Add lint to check for slow symbol comparisons

Author: GnomedDev

clippy_lints/src/declared_lints.rs

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ pub static LINTS: &[&crate::LintInfo] = &[
     #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     crate::utils::internal_lints::produce_ice::PRODUCE_ICE_INFO,
     #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
+    crate::utils::internal_lints::slow_symbol_comparisons::SLOW_SYMBOL_COMPARISONS_INFO,
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     crate::utils::internal_lints::unnecessary_def_path::UNNECESSARY_DEF_PATH_INFO,
     #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     crate::utils::internal_lints::unsorted_clippy_utils_paths::UNSORTED_CLIPPY_UTILS_PATHS_INFO,

clippy_lints/src/lib.rs

@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ pub fn register_lints(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, conf: &'static Conf) {
         store.register_late_pass(|_| {
             Box::new(utils::internal_lints::almost_standard_lint_formulation::AlmostStandardFormulation::new())
         });
+        store.register_late_pass(|_| Box::new(utils::internal_lints::slow_symbol_comparisons::SlowSymbolComparisons));
     }
 
     store.register_late_pass(move |_| Box::new(operators::arithmetic_side_effects::ArithmeticSideEffects::new(conf)));

clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints.rs

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ pub mod lint_without_lint_pass;
 pub mod msrv_attr_impl;
 pub mod outer_expn_data_pass;
 pub mod produce_ice;
+pub mod slow_symbol_comparisons;
 pub mod unnecessary_def_path;
 pub mod unsorted_clippy_utils_paths;

clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints/slow_symbol_comparisons.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use clippy_utils::consts::{ConstEvalCtxt, Constant};
+use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_sugg;
+use clippy_utils::source::snippet_with_applicability;
+use clippy_utils::ty::match_type;
+use clippy_utils::{match_function_call, paths};
+use rustc_errors::Applicability;
+use rustc_hir::{BinOpKind, Expr, ExprKind};
+use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass};
+use rustc_session::declare_lint_pass;
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+    /// ### What it does
+    ///
+    /// Detects symbol comparision using `Symbol::intern`.
+    ///
+    /// ### Why is this bad?
+    ///
+    /// Comparision via `Symbol::as_str()` is faster if the interned symbols are not reused.
+    ///
+    /// ### Example
+    ///
+    /// None, see suggestion.
+    pub SLOW_SYMBOL_COMPARISONS,
+    internal,
+    "detects slow comparisions of symbol"
+}
+
+declare_lint_pass!(SlowSymbolComparisons => [SLOW_SYMBOL_COMPARISONS]);
+
+impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for SlowSymbolComparisons {
+    fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, expr: &Expr<'tcx>) {
+        if let ExprKind::Binary(op, left, right) = expr.kind
+            && op.node == BinOpKind::Eq
+            && match_type(cx, cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(left), &paths::SYMBOL)
+            && let Some([symbol_name_expr]) = match_function_call(cx, right, &paths::SYMBOL_INTERN)
+            && let Some(Constant::Str(symbol_name)) = ConstEvalCtxt::new(cx).eval_simple(symbol_name_expr)
+        {
+            let mut applicability = Applicability::MachineApplicable;
+            span_lint_and_sugg(
+                cx,
+                SLOW_SYMBOL_COMPARISONS,
+                expr.span,
+                "comparing `Symbol` via `Symbol::intern`",
+                "use `Symbol::as_str` and check the string instead",
+                format!(
+                    "{}.as_str() == \"{symbol_name}\"",
+                    snippet_with_applicability(cx, left.span, "symbol", &mut applicability)
+                ),
+                applicability,
+            );
+        };
+    }
+}