Merge pull request #138 from jketema/gvn-library

Prefer `GlobalValueNumbering` over `GlobalValueNumberingImpl`

Author: jketema

c/cert/src/rules/EXP30-C/DependenceOnOrderOfFunctionArgumentsForSideEffects.ql

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import codingstandards.c.cert
 import codingstandards.cpp.SideEffect
 import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.DataFlow
 import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.TaintTracking
-import semmle.code.cpp.valuenumbering.GlobalValueNumberingImpl
+import semmle.code.cpp.valuenumbering.GlobalValueNumbering
 
 /** Holds if the function's return value is derived from the `AliasParamter` p. */
 predicate returnValueDependsOnAliasParameter(AliasParameter p) {

change_notes/2022-11-15-consistent-gvn-library0use.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ - `EXP30-C` - `DependenceOnOrderOfFunctionArgumentsForSideEffects.ql`:
+   - Prefer the `GlobalValueNumbering` CodeQL library over the `GlobalValueNumberingImpl` library, as the former yields higher quality results and the latter is going to be deprecated. This also improves performance when multiple queries are evaluated, due to more sharing of intermediate computations.
+- `EXP50-CPP` - `DoNotDependOnTheOrderOfEvaluationForSideEffectsInFunctionCallsAsFunctionArguments.ql`:
+   - Prefer the `GlobalValueNumbering` CodeQL library over the `GlobalValueNumberingImpl` library, as the former yields higher quality results and the latter is going to be deprecated. This also improves performance when multiple queries are evaluated, due to more sharing of intermediate computations.

cpp/cert/src/rules/EXP50-CPP/DoNotDependOnTheOrderOfEvaluationForSideEffectsInFunctionCallsAsFunctionArguments.ql

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import codingstandards.cpp.cert
 import codingstandards.cpp.SideEffect
 import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.DataFlow
 import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.TaintTracking
-import semmle.code.cpp.valuenumbering.GlobalValueNumberingImpl
+import semmle.code.cpp.valuenumbering.GlobalValueNumbering
 
 /** Holds if the function's return value is derived from the `AliasParamter` p. */
 predicate returnValueDependsOnAliasParameter(AliasParameter p) {

cpp/cert/test/rules/EXP50-CPP/DoNotDependOnTheOrderOfEvaluationForSideEffectsInFunctionCallsAsFunctionArguments.expected

@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 | test.cpp:84:3:84:4 | call to f2 | Depending on the order of evaluation for the arguments $@ and $@ for side effects on shared state is unspecified and can result in unexpected behavior. | test.cpp:84:6:84:7 | call to f5 | call to f5 | test.cpp:84:12:84:13 | call to f7 | call to f7 |
 | test.cpp:87:3:87:4 | call to f2 | Depending on the order of evaluation for the arguments $@ and $@ for side effects on shared state is unspecified and can result in unexpected behavior. | test.cpp:87:9:87:10 | call to m1 | call to m1 | test.cpp:87:18:87:19 | call to m1 | call to m1 |
 | test.cpp:89:3:89:4 | call to f2 | Depending on the order of evaluation for the arguments $@ and $@ for side effects on shared state is unspecified and can result in unexpected behavior. | test.cpp:89:9:89:10 | call to m2 | call to m2 | test.cpp:89:18:89:19 | call to m2 | call to m2 |
+| test.cpp:92:3:92:4 | call to f2 | Depending on the order of evaluation for the arguments $@ and $@ for side effects on shared state is unspecified and can result in unexpected behavior. | test.cpp:92:6:92:7 | call to f8 | call to f8 | test.cpp:92:14:92:15 | call to f9 | call to f9 |
+| test.cpp:93:3:93:4 | call to f2 | Depending on the order of evaluation for the arguments $@ and $@ for side effects on shared state is unspecified and can result in unexpected behavior. | test.cpp:93:6:93:7 | call to f8 | call to f8 | test.cpp:93:14:93:16 | call to f11 | call to f11 |
+| test.cpp:95:3:95:4 | call to f2 | Depending on the order of evaluation for the arguments $@ and $@ for side effects on shared state is unspecified and can result in unexpected behavior. | test.cpp:95:6:95:7 | call to f8 | call to f8 | test.cpp:95:13:95:14 | call to f9 | call to f9 |
+| test.cpp:96:3:96:4 | call to f2 | Depending on the order of evaluation for the arguments $@ and $@ for side effects on shared state is unspecified and can result in unexpected behavior. | test.cpp:96:6:96:7 | call to f8 | call to f8 | test.cpp:96:13:96:15 | call to f11 | call to f11 |
 | test.cpp:99:3:99:4 | call to f2 | Depending on the order of evaluation for the arguments $@ and $@ for side effects on shared state is unspecified and can result in unexpected behavior. | test.cpp:99:9:99:10 | call to m1 | call to m1 | test.cpp:99:18:99:19 | call to m1 | call to m1 |