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Implement rule 28-6-1, only move non-const lvalues

Open MichaelRFairhurst opened this issue 1 month ago • 1 comments

Description

Implement 28-6-1, std::move with const will not move, and std::move with a non-lvalue is redundant.

Unfortunately, expr.getLvalueCategory() did not work out of the box, as it generates extra rvalue for load steps that are transparent to the user, so we have to navigate lvalue to rvalue conversion etc to handle properly. isLvalue() also exists, but its an incomplete syntactic match. Further, the definition of an lvalue/xvalue/etc changes across C++ versions, which that function doesn't handle. While MISRA C++ 2023 currently requires C++17, we want our queries to work for users that don't comply with that restriction, for instance, users using the next version of MISRA C++ :)

Change request type

  • [ ] Release or process automation (GitHub workflows, internal scripts)
  • [ ] Internal documentation
  • [ ] External documentation
  • [x] Query files (.ql, .qll, .qls or unit tests)
  • [ ] External scripts (analysis report or other code shipped as part of a release)

Rules with added or modified queries

  • [ ] No rules added
  • [x] Queries have been added for the following rules:
    • RULE-28-6-1
  • [ ] Queries have been modified for the following rules:
    • rule number here

Release change checklist

A change note (development_handbook.md#change-notes) is required for any pull request which modifies:

  • The structure or layout of the release artifacts.
  • The evaluation performance (memory, execution time) of an existing query.
  • The results of an existing query in any circumstance.

If you are only adding new rule queries, a change note is not required.

Author: Is a change note required?

  • [ ] Yes
  • [x] No

🚨🚨🚨 Reviewer: Confirm that format of shared queries (not the .qll file, the .ql file that imports it) is valid by running them within VS Code.

  • [ ] Confirmed

Reviewer: Confirm that either a change note is not required or the change note is required and has been added.

  • [ ] Confirmed

Query development review checklist

For PRs that add new queries or modify existing queries, the following checklist should be completed by both the author and reviewer:

Author

  • [x] Have all the relevant rule package description files been checked in?
  • [x] Have you verified that the metadata properties of each new query is set appropriately?
  • [x] Do all the unit tests contain both "COMPLIANT" and "NON_COMPLIANT" cases?
  • [x] Are the alert messages properly formatted and consistent with the style guide?
  • [x] Have you run the queries on OpenPilot and verified that the performance and results are acceptable?
    As a rule of thumb, predicates specific to the query should take no more than 1 minute, and for simple queries be under 10 seconds. If this is not the case, this should be highlighted and agreed in the code review process.
  • [x] Does the query have an appropriate level of in-query comments/documentation?
  • [x] Have you considered/identified possible edge cases?
  • [x] Does the query not reinvent features in the standard library?
  • [x] Can the query be simplified further (not golfed!)

Reviewer

  • [ ] Have all the relevant rule package description files been checked in?
  • [ ] Have you verified that the metadata properties of each new query is set appropriately?
  • [ ] Do all the unit tests contain both "COMPLIANT" and "NON_COMPLIANT" cases?
  • [ ] Are the alert messages properly formatted and consistent with the style guide?
  • [ ] Have you run the queries on OpenPilot and verified that the performance and results are acceptable?
    As a rule of thumb, predicates specific to the query should take no more than 1 minute, and for simple queries be under 10 seconds. If this is not the case, this should be highlighted and agreed in the code review process.
  • [ ] Does the query have an appropriate level of in-query comments/documentation?
  • [ ] Have you considered/identified possible edge cases?
  • [ ] Does the query not reinvent features in the standard library?
  • [ ] Can the query be simplified further (not golfed!)

MichaelRFairhurst avatar Dec 04 '25 04:12 MichaelRFairhurst