checker: prohibit passing non-lvalue as voidptr (#10838)

.gitignore

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ test.bin
 
 # ignore codespace env
 .venv/
+.direnv/
 shell.nix
 default.nix
 flake.nix

vlib/v/ast/types.v

@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ pub fn (t Type) is_ptr() bool {
 	return (int(t) >> 16) & 0xff > 0
 }
 
+[inline]
+pub fn (t Type) is_any_kind_of_pointer() bool {
+	return (int(t) >> 16) & 0xff > 0 || (u16(t) & 0xffff) in ast.pointer_type_idxs
+}
+
 // set nr_muls on `t` and return it
 [inline]
 pub fn (t Type) set_nr_muls(nr_muls int) Type {

vlib/v/checker/checker.v

@@ -2825,6 +2825,19 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) fn_call(mut call_expr ast.CallExpr) ast.Type {
 		if func.is_variadic && param_typ_sym.info is ast.Array {
 			final_param_sym = c.table.get_type_symbol(param_typ_sym.array_info().elem_type)
 		}
+		// NB: Casting to voidptr is used as an escape mechanism, so:
+		// 1. allow passing *explicit* voidptr (native or through cast) to functions
+		// expecting voidptr or ...voidptr
+		// ... but 2. disallow passing non-pointers - that is very rarely what the user wanted,
+		// it can lead to codegen errors (except for 'magic' functions like `json.encode` that,
+		// the compiler has special codegen support for), so it should be opt in, that is it
+		// shoould require an explicit voidptr(x) cast (and probably unsafe{} ?) .
+		if call_arg.typ != param.typ
+			&& (param.typ == ast.voidptr_type || final_param_sym.idx == ast.voidptr_type_idx)
+			&& !call_arg.typ.is_any_kind_of_pointer() && func.language == .v
+			&& !call_arg.expr.is_lvalue() && func.name != 'json.encode' {
+			c.error('expression cannot be passed as `voidptr`', call_arg.expr.position())
+		}
 		// Handle expected interface
 		if final_param_sym.kind == .interface_ {
 			if c.type_implements(typ, param.typ, call_arg.expr.position()) {

vlib/v/checker/tests/non_lvalue_as_voidptr.out

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/non_lvalue_as_voidptr.vv:5:13: error: expression cannot be passed as `voidptr`
+    3 | }
+    4 | 
+    5 | println(add(5, 10))
+      |             ^

vlib/v/checker/tests/non_lvalue_as_voidptr.vv

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fn add(a voidptr, b voidptr) int {
+	return int(a) + int(b)
+}
+
+println(add(5, 10))

vlib/v/checker/tests/passing_expr_to_fn_expecting_voidptr.out

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/passing_expr_to_fn_expecting_voidptr.vv:3:31: error: expression cannot be passed as `voidptr`
+    1 | import strconv
+    2 | 
+    3 | strconv.v_printf('%02.02f\n', 1.1)
+      |                               ~~~

vlib/v/checker/tests/passing_expr_to_fn_expecting_voidptr.vv

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import strconv
+
+strconv.v_printf('%02.02f\n', 1.1)