Use of undeclared in header files

SonarQube for IDE IntelliJ Platform
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Please provide

  • Operating system: macOS
  • SonarQube for IntelliJ plugin version: 10.16.1.80464
  • IntelliJ version: 2024.3.2
  • Programming language you’re coding in: C++
  • Is connected mode used:
    • SonarQube Server

And a thorough description of the problem / question:

I use CLion with SonarQube for IDE and SonarQube server.
The Sonar scanner see valid errors in CPP files, thats great, but show lots of false error in header files

I use CMAKE and PCH header, so the header files doesn’t includes any other files
example code:

header.h.pch

struct myStruct {};

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "myheader.h"

myheader.h

struct otherStruct : public myStruct {};

myclass.cpp

#include "header.h"

int main() {
    otherStruct s;

    return 0;
}

Sonar scanner scanning the files and says:
myheader.h:
use of undeclared identifier ‘myStruct’

What can I set to see the precompiled header and the types which comes from other headers?

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Hello @Endre_Vass,

Can you please clarify the following for me:

  • Was the analysis run on SonarQube For IDE plugin for CLion or on SonarQube Server via sonar-scanner?
  • Are the false positive issues appearing on SonarQube For IDE or on SonarQube Server?

Thanks,

5

Hello

I made the connection between CLion and SonarQube server, but the analysis run in the CLion (on the sonar server I didn’t see these errors, so that is works fine)

These errors shows in the CLion, on the server everything is fine

6

Hello,

Thank you for clarifying the situation. In order to investigate this issue, Can you generate a reproducer file and share it with us by adding the following analysis property sonar.cfamily.reproducer=PATH_OF_FILE_TO_ANALYZE. and running the analysis on your file of interest.

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In the log, you should see that a file is generated. Please send it to us. If you think this file contains private information, let us know, we’ll send you a private message that will allow you to send it privately.

Thanks,

7

I added to the properties:
[sonarlint-analysis-engine] INFO sonarlint - sonar.cfamily.reproducer=/Users/myuser/sonar.analysis

Run the analysis, but the file didn’t created …
And the analysis didn’t works :frowning: I add an error to the file, but:
[sonarlint-analysis-engine] INFO sonarlint - Analysis detected 0 issues and 0 Security Hotspots in 101ms

8

I run a full project check, and no file generated, no issue found but that is not true :frowning:
If I remove this option, show lots of false positive error :frowning:

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Hello @Endre_Vass,

In order to better understand the situation, Can you share the verbose logs of the analysis?, You can do that by following these steps:

  • Make sure to enable analysis logs and verbose
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  • Clear the logs
  • Make sure you have the sonar.cfamily.reproducer=/path/of/file/to/analyze.cpp set in your analysis properties
  • Run analysis for the file of interest, which should be the same file provided in the sonar.cfamily.reproducer analysis property, namely /path/of/file/to/analyze.cpp
  • Share the full SonarQube for IDE logs with us, If you believe the logs might contain sensitive data, and You prefer to share them privately, please let me know, I can start a private thread with you

Thanks