checknullpointer.h

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 * Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2024 Cppcheck team.
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 */
 
 
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef checknullpointerH
#define checknullpointerH
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
#include "check.h"
#include "config.h"
#include "tokenize.h"
#include "vfvalue.h"
 
#include <list>
#include <string>
 
class ErrorLogger;
class Library;
class Settings;
class Token;
 
namespace CTU {
    class FileInfo;
}
 
namespace tinyxml2 {
    class XMLElement;
}
 
/// @addtogroup Checks
/// @{
 
 
/** @brief check for null pointer dereferencing */
 
class CPPCHECKLIB CheckNullPointer : public Check {
    friend class TestNullPointer;
 
public:
    /** @brief This constructor is used when registering the CheckNullPointer */
    CheckNullPointer() : Check(myName()) {}
 
    /**
     * Is there a pointer dereference? Everything that should result in
     * a nullpointer dereference error message will result in a true
     * return value. If it's unknown if the pointer is dereferenced false
     * is returned.
     * @param tok token for the pointer
     * @param unknown it is not known if there is a pointer dereference (could be reported as a debug message)
     * @return true => there is a dereference
     */
    bool isPointerDeRef(const Token *tok, bool &unknown) const;
 
    static bool isPointerDeRef(const Token *tok, bool &unknown, const Settings &settings);
 
private:
    /**
     * @brief parse a function call and extract information about variable usage
     * @param tok first token
     * @param var variables that the function read / write.
     * @param library --library files data
     */
    static void parseFunctionCall(const Token &tok,
                                  std::list<const Token *> &var,
                                  const Library &library);
 
    /** @brief This constructor is used when running checks. */
    CheckNullPointer(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings, ErrorLogger *errorLogger)
        : Check(myName(), tokenizer, settings, errorLogger) {}
 
    /** @brief Run checks against the normal token list */
    void runChecks(const Tokenizer &tokenizer, ErrorLogger *errorLogger) override {
        CheckNullPointer checkNullPointer(&tokenizer, &tokenizer.getSettings(), errorLogger);
        checkNullPointer.nullPointer();
        checkNullPointer.arithmetic();
        checkNullPointer.nullConstantDereference();
    }
 
    /** @brief possible null pointer dereference */
    void nullPointer();
 
    /** @brief dereferencing null constant (after Tokenizer::simplifyKnownVariables) */
    void nullConstantDereference();
 
    void nullPointerError(const Token *tok) {
        ValueFlow::Value v(0);
        v.setKnown();
        nullPointerError(tok, emptyString, &v, false);
    }
    void nullPointerError(const Token *tok, const std::string &varname, const ValueFlow::Value* value, bool inconclusive);
 
    /** @brief Parse current TU and extract file info */
    Check::FileInfo *getFileInfo(const Tokenizer &tokenizer, const Settings &settings) const override;
 
    Check::FileInfo * loadFileInfoFromXml(const tinyxml2::XMLElement *xmlElement) const override;
 
    /** @brief Analyse all file infos for all TU */
    bool analyseWholeProgram(const CTU::FileInfo *ctu, const std::list<Check::FileInfo*> &fileInfo, const Settings& settings, ErrorLogger &errorLogger) override;
 
    /** Get error messages. Used by --errorlist */
    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings) const override {
        CheckNullPointer c(nullptr, settings, errorLogger);
        c.nullPointerError(nullptr, "pointer", nullptr, false);
        c.pointerArithmeticError(nullptr, nullptr, false);
        c.redundantConditionWarning(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, false);
    }
 
    /** Name of check */
    static std::string myName() {
        return "Null pointer";
    }
 
    /** class info in WIKI format. Used by --doc */
    std::string classInfo() const override {
        return "Null pointers\n"
               "- null pointer dereferencing\n"
               "- undefined null pointer arithmetic\n";
    }
 
    /**
     * @brief Does one part of the check for nullPointer().
     * Dereferencing a pointer and then checking if it's NULL..
     */
    void nullPointerByDeRefAndChec();
 
    /** undefined null pointer arithmetic */
    void arithmetic();
    void pointerArithmeticError(const Token* tok, const ValueFlow::Value *value, bool inconclusive);
    void redundantConditionWarning(const Token* tok, const ValueFlow::Value *value, const Token *condition, bool inconclusive);
};
/// @}
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#endif // checknullpointerH