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//=- CheckNSError.cpp - Coding conventions for uses of NSError ---*- C++ -*-==//
//
//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
//  This file defines a CheckNSError, a flow-insenstive check
//  that determines if an Objective-C class interface correctly returns
//  a non-void return type.
//
//  File under feature request PR 2600.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#include "clang/Analysis/LocalCheckers.h"
#include "clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/BugReporter.h"
#include "clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/GRExprEngine.h"
#include "BasicObjCFoundationChecks.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Compiler.h"
#include "clang/AST/DeclObjC.h"
#include "clang/AST/Decl.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
class VISIBILITY_HIDDEN NSErrorCheck : public BugType {
  const bool isNSErrorWarning;
  IdentifierInfo * const II;
  GRExprEngine &Eng;
  void CheckSignature(const ObjCMethodDecl& MD, QualType& ResultTy,
                      llvm::SmallVectorImpl<VarDecl*>& ErrorParams);
  void CheckSignature(const FunctionDecl& MD, QualType& ResultTy,
                      llvm::SmallVectorImpl<VarDecl*>& ErrorParams);
  bool CheckNSErrorArgument(QualType ArgTy);
  bool CheckCFErrorArgument(QualType ArgTy);
  void CheckParamDeref(const VarDecl *V, const LocationContext *LC,
                       const GRState *state, BugReporter& BR);
  void EmitRetTyWarning(BugReporter& BR, const Decl& CodeDecl);
  NSErrorCheck(const Decl &D, bool isNSError, GRExprEngine& eng)
    : BugType(isNSError ? "NSError** null dereference"
                        : "CFErrorRef* null dereference",
              "Coding conventions (Apple)"),
    isNSErrorWarning(isNSError),
    II(&eng.getContext().Idents.get(isNSErrorWarning ? "NSError":"CFErrorRef")),
    Eng(eng) {}
void clang::RegisterNSErrorChecks(BugReporter& BR, GRExprEngine &Eng,
                                  const Decl &D) {
  BR.Register(new NSErrorCheck(D, true, Eng));
  BR.Register(new NSErrorCheck(D, false, Eng));
void NSErrorCheck::FlushReports(BugReporter& BR) {
  // Get the analysis engine and the exploded analysis graph.
  ExplodedGraph& G = Eng.getGraph();
  // Get the ASTContext, which is useful for querying type information.
  ASTContext &Ctx = BR.getContext();
  llvm::SmallVector<VarDecl*, 5> ErrorParams;
  if (const ObjCMethodDecl* MD = dyn_cast<ObjCMethodDecl>(&CodeDecl))
    CheckSignature(*MD, ResultTy, ErrorParams);
  else if (const FunctionDecl* FD = dyn_cast<FunctionDecl>(&CodeDecl))
    CheckSignature(*FD, ResultTy, ErrorParams);
  if (ResultTy == Ctx.VoidTy) EmitRetTyWarning(BR, CodeDecl);

  for (ExplodedGraph::roots_iterator RI=G.roots_begin(), RE=G.roots_end();
    // Scan the parameters for an implicit null dereference.
    for (llvm::SmallVectorImpl<VarDecl*>::iterator I=ErrorParams.begin(),
          E=ErrorParams.end(); I!=E; ++I)
        CheckParamDeref(*I, (*RI)->getLocationContext(), (*RI)->getState(), BR);
void NSErrorCheck::EmitRetTyWarning(BugReporter& BR, const Decl& CodeDecl) {
  std::string sbuf;
  llvm::raw_string_ostream os(sbuf);
  if (isa<ObjCMethodDecl>(CodeDecl))
    os << "Method";
  else
    os << "Function";

  os << " accepting ";
  os << (isNSErrorWarning ? "NSError**" : "CFErrorRef*");
  os << " should have a non-void return value to indicate whether or not an "
        "error occurred";
  BR.EmitBasicReport(isNSErrorWarning
                     ? "Bad return type when passing NSError**"
                     : "Bad return type when passing CFError*",
                     getCategory().c_str(), os.str().c_str(),
                     CodeDecl.getLocation());
NSErrorCheck::CheckSignature(const ObjCMethodDecl& M, QualType& ResultTy,
                             llvm::SmallVectorImpl<VarDecl*>& ErrorParams) {

  for (ObjCMethodDecl::param_iterator I=M.param_begin(),
    QualType T = (*I)->getType();
    if (isNSErrorWarning) {
      if (CheckNSErrorArgument(T)) ErrorParams.push_back(*I);
    }
    else if (CheckCFErrorArgument(T))
      ErrorParams.push_back(*I);
NSErrorCheck::CheckSignature(const FunctionDecl& F, QualType& ResultTy,
                             llvm::SmallVectorImpl<VarDecl*>& ErrorParams) {

  for (FunctionDecl::param_const_iterator I = F.param_begin(),
                                          E = F.param_end(); I != E; ++I)  {

    QualType T = (*I)->getType();

    if (isNSErrorWarning) {
      if (CheckNSErrorArgument(T)) ErrorParams.push_back(*I);
    }
    else if (CheckCFErrorArgument(T))
      ErrorParams.push_back(*I);
bool NSErrorCheck::CheckNSErrorArgument(QualType ArgTy) {
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  const PointerType* PPT = ArgTy->getAs<PointerType>();
    PPT->getPointeeType()->getAs<ObjCObjectPointerType>();
  const ObjCInterfaceDecl *ID = PT->getInterfaceDecl();
  // FIXME: Can ID ever be NULL?
  if (ID)
    return II == ID->getIdentifier();
bool NSErrorCheck::CheckCFErrorArgument(QualType ArgTy) {
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  const PointerType* PPT = ArgTy->getAs<PointerType>();
  const TypedefType* TT = PPT->getPointeeType()->getAs<TypedefType>();
  return TT->getDecl()->getIdentifier() == II;
void NSErrorCheck::CheckParamDeref(const VarDecl *Param,
                                   const LocationContext *LC,
                                   const GRState *rootState,
  SVal ParamL = rootState->getLValue(Param, LC);
  const MemRegion* ParamR = cast<loc::MemRegionVal>(ParamL).getRegionAs<VarRegion>();
  assert (ParamR && "Parameters always have VarRegions.");
  SVal ParamSVal = rootState->getSVal(ParamR);
  // FIXME: For now assume that ParamSVal is symbolic.  We need to generalize
  SymbolRef ParamSym = ParamSVal.getAsLocSymbol();
  if (!ParamSym)
    return;
  // Iterate over the implicit-null dereferences.
  for (GRExprEngine::null_deref_iterator I=Eng.implicit_null_derefs_begin(),
       E=Eng.implicit_null_derefs_end(); I!=E; ++I) {
    const GRState *state = (*I)->getState();
    const SVal* X = state->get<GRState::NullDerefTag>();
    if (!X || X->getAsSymbol() != ParamSym)
      continue;
    std::string sbuf;
    llvm::raw_string_ostream os(sbuf);
      os << "Potential null dereference.  According to coding standards ";
    if (isNSErrorWarning)
      os << "in 'Creating and Returning NSError Objects' the parameter '";
    else
      os << "documented in CoreFoundation/CFError.h the parameter '";
    os << Param->getNameAsString() << "' may be null.";
    BugReport *report = new BugReport(*this, os.str().c_str(), *I);
    // FIXME: Notable symbols are now part of the report.  We should
    //  add support for notable symbols in BugReport.
    //    BR.addNotableSymbol(SV->getSymbol());
    BR.EmitReport(report);