New lint: mem_replace_with_uninit

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1050,6 +1050,7 @@ Released 2018-09-13
 [`mem_discriminant_non_enum`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#mem_discriminant_non_enum
 [`mem_forget`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#mem_forget
 [`mem_replace_option_with_none`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#mem_replace_option_with_none
+[`mem_replace_with_uninit`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#mem_replace_with_uninit
 [`min_max`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#min_max
 [`misaligned_transmute`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#misaligned_transmute
 [`misrefactored_assign_op`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#misrefactored_assign_op

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 A collection of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your [Rust](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust) code.
 
-[There are 313 lints included in this crate!](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html)
+[There are 314 lints included in this crate!](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html)
 
 We have a bunch of lint categories to allow you to choose how much Clippy is supposed to ~~annoy~~ help you:
 

clippy_lints/src/lib.rs

@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(reg: &mut rustc_driver::plugin::Registry<'_>, conf: &Con
         matches::SINGLE_MATCH,
         mem_discriminant::MEM_DISCRIMINANT_NON_ENUM,
         mem_replace::MEM_REPLACE_OPTION_WITH_NONE,
+        mem_replace::MEM_REPLACE_WITH_UNINIT,
         methods::CHARS_LAST_CMP,
         methods::CHARS_NEXT_CMP,
         methods::CLONE_DOUBLE_REF,
@@ -1116,6 +1117,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(reg: &mut rustc_driver::plugin::Registry<'_>, conf: &Con
         loops::REVERSE_RANGE_LOOP,
         loops::WHILE_IMMUTABLE_CONDITION,
         mem_discriminant::MEM_DISCRIMINANT_NON_ENUM,
+        mem_replace::MEM_REPLACE_WITH_UNINIT,
         methods::CLONE_DOUBLE_REF,
         methods::INTO_ITER_ON_ARRAY,
         methods::TEMPORARY_CSTRING_AS_PTR,

clippy_lints/src/mem_replace.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use crate::utils::{match_def_path, match_qpath, paths, snippet_with_applicability, span_lint_and_sugg};
+use crate::utils::{match_def_path, match_qpath, paths, snippet_with_applicability,
+                   span_help_and_lint, span_lint_and_sugg};
 use if_chain::if_chain;
 use rustc::hir::{Expr, ExprKind, MutMutable, QPath};
 use rustc::lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass, LintArray, LintPass};
@@ -32,7 +33,38 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     "replacing an `Option` with `None` instead of `take()`"
 }
 
-declare_lint_pass!(MemReplace => [MEM_REPLACE_OPTION_WITH_NONE]);
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+    /// **What it does:** Checks for `mem::replace(&mut _, mem::uninitialized())`
+    /// and `mem::replace(&mut _, mem::zeroed())`.
+    ///
+    /// **Why is this bad?** This will lead to undefined behavior even if the
+    /// value is overwritten later, because the uninitialized value may be
+    /// observed in the case of a panic.
+    ///
+    /// **Known problems:** None.
+    ///
+    /// **Example:**
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use std::mem;
+    ///
+    /// fn myfunc (v: &mut Vec<i32>) {
+    ///     let taken_v = mem::replace(&mut v, mem::uninitialized());
+    ///     let new_v = do_stuff(taken_v); // this could panic!
+    ///     mem::forget(mem::replace(&mut v, new_v));
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// The [take_mut](https://docs.rs/take_mut) crate offers a sound solution,
+    /// at the cost of aborting on panic, to ensure that the uninitialized
+    /// value cannot be observed.
+    pub MEM_REPLACE_WITH_UNINIT,
+    correctness,
+    "`mem::replace(&mut _, mem::uninitialized())` or `mem::zeroed()`"
+}
+
+declare_lint_pass!(MemReplace =>
+    [MEM_REPLACE_OPTION_WITH_NONE, MEM_REPLACE_WITH_UNINIT]);
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx> LateLintPass<'a, 'tcx> for MemReplace {
     fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'a, 'tcx>, expr: &'tcx Expr) {
@@ -46,36 +78,47 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LateLintPass<'a, 'tcx> for MemReplace {
 
             // Check that second argument is `Option::None`
             if let ExprKind::Path(ref replacement_qpath) = func_args[1].node;
-            if match_qpath(replacement_qpath, &paths::OPTION_NONE);
-
             then {
-                // Since this is a late pass (already type-checked),
-                // and we already know that the second argument is an
-                // `Option`, we do not need to check the first
-                // argument's type. All that's left is to get
-                // replacee's path.
-                let replaced_path = match func_args[0].node {
-                    ExprKind::AddrOf(MutMutable, ref replaced) => {
-                        if let ExprKind::Path(QPath::Resolved(None, ref replaced_path)) = replaced.node {
-                            replaced_path
-                        } else {
-                            return
-                        }
-                    },
-                    ExprKind::Path(QPath::Resolved(None, ref replaced_path)) => replaced_path,
-                    _ => return,
-                };
+                if match_qpath(replacement_qpath, &paths::OPTION_NONE) {
+
+                    // Since this is a late pass (already type-checked),
+                    // and we already know that the second argument is an
+                    // `Option`, we do not need to check the first
+                    // argument's type. All that's left is to get
+                    // replacee's path.
+                    let replaced_path = match func_args[0].node {
+                        ExprKind::AddrOf(MutMutable, ref replaced) => {
+                            if let ExprKind::Path(QPath::Resolved(None, ref replaced_path)) = replaced.node {
+                                replaced_path
+                            } else {
+                                return
+                            }
+                        },
+                        ExprKind::Path(QPath::Resolved(None, ref replaced_path)) => replaced_path,
+                        _ => return,
+                    };
 
-                let mut applicability = Applicability::MachineApplicable;
-                span_lint_and_sugg(
-                    cx,
-                    MEM_REPLACE_OPTION_WITH_NONE,
-                    expr.span,
-                    "replacing an `Option` with `None`",
-                    "consider `Option::take()` instead",
-                    format!("{}.take()", snippet_with_applicability(cx, replaced_path.span, "", &mut applicability)),
-                    applicability,
-                );
+                    let mut applicability = Applicability::MachineApplicable;
+                    span_lint_and_sugg(
+                        cx,
+                        MEM_REPLACE_OPTION_WITH_NONE,
+                        expr.span,
+                        "replacing an `Option` with `None`",
+                        "consider `Option::take()` instead",
+                        format!("{}.take()", snippet_with_applicability(cx, replaced_path.span, "", &mut applicability)),
+                        applicability,
+                    );
+                }
+                if match_qpath(replacement_qpath, &paths::MEM_UNINITIALIZED) ||
+                   match_qpath(replacement_qpath, &paths::MEM_ZEROED) {
+                    span_help_and_lint(
+                        cx,
+                        MEM_REPLACE_WITH_UNINIT,
+                        expr.span,
+                        "replacing with `mem::uninitialized()`",
+                        "consider using the `take_mut` crate instead",
+                    );
+                }
             }
         }
     }

clippy_lints/src/utils/paths.rs

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ pub const MEM_FORGET: [&str; 3] = ["core", "mem", "forget"];
 pub const MEM_MAYBEUNINIT: [&str; 4] = ["core", "mem", "maybe_uninit", "MaybeUninit"];
 pub const MEM_MAYBEUNINIT_UNINIT: [&str; 5] = ["core", "mem", "maybe_uninit", "MaybeUninit", "uninit"];
 pub const MEM_REPLACE: [&str; 3] = ["core", "mem", "replace"];
+pub const MEM_UNINITIALIZED: [&str; 3] = ["core", "mem", "uninitialized"];
+pub const MEM_ZEROED: [&str; 3] = ["core", "mem", "zeroed"];
 pub const MUTEX: [&str; 4] = ["std", "sync", "mutex", "Mutex"];
 pub const OPEN_OPTIONS: [&str; 3] = ["std", "fs", "OpenOptions"];
 pub const OPS_MODULE: [&str; 2] = ["core", "ops"];

src/lintlist/mod.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub use lint::Lint;
 pub use lint::LINT_LEVELS;
 
 // begin lint list, do not remove this comment, it’s used in `update_lints`
-pub const ALL_LINTS: [Lint; 313] = [
+pub const ALL_LINTS: [Lint; 314] = [
     Lint {
         name: "absurd_extreme_comparisons",
         group: "correctness",
@@ -1043,6 +1043,13 @@ pub const ALL_LINTS: [Lint; 313] = [
         deprecation: None,
         module: "mem_replace",
     },
+    Lint {
+        name: "mem_replace_with_uninit",
+        group: "correctness",
+        desc: "`mem::replace(&mut _, mem::uninitialized())` or `mem::zeroed()`",
+        deprecation: None,
+        module: "mem_replace",
+    },
     Lint {
         name: "min_max",
         group: "correctness",

tests/ui/mem_replace.fixed

@@ -8,14 +8,30 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 // run-rustfix
-#![allow(unused_imports)]
+#![allow(unused_imports, deprecated, invalid_value)]
 #![warn(clippy::all, clippy::style, clippy::mem_replace_option_with_none)]
 
 use std::mem;
 
+fn might_panic(v: Vec<i32>) -> Vec<i32> { v }
+
 fn main() {
     let mut an_option = Some(1);
     let _ = an_option.take();
     let an_option = &mut Some(1);
     let _ = an_option.take();
+
+    let mut v = vec![0i32; 4];
+    // the following is UB if `might_panic` panics
+    unsafe {
+        let taken_v = mem::replace(&mut v, mem::uninitialized());
+        let new_v = might_panic(taken_v);
+        std::mem::forget(mem::replace(&mut v, new_v));
+    }
+
+    unsafe {
+        let taken_v = mem::replace(&mut v, mem::zeroed());
+        let new_v = might_panic(taken_v);
+        std::mem::forget(mem::replace(&mut v, new_v));
+    }
 }

tests/ui/mem_replace.rs

@@ -8,14 +8,30 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 // run-rustfix
-#![allow(unused_imports)]
+#![allow(unused_imports, deprecated, invalid_value)]
 #![warn(clippy::all, clippy::style, clippy::mem_replace_option_with_none)]
 
 use std::mem;
 
+fn might_panic(v: Vec<i32>) -> Vec<i32> { v }
+
 fn main() {
     let mut an_option = Some(1);
     let _ = mem::replace(&mut an_option, None);
     let an_option = &mut Some(1);
     let _ = mem::replace(an_option, None);
+
+    let mut v = vec![0i32; 4];
+    // the following is UB if `might_panic` panics
+    unsafe {
+        let taken_v = mem::replace(&mut v, mem::uninitialized());
+        let new_v = might_panic(taken_v);
+        std::mem::forget(mem::replace(&mut v, new_v));
+    }
+
+    unsafe {
+        let taken_v = mem::replace(&mut v, mem::zeroed());
+        let new_v = might_panic(taken_v);
+        std::mem::forget(mem::replace(&mut v, new_v));
+    }
 }

tests/ui/mem_replace.stderr

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 error: replacing an `Option` with `None`
-  --> $DIR/mem_replace.rs:18:13
+  --> $DIR/mem_replace.rs:20:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = mem::replace(&mut an_option, None);
    |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: consider `Option::take()` instead: `an_option.take()`
    |
    = note: `-D clippy::mem-replace-option-with-none` implied by `-D warnings`
 
 error: replacing an `Option` with `None`
-  --> $DIR/mem_replace.rs:20:13
+  --> $DIR/mem_replace.rs:22:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = mem::replace(an_option, None);
    |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: consider `Option::take()` instead: `an_option.take()`