JS: Remove globalFlowPred()

javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/Closure.qll

@@ -259,4 +259,18 @@ module Closure {
   DataFlow::SourceNode moduleImport(string moduleName) {
     getClosureNamespaceFromSourceNode(result) = moduleName
   }
+
+  private class ClosureNamespaceCall extends DataFlow::InvokeNode {
+    override Function getACallee(int imprecision) {
+      result = super.getACallee(imprecision)
+      or
+      imprecision = 0 and
+      exists(string name |
+        GlobalAccessPath::isAssignedInUniqueFile(name) and
+        GlobalAccessPath::fromRhs(result.flow()) = name and
+        GlobalAccessPath::fromReference(getCalleeNode()) = name and
+        not result.getTopLevel().isExterns()
+      )
+    }
+  }
 }

javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/dataflow/TypeInference.qll

@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ class AnalyzedNode extends DataFlow::Node {
    */
   AnalyzedNode localFlowPred() { result = getAPredecessor() }
 
-  /**
-   * INTERNAL. Do not use.
-   *
-   * Gets another data flow node whose value flows into this node in a global step
-   * (this is, involving global variables).
-   */
-  AnalyzedNode globalFlowPred() { none() }
-
   /**
    * Gets an abstract value that this node may evaluate to at runtime.
    *
@@ -92,9 +84,6 @@ class AnalyzedNode extends DataFlow::Node {
     exists(DataFlow::Incompleteness cause |
       isIncomplete(cause) and result = TIndefiniteAbstractValue(cause)
     )
-    or
-    result = globalFlowPred().getALocalValue() and
-    shouldTrackGlobally(result)
   }
 
   /** Gets a type inferred for this node. */
@@ -295,8 +284,3 @@ private class AnalyzedAsyncFunction extends AnalyzedFunction {
 
   override AbstractValue getAReturnValue() { result = TAbstractOtherObject() }
 }
-
-/**
- * Holds if the given value should be propagated along `globalFlowPred()` edges.
- */
-private predicate shouldTrackGlobally(AbstractValue value) { value instanceof AbstractCallable }

javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/FlowSteps.qll

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ private module CachedSteps {
   predicate calls(DataFlow::InvokeNode invk, Function f) {
     f = invk.getACallee(0)
     or
+    not f.getTopLevel().isExterns() and
     exists(DataFlow::ClassNode cls, string name |
       callResolvesToMember(invk, cls, name) and
       f = cls.getInstanceMethod(name).getFunction()

javascript/ql/src/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/InterModuleTypeInference.qll

@@ -394,13 +394,6 @@ private class AnalyzedClosureGlobalAccessPath extends AnalyzedNode, AnalyzedProp
     accessPath = Closure::getClosureNamespaceFromSourceNode(this)
   }
 
-  override AnalyzedNode globalFlowPred() {
-    exists(DataFlow::PropWrite write |
-      Closure::getWrittenClosureNamespace(write) = accessPath and
-      result = write.getRhs()
-    )
-  }
-
   override predicate reads(AbstractValue base, string propName) {
     exists(Closure::ClosureModule mod |
       mod.getClosureNamespace() = accessPath and