Add lint check for negating uint literals and variables.

See #11273 and #13318

Author: hirschenberger

src/libnative/io/timer_win32.rs

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ impl rtio::RtioTimer for Timer {
 
         // there are 10^6 nanoseconds in a millisecond, and the parameter is in
         // 100ns intervals, so we multiply by 10^4.
-        let due = -(msecs * 10000) as libc::LARGE_INTEGER;
+        let due = -(msecs as i64 * 10000) as libc::LARGE_INTEGER;
         assert_eq!(unsafe {
             imp::SetWaitableTimer(self.obj, &due, 0, ptr::null(),
                                   ptr::mut_null(), 0)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl rtio::RtioTimer for Timer {
         let (tx, rx) = channel();
 
         // see above for the calculation
-        let due = -(msecs * 10000) as libc::LARGE_INTEGER;
+        let due = -(msecs as i64 * 10000) as libc::LARGE_INTEGER;
         assert_eq!(unsafe {
             imp::SetWaitableTimer(self.obj, &due, 0, ptr::null(),
                                   ptr::mut_null(), 0)
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl rtio::RtioTimer for Timer {
         let (tx, rx) = channel();
 
         // see above for the calculation
-        let due = -(msecs * 10000) as libc::LARGE_INTEGER;
+        let due = -(msecs as i64 * 10000) as libc::LARGE_INTEGER;
         assert_eq!(unsafe {
             imp::SetWaitableTimer(self.obj, &due, msecs as libc::LONG,
                                   ptr::null(), ptr::mut_null(), 0)

src/librustc/middle/const_eval.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+#![allow(unsigned_negate)]
 
 use metadata::csearch;
 use middle::astencode;

src/librustc/middle/lint.rs

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ pub enum Lint {
     AttributeUsage,
     UnknownFeatures,
     UnknownCrateType,
+    UnsignedNegate,
 
     ManagedHeapMemory,
     OwnedHeapMemory,
@@ -390,6 +391,13 @@ static lint_table: &'static [(&'static str, LintSpec)] = &[
         default: deny,
     }),
 
+    ("unsigned_negate",
+    LintSpec {
+        lint: UnsignedNegate,
+        desc: "using an unary minus operator on unsigned type",
+        default: warn
+    }),
+
     ("unused_must_use",
     LintSpec {
         lint: UnusedMustUse,
@@ -704,6 +712,29 @@ fn check_unused_casts(cx: &Context, e: &ast::Expr) {
 
 fn check_type_limits(cx: &Context, e: &ast::Expr) {
     return match e.node {
+        ast::ExprUnary(ast::UnNeg, ex) => {
+            match ex.node  {
+                ast::ExprLit(lit) => {
+                    match lit.node {
+                        ast::LitUint(..) => {
+                            cx.span_lint(UnsignedNegate, e.span,
+                                         "negation of unsigned int literal may be unintentional");
+                        },
+                        _ => ()
+                    }
+                },
+                _ => {
+                    let t = ty::expr_ty(cx.tcx, ex);
+                    match ty::get(t).sty {
+                        ty::ty_uint(_) => {
+                            cx.span_lint(UnsignedNegate, e.span,
+                                         "negation of unsigned int variable may be unintentional");
+                        },
+                        _ => ()
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
         ast::ExprBinary(binop, l, r) => {
             if is_comparison(binop) && !check_limits(cx.tcx, binop, l, r) {
                 cx.span_lint(TypeLimits, e.span,

src/librustc/middle/trans/adt.rs

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
  *   taken to it, implementing them for Rust seems difficult.
  */
 
+#![allow(unsigned_negate)]
+
 use std::container::Map;
 use libc::c_ulonglong;
 use std::num::{Bitwise};

src/libstd/fmt/num.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 // FIXME: #6220 Implement floating point formatting
 
+#![allow(unsigned_negate)]
+
 use container::Container;
 use fmt;
 use iter::{Iterator, DoubleEndedIterator};

src/libstd/num/f32.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //! Operations and constants for 32-bits floats (`f32` type)
 
 #![allow(missing_doc)]
+#![allow(unsigned_negate)]
 
 use prelude::*;
 

src/libstd/num/u16.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //! Operations and constants for unsigned 16-bits integers (`u16` type)
 
 #![allow(non_uppercase_statics)]
+#![allow(unsigned_negate)]
 
 use prelude::*;
 

src/libstd/num/u32.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //! Operations and constants for unsigned 32-bits integers (`u32` type)
 
 #![allow(non_uppercase_statics)]
+#![allow(unsigned_negate)]
 
 use prelude::*;
 

src/libstd/num/u64.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //! Operations and constants for unsigned 64-bits integer (`u64` type)
 
 #![allow(non_uppercase_statics)]
+#![allow(unsigned_negate)]
 
 use prelude::*;
 

src/libstd/num/u8.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //! Operations and constants for unsigned 8-bits integers (`u8` type)
 
 #![allow(non_uppercase_statics)]
+#![allow(unsigned_negate)]
 
 use prelude::*;