SoPA(Soot-based Pointer Analysis)

Members

刘俊豪: Add flow-sensitivity, context-sensitivity; Support various invokes.

肖有为: Add field-sensitivity; Tests; Write the report.

Directories

soPA
├───code
│   └─── Local testcases
├───src/main/java/sopa
│   └─── Source code for our points-to analysis implementation
├───.gitignore
├───readme.md
└───...

Features

We implement an Anderson-style points-to analysis algorithm base on the SOOT framework. The MyTransform class extends the SceneTransformer. It serves as the entrance to both the analysis algorithm and the exception handler. Our points-to analysis algorithm is implemented as the class Algorithm, which extends the ForwardFlowAnalysis and works in a forward data-flow analysis manner. Once any exception is thrown out during the analysis process, the MyTransform.internalTransform method catches it and calls PessiAlg class to handle it. PessiAlg generates the most sound and preservative analysis solution for the given program, which is naive and so omitted here.

Our algorithm supports a flow-sensitive, field-sensitive, and context-sensitive points-to analysis.

We develop a data-flow analysis algorithm to support flow-sensitivity. The Semilattice element is designed to be a set, where each element <x, {id0,id1,...,idk}> represents the possible object numbers for the value x in the Jimple IR. When merging Semilattice elements, the object number sets for the same value take their concurrent set. The transition function works as follows.

• Benchmark.alloc(id): store the id for the following new operation.
• Benchmark.test(tid, var): get the possible object numbers for var from the inset, add them to the analysisResults.
• InvokeStmt: process various invokes in different ways, as described in Section Invokes.
• DefinitionStmt: kill, gen, consider the field-sensitivity, as described in Section Field-sensitivity.
• CastStmt: similar as a DefinittionStmt.
• ReturnStmt: update a returnSet, which is used in Invoke processing.
• IfStmt, GotoStmt, BreakpointStmt,NopStmt, SwitchStmt...: ignore these statements.
• Otherwise: throw an exception for meeting unknown statements.

Field-sensitivity

For field-sensitivity, we put <k.f, {}> into the sets, where k is the allocated number for any object. For objects without an allocated number, we allocate a distinct negative number.

When solving DefinitionStmt, if the rhs is a FieldRef(x.f), we look up the possible object numbers (for example, 1 and 2) for x. Then we loop up the possible numbers for 1.x and 2.x, and we put all of them into the Gen set. On the other hand, if the rhs is a normal value (Local). We just put the possible numbers for it into the Gen set.

If the lhs is a FieldRef(y.f), we need to modify the elements involving all the possible numbers for k.fs, where ks are possible numbers for y. Similarly, if lhs is normal values, just consider its own element.

Other corner situations are omitted here.

Invoke

Now the algorithm can handle function calling without recursion partly. Each time the given program calling a function, our algorithm will generate a new Algorithm Object to calculate the result of the called function, and use store callstack detect recursion.

The algorithm can handle SpecialInvoke, Staticinvoke, VirtualInvoke and InterfaceInvoke.

For SpecialInvoke, it is an ordinary private method in a class, and the algorithm handle it with enterInvoke method. enterInvoke will add the parameters and %this field for this method into the new Algorithm Object's entrySet .Also all other variables that may be used in the SpecialInvoke will be put into entrySet, and will put the merge the result of the SpeacialInvoke with outset to support context-sensitivity.

For VirtualInvoke and InterfaceInvoke , these two may call a function that is not declared in the current class but in its superclass or subclass, so method enterVirtualInvoke will be used to handle them. enterVirtualInvoke will find all the function that this Invoke expression will call to based on the object that the base object may point to. For each possible call do the same thing like enterInvoke and merge all the result.

For StaticInvoke, it will solved by enterStaticInvoke. Since StaticInvoke has no %this field, enterStaticInvoke will not process %this field and do other things like enterInvoke.

The methods that initiate Static variables would run before main method, so the algorithm try to find them out and process it before start analysing main method.

How to use it

Export jar package & Run with jar

mvn package
java -jar ./target/pta-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar {src} {Package.ClassName}

Run directly

mvn clean && mvn compile && mvn exec:java "-Dexec.mainClass=sopa.MyPointerAnalysis" "-Dexec.args={src} {Package.ClassName}"