path: root/src/rustc/middle/borrowck.rs

/*!
 * # Borrow check
 *
 * This pass is in job of enforcing *memory safety* and *purity*.  As
 * memory safety is by far the more complex topic, I'll focus on that in
 * this description, but purity will be covered later on. In the context
 * of Rust, memory safety means three basic things:
 *
 * - no writes to immutable memory;
 * - all pointers point to non-freed memory;
 * - all pointers point to memory of the same type as the pointer.
 *
 * The last point might seem confusing: after all, for the most part,
 * this condition is guaranteed by the type check.  However, there are
 * two cases where the type check effectively delegates to borrow check.
 *
 * The first case has to do with enums.  If there is a pointer to the
 * interior of an enum, and the enum is in a mutable location (such as a
 * local variable or field declared to be mutable), it is possible that
 * the user will overwrite the enum with a new value of a different
 * variant, and thus effectively change the type of the memory that the
 * pointer is pointing at.
 *
 * The second case has to do with mutability.  Basically, the type
 * checker has only a limited understanding of mutability.  It will allow
 * (for example) the user to get an immutable pointer with the address of
 * a mutable local variable.  It will also allow a `@mut T` or `~mut T`
 * pointer to be borrowed as a `&r.T` pointer.  These seeming oversights
 * are in fact intentional; they allow the user to temporarily treat a
 * mutable value as immutable.  It is up to the borrow check to guarantee
 * that the value in question is not in fact mutated during the lifetime
 * `r` of the reference.
 *
 * # Summary of the safety check
 *
 * In order to enforce mutability, the borrow check has three tricks up
 * its sleeve.
 *
 * First, data which is uniquely tied to the current stack frame (that'll
 * be defined shortly) is tracked very precisely.  This means that, for
 * example, if an immutable pointer to a mutable local variable is
 * created, the borrowck will simply check for assignments to that
 * particular local variable: no other memory is affected.
 *
 * Second, if the data is not uniquely tied to the stack frame, it may
 * still be possible to ensure its validity by rooting garbage collected
 * pointers at runtime.  For example, if there is a mutable local
 * variable `x` of type `@T`, and its contents are borrowed with an
 * expression like `&*x`, then the value of `x` will be rooted (today,
 * that means its ref count will be temporary increased) for the lifetime
 * of the reference that is created.  This means that the pointer remains
 * valid even if `x` is reassigned.
 *
 * Finally, if neither of these two solutions are applicable, then we
 * require that all operations within the scope of the reference be
 * *pure*.  A pure operation is effectively one that does not write to
 * any aliasable memory.  This means that it is still possible to write
 * to local variables or other data that is uniquely tied to the stack
 * frame (there's that term again; formal definition still pending) but
 * not to data reached via a `&T` or `@T` pointer.  Such writes could
 * possibly have the side-effect of causing the data which must remain
 * valid to be overwritten.
 *
 * # Possible future directions
 *
 * There are numerous ways that the `borrowck` could be strengthened, but
 * these are the two most likely:
 *
 * - flow-sensitivity: we do not currently consider flow at all but only
 *   block-scoping.  This means that innocent code like the following is
 *   rejected:
 *
 *       let mut x: int;
 *       ...
 *       x = 5;
 *       let y: &int = &x; // immutable ptr created
 *       ...
 *
 *   The reason is that the scope of the pointer `y` is the entire
 *   enclosing block, and the assignment `x = 5` occurs within that
 *   block.  The analysis is not smart enough to see that `x = 5` always
 *   happens before the immutable pointer is created.  This is relatively
 *   easy to fix and will surely be fixed at some point.
 *
 * - finer-grained purity checks: currently, our fallback for
 *   guaranteeing random references into mutable, aliasable memory is to
 *   require *total purity*.  This is rather strong.  We could use local
 *   type-based alias analysis to distinguish writes that could not
 *   possibly invalid the references which must be guaranteed.  This
 *   would only work within the function boundaries; function calls would
 *   still require total purity.  This seems less likely to be
 *   implemented in the short term as it would make the code
 *   significantly more complex; there is currently no code to analyze
 *   the types and determine the possible impacts of a write.
 *
 * # Terminology
 *
 * A **loan** is .
 *
 * # How the code works
 *
 * The borrow check code is divided into several major modules, each of
 * which is documented in its own file.
 *
 * The `gather_loans` and `check_loans` are the two major passes of the
 * analysis.  The `gather_loans` pass runs over the IR once to determine
 * what memory must remain valid and for how long.  Its name is a bit of
 * a misnomer; it does in fact gather up the set of loans which are
 * granted, but it also determines when @T pointers must be rooted and
 * for which scopes purity must be required.
 *
 * The `check_loans` pass walks the IR and examines the loans and purity
 * requirements computed in `gather_loans`.  It checks to ensure that (a)
 * the conditions of all loans are honored; (b) no contradictory loans
 * were granted (for example, loaning out the same memory as mutable and
 * immutable simultaneously); and (c) any purity requirements are
 * honored.
 *
 * The remaining modules are helper modules used by `gather_loans` and
 * `check_loans`:
 *
 * - `categorization` has the job of analyzing an expression to determine
 *   what kind of memory is used in evaluating it (for example, where
 *   dereferences occur and what kind of pointer is dereferenced; whether
 *   the memory is mutable; etc)
 * - `loan` determines when data uniquely tied to the stack frame can be
 *   loaned out.
 * - `preserve` determines what actions (if any) must be taken to preserve
 *   aliasable data.  This is the code which decides when to root
 *   an @T pointer or to require purity.
 *
 * # Maps that are created
 *
 * Borrowck results in two maps.
 *
 * - `root_map`: identifies those expressions or patterns whose result
 *   needs to be rooted.  Conceptually the root_map maps from an
 *   expression or pattern node to a `node_id` identifying the scope for
 *   which the expression must be rooted (this `node_id` should identify
 *   a block or call).  The actual key to the map is not an expression id,
 *   however, but a `root_map_key`, which combines an expression id with a
 *   deref count and is used to cope with auto-deref.
 *
 * - `mutbl_map`: identifies those local variables which are modified or
 *   moved. This is used by trans to guarantee that such variables are
 *   given a memory location and not used as immediates.
 */

import syntax::ast;
import syntax::ast::{mutability, m_mutbl, m_imm, m_const};
import syntax::visit;
import syntax::ast_util;
import syntax::ast_map;
import syntax::codemap::span;
import util::ppaux::{ty_to_str, region_to_str};
import std::map::{int_hash, hashmap, set};
import std::list;
import std::list::{list, cons, nil};
import result::{result, ok, err, extensions};
import syntax::print::pprust;
import util::common::indenter;
import ast_util::op_expr_callee_id;
import ty::to_str;
import driver::session::session;
import dvec::{dvec, extensions};

export check_crate, root_map, mutbl_map;

fn check_crate(tcx: ty::ctxt,
               method_map: typeck::method_map,
               last_use_map: liveness::last_use_map,
               crate: @ast::crate) -> (root_map, mutbl_map) {
    let bccx = @{tcx: tcx,
                 method_map: method_map,
                 last_use_map: last_use_map,
                 binding_map: int_hash(),
                 root_map: root_map(),
                 mutbl_map: int_hash()};

    let req_maps = gather_loans::gather_loans(bccx, crate);
    check_loans::check_loans(bccx, req_maps, crate);
    ret (bccx.root_map, bccx.mutbl_map);
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
// Type definitions

type borrowck_ctxt = @{tcx: ty::ctxt,
                       method_map: typeck::method_map,
                       last_use_map: liveness::last_use_map,
                       binding_map: binding_map,
                       root_map: root_map,
                       mutbl_map: mutbl_map};

// a map mapping id's of expressions of gc'd type (@T, @[], etc) where
// the box needs to be kept live to the id of the scope for which they
// must stay live.
type root_map = hashmap<root_map_key, ast::node_id>;

// the keys to the root map combine the `id` of the expression with
// the number of types that it is autodereferenced.  So, for example,
// if you have an expression `x.f` and x has type ~@T, we could add an
// entry {id:x, derefs:0} to refer to `x` itself, `{id:x, derefs:1}`
// to refer to the deref of the unique pointer, and so on.
type root_map_key = {id: ast::node_id, derefs: uint};

// set of ids of local vars / formal arguments that are modified / moved.
// this is used in trans for optimization purposes.
type mutbl_map = std::map::hashmap<ast::node_id, ()>;

// maps from each binding's id to the mutability of the location it
// points at.  See gather_loan.rs for more detail (search for binding_map)
type binding_map = std::map::hashmap<ast::node_id, ast::mutability>;

// Errors that can occur"]
enum bckerr_code {
    err_mut_uniq,
    err_mut_variant,
    err_preserve_gc,
    err_mutbl(ast::mutability,
              ast::mutability)
}

// Combination of an error code and the categorization of the expression
// that caused it
type bckerr = {cmt: cmt, code: bckerr_code};

// shorthand for something that fails with `bckerr` or succeeds with `T`
type bckres<T> = result<T, bckerr>;

enum categorization {
    cat_rvalue,                     // result of eval'ing some misc expr
    cat_special(special_kind),      //
    cat_local(ast::node_id),        // local variable
    cat_binding(ast::node_id),      // pattern binding
    cat_arg(ast::node_id),          // formal argument
    cat_stack_upvar(cmt),           // upvar in stack closure
    cat_deref(cmt, uint, ptr_kind), // deref of a ptr
    cat_comp(cmt, comp_kind),       // adjust to locate an internal component
    cat_discr(cmt, ast::node_id),   // alt discriminant (see preserve())
}

// different kinds of pointers:
enum ptr_kind {uniq_ptr, gc_ptr, region_ptr, unsafe_ptr}

// I am coining the term "components" to mean "pieces of a data
// structure accessible without a dereference":
enum comp_kind {
    comp_tuple,                  // elt in a tuple
    comp_variant(ast::def_id),   // internals to a variant of given enum
    comp_field(ast::ident,       // name of field
               ast::mutability), // declared mutability of field
    comp_index(ty::t,            // type of vec/str/etc being deref'd
               ast::mutability)  // mutability of vec content
}

// We pun on *T to mean both actual deref of a ptr as well
// as accessing of components:
enum deref_kind {deref_ptr(ptr_kind), deref_comp(comp_kind)}

// different kinds of expressions we might evaluate
enum special_kind {
    sk_method,
    sk_static_item,
    sk_self,
    sk_heap_upvar
}

// a complete categorization of a value indicating where it originated
// and how it is located, as well as the mutability of the memory in
// which the value is stored.
type cmt = @{id: ast::node_id,        // id of expr/pat producing this value
             span: span,              // span of same expr/pat
             cat: categorization,     // categorization of expr
             lp: option<@loan_path>,  // loan path for expr, if any
             mutbl: ast::mutability,  // mutability of expr as lvalue
             ty: ty::t};              // type of the expr

// a loan path is like a category, but it exists only when the data is
// interior to the stack frame.  loan paths are used as the key to a
// map indicating what is borrowed at any point in time.
enum loan_path {
    lp_local(ast::node_id),
    lp_arg(ast::node_id),
    lp_deref(@loan_path, ptr_kind),
    lp_comp(@loan_path, comp_kind)
}

// a complete record of a loan that was granted
type loan = {lp: @loan_path, cmt: cmt, mutbl: ast::mutability};

// maps computed by `gather_loans` that are then used by `check_loans`
type req_maps = {
    req_loan_map: hashmap<ast::node_id, @dvec<@dvec<loan>>>,
    pure_map: hashmap<ast::node_id, bckerr>
};

fn save_and_restore<T:copy,U>(&save_and_restore_t: T, f: fn() -> U) -> U {
    let old_save_and_restore_t = save_and_restore_t;
    let u <- f();
    save_and_restore_t = old_save_and_restore_t;
    ret u;
}

/// Creates and returns a new root_map
fn root_map() -> root_map {
    ret hashmap(root_map_key_hash, root_map_key_eq);

    fn root_map_key_eq(k1: root_map_key, k2: root_map_key) -> bool {
        k1.id == k2.id && k1.derefs == k2.derefs
    }

    fn root_map_key_hash(k: root_map_key) -> uint {
        (k.id << 4) as uint | k.derefs
    }
}

// ___________________________________________________________________________
// Misc

iface ast_node {
    fn id() -> ast::node_id;
    fn span() -> span;
}

impl of ast_node for @ast::expr {
    fn id() -> ast::node_id { self.id }
    fn span() -> span { self.span }
}

impl of ast_node for @ast::pat {
    fn id() -> ast::node_id { self.id }
    fn span() -> span { self.span }
}

impl methods for ty::ctxt {
    fn ty<N: ast_node>(node: N) -> ty::t {
        ty::node_id_to_type(self, node.id())
    }
}

impl error_methods for borrowck_ctxt {
    fn report_if_err(bres: bckres<()>) {
        alt bres {
          ok(()) { }
          err(e) { self.report(e); }
        }
    }

    fn report(err: bckerr) {
        self.span_err(
            err.cmt.span,
            #fmt["illegal borrow: %s",
                 self.bckerr_code_to_str(err.code)]);
    }

    fn span_err(s: span, m: str) {
        self.tcx.sess.span_err(s, m);
    }

    fn span_note(s: span, m: str) {
        self.tcx.sess.span_note(s, m);
    }

    fn add_to_mutbl_map(cmt: cmt) {
        alt cmt.cat {
          cat_local(id) | cat_arg(id) {
            self.mutbl_map.insert(id, ());
          }
          cat_stack_upvar(cmt) {
            self.add_to_mutbl_map(cmt);
          }
          _ {}
        }
    }
}

impl to_str_methods for borrowck_ctxt {
    fn cat_to_repr(cat: categorization) -> str {
        alt cat {
          cat_special(sk_method) { "method" }
          cat_special(sk_static_item) { "static_item" }
          cat_special(sk_self) { "self" }
          cat_special(sk_heap_upvar) { "heap-upvar" }
          cat_stack_upvar(_) { "stack-upvar" }
          cat_rvalue { "rvalue" }
          cat_local(node_id) { #fmt["local(%d)", node_id] }
          cat_binding(node_id) { #fmt["binding(%d)", node_id] }
          cat_arg(node_id) { #fmt["arg(%d)", node_id] }
          cat_deref(cmt, derefs, ptr) {
            #fmt["%s->(%s, %u)", self.cat_to_repr(cmt.cat),
                 self.ptr_sigil(ptr), derefs]
          }
          cat_comp(cmt, comp) {
            #fmt["%s.%s", self.cat_to_repr(cmt.cat), self.comp_to_repr(comp)]
          }
          cat_discr(cmt, _) { self.cat_to_repr(cmt.cat) }
        }
    }

    fn mut_to_str(mutbl: ast::mutability) -> str {
        alt mutbl {
          m_mutbl { "mutable" }
          m_const { "const" }
          m_imm { "immutable" }
        }
    }

    fn ptr_sigil(ptr: ptr_kind) -> str {
        alt ptr {
          uniq_ptr { "~" }
          gc_ptr { "@" }
          region_ptr { "&" }
          unsafe_ptr { "*" }
        }
    }

    fn comp_to_repr(comp: comp_kind) -> str {
        alt comp {
          comp_field(fld, _) { *fld }
          comp_index(*) { "[]" }
          comp_tuple { "()" }
          comp_variant(_) { "<enum>" }
        }
    }

    fn lp_to_str(lp: @loan_path) -> str {
        alt *lp {
          lp_local(node_id) {
            #fmt["local(%d)", node_id]
          }
          lp_arg(node_id) {
            #fmt["arg(%d)", node_id]
          }
          lp_deref(lp, ptr) {
            #fmt["%s->(%s)", self.lp_to_str(lp),
                 self.ptr_sigil(ptr)]
          }
          lp_comp(lp, comp) {
            #fmt["%s.%s", self.lp_to_str(lp),
                 self.comp_to_repr(comp)]
          }
        }
    }

    fn cmt_to_repr(cmt: cmt) -> str {
        #fmt["{%s id:%d m:%s lp:%s ty:%s}",
             self.cat_to_repr(cmt.cat),
             cmt.id,
             self.mut_to_str(cmt.mutbl),
             cmt.lp.map_default("none", |p| self.lp_to_str(p) ),
             ty_to_str(self.tcx, cmt.ty)]
    }

    fn pk_to_sigil(pk: ptr_kind) -> str {
        alt pk {
          uniq_ptr {"~"}
          gc_ptr {"@"}
          region_ptr {"&"}
          unsafe_ptr {"*"}
        }
    }

    fn cmt_to_str(cmt: cmt) -> str {
        let mut_str = self.mut_to_str(cmt.mutbl);
        alt cmt.cat {
          cat_special(sk_method) { "method" }
          cat_special(sk_static_item) { "static item" }
          cat_special(sk_self) { "self reference" }
          cat_special(sk_heap_upvar) {
              "captured outer variable in a heap closure"
          }
          cat_rvalue { "non-lvalue" }
          cat_local(_) { mut_str + " local variable" }
          cat_binding(_) { "pattern binding" }
          cat_arg(_) { "argument" }
          cat_deref(_, _, pk) { #fmt["dereference of %s %s pointer",
                                     mut_str, self.pk_to_sigil(pk)] }
          cat_stack_upvar(_) {
            "captured outer " + mut_str + " variable in a stack closure"
          }
          cat_comp(_, comp_field(*)) { mut_str + " field" }
          cat_comp(_, comp_tuple) { "tuple content" }
          cat_comp(_, comp_variant(_)) { "enum content" }
          cat_comp(_, comp_index(t, _)) {
            alt ty::get(t).struct {
              ty::ty_vec(*) | ty::ty_evec(*) {
                mut_str + " vec content"
              }

              ty::ty_str | ty::ty_estr(*) {
                mut_str + " str content"
              }

              _ { mut_str + " indexed content" }
            }
          }
          cat_discr(cmt, _) {
            self.cmt_to_str(cmt)
          }
        }
    }

    fn bckerr_code_to_str(code: bckerr_code) -> str {
        alt code {
          err_mutbl(req, act) {
            #fmt["creating %s alias to aliasable, %s memory",
                 self.mut_to_str(req), self.mut_to_str(act)]
          }
          err_mut_uniq {
            "unique value in aliasable, mutable location"
          }
          err_mut_variant {
            "enum variant in aliasable, mutable location"
          }
          err_preserve_gc {
            "GC'd value would have to be preserved for longer \
                 than the scope of the function"
          }
        }
    }
}

// The inherent mutability of a component is its default mutability
// assuming it is embedded in an immutable context.  In general, the
// mutability can be "overridden" if the component is embedded in a
// mutable structure.
fn inherent_mutability(ck: comp_kind) -> mutability {
    alt ck {
      comp_tuple | comp_variant(_)        {m_imm}
      comp_field(_, m) | comp_index(_, m) {m}
    }
}