SVF APIs

SVFUtil

Members	Meanings
SVF::SVFUtil::outs	output stream similar to std::outs
SVF::SVFUtil::isa	instance of a class
SVF::SVFUtil::cast	casting from a parent class to a child class
SVF::SVFUtil::dyn_cast	dynamic casting from a parent class to a child class, return null if not successful

ICFGNode

Members	Meanings
ICFGNode::toString	return the content of this ICFGNode in the form of a string consisting of the nodeID, llvm instructions ...
SVF::ICFGNode::getSVFStmts	return a list of program statements residing in this ICFGNode
SVF::CallICFGNode::getCallSite	return the LLVM callsite
SVF::RetICFGNode::getCallSite	return the LLVM callsite
SVF::CallICFGNode::getRetICFGNode	Given a CallICFGNode, return its corresponding RetICFGNode
SVF::RetICFGNode::getActualRet	Get the return variable (SVFVar) of this RetICFGNode
SVF::CallICFGNode::getActualParms	Get all the actual parameters of this CallICFGNode
SVF::RetICFGNode:: getCallICFGNode	Given a RetICFGNode, return its corresponding CallICFGNode

ICFGEdge

Members	Meanings
SVF::ICFGEdge::isIntraCFGEdge	return true if it is an intra-procedural edge
SVF::ICFGEdge::isCallCFGEdge	return true if it is a call edge
SVF::ICFGEdge::isRetCFGEdge	return true if it is a return edge
SVF::ICFGEdge::getSrcNode	return the edge's source node
SVF::ICFGEdge::getSrcNode	return the edge's destination node
SVF::CallCFGEdge::getCallSite	return its corresponding llvm call instruction
SVF::CallCFGEdge:: getCallPEs	get parameter edges from this CallCFGEdge (return a vector)
SVF::RetCFGEdge::getCallSite	return its corresponding llvm call instruction
SVF::RetCFGEdge::getRetPE	get parameter edge to this CallCFGEdge (return a RetPE)
SVF::IntraCFGEdge:: getCondition	Given an IntraCFGEdge, return its conditionVar
SVF::IntraCFGEdge:: getSuccessorCondValue	Given an IntraCFGEdge (must be a Branch edge, return its conditional number)

SVFIR

Members	Meanings

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SVF::SVFUtil::outs()

• Output the content of a node on ICFG

  For example,

   ICFGNode *inode = ...;  // subclass object CallICFGNode : %call = call i32 (...) @source(),
   SVFUtil::outs() << inode->toString() << "\n"
  

  The output is IntraICFGNode 21 : %call = call i32 (...) @source()

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ICFGNode::toString()

• return the content of this ICFGNode in the form of a string consisting of the nodeID, llvm instructions and its containing function

  Output Sample: NodeID: 15\nIntraICFGNode ID: 15 store i32 1, i32* %a, align 4 \{fun: main\}}

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SVFUtil::cast<>()

• Casting a pointer or reference to an instance of a specified class. This casting fails and abort the program if the object or reference is not the specified class at runtime.

  For example,

  SVFUtil::cast<CallICFGNode>(inode)->getParent()
  

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SVFUtil::dyn_cast<>()

• The dyn_cast<> operator is a "checking cast" operation. It checks to see if the operand is of the specified type, and if so, returns a pointer to it (this operator does not work with references). If the operand is not of the correct type, a null pointer is returned. Thus, this works very much like the dynamic_cast<> operator in C++, and should be used in the same circumstances.

  For example,

  if (CallICFGNode* callNode = SVFUtil::dyn_cast<CallICFGNode>(inode)) {
  // ...
  }
  

  This form of dyn_cast<> is an effective combination of isa<> and cast<> as below:

  if (SVFUtil::isa<CallICFGNode>(inode)) { 
       CallICFGNode* callNode =  SVFUtil::cast<CallICFGNode>(inode);
  }
  

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