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Added comments for CheckNullPointer::nullPointerLinkedList

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Daniel Marjamäki 2010-12-31 14:37:34 +01:00
parent 377bcbe729
commit b634242a58
1 changed files with 20 additions and 3 deletions
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lib/checknullpointer.cpp
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@ -206,14 +206,20 @@ void CheckNullPointer::nullPointerAfterLoop()
void CheckNullPointer::nullPointerLinkedList()
{
// looping through items in a linked list in a inner loop..
// looping through items in a linked list in a inner loop.
// Here is an example:
// for (const Token *tok = tokens; tok; tok = tok->next) {
// if (tok->str() == "hello")
// tok = tok->next; // <- tok might become a null pointer!
// }
for (const Token *tok1 = _tokenizer->tokens(); tok1; tok1 = tok1->next())
{
// search for a "for" token..
if (!Token::simpleMatch(tok1, "for ("))
continue;
// is there any dereferencing occurring in the for statement..
// is there any dereferencing occurring in the for statement
// parlevel2 counts the parantheses when using tok2.
unsigned int parlevel2 = 1;
for (const Token *tok2 = tok1->tokAt(2); tok2; tok2 = tok2->next())
{
@ -230,6 +236,7 @@ void CheckNullPointer::nullPointerLinkedList()
// Dereferencing a variable inside the "for" parentheses..
else if (Token::Match(tok2, "%var% . %var%"))
{
// Variable id for dereferenced variable
const unsigned int varid(tok2->varId());
if (varid == 0)
continue;
@ -237,6 +244,7 @@ void CheckNullPointer::nullPointerLinkedList()
if (Token::Match(tok2->tokAt(-2), "%varid% ?", varid))
continue;
// Variable name of dereferenced variable
const std::string varname(tok2->str());
// Check usage of dereferenced variable in the loop..
@ -251,9 +259,14 @@ void CheckNullPointer::nullPointerLinkedList()
break;
--indentlevel3;
}
// TODO: are there false negatives for "while ( %varid% ||"
else if (Token::Match(tok3, "while ( %varid% &&|)", varid))
{
// Make sure there is a "break" to prevent segmentation faults..
// Make sure there is a "break" or "return" inside the loop.
// Without the "break" a null pointer could be dereferenced in the
// for statement.
// indentlevel4 is a counter for { and }. When scanning the code with tok4
unsigned int indentlevel4 = indentlevel3;
for (const Token *tok4 = tok3->next()->link(); tok4; tok4 = tok4->next())
{
@ -272,6 +285,10 @@ void CheckNullPointer::nullPointerLinkedList()
}
--indentlevel4;
}
// There is a "break" or "return" inside the loop.
// TODO: there can be false negatives. There could still be
// execution paths that are not properly terminated
else if (tok4->str() == "break" || tok4->str() == "return")
break;
}