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/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/BuiltinCheckerRegistration.h"
15 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
16 #include "clang/AST/Attr.h"
17 #include "clang/AST/ParentMap.h"
18 #include "clang/AST/RecursiveASTVisitor.h"
19 #include "clang/Analysis/Analyses/LiveVariables.h"
20 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugReporter.h"
21 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
22 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/AnalysisManager.h"
23 #include "llvm/ADT/BitVector.h"
24 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
25 #include "llvm/Support/SaveAndRestore.h"
26 
27 using namespace clang;
28 using namespace ento;
29 
30 namespace {
31 
32 /// A simple visitor to record what VarDecls occur in EH-handling code.
33 class EHCodeVisitor : public RecursiveASTVisitor<EHCodeVisitor> {
34 public:
35   bool inEH;
36   llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *> &S;
37 
38   bool TraverseObjCAtFinallyStmt(ObjCAtFinallyStmt *S) {
39     SaveAndRestore<bool> inFinally(inEH, true);
40     return ::RecursiveASTVisitor<EHCodeVisitor>::TraverseObjCAtFinallyStmt(S);
41   }
42 
43   bool TraverseObjCAtCatchStmt(ObjCAtCatchStmt *S) {
44     SaveAndRestore<bool> inCatch(inEH, true);
45     return ::RecursiveASTVisitor<EHCodeVisitor>::TraverseObjCAtCatchStmt(S);
46   }
47 
48   bool TraverseCXXCatchStmt(CXXCatchStmt *S) {
49     SaveAndRestore<bool> inCatch(inEH, true);
50     return TraverseStmt(S->getHandlerBlock());
51   }
52 
53   bool VisitDeclRefExpr(DeclRefExpr *DR) {
54     if (inEH)
55       if (const VarDecl *D = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl()))
56         S.insert(D);
57     return true;
58   }
59 
60   EHCodeVisitor(llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *> &S) :
61   inEH(false), S(S) {}
62 };
63 
64 // FIXME: Eventually migrate into its own file, and have it managed by
65 // AnalysisManager.
66 class ReachableCode {
67   const CFG &cfg;
68   llvm::BitVector reachable;
69 public:
70   ReachableCode(const CFG &cfg)
71     : cfg(cfg), reachable(cfg.getNumBlockIDs(), false) {}
72 
73   void computeReachableBlocks();
74 
75   bool isReachable(const CFGBlock *block) const {
76     return reachable[block->getBlockID()];
77   }
78 };
79 }
80 
81 void ReachableCode::computeReachableBlocks() {
82   if (!cfg.getNumBlockIDs())
83     return;
84 
85   SmallVector<const CFGBlock*, 10> worklist;
86   worklist.push_back(&cfg.getEntry());
87 
88   while (!worklist.empty()) {
89     const CFGBlock *block = worklist.pop_back_val();
90     llvm::BitVector::reference isReachable = reachable[block->getBlockID()];
91     if (isReachable)
92       continue;
93     isReachable = true;
94     for (CFGBlock::const_succ_iterator i = block->succ_begin(),
95                                        e = block->succ_end(); i != e; ++i)
96       if (const CFGBlock *succ = *i)
97         worklist.push_back(succ);
98   }
99 }
100 
101 static const Expr *
102 LookThroughTransitiveAssignmentsAndCommaOperators(const Expr *Ex) {
103   while (Ex) {
104     const BinaryOperator *BO =
105       dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(Ex->IgnoreParenCasts());
106     if (!BO)
107       break;
108     if (BO->getOpcode() == BO_Assign) {
109       Ex = BO->getRHS();
110       continue;
111     }
112     if (BO->getOpcode() == BO_Comma) {
113       Ex = BO->getRHS();
114       continue;
115     }
116     break;
117   }
118   return Ex;
119 }
120 
121 namespace {
122 class DeadStoreObs : public LiveVariables::Observer {
123   const CFG &cfg;
124   ASTContext &Ctx;
125   BugReporter& BR;
126   const CheckerBase *Checker;
127   AnalysisDeclContext* AC;
128   ParentMap& Parents;
129   llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl*, 20> Escaped;
130   std::unique_ptr<ReachableCode> reachableCode;
131   const CFGBlock *currentBlock;
132   std::unique_ptr<llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *>> InEH;
133 
134   enum DeadStoreKind { Standard, Enclosing, DeadIncrement, DeadInit };
135 
136 public:
137   DeadStoreObs(const CFG &cfg, ASTContext &ctx, BugReporter &br,
138                const CheckerBase *checker, AnalysisDeclContext *ac,
139                ParentMap &parents,
140                llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl *, 20> &escaped)
141       : cfg(cfg), Ctx(ctx), BR(br), Checker(checker), AC(ac), Parents(parents),
142         Escaped(escaped), currentBlock(nullptr) {}
143 
144   ~DeadStoreObs() override {}
145 
146   bool isLive(const LiveVariables::LivenessValues &Live, const VarDecl *D) {
147     if (Live.isLive(D))
148       return true;
149     // Lazily construct the set that records which VarDecls are in
150     // EH code.
151     if (!InEH.get()) {
152       InEH.reset(new llvm::DenseSet<const VarDecl *>());
153       EHCodeVisitor V(*InEH.get());
154       V.TraverseStmt(AC->getBody());
155     }
156     // Treat all VarDecls that occur in EH code as being "always live"
157     // when considering to suppress dead stores.  Frequently stores
158     // are followed by reads in EH code, but we don't have the ability
159     // to analyze that yet.
160     return InEH->count(D);
161   }
162 
163   void Report(const VarDecl *V, DeadStoreKind dsk,
164               PathDiagnosticLocation L, SourceRange R) {
165     if (Escaped.count(V))
166       return;
167 
168     // Compute reachable blocks within the CFG for trivial cases
169     // where a bogus dead store can be reported because itself is unreachable.
170     if (!reachableCode.get()) {
171       reachableCode.reset(new ReachableCode(cfg));
172       reachableCode->computeReachableBlocks();
173     }
174 
175     if (!reachableCode->isReachable(currentBlock))
176       return;
177 
178     SmallString<64> buf;
179     llvm::raw_svector_ostream os(buf);
180     const char *BugType = nullptr;
181 
182     switch (dsk) {
183       case DeadInit:
184         BugType = "Dead initialization";
185         os << "Value stored to '" << *V
186            << "' during its initialization is never read";
187         break;
188 
189       case DeadIncrement:
190         BugType = "Dead increment";
191         LLVM_FALLTHROUGH;
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 
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 
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 
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 
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->getBeginLoc().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.isVolatileQualified())
282             return;
283           if (T->isPointerType() || T->isObjCObjectPointerType()) {
284             if (RHS->isNullPointerConstant(Ctx, Expr::NPC_ValueDependentIsNull))
285               return;
286           }
287 
288           // Special case: self-assignments.  These are often used to shut up
289           //  "unused variable" compiler warnings.
290           if (const DeclRefExpr *RhsDR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(RHS))
291             if (VD == dyn_cast<VarDecl>(RhsDR->getDecl()))
292               return;
293 
294           // Otherwise, issue a warning.
295           DeadStoreKind dsk = Parents.isConsumedExpr(B)
296                               ? Enclosing
297                               : (isIncrement(VD,B) ? DeadIncrement : Standard);
298 
299           CheckVarDecl(VD, DR, B->getRHS(), dsk, Live);
300         }
301     }
302     else if (const UnaryOperator* U = dyn_cast<UnaryOperator>(S)) {
303       if (!U->isIncrementOp() || U->isPrefix())
304         return;
305 
306       const Stmt *parent = Parents.getParentIgnoreParenCasts(U);
307       if (!parent || !isa<ReturnStmt>(parent))
308         return;
309 
310       const Expr *Ex = U->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParenCasts();
311 
312       if (const DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(Ex))
313         CheckDeclRef(DR, U, DeadIncrement, Live);
314     }
315     else if (const DeclStmt *DS = dyn_cast<DeclStmt>(S))
316       // Iterate through the decls.  Warn if any initializers are complex
317       // expressions that are not live (never used).
318       for (const auto *DI : DS->decls()) {
319         const auto *V = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DI);
320 
321         if (!V)
322           continue;
323 
324         if (V->hasLocalStorage()) {
325           // Reference types confuse the dead stores checker.  Skip them
326           // for now.
327           if (V->getType()->getAs<ReferenceType>())
328             return;
329 
330           if (const Expr *E = V->getInit()) {
331             while (const FullExpr *FE = dyn_cast<FullExpr>(E))
332               E = FE->getSubExpr();
333 
334             // Look through transitive assignments, e.g.:
335             // int x = y = 0;
336             E = LookThroughTransitiveAssignmentsAndCommaOperators(E);
337 
338             // Don't warn on C++ objects (yet) until we can show that their
339             // constructors/destructors don't have side effects.
340             if (isa<CXXConstructExpr>(E))
341               return;
342 
343             // A dead initialization is a variable that is dead after it
344             // is initialized.  We don't flag warnings for those variables
345             // marked 'unused' or 'objc_precise_lifetime'.
346             if (!isLive(Live, V) &&
347                 !V->hasAttr<UnusedAttr>() &&
348                 !V->hasAttr<ObjCPreciseLifetimeAttr>()) {
349               // Special case: check for initializations with constants.
350               //
351               //  e.g. : int x = 0;
352               //
353               // If x is EVER assigned a new value later, don't issue
354               // a warning.  This is because such initialization can be
355               // due to defensive programming.
356               if (E->isEvaluatable(Ctx))
357                 return;
358 
359               if (const DeclRefExpr *DRE =
360                   dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(E->IgnoreParenCasts()))
361                 if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DRE->getDecl())) {
362                   // Special case: check for initialization from constant
363                   //  variables.
364                   //
365                   //  e.g. extern const int MyConstant;
366                   //       int x = MyConstant;
367                   //
368                   if (VD->hasGlobalStorage() &&
369                       VD->getType().isConstQualified())
370                     return;
371                   // Special case: check for initialization from scalar
372                   //  parameters.  This is often a form of defensive
373                   //  programming.  Non-scalars are still an error since
374                   //  because it more likely represents an actual algorithmic
375                   //  bug.
376                   if (isa<ParmVarDecl>(VD) && VD->getType()->isScalarType())
377                     return;
378                 }
379 
380               PathDiagnosticLocation Loc =
381                 PathDiagnosticLocation::create(V, BR.getSourceManager());
382               Report(V, DeadInit, Loc, E->getSourceRange());
383             }
384           }
385         }
386       }
387   }
388 };
389 
390 } // end anonymous namespace
391 
392 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
393 // Driver function to invoke the Dead-Stores checker on a CFG.
394 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
395 
396 namespace {
397 class FindEscaped {
398 public:
399   llvm::SmallPtrSet<const VarDecl*, 20> Escaped;
400 
401   void operator()(const Stmt *S) {
402     // Check for '&'. Any VarDecl whose address has been taken we treat as
403     // escaped.
404     // FIXME: What about references?
405     if (auto *LE = dyn_cast<LambdaExpr>(S)) {
406       findLambdaReferenceCaptures(LE);
407       return;
408     }
409 
410     const UnaryOperator *U = dyn_cast<UnaryOperator>(S);
411     if (!U)
412       return;
413     if (U->getOpcode() != UO_AddrOf)
414       return;
415 
416     const Expr *E = U->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParenCasts();
417     if (const DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(E))
418       if (const VarDecl *VD = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl()))
419         Escaped.insert(VD);
420   }
421 
422   // Treat local variables captured by reference in C++ lambdas as escaped.
423   void findLambdaReferenceCaptures(const LambdaExpr *LE)  {
424     const CXXRecordDecl *LambdaClass = LE->getLambdaClass();
425     llvm::DenseMap<const VarDecl *, FieldDecl *> CaptureFields;
426     FieldDecl *ThisCaptureField;
427     LambdaClass->getCaptureFields(CaptureFields, ThisCaptureField);
428 
429     for (const LambdaCapture &C : LE->captures()) {
430       if (!C.capturesVariable())
431         continue;
432 
433       VarDecl *VD = C.getCapturedVar();
434       const FieldDecl *FD = CaptureFields[VD];
435       if (!FD)
436         continue;
437 
438       // If the capture field is a reference type, it is capture-by-reference.
439       if (FD->getType()->isReferenceType())
440         Escaped.insert(VD);
441     }
442   }
443 };
444 } // end anonymous namespace
445 
446 
447 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
448 // DeadStoresChecker
449 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
450 
451 namespace {
452 class DeadStoresChecker : public Checker<check::ASTCodeBody> {
453 public:
454   void checkASTCodeBody(const Decl *D, AnalysisManager& mgr,
455                         BugReporter &BR) const {
456 
457     // Don't do anything for template instantiations.
458     // Proving that code in a template instantiation is "dead"
459     // means proving that it is dead in all instantiations.
460     // This same problem exists with -Wunreachable-code.
461     if (const FunctionDecl *FD = dyn_cast<FunctionDecl>(D))
462       if (FD->isTemplateInstantiation())
463         return;
464 
465     if (LiveVariables *L = mgr.getAnalysis<LiveVariables>(D)) {
466       CFG &cfg = *mgr.getCFG(D);
467       AnalysisDeclContext *AC = mgr.getAnalysisDeclContext(D);
468       ParentMap &pmap = mgr.getParentMap(D);
469       FindEscaped FS;
470       cfg.VisitBlockStmts(FS);
471       DeadStoreObs A(cfg, BR.getContext(), BR, this, AC, pmap, FS.Escaped);
472       L->runOnAllBlocks(A);
473     }
474   }
475 };
476 }
477 
478 void ento::registerDeadStoresChecker(CheckerManager &mgr) {
479   mgr.registerChecker<DeadStoresChecker>();
480 }
481 
482 bool ento::shouldRegisterDeadStoresChecker(const LangOptions &LO) {
483   return true;
484 }
485