Add unnecessary_to_owned lint

Author: smoelius

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3210,6 +3210,7 @@ Released 2018-09-13
 [`unnecessary_operation`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#unnecessary_operation
 [`unnecessary_self_imports`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#unnecessary_self_imports
 [`unnecessary_sort_by`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#unnecessary_sort_by
+[`unnecessary_to_owned`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#unnecessary_to_owned
 [`unnecessary_unwrap`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#unnecessary_unwrap
 [`unnecessary_wraps`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#unnecessary_wraps
 [`unneeded_field_pattern`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#unneeded_field_pattern

clippy_lints/src/lib.register_all.rs

@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ store.register_group(true, "clippy::all", Some("clippy_all"), vec![
     LintId::of(methods::UNNECESSARY_FILTER_MAP),
     LintId::of(methods::UNNECESSARY_FOLD),
     LintId::of(methods::UNNECESSARY_LAZY_EVALUATIONS),
+    LintId::of(methods::UNNECESSARY_TO_OWNED),
     LintId::of(methods::UNWRAP_OR_ELSE_DEFAULT),
     LintId::of(methods::USELESS_ASREF),
     LintId::of(methods::WRONG_SELF_CONVENTION),

clippy_lints/src/lib.register_lints.rs

@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ store.register_lints(&[
     methods::UNNECESSARY_FILTER_MAP,
     methods::UNNECESSARY_FOLD,
     methods::UNNECESSARY_LAZY_EVALUATIONS,
+    methods::UNNECESSARY_TO_OWNED,
     methods::UNWRAP_OR_ELSE_DEFAULT,
     methods::UNWRAP_USED,
     methods::USELESS_ASREF,

clippy_lints/src/lib.register_perf.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ store.register_group(true, "clippy::perf", Some("clippy_perf"), vec![
     LintId::of(methods::MANUAL_STR_REPEAT),
     LintId::of(methods::OR_FUN_CALL),
     LintId::of(methods::SINGLE_CHAR_PATTERN),
+    LintId::of(methods::UNNECESSARY_TO_OWNED),
     LintId::of(misc::CMP_OWNED),
     LintId::of(mutex_atomic::MUTEX_ATOMIC),
     LintId::of(redundant_clone::REDUNDANT_CLONE),

clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ mod uninit_assumed_init;
 mod unnecessary_filter_map;
 mod unnecessary_fold;
 mod unnecessary_lazy_eval;
+mod unnecessary_to_owned;
 mod unwrap_or_else_default;
 mod unwrap_used;
 mod useless_asref;
@@ -1885,6 +1886,32 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     "usages of `str::splitn` that can be replaced with `str::split`"
 }
 
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+    /// ### What it does
+    /// Checks for unnecessary calls to [`ToOwned::to_owned`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#tymethod.to_owned)
+    /// and other `to_owned`-like functions.
+    ///
+    /// ### Why is this bad?
+    /// The unnecessary calls result in unnecessary allocations.
+    ///
+    /// ### Example
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let path = std::path::Path::new("x");
+    /// foo(&path.to_string_lossy().to_string());
+    /// fn foo(s: &str) {}
+    /// ```
+    /// Use instead:
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let path = std::path::Path::new("x");
+    /// foo(&path.to_string_lossy());
+    /// fn foo(s: &str) {}
+    /// ```
+    #[clippy::version = "1.58.0"]
+    pub UNNECESSARY_TO_OWNED,
+    perf,
+    "unnecessary calls to `to_owned`-like functions"
+}
+
 pub struct Methods {
     avoid_breaking_exported_api: bool,
     msrv: Option<RustcVersion>,
@@ -1964,7 +1991,8 @@ impl_lint_pass!(Methods => [
     MANUAL_STR_REPEAT,
     EXTEND_WITH_DRAIN,
     MANUAL_SPLIT_ONCE,
-    NEEDLESS_SPLITN
+    NEEDLESS_SPLITN,
+    UNNECESSARY_TO_OWNED
 ]);
 
 /// Extracts a method call name, args, and `Span` of the method name.
@@ -2007,6 +2035,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Methods {
                 single_char_add_str::check(cx, expr, args);
                 into_iter_on_ref::check(cx, expr, *method_span, method_call.ident.name, args);
                 single_char_pattern::check(cx, expr, method_call.ident.name, args);
+                unnecessary_to_owned::check(cx, expr, method_call.ident.name, args);
             },
             hir::ExprKind::Binary(op, lhs, rhs) if op.node == hir::BinOpKind::Eq || op.node == hir::BinOpKind::Ne => {
                 let mut info = BinaryExprInfo {