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Tool

Version

Checker

Description

CodeSonar
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CodeSonar_V
CodeSonar_V

DIAG.UNEX.*

LANG.STRUCT.EBS

LANG.STRUCT.RC

MISC.NOEFFECT

LANG.STRUCT.UC

LANG.STRUCT.UA

LANG.STRUCT.UULABEL
LANG.STRUCT.UUMACRO
LANG.STRUCT.UUPARAM
LANG.STRUCT.UUTAG
LANG.STRUCT.UUTYPE
LANG.STRUCT.UUVAR

Code not exercised by analysis

Empty branch statement checks

Redundant condition

Function call has no effect

Unreachable code checks

Useless assignment

Unused Label
Unused Macro
Unused Parameter
Unused Tag
Unused Type
Unused Variable

Coverity

Include Page
Coverity_V
Coverity_V

NO_EFFECT


DEADCODE

 

UNREACHABLE

Finds statements or expressions that do not accomplish anything or statements that perform an unintended action.

Can detect the specific instance where code can never be reached because of a logical contradiction or a dead "default" in switch statement

Can detect the instances where code block is unreachable because of the syntactic structure of the code

ECLAIR

Include Page
ECLAIR_V
ECLAIR_V

CC2.MSC12

Partially implemented

GCC

3.0

-Wunused-value
-Wunused-parameter

Options detect unused local variables, nonconstant static variables and unused function parameters, or unreachable code respectively.

Klocwork
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Klocwork_V
Klocwork_V

EFFECT

LV_UNUSED.GEN VA_UNUSED.* UNREACH.*

 

LDRA tool suite
Include Page
LDRA_V
LDRA_V


8 D, 65 D, 105 D, I J, 139 S, 140 S, 57 S

Partially implemented

Parasoft C/C++test9.5MISRA2008-0_1_{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}, BD-PB-SWITCH 
Polyspace Bug FinderR2016a

Dead code

Unreachable code

Use of memset with size argument zero

Code does not execute

Default case is missing and may be reached

Size argument of function in memset family is zero

PRQA QA-C
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PRQA QA-C_v
PRQA QA-C_v

3426, 3427, 3307, 3110, 3112, 3404, 1501, 1503, 2008, 2880, 2881, 2882, 2883, 2877, 3196, 3202, 3203, 3205, 3206, 3207, 3210, 3219, 3229, 3404, 3422, 3423, 3425, 3470, 2980, 2981, 2982, 2983, 2984, 2985, 2986

Partially implemented
SonarQube C/C++ Plugin 
Include Page
SonarQube C/C++ Plugin_V
SonarQube C/C++ Plugin_V
S1116, S1656, S1764, S1751, S1763, S1862 
Splint
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Splint_V
Splint_V

 -standard

The default mode checks for unreachable code.

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