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Hierarchical Data-Flow Graphs
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Alberto Simões 
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José Pereira, Vitor Vieira, and Alberto Simões. Hierarchical Data-Flow Graphs. In 12th Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (SLATE 2023). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 113, pp. 11:1-11:9, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)
https://doi.org/10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2023.11
https://doi.org/10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2023.11
Abstract
Data-Flows are crucial to detect the dependency of statements and expressions in a programming language program. In the context of Static Application Security Testing (SAST), they are heavily used in different aspects, from detecting tainted data to understanding code dependency.
In Checkmarx, these data flows are currently computed on the fly, but their efficiency is not the desired, especially when dealing with large projects. With this in mind, a new caching mechanism is being developed, based on hierarchical graphs.
In this document, we discuss the basic idea behind this approach, the challenges found and the decisions put in place for the implementation. We will also share the first insights on speed improvements for a proof of concept implementation.
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- Theory of computation → Grammars and context-free languages
- Software and its engineering → Compilers
- Theory of computation → Graph algorithms analysis
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- Data Flow
- Static Application Security Testing
- Hierarchical Graphs
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