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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-17 12:02:58 +0000
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+mod cast_abs_to_unsigned;
+mod cast_enum_constructor;
+mod cast_lossless;
+mod cast_possible_truncation;
+mod cast_possible_wrap;
+mod cast_precision_loss;
+mod cast_ptr_alignment;
+mod cast_ref_to_mut;
+mod cast_sign_loss;
+mod cast_slice_different_sizes;
+mod char_lit_as_u8;
+mod fn_to_numeric_cast;
+mod fn_to_numeric_cast_any;
+mod fn_to_numeric_cast_with_truncation;
+mod ptr_as_ptr;
+mod unnecessary_cast;
+mod utils;
+
+use clippy_utils::is_hir_ty_cfg_dependant;
+use rustc_hir::{Expr, ExprKind};
+use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass, LintContext};
+use rustc_middle::lint::in_external_macro;
+use rustc_semver::RustcVersion;
+use rustc_session::{declare_tool_lint, impl_lint_pass};
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts from any numerical to a float type where
+ /// the receiving type cannot store all values from the original type without
+ /// rounding errors. This possible rounding is to be expected, so this lint is
+ /// `Allow` by default.
+ ///
+ /// Basically, this warns on casting any integer with 32 or more bits to `f32`
+ /// or any 64-bit integer to `f64`.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// It's not bad at all. But in some applications it can be
+ /// helpful to know where precision loss can take place. This lint can help find
+ /// those places in the code.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let x = u64::MAX;
+ /// x as f64;
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub CAST_PRECISION_LOSS,
+ pedantic,
+ "casts that cause loss of precision, e.g., `x as f32` where `x: u64`"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts from a signed to an unsigned numerical
+ /// type. In this case, negative values wrap around to large positive values,
+ /// which can be quite surprising in practice. However, as the cast works as
+ /// defined, this lint is `Allow` by default.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// Possibly surprising results. You can activate this lint
+ /// as a one-time check to see where numerical wrapping can arise.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let y: i8 = -1;
+ /// y as u128; // will return 18446744073709551615
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub CAST_SIGN_LOSS,
+ pedantic,
+ "casts from signed types to unsigned types, e.g., `x as u32` where `x: i32`"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts between numerical types that may
+ /// truncate large values. This is expected behavior, so the cast is `Allow` by
+ /// default.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// In some problem domains, it is good practice to avoid
+ /// truncation. This lint can be activated to help assess where additional
+ /// checks could be beneficial.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// fn as_u8(x: u64) -> u8 {
+ /// x as u8
+ /// }
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub CAST_POSSIBLE_TRUNCATION,
+ pedantic,
+ "casts that may cause truncation of the value, e.g., `x as u8` where `x: u32`, or `x as i32` where `x: f32`"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts from an unsigned type to a signed type of
+ /// the same size. Performing such a cast is a 'no-op' for the compiler,
+ /// i.e., nothing is changed at the bit level, and the binary representation of
+ /// the value is reinterpreted. This can cause wrapping if the value is too big
+ /// for the target signed type. However, the cast works as defined, so this lint
+ /// is `Allow` by default.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// While such a cast is not bad in itself, the results can
+ /// be surprising when this is not the intended behavior, as demonstrated by the
+ /// example below.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// u32::MAX as i32; // will yield a value of `-1`
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub CAST_POSSIBLE_WRAP,
+ pedantic,
+ "casts that may cause wrapping around the value, e.g., `x as i32` where `x: u32` and `x > i32::MAX`"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts between numerical types that may
+ /// be replaced by safe conversion functions.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// Rust's `as` keyword will perform many kinds of
+ /// conversions, including silently lossy conversions. Conversion functions such
+ /// as `i32::from` will only perform lossless conversions. Using the conversion
+ /// functions prevents conversions from turning into silent lossy conversions if
+ /// the types of the input expressions ever change, and make it easier for
+ /// people reading the code to know that the conversion is lossless.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// fn as_u64(x: u8) -> u64 {
+ /// x as u64
+ /// }
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// Using `::from` would look like this:
+ ///
+ /// ```rust
+ /// fn as_u64(x: u8) -> u64 {
+ /// u64::from(x)
+ /// }
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub CAST_LOSSLESS,
+ pedantic,
+ "casts using `as` that are known to be lossless, e.g., `x as u64` where `x: u8`"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts to the same type, casts of int literals to integer types
+ /// and casts of float literals to float types.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// It's just unnecessary.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let _ = 2i32 as i32;
+ /// let _ = 0.5 as f32;
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// Better:
+ ///
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let _ = 2_i32;
+ /// let _ = 0.5_f32;
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub UNNECESSARY_CAST,
+ complexity,
+ "cast to the same type, e.g., `x as i32` where `x: i32`"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts, using `as` or `pointer::cast`,
+ /// from a less-strictly-aligned pointer to a more-strictly-aligned pointer
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// Dereferencing the resulting pointer may be undefined
+ /// behavior.
+ ///
+ /// ### Known problems
+ /// Using `std::ptr::read_unaligned` and `std::ptr::write_unaligned` or similar
+ /// on the resulting pointer is fine. Is over-zealous: Casts with manual alignment checks or casts like
+ /// u64-> u8 -> u16 can be fine. Miri is able to do a more in-depth analysis.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let _ = (&1u8 as *const u8) as *const u16;
+ /// let _ = (&mut 1u8 as *mut u8) as *mut u16;
+ ///
+ /// (&1u8 as *const u8).cast::<u16>();
+ /// (&mut 1u8 as *mut u8).cast::<u16>();
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub CAST_PTR_ALIGNMENT,
+ pedantic,
+ "cast from a pointer to a more-strictly-aligned pointer"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts of function pointers to something other than usize
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// Casting a function pointer to anything other than usize/isize is not portable across
+ /// architectures, because you end up losing bits if the target type is too small or end up with a
+ /// bunch of extra bits that waste space and add more instructions to the final binary than
+ /// strictly necessary for the problem
+ ///
+ /// Casting to isize also doesn't make sense since there are no signed addresses.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// fn fun() -> i32 { 1 }
+ /// let _ = fun as i64;
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// Use instead:
+ /// ```rust
+ /// # fn fun() -> i32 { 1 }
+ /// let _ = fun as usize;
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub FN_TO_NUMERIC_CAST,
+ style,
+ "casting a function pointer to a numeric type other than usize"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts of a function pointer to a numeric type not wide enough to
+ /// store address.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// Such a cast discards some bits of the function's address. If this is intended, it would be more
+ /// clearly expressed by casting to usize first, then casting the usize to the intended type (with
+ /// a comment) to perform the truncation.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// fn fn1() -> i16 {
+ /// 1
+ /// };
+ /// let _ = fn1 as i32;
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// Use instead:
+ /// ```rust
+ /// // Cast to usize first, then comment with the reason for the truncation
+ /// fn fn1() -> i16 {
+ /// 1
+ /// };
+ /// let fn_ptr = fn1 as usize;
+ /// let fn_ptr_truncated = fn_ptr as i32;
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub FN_TO_NUMERIC_CAST_WITH_TRUNCATION,
+ style,
+ "casting a function pointer to a numeric type not wide enough to store the address"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts of a function pointer to any integer type.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// Casting a function pointer to an integer can have surprising results and can occur
+ /// accidentally if parentheses are omitted from a function call. If you aren't doing anything
+ /// low-level with function pointers then you can opt-out of casting functions to integers in
+ /// order to avoid mistakes. Alternatively, you can use this lint to audit all uses of function
+ /// pointer casts in your code.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// // fn1 is cast as `usize`
+ /// fn fn1() -> u16 {
+ /// 1
+ /// };
+ /// let _ = fn1 as usize;
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// Use instead:
+ /// ```rust
+ /// // maybe you intended to call the function?
+ /// fn fn2() -> u16 {
+ /// 1
+ /// };
+ /// let _ = fn2() as usize;
+ ///
+ /// // or
+ ///
+ /// // maybe you intended to cast it to a function type?
+ /// fn fn3() -> u16 {
+ /// 1
+ /// }
+ /// let _ = fn3 as fn() -> u16;
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "1.58.0"]
+ pub FN_TO_NUMERIC_CAST_ANY,
+ restriction,
+ "casting a function pointer to any integer type"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts of `&T` to `&mut T` anywhere in the code.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// It’s basically guaranteed to be undefined behavior.
+ /// `UnsafeCell` is the only way to obtain aliasable data that is considered
+ /// mutable.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust,ignore
+ /// fn x(r: &i32) {
+ /// unsafe {
+ /// *(r as *const _ as *mut _) += 1;
+ /// }
+ /// }
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// Instead consider using interior mutability types.
+ ///
+ /// ```rust
+ /// use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
+ ///
+ /// fn x(r: &UnsafeCell<i32>) {
+ /// unsafe {
+ /// *r.get() += 1;
+ /// }
+ /// }
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "1.33.0"]
+ pub CAST_REF_TO_MUT,
+ correctness,
+ "a cast of reference to a mutable pointer"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for expressions where a character literal is cast
+ /// to `u8` and suggests using a byte literal instead.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// In general, casting values to smaller types is
+ /// error-prone and should be avoided where possible. In the particular case of
+ /// converting a character literal to u8, it is easy to avoid by just using a
+ /// byte literal instead. As an added bonus, `b'a'` is even slightly shorter
+ /// than `'a' as u8`.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust,ignore
+ /// 'x' as u8
+ /// ```
+ ///
+ /// A better version, using the byte literal:
+ ///
+ /// ```rust,ignore
+ /// b'x'
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"]
+ pub CHAR_LIT_AS_U8,
+ complexity,
+ "casting a character literal to `u8` truncates"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for `as` casts between raw pointers without changing its mutability,
+ /// namely `*const T` to `*const U` and `*mut T` to `*mut U`.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// Though `as` casts between raw pointers is not terrible, `pointer::cast` is safer because
+ /// it cannot accidentally change the pointer's mutability nor cast the pointer to other types like `usize`.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let ptr: *const u32 = &42_u32;
+ /// let mut_ptr: *mut u32 = &mut 42_u32;
+ /// let _ = ptr as *const i32;
+ /// let _ = mut_ptr as *mut i32;
+ /// ```
+ /// Use instead:
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let ptr: *const u32 = &42_u32;
+ /// let mut_ptr: *mut u32 = &mut 42_u32;
+ /// let _ = ptr.cast::<i32>();
+ /// let _ = mut_ptr.cast::<i32>();
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "1.51.0"]
+ pub PTR_AS_PTR,
+ pedantic,
+ "casting using `as` from and to raw pointers that doesn't change its mutability, where `pointer::cast` could take the place of `as`"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts from an enum type to an integral type which will definitely truncate the
+ /// value.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// The resulting integral value will not match the value of the variant it came from.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// enum E { X = 256 };
+ /// let _ = E::X as u8;
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "1.61.0"]
+ pub CAST_ENUM_TRUNCATION,
+ suspicious,
+ "casts from an enum type to an integral type which will truncate the value"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for `as` casts between raw pointers to slices with differently sized elements.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// The produced raw pointer to a slice does not update its length metadata. The produced
+ /// pointer will point to a different number of bytes than the original pointer because the
+ /// length metadata of a raw slice pointer is in elements rather than bytes.
+ /// Producing a slice reference from the raw pointer will either create a slice with
+ /// less data (which can be surprising) or create a slice with more data and cause Undefined Behavior.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// // Missing data
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let a = [1_i32, 2, 3, 4];
+ /// let p = &a as *const [i32] as *const [u8];
+ /// unsafe {
+ /// println!("{:?}", &*p);
+ /// }
+ /// ```
+ /// // Undefined Behavior (note: also potential alignment issues)
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let a = [1_u8, 2, 3, 4];
+ /// let p = &a as *const [u8] as *const [u32];
+ /// unsafe {
+ /// println!("{:?}", &*p);
+ /// }
+ /// ```
+ /// Instead use `ptr::slice_from_raw_parts` to construct a slice from a data pointer and the correct length
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let a = [1_i32, 2, 3, 4];
+ /// let old_ptr = &a as *const [i32];
+ /// // The data pointer is cast to a pointer to the target `u8` not `[u8]`
+ /// // The length comes from the known length of 4 i32s times the 4 bytes per i32
+ /// let new_ptr = core::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts(old_ptr as *const u8, 16);
+ /// unsafe {
+ /// println!("{:?}", &*new_ptr);
+ /// }
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "1.61.0"]
+ pub CAST_SLICE_DIFFERENT_SIZES,
+ correctness,
+ "casting using `as` between raw pointers to slices of types with different sizes"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for casts from an enum tuple constructor to an integer.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// The cast is easily confused with casting a c-like enum value to an integer.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// enum E { X(i32) };
+ /// let _ = E::X as usize;
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "1.61.0"]
+ pub CAST_ENUM_CONSTRUCTOR,
+ suspicious,
+ "casts from an enum tuple constructor to an integer"
+}
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for uses of the `abs()` method that cast the result to unsigned.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// The `unsigned_abs()` method avoids panic when called on the MIN value.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let x: i32 = -42;
+ /// let y: u32 = x.abs() as u32;
+ /// ```
+ /// Use instead:
+ /// ```rust
+ /// let x: i32 = -42;
+ /// let y: u32 = x.unsigned_abs();
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "1.62.0"]
+ pub CAST_ABS_TO_UNSIGNED,
+ suspicious,
+ "casting the result of `abs()` to an unsigned integer can panic"
+}
+
+pub struct Casts {
+ msrv: Option<RustcVersion>,
+}
+
+impl Casts {
+ #[must_use]
+ pub fn new(msrv: Option<RustcVersion>) -> Self {
+ Self { msrv }
+ }
+}
+
+impl_lint_pass!(Casts => [
+ CAST_PRECISION_LOSS,
+ CAST_SIGN_LOSS,
+ CAST_POSSIBLE_TRUNCATION,
+ CAST_POSSIBLE_WRAP,
+ CAST_LOSSLESS,
+ CAST_REF_TO_MUT,
+ CAST_PTR_ALIGNMENT,
+ CAST_SLICE_DIFFERENT_SIZES,
+ UNNECESSARY_CAST,
+ FN_TO_NUMERIC_CAST_ANY,
+ FN_TO_NUMERIC_CAST,
+ FN_TO_NUMERIC_CAST_WITH_TRUNCATION,
+ CHAR_LIT_AS_U8,
+ PTR_AS_PTR,
+ CAST_ENUM_TRUNCATION,
+ CAST_ENUM_CONSTRUCTOR,
+ CAST_ABS_TO_UNSIGNED
+]);
+
+impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Casts {
+ fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, expr: &'tcx Expr<'_>) {
+ if !in_external_macro(cx.sess(), expr.span) {
+ ptr_as_ptr::check(cx, expr, self.msrv);
+ }
+
+ if expr.span.from_expansion() {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if let ExprKind::Cast(cast_expr, cast_to) = expr.kind {
+ if is_hir_ty_cfg_dependant(cx, cast_to) {
+ return;
+ }
+ let (cast_from, cast_to) = (
+ cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(cast_expr),
+ cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(expr),
+ );
+
+ if unnecessary_cast::check(cx, expr, cast_expr, cast_from, cast_to) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ fn_to_numeric_cast_any::check(cx, expr, cast_expr, cast_from, cast_to);
+ fn_to_numeric_cast::check(cx, expr, cast_expr, cast_from, cast_to);
+ fn_to_numeric_cast_with_truncation::check(cx, expr, cast_expr, cast_from, cast_to);
+
+ if cast_to.is_numeric() && !in_external_macro(cx.sess(), expr.span) {
+ cast_possible_truncation::check(cx, expr, cast_expr, cast_from, cast_to);
+ if cast_from.is_numeric() {
+ cast_possible_wrap::check(cx, expr, cast_from, cast_to);
+ cast_precision_loss::check(cx, expr, cast_from, cast_to);
+ cast_sign_loss::check(cx, expr, cast_expr, cast_from, cast_to);
+ cast_abs_to_unsigned::check(cx, expr, cast_expr, cast_from, cast_to, self.msrv);
+ }
+ cast_lossless::check(cx, expr, cast_expr, cast_from, cast_to, self.msrv);
+ cast_enum_constructor::check(cx, expr, cast_expr, cast_from);
+ }
+ }
+
+ cast_ref_to_mut::check(cx, expr);
+ cast_ptr_alignment::check(cx, expr);
+ char_lit_as_u8::check(cx, expr);
+ ptr_as_ptr::check(cx, expr, self.msrv);
+ cast_slice_different_sizes::check(cx, expr, self.msrv);
+ }
+
+ extract_msrv_attr!(LateContext);
+}