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1 use crate::utils::{
2     is_normalizable, last_path_segment, match_def_path, paths, snippet, span_lint, span_lint_and_sugg,
3     span_lint_and_then, sugg,
4 };
5 use if_chain::if_chain;
6 use rustc_ast::ast;
7 use rustc_errors::Applicability;
8 use rustc_hir::{Expr, ExprKind, GenericArg, Mutability, QPath, TyKind, UnOp};
9 use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass};
10 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty};
11 use rustc_session::{declare_lint_pass, declare_tool_lint};
12 use std::borrow::Cow;
13
14 declare_clippy_lint! {
15     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes that can't ever be correct on any
16     /// architecture.
17     ///
18     /// **Why is this bad?** It's basically guaranteed to be undefined behaviour.
19     ///
20     /// **Known problems:** When accessing C, users might want to store pointer
21     /// sized objects in `extradata` arguments to save an allocation.
22     ///
23     /// **Example:**
24     /// ```ignore
25     /// let ptr: *const T = core::intrinsics::transmute('x')
26     /// ```
27     pub WRONG_TRANSMUTE,
28     correctness,
29     "transmutes that are confusing at best, undefined behaviour at worst and always useless"
30 }
31
32 // FIXME: Move this to `complexity` again, after #5343 is fixed
33 declare_clippy_lint! {
34     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes to the original type of the object
35     /// and transmutes that could be a cast.
36     ///
37     /// **Why is this bad?** Readability. The code tricks people into thinking that
38     /// something complex is going on.
39     ///
40     /// **Known problems:** None.
41     ///
42     /// **Example:**
43     /// ```rust,ignore
44     /// core::intrinsics::transmute(t); // where the result type is the same as `t`'s
45     /// ```
46     pub USELESS_TRANSMUTE,
47     nursery,
48     "transmutes that have the same to and from types or could be a cast/coercion"
49 }
50
51 declare_clippy_lint! {
52     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes between a type `T` and `*T`.
53     ///
54     /// **Why is this bad?** It's easy to mistakenly transmute between a type and a
55     /// pointer to that type.
56     ///
57     /// **Known problems:** None.
58     ///
59     /// **Example:**
60     /// ```rust,ignore
61     /// core::intrinsics::transmute(t) // where the result type is the same as
62     ///                                // `*t` or `&t`'s
63     /// ```
64     pub CROSSPOINTER_TRANSMUTE,
65     complexity,
66     "transmutes that have to or from types that are a pointer to the other"
67 }
68
69 declare_clippy_lint! {
70     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes from a pointer to a reference.
71     ///
72     /// **Why is this bad?** This can always be rewritten with `&` and `*`.
73     ///
74     /// **Known problems:** None.
75     ///
76     /// **Example:**
77     /// ```rust,ignore
78     /// unsafe {
79     ///     let _: &T = std::mem::transmute(p); // where p: *const T
80     /// }
81     ///
82     /// // can be written:
83     /// let _: &T = &*p;
84     /// ```
85     pub TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_REF,
86     complexity,
87     "transmutes from a pointer to a reference type"
88 }
89
90 declare_clippy_lint! {
91     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes from an integer to a `char`.
92     ///
93     /// **Why is this bad?** Not every integer is a Unicode scalar value.
94     ///
95     /// **Known problems:**
96     /// - [`from_u32`] which this lint suggests using is slower than `transmute`
97     /// as it needs to validate the input.
98     /// If you are certain that the input is always a valid Unicode scalar value,
99     /// use [`from_u32_unchecked`] which is as fast as `transmute`
100     /// but has a semantically meaningful name.
101     /// - You might want to handle `None` returned from [`from_u32`] instead of calling `unwrap`.
102     ///
103     /// [`from_u32`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/char/fn.from_u32.html
104     /// [`from_u32_unchecked`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/char/fn.from_u32_unchecked.html
105     ///
106     /// **Example:**
107     /// ```rust
108     /// let x = 1_u32;
109     /// unsafe {
110     ///     let _: char = std::mem::transmute(x); // where x: u32
111     /// }
112     ///
113     /// // should be:
114     /// let _ = std::char::from_u32(x).unwrap();
115     /// ```
116     pub TRANSMUTE_INT_TO_CHAR,
117     complexity,
118     "transmutes from an integer to a `char`"
119 }
120
121 declare_clippy_lint! {
122     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes from a `&[u8]` to a `&str`.
123     ///
124     /// **Why is this bad?** Not every byte slice is a valid UTF-8 string.
125     ///
126     /// **Known problems:**
127     /// - [`from_utf8`] which this lint suggests using is slower than `transmute`
128     /// as it needs to validate the input.
129     /// If you are certain that the input is always a valid UTF-8,
130     /// use [`from_utf8_unchecked`] which is as fast as `transmute`
131     /// but has a semantically meaningful name.
132     /// - You might want to handle errors returned from [`from_utf8`] instead of calling `unwrap`.
133     ///
134     /// [`from_utf8`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/str/fn.from_utf8.html
135     /// [`from_utf8_unchecked`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/str/fn.from_utf8_unchecked.html
136     ///
137     /// **Example:**
138     /// ```rust
139     /// let b: &[u8] = &[1_u8, 2_u8];
140     /// unsafe {
141     ///     let _: &str = std::mem::transmute(b); // where b: &[u8]
142     /// }
143     ///
144     /// // should be:
145     /// let _ = std::str::from_utf8(b).unwrap();
146     /// ```
147     pub TRANSMUTE_BYTES_TO_STR,
148     complexity,
149     "transmutes from a `&[u8]` to a `&str`"
150 }
151
152 declare_clippy_lint! {
153     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes from an integer to a `bool`.
154     ///
155     /// **Why is this bad?** This might result in an invalid in-memory representation of a `bool`.
156     ///
157     /// **Known problems:** None.
158     ///
159     /// **Example:**
160     /// ```rust
161     /// let x = 1_u8;
162     /// unsafe {
163     ///     let _: bool = std::mem::transmute(x); // where x: u8
164     /// }
165     ///
166     /// // should be:
167     /// let _: bool = x != 0;
168     /// ```
169     pub TRANSMUTE_INT_TO_BOOL,
170     complexity,
171     "transmutes from an integer to a `bool`"
172 }
173
174 declare_clippy_lint! {
175     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes from an integer to a float.
176     ///
177     /// **Why is this bad?** Transmutes are dangerous and error-prone, whereas `from_bits` is intuitive
178     /// and safe.
179     ///
180     /// **Known problems:** None.
181     ///
182     /// **Example:**
183     /// ```rust
184     /// unsafe {
185     ///     let _: f32 = std::mem::transmute(1_u32); // where x: u32
186     /// }
187     ///
188     /// // should be:
189     /// let _: f32 = f32::from_bits(1_u32);
190     /// ```
191     pub TRANSMUTE_INT_TO_FLOAT,
192     complexity,
193     "transmutes from an integer to a float"
194 }
195
196 declare_clippy_lint! {
197     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes from a float to an integer.
198     ///
199     /// **Why is this bad?** Transmutes are dangerous and error-prone, whereas `to_bits` is intuitive
200     /// and safe.
201     ///
202     /// **Known problems:** None.
203     ///
204     /// **Example:**
205     /// ```rust
206     /// unsafe {
207     ///     let _: u32 = std::mem::transmute(1f32);
208     /// }
209     ///
210     /// // should be:
211     /// let _: u32 = 1f32.to_bits();
212     /// ```
213     pub TRANSMUTE_FLOAT_TO_INT,
214     complexity,
215     "transmutes from a float to an integer"
216 }
217
218 declare_clippy_lint! {
219     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes from a pointer to a pointer, or
220     /// from a reference to a reference.
221     ///
222     /// **Why is this bad?** Transmutes are dangerous, and these can instead be
223     /// written as casts.
224     ///
225     /// **Known problems:** None.
226     ///
227     /// **Example:**
228     /// ```rust
229     /// let ptr = &1u32 as *const u32;
230     /// unsafe {
231     ///     // pointer-to-pointer transmute
232     ///     let _: *const f32 = std::mem::transmute(ptr);
233     ///     // ref-ref transmute
234     ///     let _: &f32 = std::mem::transmute(&1u32);
235     /// }
236     /// // These can be respectively written:
237     /// let _ = ptr as *const f32;
238     /// let _ = unsafe{ &*(&1u32 as *const u32 as *const f32) };
239     /// ```
240     pub TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_PTR,
241     complexity,
242     "transmutes from a pointer to a pointer / a reference to a reference"
243 }
244
245 declare_clippy_lint! {
246     /// **What it does:** Checks for transmutes between collections whose
247     /// types have different ABI, size or alignment.
248     ///
249     /// **Why is this bad?** This is undefined behavior.
250     ///
251     /// **Known problems:** Currently, we cannot know whether a type is a
252     /// collection, so we just lint the ones that come with `std`.
253     ///
254     /// **Example:**
255     /// ```rust
256     /// // different size, therefore likely out-of-bounds memory access
257     /// // You absolutely do not want this in your code!
258     /// unsafe {
259     ///     std::mem::transmute::<_, Vec<u32>>(vec![2_u16])
260     /// };
261     /// ```
262     ///
263     /// You must always iterate, map and collect the values:
264     ///
265     /// ```rust
266     /// vec![2_u16].into_iter().map(u32::from).collect::<Vec<_>>();
267     /// ```
268     pub UNSOUND_COLLECTION_TRANSMUTE,
269     correctness,
270     "transmute between collections of layout-incompatible types"
271 }
272 declare_lint_pass!(Transmute => [
273     CROSSPOINTER_TRANSMUTE,
274     TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_REF,
275     TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_PTR,
276     USELESS_TRANSMUTE,
277     WRONG_TRANSMUTE,
278     TRANSMUTE_INT_TO_CHAR,
279     TRANSMUTE_BYTES_TO_STR,
280     TRANSMUTE_INT_TO_BOOL,
281     TRANSMUTE_INT_TO_FLOAT,
282     TRANSMUTE_FLOAT_TO_INT,
283     UNSOUND_COLLECTION_TRANSMUTE,
284 ]);
285
286 // used to check for UNSOUND_COLLECTION_TRANSMUTE
287 static COLLECTIONS: &[&[&str]] = &[
288     &paths::VEC,
289     &paths::VEC_DEQUE,
290     &paths::BINARY_HEAP,
291     &paths::BTREESET,
292     &paths::BTREEMAP,
293     &paths::HASHSET,
294     &paths::HASHMAP,
295 ];
296 impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Transmute {
297     #[allow(clippy::similar_names, clippy::too_many_lines)]
298     fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, e: &'tcx Expr<'_>) {
299         if_chain! {
300             if let ExprKind::Call(ref path_expr, ref args) = e.kind;
301             if let ExprKind::Path(ref qpath) = path_expr.kind;
302             if let Some(def_id) = cx.qpath_res(qpath, path_expr.hir_id).opt_def_id();
303             if match_def_path(cx, def_id, &paths::TRANSMUTE);
304             then {
305                 let from_ty = cx.tables().expr_ty(&args[0]);
306                 let to_ty = cx.tables().expr_ty(e);
307
308                 match (&from_ty.kind, &to_ty.kind) {
309                     _ if from_ty == to_ty => span_lint(
310                         cx,
311                         USELESS_TRANSMUTE,
312                         e.span,
313                         &format!("transmute from a type (`{}`) to itself", from_ty),
314                     ),
315                     (ty::Ref(_, rty, rty_mutbl), ty::RawPtr(ptr_ty)) => span_lint_and_then(
316                         cx,
317                         USELESS_TRANSMUTE,
318                         e.span,
319                         "transmute from a reference to a pointer",
320                         |diag| {
321                             if let Some(arg) = sugg::Sugg::hir_opt(cx, &args[0]) {
322                                 let rty_and_mut = ty::TypeAndMut {
323                                     ty: rty,
324                                     mutbl: *rty_mutbl,
325                                 };
326
327                                 let sugg = if *ptr_ty == rty_and_mut {
328                                     arg.as_ty(to_ty)
329                                 } else {
330                                     arg.as_ty(cx.tcx.mk_ptr(rty_and_mut)).as_ty(to_ty)
331                                 };
332
333                                 diag.span_suggestion(e.span, "try", sugg.to_string(), Applicability::Unspecified);
334                             }
335                         },
336                     ),
337                     (ty::Int(_) | ty::Uint(_), ty::RawPtr(_)) => span_lint_and_then(
338                         cx,
339                         USELESS_TRANSMUTE,
340                         e.span,
341                         "transmute from an integer to a pointer",
342                         |diag| {
343                             if let Some(arg) = sugg::Sugg::hir_opt(cx, &args[0]) {
344                                 diag.span_suggestion(
345                                     e.span,
346                                     "try",
347                                     arg.as_ty(&to_ty.to_string()).to_string(),
348                                     Applicability::Unspecified,
349                                 );
350                             }
351                         },
352                     ),
353                     (ty::Float(_) | ty::Char, ty::Ref(..) | ty::RawPtr(_)) => span_lint(
354                         cx,
355                         WRONG_TRANSMUTE,
356                         e.span,
357                         &format!("transmute from a `{}` to a pointer", from_ty),
358                     ),
359                     (ty::RawPtr(from_ptr), _) if from_ptr.ty == to_ty => span_lint(
360                         cx,
361                         CROSSPOINTER_TRANSMUTE,
362                         e.span,
363                         &format!(
364                             "transmute from a type (`{}`) to the type that it points to (`{}`)",
365                             from_ty, to_ty
366                         ),
367                     ),
368                     (_, ty::RawPtr(to_ptr)) if to_ptr.ty == from_ty => span_lint(
369                         cx,
370                         CROSSPOINTER_TRANSMUTE,
371                         e.span,
372                         &format!(
373                             "transmute from a type (`{}`) to a pointer to that type (`{}`)",
374                             from_ty, to_ty
375                         ),
376                     ),
377                     (ty::RawPtr(from_pty), ty::Ref(_, to_ref_ty, mutbl)) => span_lint_and_then(
378                         cx,
379                         TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_REF,
380                         e.span,
381                         &format!(
382                             "transmute from a pointer type (`{}`) to a reference type \
383                              (`{}`)",
384                             from_ty, to_ty
385                         ),
386                         |diag| {
387                             let arg = sugg::Sugg::hir(cx, &args[0], "..");
388                             let (deref, cast) = if *mutbl == Mutability::Mut {
389                                 ("&mut *", "*mut")
390                             } else {
391                                 ("&*", "*const")
392                             };
393
394                             let arg = if from_pty.ty == *to_ref_ty {
395                                 arg
396                             } else {
397                                 arg.as_ty(&format!("{} {}", cast, get_type_snippet(cx, qpath, to_ref_ty)))
398                             };
399
400                             diag.span_suggestion(
401                                 e.span,
402                                 "try",
403                                 sugg::make_unop(deref, arg).to_string(),
404                                 Applicability::Unspecified,
405                             );
406                         },
407                     ),
408                     (ty::Int(ast::IntTy::I32) | ty::Uint(ast::UintTy::U32), &ty::Char) => {
409                         span_lint_and_then(
410                             cx,
411                             TRANSMUTE_INT_TO_CHAR,
412                             e.span,
413                             &format!("transmute from a `{}` to a `char`", from_ty),
414                             |diag| {
415                                 let arg = sugg::Sugg::hir(cx, &args[0], "..");
416                                 let arg = if let ty::Int(_) = from_ty.kind {
417                                     arg.as_ty(ast::UintTy::U32.name_str())
418                                 } else {
419                                     arg
420                                 };
421                                 diag.span_suggestion(
422                                     e.span,
423                                     "consider using",
424                                     format!("std::char::from_u32({}).unwrap()", arg.to_string()),
425                                     Applicability::Unspecified,
426                                 );
427                             },
428                         )
429                     },
430                     (ty::Ref(_, ty_from, from_mutbl), ty::Ref(_, ty_to, to_mutbl)) => {
431                         if_chain! {
432                             if let (&ty::Slice(slice_ty), &ty::Str) = (&ty_from.kind, &ty_to.kind);
433                             if let ty::Uint(ast::UintTy::U8) = slice_ty.kind;
434                             if from_mutbl == to_mutbl;
435                             then {
436                                 let postfix = if *from_mutbl == Mutability::Mut {
437                                     "_mut"
438                                 } else {
439                                     ""
440                                 };
441
442                                 span_lint_and_sugg(
443                                     cx,
444                                     TRANSMUTE_BYTES_TO_STR,
445                                     e.span,
446                                     &format!("transmute from a `{}` to a `{}`", from_ty, to_ty),
447                                     "consider using",
448                                     format!(
449                                         "std::str::from_utf8{}({}).unwrap()",
450                                         postfix,
451                                         snippet(cx, args[0].span, ".."),
452                                     ),
453                                     Applicability::Unspecified,
454                                 );
455                             } else {
456                                 if cx.tcx.erase_regions(&from_ty) != cx.tcx.erase_regions(&to_ty) {
457                                     span_lint_and_then(
458                                         cx,
459                                         TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_PTR,
460                                         e.span,
461                                         "transmute from a reference to a reference",
462                                         |diag| if let Some(arg) = sugg::Sugg::hir_opt(cx, &args[0]) {
463                                             let ty_from_and_mut = ty::TypeAndMut {
464                                                 ty: ty_from,
465                                                 mutbl: *from_mutbl
466                                             };
467                                             let ty_to_and_mut = ty::TypeAndMut { ty: ty_to, mutbl: *to_mutbl };
468                                             let sugg_paren = arg
469                                                 .as_ty(cx.tcx.mk_ptr(ty_from_and_mut))
470                                                 .as_ty(cx.tcx.mk_ptr(ty_to_and_mut));
471                                             let sugg = if *to_mutbl == Mutability::Mut {
472                                                 sugg_paren.mut_addr_deref()
473                                             } else {
474                                                 sugg_paren.addr_deref()
475                                             };
476                                             diag.span_suggestion(
477                                                 e.span,
478                                                 "try",
479                                                 sugg.to_string(),
480                                                 Applicability::Unspecified,
481                                             );
482                                         },
483                                     )
484                                 }
485                             }
486                         }
487                     },
488                     (ty::RawPtr(_), ty::RawPtr(to_ty)) => span_lint_and_then(
489                         cx,
490                         TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_PTR,
491                         e.span,
492                         "transmute from a pointer to a pointer",
493                         |diag| {
494                             if let Some(arg) = sugg::Sugg::hir_opt(cx, &args[0]) {
495                                 let sugg = arg.as_ty(cx.tcx.mk_ptr(*to_ty));
496                                 diag.span_suggestion(e.span, "try", sugg.to_string(), Applicability::Unspecified);
497                             }
498                         },
499                     ),
500                     (ty::Int(ast::IntTy::I8) | ty::Uint(ast::UintTy::U8), ty::Bool) => {
501                         span_lint_and_then(
502                             cx,
503                             TRANSMUTE_INT_TO_BOOL,
504                             e.span,
505                             &format!("transmute from a `{}` to a `bool`", from_ty),
506                             |diag| {
507                                 let arg = sugg::Sugg::hir(cx, &args[0], "..");
508                                 let zero = sugg::Sugg::NonParen(Cow::from("0"));
509                                 diag.span_suggestion(
510                                     e.span,
511                                     "consider using",
512                                     sugg::make_binop(ast::BinOpKind::Ne, &arg, &zero).to_string(),
513                                     Applicability::Unspecified,
514                                 );
515                             },
516                         )
517                     },
518                     (ty::Int(_) | ty::Uint(_), ty::Float(_)) => span_lint_and_then(
519                         cx,
520                         TRANSMUTE_INT_TO_FLOAT,
521                         e.span,
522                         &format!("transmute from a `{}` to a `{}`", from_ty, to_ty),
523                         |diag| {
524                             let arg = sugg::Sugg::hir(cx, &args[0], "..");
525                             let arg = if let ty::Int(int_ty) = from_ty.kind {
526                                 arg.as_ty(format!(
527                                     "u{}",
528                                     int_ty.bit_width().map_or_else(|| "size".to_string(), |v| v.to_string())
529                                 ))
530                             } else {
531                                 arg
532                             };
533                             diag.span_suggestion(
534                                 e.span,
535                                 "consider using",
536                                 format!("{}::from_bits({})", to_ty, arg.to_string()),
537                                 Applicability::Unspecified,
538                             );
539                         },
540                     ),
541                     (ty::Float(float_ty), ty::Int(_) | ty::Uint(_)) => span_lint_and_then(
542                         cx,
543                         TRANSMUTE_FLOAT_TO_INT,
544                         e.span,
545                         &format!("transmute from a `{}` to a `{}`", from_ty, to_ty),
546                         |diag| {
547                             let mut expr = &args[0];
548                             let mut arg = sugg::Sugg::hir(cx, expr, "..");
549
550                             if let ExprKind::Unary(UnOp::UnNeg, inner_expr) = &expr.kind {
551                                 expr = &inner_expr;
552                             }
553
554                             if_chain! {
555                                 // if the expression is a float literal and it is unsuffixed then
556                                 // add a suffix so the suggestion is valid and unambiguous
557                                 let op = format!("{}{}", arg, float_ty.name_str()).into();
558                                 if let ExprKind::Lit(lit) = &expr.kind;
559                                 if let ast::LitKind::Float(_, ast::LitFloatType::Unsuffixed) = lit.node;
560                                 then {
561                                     match arg {
562                                         sugg::Sugg::MaybeParen(_) => arg = sugg::Sugg::MaybeParen(op),
563                                         _ => arg = sugg::Sugg::NonParen(op)
564                                     }
565                                 }
566                             }
567
568                             arg = sugg::Sugg::NonParen(format!("{}.to_bits()", arg.maybe_par()).into());
569
570                             // cast the result of `to_bits` if `to_ty` is signed
571                             arg = if let ty::Int(int_ty) = to_ty.kind {
572                                 arg.as_ty(int_ty.name_str().to_string())
573                             } else {
574                                 arg
575                             };
576
577                             diag.span_suggestion(
578                                 e.span,
579                                 "consider using",
580                                 arg.to_string(),
581                                 Applicability::Unspecified,
582                             );
583                         },
584                     ),
585                     (ty::Adt(from_adt, from_substs), ty::Adt(to_adt, to_substs)) => {
586                         if from_adt.did != to_adt.did ||
587                                 !COLLECTIONS.iter().any(|path| match_def_path(cx, to_adt.did, path)) {
588                             return;
589                         }
590                         if from_substs.types().zip(to_substs.types())
591                                               .any(|(from_ty, to_ty)| is_layout_incompatible(cx, from_ty, to_ty)) {
592                             span_lint(
593                                 cx,
594                                 UNSOUND_COLLECTION_TRANSMUTE,
595                                 e.span,
596                                 &format!(
597                                     "transmute from `{}` to `{}` with mismatched layout is unsound",
598                                     from_ty,
599                                     to_ty
600                                 )
601                             );
602                         }
603                     },
604                     _ => return,
605                 }
606             }
607         }
608     }
609 }
610
611 /// Gets the snippet of `Bar` in `…::transmute<Foo, &Bar>`. If that snippet is
612 /// not available , use
613 /// the type's `ToString` implementation. In weird cases it could lead to types
614 /// with invalid `'_`
615 /// lifetime, but it should be rare.
616 fn get_type_snippet(cx: &LateContext<'_>, path: &QPath<'_>, to_ref_ty: Ty<'_>) -> String {
617     let seg = last_path_segment(path);
618     if_chain! {
619         if let Some(ref params) = seg.args;
620         if !params.parenthesized;
621         if let Some(to_ty) = params.args.iter().filter_map(|arg| match arg {
622             GenericArg::Type(ty) => Some(ty),
623             _ => None,
624         }).nth(1);
625         if let TyKind::Rptr(_, ref to_ty) = to_ty.kind;
626         then {
627             return snippet(cx, to_ty.ty.span, &to_ref_ty.to_string()).to_string();
628         }
629     }
630
631     to_ref_ty.to_string()
632 }
633
634 // check if the component types of the transmuted collection and the result have different ABI,
635 // size or alignment
636 fn is_layout_incompatible<'tcx>(cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, from: Ty<'tcx>, to: Ty<'tcx>) -> bool {
637     let empty_param_env = ty::ParamEnv::empty();
638     // check if `from` and `to` are normalizable to avoid ICE (#4968)
639     if !(is_normalizable(cx, empty_param_env, from) && is_normalizable(cx, empty_param_env, to)) {
640         return false;
641     }
642     let from_ty_layout = cx.tcx.layout_of(empty_param_env.and(from));
643     let to_ty_layout = cx.tcx.layout_of(empty_param_env.and(to));
644     if let (Ok(from_layout), Ok(to_layout)) = (from_ty_layout, to_ty_layout) {
645         from_layout.size != to_layout.size || from_layout.align != to_layout.align || from_layout.abi != to_layout.abi
646     } else {
647         // no idea about layout, so don't lint
648         false
649     }
650 }