1 //===--- CaptureTracking.cpp - Determine whether a pointer is captured ----===//
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 contains routines that help determine which pointers are captured.
10 // A pointer value is captured if the function makes a copy of any part of the
11 // pointer that outlives the call.  Not being captured means, more or less, that
12 // the pointer is only dereferenced and not stored in a global.  Returning part
13 // of the pointer as the function return value may or may not count as capturing
14 // the pointer, depending on the context.
15 //
16 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
17 
18 #include "llvm/Analysis/CaptureTracking.h"
19 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallSet.h"
20 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
21 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
22 #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
23 #include "llvm/Analysis/CFG.h"
24 #include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
25 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
26 #include "llvm/IR/Dominators.h"
27 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
28 #include "llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h"
29 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
30 
31 using namespace llvm;
32 
33 #define DEBUG_TYPE "capture-tracking"
34 
35 STATISTIC(NumCaptured,          "Number of pointers maybe captured");
36 STATISTIC(NumNotCaptured,       "Number of pointers not captured");
37 STATISTIC(NumCapturedBefore,    "Number of pointers maybe captured before");
38 STATISTIC(NumNotCapturedBefore, "Number of pointers not captured before");
39 
40 /// The default value for MaxUsesToExplore argument. It's relatively small to
41 /// keep the cost of analysis reasonable for clients like BasicAliasAnalysis,
42 /// where the results can't be cached.
43 /// TODO: we should probably introduce a caching CaptureTracking analysis and
44 /// use it where possible. The caching version can use much higher limit or
45 /// don't have this cap at all.
46 static cl::opt<unsigned>
47 DefaultMaxUsesToExplore("capture-tracking-max-uses-to-explore", cl::Hidden,
48                         cl::desc("Maximal number of uses to explore."),
49                         cl::init(20));
50 
51 unsigned llvm::getDefaultMaxUsesToExploreForCaptureTracking() {
52   return DefaultMaxUsesToExplore;
53 }
54 
55 CaptureTracker::~CaptureTracker() {}
56 
57 bool CaptureTracker::shouldExplore(const Use *U) { return true; }
58 
59 bool CaptureTracker::isDereferenceableOrNull(Value *O, const DataLayout &DL) {
60   // An inbounds GEP can either be a valid pointer (pointing into
61   // or to the end of an allocation), or be null in the default
62   // address space. So for an inbounds GEP there is no way to let
63   // the pointer escape using clever GEP hacking because doing so
64   // would make the pointer point outside of the allocated object
65   // and thus make the GEP result a poison value. Similarly, other
66   // dereferenceable pointers cannot be manipulated without producing
67   // poison.
68   if (auto *GEP = dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(O))
69     if (GEP->isInBounds())
70       return true;
71   bool CanBeNull, CanBeFreed;
72   return O->getPointerDereferenceableBytes(DL, CanBeNull, CanBeFreed);
73 }
74 
75 namespace {
76   struct SimpleCaptureTracker : public CaptureTracker {
77     explicit SimpleCaptureTracker(bool ReturnCaptures)
78       : ReturnCaptures(ReturnCaptures), Captured(false) {}
79 
80     void tooManyUses() override { Captured = true; }
81 
82     bool captured(const Use *U) override {
83       if (isa<ReturnInst>(U->getUser()) && !ReturnCaptures)
84         return false;
85 
86       Captured = true;
87       return true;
88     }
89 
90     bool ReturnCaptures;
91 
92     bool Captured;
93   };
94 
95   /// Only find pointer captures which happen before the given instruction. Uses
96   /// the dominator tree to determine whether one instruction is before another.
97   /// Only support the case where the Value is defined in the same basic block
98   /// as the given instruction and the use.
99   struct CapturesBefore : public CaptureTracker {
100 
101     CapturesBefore(bool ReturnCaptures, const Instruction *I, const DominatorTree *DT,
102                    bool IncludeI)
103       : BeforeHere(I), DT(DT),
104         ReturnCaptures(ReturnCaptures), IncludeI(IncludeI), Captured(false) {}
105 
106     void tooManyUses() override { Captured = true; }
107 
108     bool isSafeToPrune(Instruction *I) {
109       if (BeforeHere == I)
110         return !IncludeI;
111 
112       BasicBlock *BB = I->getParent();
113       // We explore this usage only if the usage can reach "BeforeHere".
114       // If use is not reachable from entry, there is no need to explore.
115       if (!DT->isReachableFromEntry(BB))
116         return true;
117 
118       // Compute the case where both instructions are inside the same basic
119       // block.
120       if (BB == BeforeHere->getParent()) {
121         // 'I' dominates 'BeforeHere' => not safe to prune.
122         //
123         // The value defined by an invoke dominates an instruction only
124         // if it dominates every instruction in UseBB. A PHI is dominated only
125         // if the instruction dominates every possible use in the UseBB. Since
126         // UseBB == BB, avoid pruning.
127         if (isa<InvokeInst>(BeforeHere) || isa<PHINode>(I))
128           return false;
129         if (!BeforeHere->comesBefore(I))
130           return false;
131 
132         // 'BeforeHere' comes before 'I', it's safe to prune if we also
133         // guarantee that 'I' never reaches 'BeforeHere' through a back-edge or
134         // by its successors, i.e, prune if:
135         //
136         //  (1) BB is an entry block or have no successors.
137         //  (2) There's no path coming back through BB successors.
138         if (BB->isEntryBlock() || !BB->getTerminator()->getNumSuccessors())
139           return true;
140 
141         SmallVector<BasicBlock*, 32> Worklist;
142         Worklist.append(succ_begin(BB), succ_end(BB));
143         return !isPotentiallyReachableFromMany(Worklist, BB, nullptr, DT);
144       }
145 
146       // Check whether there is a path from I to BeforeHere.
147       return !isPotentiallyReachable(I, BeforeHere, nullptr, DT);
148     }
149 
150     bool captured(const Use *U) override {
151       Instruction *I = cast<Instruction>(U->getUser());
152       if (isa<ReturnInst>(I) && !ReturnCaptures)
153         return false;
154 
155       // Check isSafeToPrune() here rather than in shouldExplore() to avoid
156       // an expensive reachability query for every instruction we look at.
157       // Instead we only do one for actual capturing candidates.
158       if (isSafeToPrune(I))
159         return false;
160 
161       Captured = true;
162       return true;
163     }
164 
165     const Instruction *BeforeHere;
166     const DominatorTree *DT;
167 
168     bool ReturnCaptures;
169     bool IncludeI;
170 
171     bool Captured;
172   };
173 }
174 
175 /// PointerMayBeCaptured - Return true if this pointer value may be captured
176 /// by the enclosing function (which is required to exist).  This routine can
177 /// be expensive, so consider caching the results.  The boolean ReturnCaptures
178 /// specifies whether returning the value (or part of it) from the function
179 /// counts as capturing it or not.  The boolean StoreCaptures specified whether
180 /// storing the value (or part of it) into memory anywhere automatically
181 /// counts as capturing it or not.
182 bool llvm::PointerMayBeCaptured(const Value *V,
183                                 bool ReturnCaptures, bool StoreCaptures,
184                                 unsigned MaxUsesToExplore) {
185   assert(!isa<GlobalValue>(V) &&
186          "It doesn't make sense to ask whether a global is captured.");
187 
188   // TODO: If StoreCaptures is not true, we could do Fancy analysis
189   // to determine whether this store is not actually an escape point.
190   // In that case, BasicAliasAnalysis should be updated as well to
191   // take advantage of this.
192   (void)StoreCaptures;
193 
194   SimpleCaptureTracker SCT(ReturnCaptures);
195   PointerMayBeCaptured(V, &SCT, MaxUsesToExplore);
196   if (SCT.Captured)
197     ++NumCaptured;
198   else
199     ++NumNotCaptured;
200   return SCT.Captured;
201 }
202 
203 /// PointerMayBeCapturedBefore - Return true if this pointer value may be
204 /// captured by the enclosing function (which is required to exist). If a
205 /// DominatorTree is provided, only captures which happen before the given
206 /// instruction are considered. This routine can be expensive, so consider
207 /// caching the results.  The boolean ReturnCaptures specifies whether
208 /// returning the value (or part of it) from the function counts as capturing
209 /// it or not.  The boolean StoreCaptures specified whether storing the value
210 /// (or part of it) into memory anywhere automatically counts as capturing it
211 /// or not.
212 bool llvm::PointerMayBeCapturedBefore(const Value *V, bool ReturnCaptures,
213                                       bool StoreCaptures, const Instruction *I,
214                                       const DominatorTree *DT, bool IncludeI,
215                                       unsigned MaxUsesToExplore) {
216   assert(!isa<GlobalValue>(V) &&
217          "It doesn't make sense to ask whether a global is captured.");
218 
219   if (!DT)
220     return PointerMayBeCaptured(V, ReturnCaptures, StoreCaptures,
221                                 MaxUsesToExplore);
222 
223   // TODO: See comment in PointerMayBeCaptured regarding what could be done
224   // with StoreCaptures.
225 
226   CapturesBefore CB(ReturnCaptures, I, DT, IncludeI);
227   PointerMayBeCaptured(V, &CB, MaxUsesToExplore);
228   if (CB.Captured)
229     ++NumCapturedBefore;
230   else
231     ++NumNotCapturedBefore;
232   return CB.Captured;
233 }
234 
235 void llvm::PointerMayBeCaptured(const Value *V, CaptureTracker *Tracker,
236                                 unsigned MaxUsesToExplore) {
237   assert(V->getType()->isPointerTy() && "Capture is for pointers only!");
238   if (MaxUsesToExplore == 0)
239     MaxUsesToExplore = DefaultMaxUsesToExplore;
240 
241   SmallVector<const Use *, 20> Worklist;
242   Worklist.reserve(getDefaultMaxUsesToExploreForCaptureTracking());
243   SmallSet<const Use *, 20> Visited;
244 
245   auto AddUses = [&](const Value *V) {
246     unsigned Count = 0;
247     for (const Use &U : V->uses()) {
248       // If there are lots of uses, conservatively say that the value
249       // is captured to avoid taking too much compile time.
250       if (Count++ >= MaxUsesToExplore) {
251         Tracker->tooManyUses();
252         return false;
253       }
254       if (!Visited.insert(&U).second)
255         continue;
256       if (!Tracker->shouldExplore(&U))
257         continue;
258       Worklist.push_back(&U);
259     }
260     return true;
261   };
262   if (!AddUses(V))
263     return;
264 
265   while (!Worklist.empty()) {
266     const Use *U = Worklist.pop_back_val();
267     Instruction *I = cast<Instruction>(U->getUser());
268 
269     switch (I->getOpcode()) {
270     case Instruction::Call:
271     case Instruction::Invoke: {
272       auto *Call = cast<CallBase>(I);
273       // Not captured if the callee is readonly, doesn't return a copy through
274       // its return value and doesn't unwind (a readonly function can leak bits
275       // by throwing an exception or not depending on the input value).
276       if (Call->onlyReadsMemory() && Call->doesNotThrow() &&
277           Call->getType()->isVoidTy())
278         break;
279 
280       // The pointer is not captured if returned pointer is not captured.
281       // NOTE: CaptureTracking users should not assume that only functions
282       // marked with nocapture do not capture. This means that places like
283       // getUnderlyingObject in ValueTracking or DecomposeGEPExpression
284       // in BasicAA also need to know about this property.
285       if (isIntrinsicReturningPointerAliasingArgumentWithoutCapturing(Call,
286                                                                       true)) {
287         if (!AddUses(Call))
288           return;
289         break;
290       }
291 
292       // Volatile operations effectively capture the memory location that they
293       // load and store to.
294       if (auto *MI = dyn_cast<MemIntrinsic>(Call))
295         if (MI->isVolatile())
296           if (Tracker->captured(U))
297             return;
298 
299       // Not captured if only passed via 'nocapture' arguments.  Note that
300       // calling a function pointer does not in itself cause the pointer to
301       // be captured.  This is a subtle point considering that (for example)
302       // the callee might return its own address.  It is analogous to saying
303       // that loading a value from a pointer does not cause the pointer to be
304       // captured, even though the loaded value might be the pointer itself
305       // (think of self-referential objects).
306       if (Call->isDataOperand(U) &&
307           !Call->doesNotCapture(Call->getDataOperandNo(U))) {
308         // The parameter is not marked 'nocapture' - captured.
309         if (Tracker->captured(U))
310           return;
311       }
312       break;
313     }
314     case Instruction::Load:
315       // Volatile loads make the address observable.
316       if (cast<LoadInst>(I)->isVolatile())
317         if (Tracker->captured(U))
318           return;
319       break;
320     case Instruction::VAArg:
321       // "va-arg" from a pointer does not cause it to be captured.
322       break;
323     case Instruction::Store:
324       // Stored the pointer - conservatively assume it may be captured.
325       // Volatile stores make the address observable.
326       if (U->getOperandNo() == 0 || cast<StoreInst>(I)->isVolatile())
327         if (Tracker->captured(U))
328           return;
329       break;
330     case Instruction::AtomicRMW: {
331       // atomicrmw conceptually includes both a load and store from
332       // the same location.
333       // As with a store, the location being accessed is not captured,
334       // but the value being stored is.
335       // Volatile stores make the address observable.
336       auto *ARMWI = cast<AtomicRMWInst>(I);
337       if (U->getOperandNo() == 1 || ARMWI->isVolatile())
338         if (Tracker->captured(U))
339           return;
340       break;
341     }
342     case Instruction::AtomicCmpXchg: {
343       // cmpxchg conceptually includes both a load and store from
344       // the same location.
345       // As with a store, the location being accessed is not captured,
346       // but the value being stored is.
347       // Volatile stores make the address observable.
348       auto *ACXI = cast<AtomicCmpXchgInst>(I);
349       if (U->getOperandNo() == 1 || U->getOperandNo() == 2 ||
350           ACXI->isVolatile())
351         if (Tracker->captured(U))
352           return;
353       break;
354     }
355     case Instruction::BitCast:
356     case Instruction::GetElementPtr:
357     case Instruction::PHI:
358     case Instruction::Select:
359     case Instruction::AddrSpaceCast:
360       // The original value is not captured via this if the new value isn't.
361       if (!AddUses(I))
362         return;
363       break;
364     case Instruction::ICmp: {
365       unsigned Idx = U->getOperandNo();
366       unsigned OtherIdx = 1 - Idx;
367       if (auto *CPN = dyn_cast<ConstantPointerNull>(I->getOperand(OtherIdx))) {
368         // Don't count comparisons of a no-alias return value against null as
369         // captures. This allows us to ignore comparisons of malloc results
370         // with null, for example.
371         if (CPN->getType()->getAddressSpace() == 0)
372           if (isNoAliasCall(U->get()->stripPointerCasts()))
373             break;
374         if (!I->getFunction()->nullPointerIsDefined()) {
375           auto *O = I->getOperand(Idx)->stripPointerCastsSameRepresentation();
376           // Comparing a dereferenceable_or_null pointer against null cannot
377           // lead to pointer escapes, because if it is not null it must be a
378           // valid (in-bounds) pointer.
379           if (Tracker->isDereferenceableOrNull(O, I->getModule()->getDataLayout()))
380             break;
381         }
382       }
383       // Comparison against value stored in global variable. Given the pointer
384       // does not escape, its value cannot be guessed and stored separately in a
385       // global variable.
386       auto *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(I->getOperand(OtherIdx));
387       if (LI && isa<GlobalVariable>(LI->getPointerOperand()))
388         break;
389       // Otherwise, be conservative. There are crazy ways to capture pointers
390       // using comparisons.
391       if (Tracker->captured(U))
392         return;
393       break;
394     }
395     default:
396       // Something else - be conservative and say it is captured.
397       if (Tracker->captured(U))
398         return;
399       break;
400     }
401   }
402 
403   // All uses examined.
404 }
405 
406 bool llvm::isNonEscapingLocalObject(
407     const Value *V, SmallDenseMap<const Value *, bool, 8> *IsCapturedCache) {
408   SmallDenseMap<const Value *, bool, 8>::iterator CacheIt;
409   if (IsCapturedCache) {
410     bool Inserted;
411     std::tie(CacheIt, Inserted) = IsCapturedCache->insert({V, false});
412     if (!Inserted)
413       // Found cached result, return it!
414       return CacheIt->second;
415   }
416 
417   // If this is an identified function-local object, check to see if it escapes.
418   if (isIdentifiedFunctionLocal(V)) {
419     // Set StoreCaptures to True so that we can assume in our callers that the
420     // pointer is not the result of a load instruction. Currently
421     // PointerMayBeCaptured doesn't have any special analysis for the
422     // StoreCaptures=false case; if it did, our callers could be refined to be
423     // more precise.
424     auto Ret = !PointerMayBeCaptured(V, false, /*StoreCaptures=*/true);
425     if (IsCapturedCache)
426       CacheIt->second = Ret;
427     return Ret;
428   }
429 
430   return false;
431 }
432