Clippy · Correctness

Safe public fn dereferencing a raw pointer argument

clippy::not_unsafe_ptr_arg_deref

Mark the function unsafe and document its safety contract, or take a reference instead of a raw pointer.

Category: Correctness
Default level: warn
Tier: P1
Producer: Clippy
Diff scope: line

Not a defect when

The function is an FFI entry point whose safe signature is fixed by a C caller and it validates the pointer (null check plus documented ownership rules) before dereferencing it.

What it reads

Clippy, with the compiler behind it. The only pass that compiles.

Tier

Serious: worth interrupting other work for.

The tier bounds how severe a rule may be; its category bounds the tier.

Diff scope

The changed line itself.

What --scope contextual looks at to decide whether a change caused the finding.

Change it

Turn it off, or make it blocking, without touching the code it flags:

rust-doctor --rule clippy::not_unsafe_ptr_arg_deref=off .
rust-doctor --rule clippy::not_unsafe_ptr_arg_deref=error .

Set it once in rust-doctor.toml

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