Add as_ptr_cast_mut lint

This lint detects calls to a `&self`-taking `as_ptr` method, where
the result is then immediately cast to a `*mut T`. Code like this
is probably invalid, as that pointer will not have write permissions,
and `*mut T` is usually used to write through.
This commit is contained in:
Nilstrieb 2022-10-01 18:59:17 +02:00
parent 31b17411a6
commit b91dc03510
No known key found for this signature in database
9 changed files with 144 additions and 1 deletions

View file

@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
#![allow(unused)]
#![warn(clippy::as_ptr_cast_mut)]
#![allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
struct MutPtrWrapper(Vec<u8>);
impl MutPtrWrapper {
fn as_ptr(&mut self) -> *const u8 {
self.0.as_mut_ptr() as *const u8
}
}
struct Covariant<T>(*const T);
impl<T> Covariant<T> {
fn as_ptr(self) -> *const T {
self.0
}
}
fn main() {
let mut string = String::new();
let _ = string.as_ptr() as *mut u8;
let _: *mut i8 = string.as_ptr() as *mut _;
let _ = string.as_ptr() as *const i8;
let _ = string.as_mut_ptr();
let _ = string.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8;
let _ = string.as_mut_ptr() as *const u8;
let nn = std::ptr::NonNull::new(4 as *mut u8).unwrap();
let _ = nn.as_ptr() as *mut u8;
let mut wrap = MutPtrWrapper(Vec::new());
let _ = wrap.as_ptr() as *mut u8;
let mut local = 4;
let ref_with_write_perm = Covariant(std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(local) as *const _);
let _ = ref_with_write_perm.as_ptr() as *mut u8;
}

View file

@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
error: casting the result of `as_ptr` to *mut u8
--> $DIR/as_ptr_cast_mut.rs:21:13
|
LL | let _ = string.as_ptr() as *mut u8;
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: replace with: `string.as_mut_ptr()`
|
= note: `-D clippy::as-ptr-cast-mut` implied by `-D warnings`
error: casting the result of `as_ptr` to *mut i8
--> $DIR/as_ptr_cast_mut.rs:22:22
|
LL | let _: *mut i8 = string.as_ptr() as *mut _;
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: replace with: `string.as_mut_ptr()`
error: aborting due to 2 previous errors