Module Instruction

Provides classes that represent the individual instructions in the IR for a function.

Import path

import semmle.code.cpp.ir.implementation.aliased_ssa.Instruction

Imports

EdgeKind	Provides classes that specify the conditions under which control flows along a given edge.
IRBlock	Provides classes describing basic blocks in the IR of a function.
IRFunction	Provides the class `IRFunction`, which represents the Intermediate Representation for the definition of a function.
IRType	Minimal, language-neutral type system for the IR.
IRVariable	Provides classes that represent variables accessed by the IR.
MemoryAccessKind	Provides classes that describe how a particular `Instruction` or its operands access memory.
Opcode	Provides `Opcode`s that specify the operation performed by an `Instruction`, as well as metadata about those opcodes, such as operand kinds and memory accesses.
Operand	Provides classes that represent the input values of IR instructions.

Classes

AddInstruction	An instruction that computes the sum of two numeric operands.
AliasedDefinitionInstruction	An instruction that initializes all escaped memory.
AliasedUseInstruction	An instruction that consumes all escaped memory on exit from the function.
ArithmeticInstruction	An instruction that computes the result of an arithmetic operation.
BinaryArithmeticInstruction	An instruction that performs an arithmetic operation on two numeric operands.
BinaryBitwiseInstruction	An instruction that performs a bitwise operation on two integer operands.
BinaryInstruction	An instruction whose result is computed from two operands.
BitAndInstruction	An instruction that computes the bitwise “and” of two integer operands.
BitComplementInstruction	An instruction that computes the bitwise complement of its operand.
BitOrInstruction	An instruction that computes the bitwise “or” of two integer operands.
BitXorInstruction	An instruction that computes the bitwise “xor” of two integer operands.
BitwiseInstruction	An instruction that computes the result of a bitwise operation.
BufferMayWriteSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the write of an indirect buffer parameter within a function call.
BufferMustWriteSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the write of an indirect buffer parameter within a function call. The entire buffer is overwritten.
BufferReadSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the read of an indirect buffer parameter within a function call.
BuiltInInstruction	An instruction representing a built-in operation that does not have a specific opcode. The actual operation is specified by the `getBuiltInOperation()` predicate.
BuiltInOperationInstruction	An instruction representing a built-in operation.
CallInstruction	An instruction that calls a function.
CallReadSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the side effect of a function call on any memory that might be read by that call.
CallSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the side effect of a function call on any memory that might be accessed by that call.
CatchAnyInstruction	An instruction that catches any exception.
CatchByTypeInstruction	An instruction that catches an exception of a specific type.
CatchInstruction	An instruction that starts a `catch` handler.
CheckedConvertOrNullInstruction	An instruction that converts the address of a polymorphic object to the address of a different subobject of the same polymorphic object, returning a null address if the dynamic type of the object is not compatible with the result type.
CheckedConvertOrThrowInstruction	An instruction that converts the address of a polymorphic object to the address of a different subobject of the same polymorphic object, throwing an exception if the dynamic type of the object is not compatible with the result type.
ChiInstruction	An instruction representing the effect that a write to a memory may have on potential aliases of that memory.
CompareEQInstruction	An instruction that returns a `true` result if its operands are equal.
CompareGEInstruction	An instruction that returns a `true` result if its left operand is greater than or equal to its right operand.
CompareGTInstruction	An instruction that returns a `true` result if its left operand is greater than its right operand.
CompareInstruction	An instruction that compares two numeric operands.
CompareLEInstruction	An instruction that returns a `true` result if its left operand is less than or equal to its right operand.
CompareLTInstruction	An instruction that returns a `true` result if its left operand is less than its right operand.
CompareNEInstruction	An instruction that returns a `true` result if its operands are not equal.
CompleteObjectAddressInstruction	An instruction that returns the address of the complete object that contains the subobject pointed to by its operand.
ConditionalBranchInstruction	An instruction that branches to one of two successor instructions based on the value of a Boolean operand.
ConstantInstruction	An instruction whose result is a constant value.
ConstantValueInstruction	An instruction whose result is a compile-time constant value.
ConvertInstruction	An instruction that converts the value of its operand to a value of a different type.
ConvertToBaseInstruction	An instruction that converts from the address of a derived class to the address of a base class.
ConvertToDerivedInstruction	An instruction that converts from the address of a base class to the address of a direct non-virtual derived class.
ConvertToNonVirtualBaseInstruction	An instruction that converts from the address of a derived class to the address of a direct non-virtual base class.
ConvertToVirtualBaseInstruction	An instruction that converts from the address of a derived class to the address of a virtual base class.
CopyInstruction	An instruction that returns a copy of its operand.
CopyValueInstruction	An instruction that returns a register result containing a copy of its register operand.
DivInstruction	An instruction that computes the quotient of two numeric operands.
ElementsAddressInstruction	An instruction that computes the address of the first element of a managed array.
EnterFunctionInstruction	An instruction representing the entry point to a function.
ErrorInstruction	An instruction that produces a well-defined but unknown result and has unknown side effects, including side effects that are not conservatively modeled in the SSA graph.
ExitFunctionInstruction	An instruction representing the exit point of a function.
FieldAddressInstruction	An instruction that computes the address of a non-static field of an object.
FieldInstruction	An instruction that refers to a field of a class, struct, or union.
FloatConstantInstruction	An instruction whose result is a constant value of floating-point type.
FunctionAddressInstruction	An instruction that returns the address of a function.
FunctionInstruction	An instruction that refers to a function.
IndexedInstruction	An instruction that refers to an argument of a `Call` instruction.
IndirectMayWriteSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the potential write of an indirect parameter within a function call.
IndirectMustWriteSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the write of an indirect parameter within a function call.
IndirectReadSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the read of an indirect parameter within a function call.
InheritanceConversionInstruction	An instruction that converts the address of an object to the address of a different subobject of the same object, without any type checking at runtime.
InitializeDynamicAllocationInstruction	An instruction representing the initial value of newly allocated memory, such as the result of a call to `malloc`.
InitializeIndirectionInstruction	An instruction that initializes the memory pointed to by a parameter of the enclosing function with the value of that memory on entry to the function.
InitializeNonLocalInstruction	An instruction that initializes all memory that existed before this function was called.
InitializeParameterInstruction	An instruction that initializes a parameter of the enclosing function with the value of the corresponding argument passed by the caller.
InitializeThisInstruction	An instruction that initializes the `this` pointer parameter of the enclosing function.
InlineAsmInstruction	An instruction representing a GNU or MSVC inline assembly statement.
Instruction	A single instruction in the IR.
IntegerConstantInstruction	An instruction whose result is a constant value of integer or Boolean type.
LoadInstruction	An instruction that returns a register result containing a copy of its memory operand.
LogicalNotInstruction	An instruction that computes the logical complement of its operand.
MulInstruction	An instruction that computes the product of two numeric operands.
NegateInstruction	An instruction that negates a single numeric operand.
NewObjInstruction	An instruction that allocates a new object on the managed heap.
NextVarArgInstruction	An instruction that modifies a `va_list` to point to the next argument that was passed to the `...` parameter.
NoOpInstruction	An instruction that has no effect.
PhiInstruction	An instruction representing the choice of one of multiple input values based on control flow.
PointerAddInstruction	An instruction that adds an integer offset to a pointer.
PointerArithmeticInstruction	An instruction that performs a binary arithmetic operation involving at least one pointer operand.
PointerConstantInstruction	An instruction whose result is a constant value of a pointer type.
PointerDiffInstruction	An instruction that computes the difference between two pointers.
PointerOffsetInstruction	An instruction that adds or subtracts an integer offset from a pointer.
PointerSubInstruction	An instruction that subtracts an integer offset from a pointer.
ReThrowInstruction	An instruction that re-throws the current exception.
ReadSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing a read side effect of a function call on a specific parameter.
RelationalInstruction	An instruction that does a relative comparison of two values, such as `<` or `>=`.
RemInstruction	An instruction that computes the remainder of two integer operands.
ReturnIndirectionInstruction	An instruction that represents the use of the value pointed to by a parameter of the function after the function returns control to its caller.
ReturnInstruction	An instruction that returns control to the caller of the function.
ReturnValueInstruction	An instruction that returns control to the caller of the function, including a return value.
ReturnVoidInstruction	An instruction that returns control to the caller of the function, without returning a value.
ShiftLeftInstruction	An instruction that shifts its left operand to the left by the number of bits specified by its right operand.
ShiftRightInstruction	An instruction that shifts its left operand to the right by the number of bits specified by its right operand.
SideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing a side effect of a function call.
SizedBufferMayWriteSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the write of an indirect buffer parameter within a function call.
SizedBufferMustWriteSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the write of an indirect buffer parameter within a function call. The entire buffer is overwritten.
SizedBufferReadSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing the read of an indirect buffer parameter within a function call.
StoreInstruction	An instruction that returns a memory result containing a copy of its register operand.
StringConstantInstruction	An instruction whose result is the address of a string literal.
SubInstruction	An instruction that computes the difference of two numeric operands.
SwitchInstruction	An instruction that branches to one of multiple successor instructions based on the value of an integer operand.
ThrowInstruction	An instruction that throws an exception.
ThrowValueInstruction	An instruction that throws a new exception.
UnaryArithmeticInstruction	An instruction whose result is computed by performing an arithmetic operation on a single numeric operand.
UnaryBitwiseInstruction	An instruction that performs a bitwise operation on a single integer operand.
UnaryInstruction	An instruction whose result is computed from a single operand.
UninitializedGroupInstruction	An instruction that initializes a set of allocations that are each assigned the same “virtual variable”.
UninitializedInstruction	An instruction that returns an uninitialized value.
UnreachedInstruction	An instruction representing unreachable code.
UnsignedShiftRightInstruction	An instruction that shifts its left operand to the right by the number of bits specified by its right operand.
UnwindInstruction	An instruction that exits the current function by propagating an exception.
VarArgInstruction	An instruction that returns the address of the argument currently pointed to by a `va_list`.
VarArgsEndInstruction	An instruction that cleans up a `va_list` after it is no longer in use.
VarArgsStartInstruction	An instruction that returns a `va_list` to access the arguments passed to the `...` parameter.
VariableAddressInstruction	An instruction that returns the address of a variable.
VariableInstruction	An instruction that refers to a variable.
VirtualDeleteFunctionAddressInstruction	An instruction that returns the address of a “virtual” delete function.
WriteSideEffectInstruction	An instruction representing a write side effect of a function call on a specific parameter.