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      1 //= CheckerDocumentation.cpp - Documentation checker ---------------*- 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 checker lists all the checker callbacks and provides documentation for
     11 // checker writers.
     12 //
     13 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     14 
     15 #include "ClangSACheckers.h"
     16 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugType.h"
     17 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
     18 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/CheckerManager.h"
     19 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/CheckerContext.h"
     20 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/ProgramStateTrait.h"
     21 
     22 using namespace clang;
     23 using namespace ento;
     24 
     25 // All checkers should be placed into anonymous namespace.
     26 // We place the CheckerDocumentation inside ento namespace to make the
     27 // it visible in doxygen.
     28 namespace clang {
     29 namespace ento {
     30 
     31 /// This checker documents the callback functions checkers can use to implement
     32 /// the custom handling of the specific events during path exploration as well
     33 /// as reporting bugs. Most of the callbacks are targeted at path-sensitive
     34 /// checking.
     35 ///
     36 /// \sa CheckerContext
     37 class CheckerDocumentation : public Checker< check::PreStmt<ReturnStmt>,
     38                                        check::PostStmt<DeclStmt>,
     39                                        check::PreObjCMessage,
     40                                        check::PostObjCMessage,
     41                                        check::PreCall,
     42                                        check::PostCall,
     43                                        check::BranchCondition,
     44                                        check::Location,
     45                                        check::Bind,
     46                                        check::DeadSymbols,
     47                                        check::EndFunction,
     48                                        check::EndAnalysis,
     49                                        check::EndOfTranslationUnit,
     50                                        eval::Call,
     51                                        eval::Assume,
     52                                        check::LiveSymbols,
     53                                        check::RegionChanges,
     54                                        check::PointerEscape,
     55                                        check::ConstPointerEscape,
     56                                        check::Event<ImplicitNullDerefEvent>,
     57                                        check::ASTDecl<FunctionDecl> > {
     58 public:
     59 
     60   /// \brief Pre-visit the Statement.
     61   ///
     62   /// The method will be called before the analyzer core processes the
     63   /// statement. The notification is performed for every explored CFGElement,
     64   /// which does not include the control flow statements such as IfStmt. The
     65   /// callback can be specialized to be called with any subclass of Stmt.
     66   ///
     67   /// See checkBranchCondition() callback for performing custom processing of
     68   /// the branching statements.
     69   ///
     70   /// check::PreStmt<ReturnStmt>
     71   void checkPreStmt(const ReturnStmt *DS, CheckerContext &C) const {}
     72 
     73   /// \brief Post-visit the Statement.
     74   ///
     75   /// The method will be called after the analyzer core processes the
     76   /// statement. The notification is performed for every explored CFGElement,
     77   /// which does not include the control flow statements such as IfStmt. The
     78   /// callback can be specialized to be called with any subclass of Stmt.
     79   ///
     80   /// check::PostStmt<DeclStmt>
     81   void checkPostStmt(const DeclStmt *DS, CheckerContext &C) const;
     82 
     83   /// \brief Pre-visit the Objective C message.
     84   ///
     85   /// This will be called before the analyzer core processes the method call.
     86   /// This is called for any action which produces an Objective-C message send,
     87   /// including explicit message syntax and property access.
     88   ///
     89   /// check::PreObjCMessage
     90   void checkPreObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall &M, CheckerContext &C) const {}
     91 
     92   /// \brief Post-visit the Objective C message.
     93   /// \sa checkPreObjCMessage()
     94   ///
     95   /// check::PostObjCMessage
     96   void checkPostObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall &M, CheckerContext &C) const {}
     97 
     98   /// \brief Pre-visit an abstract "call" event.
     99   ///
    100   /// This is used for checkers that want to check arguments or attributed
    101   /// behavior for functions and methods no matter how they are being invoked.
    102   ///
    103   /// Note that this includes ALL cross-body invocations, so if you want to
    104   /// limit your checks to, say, function calls, you should test for that at the
    105   /// beginning of your callback function.
    106   ///
    107   /// check::PreCall
    108   void checkPreCall(const CallEvent &Call, CheckerContext &C) const {}
    109 
    110   /// \brief Post-visit an abstract "call" event.
    111   /// \sa checkPreObjCMessage()
    112   ///
    113   /// check::PostCall
    114   void checkPostCall(const CallEvent &Call, CheckerContext &C) const {}
    115 
    116   /// \brief Pre-visit of the condition statement of a branch (such as IfStmt).
    117   void checkBranchCondition(const Stmt *Condition, CheckerContext &Ctx) const {}
    118 
    119   /// \brief Called on a load from and a store to a location.
    120   ///
    121   /// The method will be called each time a location (pointer) value is
    122   /// accessed.
    123   /// \param Loc    The value of the location (pointer).
    124   /// \param IsLoad The flag specifying if the location is a store or a load.
    125   /// \param S      The load is performed while processing the statement.
    126   ///
    127   /// check::Location
    128   void checkLocation(SVal Loc, bool IsLoad, const Stmt *S,
    129                      CheckerContext &) const {}
    130 
    131   /// \brief Called on binding of a value to a location.
    132   ///
    133   /// \param Loc The value of the location (pointer).
    134   /// \param Val The value which will be stored at the location Loc.
    135   /// \param S   The bind is performed while processing the statement S.
    136   ///
    137   /// check::Bind
    138   void checkBind(SVal Loc, SVal Val, const Stmt *S, CheckerContext &) const {}
    139 
    140 
    141   /// \brief Called whenever a symbol becomes dead.
    142   ///
    143   /// This callback should be used by the checkers to aggressively clean
    144   /// up/reduce the checker state, which is important for reducing the overall
    145   /// memory usage. Specifically, if a checker keeps symbol specific information
    146   /// in the sate, it can and should be dropped after the symbol becomes dead.
    147   /// In addition, reporting a bug as soon as the checker becomes dead leads to
    148   /// more precise diagnostics. (For example, one should report that a malloced
    149   /// variable is not freed right after it goes out of scope.)
    150   ///
    151   /// \param SR The SymbolReaper object can be queried to determine which
    152   ///           symbols are dead.
    153   ///
    154   /// check::DeadSymbols
    155   void checkDeadSymbols(SymbolReaper &SR, CheckerContext &C) const {}
    156 
    157   /// \brief Called when the analyzer core reaches the end of a
    158   /// function being analyzed.
    159   ///
    160   /// check::EndFunction
    161   void checkEndFunction(CheckerContext &Ctx) const {}
    162 
    163   /// \brief Called after all the paths in the ExplodedGraph reach end of path
    164   /// - the symbolic execution graph is fully explored.
    165   ///
    166   /// This callback should be used in cases when a checker needs to have a
    167   /// global view of the information generated on all paths. For example, to
    168   /// compare execution summary/result several paths.
    169   /// See IdempotentOperationChecker for a usage example.
    170   ///
    171   /// check::EndAnalysis
    172   void checkEndAnalysis(ExplodedGraph &G,
    173                         BugReporter &BR,
    174                         ExprEngine &Eng) const {}
    175 
    176   /// \brief Called after analysis of a TranslationUnit is complete.
    177   ///
    178   /// check::EndOfTranslationUnit
    179   void checkEndOfTranslationUnit(const TranslationUnitDecl *TU,
    180                                  AnalysisManager &Mgr,
    181                                  BugReporter &BR) const {}
    182 
    183 
    184   /// \brief Evaluates function call.
    185   ///
    186   /// The analysis core threats all function calls in the same way. However, some
    187   /// functions have special meaning, which should be reflected in the program
    188   /// state. This callback allows a checker to provide domain specific knowledge
    189   /// about the particular functions it knows about.
    190   ///
    191   /// \returns true if the call has been successfully evaluated
    192   /// and false otherwise. Note, that only one checker can evaluate a call. If
    193   /// more than one checker claims that they can evaluate the same call the
    194   /// first one wins.
    195   ///
    196   /// eval::Call
    197   bool evalCall(const CallExpr *CE, CheckerContext &C) const { return true; }
    198 
    199   /// \brief Handles assumptions on symbolic values.
    200   ///
    201   /// This method is called when a symbolic expression is assumed to be true or
    202   /// false. For example, the assumptions are performed when evaluating a
    203   /// condition at a branch. The callback allows checkers track the assumptions
    204   /// performed on the symbols of interest and change the state accordingly.
    205   ///
    206   /// eval::Assume
    207   ProgramStateRef evalAssume(ProgramStateRef State,
    208                                  SVal Cond,
    209                                  bool Assumption) const { return State; }
    210 
    211   /// Allows modifying SymbolReaper object. For example, checkers can explicitly
    212   /// register symbols of interest as live. These symbols will not be marked
    213   /// dead and removed.
    214   ///
    215   /// check::LiveSymbols
    216   void checkLiveSymbols(ProgramStateRef State, SymbolReaper &SR) const {}
    217 
    218   /// \brief Called to determine if the checker currently needs to know if when
    219   /// contents of any regions change.
    220   ///
    221   /// Since it is not necessarily cheap to compute which regions are being
    222   /// changed, this allows the analyzer core to skip the more expensive
    223   /// #checkRegionChanges when no checkers are tracking any state.
    224   bool wantsRegionChangeUpdate(ProgramStateRef St) const { return true; }
    225 
    226   /// \brief Called when the contents of one or more regions change.
    227   ///
    228   /// This can occur in many different ways: an explicit bind, a blanket
    229   /// invalidation of the region contents, or by passing a region to a function
    230   /// call whose behavior the analyzer cannot model perfectly.
    231   ///
    232   /// \param State The current program state.
    233   /// \param Invalidated A set of all symbols potentially touched by the change.
    234   /// \param ExplicitRegions The regions explicitly requested for invalidation.
    235   ///        For a function call, this would be the arguments. For a bind, this
    236   ///        would be the region being bound to.
    237   /// \param Regions The transitive closure of regions accessible from,
    238   ///        \p ExplicitRegions, i.e. all regions that may have been touched
    239   ///        by this change. For a simple bind, this list will be the same as
    240   ///        \p ExplicitRegions, since a bind does not affect the contents of
    241   ///        anything accessible through the base region.
    242   /// \param Call The opaque call triggering this invalidation. Will be 0 if the
    243   ///        change was not triggered by a call.
    244   ///
    245   /// Note that this callback will not be invoked unless
    246   /// #wantsRegionChangeUpdate returns \c true.
    247   ///
    248   /// check::RegionChanges
    249   ProgramStateRef
    250     checkRegionChanges(ProgramStateRef State,
    251                        const InvalidatedSymbols *Invalidated,
    252                        ArrayRef<const MemRegion *> ExplicitRegions,
    253                        ArrayRef<const MemRegion *> Regions,
    254                        const CallEvent *Call) const {
    255     return State;
    256   }
    257 
    258   /// \brief Called when pointers escape.
    259   ///
    260   /// This notifies the checkers about pointer escape, which occurs whenever
    261   /// the analyzer cannot track the symbol any more. For example, as a
    262   /// result of assigning a pointer into a global or when it's passed to a
    263   /// function call the analyzer cannot model.
    264   ///
    265   /// \param State The state at the point of escape.
    266   /// \param Escaped The list of escaped symbols.
    267   /// \param Call The corresponding CallEvent, if the symbols escape as
    268   /// parameters to the given call.
    269   /// \param Kind How the symbols have escaped.
    270   /// \returns Checkers can modify the state by returning a new state.
    271   ProgramStateRef checkPointerEscape(ProgramStateRef State,
    272                                      const InvalidatedSymbols &Escaped,
    273                                      const CallEvent *Call,
    274                                      PointerEscapeKind Kind) const {
    275     return State;
    276   }
    277 
    278   /// \brief Called when const pointers escape.
    279   ///
    280   /// Note: in most cases checkPointerEscape callback is sufficient.
    281   /// \sa checkPointerEscape
    282   ProgramStateRef checkConstPointerEscape(ProgramStateRef State,
    283                                      const InvalidatedSymbols &Escaped,
    284                                      const CallEvent *Call,
    285                                      PointerEscapeKind Kind) const {
    286     return State;
    287   }
    288 
    289   /// check::Event<ImplicitNullDerefEvent>
    290   void checkEvent(ImplicitNullDerefEvent Event) const {}
    291 
    292   /// \brief Check every declaration in the AST.
    293   ///
    294   /// An AST traversal callback, which should only be used when the checker is
    295   /// not path sensitive. It will be called for every Declaration in the AST and
    296   /// can be specialized to only be called on subclasses of Decl, for example,
    297   /// FunctionDecl.
    298   ///
    299   /// check::ASTDecl<FunctionDecl>
    300   void checkASTDecl(const FunctionDecl *D,
    301                     AnalysisManager &Mgr,
    302                     BugReporter &BR) const {}
    303 
    304 };
    305 
    306 void CheckerDocumentation::checkPostStmt(const DeclStmt *DS,
    307                                          CheckerContext &C) const {
    308   return;
    309 }
    310 
    311 } // end namespace ento
    312 } // end namespace clang
    313