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Debug Checks
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.. contents::
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:local:
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The analyzer contains a number of checkers which can aid in debugging. Enable
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them by using the "-analyzer-checker=" flag, followed by the name of the
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checker.
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General Analysis Dumpers
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These checkers are used to dump the results of various infrastructural analyses
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to stderr. Some checkers also have "view" variants, which will display a graph
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using a 'dot' format viewer (such as Graphviz on OS X) instead.
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- debug.DumpCallGraph, debug.ViewCallGraph: Show the call graph generated for
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the current translation unit. This is used to determine the order in which to
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analyze functions when inlining is enabled.
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- debug.DumpCFG, debug.ViewCFG: Show the CFG generated for each top-level
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function being analyzed.
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- debug.DumpDominators: Shows the dominance tree for the CFG of each top-level
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function.
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- debug.DumpLiveVars: Show the results of live variable analysis for each
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top-level function being analyzed.
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- debug.ViewExplodedGraph: Show the Exploded Graphs generated for the
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analysis of different functions in the input translation unit. When there
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are several functions analyzed, display one graph per function. Beware
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that these graphs may grow very large, even for small functions.
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Path Tracking
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These checkers print information about the path taken by the analyzer engine.
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- debug.DumpCalls: Prints out every function or method call encountered during a
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path traversal. This is indented to show the call stack, but does NOT do any
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special handling of branches, meaning different paths could end up
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interleaved.
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- debug.DumpTraversal: Prints the name of each branch statement encountered
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during a path traversal ("IfStmt", "WhileStmt", etc). Currently used to check
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whether the analysis engine is doing BFS or DFS.
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State Checking
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These checkers will print out information about the analyzer state in the form
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of analysis warnings. They are intended for use with the -verify functionality
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in regression tests.
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- debug.TaintTest: Prints out the word "tainted" for every expression that
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carries taint. At the time of this writing, taint was only introduced by the
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checks under experimental.security.taint.TaintPropagation; this checker may
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eventually move to the security.taint package.
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- debug.ExprInspection: Responds to certain function calls, which are modeled
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after builtins. These function calls should affect the program state other
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than the evaluation of their arguments; to use them, you will need to declare
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them within your test file. The available functions are described below.
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(FIXME: debug.ExprInspection should probably be renamed, since it no longer only
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inspects expressions.)
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ExprInspection checks
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- void clang_analyzer_eval(bool);
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Prints TRUE if the argument is known to have a non-zero value, FALSE if the
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argument is known to have a zero or null value, and UNKNOWN if the argument
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isn't sufficiently constrained on this path. You can use this to test other
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values by using expressions like "x == 5". Note that this functionality is
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currently DISABLED in inlined functions, since different calls to the same
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inlined function could provide different information, making it difficult to
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write proper -verify directives.
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In C, the argument can be typed as 'int' or as '_Bool'.
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Example usage::
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clang_analyzer_eval(x); // expected-warning{{UNKNOWN}}
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if (!x) return;
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clang_analyzer_eval(x); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
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- void clang_analyzer_checkInlined(bool);
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If a call occurs within an inlined function, prints TRUE or FALSE according to
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the value of its argument. If a call occurs outside an inlined function,
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nothing is printed.
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The intended use of this checker is to assert that a function is inlined at
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least once (by passing 'true' and expecting a warning), or to assert that a
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function is never inlined (by passing 'false' and expecting no warning). The
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argument is technically unnecessary but is intended to clarify intent.
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You might wonder why we can't print TRUE if a function is ever inlined and
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FALSE if it is not. The problem is that any inlined function could conceivably
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also be analyzed as a top-level function (in which case both TRUE and FALSE
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would be printed), depending on the value of the -analyzer-inlining option.
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In C, the argument can be typed as 'int' or as '_Bool'.
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Example usage::
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int inlined() {
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clang_analyzer_checkInlined(true); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
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return 42;
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}
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void topLevel() {
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clang_analyzer_checkInlined(false); // no-warning (not inlined)
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int value = inlined();
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// This assertion will not be valid if the previous call was not inlined.
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clang_analyzer_eval(value == 42); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
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}
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- void clang_analyzer_warnIfReached();
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Generate a warning if this line of code gets reached by the analyzer.
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Example usage::
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if (true) {
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clang_analyzer_warnIfReached(); // expected-warning{{REACHABLE}}
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}
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else {
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clang_analyzer_warnIfReached(); // no-warning
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}
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- void clang_analyzer_warnOnDeadSymbol(int);
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Subscribe for a delayed warning when the symbol that represents the value of
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the argument is garbage-collected by the analyzer.
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When calling 'clang_analyzer_warnOnDeadSymbol(x)', if value of 'x' is a
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symbol, then this symbol is marked by the ExprInspection checker. Then,
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during each garbage collection run, the checker sees if the marked symbol is
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being collected and issues the 'SYMBOL DEAD' warning if it does.
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This way you know where exactly, up to the line of code, the symbol dies.
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It is unlikely that you call this function after the symbol is already dead,
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because the very reference to it as the function argument prevents it from
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dying. However, if the argument is not a symbol but a concrete value,
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no warning would be issued.
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Example usage::
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do {
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int x = generate_some_integer();
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clang_analyzer_warnOnDeadSymbol(x);
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} while(0); // expected-warning{{SYMBOL DEAD}}
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- void clang_analyzer_explain(a single argument of any type);
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This function explains the value of its argument in a human-readable manner
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in the warning message. You can make as many overrides of its prototype
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in the test code as necessary to explain various integral, pointer,
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or even record-type values.
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Example usage::
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void clang_analyzer_explain(int);
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void clang_analyzer_explain(void *);
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void foo(int param, void *ptr) {
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clang_analyzer_explain(param); // expected-warning{{argument 'param'}}
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if (!ptr)
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clang_analyzer_explain(ptr); // expected-warning{{memory address '0'}}
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}
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- size_t clang_analyzer_getExtent(void *);
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This function returns the value that represents the extent of a memory region
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pointed to by the argument. This value is often difficult to obtain otherwise,
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because no valid code that produces this value. However, it may be useful
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for testing purposes, to see how well does the analyzer model region extents.
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Example usage::
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void foo() {
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int x, *y;
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size_t xs = clang_analyzer_getExtent(&x);
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clang_analyzer_explain(xs); // expected-warning{{'4'}}
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size_t ys = clang_analyzer_getExtent(&y);
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clang_analyzer_explain(ys); // expected-warning{{'8'}}
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}
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Statistics
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The debug.Stats checker collects various information about the analysis of each
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function, such as how many blocks were reached and if the analyzer timed out.
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There is also an additional -analyzer-stats flag, which enables various
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statistics within the analyzer engine. Note the Stats checker (which produces at
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least one bug report per function) may actually change the values reported by
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-analyzer-stats.
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