use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_help; use clippy_utils::path_def_id; use clippy_utils::ty::peel_mid_ty_refs; use rustc_hir::{Expr, ExprKind}; use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass}; use rustc_session::declare_lint_pass; use rustc_span::sym; declare_clippy_lint! { /// ### What it does /// /// Checks for calls to `std::mem::size_of_val()` where the argument is /// a reference to a reference. /// /// ### Why is this bad? /// /// Calling `size_of_val()` with a reference to a reference as the argument /// yields the size of the reference-type, not the size of the value behind /// the reference. /// /// ### Example /// ```no_run /// struct Foo { /// buffer: [u8], /// } /// /// impl Foo { /// fn size(&self) -> usize { /// // Note that `&self` as an argument is a `&&Foo`: Because `self` /// // is already a reference, `&self` is a double-reference. /// // The return value of `size_of_val()` therefor is the /// // size of the reference-type, not the size of `self`. /// std::mem::size_of_val(&self) /// } /// } /// ``` /// Use instead: /// ```no_run /// struct Foo { /// buffer: [u8], /// } /// /// impl Foo { /// fn size(&self) -> usize { /// // Correct /// std::mem::size_of_val(self) /// } /// } /// ``` #[clippy::version = "1.68.0"] pub SIZE_OF_REF, suspicious, "Argument to `std::mem::size_of_val()` is a double-reference, which is almost certainly unintended" } declare_lint_pass!(SizeOfRef => [SIZE_OF_REF]); impl LateLintPass<'_> for SizeOfRef { fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &'_ Expr<'_>) { if let ExprKind::Call(path, [arg]) = expr.kind && let Some(def_id) = path_def_id(cx, path) && cx.tcx.is_diagnostic_item(sym::mem_size_of_val, def_id) && let arg_ty = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(arg) && peel_mid_ty_refs(arg_ty).1 > 1 { span_lint_and_help( cx, SIZE_OF_REF, expr.span, "argument to `std::mem::size_of_val()` is a reference to a reference", None, "dereference the argument to `std::mem::size_of_val()` to get the size of the value instead of the size of the reference-type", ); } } }