Major QA script improvement - eliminate false positives

FALSE POSITIVE FILTERS ADDED:

1. Skip functions with safe default patterns
   - Pattern: ${1:-default_value}
   - These already handle empty params safely
   - Example: find_largest_tables() { local limit="${1:-20}" }

2. Skip functions that only use params in local declarations
   - If $1-9 only appear in "local var=$1" lines
   - The function body doesn't use positional params directly
   - Example: Functions that immediately assign to locals

3. Skip echo/print wrapper functions
   - Functions that only echo their parameters don't need validation
   - Empty strings are valid (they just print empty lines)
   - Examples: print_info(), print_success(), print_error(), etc.
   - Detection: If params only used in echo/printf/print statements

4. Accept file existence checks as validation
   - Pattern: [ ! -f "$1" ] or [ -f "$1" ]
   - File checks ARE a form of validation
   - Added -f flag to validation regex

IMPACT:
- Eliminated ~18 false positives across mysql-analyzer.sh and common-functions.sh
- print_* wrapper functions no longer flagged (8 functions)
- Functions with ${1:-default} no longer flagged (3 functions)
- capture_live_queries() no longer flagged (no params)
- QA checker now shows genuinely problematic functions only

RESULT:
- More accurate HIGH issue detection
- Reduced noise in QA reports
- Focus on real parameter validation issues
This commit is contained in:
cschantz
2025-12-04 16:33:45 -05:00
parent 338dc4c288
commit ca2ba660c6
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@@ -473,11 +473,32 @@ while read -r file; do
# Check if function uses parameters
if grep -A 20 "^[[:space:]]*$func_name()" "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q '\$[1-9]'; then
# Skip if uses safe default pattern: ${1:-default}
if grep -A 5 "^[[:space:]]*$func_name()" "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -qE '\$\{[1-9]:-'; then
continue
fi
# Skip if function doesn't actually use positional params (only uses local vars)
# Check first 10 lines of function - if all $1-9 are in local declarations only, skip
func_body=$(grep -A 10 "^[[:space:]]*$func_name()" "$file" 2>/dev/null)
if ! echo "$func_body" | grep -v "local.*=" | grep -q '\$[1-9]'; then
continue
fi
# Skip simple echo/print wrapper functions (validation not needed for display)
# If function only uses params in echo/print statements, it's safe
if echo "$func_body" | grep -E "^\s*(echo|printf|print)" | grep -q '\$[1-9]'; then
if ! echo "$func_body" | grep -v -E "^\s*(echo|printf|print|local|#)" | grep -q '\$[1-9]'; then
continue
fi
fi
# Check if it validates them (accepts both $1 and variable name patterns)
# Pattern 1: [ -z "$1" ] or [ -n "$1" ]
# Pattern 2: [ -z "$var_name" ] where var_name was assigned from $1
# Pattern 3: [ $# -lt 1 ] or similar
if ! grep -A 5 "^[[:space:]]*$func_name()" "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -qE '\[\s*-[nz]\s*"\$([1-9]|[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)"\s*\]|\[\s*\$#\s*-'; then
# Pattern 4: if [ ! -f "$1" ] - file existence checks count as validation
if ! grep -A 5 "^[[:space:]]*$func_name()" "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -qE '\[\s*-[nzf]\s*"\$([1-9]|[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)"\s*\]|\[\s*!\s*-[nzf]\s*|\[\s*\$#\s*-'; then
echo "HIGH|$file|$line_num|Function '$func_name' uses parameters without validation"
count_issue "HIGH"
((count++))