[committed] analyzer: bulk merger/processing of runs of nodes at CFG join points

David Malcolm dmalcolm@redhat.com
Wed Sep 16 23:12:36 GMT 2020


Prior to this patch the analyzer worklist considered only one node or
two nodes at a time, processing and/or merging state individually or
pairwise.

This could lead to explosions of merger nodes at CFG join points,
especially after switch statements, which could have large numbers
of in-edges, and thus large numbers of merger exploded_nodes could
be created, exceeding the per-point limit and thus stopping analysis
with -Wanalyzer-too-complex.

This patch special-cases the handling for runs of consecutive
nodes in the worklist at a CFG join point, processing and merging
them all together.

The patch fixes a state explosion seen in bzip2.c seen when attempting
to reproduce PR analyzer/95188, in a switch statement in a loop for
argument parsing.  With this patch, the analyzer successfully
consolidates the state after the argument parsing to a single exploded
node.

In gcc.dg/analyzer/pr96653.c there is a switch statement with over 300
cases which leads to hitting the per-point limit.  With this patch
the consolidation code doesn't manage to merge all of them due to other
worklist-ordering bugs, and it still hits the per-point limits, but it
does manage some very long consolidations:
  merged 2 in-enodes into 2 out-enode(s) at SN: 403
  merged 2 in-enodes into 2 out-enode(s) at SN: 403
  merged 2 in-enodes into 1 out-enode(s) at SN: 11
  merged 29 in-enodes into 1 out-enode(s) at SN: 35
  merged 6 in-enodes into 1 out-enode(s) at SN: 41
  merged 31 in-enodes into 1 out-enode(s) at SN: 35
and with a followup patch to fix an SCC issue it manages:
  merged 358 in-enodes into 2 out-enode(s) at SN: 402

The patch appears to fix the failure on non-x86_64 of:
  gcc.dg/analyzer/pr93032-mztools.c (test for excess errors)
which is PR analyzer/96616.

Unfortunately, the patch introduces a memory leak false positive in
gcc.dg/analyzer/pr94851-1.c, but this appears to be a pre-existing bug
that was hidden by state-merging failures.

Successfully bootstrapped & regrtested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.
Also lightly tested on powerpc64-linux-gnu, arm-unknown-eabi,
and aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu to verify fix for PR analyzer/96616.
Pushed to master as r11-3245-gb28491dc2d79763ecbff4f0b9f1f3e48a443be1d.

gcc/analyzer/ChangeLog:
	* engine.cc (exploded_node::dump_dot): Show STATUS_BULK_MERGED.
	(exploded_graph::process_worklist): Call
	maybe_process_run_of_before_supernode_enodes.
	(exploded_graph::maybe_process_run_of_before_supernode_enodes):
	New.
	(exploded_graph_annotator::print_enode): Show STATUS_BULK_MERGED.
	* exploded-graph.h (enum exploded_node::status): Add
	STATUS_BULK_MERGED.

gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
	* gcc.dg/analyzer/bzip2-arg-parse-1.c: New test.
	* gcc.dg/analyzer/loop-n-down-to-1-by-1.c: Remove xfail.
	* gcc.dg/analyzer/pr94851-1.c: Add xfail.
---
 gcc/analyzer/engine.cc                        | 207 ++++++++++++++++++
 gcc/analyzer/exploded-graph.h                 |   4 +
 .../gcc.dg/analyzer/bzip2-arg-parse-1.c       |  95 ++++++++
 .../gcc.dg/analyzer/loop-n-down-to-1-by-1.c   |   4 +-
 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/pr94851-1.c     |   3 +-
 5 files changed, 310 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/bzip2-arg-parse-1.c

diff --git a/gcc/analyzer/engine.cc b/gcc/analyzer/engine.cc
index 5903b19b774..53fafb58633 100644
--- a/gcc/analyzer/engine.cc
+++ b/gcc/analyzer/engine.cc
@@ -848,6 +848,8 @@ exploded_node::dump_dot (graphviz_out *gv, const dump_args_t &args) const
   pp_printf (pp, "EN: %i", m_index);
   if (m_status == STATUS_MERGER)
     pp_string (pp, " (merger)");
+  else if (m_status == STATUS_BULK_MERGED)
+    pp_string (pp, " (bulk merged)");
   pp_newline (pp);
 
   if (args.show_enode_details_p (*this))
@@ -2211,6 +2213,12 @@ exploded_graph::process_worklist ()
       if (logger)
 	logger->log ("next to process: EN: %i", node->m_index);
 
+      /* If we have a run of nodes that are before-supernode, try merging and
+	 processing them together, rather than pairwise or individually.  */
+      if (flag_analyzer_state_merge && node != m_origin)
+	if (maybe_process_run_of_before_supernode_enodes (node))
+	  goto handle_limit;
+
       /* Avoid exponential explosions of nodes by attempting to merge
 	 nodes that are at the same program point and which have
 	 sufficiently similar state.  */
@@ -2340,6 +2348,7 @@ exploded_graph::process_worklist ()
 
       process_node (node);
 
+    handle_limit:
       /* Impose a hard limit on the number of exploded nodes, to ensure
 	 that the analysis terminates in the face of pathological state
 	 explosion (or bugs).
@@ -2367,6 +2376,201 @@ exploded_graph::process_worklist ()
     }
 }
 
+/* Attempt to process a consecutive run of sufficiently-similar nodes in
+   the worklist at a CFG join-point (having already popped ENODE from the
+   head of the worklist).
+
+   If ENODE's point is of the form (before-supernode, SNODE) and the next
+   nodes in the worklist are a consecutive run of enodes of the same form,
+   for the same supernode as ENODE (but potentially from different in-edges),
+   process them all together, setting their status to STATUS_BULK_MERGED,
+   and return true.
+   Otherwise, return false, in which case ENODE must be processed in the
+   normal way.
+
+   When processing them all together, generate successor states based
+   on phi nodes for the appropriate CFG edges, and then attempt to merge
+   these states into a minimal set of merged successor states, partitioning
+   the inputs by merged successor state.
+
+   Create new exploded nodes for all of the merged states, and add edges
+   connecting the input enodes to the corresponding merger exploded nodes.
+
+   We hope we have a much smaller number of merged successor states
+   compared to the number of input enodes - ideally just one,
+   if all successor states can be merged.
+
+   Processing and merging many together as one operation rather than as
+   pairs avoids scaling issues where per-pair mergers could bloat the
+   graph with merger nodes (especially so after switch statements).  */
+
+bool
+exploded_graph::
+maybe_process_run_of_before_supernode_enodes (exploded_node *enode)
+{
+  /* A struct for tracking per-input state.  */
+  struct item
+  {
+    item (exploded_node *input_enode)
+    : m_input_enode (input_enode),
+      m_processed_state (input_enode->get_state ()),
+      m_merger_idx (-1)
+    {}
+
+    exploded_node *m_input_enode;
+    program_state m_processed_state;
+    int m_merger_idx;
+  };
+
+  gcc_assert (enode->get_status () == exploded_node::STATUS_WORKLIST);
+  gcc_assert (enode->m_succs.length () == 0);
+
+  const program_point &point = enode->get_point ();
+
+  if (point.get_kind () != PK_BEFORE_SUPERNODE)
+    return false;
+
+  const supernode *snode = point.get_supernode ();
+
+  logger * const logger = get_logger ();
+  LOG_SCOPE (logger);
+
+  /* Find a run of enodes in the worklist that are before the same supernode,
+     but potentially from different in-edges.  */
+  auto_vec <exploded_node *> enodes;
+  enodes.safe_push (enode);
+  while (exploded_node *enode_2 = m_worklist.peek_next ())
+    {
+      gcc_assert (enode_2->get_status ()
+		  == exploded_node::STATUS_WORKLIST);
+      gcc_assert (enode_2->m_succs.length () == 0);
+
+      const program_point &point_2 = enode_2->get_point ();
+
+      if (point_2.get_kind () == PK_BEFORE_SUPERNODE
+	  && point_2.get_supernode () == snode
+	  && point_2.get_call_string () == point.get_call_string ())
+	{
+	  enodes.safe_push (enode_2);
+	  m_worklist.take_next ();
+	}
+      else
+	break;
+    }
+
+  /* If the only node is ENODE, then give up.  */
+  if (enodes.length () == 1)
+    return false;
+
+  if (logger)
+    logger->log ("got run of %i enodes for SN: %i",
+		 enodes.length (), snode->m_index);
+
+  /* All of these enodes have a shared successor point (even if they
+     were for different in-edges).  */
+  program_point next_point (point.get_next ());
+
+  /* Calculate the successor state for each enode in enodes.  */
+  auto_delete_vec<item> items (enodes.length ());
+  unsigned i;
+  exploded_node *iter_enode;
+  FOR_EACH_VEC_ELT (enodes, i, iter_enode)
+    {
+      item *it = new item (iter_enode);
+      items.quick_push (it);
+      const program_state &state = iter_enode->get_state ();
+      program_state *next_state = &it->m_processed_state;
+      const program_point &iter_point = iter_enode->get_point ();
+      if (const superedge *iter_sedge = iter_point.get_from_edge ())
+	{
+	  impl_region_model_context ctxt (*this, iter_enode,
+					  &state, next_state, NULL);
+	  const cfg_superedge *last_cfg_superedge
+	    = iter_sedge->dyn_cast_cfg_superedge ();
+	  if (last_cfg_superedge)
+	    next_state->m_region_model->update_for_phis
+	      (snode, last_cfg_superedge, &ctxt);
+	}
+    }
+
+  /* Attempt to partition the items into a set of merged states.
+     We hope we have a much smaller number of merged states
+     compared to the number of input enodes - ideally just one,
+     if all can be merged.  */
+  auto_delete_vec <program_state> merged_states;
+  auto_vec<item *> first_item_for_each_merged_state;
+  item *it;
+  FOR_EACH_VEC_ELT (items, i, it)
+    {
+      const program_state &it_state = it->m_processed_state;
+      program_state *merged_state;
+      unsigned iter_merger_idx;
+      FOR_EACH_VEC_ELT (merged_states, iter_merger_idx, merged_state)
+	{
+	  program_state merge (m_ext_state);
+	  if (it_state.can_merge_with_p (*merged_state, next_point, &merge))
+	    {
+	      *merged_state = merge;
+	      it->m_merger_idx = iter_merger_idx;
+	      if (logger)
+		logger->log ("reusing merger state %i for item %i (EN: %i)",
+			     it->m_merger_idx, i, it->m_input_enode->m_index);
+	      goto got_merger;
+	    }
+	}
+      /* If it couldn't be merged with any existing merged_states,
+	 create a new one.  */
+      if (it->m_merger_idx == -1)
+	{
+	  it->m_merger_idx = merged_states.length ();
+	  merged_states.safe_push (new program_state (it_state));
+	  first_item_for_each_merged_state.safe_push (it);
+	  if (logger)
+	    logger->log ("using new merger state %i for item %i (EN: %i)",
+			 it->m_merger_idx, i, it->m_input_enode->m_index);
+	}
+    got_merger:
+      gcc_assert (it->m_merger_idx >= 0);
+      gcc_assert (it->m_merger_idx < merged_states.length ());
+    }
+
+  /* Create merger nodes.  */
+  auto_vec<exploded_node *> next_enodes (merged_states.length ());
+  program_state *merged_state;
+  FOR_EACH_VEC_ELT (merged_states, i, merged_state)
+    {
+      exploded_node *src_enode
+	= first_item_for_each_merged_state[i]->m_input_enode;
+      exploded_node *next
+	= get_or_create_node (next_point, *merged_state, src_enode);
+      /* "next" could be NULL; we handle that when adding the edges below.  */
+      next_enodes.quick_push (next);
+      if (logger)
+	{
+	  if (next)
+	    logger->log ("using EN: %i for merger state %i", next->m_index, i);
+	  else
+	    logger->log ("using NULL enode for merger state %i", i);
+	}
+    }
+
+  /* Create edges from each input enode to the appropriate successor enode.
+     Update the status of the now-processed input enodes.  */
+  FOR_EACH_VEC_ELT (items, i, it)
+    {
+      exploded_node *next = next_enodes[it->m_merger_idx];
+      if (next)
+	add_edge (it->m_input_enode, next, NULL);
+      it->m_input_enode->set_status (exploded_node::STATUS_BULK_MERGED);
+    }
+
+  if (logger)
+    logger->log ("merged %i in-enodes into %i out-enode(s) at SN: %i",
+		 items.length (), merged_states.length (), snode->m_index);
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 /* Return true if STMT must appear at the start of its exploded node, and
    thus we can't consolidate its effects within a run of other statements,
    where PREV_STMT was the previous statement.  */
@@ -3944,6 +4148,9 @@ private:
       case exploded_node::STATUS_MERGER:
 	pp_string (pp, "(M)");
 	break;
+      case exploded_node::STATUS_BULK_MERGED:
+	pp_string (pp, "(BM)");
+	break;
       }
     gv->end_tdtr ();
     /* Dump any saved_diagnostics at this enode.  */
diff --git a/gcc/analyzer/exploded-graph.h b/gcc/analyzer/exploded-graph.h
index e36f94ec125..5d4c3190283 100644
--- a/gcc/analyzer/exploded-graph.h
+++ b/gcc/analyzer/exploded-graph.h
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ class exploded_node : public dnode<eg_traits>
     /* Node was left unprocessed due to merger; it won't have had
        exploded_graph::process_node called on it.  */
     STATUS_MERGER,
+
+    /* Node was processed by maybe_process_run_of_before_supernode_enodes.  */
+    STATUS_BULK_MERGED
   };
 
   exploded_node (const point_and_state &ps, int index);
@@ -730,6 +733,7 @@ public:
 
   void build_initial_worklist ();
   void process_worklist ();
+  bool maybe_process_run_of_before_supernode_enodes (exploded_node *node);
   void process_node (exploded_node *node);
 
   exploded_node *get_or_create_node (const program_point &point,
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/bzip2-arg-parse-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/bzip2-arg-parse-1.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f1d8294c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/bzip2-arg-parse-1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* Integration test to verify that we don't explode in this
+   argument-parsing logic.
+   Adapted from part of bzip2-1.0.8: bzip2.c: main.  */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "analyzer-decls.h"
+
+/* This test file has been heavily modified from the bzip2.c original,
+   which has the following license boilerplate.  */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------
+   This file is part of bzip2/libbzip2, a program and library for
+   lossless, block-sorting data compression.
+
+   bzip2/libbzip2 version 1.0.8 of 13 July 2019
+   Copyright (C) 1996-2019 Julian Seward <jseward@acm.org>
+
+   Please read the WARNING, DISCLAIMER and PATENTS sections in the 
+   README file.
+
+   This program is released under the terms of the license contained
+   in the file LICENSE.
+   ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+typedef char            Char;
+typedef unsigned char   Bool;
+typedef int             Int32;
+
+#define True  ((Bool)1)
+#define False ((Bool)0)
+
+typedef
+   struct zzzz {
+      Char        *name;
+      struct zzzz *link;
+   }
+   Cell;
+
+Int32   verbosity;
+Bool    keepInputFiles, smallMode;
+Bool    forceOverwrite, noisy;
+Int32   blockSize100k;
+Int32   opMode;
+Int32   srcMode;
+Char    *progName;
+
+extern void license ( void );
+extern void usage ( Char *fullProgName );
+
+void test (Cell   *argList)
+{
+   Cell   *aa;
+   Int32  i, j;
+
+   for (aa = argList; aa != NULL; aa = aa->link) {
+      if (aa->name[0] == '-' && aa->name[1] != '-') {
+         for (j = 1; aa->name[j] != '\0'; j++) {
+            switch (aa->name[j]) {
+               case 'c': srcMode          = 2; break;
+               case 'd': opMode           = 2; break;
+               case 'z': opMode           = 1; break;
+               case 'f': forceOverwrite   = True; break;
+               case 't': opMode           = 3; break;
+               case 'k': keepInputFiles   = True; break;
+               case 's': smallMode        = True; break;
+               case 'q': noisy            = False; break;
+               case '1': blockSize100k    = 1; break;
+               case '2': blockSize100k    = 2; break;
+               case '3': blockSize100k    = 3; break;
+               case '4': blockSize100k    = 4; break;
+               case '5': blockSize100k    = 5; break;
+               case '6': blockSize100k    = 6; break;
+               case '7': blockSize100k    = 7; break;
+               case '8': blockSize100k    = 8; break;
+               case '9': blockSize100k    = 9; break;
+               case 'V':
+               case 'L': license();            break;
+               case 'v': verbosity++; break;
+               case 'h': usage ( progName );
+                         exit ( 0 );
+                         break;
+               default:  fprintf ( stderr, "%s: Bad flag `%s'\n",
+                                   progName, aa->name );
+                         usage ( progName );
+                         exit ( 1 );
+                         break;
+            }
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+   /* The analyzer ought to be able to successfully merge all of the
+      above changes that can reach here into a single state.  */
+   __analyzer_dump_exploded_nodes (0); /* { dg-warning "1 processed enode" } */
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/loop-n-down-to-1-by-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/loop-n-down-to-1-by-1.c
index e02a849d4bb..553cd2f15dc 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/loop-n-down-to-1-by-1.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/loop-n-down-to-1-by-1.c
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ void test(int n)
       __analyzer_dump_exploded_nodes (0); /* { dg-warning "2 processed enodes" } */
   }
 
-  __analyzer_eval (i <= 0); /* { dg-warning "TRUE" "true" { xfail *-*-* } } */
-  /* { dg-bogus "UNKNOWN" "unknown" { xfail *-*-* } .-1 } */
+  __analyzer_eval (i <= 0); /* { dg-warning "TRUE" "true" } */
+
 
   __analyzer_eval (i == 0); /* { dg-warning "TRUE" "desired" { xfail *-*-* } } */
   /* { dg-warning "UNKNOWN" "status quo" { target *-*-* } .-1 } */
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/pr94851-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/pr94851-1.c
index 56571318f91..da79652c570 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/pr94851-1.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/analyzer/pr94851-1.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ int pamark(void) {
       last->m_next = p;
   }
 
-  p->m_name = (char)c;
+  p->m_name = (char)c; /* { dg-bogus "leak of 'p'" "bogus leak" { xfail *-*-* } } */
+  // TODO(xfail): related to PR analyzer/97072 and PR analyzer/97074
 
   return 1;
 }
-- 
2.26.2



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