From `pritomrajkhowa/LoopBound`:
```
Definitions.ql-7:PointsTo::InterProceduralPointsTo::callsite_points_to#ffff#join_rhs#3 ........... 5m53s
```
specifically
```
(767s) Tuple counts for PointsTo::InterProceduralPointsTo::callsite_points_to#ffff#join_rhs#3/3@f8f86764 after 5m53s:
832806293 ~0% {4} r1 = JOIN PointsTo::InterProceduralPointsTo::callsite_points_to#ffff#shared#1 WITH PointsTo::InterProceduralPointsTo::var_at_exit#fff ON FIRST 1 OUTPUT Lhs.0, Lhs.1 'arg1', Rhs.1 'arg2', Rhs.2 'arg0'
832806293 ~0% {3} r2 = JOIN r1 WITH Essa::TEssaNodeRefinement#ffff_03#join_rhs ON FIRST 2 OUTPUT Lhs.3 'arg0', Lhs.1 'arg1', Lhs.2 'arg2'
return r2
```
This one is a bit tricky to unpack. Where is this `shared#1` defined?
```
EVALUATE NONRECURSIVE RELATION:
SYNTHETIC PointsTo::InterProceduralPointsTo::callsite_points_to#ffff#shared#1(int arg0, numbered_tuple arg1) :-
SENTINEL PointsTo::InterProceduralPointsTo::callsite_points_to#ffff#shared
SENTINEL Definitions::EscapingAssignmentGlobalVariable#class#f
SENTINEL Essa::TEssaNodeRefinement#ffff_03#join_rhs
{2} r1 = JOIN PointsTo::InterProceduralPointsTo::callsite_points_to#ffff#shared WITH Definitions::EscapingAssignmentGlobalVariable#class#f ON FIRST 1 OUTPUT Lhs.0 'arg0', Lhs.1 'arg1'
{2} r2 = STREAM DEDUP r1
{2} r3 = JOIN r2 WITH Essa::TEssaNodeRefinement#ffff_03#join_rhs ON FIRST 2 OUTPUT Lhs.0 'arg0', Lhs.1 'arg1'
{2} r4 = STREAM DEDUP r3
return r4
```
Looking at `callsite_points_to`, we see a likely candidate in `srcvar`.
It is guarded with an `instanceof` check for
`EscapingAssignmentGlobalVariable` (which lines up nicely with the
sentinel on its charpred) and `getSourceVariable` is just a projection
of `TEssaNodeRefinement`.
So let's try unbinding `srcvar` to prevent an early join.
The timing is now:
```
Definitions.ql-7:PointsTo::InterProceduralPointsTo::callsite_points_to#ffff ...................... 31.3s (2554 evaluations with max 101ms in PointsTo::InterProceduralPointsTo::callsite_points_to#ffff/4@i516#581fap5w)
```
(Showing the tuple counts doesn't make sense here, since all of the
`shared` and `join_rhs` predicates have been smooshed around.)
Relevant for this query:
CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
> While logging all information may be helpful during development
> stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately
> before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system
> information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers.
See https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/532.html
JS also did this recently: https://github.com/github/codeql/pull/7103
Thanks @yoff, this leaves us with the following evaluation, which looks
very close to the one in the other fix (but with cleaner implementation)
-- both at 688k max tuples (although numbers are not exactly the same).
```
[2021-11-24 13:48:40] (14s) Tuple counts for PoorMansFunctionResolution::getSimpleMethodReferenceWithinClass#ff/2@e5f05asv after 74ms:
47493 ~3% {3} r1 = JOIN Class::Class::getAMethod_dispred#ff WITH py_Classes ON FIRST 1 OUTPUT Lhs.1, 0, Lhs.0
47335 ~0% {2} r2 = JOIN r1 WITH AstGenerated::Function_::getArg_dispred#fff ON FIRST 2 OUTPUT Rhs.2, Lhs.2
46683 ~0% {2} r3 = JOIN r2 WITH DataFlowPublic::ParameterNode::getParameter_dispred#fb_10#join_rhs ON FIRST 1 OUTPUT Rhs.1, Lhs.1
259968 ~4% {2} r4 = JOIN r3 WITH LocalSources::Cached::hasLocalSource#ff_10#join_rhs ON FIRST 1 OUTPUT Rhs.1, Lhs.1
161985 ~0% {3} r5 = JOIN r4 WITH Attributes::AttrRef::accesses_dispred#bff_102#join_rhs ON FIRST 1 OUTPUT Rhs.1 'result', Lhs.1, Rhs.2
161985 ~2% {3} r6 = JOIN r5 WITH Attributes::AttrRead#class#f ON FIRST 1 OUTPUT Lhs.2, Lhs.1, Lhs.0 'result'
688766 ~0% {3} r7 = JOIN r6 WITH Function::Function::getName_dispred#ff_10#join_rhs ON FIRST 1 OUTPUT Lhs.1, Rhs.1 'func', Lhs.2 'result'
20928 ~0% {2} r8 = JOIN r7 WITH Class::Class::getAMethod_dispred#ff ON FIRST 2 OUTPUT Lhs.1 'func', Lhs.2 'result'
return r8
```
Along with the root cause, which is the `StringConstCompare`
BarrierGuard, that does only allows `in <iterable literal>` and not
`in <variable referencing iterable literal>`
