Analysis/DeadStores.cpp

//==- DeadStores.cpp - Check for stores to dead variables --------*- C++ -*-==//
//
//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file was developed by Ted Kremenek and is distributed under
// the University of Illinois Open Source License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
//  This files defines a DeadStores, a flow-sensitive checker that looks for
//  stores to variables that are no longer live.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#include "clang/AST/Expr.h"
#include "clang/Analysis/LocalCheckers.h"
#include "clang/Analysis/LiveVariables.h"
#include "clang/AST/CFG.h"
#include "clang/Basic/Diagnostic.h"
#include "clang/Lex/Preprocessor.h"
#include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"

using namespace clang;

namespace {

class DeadStoreObserver : public LiveVariablesObserver {
  Preprocessor& PP;
  ASTContext Ctx;
public:
  DeadStoreObserver(Preprocessor& pp) : 
    PP(pp), Ctx(PP.getSourceManager(), PP.getTargetInfo(),
                PP.getIdentifierTable()) {
  }
    
  virtual ~DeadStoreObserver() {}

  virtual void ObserveStmt(Stmt* S, LiveVariables& L, llvm::BitVector& Live) {                                 
    if (BinaryOperator* B = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(S)) {    
      // Is this an assignment?
      if (!B->isAssignmentOp())
        return;
      
      // Is this an assignment to a variable?
      if (DeclRefExpr* DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(B->getLHS()))
        // Is the variable live?
        if (!L.isLive(Live,cast<VarDecl>(DR->getDecl()))) {
          SourceRange R = B->getRHS()->getSourceRange();
          PP.getDiagnostics().Report(DR->getSourceRange().Begin(),
                                     diag::warn_dead_store, 0, 0,
                                     &R,1);
                                                                        
        }
    }
    else if(DeclStmt* DS = dyn_cast<DeclStmt>(S)) {
      // Iterate through the decls.  Warn if any of them (which have
      // initializers) are not live.
      for (VarDecl* V = cast<VarDecl>(DS->getDecl()); V != NULL ; 
                    V = cast_or_null<VarDecl>(V->getNextDeclarator()))
        if (Expr* E = V->getInit())
          if (!L.isLive(Live,V))
            // Special case: check for initializations with constants.
            //
            //  e.g. : int x = 0;
            //
            // If x is EVER assigned a new value later, don't issue
            // a warning.  This is because such initialization can be
            // due to defensive programming.
            if (!E->isConstantExpr(Ctx,NULL) || 
                L.getVarInfo(V).Kills.size() == 0) {
              // Flag a warning.
              SourceRange R = E->getSourceRange();
              PP.getDiagnostics().Report(V->getLocation(),
                                         diag::warn_dead_store, 0, 0,
                                         &R,1);
            }
    }
  }
};
  
} // end anonymous namespace

namespace clang {

void CheckDeadStores(CFG& cfg, LiveVariables& L, Preprocessor& PP) {
  DeadStoreObserver A(PP);
  
  for (CFG::iterator I = cfg.begin(), E = cfg.end(); I != E; ++I)
    L.runOnBlock(&(*I),&A);
}

void CheckDeadStores(CFG& cfg, Preprocessor& PP) {
  LiveVariables L;
  L.runOnCFG(cfg);
  CheckDeadStores(cfg,L,PP);
}

} // end namespace clang