[clang-tools-extra] [clang-tidy] detect redundant uses of LLVM's cast, dyn_cast (PR #189274)

[Victor Chernyakin via cfe-commits]

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+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "RedundantCastingCheck.h"
+#include "clang/AST/Expr.h"
+#include "clang/AST/ExprCXX.h"
+#include "clang/AST/TemplateBase.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h"
+#include "clang/Lex/Lexer.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang::tidy::llvm_check {
+
+namespace {
+AST_MATCHER(Expr, isMacroID) { return Node.getExprLoc().isMacroID(); }
+AST_MATCHER_P(OverloadExpr, hasAnyUnresolvedName, ArrayRef<StringRef>, Names) {
+  auto DeclName = Node.getName();
+  if (!DeclName.isIdentifier())
+    return false;
+  const IdentifierInfo *II = DeclName.getAsIdentifierInfo();
+  return llvm::any_of(Names, [II](StringRef Name) { return II->isStr(Name); });
+}
+} // namespace
+
+static StringRef FunctionNames[] = {
+    "cast",     "cast_or_null",     "cast_if_present",
+    "dyn_cast", "dyn_cast_or_null", "dyn_cast_if_present"};
+
+void RedundantCastingCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
+  auto AnyCalleeName = [](ArrayRef<StringRef> CalleeName) {
+    return allOf(unless(isMacroID()), unless(cxxMemberCallExpr()),
+                 callee(expr(ignoringImpCasts(
+                     declRefExpr(to(namedDecl(hasAnyName(CalleeName))),
+                                 hasAnyTemplateArgumentLoc(anything()))
+                         .bind("callee")))));
+  };
+  auto AnyCalleeNameInUninstantiatedTemplate =
+      [](ArrayRef<StringRef> CalleeName) {
+        return allOf(unless(isMacroID()), unless(cxxMemberCallExpr()),
+                     callee(expr(ignoringImpCasts(
+                         unresolvedLookupExpr(hasAnyUnresolvedName(CalleeName))
+                             .bind("callee")))));
+      };
+  Finder->addMatcher(
+      callExpr(
+          AnyCalleeName(FunctionNames),
+          hasAncestor(functionDecl().bind("context")))
+          .bind("call"),
+      this);
+  Finder->addMatcher(
+      callExpr(AnyCalleeNameInUninstantiatedTemplate(FunctionNames))
+          .bind("call"),
+      this);
+}
+
+static QualType stripPointerOrReference(QualType Ty) {
+  QualType Pointee = Ty->getPointeeType();
+  if (Pointee.isNull())
+    return Ty;
+  return Pointee;
+}
+
+void RedundantCastingCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+  const auto &Nodes = Result.Nodes;
+  const auto *Call = Nodes.getNodeAs<CallExpr>("call");
+  if (Call->getNumArgs() != 1)
+    return;
+
+  CanQualType RetTy;
+  std::string FuncName;
+  if (const auto *ResolvedCallee = Nodes.getNodeAs<DeclRefExpr>("callee")) {
+    const auto *F = dyn_cast<FunctionDecl>(ResolvedCallee->getDecl());
+    const auto *SurroundingFunc = Nodes.getNodeAs<FunctionDecl>("context");
+    // Casts can be redundant for some instantiations but not others.
+    // Only emit warnings in templates in the uninstantated versions.
+    if (SurroundingFunc->isTemplateInstantiation())
+      return;
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localspook wrote:

Instead of manually excluding instantiations, you probably want to add
```cpp
  std::optional<TraversalKind> getCheckTraversalKind() const override {
    return TK_IgnoreUnlessSpelledInSource;
  }
```
to the check's header file. That way, the check will never even visit instantiations.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/189274