src/starboard/nplb/undefined_behavior_test.cc

// Copyright 2017 The Cobalt Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"

namespace starboard {
namespace nplb {
namespace {

class Object {
 public:
  SB_C_NOINLINE bool ThisPointerIsNull() {
    auto* pointer = this;
    // Intentionally not "return !pointer", and with a side effect for one
    // branch, in order to more closely match the form that this undefined
    // behavior is observed to take in the wild.
    if (!pointer) {
      return true;
    }
    member_ = 42;
    return false;
  }

 private:
  int member_ = 0;
};

TEST(SbUndefinedBehaviorTest, CallThisPointerIsNullSunnyDay) {
  auto* object = new Object();
  EXPECT_FALSE(object->ThisPointerIsNull());
  delete object;
}

TEST(SbUndefinedBehaviorTest, CallThisPointerIsNullRainyDay) {
  auto* object = static_cast<Object*>(nullptr);
  auto* object_copy = object;
  EXPECT_TRUE(object_copy->ThisPointerIsNull());
  // WARNING!  Failure of this test indicates that your toolchain believes
  // that removing a NULL check on a this pointer is a valid optimization.
  // While from a pure C++ standard perspective this is true, Starboard client
  // applications, such as Cobalt, depend on third party code bases in which
  // this assumption is not safe.  If you fail this test and are using GCC or
  // Clang (especially with a GCC version >= 6), then it is highly recommended
  // that you add the "-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks" flag.
}

}  // namespace
}  // namespace nplb
}  // namespace starboard