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[PATCH 03/18] chainlint.pl: add POSIX shell parser

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Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 1, 2022, 00:29 UTC
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<a71bb11185bc5890964639b7a2ee002fde325d20.1661992197.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>

Continue fleshing out chainlint.pl by adding a general purpose recursive descent parser for the POSIX shell command language. Although never invoked directly, upcoming parser subclasses will extend its functionality for specific purposes, such as plucking test definitions from input scripts and applying domain-specific knowledge to perform test validation.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
---
 t/chainlint.pl | 243 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 243 insertions(+)
diff --git a/t/chainlint.pl b/t/chainlint.pl
index 81ffbf28bf3..cdf136896be 100755
--- a/t/chainlint.pl
+++ b/t/chainlint.pl
@@ -198,6 +198,249 @@ RESTART:
 	return length($token) ? $token : undef;
 }
 
+# ShellParser parses POSIX shell scripts (with minor extensions for Bash). It
+# is a recursive descent parser very roughly modeled after section 2.10 "Shell
+# Grammar" of POSIX chapter 2 "Shell Command Language".
+package ShellParser;
+
+sub new {
+	my ($class, $s) = @_;
+	my $self = bless {
+		buff => [],
+		stop => [],
+		output => []
+	} => $class;
+	$self->{lexer} = Lexer->new($self, $s);
+	return $self;
+}
+
+sub next_token {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	return pop(@{$self->{buff}}) if @{$self->{buff}};
+	return $self->{lexer}->scan_token();
+}
+
+sub untoken {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	push(@{$self->{buff}}, @_);
+}
+
+sub peek {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	my $token = $self->next_token();
+	return undef unless defined($token);
+	$self->untoken($token);
+	return $token;
+}
+
+sub stop_at {
+	my ($self, $token) = @_;
+	return 1 unless defined($token);
+	my $stop = ${$self->{stop}}[-1] if @{$self->{stop}};
+	return defined($stop) && $token =~ $stop;
+}
+
+sub expect {
+	my ($self, $expect) = @_;
+	my $token = $self->next_token();
+	return $token if defined($token) && $token eq $expect;
+	push(@{$self->{output}}, "?!ERR?! expected '$expect' but found '" . (defined($token) ? $token : "<end-of-input>") . "'\n");
+	$self->untoken($token) if defined($token);
+	return ();
+}
+
+sub optional_newlines {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	my @tokens;
+	while (my $token = $self->peek()) {
+		last unless $token eq "\n";
+		push(@tokens, $self->next_token());
+	}
+	return @tokens;
+}
+
+sub parse_group {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	return ($self->parse(qr/^}$/),
+		$self->expect('}'));
+}
+
+sub parse_subshell {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	return ($self->parse(qr/^\)$/),
+		$self->expect(')'));
+}
+
+sub parse_case_pattern {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	my @tokens;
+	while (defined(my $token = $self->next_token())) {
+		push(@tokens, $token);
+		last if $token eq ')';
+	}
+	return @tokens;
+}
+
+sub parse_case {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	my @tokens;
+	push(@tokens,
+	     $self->next_token(), # subject
+	     $self->optional_newlines(),
+	     $self->expect('in'),
+	     $self->optional_newlines());
+	while (1) {
+		my $token = $self->peek();
+		last unless defined($token) && $token ne 'esac';
+		push(@tokens,
+		     $self->parse_case_pattern(),
+		     $self->optional_newlines(),
+		     $self->parse(qr/^(?:;;|esac)$/)); # item body
+		$token = $self->peek();
+		last unless defined($token) && $token ne 'esac';
+		push(@tokens,
+		     $self->expect(';;'),
+		     $self->optional_newlines());
+	}
+	push(@tokens, $self->expect('esac'));
+	return @tokens;
+}
+
+sub parse_for {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	my @tokens;
+	push(@tokens,
+	     $self->next_token(), # variable
+	     $self->optional_newlines());
+	my $token = $self->peek();
+	if (defined($token) && $token eq 'in') {
+		push(@tokens,
+		     $self->expect('in'),
+		     $self->optional_newlines());
+	}
+	push(@tokens,
+	     $self->parse(qr/^do$/), # items
+	     $self->expect('do'),
+	     $self->optional_newlines(),
+	     $self->parse_loop_body(),
+	     $self->expect('done'));
+	return @tokens;
+}
+
+sub parse_if {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	my @tokens;
+	while (1) {
+		push(@tokens,
+		     $self->parse(qr/^then$/), # if/elif condition
+		     $self->expect('then'),
+		     $self->optional_newlines(),
+		     $self->parse(qr/^(?:elif|else|fi)$/)); # if/elif body
+		my $token = $self->peek();
+		last unless defined($token) && $token eq 'elif';
+		push(@tokens, $self->expect('elif'));
+	}
+	my $token = $self->peek();
+	if (defined($token) && $token eq 'else') {
+		push(@tokens,
+		     $self->expect('else'),
+		     $self->optional_newlines(),
+		     $self->parse(qr/^fi$/)); # else body
+	}
+	push(@tokens, $self->expect('fi'));
+	return @tokens;
+}
+
+sub parse_loop_body {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	return $self->parse(qr/^done$/);
+}
+
+sub parse_loop {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	return ($self->parse(qr/^do$/), # condition
+		$self->expect('do'),
+		$self->optional_newlines(),
+		$self->parse_loop_body(),
+		$self->expect('done'));
+}
+
+sub parse_func {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	return ($self->expect('('),
+		$self->expect(')'),
+		$self->optional_newlines(),
+		$self->parse_cmd()); # body
+}
+
+sub parse_bash_array_assignment {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	my @tokens = $self->expect('(');
+	while (defined(my $token = $self->next_token())) {
+		push(@tokens, $token);
+		last if $token eq ')';
+	}
+	return @tokens;
+}
+
+my %compound = (
+	'{' => \&parse_group,
+	'(' => \&parse_subshell,
+	'case' => \&parse_case,
+	'for' => \&parse_for,
+	'if' => \&parse_if,
+	'until' => \&parse_loop,
+	'while' => \&parse_loop);
+
+sub parse_cmd {
+	my $self = shift @_;
+	my $cmd = $self->next_token();
+	return () unless defined($cmd);
+	return $cmd if $cmd eq "\n";
+
+	my $token;
+	my @tokens = $cmd;
+	if ($cmd eq '!') {
+		push(@tokens, $self->parse_cmd());
+		return @tokens;
+	} elsif (my $f = $compound{$cmd}) {
+		push(@tokens, $self->$f());
+	} elsif (defined($token = $self->peek()) && $token eq '(') {
+		if ($cmd !~ /\w=$/) {
+			push(@tokens, $self->parse_func());
+			return @tokens;
+		}
+		$tokens[-1] .= join(' ', $self->parse_bash_array_assignment());
+	}
+
+	while (defined(my $token = $self->next_token())) {
+		$self->untoken($token), last if $self->stop_at($token);
+		push(@tokens, $token);
+		last if $token =~ /^(?:[;&\n|]|&&|\|\|)$/;
+	}
+	push(@tokens, $self->next_token()) if $tokens[-1] ne "\n" && defined($token = $self->peek()) && $token eq "\n";
+	return @tokens;
+}
+
+sub accumulate {
+	my ($self, $tokens, $cmd) = @_;
+	push(@$tokens, @$cmd);
+}
+
+sub parse {
+	my ($self, $stop) = @_;
+	push(@{$self->{stop}}, $stop);
+	goto DONE if $self->stop_at($self->peek());
+	my @tokens;
+	while (my @cmd = $self->parse_cmd()) {
+		$self->accumulate(\@tokens, \@cmd);
+		last if $self->stop_at($self->peek());
+	}
+DONE:
+	pop(@{$self->{stop}});
+	return @tokens;
+}
+
 package ScriptParser;
 
 sub new {
-- 
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  1. 00/18 make test "linting" more comprehensiveEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  2. 01/18 t: add skeleton chainlint.plEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 1, 2022
  4. Eric SunshineSep 2, 2022
  5. 02/18 chainlint.pl: add POSIX shell lexical analyzerEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
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  8. 04/18 chainlint.pl: add parser to validate testsEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  9. 03/18 chainlint.pl: add POSIX shell parserEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  10. 06/18 chainlint.pl: validate test scripts in parallelEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 1, 2022
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  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 22, 2022
  28. 05/18 chainlint.pl: add parser to identify test definitionsEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  29. 07/18 chainlint.pl: don't require `return|exit|continue` to end with `&&`Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  30. 10/18 chainlint.pl: don't flag broken &&-chain if `$?` handled explicitlyEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  31. 12/18 chainlint.pl: complain about loops lacking explicit failure handlingEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  32. 09/18 chainlint.pl: don't require `&` background command to end with `&&`Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  33. 08/18 t/Makefile: apply chainlint.pl to existing self-testsEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  34. 11/18 chainlint.pl: don't flag broken &&-chain if failure indicated explicitlyEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  35. 13/18 chainlint.pl: allow `|| echo` to signal failure upstream of a pipeEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  36. 14/18 t/chainlint: add more chainlint.pl self-testsEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  37. 15/18 test-lib: retire "lint harder" optimization hackEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  38. 16/18 test-lib: replace chainlint.sed with chainlint.plEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  39. Elijah NewrenSep 3, 2022
  40. Eric SunshineSep 3, 2022
  41. 18/18 t: retire unused chainlint.sedEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  42. Johannes SchindelinSep 2, 2022
  43. Eric SunshineSep 2, 2022
  44. Jeff KingSep 2, 2022
  45. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2022
  46. 17/18 t/Makefile: teach `make test` and `make prove` to run chainlint.plEric Sunshine via GitGitGadget, Sep 1, 2022
  47. Jeff KingSep 11, 2022
  48. Eric SunshineSep 11, 2022
  49. Jeff KingSep 11, 2022
  50. Eric SunshineSep 12, 2022
  51. Jeff KingSep 13, 2022

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