C++: Generate IR for assertions in release builds.

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Mathias Vorreiter Pedersen
2026-01-09 19:30:12 +00:00
parent a18f3b6859
commit aa058c2cca
5 changed files with 805 additions and 164 deletions

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@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ newtype TInstructionTag =
} or
SizeofVlaDimensionTag(int index) {
exists(VlaDeclStmt v | exists(v.getTransitiveVlaDimensionStmt(index)))
}
} or
AssertionVarAddressTag() or
AssertionVarLoadTag() or
AssertionOpTag() or
AssertionBranchTag()
class InstructionTag extends TInstructionTag {
final string toString() { result = getInstructionTagId(this) }
@@ -296,4 +300,12 @@ string getInstructionTagId(TInstructionTag tag) {
tag = CoAwaitBranchTag() and result = "CoAwaitBranch"
or
tag = BoolToIntConversionTag() and result = "BoolToIntConversion"
or
tag = AssertionVarAddressTag() and result = "AssertionVarAddress"
or
tag = AssertionVarLoadTag() and result = "AssertionVarLoad"
or
tag = AssertionOpTag() and result = "AssertionOp"
or
tag = AssertionBranchTag() and result = "AssertionBranch"
}

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@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
private import cpp
private import semmle.code.cpp.ir.internal.IRUtilities
private import semmle.code.cpp.ir.implementation.internal.OperandTag
private import semmle.code.cpp.ir.internal.CppType
private import semmle.code.cpp.ir.internal.TempVariableTag
private import InstructionTag
private import TranslatedElement
private import TranslatedStmt
private import TranslatedFunction
/**
* Holds if `s` is a statement that may be an expanded assertion in a
* release build.
*/
pragma[nomagic]
private predicate stmtCandidate(Stmt s) {
not s.isFromUninstantiatedTemplate(_) and
(
// The expansion of `__analysis_assume(x != 0);` when `__analysis_assume` is
// empty is the empty statement.
s instanceof EmptyStmt
or
// The expansion of `assert(x != 0)` when `assert` is `((void)0)` is a zero literal
// with a void type.
exists(Expr e |
e = s.(ExprStmt).getExpr() and
e.getValue() = "0" and
e.getActualType() instanceof VoidType
)
)
}
pragma[nomagic]
private predicate macroInvocationLocation(int startline, Function f, MacroInvocation mi) {
mi.getMacroName() = ["assert", "__analysis_assume"] and
mi.getLocation().hasLocationInfo(_, startline, _, _, _) and
f.getEntryPoint().isAffectedByMacro(mi)
}
pragma[nomagic]
private predicate stmtParentLocation(int startline, Function f, StmtParent p) {
p.getEnclosingFunction() = f and
p.getLocation().hasLocationInfo(_, startline, _, _, _)
}
/**
* Holds if `mi` is a macro invocation with a name that is known
* to correspond to an assertion macro, and the macro invocation
* is the only thing on the line.
*/
pragma[nomagic]
private predicate assertion0(MacroInvocation mi, Stmt s) {
stmtCandidate(s) and
s =
unique(StmtParent p, int startline, Function f |
macroInvocationLocation(startline, f, mi) and
stmtParentLocation(startline, f, p) and
// Also do not count the elements from the expanded macro. i.e., when checking
// if `assert(x)` is the only thing on the line we do not count the
// generated `((void)0)` expression.
not p = mi.getAnExpandedElement()
|
p
)
}
private Function getEnclosingFunctionForMacroInvocation(MacroInvocation mi) {
exists(Stmt s |
assertion0(mi, s) and
result = s.getEnclosingFunction()
)
}
/**
* Holds if `arg` has two components and the `i`'th component of the string
* `arg` is `s`, and the components are seperated by an operation with
* opcode `opcode`.
*/
bindingset[arg]
pragma[inline_late]
private predicate parseArgument(string arg, string s, int i, Opcode opcode) {
s =
arg.regexpCapture("([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)\\s?<=\\s?([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)",
i + 1) and
opcode instanceof Opcode::CompareLE
or
s =
arg.regexpCapture("([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)\\s?>=\\s?([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)",
i + 1) and
opcode instanceof Opcode::CompareGE
or
not arg.regexpMatch("([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)\\s?<=\\s?([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)") and
s =
arg.regexpCapture("([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)\\s?<\\s?([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)",
i + 1) and
opcode instanceof Opcode::CompareLT
or
not arg.regexpMatch("([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)\\s?>=\\s?([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)") and
s =
arg.regexpCapture("([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)\\s?>\\s?([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)",
i + 1) and
opcode instanceof Opcode::CompareGT
or
s =
arg.regexpCapture("([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)\\s?!=\\s?([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)",
i + 1) and
opcode instanceof Opcode::CompareNE
or
s =
arg.regexpCapture("([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)\\s?==\\s?([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*|[0-9]+)",
i + 1) and
opcode instanceof Opcode::CompareEQ
}
/** Gets a local variable named `s` in `f`. */
pragma[nomagic]
private LocalScopeVariable getAVariableWithNameInFunction(Function f, string s) {
result.getName() = s and
result.getFunction() = f
}
/**
* Holds if the `i`'th component of the macro invocation `mi` with opcode
* `opcode` is a reference to `var`.
*/
private predicate hasVarAccessMacroArgument(MacroInvocation mi, Variable var, int i, Opcode opcode) {
exists(string arg, string s, Function f |
arg = mi.getUnexpandedArgument(0) and
f = getEnclosingFunctionForMacroInvocation(mi) and
not exists(s.toInt()) and
parseArgument(arg, s, i, opcode) and
var = unique( | | getAVariableWithNameInFunction(f, s))
)
}
/**
* Holds if the `i`'th component of the macro invocation `mi` with opcode
* `opcode` is a
* constant with the value `k`.
*/
private predicate hasConstMacroArgument(MacroInvocation mi, int k, int i, Opcode opcode) {
exists(string arg, string s |
assertion0(mi, _) and
arg = mi.getUnexpandedArgument(0) and
s.toInt() = k and
parseArgument(arg, s, i, opcode)
)
}
predicate hasAssertionOperand(MacroInvocation mi, int i) {
hasVarAccessMacroArgument(mi, _, i, _)
or
hasConstMacroArgument(mi, _, i, _)
}
private predicate hasAssertionOpcode(MacroInvocation mi, Opcode opcode) {
hasVarAccessMacroArgument(mi, _, _, opcode)
or
hasConstMacroArgument(mi, _, _, opcode)
}
/**
* Holds if `mi` is a macro invocation that is an assertion that should be generated
* in the control-flow graph at `s`.
*/
predicate assertion(MacroInvocation mi, Stmt s) {
assertion0(mi, s) and
hasAssertionOperand(mi, 0) and
hasAssertionOperand(mi, 1)
}
/** The translation of an operand of an assertion. */
abstract private class TranslatedAssertionOperand extends TranslatedElement,
TTranslatedAssertionOperand
{
MacroInvocation mi;
int index;
TranslatedAssertionOperand() { this = TTranslatedAssertionOperand(mi, index) }
MacroInvocation getMacroInvocation() { result = mi }
/**
* Gets the statement that is being replaced by the assertion that uses this
* operand.
*/
Stmt getStmt() { assertion(mi, result) }
final override Locatable getAst() { result = this.getStmt() }
final override TranslatedElement getChild(int id) { none() }
final override Declaration getFunction() { result = this.getStmt().getEnclosingFunction() }
/** Gets the instruction which holds the result of this operand. */
abstract Instruction getResult();
final override string toString() { result = "Operand of assertion: " + mi }
/** Gets the index of this operand (i.e., `0` or `1`). */
final int getIndex() { result = index }
}
/** An operand of an assertion that is a variable access. */
private class TranslatedAssertionVarAccess extends TranslatedAssertionOperand {
TranslatedAssertionVarAccess() { hasVarAccessMacroArgument(mi, _, index, _) }
Variable getVariable() { hasVarAccessMacroArgument(mi, result, index, _) }
final override IRUserVariable getInstructionVariable(InstructionTag tag) {
tag = AssertionVarAddressTag() and
result.getVariable() = this.getVariable()
}
final override Instruction getFirstInstruction(EdgeKind kind) {
result = this.getInstruction(AssertionVarAddressTag()) and kind instanceof GotoEdge
}
final override Instruction getInstructionSuccessorInternal(InstructionTag tag, EdgeKind kind) {
tag = AssertionVarAddressTag() and
kind instanceof GotoEdge and
result = this.getInstruction(AssertionVarLoadTag())
or
tag = AssertionVarLoadTag() and
result = getTranslatedAssertionMacroInvocation(mi).getChildSuccessor(this, kind)
}
final override Instruction getALastInstructionInternal() {
result = this.getInstruction(AssertionVarLoadTag())
}
override predicate hasInstruction(Opcode opcode, InstructionTag tag, CppType resultType) {
exists(Variable v | v = this.getVariable() |
opcode instanceof Opcode::VariableAddress and
tag = AssertionVarAddressTag() and
resultType = getTypeForGLValue(v.getType())
or
opcode instanceof Opcode::Load and
tag = AssertionVarLoadTag() and
resultType = getTypeForPRValue(v.getType())
)
}
final override Instruction getInstructionRegisterOperand(InstructionTag tag, OperandTag operandTag) {
tag = AssertionVarLoadTag() and
operandTag instanceof AddressOperandTag and
result = this.getInstruction(AssertionVarAddressTag())
}
final override Instruction getResult() { result = this.getInstruction(AssertionVarLoadTag()) }
}
/** An operand of an assertion that is a constant access. */
private class TranslatedAssertionConst extends TranslatedAssertionOperand {
TranslatedAssertionConst() { hasConstMacroArgument(mi, _, index, _) }
int getConst() { hasConstMacroArgument(mi, result, index, _) }
final override string getInstructionConstantValue(InstructionTag tag) {
tag = OnlyInstructionTag() and
result = this.getConst().toString()
}
final override Instruction getFirstInstruction(EdgeKind kind) {
result = this.getInstruction(OnlyInstructionTag()) and
kind instanceof GotoEdge
}
final override Instruction getInstructionSuccessorInternal(InstructionTag tag, EdgeKind kind) {
tag = OnlyInstructionTag() and
result = getTranslatedAssertionMacroInvocation(mi).getChildSuccessor(this, kind)
}
final override Instruction getALastInstructionInternal() {
result = this.getInstruction(OnlyInstructionTag())
}
override predicate hasInstruction(Opcode opcode, InstructionTag tag, CppType resultType) {
opcode instanceof Opcode::Constant and
tag = OnlyInstructionTag() and
resultType = getIntType()
}
final override Instruction getResult() { result = this.getInstruction(OnlyInstructionTag()) }
}
/**
* Gets the `TranslatedAssertionMacroInvocation` corresponding to the macro
* invocation `mi`.
*/
TranslatedAssertionMacroInvocation getTranslatedAssertionMacroInvocation(MacroInvocation mi) {
result.getMacroInvocation() = mi
}
/**
* A synthesized assertion which would have otherwise been invisible because the
* database represents a release build where assertions are disabled.
*/
private class TranslatedAssertionMacroInvocation extends TranslatedStmt {
MacroInvocation mi;
TranslatedAssertionMacroInvocation() { assertion(mi, stmt) }
final override Instruction getFirstInstruction(EdgeKind kind) {
result = this.getLeft().getFirstInstruction(kind)
}
TranslatedAssertionOperand getLeft() {
result.getMacroInvocation() = mi and
result.getIndex() = 0
}
TranslatedAssertionOperand getRight() {
result.getMacroInvocation() = mi and
result.getIndex() = 1
}
final override Instruction getInstructionSuccessorInternal(InstructionTag tag, EdgeKind kind) {
tag = AssertionOpTag() and
kind instanceof GotoEdge and
result = this.getInstruction(AssertionBranchTag())
or
tag = AssertionBranchTag() and
kind instanceof TrueEdge and
result = this.getParent().getChildSuccessor(this, _)
}
final override TranslatedElement getChildInternal(int id) {
id = 0 and result = this.getLeft()
or
id = 1 and result = this.getRight()
}
final override Instruction getALastInstructionInternal() {
result = this.getInstruction(AssertionBranchTag())
}
final override predicate hasInstruction(Opcode opcode, InstructionTag tag, CppType resultType) {
tag = AssertionOpTag() and
resultType = getBoolType() and
hasAssertionOpcode(mi, opcode)
or
tag = AssertionBranchTag() and
resultType = getVoidType() and
opcode instanceof Opcode::ConditionalBranch
}
final override Instruction getChildSuccessorInternal(TranslatedElement child, EdgeKind kind) {
child = this.getLeft() and
result = this.getRight().getFirstInstruction(kind)
or
child = this.getRight() and
kind instanceof GotoEdge and
result = this.getInstruction(AssertionOpTag())
}
final override Instruction getInstructionRegisterOperand(InstructionTag tag, OperandTag operandTag) {
tag = AssertionOpTag() and
(
operandTag instanceof LeftOperandTag and
result = this.getLeft().getResult()
or
operandTag instanceof RightOperandTag and
result = this.getRight().getResult()
)
or
tag = AssertionBranchTag() and
operandTag instanceof ConditionOperandTag and
result = this.getInstruction(AssertionOpTag())
}
MacroInvocation getMacroInvocation() { result = mi }
}

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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ private import TranslatedFunction
private import TranslatedStmt
private import TranslatedExpr
private import IRConstruction
private import TranslatedAssertion
private import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.SideEffect
private import SideEffects
@@ -138,6 +139,14 @@ private predicate ignoreExprAndDescendants(Expr expr) {
// conditionally constructed (until we have a mechanism for calling these only when the
// temporary's constructor was run)
isConditionalTemporaryDestructorCall(expr)
or
// An assertion in a release build is often defined as `#define assert(x) ((void)0)`.
// We generate a synthetic assertion in release builds, and when we do that the
// expression `((void)0)` should not be translated.
exists(MacroInvocation mi |
assertion(mi, _) and
expr = mi.getExpr().getFullyConverted()
)
}
/**
@@ -909,7 +918,8 @@ newtype TTranslatedElement =
} or
// The side effect that initializes newly-allocated memory.
TTranslatedAllocationSideEffect(AllocationExpr expr) { not ignoreSideEffects(expr) } or
TTranslatedStaticStorageDurationVarInit(Variable var) { Raw::varHasIRFunc(var) }
TTranslatedStaticStorageDurationVarInit(Variable var) { Raw::varHasIRFunc(var) } or
TTranslatedAssertionOperand(MacroInvocation mi, int index) { hasAssertionOperand(mi, index) }
/**
* Gets the index of the first explicitly initialized element in `initList`