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### 3.9 Options That Control Static Analysis

`-fanalyzer`

  This option enables an static analysis of program flow which looks for “interesting” interprocedural paths through the code, and issues warnings for problems found on them.

  This analysis is much more expensive than other GCC warnings.

  In technical terms, it performs coverage-guided symbolic execution of the code being compiled. It is neither sound nor complete: it can have false positives and false negatives. It is a bug-finding tool, rather than a tool for proving program correctness.

  The analyzer is only suitable for use on C code in this release.

  Enabling this option effectively enables the following warnings:

      -Wanalyzer-allocation-size
      -Wanalyzer-deref-before-check
      -Wanalyzer-double-fclose
      -Wanalyzer-double-free
      -Wanalyzer-exposure-through-output-file
      -Wanalyzer-exposure-through-uninit-copy
      -Wanalyzer-fd-access-mode-mismatch
      -Wanalyzer-fd-double-close
      -Wanalyzer-fd-leak
      -Wanalyzer-fd-phase-mismatch
      -Wanalyzer-fd-type-mismatch
      -Wanalyzer-fd-use-after-close
      -Wanalyzer-fd-use-without-check
      -Wanalyzer-file-leak
      -Wanalyzer-free-of-non-heap
      -Wanalyzer-imprecise-fp-arithmetic
      -Wanalyzer-infinite-loop
      -Wanalyzer-infinite-recursion
      -Wanalyzer-jump-through-null
      -Wanalyzer-malloc-leak
      -Wanalyzer-mismatching-deallocation
      -Wanalyzer-null-argument
      -Wanalyzer-null-dereference
      -Wanalyzer-out-of-bounds
      -Wanalyzer-overlapping-buffers
      -Wanalyzer-possible-null-argument
      -Wanalyzer-possible-null-dereference
      -Wanalyzer-putenv-of-auto-var
      -Wanalyzer-shift-count-negative
      -Wanalyzer-shift-count-overflow
      -Wanalyzer-stale-setjmp-buffer
      -Wanalyzer-tainted-allocation-size
      -Wanalyzer-tainted-array-index
      -Wanalyzer-tainted-assertion
      -Wanalyzer-tainted-divisor
      -Wanalyzer-tainted-offset
      -Wanalyzer-tainted-size
      -Wanalyzer-undefined-behavior-strtok
      -Wanalyzer-unsafe-call-within-signal-handler
      -Wanalyzer-use-after-free
      -Wanalyzer-use-of-pointer-in-stale-stack-frame
      -Wanalyzer-use-of-uninitialized-value
      -Wanalyzer-va-arg-type-mismatch
      -Wanalyzer-va-list-exhausted
      -Wanalyzer-va-list-leak
      -Wanalyzer-va-list-use-after-va-end
      -Wanalyzer-write-to-const
      -Wanalyzer-write-to-string-literal

  This option is only available if GCC was configured with analyzer support enabled.

`-Wanalyzer-symbol-too-complex`

  If `-fanalyzer` is enabled, the analyzer uses various heuristics to attempt to track the state of memory, but these can be defeated by sufficiently complicated code.

  By default, the analysis silently stops tracking values of expressions if they exceed the threshold defined by `--param analyzer-max-svalue-depth=value`, and falls back to an imprecise representation for such expressions. The `-Wanalyzer-symbol-too-complex` option warns if this occurs.

`-Wanalyzer-too-complex`

  If `-fanalyzer` is enabled, the analyzer uses various heuristics to attempt to explore the control flow and data flow in the program, but these can be defeated by sufficiently complicated code.

  By default, the analysis silently stops if the code is too complicated for the analyzer to fully explore and it reaches an internal limit. The `-Wanalyzer-too-complex` option warns if this occurs.

`-Wno-analyzer-allocation-size`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; to disable it, use `-Wno-analyzer-allocation-size`.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a pointer to a buffer is assigned to point at a buffer with a size that is not a multiple of `sizeof (*pointer)`.

  See CWE-131: Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size.

`-Wno-analyzer-deref-before-check`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-deref-before-check` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a pointer is checked for `NULL` *after* it has already been dereferenced, suggesting that the pointer could have been NULL. Such cases suggest that the check for NULL is either redundant, or that it needs to be moved to before the pointer is dereferenced.

  This diagnostic also considers values passed to a function argument marked with `__attribute__((nonnull))` as requiring a non-NULL value, and thus will complain if such values are checked for `NULL` after returning from such a function call.

  This diagnostic is unlikely to be reported when any level of optimization is enabled, as GCC’s optimization logic will typically consider such checks for NULL as being redundant, and optimize them away before the analyzer "sees" them. Hence optimization should be disabled when attempting to trigger this diagnostic.

`-Wno-analyzer-double-fclose`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-double-fclose` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a `FILE *` can have `fclose` called on it more than once.

  See CWE-1341: Multiple Releases of Same Resource or Handle.

`-Wno-analyzer-double-free`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-double-free` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a pointer can have a deallocator called on it more than once, either `free`, or a deallocator referenced by attribute `malloc`.

  See CWE-415: Double Free.

`-Wno-analyzer-exposure-through-output-file`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-exposure-through-output-file` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a security-sensitive value is written to an output file (such as writing a password to a log file).

  See CWE-532: Information Exposure Through Log Files.

`-Wanalyzer-exposure-through-uninit-copy`

  This warning requires both `-fanalyzer` and the use of a plugin to specify a function that copies across a “trust boundary”. Use `-Wno-analyzer-exposure-through-uninit-copy` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for “infoleaks” - paths through the code in which uninitialized values are copied across a security boundary (such as code within an OS kernel that copies a partially-initialized struct on the stack to user space).

  See CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor.

`-Wno-analyzer-fd-access-mode-mismatch`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-fd-access-mode-mismatch` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through code in which a `read` on a write-only file descriptor is attempted, or vice versa.

  This diagnostic also warns for code paths in a which a function with attribute `fd_arg_read (N)` is called with a file descriptor opened with `O_WRONLY` at referenced argument `N` or a function with attribute `fd_arg_write (N)` is called with a file descriptor opened with `O_RDONLY` at referenced argument N.

`-Wno-analyzer-fd-double-close`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-fd-double-close` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through code in which a file descriptor can be closed more than once.

  See CWE-1341: Multiple Releases of Same Resource or Handle.

`-Wno-analyzer-fd-leak`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-fd-leak` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through code in which an open file descriptor is leaked.

  See CWE-775: Missing Release of File Descriptor or Handle after Effective Lifetime.

`-Wno-analyzer-fd-phase-mismatch`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-fd-phase-mismatch` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through code in which an operation is attempted in the wrong phase of a file descriptor’s lifetime. For example, it will warn on attempts to call `accept` on a stream socket that has not yet had `listen` successfully called on it.

  See CWE-666: Operation on Resource in Wrong Phase of Lifetime.

`-Wno-analyzer-fd-type-mismatch`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-fd-type-mismatch` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through code in which an operation is attempted on the wrong type of file descriptor. For example, it will warn on attempts to use socket operations on a file descriptor obtained via `open`, or when attempting to use a stream socket operation on a datagram socket.

`-Wno-analyzer-fd-use-after-close`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-fd-use-after-close` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through code in which a read or write is called on a closed file descriptor.

  This diagnostic also warns for paths through code in which a function with attribute `fd_arg (N)` or `fd_arg_read (N)` or `fd_arg_write (N)` is called with a closed file descriptor at referenced argument `N`.

`-Wno-analyzer-fd-use-without-check`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-fd-use-without-check` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through code in which a file descriptor is used without being checked for validity.

  This diagnostic also warns for paths through code in which a function with attribute `fd_arg (N)` or `fd_arg_read (N)` or `fd_arg_write (N)` is called with a file descriptor, at referenced argument `N`, without being checked for validity.

`-Wno-analyzer-file-leak`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-file-leak` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a `<stdio.h>` `FILE *` stream object is leaked.

  See CWE-775: Missing Release of File Descriptor or Handle after Effective Lifetime.

`-Wno-analyzer-free-of-non-heap`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-free-of-non-heap` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which `free` is called on a non-heap pointer (e.g. an on-stack buffer, or a global).

  See CWE-590: Free of Memory not on the Heap.

`-Wno-analyzer-imprecise-fp-arithmetic`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-imprecise-fp-arithmetic` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which floating-point arithmetic is used in locations where precise computation is needed. This diagnostic only warns on use of floating-point operands inside the calculation of an allocation size at the moment.

`-Wno-analyzer-infinite-loop`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-infinite-loop` to disable it.

  This diagnostics warns for paths through the code which appear to lead to an infinite loop.

  Specifically, the analyzer will issue this warning when it "sees" a loop in which:

  - no externally-visible work could be being done within the loop
  - there is no way to escape from the loop
  - the analyzer is sufficiently confident about the program state throughout the loop to know that the above are true

  One way for this warning to be emitted is when there is an execution path through a loop for which taking the path on one iteration implies that the same path will be taken on all subsequent iterations.

  For example, consider:

        while (1)
          {
            char opcode = *cpu_state.pc;
            switch (opcode)
             {
             case OPCODE_FOO:
               handle_opcode_foo (&cpu_state);
               break;
             case OPCODE_BAR:
               handle_opcode_bar (&cpu_state);
               break;
             }
          }

  The analyzer will complain for the above case because if `opcode` ever matches none of the cases, the `switch` will follow the implicit `default` case, making the body of the loop be a “no-op” with `cpu_state.pc` unchanged, and thus using the same value of `opcode` on all subseqent iterations, leading to an infinite loop.

  See CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (’Infinite Loop’).

`-Wno-analyzer-infinite-recursion`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-infinite-recursion` to disable it.

  This diagnostics warns for paths through the code which appear to lead to infinite recursion.

  Specifically, when the analyzer "sees" a recursive call, it will compare the state of memory at the entry to the new frame with that at the entry to the previous frame of that function on the stack. The warning is issued if nothing in memory appears to be changing; any changes observed to parameters or globals are assumed to lead to termination of the recursion and thus suppress the warning.

  This diagnostic is likely to miss cases of infinite recursion that are convered to iteration by the optimizer before the analyzer "sees" them. Hence optimization should be disabled when attempting to trigger this diagnostic.

  Compare with `-Winfinite-recursion`, which provides a similar diagnostic, but is implemented in a different way.

  See CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion.

`-Wno-analyzer-jump-through-null`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-jump-through-null` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a `NULL` function pointer is called.

`-Wno-analyzer-malloc-leak`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-malloc-leak` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a pointer allocated via an allocator is leaked: either `malloc`, or a function marked with attribute `malloc`.

  See CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime.

`-Wno-analyzer-mismatching-deallocation`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-mismatching-deallocation` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which the wrong deallocation function is called on a pointer value, based on which function was used to allocate the pointer value. The diagnostic will warn about mismatches between `free`, scalar `delete` and vector `delete[]`, and those marked as allocator/deallocator pairs using attribute `malloc`.

  See CWE-762: Mismatched Memory Management Routines.

`-Wno-analyzer-out-of-bounds`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-out-of-bounds` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a buffer is definitely read or written out-of-bounds. The diagnostic applies for cases where the analyzer is able to determine a constant offset and for accesses past the end of a buffer, also a constant capacity. Further, the diagnostic does limited checking for accesses past the end when the offset as well as the capacity is symbolic.

  See CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer.

  For cases where the analyzer is able, it will emit a text art diagram visualizing the spatial relationship between the memory region that the analyzer predicts would be accessed, versus the range of memory that is valid to access: whether they overlap, are touching, are close or far apart; which one is before or after in memory, the relative sizes involved, the direction of the access (read vs write), and, in some cases, the values of data involved. This diagram can be suppressed using `-fdiagnostics-text-art-charset=none`.

`-Wno-analyzer-overlapping-buffers`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-overlapping-buffers` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which overlapping buffers are passed to an API for which the behavior on such buffers is undefined.

  Specifically, the diagnostic occurs on calls to the following functions

  - `memcpy`
  - `strcat`
  - `strcpy`

  for cases where the buffers are known to overlap.

`-Wno-analyzer-possible-null-argument`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-possible-null-argument` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a possibly-NULL value is passed to a function argument marked with `__attribute__((nonnull))` as requiring a non-NULL value.

  See CWE-690: Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference.

`-Wno-analyzer-possible-null-dereference`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-possible-null-dereference` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a possibly-NULL value is dereferenced.

  See CWE-690: Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference.

`-Wno-analyzer-null-argument`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-null-argument` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a value known to be NULL is passed to a function argument marked with `__attribute__((nonnull))` as requiring a non-NULL value.

  See CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference.

`-Wno-analyzer-null-dereference`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-null-dereference` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a value known to be NULL is dereferenced.

  See CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference.

`-Wno-analyzer-putenv-of-auto-var`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-putenv-of-auto-var` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a call to `putenv` is passed a pointer to an automatic variable or an on-stack buffer.

  See POS34-C. Do not call putenv() with a pointer to an automatic variable as the argument.

`-Wno-analyzer-shift-count-negative`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-shift-count-negative` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a shift is attempted with a negative count. It is analogous to the `-Wshift-count-negative` diagnostic implemented in the C/C++ front ends, but is implemented based on analyzing interprocedural paths, rather than merely parsing the syntax tree. However, the analyzer does not prioritize detection of such paths, so false negatives are more likely relative to other warnings.

`-Wno-analyzer-shift-count-overflow`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-shift-count-overflow` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a shift is attempted with a count greater than or equal to the precision of the operand’s type. It is analogous to the `-Wshift-count-overflow` diagnostic implemented in the C/C++ front ends, but is implemented based on analyzing interprocedural paths, rather than merely parsing the syntax tree. However, the analyzer does not prioritize detection of such paths, so false negatives are more likely relative to other warnings.

`-Wno-analyzer-stale-setjmp-buffer`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-stale-setjmp-buffer` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which `longjmp` is called to rewind to a `jmp_buf` relating to a `setjmp` call in a function that has returned.

  When `setjmp` is called on a `jmp_buf` to record a rewind location, it records the stack frame. The stack frame becomes invalid when the function containing the `setjmp` call returns. Attempting to rewind to it via `longjmp` would reference a stack frame that no longer exists, and likely lead to a crash (or worse).

`-Wno-analyzer-tainted-allocation-size`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer` which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-tainted-allocation-size` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a value that could be under an attacker’s control is used as the size of an allocation without being sanitized, so that an attacker could inject an excessively large allocation and potentially cause a denial of service attack.

  See CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value.

`-Wno-analyzer-tainted-assertion`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer` which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-tainted-assertion` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a value that could be under an attacker’s control is used as part of a condition without being first sanitized, and that condition guards a call to a function marked with attribute `noreturn` (such as the function `__builtin_unreachable`). Such functions typically indicate abnormal termination of the program, such as for assertion failure handlers. For example:

      assert (some_tainted_value < SOME_LIMIT);

  In such cases:

  - when assertion-checking is enabled: an attacker could trigger a denial of service by injecting an assertion failure
  - when assertion-checking is disabled, such as by defining `NDEBUG`, an attacker could inject data that subverts the process, since it presumably violates a precondition that is being assumed by the code.

  Note that when assertion-checking is disabled, the assertions are typically removed by the preprocessor before the analyzer has a chance to "see" them, so this diagnostic can only generate warnings on builds in which assertion-checking is enabled.

  For the purpose of this warning, any function marked with attribute `noreturn` is considered as a possible assertion failure handler, including `__builtin_unreachable`. Note that these functions are sometimes removed by the optimizer before the analyzer "sees" them. Hence optimization should be disabled when attempting to trigger this diagnostic.

  See CWE-617: Reachable Assertion.

  The warning can also report problematic constructions such as

      switch (some_tainted_value) {
      case 0:
        /* [...etc; various valid cases omitted...] */
        break;

      default:
        __builtin_unreachable (); /* BUG: attacker can trigger this  */
      }

  despite the above not being an assertion failure, strictly speaking.

`-Wno-analyzer-tainted-array-index`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer` which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-tainted-array-index` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a value that could be under an attacker’s control is used as the index of an array access without being sanitized, so that an attacker could inject an out-of-bounds access.

  See CWE-129: Improper Validation of Array Index.

`-Wno-analyzer-tainted-divisor`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer` which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-tainted-divisor` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a value that could be under an attacker’s control is used as the divisor in a division or modulus operation without being sanitized, so that an attacker could inject a division-by-zero.

  See CWE-369: Divide By Zero.

`-Wno-analyzer-tainted-offset`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer` which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-tainted-offset` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a value that could be under an attacker’s control is used as a pointer offset without being sanitized, so that an attacker could inject an out-of-bounds access.

  See CWE-823: Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset.

`-Wno-analyzer-tainted-size`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer` which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-tainted-size` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a value that could be under an attacker’s control is used as the size of an operation such as `memset` without being sanitized, so that an attacker could inject an out-of-bounds access.

  See CWE-129: Improper Validation of Array Index.

`-Wno-analyzer-undefined-behavior-strtok`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-undefined-behavior-strtok` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a call is made to `strtok` with undefined behavior.

  Specifically, passing NULL as the first parameter for the initial call to `strtok` within a process has undefined behavior.

`-Wno-analyzer-unsafe-call-within-signal-handler`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-unsafe-call-within-signal-handler` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a function known to be async-signal-unsafe (such as `fprintf`) is called from a signal handler.

  See CWE-479: Signal Handler Use of a Non-reentrant Function.

`-Wno-analyzer-use-after-free`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-use-after-free` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a pointer is used after a deallocator is called on it: either `free`, or a deallocator referenced by attribute `malloc`.

  See CWE-416: Use After Free.

`-Wno-analyzer-use-of-pointer-in-stale-stack-frame`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-use-of-pointer-in-stale-stack-frame` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which a pointer is dereferenced that points to a variable in a stale stack frame.

`-Wno-analyzer-va-arg-type-mismatch`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-va-arg-type-mismatch` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for interprocedural paths through the code for which the analyzer detects an attempt to use `va_arg` to extract a value passed to a variadic call, but uses a type that does not match that of the expression passed to the call.

  See CWE-686: Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type.

`-Wno-analyzer-va-list-exhausted`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-va-list-exhausted` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for interprocedural paths through the code for which the analyzer detects an attempt to use `va_arg` to access the next value passed to a variadic call, but all of the values in the `va_list` have already been consumed.

  See CWE-685: Function Call With Incorrect Number of Arguments.

`-Wno-analyzer-va-list-leak`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-va-list-leak` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for interprocedural paths through the code for which the analyzer detects that `va_start` or `va_copy` has been called on a `va_list` without a corresponding call to `va_end`.

`-Wno-analyzer-va-list-use-after-va-end`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-va-list-use-after-va-end` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for interprocedural paths through the code for which the analyzer detects an attempt to use a `va_list` after `va_end` has been called on it. `va_list`.

`-Wno-analyzer-write-to-const`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-write-to-const` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which the analyzer detects an attempt to write through a pointer to a `const` object. However, the analyzer does not prioritize detection of such paths, so false negatives are more likely relative to other warnings.

`-Wno-analyzer-write-to-string-literal`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-write-to-string-literal` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which the analyzer detects an attempt to write through a pointer to a string literal. However, the analyzer does not prioritize detection of such paths, so false negatives are more likely relative to other warnings.

`-Wno-analyzer-use-of-uninitialized-value`

  This warning requires `-fanalyzer`, which enables it; use `-Wno-analyzer-use-of-uninitialized-value` to disable it.

  This diagnostic warns for paths through the code in which an uninitialized value is used.

  See CWE-457: Use of Uninitialized Variable.

The analyzer has hardcoded knowledge about the behavior of the following memory-management functions:

- `alloca`
- The built-in functions `__builtin_alloc`, `__builtin_alloc_with_align`,
- `__builtin_calloc`, `__builtin_free`, `__builtin_malloc`, `__builtin_memcpy`, `__builtin_memcpy_chk`, `__builtin_memset`, `__builtin_memset_chk`, `__builtin_realloc`, `__builtin_stack_restore`, and `__builtin_stack_save`
- `calloc`
- `free`
- `malloc`
- `memset`
- `operator delete`
- `operator delete []`
- `operator new`
- `operator new []`
- `realloc`
- `strdup`
- `strndup`

of the following functions for working with file descriptors:

- `open`
- `close`
- `creat`
- `dup`, `dup2` and `dup3`
- `isatty`
- `pipe`, and `pipe2`
- `read`
- `write`
- `socket`, `bind`, `listen`, `accept`, and `connect`

of the following functions for working with `<stdio.h>` streams:

- The built-in functions `__builtin_fprintf`, `__builtin_fprintf_unlocked`, `__builtin_fputc`, `__builtin_fputc_unlocked`, `__builtin_fputs`, `__builtin_fputs_unlocked`, `__builtin_fwrite`, `__builtin_fwrite_unlocked`, `__builtin_printf`, `__builtin_printf_unlocked`, `__builtin_putc`, `__builtin_putchar`, `__builtin_putchar_unlocked`, `__builtin_putc_unlocked`, `__builtin_puts`, `__builtin_puts_unlocked`, `__builtin_vfprintf`, and `__builtin_vprintf`
- `fopen`
- `fclose`
- `ferror`
- `fgets`
- `fgets_unlocked`
- `fileno`
- `fread`
- `getc`
- `getchar`
- `fprintf`
- `printf`
- `fwrite`

and of the following functions:

- The built-in functions `__builtin_expect`, `__builtin_expect_with_probability`, `__builtin_strchr`, `__builtin_strcpy`, `__builtin_strcpy_chk`, `__builtin_strlen`, `__builtin_va_copy`, and `__builtin_va_start`
- The GNU extensions `error` and `error_at_line`
- `getpass`
- `longjmp`
- `putenv`
- `setjmp`
- `siglongjmp`
- `signal`
- `sigsetjmp`
- `strcat`
- `strchr`
- `strlen`

In addition, various functions with an `__analyzer_` prefix have special meaning to the analyzer, described in the GCC Internals manual.

Pertinent parameters for controlling the exploration are:

- `--param analyzer-bb-explosion-factor=value`
- `--param analyzer-max-enodes-per-program-point=value`
- `--param analyzer-max-recursion-depth=value`
- `--param analyzer-min-snodes-for-call-summary=value`

The following options control the analyzer.

`-fanalyzer-call-summaries`

  Simplify interprocedural analysis by computing the effect of certain calls, rather than exploring all paths through the function from callsite to each possible return.

  If enabled, call summaries are only used for functions with more than one call site, and that are sufficiently complicated (as per `--param analyzer-min-snodes-for-call-summary=value`).

`-fanalyzer-checker=name`

  Restrict the analyzer to run just the named checker, and enable it.

`-fanalyzer-debug-text-art-headings`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers. If enabled, the analyzer will add extra annotations to any diagrams it generates.

`-fno-analyzer-feasibility`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers.

  By default the analyzer verifies that there is a feasible control flow path for each diagnostic it emits: that the conditions that hold are not mutually exclusive. Diagnostics for which no feasible path can be found are rejected. This filtering can be suppressed with `-fno-analyzer-feasibility`, for debugging issues in this code.

`-fanalyzer-fine-grained`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers.

  Internally the analyzer builds an “exploded graph” that combines control flow graphs with data flow information.

  By default, an edge in this graph can contain the effects of a run of multiple statements within a basic block. With `-fanalyzer-fine-grained`, each statement gets its own edge.

`-fanalyzer-show-duplicate-count`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers: if multiple diagnostics have been detected as being duplicates of each other, it emits a note when reporting the best diagnostic, giving the number of additional diagnostics that were suppressed by the deduplication logic.

`-fanalyzer-show-events-in-system-headers`

  By default the analyzer emits simplified diagnostics paths by hiding events fully located within a system header. With `-fanalyzer-show-events-in-system-headers` such events are no longer suppressed.

`-fno-analyzer-state-merge`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers.

  By default the analyzer attempts to simplify analysis by merging sufficiently similar states at each program point as it builds its “exploded graph”. With `-fno-analyzer-state-merge` this merging can be suppressed, for debugging state-handling issues.

`-fno-analyzer-state-purge`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers.

  By default the analyzer attempts to simplify analysis by purging aspects of state at a program point that appear to no longer be relevant e.g. the values of locals that aren’t accessed later in the function and which aren’t relevant to leak analysis.

  With `-fno-analyzer-state-purge` this purging of state can be suppressed, for debugging state-handling issues.

`-fno-analyzer-suppress-followups`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers.

  By default the analyzer will stop exploring an execution path after encountering certain diagnostics, in order to avoid potentially issuing a cascade of follow-up diagnostics.

  The diagnostics that terminate analysis along a path are:

  - `-Wanalyzer-null-argument`
  - `-Wanalyzer-null-dereference`
  - `-Wanalyzer-use-after-free`
  - `-Wanalyzer-use-of-pointer-in-stale-stack-frame`
  - `-Wanalyzer-use-of-uninitialized-value`

  With `-fno-analyzer-suppress-followups` the analyzer will continue to explore such paths even after such diagnostics, which may be helpful for debugging issues in the analyzer, or for microbenchmarks for detecting undefined behavior.

`-fanalyzer-transitivity`

  This option enables transitivity of constraints within the analyzer.

`-fno-analyzer-undo-inlining`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers.

  `-fanalyzer` runs relatively late compared to other code analysis tools, and some optimizations have already been applied to the code. In particular function inlining may have occurred, leading to the interprocedural execution paths emitted by the analyzer containing function frames that don’t correspond to those in the original source code.

  By default the analyzer attempts to reconstruct the original function frames, and to emit events showing the inlined calls.

  With `-fno-analyzer-undo-inlining` this attempt to reconstruct the original frame information can be disabled, which may be of help when debugging issues in the analyzer.

`-fanalyzer-verbose-edges`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers. It enables more verbose, lower-level detail in the descriptions of control flow within diagnostic paths.

`-fanalyzer-verbose-state-changes`

  This option is intended for analyzer developers. It enables more verbose, lower-level detail in the descriptions of events relating to state machines within diagnostic paths.

`-fanalyzer-verbosity=level`

  This option controls the complexity of the control flow paths that are emitted for analyzer diagnostics.

  The level can be one of:

  ‘`0`’

    At this level, interprocedural call and return events are displayed, along with the most pertinent state-change events relating to a diagnostic. For example, for a double-`free` diagnostic, both calls to `free` will be shown.

  ‘`1`’

    As per the previous level, but also show events for the entry to each function.

  ‘`2`’

    As per the previous level, but also show events relating to control flow that are significant to triggering the issue (e.g. “true path taken” at a conditional).

    This level is the default.

  ‘`3`’

    As per the previous level, but show all control flow events, not just significant ones.

  ‘`4`’

    This level is intended for analyzer developers; it adds various other events intended for debugging the analyzer.

`-fdump-analyzer`

  Dump internal details about what the analyzer is doing to `file.analyzer.txt`. `-fdump-analyzer-stderr` overrides this option.

`-fdump-analyzer-stderr`

  Dump internal details about what the analyzer is doing to stderr. This option overrides `-fdump-analyzer`.

`-fdump-analyzer-callgraph`

  Dump a representation of the call graph suitable for viewing with GraphViz to `file.callgraph.dot`.

`-fdump-analyzer-exploded-graph`

  Dump a representation of the “exploded graph” suitable for viewing with GraphViz to `file.eg.dot`. Nodes are color-coded based on state-machine states to emphasize state changes.

`-fdump-analyzer-exploded-nodes`

  Emit diagnostics showing where nodes in the “exploded graph” are in relation to the program source.

`-fdump-analyzer-exploded-nodes-2`

  Dump a textual representation of the “exploded graph” to `file.eg.txt`.

`-fdump-analyzer-exploded-nodes-3`

  Dump a textual representation of the “exploded graph” to one dump file per node, to `file.eg-id.txt`. This is typically a large number of dump files.

`-fdump-analyzer-exploded-paths`

  Dump a textual representation of the “exploded path” for each diagnostic to `file.idx.kind.epath.txt`.

`-fdump-analyzer-feasibility`

  Dump internal details about the analyzer’s search for feasible paths. The details are written in a form suitable for viewing with GraphViz to filenames of the form `file.*.fg.dot`, `file.*.tg.dot`, and `file.*.fpath.txt`.

`-fdump-analyzer-infinite-loop`

  Dump internal details about the analyzer’s search for infinite loops. The details are written in a form suitable for viewing with GraphViz to filenames of the form `file.*.infinite-loop.dot`.

`-fdump-analyzer-json`

  Dump a compressed JSON representation of analyzer internals to `file.analyzer.json.gz`. The precise format is subject to change.

`-fdump-analyzer-state-purge`

  As per `-fdump-analyzer-supergraph`, dump a representation of the “supergraph” suitable for viewing with GraphViz, but annotate the graph with information on what state will be purged at each node. The graph is written to `file.state-purge.dot`.

`-fdump-analyzer-supergraph`

  Dump representations of the “supergraph” suitable for viewing with GraphViz to `file.supergraph.dot` and to `file.supergraph-eg.dot`. These show all of the control flow graphs in the program, with interprocedural edges for calls and returns. The second dump contains annotations showing nodes in the “exploded graph” and diagnostics associated with them.

`-fdump-analyzer-untracked`

  Emit custom warnings with internal details intended for analyzer developers.

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