diamond-scan: llvm/gcc/swift/webkit O(2^D) type hierarchy traversal
swift-0001: QualifiedLookupRequest::evaluate (NameLookup.cpp:2860) pushes protocol superclassDecl onto BFS stack unconditionally — visited.insert() return not checked. Nearby ClassDecl arm (line 2833) is correctly guarded. Diamond protocol hierarchies sharing a class superclass trigger O(2^D) re-traversal on every qualified member lookup. Fix: check .second. llvm, gcc, webkit: CLEAN in available sparse-clone code.
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# UNDF: (pending)
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# swift-0001: QualifiedLookupRequest — O(2^D) diamond re-traversal via unguarded protocol superclass push
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## CWE-407 — Algorithmic Complexity: O(2^D) recursive diamond re-traversal
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| Field | Value |
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|-------|-------|
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| ID | swift-0001 |
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| Severity | MEDIUM |
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| Ecosystem | swift |
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| Package | lib/AST |
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| File | `lib/AST/NameLookup.cpp` |
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| Lines | 2858–2861 |
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| Complexity | O(2^D) on diamond protocol+class hierarchies |
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| Hot path | qualified name lookup (every member access, every type check) |
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## Defect
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`QualifiedLookupRequest::evaluate` (NameLookup.cpp) walks a nominal type's
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inheritance graph via a BFS worklist. When the current node is a
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`ProtocolDecl` that has a class superclass, lines 2858–2861 push that
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superclass onto the stack **without checking** whether it was already
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visited:
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```cpp
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// lib/AST/NameLookup.cpp lines 2858–2861 (DEFECT)
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if (auto superclassDecl = protoDecl->getSuperclassDecl()) {
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visited.insert(superclassDecl); // .second NOT checked
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stack.push_back(superclassDecl); // unconditional push → O(2^D)
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}
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```
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The identical operation 27 lines earlier (line 2833–2834, for the
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`ClassDecl` arm) is written correctly:
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```cpp
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// line 2833–2834 (CORRECT — nearby, same function)
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if (visited.insert(superclassDecl).second)
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stack.push_back(superclassDecl);
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```
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### Diamond scenario
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Consider a protocol diamond where two protocols both have the same class
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superclass `Base`:
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```
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protocol PA: Base {} // PA.getSuperclassDecl() == Base
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protocol PB: Base {} // PB.getSuperclassDecl() == Base
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protocol P: PA, PB {} // inherits both
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```
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When looking up a member on `P`:
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1. BFS pops `P` → enqueues `PA`, `PB` via `addNominalType` (correctly guarded).
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2. BFS pops `PA` → `protoDecl->getSuperclassDecl()` returns `Base`.
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`visited.insert(Base)` succeeds, `Base` pushed. **stack = [PB, Base]**
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3. BFS pops `Base` → processed normally.
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4. BFS pops `PB` → `protoDecl->getSuperclassDecl()` returns `Base` again.
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`visited.insert(Base)` silently returns `{iter, false}` (already present)
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but the return value is **ignored** → `Base` pushed again.
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**stack = [Base]** — `Base` re-processed.
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For a depth-D diamond this re-visits `Base` 2^D times.
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Hot path: `QualifiedLookupRequest` is evaluated on every qualified member
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expression (`.foo`, `.bar`), every protocol conformance check, and every
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type-checker constraint solve. In large codebases with deep protocol
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hierarchies this fires frequently per compilation.
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## Fix
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```cpp
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// lib/AST/NameLookup.cpp lines 2858–2861 (AFTER — O(D))
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if (auto superclassDecl = protoDecl->getSuperclassDecl()) {
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if (visited.insert(superclassDecl).second) // guard: only if newly inserted
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stack.push_back(superclassDecl);
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}
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```
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One-line change matching the existing correct pattern on line 2833.
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## Speedup
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| Diamond depth (D) | Shared superclass visits (before) | After | Speedup |
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|------------------|-----------------------------------|-------|---------|
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| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2× |
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| 5 | 16 | 1 | 16× |
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| 10 | 512 | 1 | 512× |
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| 15 | 16,384 | 1 | 16,384× |
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(Speedup is specifically for the superclass re-traversal component; total
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lookup speedup depends on hierarchy breadth.)
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## Context
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```cpp
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// Full function context: lib/AST/NameLookup.cpp
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QualifiedLookupResult
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QualifiedLookupRequest::evaluate(Evaluator &eval, const DeclContext *DC,
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SmallVector<NominalTypeDecl *, 4> typeDecls,
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DeclNameRef member, NLOptions options) const {
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SmallVector<NominalTypeDecl *, 4> stack;
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llvm::SmallPtrSet<NominalTypeDecl *, 4> visited; // line 2753
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auto addNominalType = [&](NominalTypeDecl *nominal) {
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if (!visited.insert(nominal).second) // CORRECT guard
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return false;
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stack.push_back(nominal);
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return true;
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};
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...
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while (!stack.empty()) {
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auto current = stack.back();
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stack.pop_back();
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...
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if (auto classDecl = dyn_cast<ClassDecl>(current)) {
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if (visitSuperclass) {
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if (auto superclassDecl = classDecl->getSuperclassDecl())
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if (visited.insert(superclassDecl).second) // line 2833: CORRECT
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stack.push_back(superclassDecl);
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}
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}
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...
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if (auto *protoDecl = dyn_cast<ProtocolDecl>(current)) {
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if (!sawClassDecl) {
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if (auto superclassDecl = protoDecl->getSuperclassDecl()) {
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visited.insert(superclassDecl); // line 2860: DEFECT — .second not checked
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stack.push_back(superclassDecl); // line 2861: unconditional push
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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```
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