1 //==- UnreachableCodeChecker.cpp - Generalized dead code checker -*- C++ -*-==//
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
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 // This file implements a generalized unreachable code checker using a
9 // path-sensitive analysis. We mark any path visited, and then walk the CFG as a
10 // post-analysis to determine what was never visited.
12 // A similar flow-sensitive only check exists in Analysis/ReachableCode.cpp
13 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
15 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/BuiltinCheckerRegistration.h"
16 #include "clang/AST/ParentMap.h"
17 #include "clang/Basic/Builtins.h"
18 #include "clang/Basic/SourceManager.h"
19 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugReporter.h"
20 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
21 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/CheckerManager.h"
22 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/CheckerContext.h"
23 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/CheckerHelpers.h"
24 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/ExplodedGraph.h"
25 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/SVals.h"
26 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallSet.h"
29 using namespace clang
;
33 class UnreachableCodeChecker
: public Checker
<check::EndAnalysis
> {
35 void checkEndAnalysis(ExplodedGraph
&G
, BugReporter
&B
,
36 ExprEngine
&Eng
) const;
38 typedef llvm::SmallSet
<unsigned, 32> CFGBlocksSet
;
40 static inline const Stmt
*getUnreachableStmt(const CFGBlock
*CB
);
41 static void FindUnreachableEntryPoints(const CFGBlock
*CB
,
42 CFGBlocksSet
&reachable
,
43 CFGBlocksSet
&visited
);
44 static bool isInvalidPath(const CFGBlock
*CB
, const ParentMap
&PM
);
45 static inline bool isEmptyCFGBlock(const CFGBlock
*CB
);
49 void UnreachableCodeChecker::checkEndAnalysis(ExplodedGraph
&G
,
51 ExprEngine
&Eng
) const {
52 CFGBlocksSet reachable
, visited
;
54 if (Eng
.hasWorkRemaining())
57 const Decl
*D
= nullptr;
59 const ParentMap
*PM
= nullptr;
60 const LocationContext
*LC
= nullptr;
61 // Iterate over ExplodedGraph
62 for (const ExplodedNode
&N
: G
.nodes()) {
63 const ProgramPoint
&P
= N
.getLocation();
64 LC
= P
.getLocationContext();
65 if (!LC
->inTopFrame())
69 D
= LC
->getAnalysisDeclContext()->getDecl();
71 // Save the CFG if we don't have it already
73 C
= LC
->getAnalysisDeclContext()->getUnoptimizedCFG();
75 PM
= &LC
->getParentMap();
77 if (std::optional
<BlockEntrance
> BE
= P
.getAs
<BlockEntrance
>()) {
78 const CFGBlock
*CB
= BE
->getBlock();
79 reachable
.insert(CB
->getBlockID());
83 // Bail out if we didn't get the CFG or the ParentMap.
87 // Don't do anything for template instantiations. Proving that code
88 // in a template instantiation is unreachable means proving that it is
89 // unreachable in all instantiations.
90 if (const FunctionDecl
*FD
= dyn_cast
<FunctionDecl
>(D
))
91 if (FD
->isTemplateInstantiation())
94 // Find CFGBlocks that were not covered by any node
95 for (const CFGBlock
*CB
: *C
) {
96 // Check if the block is unreachable
97 if (reachable
.count(CB
->getBlockID()))
100 // Check if the block is empty (an artificial block)
101 if (isEmptyCFGBlock(CB
))
104 // Find the entry points for this block
105 if (!visited
.count(CB
->getBlockID()))
106 FindUnreachableEntryPoints(CB
, reachable
, visited
);
108 // This block may have been pruned; check if we still want to report it
109 if (reachable
.count(CB
->getBlockID()))
112 // Check for false positives
113 if (isInvalidPath(CB
, *PM
))
116 // It is good practice to always have a "default" label in a "switch", even
117 // if we should never get there. It can be used to detect errors, for
118 // instance. Unreachable code directly under a "default" label is therefore
119 // likely to be a false positive.
120 if (const Stmt
*label
= CB
->getLabel())
121 if (label
->getStmtClass() == Stmt::DefaultStmtClass
)
124 // Special case for __builtin_unreachable.
125 // FIXME: This should be extended to include other unreachable markers,
126 // such as llvm_unreachable.
128 bool foundUnreachable
= false;
129 for (CFGBlock::const_iterator ci
= CB
->begin(), ce
= CB
->end();
131 if (std::optional
<CFGStmt
> S
= (*ci
).getAs
<CFGStmt
>())
132 if (const CallExpr
*CE
= dyn_cast
<CallExpr
>(S
->getStmt())) {
133 if (CE
->getBuiltinCallee() == Builtin::BI__builtin_unreachable
||
134 CE
->isBuiltinAssumeFalse(Eng
.getContext())) {
135 foundUnreachable
= true;
140 if (foundUnreachable
)
144 // We found a block that wasn't covered - find the statement to report
146 PathDiagnosticLocation DL
;
148 if (const Stmt
*S
= getUnreachableStmt(CB
)) {
149 // In macros, 'do {...} while (0)' is often used. Don't warn about the
150 // condition 0 when it is unreachable.
151 if (S
->getBeginLoc().isMacroID())
152 if (const auto *I
= dyn_cast
<IntegerLiteral
>(S
))
153 if (I
->getValue() == 0ULL)
154 if (const Stmt
*Parent
= PM
->getParent(S
))
155 if (isa
<DoStmt
>(Parent
))
157 SR
= S
->getSourceRange();
158 DL
= PathDiagnosticLocation::createBegin(S
, B
.getSourceManager(), LC
);
159 SL
= DL
.asLocation();
160 if (SR
.isInvalid() || !SL
.isValid())
162 if (isa
<CXXTryStmt
>(S
))
168 // Check if the SourceLocation is in a system header
169 const SourceManager
&SM
= B
.getSourceManager();
170 if (SM
.isInSystemHeader(SL
) || SM
.isInExternCSystemHeader(SL
))
173 B
.EmitBasicReport(D
, this, "Unreachable code", categories::UnusedCode
,
174 "This statement is never executed", DL
, SR
);
178 // Recursively finds the entry point(s) for this dead CFGBlock.
179 void UnreachableCodeChecker::FindUnreachableEntryPoints(const CFGBlock
*CB
,
180 CFGBlocksSet
&reachable
,
181 CFGBlocksSet
&visited
) {
182 visited
.insert(CB
->getBlockID());
184 for (const CFGBlock
*PredBlock
: CB
->preds()) {
188 if (!reachable
.count(PredBlock
->getBlockID())) {
189 // If we find an unreachable predecessor, mark this block as reachable so
190 // we don't report this block
191 reachable
.insert(CB
->getBlockID());
192 if (!visited
.count(PredBlock
->getBlockID()))
193 // If we haven't previously visited the unreachable predecessor, recurse
194 FindUnreachableEntryPoints(PredBlock
, reachable
, visited
);
199 // Find the Stmt* in a CFGBlock for reporting a warning
200 const Stmt
*UnreachableCodeChecker::getUnreachableStmt(const CFGBlock
*CB
) {
201 for (const CFGElement
&Elem
: *CB
) {
202 if (std::optional
<CFGStmt
> S
= Elem
.getAs
<CFGStmt
>()) {
203 if (!isa
<DeclStmt
>(S
->getStmt()))
207 return CB
->getTerminatorStmt();
210 // Determines if the path to this CFGBlock contained an element that infers this
211 // block is a false positive. We assume that FindUnreachableEntryPoints has
212 // already marked only the entry points to any dead code, so we need only to
213 // find the condition that led to this block (the predecessor of this block.)
214 // There will never be more than one predecessor.
215 bool UnreachableCodeChecker::isInvalidPath(const CFGBlock
*CB
,
216 const ParentMap
&PM
) {
217 // We only expect a predecessor size of 0 or 1. If it is >1, then an external
218 // condition has broken our assumption (for example, a sink being placed by
219 // another check). In these cases, we choose not to report.
220 if (CB
->pred_size() > 1)
223 // If there are no predecessors, then this block is trivially unreachable
224 if (CB
->pred_size() == 0)
227 const CFGBlock
*pred
= *CB
->pred_begin();
231 // Get the predecessor block's terminator condition
232 const Stmt
*cond
= pred
->getTerminatorCondition();
234 //assert(cond && "CFGBlock's predecessor has a terminator condition");
235 // The previous assertion is invalid in some cases (eg do/while). Leaving
236 // reporting of these situations on at the moment to help triage these cases.
240 // Run each of the checks on the conditions
241 return containsMacro(cond
) || containsEnum(cond
) ||
242 containsStaticLocal(cond
) || containsBuiltinOffsetOf(cond
) ||
243 containsStmt
<UnaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr
>(cond
);
246 // Returns true if the given CFGBlock is empty
247 bool UnreachableCodeChecker::isEmptyCFGBlock(const CFGBlock
*CB
) {
248 return CB
->getLabel() == nullptr // No labels
249 && CB
->size() == 0 // No statements
250 && !CB
->getTerminatorStmt(); // No terminator
253 void ento::registerUnreachableCodeChecker(CheckerManager
&mgr
) {
254 mgr
.registerChecker
<UnreachableCodeChecker
>();
257 bool ento::shouldRegisterUnreachableCodeChecker(const CheckerManager
&mgr
) {