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      1 //===- ThreadSafety.h ------------------------------------------*- 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 //
     11 // A intra-procedural analysis for thread safety (e.g. deadlocks and race
     12 // conditions), based off of an annotation system.
     13 //
     14 // See http://clang.llvm.org/docs/LanguageExtensions.html#threadsafety for more
     15 // information.
     16 //
     17 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     18 
     19 #ifndef LLVM_CLANG_THREADSAFETY_H
     20 #define LLVM_CLANG_THREADSAFETY_H
     21 
     22 #include "clang/Analysis/AnalysisContext.h"
     23 #include "clang/Basic/SourceLocation.h"
     24 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
     25 
     26 namespace clang {
     27 namespace thread_safety {
     28 
     29 /// This enum distinguishes between different kinds of operations that may
     30 /// need to be protected by locks. We use this enum in error handling.
     31 enum ProtectedOperationKind {
     32   POK_VarDereference, ///< Dereferencing a variable (e.g. p in *p = 5;)
     33   POK_VarAccess, ///< Reading or writing a variable (e.g. x in x = 5;)
     34   POK_FunctionCall ///< Making a function call (e.g. fool())
     35 };
     36 
     37 /// This enum distinguishes between different kinds of lock actions. For
     38 /// example, it is an error to write a variable protected by shared version of a
     39 /// mutex.
     40 enum LockKind {
     41   LK_Shared, ///< Shared/reader lock of a mutex.
     42   LK_Exclusive ///< Exclusive/writer lock of a mutex.
     43 };
     44 
     45 /// This enum distinguishes between different ways to access (read or write) a
     46 /// variable.
     47 enum AccessKind {
     48   AK_Read, ///< Reading a variable.
     49   AK_Written ///< Writing a variable.
     50 };
     51 
     52 /// This enum distinguishes between different situations where we warn due to
     53 /// inconsistent locking.
     54 /// \enum SK_LockedSomeLoopIterations -- a mutex is locked for some but not all
     55 /// loop iterations.
     56 /// \enum SK_LockedSomePredecessors -- a mutex is locked in some but not all
     57 /// predecessors of a CFGBlock.
     58 /// \enum SK_LockedAtEndOfFunction -- a mutex is still locked at the end of a
     59 /// function.
     60 enum LockErrorKind {
     61   LEK_LockedSomeLoopIterations,
     62   LEK_LockedSomePredecessors,
     63   LEK_LockedAtEndOfFunction,
     64   LEK_NotLockedAtEndOfFunction
     65 };
     66 
     67 /// Handler class for thread safety warnings.
     68 class ThreadSafetyHandler {
     69 public:
     70   typedef StringRef Name;
     71   ThreadSafetyHandler() : IssueBetaWarnings(false) { }
     72   virtual ~ThreadSafetyHandler();
     73 
     74   /// Warn about lock expressions which fail to resolve to lockable objects.
     75   /// \param Loc -- the SourceLocation of the unresolved expression.
     76   virtual void handleInvalidLockExp(SourceLocation Loc) {}
     77 
     78   /// Warn about unlock function calls that do not have a prior matching lock
     79   /// expression.
     80   /// \param LockName -- A StringRef name for the lock expression, to be printed
     81   /// in the error message.
     82   /// \param Loc -- The SourceLocation of the Unlock
     83   virtual void handleUnmatchedUnlock(Name LockName, SourceLocation Loc) {}
     84 
     85   /// Warn about lock function calls for locks which are already held.
     86   /// \param LockName -- A StringRef name for the lock expression, to be printed
     87   /// in the error message.
     88   /// \param Loc -- The location of the second lock expression.
     89   virtual void handleDoubleLock(Name LockName, SourceLocation Loc) {}
     90 
     91   /// Warn about situations where a mutex is sometimes held and sometimes not.
     92   /// The three situations are:
     93   /// 1. a mutex is locked on an "if" branch but not the "else" branch,
     94   /// 2, or a mutex is only held at the start of some loop iterations,
     95   /// 3. or when a mutex is locked but not unlocked inside a function.
     96   /// \param LockName -- A StringRef name for the lock expression, to be printed
     97   /// in the error message.
     98   /// \param LocLocked -- The location of the lock expression where the mutex is
     99   ///               locked
    100   /// \param LocEndOfScope -- The location of the end of the scope where the
    101   ///               mutex is no longer held
    102   /// \param LEK -- which of the three above cases we should warn for
    103   virtual void handleMutexHeldEndOfScope(Name LockName,
    104                                          SourceLocation LocLocked,
    105                                          SourceLocation LocEndOfScope,
    106                                          LockErrorKind LEK){}
    107 
    108   /// Warn when a mutex is held exclusively and shared at the same point. For
    109   /// example, if a mutex is locked exclusively during an if branch and shared
    110   /// during the else branch.
    111   /// \param LockName -- A StringRef name for the lock expression, to be printed
    112   /// in the error message.
    113   /// \param Loc1 -- The location of the first lock expression.
    114   /// \param Loc2 -- The location of the second lock expression.
    115   virtual void handleExclusiveAndShared(Name LockName, SourceLocation Loc1,
    116                                         SourceLocation Loc2) {}
    117 
    118   /// Warn when a protected operation occurs while no locks are held.
    119   /// \param D -- The decl for the protected variable or function
    120   /// \param POK -- The kind of protected operation (e.g. variable access)
    121   /// \param AK -- The kind of access (i.e. read or write) that occurred
    122   /// \param Loc -- The location of the protected operation.
    123   virtual void handleNoMutexHeld(const NamedDecl *D, ProtectedOperationKind POK,
    124                                  AccessKind AK, SourceLocation Loc) {}
    125 
    126   /// Warn when a protected operation occurs while the specific mutex protecting
    127   /// the operation is not locked.
    128   /// \param D -- The decl for the protected variable or function
    129   /// \param POK -- The kind of protected operation (e.g. variable access)
    130   /// \param LockName -- A StringRef name for the lock expression, to be printed
    131   /// in the error message.
    132   /// \param LK -- The kind of access (i.e. read or write) that occurred
    133   /// \param Loc -- The location of the protected operation.
    134   virtual void handleMutexNotHeld(const NamedDecl *D,
    135                                   ProtectedOperationKind POK, Name LockName,
    136                                   LockKind LK, SourceLocation Loc,
    137                                   Name *PossibleMatch=0) {}
    138 
    139   /// Warn when a function is called while an excluded mutex is locked. For
    140   /// example, the mutex may be locked inside the function.
    141   /// \param FunName -- The name of the function
    142   /// \param LockName -- A StringRef name for the lock expression, to be printed
    143   /// in the error message.
    144   /// \param Loc -- The location of the function call.
    145   virtual void handleFunExcludesLock(Name FunName, Name LockName,
    146                                      SourceLocation Loc) {}
    147 
    148   bool issueBetaWarnings() { return IssueBetaWarnings; }
    149   void setIssueBetaWarnings(bool b) { IssueBetaWarnings = b; }
    150 
    151 private:
    152   bool IssueBetaWarnings;
    153 };
    154 
    155 /// \brief Check a function's CFG for thread-safety violations.
    156 ///
    157 /// We traverse the blocks in the CFG, compute the set of mutexes that are held
    158 /// at the end of each block, and issue warnings for thread safety violations.
    159 /// Each block in the CFG is traversed exactly once.
    160 void runThreadSafetyAnalysis(AnalysisDeclContext &AC,
    161                              ThreadSafetyHandler &Handler);
    162 
    163 /// \brief Helper function that returns a LockKind required for the given level
    164 /// of access.
    165 LockKind getLockKindFromAccessKind(AccessKind AK);
    166 
    167 }} // end namespace clang::thread_safety
    168 #endif
    169