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codeql/ql/src/RedundantCode/NegativeLengthCheck.ql
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/**
* @name Check for negative length
* @description Checking whether the result of 'len' or 'cap' is negative is pointless,
* since these functions always returns a non-negative number.
* @kind problem
* @problem.severity warning
* @precision very-high
* @id go/negative-length-check
* @tags correctness
*/
import go
from ComparisonExpr cmp, BuiltinFunction len, int ub, string r
where
(len = Builtin::len() or len = Builtin::cap()) and
(
exists(RelationalComparisonExpr rel | rel = cmp |
rel.getLesserOperand() = len.getACall().asExpr() and
rel.getGreaterOperand().getIntValue() = ub and
(
ub < 0
or
ub = 0 and rel.isStrict()
) and
r = "be less than"
)
or
exists(EqualityTestExpr eq | eq = cmp |
eq.getAnOperand() = len.getACall().asExpr() and
eq.getAnOperand().getIntValue() = ub and
ub < 0 and
r = "equal"
)
)
select cmp, "'" + len.getName() + "' is always non-negative, and hence cannot " + r + " " + ub + "."