Add diagnostics and suggestions for raw pointer arithmetic assignments

compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/op.rs

@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         // us do better coercions than we would be able to do otherwise,
         // particularly for things like `String + &String`.
         let rhs_ty_var = self.next_ty_var(rhs_expr.span);
-
         let result = self.lookup_op_method(
             (lhs_expr, lhs_ty),
             Some((rhs_expr, rhs_ty_var)),
@@ -698,6 +697,57 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                     }
                 }
 
+                let lhs_name_str = match lhs_expr.kind {
+                    hir::ExprKind::Path(hir::QPath::Resolved(_, path)) => {
+                        path.segments.last().map_or("_".to_string(), |s| s.ident.to_string())
+                    }
+                    _ => self
+                        .tcx
+                        .sess
+                        .source_map()
+                        .span_to_snippet(lhs_expr.span)
+                        .unwrap_or("_".to_string()),
+                };
+
+                if op.span().can_be_used_for_suggestions() {
+                    match op {
+                        Op::AssignOp(Spanned { node: hir::AssignOpKind::AddAssign, .. })
+                            if lhs_ty.is_raw_ptr() && rhs_ty.is_integral() =>
+                        {
+                            err.multipart_suggestion(
+                                "consider using `add` or `wrapping_add` to do pointer arithmetic",
+                                vec![
+                                    (lhs_expr.span.shrink_to_lo(), format!("{} = ", lhs_name_str)),
+                                    (
+                                        lhs_expr.span.between(rhs_expr.span),
+                                        ".wrapping_add(".to_owned(),
+                                    ),
+                                    (rhs_expr.span.shrink_to_hi(), ")".to_owned()),
+                                ],
+                                Applicability::MaybeIncorrect,
+                            );
+                        }
+                        Op::AssignOp(Spanned { node: hir::AssignOpKind::SubAssign, .. }) => {
+                            if lhs_ty.is_raw_ptr() && rhs_ty.is_integral() {
+                                err.multipart_suggestion(
+                                    "consider using `sub` or `wrapping_sub` to do pointer arithmetic",
+                                    vec![
+                                        (lhs_expr.span.shrink_to_lo(), format!("{} = ", lhs_name_str)),
+                                        (
+                                            lhs_expr.span.between(rhs_expr.span),
+                                            ".wrapping_sub(".to_owned(),
+
+                                        ),
+                                        (rhs_expr.span.shrink_to_hi(), ")".to_owned()),
+                                    ],
+                                    Applicability::MaybeIncorrect,
+                                );
+                            }
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+
                 let reported = err.emit();
                 Ty::new_error(self.tcx, reported)
             }

tests/ui/typeck/pointer-arith-assign.fixed

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//@ run-rustfix
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+#![allow(unused_variables)]
+#![allow(unused_assignments)]
+
+fn test_add_assign_raw_pointer() {
+    let mut arr = [0u8; 10];
+    let mut _ptr = arr.as_mut_ptr();
+
+    _ptr = _ptr.wrapping_add(2); //~ ERROR binary assignment operation `+=` cannot be applied to type `*mut u8` [E0368]
+}
+
+fn test_sub_assign_raw_pointer() {
+    let mut arr = [0u8; 10];
+    let mut _ptr = arr.as_mut_ptr();
+
+    _ptr = _ptr.wrapping_sub(2); //~ ERROR binary assignment operation `-=` cannot be applied to type `*mut u8` [E0368]
+}
+
+fn main() {}

tests/ui/typeck/pointer-arith-assign.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//@ run-rustfix
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+#![allow(unused_variables)]
+#![allow(unused_assignments)]
+
+fn test_add_assign_raw_pointer() {
+    let mut arr = [0u8; 10];
+    let mut _ptr = arr.as_mut_ptr();
+
+    _ptr += 2; //~ ERROR binary assignment operation `+=` cannot be applied to type `*mut u8` [E0368]
+}
+
+fn test_sub_assign_raw_pointer() {
+    let mut arr = [0u8; 10];
+    let mut _ptr = arr.as_mut_ptr();
+
+    _ptr -= 2; //~ ERROR binary assignment operation `-=` cannot be applied to type `*mut u8` [E0368]
+}
+
+fn main() {}

tests/ui/typeck/pointer-arith-assign.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+error[E0368]: binary assignment operation `+=` cannot be applied to type `*mut u8`
+  --> $DIR/pointer-arith-assign.rs:10:5
+   |
+LL |     _ptr += 2;
+   |     ----^^^^^
+   |     |
+   |     cannot use `+=` on type `*mut u8`
+   |
+help: consider using `add` or `wrapping_add` to do pointer arithmetic
+   |
+LL -     _ptr += 2;
+LL +     _ptr = _ptr.wrapping_add(2);
+   |
+
+error[E0368]: binary assignment operation `-=` cannot be applied to type `*mut u8`
+  --> $DIR/pointer-arith-assign.rs:17:5
+   |
+LL |     _ptr -= 2;
+   |     ----^^^^^
+   |     |
+   |     cannot use `-=` on type `*mut u8`
+   |
+help: consider using `sub` or `wrapping_sub` to do pointer arithmetic
+   |
+LL -     _ptr -= 2;
+LL +     _ptr = _ptr.wrapping_sub(2);
+   |
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0368`.