
201
calculateOptimalPad(const RecordDecl * RD,const ASTContext & ASTContext,const ASTRecordLayout & RL)202 static CharUnits calculateOptimalPad(const RecordDecl *RD,
203 const ASTContext &ASTContext,
204 const ASTRecordLayout &RL) {
205 struct CharUnitPair {
206 CharUnits Align;
207 CharUnits Size;
208 bool operator<(const CharUnitPair &RHS) const {
209 // Order from small alignments to large alignments,
210 // then large sizes to small sizes.
211 return std::make_pair(Align, -Size) <
212 std::make_pair(RHS.Align, -RHS.Size);
213 }
214 };
215 SmallVector<CharUnitPair, 20> Fields;
216 auto GatherSizesAndAlignments = [](const FieldDecl *FD) {
217 CharUnitPair RetVal;
218 auto &Ctx = FD->getASTContext();
219 std::tie(RetVal.Size, RetVal.Align) =
220 Ctx.getTypeInfoInChars(FD->getType());
221 assert(llvm::isPowerOf2_64(RetVal.Align.getQuantity()));
222 if (auto Max = FD->getMaxAlignment())
223 RetVal.Align = std::max(Ctx.toCharUnitsFromBits(Max), RetVal.Align);
224 return RetVal;
225 };
226 std::transform(RD->field_begin(), RD->field_end(),
227 std::back_inserter(Fields), GatherSizesAndAlignments);
228 std::sort(Fields.begin(), Fields.end());
229
230 // This lets us skip over vptrs and non-virtual bases,
231 // so that we can just worry about the fields in our object.
232 // Note that this does cause us to miss some cases where we
233 // could pack more bytes in to a base class's tail padding.
234 CharUnits NewOffset = ASTContext.toCharUnitsFromBits(RL.getFieldOffset(0));
235 CharUnits NewPad;
236
237 while (!Fields.empty()) {
238 unsigned TrailingZeros =
239 llvm::countTrailingZeros((unsigned long long)NewOffset.getQuantity());
240 // If NewOffset is zero, then countTrailingZeros will be 64. Shifting
241 // 64 will overflow our unsigned long long. Shifting 63 will turn
242 // our long long (and CharUnits internal type) negative. So shift 62.
243 long long CurAlignmentBits = 1ull << (std::min)(TrailingZeros, 62u);
244 CharUnits CurAlignment = CharUnits::fromQuantity(CurAlignmentBits);
245 CharUnitPair InsertPoint = {CurAlignment, CharUnits::Zero()};
246 auto CurBegin = Fields.begin();
247 auto CurEnd = Fields.end();
248
249 // In the typical case, this will find the last element
250 // of the vector. We won't find a middle element unless
251 // we started on a poorly aligned address or have an overly
252 // aligned field.
253 auto Iter = std::upper_bound(CurBegin, CurEnd, InsertPoint);
254 if (Iter != CurBegin) {
255 // We found a field that we can layout with the current alignment.
256 --Iter;
257 NewOffset += Iter->Size;
258 Fields.erase(Iter);
259 } else {
260 // We are poorly aligned, and we need to pad in order to layout another
261 // field. Round up to at least the smallest field alignment that we
262 // currently have.
263 CharUnits NextOffset = NewOffset.RoundUpToAlignment(Fields[0].Align);
264 NewPad += NextOffset - NewOffset;
265 NewOffset = NextOffset;
266 }
267 }
268 // Calculate tail padding.
269 CharUnits NewSize = NewOffset.RoundUpToAlignment(RL.getAlignment());
270 NewPad += NewSize - NewOffset;
271 return NewPad;
272 }
273
reportRecord(const RecordDecl * RD,CharUnits BaselinePad,CharUnits TargetPad) const274 void reportRecord(const RecordDecl *RD, CharUnits BaselinePad,
275 CharUnits TargetPad) const {
276 if (!PaddingBug)
277 PaddingBug =
278 llvm::make_unique<BugType>(this, "Excessive Padding", "Performance");
279
280 SmallString<100> Buf;
281 llvm::raw_svector_ostream Os(Buf);
282
283 Os << "Excessive padding in '";
284 Os << QualType::getAsString(RD->getTypeForDecl(), Qualifiers()) << "'";
285
286 if (auto *TSD = dyn_cast<ClassTemplateSpecializationDecl>(RD)) {
287 // TODO: make this show up better in the console output and in
288 // the HTML. Maybe just make it show up in HTML like the path
289 // diagnostics show.
290 SourceLocation ILoc = TSD->getPointOfInstantiation();
291 if (ILoc.isValid())
292 Os << " instantiated here: "
293 << ILoc.printToString(BR->getSourceManager());
294 }
295
296 Os << " (" << BaselinePad.getQuantity() << " padding bytes, where "
297 << TargetPad.getQuantity() << " is optimal). Consider reordering "
298 << "the fields or adding explicit padding members.";
299
300 PathDiagnosticLocation CELoc =
301 PathDiagnosticLocation::create(RD, BR->getSourceManager());
302
303 auto Report = llvm::make_unique<BugReport>(*PaddingBug, Os.str(), CELoc);
304 Report->setDeclWithIssue(RD);
305 Report->addRange(RD->getSourceRange());
306
307 BR->emitReport(std::move(Report));
308 }
309 };
310 }
311
registerPaddingChecker(CheckerManager & Mgr)312 void ento::registerPaddingChecker(CheckerManager &Mgr) {
313 Mgr.registerChecker<PaddingChecker>();
314 }
315