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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#include <string>
+#include <set>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "check.hxx"
+#include "plugin.hxx"
+
+// Find places where various things are passed by value.
+// It's not very efficient, because we generally end up copying it twice - once into the parameter and
+// again into the destination.
+// They should rather be passed by reference.
+//
+// Generally recommending lambda capture by-ref rather than by-copy is even more
+// problematic than with function parameters, as a lambda instance can easily
+// outlive a referenced variable. So once lambdas start to get used in more
+// sophisticated ways than passing them into standard algorithms, this plugin's
+// advice, at least for explicit captures, will need to be revisited.
+
+namespace {
+
+class PassStuffByRef:
+ public loplugin::FilteringPlugin<PassStuffByRef>
+{
+public:
+ explicit PassStuffByRef(loplugin::InstantiationData const & data): FilteringPlugin(data), mbInsideFunctionDecl(false), mbFoundReturnValueDisqualifier(false) {}
+
+ virtual void run() override { TraverseDecl(compiler.getASTContext().getTranslationUnitDecl()); }
+
+ // When warning about function params of primitive type that could be passed
+ // by value instead of by reference, make sure not to warn if the parameter
+ // is ever bound to a reference; on the one hand, this needs scaffolding in
+ // all Traverse*Decl functions (indirectly) derived from FunctionDecl; and
+ // on the other hand, use a hack of ignoring just the DeclRefExprs nested in
+ // LValueToRValue ImplicitCastExprs when determining whether a param is
+ // bound to a reference:
+ bool TraverseFunctionDecl(FunctionDecl * decl);
+ bool TraverseCXXMethodDecl(CXXMethodDecl * decl);
+ bool TraverseCXXConstructorDecl(CXXConstructorDecl * decl);
+ bool TraverseCXXDestructorDecl(CXXDestructorDecl * decl);
+ bool TraverseCXXConversionDecl(CXXConversionDecl * decl);
+ bool VisitFunctionDecl(const FunctionDecl * decl);
+ bool TraverseImplicitCastExpr(ImplicitCastExpr * expr);
+ bool VisitDeclRefExpr(const DeclRefExpr * expr);
+
+ bool VisitReturnStmt(const ReturnStmt * );
+ bool VisitVarDecl(const VarDecl * );
+
+private:
+ template<typename T> bool traverseAnyFunctionDecl(
+ T * decl, bool (RecursiveASTVisitor::* fn)(T *));
+ void checkParams(const FunctionDecl * functionDecl);
+ void checkReturnValue(const FunctionDecl * functionDecl, const CXXMethodDecl * methodDecl);
+ bool isPrimitiveConstRef(QualType type);
+ bool isReturnExprDisqualified(const Expr* expr);
+
+ bool mbInsideFunctionDecl;
+ bool mbFoundReturnValueDisqualifier;
+
+ struct FDecl {
+ std::set<ParmVarDecl const *> parms;
+ bool check = false;
+ };
+ std::vector<FDecl> functionDecls_;
+};
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::TraverseFunctionDecl(FunctionDecl * decl) {
+ return traverseAnyFunctionDecl(
+ decl, &RecursiveASTVisitor::TraverseFunctionDecl);
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::TraverseCXXMethodDecl(CXXMethodDecl * decl) {
+ return traverseAnyFunctionDecl(
+ decl, &RecursiveASTVisitor::TraverseCXXMethodDecl);
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::TraverseCXXConstructorDecl(CXXConstructorDecl * decl) {
+ return traverseAnyFunctionDecl(
+ decl, &RecursiveASTVisitor::TraverseCXXConstructorDecl);
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::TraverseCXXDestructorDecl(CXXDestructorDecl * decl) {
+ return traverseAnyFunctionDecl(
+ decl, &RecursiveASTVisitor::TraverseCXXDestructorDecl);
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::TraverseCXXConversionDecl(CXXConversionDecl * decl) {
+ return traverseAnyFunctionDecl(
+ decl, &RecursiveASTVisitor::TraverseCXXConversionDecl);
+}
+
+template<typename T> bool PassStuffByRef::traverseAnyFunctionDecl(
+ T * decl, bool (RecursiveASTVisitor::* fn)(T *))
+{
+ if (ignoreLocation(decl)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (decl->doesThisDeclarationHaveABody()) {
+ functionDecls_.emplace_back();
+ }
+ bool ret = (this->*fn)(decl);
+ if (decl->doesThisDeclarationHaveABody()) {
+ assert(!functionDecls_.empty());
+ if (functionDecls_.back().check) {
+ for (auto d: functionDecls_.back().parms) {
+ report(
+ DiagnosticsEngine::Warning,
+ ("passing primitive type param %0 by const &, rather pass"
+ " by value"),
+ d->getLocation())
+ << d->getType() << d->getSourceRange();
+ auto can = decl->getCanonicalDecl();
+ if (can->getLocation() != decl->getLocation()) {
+ report(
+ DiagnosticsEngine::Note, "function is declared here:",
+ can->getLocation())
+ << can->getSourceRange();
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ functionDecls_.pop_back();
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::VisitFunctionDecl(const FunctionDecl * functionDecl) {
+ if (ignoreLocation(functionDecl)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (functionDecl->isDeleted()
+ || functionDecl->isFunctionTemplateSpecialization())
+ {
+ return true;
+ }
+ // only consider base declarations, not overridden ones, or we warn on methods that
+ // are overriding stuff from external libraries
+ const CXXMethodDecl * methodDecl = dyn_cast<CXXMethodDecl>(functionDecl);
+ if (methodDecl && methodDecl->size_overridden_methods() > 0) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ checkParams(functionDecl);
+ checkReturnValue(functionDecl, methodDecl);
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::TraverseImplicitCastExpr(ImplicitCastExpr * expr) {
+ if (ignoreLocation(expr)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ return
+ (expr->getCastKind() == CK_LValueToRValue
+ && (dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(expr->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParenImpCasts())
+ != nullptr))
+ || RecursiveASTVisitor::TraverseImplicitCastExpr(expr);
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::VisitDeclRefExpr(const DeclRefExpr * expr) {
+ if (ignoreLocation(expr)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ auto d = dyn_cast<ParmVarDecl>(expr->getDecl());
+ if (d == nullptr) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ for (auto & fd: functionDecls_) {
+ if (fd.parms.erase(d) == 1) {
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+void PassStuffByRef::checkParams(const FunctionDecl * functionDecl) {
+ // Only warn on the definition of the function:
+ if (!functionDecl->doesThisDeclarationHaveABody()) {
+ return;
+ }
+ // ignore stuff that forms part of the stable URE interface
+ if (isInUnoIncludeFile(functionDecl)) {
+ return;
+ }
+ // these functions are passed as parameters to another function
+ if (loplugin::DeclCheck(functionDecl).MemberFunction()
+ .Class("ShapeAttributeLayer").Namespace("internal")
+ .Namespace("slideshow").GlobalNamespace())
+ {
+ return;
+ }
+ unsigned n = functionDecl->getNumParams();
+ assert(!functionDecls_.empty());
+ functionDecls_.back().check = true;
+ for (unsigned i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
+ const ParmVarDecl * pvDecl = functionDecl->getParamDecl(i);
+ auto const t = pvDecl->getType();
+ if (isPrimitiveConstRef(t)) {
+ functionDecls_.back().parms.insert(pvDecl);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+static bool startswith(const std::string& rStr, const char* pSubStr) {
+ return rStr.compare(0, strlen(pSubStr), pSubStr) == 0;
+}
+
+void PassStuffByRef::checkReturnValue(const FunctionDecl * functionDecl, const CXXMethodDecl * methodDecl) {
+ if (methodDecl && (methodDecl->isVirtual() || methodDecl->hasAttr<OverrideAttr>())) {
+ return;
+ }
+ if( !functionDecl->doesThisDeclarationHaveABody()
+ || functionDecl->isLateTemplateParsed())
+ {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ const QualType type = functionDecl->getReturnType().getDesugaredType(compiler.getASTContext());
+ if (type->isReferenceType() || type->isIntegralOrEnumerationType() || type->isPointerType()
+ || type->isTemplateTypeParmType() || type->isDependentType() || type->isBuiltinType()
+ || type->isScalarType())
+ {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // not sure if it's possible to modify these
+ if (isa<CXXConversionDecl>(functionDecl))
+ return;
+
+ // ignore stuff that forms part of the stable URE interface
+ if (isInUnoIncludeFile(functionDecl)) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ loplugin::DeclCheck dc(functionDecl);
+ // function is passed as parameter to another function
+ if (dc.Function("ImplColMonoFnc").Class("GDIMetaFile").GlobalNamespace()
+ || (dc.Function("darkColor").Class("SvxBorderLine").Namespace("editeng")
+ .GlobalNamespace())
+ || (dc.MemberFunction().Class("Binding").Namespace("xforms")
+ .GlobalNamespace())
+ || (dc.MemberFunction().Class("Model").Namespace("xforms")
+ .GlobalNamespace())
+ || (dc.MemberFunction().Class("Submission").Namespace("xforms")
+ .GlobalNamespace())
+ || (dc.Function("TopLeft").Class("SwRect").GlobalNamespace())
+ || (dc.Function("ConvDicList_CreateInstance").GlobalNamespace())
+ || (dc.Function("Create").Class("OUnoAutoPilot").Namespace("dbp").GlobalNamespace())
+ || (dc.Function("Size_").Class("SwRect").GlobalNamespace()))
+ {
+ return;
+ }
+ // not sure how to exclude this yet, returns copy of one of it's params
+ if (dc.Function("sameDistColor").GlobalNamespace()
+ || dc.Function("sameColor").GlobalNamespace()
+ || (dc.Operator(OO_Call).Struct("StringIdentity").AnonymousNamespace()
+ .Namespace("pcr").GlobalNamespace())
+ || (dc.Function("accumulate").Namespace("internal")
+ .Namespace("slideshow").GlobalNamespace())
+ || (dc.Function("lerp").Namespace("internal").Namespace("slideshow")
+ .GlobalNamespace()))
+ return;
+ // depends on a define
+ if (dc.Function("GetSharedFileURL").Class("SfxObjectShell")
+ .GlobalNamespace()) {
+ return;
+ }
+ // hides a constructor
+ if (dc.Function("createNonOwningCopy").Class("SortedAutoCompleteStrings").Namespace("editeng")
+ .GlobalNamespace()) {
+ return;
+ }
+ // template function
+ if (dc.Function("convertItems").Class("ValueParser").Namespace("configmgr").GlobalNamespace()
+ || dc.Function("parseListValue").AnonymousNamespace().Namespace("configmgr").GlobalNamespace()
+ || dc.Function("parseSingleValue").AnonymousNamespace().Namespace("configmgr").GlobalNamespace()
+ || dc.Function("Create").Class("HandlerComponentBase").Namespace("pcr").GlobalNamespace()
+ || dc.Function("toAny").Struct("Convert").Namespace("detail").Namespace("comphelper").GlobalNamespace()
+ || dc.Function("makeAny").Namespace("utl").GlobalNamespace()) {
+ return;
+ }
+ if (startswith(type.getAsString(), "struct o3tl::strong_int")) {
+ return;
+ }
+ auto tc = loplugin::TypeCheck(functionDecl->getReturnType());
+ // these functions are passed by function-pointer
+ if (functionDecl->getIdentifier() && functionDecl->getName() == "GetRanges"
+ && tc.Struct("WhichRangesContainer").GlobalNamespace())
+ return;
+ // extremely simple class, might as well pass by value
+ if (tc.Class("Color")) {
+ return;
+ }
+ // extremely simple class, might as well pass by value
+ if (tc.Struct("TranslateId")) {
+ return;
+ }
+ if (tc.Class("span").Namespace("o3tl")) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // functionDecl->dump();
+
+ mbInsideFunctionDecl = true;
+ mbFoundReturnValueDisqualifier = false;
+ TraverseStmt(functionDecl->getBody());
+ mbInsideFunctionDecl = false;
+
+ if (mbFoundReturnValueDisqualifier)
+ return;
+
+ report( DiagnosticsEngine::Warning,
+ "rather return %0 by const& than by value, to avoid unnecessary copying",
+ functionDecl->getSourceRange().getBegin())
+ << type.getAsString() << functionDecl->getSourceRange();
+
+ // display the location of the class member declaration so I don't have to search for it by hand
+ auto canonicalDecl = functionDecl->getCanonicalDecl();
+ if (functionDecl != canonicalDecl)
+ {
+ report( DiagnosticsEngine::Note,
+ "decl here",
+ canonicalDecl->getSourceRange().getBegin())
+ << canonicalDecl->getSourceRange();
+ }
+
+ //functionDecl->dump();
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::VisitReturnStmt(const ReturnStmt * returnStmt)
+{
+ if (!mbInsideFunctionDecl)
+ return true;
+ const Expr* expr = dyn_cast<Expr>(*returnStmt->child_begin())->IgnoreParenImpCasts();
+
+ if (isReturnExprDisqualified(expr))
+ mbFoundReturnValueDisqualifier = true;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Does a return expression disqualify this method from doing return by const & ?
+ */
+bool PassStuffByRef::isReturnExprDisqualified(const Expr* expr)
+{
+ while (true)
+ {
+ expr = expr->IgnoreParens();
+// expr->dump();
+ if (auto implicitCast = dyn_cast<ImplicitCastExpr>(expr)) {
+ expr = implicitCast->getSubExpr();
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (auto exprWithCleanups = dyn_cast<ExprWithCleanups>(expr)) {
+ expr = exprWithCleanups->getSubExpr();
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (auto constructExpr = dyn_cast<CXXConstructExpr>(expr))
+ {
+ if (constructExpr->getNumArgs()==1
+ && constructExpr->getConstructor()->isCopyOrMoveConstructor())
+ {
+ expr = constructExpr->getArg(0);
+ continue;
+ }
+ else
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (isa<CXXFunctionalCastExpr>(expr)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (isa<MaterializeTemporaryExpr>(expr)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (isa<CXXBindTemporaryExpr>(expr)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (isa<InitListExpr>(expr)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ expr = expr->IgnoreParenCasts();
+ if (auto childExpr = dyn_cast<ArraySubscriptExpr>(expr)) {
+ expr = childExpr->getLHS();
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (auto memberExpr = dyn_cast<MemberExpr>(expr)) {
+ expr = memberExpr->getBase();
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (auto declRef = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(expr)) {
+ // a param might be a temporary
+ if (isa<ParmVarDecl>(declRef->getDecl()))
+ return true;
+ const VarDecl* varDecl = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(declRef->getDecl());
+ if (varDecl) {
+ if (varDecl->getStorageDuration() == SD_Thread
+ || varDecl->getStorageDuration() == SD_Static ) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+ if (auto condOper = dyn_cast<ConditionalOperator>(expr)) {
+ return isReturnExprDisqualified(condOper->getTrueExpr())
+ || isReturnExprDisqualified(condOper->getFalseExpr());
+ }
+ if (auto unaryOp = dyn_cast<UnaryOperator>(expr)) {
+ expr = unaryOp->getSubExpr();
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (auto operatorCallExpr = dyn_cast<CXXOperatorCallExpr>(expr)) {
+ // TODO could improve this, but sometimes it means we're returning a copy of a temporary.
+ // Same logic as CXXOperatorCallExpr::isAssignmentOp(), which our supported clang
+ // doesn't have yet.
+ auto Opc = operatorCallExpr->getOperator();
+ if (Opc == OO_Equal || Opc == OO_StarEqual ||
+ Opc == OO_SlashEqual || Opc == OO_PercentEqual ||
+ Opc == OO_PlusEqual || Opc == OO_MinusEqual ||
+ Opc == OO_LessLessEqual || Opc == OO_GreaterGreaterEqual ||
+ Opc == OO_AmpEqual || Opc == OO_CaretEqual ||
+ Opc == OO_PipeEqual)
+ return true;
+ if (Opc == OO_Subscript)
+ {
+ if (isReturnExprDisqualified(operatorCallExpr->getArg(0)))
+ return true;
+ // otherwise fall through to the checking below
+ }
+ if (Opc == OO_Arrow)
+ if (isReturnExprDisqualified(operatorCallExpr->getArg(0)))
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (auto memberCallExpr = dyn_cast<CXXMemberCallExpr>(expr)) {
+ if (isReturnExprDisqualified(memberCallExpr->getImplicitObjectArgument()))
+ return true;
+ // otherwise fall through to the checking in CallExpr
+ }
+ if (auto callExpr = dyn_cast<CallExpr>(expr)) {
+ FunctionDecl const * calleeFunctionDecl = callExpr->getDirectCallee();
+ if (!calleeFunctionDecl)
+ return true;
+ // TODO anything takes a non-integral param is suspect because it might return the param by ref.
+ // we could tighten this to only reject functions that have a param of the same type
+ // as the return type. Or we could check for such functions and disallow them.
+ // Or we could force such functions to be annotated somehow.
+ for (unsigned i = 0; i != calleeFunctionDecl->getNumParams(); ++i) {
+ if (!calleeFunctionDecl->getParamDecl(i)->getType()->isIntegralOrEnumerationType())
+ return true;
+ }
+ auto tc = loplugin::TypeCheck(calleeFunctionDecl->getReturnType());
+ if (!tc.LvalueReference() && !tc.Pointer())
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::VisitVarDecl(const VarDecl * varDecl)
+{
+ if (!mbInsideFunctionDecl || mbFoundReturnValueDisqualifier)
+ return true;
+ // things guarded by locking are probably best left alone
+ loplugin::TypeCheck dc(varDecl->getType());
+ if (dc.Class("Guard").Namespace("osl").GlobalNamespace() ||
+ dc.Class("ClearableGuard").Namespace("osl").GlobalNamespace() ||
+ dc.Class("ResettableGuard").Namespace("osl").GlobalNamespace() ||
+ dc.Class("SolarMutexGuard").GlobalNamespace() ||
+ dc.Class("SfxModelGuard").GlobalNamespace() ||
+ dc.Class("ReadWriteGuard").Namespace("utl").GlobalNamespace() ||
+ dc.Class("unique_lock").StdNamespace() ||
+ dc.Class("lock_guard").StdNamespace() ||
+ dc.Class("scoped_lock").StdNamespace())
+ mbFoundReturnValueDisqualifier = true;
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool PassStuffByRef::isPrimitiveConstRef(QualType type) {
+ if (type->isIncompleteType()) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ const clang::ReferenceType* referenceType = type->getAs<ReferenceType>();
+ if (referenceType == nullptr) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ QualType pointeeQT = referenceType->getPointeeType();
+ if (!pointeeQT.isConstQualified()) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (!pointeeQT->isFundamentalType()) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ // ignore double for now, some of our code seems to believe it is cheaper to pass by ref
+ const BuiltinType* builtinType = pointeeQT->getAs<BuiltinType>();
+ return builtinType->getKind() != BuiltinType::Kind::Double;
+}
+
+
+loplugin::Plugin::Registration< PassStuffByRef > X("passstuffbyref", false);
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */