Summary:
Let's introduce some concepts. A "known unknown" function is one for which no Java code exists (e.g., `native`, `abstract`, and `interface methods`). An "unknown unknown" function is one for which Java code may or may not exist, but we don't have the code or we choose not to analyze it (e.g., non-modeled methods from the core Java or Android libraries).
Previously, Quandary handled both known unknowns and unknown unknowns by propagating taint from the parameters of the unknown function to its return value. It turns out that it is really expensive to do this for known unknown functions. D4142697 was the diff that starting handling known unknown functions in this way, and bisecting shows that it was the start of the recent performance problems for Quandary.
This diff essentially reverts D4142697 by handling known unknowns as skips instead. Pragmatically, doing the propagation trick for Java/Android library functions (e.g., `String` functions!) matters much more, so i'm not too worried about the missed behaviors from this. Ideally, we will go back to the old handling once performance has improved (have lots of ideas there). But I need this to unblock me in the meantime.
Reviewed By: jeremydubreil
Differential Revision: D4205507
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Sam Blackshear
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