Fix unions

src/lvalue.rs

@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalContext<'a, 'tcx> {
         field_ty: Ty<'tcx>,
     ) -> EvalResult<'tcx, Lvalue<'tcx>> {
         let base_layout = self.type_layout(base_ty)?;
-
         use rustc::ty::layout::Layout::*;
         let (offset, packed) = match *base_layout {
             Univariant { ref variant, .. } => {
@@ -255,8 +254,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalContext<'a, 'tcx> {
                     }
                 },
                 Value::ByVal(_) => {
-                    assert_eq!(field_index, 0, "ByVal can only have 1 non zst field with offset 0");
-                    return Ok(base);
+                    if self.get_field_count(base_ty)? == 1 {
+                        assert_eq!(field_index, 0, "ByVal can only have 1 non zst field with offset 0");
+                        return Ok(base);
+                    }
+                    // this branch is taken when a union creates a large ByVal which is then
+                    // accessed as a struct with multiple small fields
+                    (PrimVal::Ptr(self.force_allocation(base)?.to_ptr()?), LvalueExtra::None)
                 },
                 Value::ByValPair(_, _) => {
                     let field_count = self.get_field_count(base_ty)?;

tests/run-pass/union-overwrite.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#![feature(untagged_unions)]
+#![allow(unions_with_drop_fields)]
+
+#[repr(C)]
+struct Pair<T, U>(T, U);
+#[repr(C)]
+struct Triple<T>(T, T, T);
+
+#[repr(C)]
+union U<A, B> {
+    a: Pair<A, A>,
+    b: B,
+}
+
+#[repr(C)]
+union W<A, B> {
+    a: A,
+    b: B,
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
+unsafe fn check() {
+    let mut u = U::<u8, u16> { b: 0xDE_DE };
+    u.a.0 = 0xBE;
+    assert_eq!(u.b, 0xDE_BE);
+
+    let mut u = U::<u16, u32> { b: 0xDEAD_DEAD };
+    u.a.0 = 0xBEEF;
+    assert_eq!(u.b, 0xDEAD_BEEF);
+
+    let mut u = U::<u32, u64> { b: 0xDEADBEEF_DEADBEEF };
+    u.a.0 = 0xBAADF00D;
+    assert_eq!(u.b, 0xDEADBEEF_BAADF00D);
+
+    let mut w = W::<Pair<Triple<u8>, u8>, u32> { b: 0xDEAD_DEAD };
+    w.a.0 = Triple(0, 0, 0);
+    assert_eq!(w.b, 0xDE00_0000);
+
+    let mut w = W::<Pair<u8, Triple<u8>>, u32> { b: 0xDEAD_DEAD };
+    w.a.1 = Triple(0, 0, 0);
+    assert_eq!(w.b, 0x0000_00AD);
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_endian = "big")]
+unsafe fn check() {
+    let mut u = U::<u8, u16> { b: 0xDE_DE };
+    u.a.0 = 0xBE;
+    assert_eq!(u.b, 0xBE_DE);
+
+    let mut u = U::<u16, u32> { b: 0xDEAD_DEAD };
+    u.a.0 = 0xBEEF;
+    assert_eq!(u.b, 0xBEEF_DEAD);
+
+    let mut u = U::<u32, u64> { b: 0xDEADBEEF_DEADBEEF };
+    u.a.0 = 0xBAADF00D;
+    assert_eq!(u.b, 0xBAADF00D_DEADBEEF);
+
+    let mut w = W::<Pair<Triple<u8>, u8>, u32> { b: 0xDEAD_DEAD };
+    w.a.0 = Triple(0, 0, 0);
+    assert_eq!(w.b, 0x0000_00AD);
+
+    let mut w = W::<Pair<u8, Triple<u8>>, u32> { b: 0xDEAD_DEAD };
+    w.a.1 = Triple(0, 0, 0);
+    assert_eq!(w.b, 0xDE00_0000);
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    unsafe {
+        check();
+    }
+}