CheckerDocumentation.cpp revision 239462
150724Scg//= CheckerDocumentation.cpp - Documentation checker ---------------*- C++ -*-//
250724Scg//
350724Scg//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
450724Scg//
550724Scg// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
650724Scg// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
750724Scg//
850724Scg//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
950724Scg//
1050724Scg// This checker lists all the checker callbacks and provides documentation for
1150724Scg// checker writers.
1250724Scg//
1350724Scg//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1450724Scg
1550724Scg#include "ClangSACheckers.h"
1650724Scg#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
1750724Scg#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/CheckerManager.h"
1850724Scg#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/CheckerContext.h"
1950724Scg#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugType.h"
2050724Scg#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/ProgramStateTrait.h"
2150724Scg
2250724Scgusing namespace clang;
2350724Scgusing namespace ento;
2450724Scg
2550724Scg// All checkers should be placed into anonymous namespace.
2650724Scg// We place the CheckerDocumentation inside ento namespace to make the
2753465Scg// it visible in doxygen.
2853465Scgnamespace ento {
2953465Scg
3050724Scg/// This checker documents the callback functions checkers can use to implement
3150724Scg/// the custom handling of the specific events during path exploration as well
3250724Scg/// as reporting bugs. Most of the callbacks are targeted at path-sensitive
3350724Scg/// checking.
3482180Scg///
3582180Scg/// \sa CheckerContext
3650724Scgclass CheckerDocumentation : public Checker< check::PreStmt<DeclStmt>,
3750724Scg                                       check::PostStmt<CallExpr>,
3854459Scg                                       check::PreObjCMessage,
3954459Scg                                       check::PostObjCMessage,
4082490Sgreid                                       check::PreCall,
4182363Sgreid                                       check::PostCall,
4254459Scg                                       check::BranchCondition,
4384658Scg                                       check::Location,
4454459Scg                                       check::Bind,
4554459Scg                                       check::DeadSymbols,
4654459Scg                                       check::EndPath,
4750724Scg                                       check::EndAnalysis,
4850724Scg                                       check::EndOfTranslationUnit,
4950724Scg                                       eval::Call,
5050724Scg                                       eval::Assume,
5150724Scg                                       check::LiveSymbols,
5250724Scg                                       check::RegionChanges,
5350724Scg                                       check::Event<ImplicitNullDerefEvent>,
5450724Scg                                       check::ASTDecl<FunctionDecl> > {
5550724Scgpublic:
5686870Siwasaki
5771503Scg  /// \brief Pre-visit the Statement.
5874763Scg  ///
5974763Scg  /// The method will be called before the analyzer core processes the
6050724Scg  /// statement. The notification is performed for every explored CFGElement,
6150724Scg  /// which does not include the control flow statements such as IfStmt. The
6250724Scg  /// callback can be specialized to be called with any subclass of Stmt.
6370325Scg  ///
6470325Scg  /// See checkBranchCondition() callback for performing custom processing of
6586870Siwasaki  /// the branching statements.
6674763Scg  ///
6774763Scg  /// check::PreStmt<DeclStmt>
6870325Scg  void checkPreStmt(const DeclStmt *DS, CheckerContext &C) const {}
6970325Scg
7070325Scg  /// \brief Post-visit the Statement.
7150724Scg  ///
7250724Scg  /// The method will be called after the analyzer core processes the
7350724Scg  /// statement. The notification is performed for every explored CFGElement,
74105100Scognet  /// which does not include the control flow statements such as IfStmt. The
7550724Scg  /// callback can be specialized to be called with any subclass of Stmt.
7650724Scg  ///
7750724Scg  /// check::PostStmt<CallExpr>
7850724Scg  void checkPostStmt(const CallExpr *DS, CheckerContext &C) const;
7950724Scg
8050724Scg  /// \brief Pre-visit the Objective C message.
8184658Scg  ///
8284658Scg  /// This will be called before the analyzer core processes the method call.
8350724Scg  /// This is called for any action which produces an Objective-C message send,
84107285Scg  /// including explicit message syntax and property access.
8574763Scg  ///
8650724Scg  /// check::PreObjCMessage
8784658Scg  void checkPreObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall &M, CheckerContext &C) const {}
8884658Scg
8950724Scg  /// \brief Post-visit the Objective C message.
9070325Scg  /// \sa checkPreObjCMessage()
9150724Scg  ///
9250724Scg  /// check::PostObjCMessage
9350724Scg  void checkPostObjCMessage(const ObjCMethodCall &M, CheckerContext &C) const {}
9450724Scg
9564881Scg  /// \brief Pre-visit an abstract "call" event.
9664881Scg  ///
9764881Scg  /// This is used for checkers that want to check arguments or attributed
9864881Scg  /// behavior for functions and methods no matter how they are being invoked.
9964881Scg  ///
10064881Scg  /// Note that this includes ALL cross-body invocations, so if you want to
10164881Scg  /// limit your checks to, say, function calls, you can either test for that
10264881Scg  /// or fall back to the explicit callback (i.e. check::PreStmt).
10364881Scg  ///
10464881Scg  /// check::PreCall
10550724Scg  void checkPreCall(const CallEvent &Call, CheckerContext &C) const {}
10674763Scg
10750724Scg  /// \brief Post-visit an abstract "call" event.
10864881Scg  /// \sa checkPreObjCMessage()
10964881Scg  ///
11064881Scg  /// check::PostCall
11164881Scg  void checkPostCall(const CallEvent &Call, CheckerContext &C) const {}
11264881Scg
11364881Scg  /// \brief Pre-visit of the condition statement of a branch (such as IfStmt).
11464881Scg  void checkBranchCondition(const Stmt *Condition, CheckerContext &Ctx) const {}
11564881Scg
11664881Scg  /// \brief Called on a load from and a store to a location.
11764881Scg  ///
11850724Scg  /// The method will be called each time a location (pointer) value is
11974763Scg  /// accessed.
12050724Scg  /// \param Loc    The value of the location (pointer).
12150724Scg  /// \param IsLoad The flag specifying if the location is a store or a load.
12250724Scg  /// \param S      The load is performed while processing the statement.
12350724Scg  ///
12450724Scg  /// check::Location
12550724Scg  void checkLocation(SVal Loc, bool IsLoad, const Stmt *S,
12650724Scg                     CheckerContext &) const {}
12750724Scg
12850724Scg  /// \brief Called on binding of a value to a location.
12950724Scg  ///
13050724Scg  /// \param Loc The value of the location (pointer).
13150724Scg  /// \param Val The value which will be stored at the location Loc.
13250724Scg  /// \param S   The bind is performed while processing the statement S.
13350724Scg  ///
13450724Scg  /// check::Bind
13550724Scg  void checkBind(SVal Loc, SVal Val, const Stmt *S, CheckerContext &) const {}
13650724Scg
13750724Scg
13850724Scg  /// \brief Called whenever a symbol becomes dead.
13950724Scg  ///
14050724Scg  /// This callback should be used by the checkers to aggressively clean
14150724Scg  /// up/reduce the checker state, which is important for reducing the overall
14250724Scg  /// memory usage. Specifically, if a checker keeps symbol specific information
14350724Scg  /// in the sate, it can and should be dropped after the symbol becomes dead.
14450724Scg  /// In addition, reporting a bug as soon as the checker becomes dead leads to
14550724Scg  /// more precise diagnostics. (For example, one should report that a malloced
14650724Scg  /// variable is not freed right after it goes out of scope.)
14750724Scg  ///
14850724Scg  /// \param SR The SymbolReaper object can be queried to determine which
14950724Scg  ///           symbols are dead.
15050724Scg  ///
15150724Scg  /// check::DeadSymbols
15250724Scg  void checkDeadSymbols(SymbolReaper &SR, CheckerContext &C) const {}
15350724Scg
15450724Scg  /// \brief Called when an end of path is reached in the ExplodedGraph.
15550724Scg  ///
15670134Scg  /// This callback should be used to check if the allocated resources are freed.
15750724Scg  ///
15850724Scg  /// check::EndPath
15970134Scg  void checkEndPath(CheckerContext &Ctx) const {}
16070134Scg
16150724Scg  /// \brief Called after all the paths in the ExplodedGraph reach end of path
16250724Scg  /// - the symbolic execution graph is fully explored.
16350724Scg  ///
16450724Scg  /// This callback should be used in cases when a checker needs to have a
16550724Scg  /// global view of the information generated on all paths. For example, to
16682363Sgreid  /// compare execution summary/result several paths.
16782363Sgreid  /// See IdempotentOperationChecker for a usage example.
16882363Sgreid  ///
16982363Sgreid  /// check::EndAnalysis
17082490Sgreid  void checkEndAnalysis(ExplodedGraph &G,
171105100Scognet                        BugReporter &BR,
172105100Scognet                        ExprEngine &Eng) const {}
173105100Scognet
174105100Scognet  /// \brief Called after analysis of a TranslationUnit is complete.
175105100Scognet  ///
176105100Scognet  /// check::EndOfTranslationUnit
17750724Scg  void checkEndOfTranslationUnit(const TranslationUnitDecl *TU,
17850724Scg                                 AnalysisManager &Mgr,
17950724Scg                                 BugReporter &BR) const {}
18050724Scg
18150724Scg
18250724Scg  /// \brief Evaluates function call.
18350724Scg  ///
18450724Scg  /// The analysis core threats all function calls in the same way. However, some
18550724Scg  /// functions have special meaning, which should be reflected in the program
18650724Scg  /// state. This callback allows a checker to provide domain specific knowledge
18770134Scg  /// about the particular functions it knows about.
18850724Scg  ///
18950724Scg  /// \returns true if the call has been successfully evaluated
190105308Smarcel  /// and false otherwise. Note, that only one checker can evaluate a call. If
191105308Smarcel  /// more then one checker claim that they can evaluate the same call the
19250724Scg  /// first one wins.
19374763Scg  ///
194105100Scognet  /// eval::Call
195105100Scognet  bool evalCall(const CallExpr *CE, CheckerContext &C) const { return true; }
196105100Scognet
197105100Scognet  /// \brief Handles assumptions on symbolic values.
198105100Scognet  ///
199105100Scognet  /// This method is called when a symbolic expression is assumed to be true or
200105100Scognet  /// false. For example, the assumptions are performed when evaluating a
201105100Scognet  /// condition at a branch. The callback allows checkers track the assumptions
202105100Scognet  /// performed on the symbols of interest and change the state accordingly.
203105100Scognet  ///
204105100Scognet  /// eval::Assume
205105100Scognet  ProgramStateRef evalAssume(ProgramStateRef State,
206105100Scognet                                 SVal Cond,
207105100Scognet                                 bool Assumption) const { return State; }
208105100Scognet
209105100Scognet  /// Allows modifying SymbolReaper object. For example, checkers can explicitly
210105100Scognet  /// register symbols of interest as live. These symbols will not be marked
211105100Scognet  /// dead and removed.
212105100Scognet  ///
21374763Scg  /// check::LiveSymbols
21450724Scg  void checkLiveSymbols(ProgramStateRef State, SymbolReaper &SR) const {}
21550724Scg
21650724Scg
21750724Scg  bool wantsRegionChangeUpdate(ProgramStateRef St) const { return true; }
21870134Scg
21970134Scg  /// \brief Allows tracking regions which get invalidated.
22050724Scg  ///
22150724Scg  /// \param State The current program state.
22250724Scg  /// \param Invalidated A set of all symbols potentially touched by the change.
22350724Scg  /// \param ExplicitRegions The regions explicitly requested for invalidation.
22450724Scg  ///   For example, in the case of a function call, these would be arguments.
22582363Sgreid  /// \param Regions The transitive closure of accessible regions,
22682363Sgreid  ///   i.e. all regions that may have been touched by this change.
22782363Sgreid  /// \param Call The call expression wrapper if the regions are invalidated
22882363Sgreid  ///   by a call, 0 otherwise.
22982490Sgreid  /// Note, in order to be notified, the checker should also implement the
23050724Scg  /// wantsRegionChangeUpdate callback.
23150724Scg  ///
23250724Scg  /// check::RegionChanges
23350724Scg  ProgramStateRef
23450724Scg    checkRegionChanges(ProgramStateRef State,
23550724Scg                       const StoreManager::InvalidatedSymbols *Invalidated,
23650724Scg                       ArrayRef<const MemRegion *> ExplicitRegions,
23750724Scg                       ArrayRef<const MemRegion *> Regions,
23850724Scg                       const CallEvent *Call) const {
23950724Scg    return State;
24070134Scg  }
24150724Scg
24250724Scg  /// check::Event<ImplicitNullDerefEvent>
243105308Smarcel  void checkEvent(ImplicitNullDerefEvent Event) const {}
244105308Smarcel
24550724Scg  /// \brief Check every declaration in the AST.
24650724Scg  ///
24750724Scg  /// An AST traversal callback, which should only be used when the checker is
24850724Scg  /// not path sensitive. It will be called for every Declaration in the AST and
24950724Scg  /// can be specialized to only be called on subclasses of Decl, for example,
25074763Scg  /// FunctionDecl.
251105100Scognet  ///
252105100Scognet  /// check::ASTDecl<FunctionDecl>
253105100Scognet  void checkASTDecl(const FunctionDecl *D,
254105100Scognet                    AnalysisManager &Mgr,
255105100Scognet                    BugReporter &BR) const {}
256105100Scognet
257105100Scognet};
258105100Scognet
259105100Scognetvoid CheckerDocumentation::checkPostStmt(const CallExpr *DS,
260105100Scognet                                         CheckerContext &C) const {
261105100Scognet  return;
262105100Scognet}
263105100Scognet
264105100Scognet} // end namespace
265107285Scg