LifetimeAnnotations.h

Go to the documentation of this file.

//===- LifetimeAnnotations.h -  -*--------------- C++--------------------*-===//
//
// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
// Helper functions to inspect and infer lifetime annotations.
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#ifndef LLVM_CLANG_ANALYSIS_ANALYSES_LIFETIMEANNOTATIONS_H
#define LLVM_CLANG_ANALYSIS_ANALYSES_LIFETIMEANNOTATIONS_H
 
#include "clang/AST/Attr.h"
#include "clang/AST/DeclCXX.h"
 
namespace clang ::lifetimes {
 
// This function is needed because Decl::isInStdNamespace will return false for
// iterators in some STL implementations due to them being defined in a
// namespace outside of the std namespace.
bool isInStlNamespace(const Decl *D);
 
bool isPointerLikeType(QualType QT);
 
/// Returns the most recent declaration of the method to ensure all
/// lifetime-bound attributes from redeclarations are considered.
const FunctionDecl *getDeclWithMergedLifetimeBoundAttrs(const FunctionDecl *FD);
 
/// Returns the most recent declaration of the method to ensure all
/// lifetime-bound attributes from redeclarations are considered.
const CXXMethodDecl *
getDeclWithMergedLifetimeBoundAttrs(const CXXMethodDecl *CMD);
 
// Return true if this is an "normal" assignment operator.
// We assume that a normal assignment operator always returns *this, that is,
// an lvalue reference that is the same type as the implicit object parameter
// (or the LHS for a non-member operator==).
bool isNormalAssignmentOperator(const FunctionDecl *FD);
 
/// Returns true if this is an assignment operator where the parameter
/// has the lifetimebound attribute.
bool isAssignmentOperatorLifetimeBound(const CXXMethodDecl *CMD);
 
/// Returns true if the implicit object parameter (this) should be considered
/// lifetimebound, either due to an explicit lifetimebound attribute on the
/// method or because it's a normal assignment operator.
bool implicitObjectParamIsLifetimeBound(const FunctionDecl *FD);
 
// Returns true if the implicit object argument (this) of a method call should
// be tracked for GSL lifetime analysis. This applies to STL methods that return
// pointers or references that depend on the lifetime of the object, such as
// container iterators (begin, end), data accessors (c_str, data, get),
// element accessors (operator[], operator*, front, back, at), or propagating
// operations (operator+, operator-, operator++, operator--).
bool shouldTrackImplicitObjectArg(const CXXMethodDecl *Callee,
                                  bool RunningUnderLifetimeSafety);
 
// Returns true if the first argument of a free function should be tracked for
// GSL lifetime analysis. This applies to STL free functions that take a pointer
// to a GSL Owner or Pointer and return a pointer or reference that depends on
// the lifetime of the argument, such as std::begin, std::data, std::get, or
// std::any_cast.
bool shouldTrackFirstArgument(const FunctionDecl *FD);
 
// Returns true if the second argument of a free function should be tracked for
// lifetime analysis. This applies to free operator functions that take a
// GSL Pointer as their second argument.
bool shouldTrackSecondArgument(const FunctionDecl *FD);
 
// Tells whether the type is annotated with [[gsl::Pointer]].
bool isGslPointerType(QualType QT);
// Tells whether the type is annotated with [[gsl::Owner]].
bool isGslOwnerType(QualType QT);
 
// Returns true if the given method is std::unique_ptr::release().
// This is treated as a move in lifetime analysis to avoid false-positives
// when ownership is manually transferred.
bool isUniquePtrRelease(const CXXMethodDecl &MD);
 
// Returns true if the given method invalidates references tracked by lifetime
// analysis (e.g. vector::push_back). Methods that only invalidate iterators but
// not references (e.g. unordered_map::emplace) are not considered invalidating
// here.
//
// Container invalidation rules are based on:
// https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/container#Iterator_invalidation
bool isInvalidationMethod(const CXXMethodDecl &MD);
 
// Returns true if the function destroys its first argument
// (e.g., destructors via implicit 'this', std::destroy_at).
bool destructsFirstArg(const FunctionDecl &FD);
 
/// Returns true for standard library callable wrappers (e.g., std::function)
/// that can propagate the stored lambda's origins.
bool isStdCallableWrapperType(const CXXRecordDecl *RD);
 
} // namespace clang::lifetimes
 
#endif // LLVM_CLANG_ANALYSIS_ANALYSES_LIFETIMEANNOTATIONS_H