Make ptr_cast_add_auto_to_object lint into hard error

In Rust 1.81, we added a FCW lint (including linting in dependencies)
against pointer casts that add an auto trait to dyn bounds.  This was
part of work making casts of pointers involving trait objects stricter
which was needed to restabilize trait upcasting.

We considered just making this a hard error at the time, but opted
against it due to breakage found by crater.  This breakage was mostly
due to the `anymap` crate which has been a persistent problem for us.

It's now a year later, and the fact that this is not yet a hard error
is giving us pause about stabilizing arbitrary self types and
`derive(CoercePointee)`.  So let's now make a hard error of this.
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Travis Cross 2025-02-09 06:08:59 +00:00
parent ed49386d3a
commit ef337a6599
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An auto trait cannot be added to the bounds of a `dyn Trait` type via
a pointer cast.
Erroneous code example:
```rust,edition2021,compile_fail,E0804
let ptr: *const dyn core::any::Any = &();
_ = ptr as *const (dyn core::any::Any + Send);
```
Adding an auto trait can make the vtable invalid, potentially causing
UB in safe code afterwards. For example:
```rust,edition2021,no_run
use core::{mem::transmute, ptr::NonNull};
trait Trait {
fn f(&self)
where
Self: Send;
}
impl Trait for NonNull<()> {
fn f(&self) {
unreachable!()
}
}
fn main() {
let unsend: &dyn Trait = &NonNull::dangling();
let bad: &(dyn Trait + Send) = unsafe { transmute(unsend) };
// This crashes, since the vtable for `NonNull as dyn Trait` does
// not have an entry for `Trait::f`.
bad.f();
}
```
To fix this error, you can use `transmute` rather than pointer casts,
but you must ensure that the vtable is valid for the pointer's type
before calling a method on the trait object or allowing other code to
do so.

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@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ E0800: 0800,
E0801: 0801,
E0802: 0802,
E0803: 0803,
E0804: 0804,
);
)
}