Python: deprecate AstNode.getAFlowNode() and rewrite internal callers

Preparatory refactor for the shared-CFG dataflow migration.

Deprecates the AstNode.getAFlowNode() cached predicate on the public
Python QL API and rewrites all ~140 internal callers across lib/, src/,
test/, and tools/ from `expr.getAFlowNode() = cfgNode` to
`cfgNode.getNode() = expr`, using ControlFlowNode.getNode() which
already exists in Flow.qll.

The predicate itself is preserved (with a deprecation note pointing at
the new pattern) so external users do not experience churn — they can
migrate at their own pace and the AST/CFG hierarchies still get the
intended untangling once the deprecation eventually elapses.

Semantic noop verified by:
- All 361 lib/ + src/ queries compile clean.
- All 122 ControlFlow + PointsTo library-tests pass.
- All 64 dataflow library-tests pass.
- All 113 Variables/Exceptions/Expressions/Statements/Functions/Imports/
  Security/CWE-798/ModificationOfParameterWithDefault query-tests pass.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
This commit is contained in:
Copilot
2026-06-01 10:53:39 +00:00
committed by yoff
parent 8179bffe64
commit 717ff62d70
68 changed files with 273 additions and 181 deletions

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@@ -5,24 +5,30 @@ private import semmle.python.dataflow.new.DataFlow
private predicate constCompare(DataFlow::GuardNode g, ControlFlowNode node, boolean branch) {
exists(CompareNode cn | cn = g |
exists(ImmutableLiteral const, Cmpop op |
op = any(Eq eq) and branch = true
or
op = any(NotEq ne) and branch = false
exists(ImmutableLiteral const, Cmpop op, ControlFlowNode c |
c.getNode() = const and
(
op = any(Eq eq) and branch = true
or
op = any(NotEq ne) and branch = false
)
|
cn.operands(const.getAFlowNode(), op, node)
cn.operands(c, op, node)
or
cn.operands(node, op, const.getAFlowNode())
cn.operands(node, op, c)
)
or
exists(NameConstant const, Cmpop op |
op = any(Is is_) and branch = true
or
op = any(IsNot isn) and branch = false
exists(NameConstant const, Cmpop op, ControlFlowNode c |
c.getNode() = const and
(
op = any(Is is_) and branch = true
or
op = any(IsNot isn) and branch = false
)
|
cn.operands(const.getAFlowNode(), op, node)
cn.operands(c, op, node)
or
cn.operands(node, op, const.getAFlowNode())
cn.operands(node, op, c)
)
or
exists(IterableNode const_iterable, Cmpop op |

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@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ private class ClassDefinitionAsAttrWrite extends AttrWrite, CfgNode {
override Node getValue() { result.asCfgNode() = node.getValue() }
override Node getObject() { result.asCfgNode() = cls.getAFlowNode() }
override Node getObject() { result.asCfgNode().getNode() = cls }
override ExprNode getAttributeNameExpr() { none() }

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@@ -1913,8 +1913,8 @@ abstract class ReturnNode extends Node {
class ExtractedReturnNode extends ReturnNode, CfgNode {
// See `TaintTrackingImplementation::returnFlowStep`
ExtractedReturnNode() {
node = any(Return ret).getValue().getAFlowNode() or
node = any(Yield yield).getAFlowNode()
node.getNode() = any(Return ret).getValue() or
node.getNode() = any(Yield yield)
}
override ReturnKind getKind() { any() }
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ class ExtractedReturnNode extends ReturnNode, CfgNode {
class YieldNodeInContextManagerFunction extends ReturnNode, CfgNode {
YieldNodeInContextManagerFunction() {
hasContextmanagerDecorator(node.getScope()) and
node = any(Yield yield).getValue().getAFlowNode()
node.getNode() = any(Yield yield).getValue()
}
override ReturnKind getKind() { any() }

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@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ private predicate synthDictSplatArgumentNodeStoreStep(
*/
predicate yieldStoreStep(Node nodeFrom, Content c, Node nodeTo) {
exists(Yield yield |
nodeTo.asCfgNode() = yield.getAFlowNode() and
nodeFrom.asCfgNode() = yield.getValue().getAFlowNode() and
nodeTo.asCfgNode().getNode() = yield and
nodeFrom.asCfgNode().getNode() = yield.getValue() and
// TODO: Consider if this will also need to transfer dictionary content
// once dictionary comprehensions are supported.
c instanceof ListElementContent

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@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ class ModuleVariableNode extends Node, TModuleVariableNode {
/** Gets a node that reads this variable, excluding reads that happen through `from ... import *`. */
Node getALocalRead() {
result.asCfgNode() = var.getALoad().getAFlowNode() and
result.asCfgNode().getNode() = var.getALoad() and
not result.getScope() = mod
}

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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ private module CaptureInput implements Shared::InputSig<Location, Cfg::BasicBloc
class VariableWrite extends ControlFlowNode {
CapturedVariable v;
VariableWrite() { this = v.getAStore().getAFlowNode().(DefinitionNode).getValue() }
VariableWrite() { exists(DefinitionNode d | d.getNode() = v.getAStore() | this = d.getValue()) }
CapturedVariable getVariable() { result = v }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private module CaptureInput implements Shared::InputSig<Location, Cfg::BasicBloc
class VariableRead extends Expr {
CapturedVariable v;
VariableRead() { this = v.getALoad().getAFlowNode() }
VariableRead() { this.getNode() = v.getALoad() }
CapturedVariable getVariable() { result = v }
}

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@@ -448,8 +448,7 @@ class TaintTrackingImplementation extends string instanceof TaintTracking::Confi
context = TNoParam() and
src = TTaintTrackingNode_(retval, TNoParam(), path, kind, this) and
node.asCfgNode() = call and
retval.asCfgNode() =
any(Return ret | ret.getScope() = pyfunc.getScope()).getValue().getAFlowNode()
retval.asCfgNode().getNode() = any(Return ret | ret.getScope() = pyfunc.getScope()).getValue()
) and
edgeLabel = "return"
}
@@ -471,8 +470,7 @@ class TaintTrackingImplementation extends string instanceof TaintTracking::Confi
this.callContexts(call, src, pyfunc, context, callee) and
retnode = TTaintTrackingNode_(retval, callee, path, kind, this) and
node.asCfgNode() = call and
retval.asCfgNode() =
any(Return ret | ret.getScope() = pyfunc.getScope()).getValue().getAFlowNode()
retval.asCfgNode().getNode() = any(Return ret | ret.getScope() = pyfunc.getScope()).getValue()
) and
edgeLabel = "call"
}
@@ -716,8 +714,10 @@ private class EssaTaintTracking extends string instanceof TaintTracking::Configu
src = TTaintTrackingNode_(srcnode, context, path, srckind, this) and
path.noAttribute()
|
assign.getValue().getAFlowNode() = srcnode.asCfgNode() and
depth = iterable_unpacking_descent(assign.getATarget().getAFlowNode(), defn.getDefiningNode()) and
srcnode.asCfgNode().getNode() = assign.getValue() and
exists(SequenceNode left_parent | left_parent.getNode() = assign.getATarget() |
depth = iterable_unpacking_descent(left_parent, defn.getDefiningNode())
) and
kind = taint_at_depth(srckind, depth)
)
}
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ private TaintKind taint_at_depth(SequenceKind parent_kind, int depth) {
* - with `left_defn` = `*y`, `left_parent` = `((x, *y), ...)`, result = 1
*/
int iterable_unpacking_descent(SequenceNode left_parent, ControlFlowNode left_defn) {
exists(Assign a | a.getATarget().getASubExpression*().getAFlowNode() = left_parent) and
exists(Assign a | left_parent.getNode() = a.getATarget().getASubExpression*()) and
left_parent.getAnElement() = left_defn and
// Handle `a, *b = some_iterable`
if left_defn instanceof StarredNode then result = 0 else result = 1