From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Derrick Stolee" <derrickstolee@github.com>,
"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>, "Elijah Newren" <newren@gmail.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] cocci: add and apply a rule to find "unused" variables
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:44:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <patch-v2-1.2-d14036521ab-20220621T223954Z-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover-v2-0.2-00000000000-20220621T223954Z-avarab@gmail.com>
Add a coccinelle rule to remove variable initialization followed by
calling a "release" function. See extensive commentary in the new
"unused.cocci" for how it works, and what it's intended to find and
replace.
The inclusion of "contrib/scalar/scalar.c" is because "spatch" was
manually run on it (we don't usually run spatch on contrib).
The use of "with strict" here will be explained and amended in the
following commit.
1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/042d624b8159364229e95d35e9309f12b67f8173.1652977582.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
builtin/fetch.c | 3 +-
builtin/merge.c | 2 -
contrib/coccinelle/unused.cocci | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
contrib/scalar/scalar.c | 3 +-
diff.c | 2 -
5 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 contrib/coccinelle/unused.cocci
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index ac29c2b1ae3..8a3ae71fed0 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
struct fetch_head *fetch_head, struct worktree **worktrees)
{
int url_len, i, rc = 0;
- struct strbuf note = STRBUF_INIT, err = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf note = STRBUF_INIT;
const char *what, *kind;
struct ref *rm;
char *url;
@@ -1281,7 +1281,6 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name,
abort:
strbuf_release(¬e);
- strbuf_release(&err);
free(url);
return rc;
}
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index d9784d4891c..bbd70b17bc6 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -502,7 +502,6 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
{
struct commit *remote_head;
struct object_id branch_head;
- struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strbuf bname = STRBUF_INIT;
struct merge_remote_desc *desc;
const char *ptr;
@@ -590,7 +589,6 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
oid_to_hex(&remote_head->object.oid), remote);
cleanup:
free(found_ref);
- strbuf_release(&buf);
strbuf_release(&bname);
}
diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/unused.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/unused.cocci
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45452f8979a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/coccinelle/unused.cocci
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// This rule finds sequences of "unused" declerations, init and
+// release(). E.g.:
+//
+// struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+// [.. no other use of "buf" in the function ..]
+// strbuf_release(&buf)
+//
+// To do do this we find (continued below)...
+@@
+type T;
+identifier I;
+// STRBUF_INIT, but also e.g. STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP (so no anchoring)
+constant INIT =~ "_INIT";
+// I = get_worktrees() etc.
+identifier INIT_ASSIGN1 =~ "^get_worktrees$";
+// strbuf_init(&I, ...) etc.
+identifier INIT_CALL1 =~ "^[a-z_]*_init$";
+// stbuf_release(), string_list_clear() etc.
+identifier REL1 =~ "^[a-z_]*_(release|clear|free)$";
+// release_patch(), clear_pathspec() etc.
+identifier REL2 =~ "^(release|clear|free)_[a-z_]*$";
+@@
+
+// .. A declaration like "struct strbuf buf;"...
+(
+- T I;
+// ... or "struct STRBUF buf = STRBUF_INIT;" ...
+|
+- T I = INIT;
+)
+
+// ... Optionally followed by lines that make no use of "buf", "&buf"
+// etc., but which ...
+<... when != \( I \| &I \)
+ when strict
+// .. (only) make use of "buf" or "&buf" to call something like
+// "strbuf_init(&buf, ...)" ...
+(
+- \( INIT_CALL1 \)( \( I \| &I \), ...);
+|
+// .. or e.g. "worktrees = get_worktrees();", i.e. a known "assignment
+// init" ...
+- I = \( INIT_ASSIGN1 \)(...);
+)
+...>
+
+// ... and then no mention of "buf" or "&buf" until we get to a
+// strbuf_release(&buf) at the end ...
+(
+- \( REL1 \| REL2 \)( \( I \| &I \), ...);
+|
+- \( REL1 \| REL2 \)( \( &I \| I \) );
+)
+// ... and no use *after* either, e.g. we don't want to delete
+// init/strbuf_release() patterns, where "&buf" could be used
+// afterwards.
+ ... when != \( I \| &I \)
+ when strict
+// Note that we're intentionally loose in accepting e.g. a
+// "strbuf_init(&buf)" followed by a "string_list_clear(&buf,
+// 0)". It's assumed that the compiler will catch any such invalid
+// code, i.e. that our constructors/destructors don't take a "void *".
+//
+// This rule also isn't capable of finding cases where &buf is used,
+// but only to e.g. pass that variable to a static function which
+// doesn't use it. The analysis is only function-local.
diff --git a/contrib/scalar/scalar.c b/contrib/scalar/scalar.c
index 28176914e57..97e71fe19cd 100644
--- a/contrib/scalar/scalar.c
+++ b/contrib/scalar/scalar.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static int cmd_diagnose(int argc, const char **argv)
int stdout_fd = -1, archiver_fd = -1;
time_t now = time(NULL);
struct tm tm;
- struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT, buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
int res = 0;
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, options,
@@ -779,7 +779,6 @@ static int cmd_diagnose(int argc, const char **argv)
free(argv_copy);
strvec_clear(&archiver_args);
strbuf_release(&zip_path);
- strbuf_release(&path);
strbuf_release(&buf);
return res;
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index e71cf758861..d4290615aaa 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1289,7 +1289,6 @@ static void emit_diff_symbol_from_struct(struct diff_options *o,
{
static const char *nneof = " No newline at end of file\n";
const char *context, *reset, *set, *set_sign, *meta, *fraginfo;
- struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
enum diff_symbol s = eds->s;
const char *line = eds->line;
@@ -1521,7 +1520,6 @@ static void emit_diff_symbol_from_struct(struct diff_options *o,
default:
BUG("unknown diff symbol");
}
- strbuf_release(&sb);
}
static void emit_diff_symbol(struct diff_options *o, enum diff_symbol s,
--
2.36.1.1239.gfba91521d90
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-21 22:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-20 11:57 [PATCH] cocci: add and apply a rule to find "unused" variables Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-06-21 22:44 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] add and apply a rule to find "unused" init+free Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-06-21 22:44 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2022-06-22 16:02 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] cocci: add and apply a rule to find "unused" variables Junio C Hamano
2022-06-21 22:44 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] cocci: remove "when strict" from unused.cocci Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-01 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] add and apply a rule to find "unused" init+free Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-01 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] cocci: add and apply a rule to find "unused" strbufs Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-01 18:04 ` Jeff King
2022-07-01 19:55 ` Eric Sunshine
2022-07-01 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] cocci: catch unused "strbuf" using an xmalloc() pattern Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-01 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] cocci: remove "when strict" from unused.cocci Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-01 21:33 ` Eric Sunshine
2022-07-01 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] cocci: generalize "unused" rule to cover more than "strbuf" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-01 18:09 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] add and apply a rule to find "unused" init+free Jeff King
2022-07-05 13:46 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-05 13:46 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] Makefile: remove mandatory "spatch" arguments from SPATCH_FLAGS Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-05 13:46 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] Makefile & .gitignore: ignore & clean "git.res", not "*.res" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-05 13:46 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] cocci: add a "coccicheck-test" target and test *.cocci rules Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-05 13:46 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] cocci: have "coccicheck{,-pending}" depend on "coccicheck-test" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-05 13:46 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] cocci: add and apply a rule to find "unused" strbufs Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-05 13:47 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] cocci: generalize "unused" rule to cover more than "strbuf" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-06 19:30 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] add and apply a rule to find "unused" init+free Junio C Hamano
2022-07-11 9:41 ` Jeff King
2022-07-11 10:54 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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