Added --cppcheck-build-dir flag

Makefile

@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ MAN_SOURCE=man/cppcheck.1.xml
 
 ###### Object Files
 
-LIBOBJ =      $(SRCDIR)/astutils.o \
+LIBOBJ =      $(SRCDIR)/analyzerinfo.o \
+              $(SRCDIR)/astutils.o \
               $(SRCDIR)/check.o \
               $(SRCDIR)/check64bit.o \
               $(SRCDIR)/checkassert.o \
@@ -299,6 +300,9 @@ endif
 
 ###### Build
 
+$(SRCDIR)/analyzerinfo.o: lib/analyzerinfo.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/config.h
+	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/analyzerinfo.o $(SRCDIR)/analyzerinfo.cpp
+
 $(SRCDIR)/astutils.o: lib/astutils.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/astutils.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/config.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/mathlib.h lib/tokenize.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenlist.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/astutils.o $(SRCDIR)/astutils.cpp
 
@@ -380,10 +384,10 @@ $(SRCDIR)/checkunusedvar.o: lib/checkunusedvar.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/checkunuse
 $(SRCDIR)/checkvaarg.o: lib/checkvaarg.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/checkvaarg.h lib/config.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/mathlib.h lib/tokenize.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/symboldatabase.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/checkvaarg.o $(SRCDIR)/checkvaarg.cpp
 
-$(SRCDIR)/cppcheck.o: lib/cppcheck.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/path.h lib/version.h
+$(SRCDIR)/cppcheck.o: lib/cppcheck.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/preprocessor.h lib/path.h lib/version.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/cppcheck.o $(SRCDIR)/cppcheck.cpp
 
-$(SRCDIR)/errorlogger.o: lib/errorlogger.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h lib/path.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h
+$(SRCDIR)/errorlogger.o: lib/errorlogger.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h lib/path.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/errorlogger.o $(SRCDIR)/errorlogger.cpp
 
 $(SRCDIR)/importproject.o: lib/importproject.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/importproject.h lib/config.h lib/platform.h lib/path.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/timer.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h
@@ -434,10 +438,10 @@ $(SRCDIR)/tokenlist.o: lib/tokenlist.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/conf
 $(SRCDIR)/valueflow.o: lib/valueflow.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/valueflow.h lib/config.h lib/astutils.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/mathlib.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/token.h lib/tokenlist.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(SRCDIR)/valueflow.o $(SRCDIR)/valueflow.cpp
 
-cli/cmdlineparser.o: cli/cmdlineparser.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/cmdlineparser.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h cli/cppcheckexecutor.h cli/filelister.h lib/path.h cli/threadexecutor.h
+cli/cmdlineparser.o: cli/cmdlineparser.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/cmdlineparser.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h cli/cppcheckexecutor.h cli/filelister.h lib/path.h cli/threadexecutor.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_CLI} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o cli/cmdlineparser.o cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
 
-cli/cppcheckexecutor.o: cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/cppcheckexecutor.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h cli/cmdlineparser.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h cli/filelister.h lib/path.h lib/pathmatch.h lib/preprocessor.h cli/threadexecutor.h lib/utils.h
+cli/cppcheckexecutor.o: cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/cppcheckexecutor.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h cli/cmdlineparser.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h cli/filelister.h lib/path.h lib/pathmatch.h lib/preprocessor.h cli/threadexecutor.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_CLI} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o cli/cppcheckexecutor.o cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
 
 cli/filelister.o: cli/filelister.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/filelister.h lib/path.h lib/config.h lib/pathmatch.h
@@ -446,7 +450,7 @@ cli/filelister.o: cli/filelister.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/filelister.h lib/path.h
 cli/main.o: cli/main.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/cppcheckexecutor.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_CLI} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o cli/main.o cli/main.cpp
 
-cli/threadexecutor.o: cli/threadexecutor.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/threadexecutor.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h lib/importproject.h lib/platform.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h cli/cppcheckexecutor.h
+cli/threadexecutor.o: cli/threadexecutor.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h cli/threadexecutor.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h lib/importproject.h lib/platform.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h cli/cppcheckexecutor.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_CLI} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o cli/threadexecutor.o cli/threadexecutor.cpp
 
 test/options.o: test/options.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h test/options.h
@@ -488,10 +492,10 @@ test/testcondition.o: test/testcondition.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/tokenize.h lib/e
 test/testconstructors.o: test/testconstructors.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/tokenize.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/checkclass.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/mathlib.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h test/testsuite.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o test/testconstructors.o test/testconstructors.cpp
 
-test/testcppcheck.o: test/testcppcheck.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h test/testsuite.h lib/path.h
+test/testcppcheck.o: test/testcppcheck.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h test/testsuite.h lib/path.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o test/testcppcheck.o test/testcppcheck.cpp
 
-test/testerrorlogger.o: test/testerrorlogger.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h test/testsuite.h
+test/testerrorlogger.o: test/testerrorlogger.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h test/testsuite.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o test/testerrorlogger.o test/testerrorlogger.cpp
 
 test/testexceptionsafety.o: test/testexceptionsafety.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/tokenize.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/checkexceptionsafety.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/mathlib.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/utils.h test/testsuite.h
@@ -578,13 +582,13 @@ test/teststring.o: test/teststring.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/tokenize.h lib/errorlo
 test/testsuite.o: test/testsuite.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h test/testsuite.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h test/options.h test/redirect.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o test/testsuite.o test/testsuite.cpp
 
-test/testsuppressions.o: test/testsuppressions.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h test/testsuite.h
+test/testsuppressions.o: test/testsuppressions.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h test/testsuite.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o test/testsuppressions.o test/testsuppressions.cpp
 
 test/testsymboldatabase.o: test/testsymboldatabase.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h test/testsuite.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/config.h lib/suppressions.h test/testutils.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/utils.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o test/testsymboldatabase.o test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
 
-test/testthreadexecutor.o: test/testthreadexecutor.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h test/testsuite.h
+test/testthreadexecutor.o: test/testthreadexecutor.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/cppcheck.h lib/config.h lib/settings.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/standards.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h lib/platform.h lib/importproject.h lib/timer.h lib/check.h lib/token.h lib/valueflow.h lib/tokenize.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/analyzerinfo.h test/testsuite.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_TEST} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFG) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o test/testthreadexecutor.o test/testthreadexecutor.cpp
 
 test/testtimer.o: test/testtimer.cpp lib/cxx11emu.h lib/timer.h lib/config.h test/testsuite.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/suppressions.h

cli/cmdlineparser.cpp

@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ bool CmdLineParser::ParseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
                 return true;
             }
 
+            else if (std::strncmp(argv[i], "--cppcheck-build-dir=", 21) == 0)
+                _settings->buildDir = argv[i] + 21;
+
             // Flag used for various purposes during debugging
             else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--debug") == 0)
                 _settings->debug = _settings->debugwarnings = true;
@@ -797,6 +800,9 @@ void CmdLineParser::PrintHelp()
               "If a directory is given instead of a filename, *.cpp, *.cxx, *.cc, *.c++, *.c,\n"
               "*.tpp, and *.txx files are checked recursively from the given directory.\n\n"
               "Options:\n"
+              "    --analyze-dir=<dir>  Analysis output directory. Useful for various data.\n"
+              "                         Some possible usages are; whole program analysis,\n"
+              "                         incremental analysis, distributed analysis.\n"
               "    --check-config       Check cppcheck configuration. The normal code\n"
               "                         analysis is disabled by this flag.\n"
               "    --check-library      Show information messages when library files have\n"

lib/analyzerinfo.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+* Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
+* Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Cppcheck team.
+*
+* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.
+*
+* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+* along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "analyzerinfo.h"
+#include "path.h"
+#include <tinyxml2.h>
+
+AnalyzerInformation::AnalyzerInformation() {}
+AnalyzerInformation::~AnalyzerInformation()
+{
+    close();
+}
+
+void AnalyzerInformation::close()
+{
+    analyzerInfoFile.clear();
+    if (fout.is_open()) {
+        fout << "</analyzerinfo>\n";
+        fout.close();
+    }
+}
+
+static bool skipAnalysis(const std::string &analyzerInfoFile, std::size_t checksum, std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage> *errors)
+{
+    tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
+    tinyxml2::XMLError error = doc.LoadFile(analyzerInfoFile.c_str());
+    if (error != tinyxml2::XML_SUCCESS)
+        return false;
+
+    const tinyxml2::XMLElement * const rootNode = doc.FirstChildElement();
+    if (rootNode == nullptr)
+        return false;
+
+    const char *attr = rootNode->Attribute("checksum");
+    if (!attr || attr != std::to_string(checksum))
+        return false;
+
+    for (const tinyxml2::XMLElement *e = rootNode->FirstChildElement(); e; e = e->NextSiblingElement()) {
+        if (std::strcmp(e->Name(), "error") == 0)
+            errors->push_back(ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage(e));
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool AnalyzerInformation::analyzeFile(const std::string &buildDir, const std::string &sourcefile, std::size_t checksum, std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage> *errors)
+{
+    if (buildDir.empty() || sourcefile.empty())
+        return true;
+    close();
+
+    analyzerInfoFile = Path::fromNativeSeparators(buildDir);
+    if (analyzerInfoFile.back() != '/')
+        analyzerInfoFile += '/';
+    const std::string::size_type pos = sourcefile.rfind("/");
+    if (pos == std::string::npos)
+        analyzerInfoFile += sourcefile;
+    else
+        analyzerInfoFile += sourcefile.substr(pos+1);
+    analyzerInfoFile += ".analyzerinfo";
+
+    const std::string start = "<analyzerinfo checksum=\"" + std::to_string(checksum) + "\">";
+
+    if (skipAnalysis(analyzerInfoFile, checksum, errors)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    fout.open(analyzerInfoFile);
+    if (fout.is_open()) {
+        fout << "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n";
+        fout << start << '\n';
+    } else {
+        analyzerInfoFile.clear();
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void AnalyzerInformation::reportErr(const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage &msg, bool verbose)
+{
+    if (fout.is_open())
+        fout << msg.toXML(verbose,2) << '\n';
+}
+
+void AnalyzerInformation::setFileInfo(const std::string &check, const std::string &fileInfo)
+{
+    if (fout.is_open() && !fileInfo.empty())
+        fout << "  <FileInfo check=\"" << check << "\">\n" << fileInfo << "  </FileInfo>\n";
+}

lib/analyzerinfo.h

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+* Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
+* Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Cppcheck team.
+*
+* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.
+*
+* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+* along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#ifndef analyzerinfoH
+#define analyzerinfoH
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "errorlogger.h"
+#include <string>
+#include <fstream>
+
+
+/// @addtogroup Core
+/// @{
+
+/**
+* @brief Analyzer information
+*
+* Store various analysis information:
+* - checksum
+* - error messages
+* - whole program analysis data
+*
+* The information can be used for various purposes. It allows:
+* - 'make' - only analyze TUs that are changed and generate full report
+* - should be possible to add distributed analysis later
+* - multi-threaded whole program analysis
+*/
+class CPPCHECKLIB AnalyzerInformation {
+public:
+    AnalyzerInformation();
+    ~AnalyzerInformation();
+
+    /** Close current TU.analyzerinfo file */
+    void close();
+    bool analyzeFile(const std::string &buildDir, const std::string &sourcefile, std::size_t checksum, std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage> *errors);
+    void reportErr(const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage &msg, bool verbose);
+    void setFileInfo(const std::string &check, const std::string &fileInfo);
+private:
+    std::ofstream fout;
+    std::string analyzerInfoFile;
+};
+
+/// @}
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#endif // analyzerinfoH

lib/check.h

@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ public:
     public:
         FileInfo() {}
         virtual ~FileInfo() {}
+        virtual std::string toString() const {
+            return std::string();
+        }
     };
 
     virtual FileInfo * getFileInfo(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings) const {

lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp

@@ -1896,6 +1896,24 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::arrayIndexThenCheckError(const Token *tok, const std::s
                 "not be accessed if the index is out of limits.", CWE398, false);
 }
 
+std::string CheckBufferOverrun::MyFileInfo::toString() const
+{
+    std::ostringstream ret;
+    for (std::map<std::string, struct CheckBufferOverrun::MyFileInfo::ArrayUsage>::const_iterator it = arrayUsage.begin(); it != arrayUsage.end(); ++it) {
+        ret << "    <ArrayUsage"
+            << " array=\"" << ErrorLogger::toxml(it->first) << '\"'
+            << " index=\"" << it->second.index << '\"'
+            << " fileName=\"" << ErrorLogger::toxml(it->second.fileName) << '\"'
+            << " linenr=\"" << it->second.linenr << "\"/>\n";
+    }
+    for (std::map<std::string, MathLib::bigint>::const_iterator it = arraySize.begin(); it != arraySize.end(); ++it) {
+        ret << "    <ArraySize"
+            << " array=\"" << ErrorLogger::toxml(it->first) << '\"'
+            << " size=\"" << it->second << "\"/>\n";
+    }
+    return ret.str();
+}
+
 Check::FileInfo* CheckBufferOverrun::getFileInfo(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings) const
 {
     (void)settings;

lib/checkbufferoverrun.h

@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ public:
     /* data for multifile checking */
     class MyFileInfo : public Check::FileInfo {
     public:
+        std::string toString() const;
+
         struct ArrayUsage {
             MathLib::bigint   index;
             std::string       fileName;

lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp

@@ -272,3 +272,19 @@ void CheckUnusedFunctions::analyseWholeProgram(const std::list<Check::FileInfo*>
     (void)fileInfo;
     check(&errorLogger, settings);
 }
+
+std::string CheckUnusedFunctions::analyzerInfo(const std::string &filename) const
+{
+    std::ostringstream ret;
+    for (std::map<std::string, FunctionUsage>::const_iterator it = _functions.begin(); it != _functions.end(); ++it) {
+        if (it->second.filename != filename)
+            continue;
+        ret << "    <functionusage"
+            << " function=\"" << ErrorLogger::toxml(it->first) << '\"'
+            << " lineNumber=\"" << it->second.lineNumber << '\"'
+            << " usedSameFile=\"" << (it->second.usedSameFile?1:0) << '\"'
+            << " usedOtherFile=\"" << (it->second.usedOtherFile?1:0) << "\"/>\n";
+    }
+    return ret.str();
+}
+

lib/checkunusedfunctions.h

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ public:
 
     static CheckUnusedFunctions instance;
 
+    std::string analyzerInfo(const std::string &filename) const;
+
 private:
 
     void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings) const {
@@ -72,9 +74,7 @@ private:
     /**
      * Dummy implementation, just to provide error for --errorlist
      */
-    void runSimplifiedChecks(const Tokenizer *, const Settings *, ErrorLogger *) {
+    void runSimplifiedChecks(const Tokenizer *, const Settings *, ErrorLogger *) {}
-
-    }
 
     static std::string myName() {
         return "Unused functions";

lib/cppcheck.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "check.h"
 #include "path.h"
 
+#include "checkunusedfunctions.h"
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -135,6 +137,18 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::processFile(const std::string& filename, const std::strin
         tokens1.removeComments();
         preprocessor.removeComments();
 
+        if (!_settings.buildDir.empty()) {
+            std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage> errors;
+            unsigned int checksum = preprocessor.calculateChecksum(tokens1);
+            if (!analyzerInformation.analyzeFile(_settings.buildDir, filename, checksum, &errors)) {
+                while (!errors.empty()) {
+                    reportErr(errors.front());
+                    errors.pop_front();
+                }
+                return exitcode;  // known results => no need to reanalyze file
+            }
+        }
+
         // Get directives
         preprocessor.setDirectives(tokens1);
 
@@ -343,6 +357,9 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::processFile(const std::string& filename, const std::strin
         exitcode=1; // e.g. reflect a syntax error
     }
 
+    analyzerInformation.setFileInfo("CheckUnusedFunctions", CheckUnusedFunctions::instance.analyzerInfo(filename));
+    analyzerInformation.close();
+
     // In jointSuppressionReport mode, unmatched suppressions are
     // collected after all files are processed
     if (!_settings.jointSuppressionReport && (_settings.isEnabled("information") || _settings.checkConfiguration)) {
@@ -411,8 +428,10 @@ void CppCheck::checkNormalTokens(const Tokenizer &tokenizer)
     // Analyse the tokens..
     for (std::list<Check *>::const_iterator it = Check::instances().begin(); it != Check::instances().end(); ++it) {
         Check::FileInfo *fi = (*it)->getFileInfo(&tokenizer, &_settings);
-        if (fi != nullptr)
+        if (fi != nullptr) {
             fileInfo.push_back(fi);
+            analyzerInformation.setFileInfo((*it)->name(), fi->toString());
+        }
     }
 
     executeRules("normal", tokenizer);
@@ -635,6 +654,7 @@ void CppCheck::reportErr(const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage &msg)
     _errorList.push_back(errmsg);
 
     _errorLogger.reportErr(msg);
+    analyzerInformation.reportErr(msg, _settings.verbose);
 }
 
 void CppCheck::reportOut(const std::string &outmsg)

lib/cppcheck.h

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "settings.h"
 #include "errorlogger.h"
 #include "check.h"
+#include "analyzerinfo.h"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <list>
@@ -214,6 +215,8 @@ private:
 
     /** File info used for whole program analysis */
     std::list<Check::FileInfo*> fileInfo;
+
+    AnalyzerInformation analyzerInformation;
 };
 
 /// @}

lib/errorlogger.cpp

@@ -111,6 +111,23 @@ ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::ErrorMessage(const std::list<const Token*>& callstack
     setmsg(msg);
 }
 
+ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::ErrorMessage(const tinyxml2::XMLElement * const errmsg) : _cwe(0U)
+{
+    _id = errmsg->Attribute("id");
+    _severity = Severity::fromString(errmsg->Attribute("severity"));
+    const char *attr = errmsg->Attribute("cwe");
+    std::istringstream(attr ? attr : "0") >> _cwe.id;
+    attr = errmsg->Attribute("inconclusive");
+    _inconclusive = attr && (std::strcmp(attr, "true") == 0);
+    _shortMessage = errmsg->Attribute("msg");
+    _verboseMessage = errmsg->Attribute("verbose");
+    for (const tinyxml2::XMLElement *e = errmsg->FirstChildElement(); e; e = e->NextSiblingElement()) {
+        if (std::strcmp(e->Name(),"location")==0) {
+            _callStack.push_back(ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation(e->Attribute("file"), std::atoi(e->Attribute("line"))));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::setmsg(const std::string &msg)
 {
     // If a message ends to a '\n' and contains only a one '\n'

lib/errorlogger.h

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ struct CWE {
 
 class Token;
 class TokenList;
+namespace tinyxml2 {
+    class XMLElement;
+}
 
 /// @addtogroup Core
 /// @{
@@ -213,6 +216,7 @@ public:
         ErrorMessage(const std::list<const Token*>& callstack, const TokenList* list, Severity::SeverityType severity, const std::string& id, const std::string& msg, bool inconclusive);
         ErrorMessage(const std::list<const Token*>& callstack, const TokenList* list, Severity::SeverityType severity, const std::string& id, const std::string& msg, const CWE &cwe, bool inconclusive);
         ErrorMessage();
+        ErrorMessage(const tinyxml2::XMLElement * const errmsg);
 
         /**
          * Format the error message in XML format

lib/lib.pri

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include($$PWD/pcrerules.pri)
 include($$PWD/../externals/externals.pri)
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD
 HEADERS += $${PWD}/check.h \
+           $${PWD}/analyzerinfo.h \
            $${PWD}/astutils.h \
            $${PWD}/check.h \
            $${PWD}/check64bit.h \
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ HEADERS += $${PWD}/check.h \
            $${PWD}/valueflow.h \
 
 
-SOURCES += $${PWD}/astutils.cpp \
+SOURCES += $${PWD}/analyzerinfo.cpp \
+           $${PWD}/astutils.cpp \
            $${PWD}/check.cpp \
            $${PWD}/check64bit.cpp \
            $${PWD}/checkassert.cpp \

lib/preprocessor.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "simplecpp.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <functional>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cctype>
@@ -806,3 +807,19 @@ void Preprocessor::dump(std::ostream &out) const
     }
     out << "  </directivelist>" << std::endl;
 }
+
+std::size_t Preprocessor::calculateChecksum(const simplecpp::TokenList &tokens1) const
+{
+    std::ostringstream ostr;
+    for (const simplecpp::Token *tok = tokens1.cfront(); tok; tok = tok->next) {
+        if (!tok->comment)
+            ostr << tok->str;
+    }
+    for (std::map<std::string, simplecpp::TokenList *>::const_iterator it = tokenlists.begin(); it != tokenlists.end(); ++it) {
+        for (const simplecpp::Token *tok = it->second->cfront(); tok; tok = tok->next) {
+            if (!tok->comment)
+                ostr << tok->str;
+        }
+    }
+    return std::hash<std::string> {}(ostr.str());
+}

lib/preprocessor.h

@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ public:
     bool validateCfg(const std::string &cfg, const std::list<simplecpp::MacroUsage> &macroUsageList);
     void validateCfgError(const std::string &file, const unsigned int line, const std::string &cfg, const std::string &macro);
 
+    std::size_t calculateChecksum(const simplecpp::TokenList &tokens1) const;
+
 private:
 
     /**

lib/settings.h

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ private:
 public:
     Settings();
 
+    /** @brief --cppcheck-build-dir */
+    std::string buildDir;
+
     /** @brief Is --debug given? */
     bool debug;