use rustc::lint::*; use rustc::ty::TypeVariants::{TyRawPtr, TyRef}; use rustc::ty; use rustc::hir::*; use utils::{match_def_path, paths, snippet_opt, span_lint, span_lint_and_then}; /// **What it does:** This lint checks for transmutes to the original type of the object. /// /// **Why is this bad?** Readability. The code tricks people into thinking that the original value was of some other type. /// /// **Known problems:** None. /// /// **Example:** `core::intrinsics::transmute(t)` where the result type is the same as `t`'s. declare_lint! { pub USELESS_TRANSMUTE, Warn, "transmutes that have the same to and from types" } /// **What it does:*** This lint checks for transmutes between a type `T` and `*T`. /// /// **Why is this bad?** It's easy to mistakenly transmute between a type and a pointer to that type. /// /// **Known problems:** None. /// /// **Example:** `core::intrinsics::transmute(t)` where the result type is the same as `*t` or `&t`'s. declare_lint! { pub CROSSPOINTER_TRANSMUTE, Warn, "transmutes that have to or from types that are a pointer to the other" } /// **What it does:*** This lint checks for transmutes from a pointer to a reference. /// /// **Why is this bad?** This can always be rewritten with `&` and `*`. /// /// **Known problems:** None. /// /// **Example:** /// ```rust /// let _: &T = std::mem::transmute(p); // where p: *const T /// // can be written: /// let _: &T = &*p; /// ``` declare_lint! { pub TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_REF, Warn, "transmutes from a pointer to a reference type" } pub struct Transmute; impl LintPass for Transmute { fn get_lints(&self) -> LintArray { lint_array! [ CROSSPOINTER_TRANSMUTE, TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_REF, USELESS_TRANSMUTE ] } } impl LateLintPass for Transmute { fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext, e: &Expr) { if let ExprCall(ref path_expr, ref args) = e.node { if let ExprPath(None, _) = path_expr.node { let def_id = cx.tcx.def_map.borrow()[&path_expr.id].def_id(); if match_def_path(cx, def_id, &paths::TRANSMUTE) { let from_ty = cx.tcx.expr_ty(&args[0]); let to_ty = cx.tcx.expr_ty(e); if from_ty == to_ty { span_lint(cx, USELESS_TRANSMUTE, e.span, &format!("transmute from a type (`{}`) to itself", from_ty)); } else if is_ptr_to(to_ty, from_ty) { span_lint(cx, CROSSPOINTER_TRANSMUTE, e.span, &format!("transmute from a type (`{}`) to a pointer to that type (`{}`)", from_ty, to_ty)); } else if is_ptr_to(from_ty, to_ty) { span_lint(cx, CROSSPOINTER_TRANSMUTE, e.span, &format!("transmute from a type (`{}`) to the type that it points to (`{}`)", from_ty, to_ty)); } else { check_ptr_to_ref(cx, from_ty, to_ty, e, &args[0]); } } } } } } fn is_ptr_to(from: ty::Ty, to: ty::Ty) -> bool { if let TyRawPtr(from_ptr) = from.sty { from_ptr.ty == to } else { false } } fn check_ptr_to_ref<'tcx>(cx: &LateContext, from_ty: ty::Ty<'tcx>, to_ty: ty::Ty<'tcx>, e: &Expr, arg: &Expr) { if let TyRawPtr(ref from_pty) = from_ty.sty { if let TyRef(_, ref to_rty) = to_ty.sty { let mess = format!("transmute from a pointer type (`{}`) to a reference type (`{}`)", from_ty, to_ty); span_lint_and_then(cx, TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_REF, e.span, &mess, |db| { if let Some(arg) = snippet_opt(cx, arg.span) { let (deref, cast) = if to_rty.mutbl == Mutability::MutMutable { ("&mut *", "*mut") } else { ("&*", "*const") }; let sugg = if from_pty.ty == to_rty.ty { format!("{}{}", deref, arg) } else { format!("{}({} as {} {})", deref, arg, cast, to_rty.ty) }; db.span_suggestion(e.span, "try", sugg); } }); } } }