NonnullGlobalConstantsChecker.cpp

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//==- NonnullGlobalConstantsChecker.cpp ---------------------------*- 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
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
//  This checker adds an assumption that constant globals of certain types* are
//  non-null, as otherwise they generally do not convey any useful information.
//  The assumption is useful, as many framework use e. g. global const strings,
//  and the analyzer might not be able to infer the global value if the
//  definition is in a separate translation unit.
//  The following types (and their typedef aliases) are considered to be
//  non-null:
//   - `char* const`
//   - `const CFStringRef` from CoreFoundation
//   - `NSString* const` from Foundation
//   - `CFBooleanRef` from Foundation
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/BuiltinCheckerRegistration.h"
#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/CheckerManager.h"
#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/CheckerContext.h"
#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/ExprEngine.h"
#include <optional>
 
using namespace clang;
using namespace ento;
 
namespace {
 
class NonnullGlobalConstantsChecker : public Checker<check::Location> {
  mutable IdentifierInfo *NSStringII = nullptr;
  mutable IdentifierInfo *CFStringRefII = nullptr;
  mutable IdentifierInfo *CFBooleanRefII = nullptr;
  mutable IdentifierInfo *CFNullRefII = nullptr;
 
public:
  NonnullGlobalConstantsChecker() {}
 
  void checkLocation(SVal l, bool isLoad, const Stmt *S,
                     CheckerContext &C) const;
 
private:
  void initIdentifierInfo(ASTContext &Ctx) const;
 
  bool isGlobalConstString(SVal V) const;
 
  bool isNonnullType(QualType Ty) const;
};
 
} // namespace
 
/// Lazily initialize cache for required identifier information.
void NonnullGlobalConstantsChecker::initIdentifierInfo(ASTContext &Ctx) const {
  if (NSStringII)
    return;
 
  NSStringII = &Ctx.Idents.get("NSString");
  CFStringRefII = &Ctx.Idents.get("CFStringRef");
  CFBooleanRefII = &Ctx.Idents.get("CFBooleanRef");
  CFNullRefII = &Ctx.Idents.get("CFNullRef");
}
 
/// Add an assumption that const string-like globals are non-null.
void NonnullGlobalConstantsChecker::checkLocation(SVal location, bool isLoad,
                                                 const Stmt *S,
                                                 CheckerContext &C) const {
  initIdentifierInfo(C.getASTContext());
  if (!isLoad || !location.isValid())
    return;
 
  ProgramStateRef State = C.getState();
 
  if (isGlobalConstString(location)) {
    SVal V = State->getSVal(location.castAs<Loc>());
    std::optional<DefinedOrUnknownSVal> Constr =
        V.getAs<DefinedOrUnknownSVal>();
 
    if (Constr) {
 
      // Assume that the variable is non-null.
      ProgramStateRef OutputState = State->assume(*Constr, true);
      C.addTransition(OutputState);
    }
  }
}
 
/// \param V loaded lvalue.
/// \return whether @c val is a string-like const global.
bool NonnullGlobalConstantsChecker::isGlobalConstString(SVal V) const {
  std::optional<loc::MemRegionVal> RegionVal = V.getAs<loc::MemRegionVal>();
  if (!RegionVal)
    return false;
  auto *Region = dyn_cast<VarRegion>(RegionVal->getAsRegion());
  if (!Region)
    return false;
  const VarDecl *Decl = Region->getDecl();
 
  if (!Decl->hasGlobalStorage())
    return false;
 
  QualType Ty = Decl->getType();
  bool HasConst = Ty.isConstQualified();
  if (isNonnullType(Ty) && HasConst)
    return true;
 
  // Look through the typedefs.
  while (const Type *T = Ty.getTypePtr()) {
    if (const auto *AT = dyn_cast<AttributedType>(T)) {
      if (AT->getAttrKind() == attr::TypeNonNull)
        return true;
      Ty = AT->getModifiedType();
    } else if (const auto *TT = dyn_cast<TypedefType>(T)) {
      Ty = TT->getDecl()->getUnderlyingType();
      // It is sufficient for any intermediate typedef
      // to be classified const.
      HasConst = HasConst || Ty.isConstQualified();
      if (isNonnullType(Ty) && HasConst)
        return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }
  return false;
}
 
/// \return whether @c type is extremely unlikely to be null
bool NonnullGlobalConstantsChecker::isNonnullType(QualType Ty) const {
 
  if (Ty->isPointerType() && Ty->getPointeeType()->isCharType())
    return true;
 
  if (auto *T = dyn_cast<ObjCObjectPointerType>(Ty)) {
    return T->getInterfaceDecl() &&
      T->getInterfaceDecl()->getIdentifier() == NSStringII;
  } else if (auto *T = Ty->getAs<TypedefType>()) {
    IdentifierInfo* II = T->getDecl()->getIdentifier();
    return II == CFStringRefII || II == CFBooleanRefII || II == CFNullRefII;
  }
  return false;
}
 
void ento::registerNonnullGlobalConstantsChecker(CheckerManager &Mgr) {
  Mgr.registerChecker<NonnullGlobalConstantsChecker>();
}
 
bool ento::shouldRegisterNonnullGlobalConstantsChecker(const CheckerManager &mgr) {
  return true;
}