Add a test showing the erroneous promoted bug

Author: oli-obk

src/librustc_codegen_llvm/mir/operand.rs

@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FunctionCx<'a, 'tcx> {
                     .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
                         match constant.literal {
                             mir::Literal::Promoted { .. } => {
-                                // don't report errors inside promoteds, just warnings.
+                                // FIXME: generate a panic here
                             },
                             mir::Literal::Value { .. } => {
-                                err.report(bx.tcx(), constant.span, "const operand")
+                                err.report(bx.tcx(), constant.span, "const operand");
                             },
                         }
                         // We've errored, so we don't have to produce working code.

src/test/ui/const-eval/promoted_const_fn_fail.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#![feature(const_fn)]
+
+#![deny(const_err)]
+
+union Bar {
+    a: &'static u8,
+    b: usize,
+}
+
+const fn bar() -> u8 {
+    unsafe {
+        // this will error as long as this test
+        // is run on a system whose pointers need more
+        // than 8 bits
+        Bar { a: &42 }.b as u8
+        //~^ constant evaluation error
+        //~| constant evaluation error
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // FIXME(oli-obk): this should compile but panic at runtime
+    // if we change the `const_err` lint to allow this will actually compile, but then
+    // continue with undefined values.
+    let x: &'static u8 = &(bar() + 1);
+    let y = *x;
+    unreachable!();
+}

src/test/ui/const-eval/promoted_const_fn_fail.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+error: constant evaluation error
+  --> $DIR/promoted_const_fn_fail.rs:25:9
+   |
+LL |         Bar { a: &42 }.b as u8
+   |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ a raw memory access tried to access part of a pointer value as raw bytes
+   |
+note: lint level defined here
+  --> $DIR/promoted_const_fn_fail.rs:13:9
+   |
+LL | #![deny(const_err)]
+   |         ^^^^^^^^^
+note: inside call to `bar`
+  --> $DIR/promoted_const_fn_fail.rs:35:28
+   |
+LL |     let x: &'static u8 = &(bar() + 1);
+   |                            ^^^^^
+
+error: constant evaluation error
+  --> $DIR/promoted_const_fn_fail.rs:25:9
+   |
+LL |         Bar { a: &42 }.b as u8
+   |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ a raw memory access tried to access part of a pointer value as raw bytes
+   |
+note: inside call to `bar`
+  --> $DIR/promoted_const_fn_fail.rs:35:28
+   |
+LL |     let x: &'static u8 = &(bar() + 1);
+   |                            ^^^^^
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+