svf-tools 1.0.758 → 1.0.760

package/svf/lib/Util/ExtAPI.cpp

@@ -28,99 +28,10 @@
  */
 
 #include "Util/ExtAPI.h"
-#include "SVFIR/SVFVariables.h"
-#include "Util/SVFUtil.h"
-#include "Util/cJSON.h"
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 using namespace SVF;
 
 ExtAPI* ExtAPI::extOp = nullptr;
-cJSON* ExtAPI::root = nullptr;
-
-// Get environment variables $SVF_DIR and "npm root" through popen() method
-static std::string GetStdoutFromCommand(const std::string& command)
-{
-    char buffer[128];
-    std::string result = "";
-    // Open pipe to file
-    FILE* pipe = popen(command.c_str(), "r");
-    if (!pipe)
-    {
-        return "popen failed!";
-    }
-    // read till end of process:
-    while (!feof(pipe))
-    {
-        // use buffer to read and add to result
-        if (fgets(buffer, 128, pipe) != NULL)
-            result += buffer;
-    }
-    pclose(pipe);
-    // remove "\n"
-    result.erase(remove(result.begin(), result.end(), '\n'), result.end());
-    return result;
-}
-
-// Get ExtAPI.json file
-static std::string getJsonFile(const std::string& path)
-{
-    std::string jsonFilePath = GetStdoutFromCommand(path);
-    if (path.compare("npm root") == 0)
-    {
-        int os_flag = 1;
-        // SVF installed via npm needs to determine the type of operating
-        // system, otherwise the ExtAPI.json path may not be found.
-#ifdef linux
-        // Linux os
-        os_flag = 0;
-        jsonFilePath.append("/svf-lib/SVF-linux");
-#endif
-        // Mac os
-        if (os_flag == 1)
-        {
-            jsonFilePath.append("/svf-lib/SVF-osx");
-        }
-    }
-    if (jsonFilePath.back() != '/') jsonFilePath.push_back('/');
-    jsonFilePath.append(EXTAPI_JSON_PATH);
-    return jsonFilePath;
-}
-
-static cJSON* parseJson(const std::string& path, off_t fileSize)
-{
-    FILE* file = fopen(path.c_str(), "r");
-    if (!file)
-    {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    // allocate memory size matched with file size
-    char* jsonStr = (char*)calloc(fileSize + 1, sizeof(char));
-
-    // read json string from file
-    u32_t size = fread(jsonStr, sizeof(char), fileSize, file);
-    if (size == 0)
-    {
-        SVFUtil::errs() << SVFUtil::errMsg("\t Wrong ExtAPI.json path!! ")
-                        << "The current ExtAPI.json path is: " << path << "\n";
-        assert(false && "Read ExtAPI.json file fails!");
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-    fclose(file);
-
-    // convert json string to json pointer variable
-    cJSON* root = cJSON_Parse(jsonStr);
-    if (!root)
-    {
-        free(jsonStr);
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-    free(jsonStr);
-    return root;
-}
 
 ExtAPI* ExtAPI::getExtAPI(const std::string& path)
 {
@@ -128,46 +39,6 @@ ExtAPI* ExtAPI::getExtAPI(const std::string& path)
     {
         extOp = new ExtAPI;
     }
-    if (root == nullptr)
-    {
-        struct stat statbuf;
-
-        // Four ways to get ExtAPI.json path
-        // 1. Explicit path provided
-        // 2. default path (get ExtAPI.json path from Util/config.h)
-        // 3. from $SVF_DIR
-        // 4. from "npm root"(If SVF is installed via npm)
-
-        std::string jsonFilePath = path;
-        if (!jsonFilePath.empty() && !stat(jsonFilePath.c_str(), &statbuf))
-        {
-            root = parseJson(jsonFilePath, statbuf.st_size);
-            return extOp;
-        }
-
-        jsonFilePath = std::string(PROJECT_PATH) + '/' + EXTAPI_JSON_PATH;
-        if (!stat(jsonFilePath.c_str(), &statbuf))
-        {
-            root = parseJson(jsonFilePath, statbuf.st_size);
-            return extOp;
-        }
-
-        jsonFilePath = getJsonFile("echo $SVF_DIR");
-        if (!stat(jsonFilePath.c_str(), &statbuf))
-        {
-            root = parseJson(jsonFilePath, statbuf.st_size);
-            return extOp;
-        }
-
-        jsonFilePath = getJsonFile("npm root");
-        if (!stat(jsonFilePath.c_str(), &statbuf))
-        {
-            root = parseJson(jsonFilePath, statbuf.st_size);
-            return extOp;
-        }
-        SVFUtil::errs() << "No JsonFile found at " << jsonFilePath << " for getExtAPI(); set $SVF_DIR first!\n";
-        abort();
-    }
     return extOp;
 }
 
@@ -178,517 +49,87 @@ void ExtAPI::destory()
         delete extOp;
         extOp = nullptr;
     }
-    if (root != nullptr)
-    {
-        cJSON_Delete(root);
-        root = nullptr;
-    }
-}
-
-void ExtAPI::add_entry(const char* funName, const char* returnType,
-                       std::vector<const char*> argTypes, extType type,
-                       bool overwrite_app_function)
-{
-    assert(root && "Parse the json before adding additional entries");
-    assert(get_type(funName) == EFT_NULL && "Do not add entries that already exist");
-    auto entry = cJSON_CreateObject();
-
-    // add the signature fields
-    auto returnTypeString = cJSON_CreateString(returnType);
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(entry, "return", returnTypeString);
-
-    std::stringstream ss;
-    ss << "(";
-    for (auto str : argTypes)
-        ss << str << ",";
-    std::string formattedArgs = ss.str();
-    if (formattedArgs.back() == ',')
-        formattedArgs.back() = ')';
-    else
-        formattedArgs.append(")");
-    auto argsString = cJSON_CreateString(formattedArgs.c_str());
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(entry, "argument", argsString);
-
-    // add the type field
-    auto typeString = cJSON_CreateString(extType_toString(type).c_str());
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(entry, JSON_OPT_FUNCTIONTYPE, typeString);
-
-    // add the 'overwrite_app_function' field
-    auto overwriteBool = cJSON_CreateNumber(overwrite_app_function ? 1 : 0);
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(entry, JSON_OPT_OVERWRITE, overwriteBool);
-
-    // add object to root
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(root, funName, entry);
-}
-
-// Get the corresponding name in ext_t, e.g. "EXT_ADDR" in {"addr", EXT_ADDR},
-std::string ExtAPI::get_opName(const std::string& s)
-{
-    u32_t end = 0;
-    while (end < s.size() && !isdigit(s[end]))
-        end++;
-    return s.substr(0, end);
-}
-
-const std::string& ExtAPI::extType_toString(extType type)
-{
-    auto it =
-        std::find_if(type_pair.begin(), type_pair.end(),
-                     [&](const auto& pair)
-    {
-        return pair.second == type;
-    });
-    assert(it != type_pair.end());
-    return it->first;
 }
 
-// Get numeric index of the argument in external function
-u32_t ExtAPI::getArgPos(const std::string& s)
+std::string ExtAPI::getExtFuncAnnotation(const SVFFunction* fun, const std::string& funcAnnotation)
 {
-    u32_t start = 0;
-    while (start < s.size() && isalpha(s[start]))
-        start++;
-    if (s.substr(0, start) != "Arg")
-        assert(false && "the argument of extern function in ExtAPI.json should start with 'Arg' !");
-    u32_t end = start + 1;
-    while (end < s.size() && isdigit(s[end]))
-        end++;
-    std::string digitStr = s.substr(start, end - start);
-    u32_t argNum = atoi(digitStr.c_str());
-    return argNum;
+    assert(fun && "Null SVFFunction* pointer");
+    const std::vector<std::string>& annotations = fun->getAnnotations();
+    for (const std::string& annotation : annotations)
+        if (annotation.find(funcAnnotation) != std::string::npos)
+            return annotation;
+    return "";
 }
 
-// return value >= 0 is an argument node
-// return value = -1 is an inst node
-// return value = -2 is a Dummy node
-// return value = -3 is an object node
-// return value = -4 is a nullptr node
-// return value = -5 is an offset
-// return value = -6 is an illegal operand format
-s32_t ExtAPI::getNodeIDType(const std::string& s)
+bool ExtAPI::hasExtFuncAnnotation(const SVFFunction* fun, const std::string& funcAnnotation)
 {
-    u32_t argPos = -1;
-    // 'A' represents an argument
-    if (s.size() == 0)
-        return -5;
-    u32_t start = 0;
-    while (start < s.size() && isalpha(s[start]))
-        start++;
-    std::string argStr = s.substr(0, start);
-    if (argStr == "Arg")
-    {
-        u32_t end = start + 1;
-        while (end < s.size() && isdigit(s[end]))
-            end++;
-        std::string digitStr = s.substr(start, end - start);
-        argPos = atoi(digitStr.c_str());
-        return argPos;
-    }
-
-    static const Map<std::string, s32_t> argStrToBinOp =
-    {
-        {"Ret", -1},
-        {"Dummy", -2},
-        {"Obj", -3},
-        {"NullPtr", -4},
-        {"Add", BinaryOPStmt::Add},
-        {"Sub", BinaryOPStmt::Sub},
-        {"Mul", BinaryOPStmt::Mul},
-        {"SDiv", BinaryOPStmt::SDiv},
-        {"SRem", BinaryOPStmt::SRem},
-        {"Xor", BinaryOPStmt::Xor},
-        {"And", BinaryOPStmt::And},
-        {"Or", BinaryOPStmt::Or},
-        {"AShr", BinaryOPStmt::AShr},
-        {"Shl", BinaryOPStmt::Shl},
-        {"ICMP_EQ", CmpStmt::ICMP_EQ},
-        {"ICMP_NE", CmpStmt::ICMP_NE},
-        {"ICMP_UGT", CmpStmt::ICMP_UGT},
-        {"ICMP_SGT", CmpStmt::ICMP_SGT},
-        {"ICMP_UGE", CmpStmt::ICMP_UGE},
-        {"ICMP_SGE", CmpStmt::ICMP_SGE},
-        {"ICMP_ULT", CmpStmt::ICMP_ULT},
-        {"ICMP_SLT", CmpStmt::ICMP_SLT},
-        {"ICMP_ULE", CmpStmt::ICMP_ULE},
-        {"ICMP_SLE", CmpStmt::ICMP_SLE},
-        {"FNeg", UnaryOPStmt::FNeg},
-    };
-
-    auto it = argStrToBinOp.find(argStr);
-    if (it != argStrToBinOp.cend())
-        return it->second;
-    // offset
-    u32_t i = 0;
-    while (i < s.size() && isdigit(s[i]))
-        i++;
-    if (i == s.size())
-        return -5;
-    // illegal operand format
-    return -6;
-}
-
-// Get external function name, e.g "memcpy"
-std::string ExtAPI::get_name(const SVFFunction* F)
-{
-    assert(F);
-    std::string funName = F->getName();
-    if (F->isIntrinsic())
-    {
-        unsigned start = funName.find('.');
-        unsigned end = funName.substr(start + 1).find('.');
-        funName = "llvm." + funName.substr(start + 1, end);
-    }
-    return funName;
-}
-
-// Get specifications of external functions in ExtAPI.json file
-cJSON* ExtAPI::get_FunJson(const std::string& funName)
-{
-    assert(root && "JSON not loaded");
-    return cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(root, funName.c_str());
-}
-
-ExtAPI::Operand ExtAPI::getBasicOperation(cJSON* obj)
-{
-    Operand basicOp;
-    if (strstr(obj->string, "AddrStmt") != NULL)
-        basicOp.setType(ExtAPI::OperationType::Addr);
-    else if (strstr(obj->string, "CopyStmt") != NULL)
-        basicOp.setType(ExtAPI::OperationType::Copy);
-    else if (strstr(obj->string, "LoadStmt") != NULL)
-        basicOp.setType(ExtAPI::OperationType::Load);
-    else if (strstr(obj->string, "StoreStmt") != NULL)
-        basicOp.setType(ExtAPI::OperationType::Store);
-    else if (strstr(obj->string, "GepStmt") != NULL)
-        basicOp.setType(ExtAPI::OperationType::Gep);
-    else if (strstr(obj->string, "ReturnStmt") != NULL)
-        basicOp.setType(ExtAPI::OperationType::Return);
-    else if (strstr(obj->string, "Rb_tree_ops") != NULL)
-        basicOp.setType(ExtAPI::OperationType::Rb_tree_ops);
-    else if (strstr(obj->string, "memcpy_like") != NULL)
-        basicOp.setType(ExtAPI::OperationType::Memcpy_like);
-    else if (strstr(obj->string, "memset_like") != NULL)
-        basicOp.setType(ExtAPI::OperationType::Memset_like);
-    else
-        assert(false && "Unknown operation type");
-
-    cJSON* value = obj->child;
-    while (value)
-    {
-        if (strcmp(value->string, "src") == 0)
-            basicOp.setSrcValue(value->valuestring);
-        else if (strcmp(value->string, "dst") == 0)
-            basicOp.setDstValue(value->valuestring);
-        else if (strcmp(value->string, "offset") == 0 || strcmp(value->string, "size") == 0)
-            basicOp.setOffsetOrSizeStr(value->valuestring);
-        else
-            assert(false && "Unknown operation value");
-        value = value->next;
-    }
-    return basicOp;
-}
-
-// Get all operations of an extern function
-ExtAPI::ExtFunctionOps ExtAPI::getExtFunctionOps(const SVFFunction* extFunction)
-{
-    ExtAPI::ExtFunctionOps extFunctionOps;
-    extFunctionOps.setExtFunName(extFunction->getName());
-    if (!is_sameSignature(extFunction))
-        return extFunctionOps;
-
-    auto it = extFunToOps.find(extFunction->getName());
-    if (it != extFunToOps.end())
-        return it->second;
-
-    extFunctionOps.setExtFunName(extFunction->getName());
-    cJSON* item = get_FunJson(extFunction->getName());
-    if (item != nullptr)
-    {
-        cJSON* obj = item->child;
-        //  Get the first operation of the function
-        obj = obj->next->next->next->next;
-        while (obj)
-        {
-            ExtOperation operation;
-            if (obj->type == cJSON_Object || obj->type == cJSON_Array)
-            {
-                if (strstr(obj->string, "CallStmt") != NULL)
-                {
-                    extFunctionOps.setCallStmtNum(extFunctionOps.getCallStmtNum() + 1);
-                    operation.setCallOp(true);
-                    cJSON* value = obj->child;
-                    while (value)
-                    {
-                        if (strcmp(value->string, "callee_name") == 0)
-                            operation.setCalleeName(value->valuestring);
-                        else if (strcmp(value->string, "callee_return") == 0)
-                            operation.setCalleeReturn(value->valuestring);
-                        else if (strcmp(value->string, "callee_arguments") == 0)
-                            operation.setCalleeArguments(value->valuestring);
-                        else
-                            operation.getCalleeOperands().push_back(getBasicOperation(value));
-                        value = value->next;
-                    }
-                }
-                else if (strstr(obj->string, "CondStmt") != NULL)
-                {
-                    operation.setConOp(true);
-                    obj = obj->child;
-                    assert(strcmp(obj->string, "Condition") == 0 && "Unknown operation type");
-                    operation.setConOp(obj->valuestring);
-                    obj = obj->next;
-                    assert(strcmp(obj->string, "TrueBranch") == 0 && "Unknown operation type");
-                    cJSON* value = obj->child;
-                    while (value)
-                    {
-                        operation.getTrueBranchOperands().push_back(getBasicOperation(value));
-                        value = value->next;
-                    }
-                    obj = obj->next;
-                    assert(strcmp(obj->string, "FalseBranch") == 0&& "Unknown operation type");
-                    value = obj->child;
-                    while (value)
-                    {
-                        operation.getFalseBranchOperands().push_back(getBasicOperation(value));
-                        value = value->next;
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                    operation.setBasicOp(getBasicOperation(obj));
-            }
-            obj = obj->next;
-            extFunctionOps.getOperations().push_back(operation);
-        }
-    }
-    extFunToOps[extFunction->getName()] = extFunctionOps;
-    return extFunctionOps;
-}
-
-// Get arguments of the operation, e.g. ["A1R", "A0", "A2"]
-std::vector<std::string> ExtAPI::get_opArgs(const cJSON* value)
-{
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-    while (value)
-    {
-        if (value->type == cJSON_String)
-            args.push_back(value->valuestring);
-        value = value->next;
-    }
-    return args;
-}
-
-ExtAPI::extType ExtAPI::get_type(const std::string& funName)
-{
-    cJSON* item = get_FunJson(funName);
-    std::string type = "";
-    if (item != nullptr)
-    {
-        //  Get the first operation of the function
-        cJSON* obj = item->child->next->next;
-        if (strcmp(obj->string, JSON_OPT_FUNCTIONTYPE) == 0)
-            type = obj->valuestring;
-        else
-            assert(false && "The function operation format is illegal!");
-    }
-    std::map<std::string, extType>::const_iterator it = type_pair.find(type);
-    if (it == type_pair.end())
-        return EFT_NULL;
-    else
-        return it->second;
-}
-
-// Get property of the operation, e.g. "EFT_A1R_A0R"
-ExtAPI::extType ExtAPI::get_type(const SVF::SVFFunction* F)
-{
-    return get_type(get_name(F));
-}
-
-// Get priority of he function, return value
-// 0: Apply user-defined functions
-// 1: Apply function specification in ExtAPI.json
-u32_t ExtAPI::isOverwrittenAppFunction(const SVF::SVFFunction* callee)
-{
-    std::string funName = get_name(callee);
-    return isOverwrittenAppFunction(funName);
-}
-
-u32_t ExtAPI::isOverwrittenAppFunction(const std::string& funName)
-{
-    cJSON* item = get_FunJson(funName);
-    if (item != nullptr)
-    {
-        cJSON* obj = item->child;
-        obj = obj->next->next->next;
-        if (strcmp(obj->string, JSON_OPT_OVERWRITE) == 0)
-            return obj->valueint;
-        else
-            assert(false && "The function operation format is illegal!");
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-void ExtAPI::setOverWrittenAppFunction(const std::string& funcName, u32_t overwrite_app_function)
-{
-    auto item = get_FunJson(funcName);
-    assert(item && "Do not set fields for ExtAPI funcs that don't exist!");
-    auto overwrite_obj = item->child->next->next->next;
-    assert(overwrite_obj);
-    assert(strcmp(overwrite_obj->string, JSON_OPT_OVERWRITE) == 0);
-    cJSON_SetIntValue(overwrite_obj, overwrite_app_function);
+    assert(fun && "Null SVFFunction* pointer");
+    const std::vector<std::string>& annotations = fun->getAnnotations();
+    for (const std::string& annotation : annotations)
+        if (annotation.find(funcAnnotation) != std::string::npos)
+            return true;
+    return false;
 }
 
 // Does (F) have a static var X (unavailable to us) that its return points to?
 bool ExtAPI::has_static(const SVFFunction* F)
 {
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    return t == EFT_STAT || t == EFT_STAT2;
+    return F && hasExtFuncAnnotation(F, "STATIC");
 }
 
-// Assuming hasStatic(F), does (F) have a second static Y where X -> Y?
-bool ExtAPI::has_static2(const SVFFunction* F)
+bool ExtAPI::is_memcpy(const SVFFunction *F)
 {
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    return t == EFT_STAT2;
+    return F && hasExtFuncAnnotation(F, "MEMCPY");
 }
 
-bool ExtAPI::is_memset_or_memcpy(const SVFFunction* F)
+bool ExtAPI::is_memset(const SVFFunction *F)
 {
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    return t == EFT_L_A0__A0R_A1 || t == EFT_L_A0__A0R_A1R || t == EFT_A1R_A0R || t == EFT_A3R_A1R_NS
-           || t == EFT_STD_RB_TREE_INSERT_AND_REBALANCE || t == EFT_L_A0__A1_A0;
+    return F && hasExtFuncAnnotation(F, "MEMSET");
 }
 
 bool ExtAPI::is_alloc(const SVFFunction* F)
 {
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    return t == EFT_ALLOC || t == EFT_NOSTRUCT_ALLOC;
+    return F && hasExtFuncAnnotation(F, "ALLOC_RET");
 }
 
 // Does (F) allocate a new object and assign it to one of its arguments?
 bool ExtAPI::is_arg_alloc(const SVFFunction* F)
 {
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    return t == EFT_A0R_NEW || t == EFT_A1R_NEW || t == EFT_A2R_NEW ||
-           t == EFT_A4R_NEW || t == EFT_A11R_NEW;
+    return F && hasExtFuncAnnotation(F, "ALLOC_ARG");
 }
 
 // Get the position of argument which holds the new object
 s32_t ExtAPI::get_alloc_arg_pos(const SVFFunction* F)
 {
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    switch (t)
+    std::string s = "ALLOC_ARG";
+    std::string allocArg = getExtFuncAnnotation(F, s);
+    assert(!allocArg.empty() && "Not an alloc call via argument or incorrect extern function annotation!");
+
+    std::string number;
+    for (char c : allocArg)
     {
-    case EFT_A0R_NEW:
-        return 0;
-    case EFT_A1R_NEW:
-        return 1;
-    case EFT_A2R_NEW:
-        return 2;
-    case EFT_A4R_NEW:
-        return 4;
-    case EFT_A11R_NEW:
-        return 11;
-    default:
-        assert(false && "Not an alloc call via argument.");
-        return -1;
+        if (isdigit(c))
+            number.push_back(c);
     }
-}
-
-// Does (F) allocate only non-struct objects?
-bool ExtAPI::no_struct_alloc(const SVFFunction* F)
-{
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    return t == EFT_NOSTRUCT_ALLOC;
-}
-
-// Does (F) not free/release any memory?
-bool ExtAPI::is_dealloc(const SVFFunction* F)
-{
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    return t == EFT_FREE;
-}
-
-// Does (F) not do anything with the known pointers?
-bool ExtAPI::is_noop(const SVFFunction* F)
-{
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    return t == EFT_NOOP || t == EFT_FREE;
+    assert(!number.empty() && "Incorrect naming convention for svf external functions(ALLOC_ARG + number)?");
+    return std::stoi(number);
 }
 
 // Does (F) reallocate a new object?
 bool ExtAPI::is_realloc(const SVFFunction* F)
 {
-    ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-    return t == EFT_REALLOC;
+    return F && hasExtFuncAnnotation(F, "REALLOC_RET");
 }
 
-// Does (F) have the same return type(pointer or nonpointer) and same number of
-// arguments
-bool ExtAPI::is_sameSignature(const SVFFunction* F)
-{
-    cJSON* item = get_FunJson(F->getName());
-    // If return type is pointer
-    bool isPointer = false;
-    // The number of arguments
-    u32_t argNum = 0;
-    if (item != nullptr)
-    {
-        // Get the "return" attribute
-        cJSON* obj = item->child;
-        if (strlen(obj->valuestring) == 0) // e.g. "return":  ""
-            assert(false && "'return' should not be empty!");
-        // If "return": "..." includes "*", the return type of extern function is a pointer
-        if (strstr(obj->valuestring, "*") != NULL)
-            isPointer = true;
-        // Get the "arguments" attribute
-        obj = obj->next;
-        if (strlen(obj->valuestring) == 0) // e.g. "arguments":  "",
-            assert(false && "'arguments' should not be empty!");
-        // If "arguments":  "()", the number of arguments is 0, otherwise, number >= 1;
-        if (strcmp(obj->valuestring, "()") != 0)
-        {
-            argNum++;
-            for (u32_t i = 0; i < strlen(obj->valuestring); i++)
-                if (obj->valuestring[i] == ',') // Calculate the number of arguments based on the number of ","
-                    argNum++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if ( !F->isVarArg() && F->arg_size() != argNum) // The number of arguments is different
-        return false;
-    // Is the return type the same?
-    return F->getReturnType()->isPointerTy() == isPointer;
-}
 
 // Should (F) be considered "external" (either not defined in the program
 //   or a user-defined version of a known alloc or no-op)?
 bool ExtAPI::is_ext(const SVFFunction* F)
 {
     assert(F && "Null SVFFunction* pointer");
-    bool res;
     if (F->isDeclaration() || F->isIntrinsic())
-    {
-        res = 1;
-    }
+        return true;
     else
-    {
-        ExtAPI::extType t = get_type(F);
-        if (t != EFT_NULL)
-        {
-            u32_t overwrittenAppFunction = isOverwrittenAppFunction(F);
-            if (!is_sameSignature(F))
-                res = 0;
-            // overwrittenAppFunction = 1: Execute function specification in
-            // ExtAPI.json F is considered as external function
-            else if (overwrittenAppFunction == 1)
-                res = 1;
-            // overwrittenAppFunction = 0: Execute user-defined functions
-            // F is not considered as external function
-            else
-                res = 0;
-        }
-        else
-            res = 0;
-    }
-    return res;
-}
+        return hasExtFuncAnnotation(F, "SVF");
+    return false;
+}