cmd/vet: avoid crash in cgo test on recursive type

This CL also re-enables the cgo tests that were accidentally disabled
in CL 32754.

Fixes #18389.

Change-Id: I2fdc4fe3ec1f92b7da3db3fa66f4e0f806fc899f
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/34660
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>

src/cmd/vet/cgo.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func checkCgoCall(f *File, node ast.Node) {
 	}
 
 	for _, arg := range x.Args {
-		if !typeOKForCgoCall(cgoBaseType(f, arg)) {
+		if !typeOKForCgoCall(cgoBaseType(f, arg), make(map[types.Type]bool)) {
 			f.Badf(arg.Pos(), "possibly passing Go type with embedded pointer to C")
 		}
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func checkCgoCall(f *File, node ast.Node) {
 			arg = conv.Args[0]
 		}
 		if u, ok := arg.(*ast.UnaryExpr); ok && u.Op == token.AND {
-			if !typeOKForCgoCall(cgoBaseType(f, u.X)) {
+			if !typeOKForCgoCall(cgoBaseType(f, u.X), make(map[types.Type]bool)) {
 				f.Badf(arg.Pos(), "possibly passing Go type with embedded pointer to C")
 			}
 		}
@@ -110,23 +110,24 @@ func cgoBaseType(f *File, arg ast.Expr) types.Type {
 	return f.pkg.types[arg].Type
 }
 
-// typeOKForCgoCall returns true if the type of arg is OK to pass to a
+// typeOKForCgoCall reports whether the type of arg is OK to pass to a
 // C function using cgo. This is not true for Go types with embedded
-// pointers.
+// pointers. m is used to avoid infinite recursion on recursive types.
-func typeOKForCgoCall(t types.Type) bool {
+func typeOKForCgoCall(t types.Type, m map[types.Type]bool) bool {
-	if t == nil {
+	if t == nil || m[t] {
 		return true
 	}
+	m[t] = true
 	switch t := t.Underlying().(type) {
 	case *types.Chan, *types.Map, *types.Signature, *types.Slice:
 		return false
 	case *types.Pointer:
-		return typeOKForCgoCall(t.Elem())
+		return typeOKForCgoCall(t.Elem(), m)
 	case *types.Array:
-		return typeOKForCgoCall(t.Elem())
+		return typeOKForCgoCall(t.Elem(), m)
 	case *types.Struct:
 		for i := 0; i < t.NumFields(); i++ {
-			if !typeOKForCgoCall(t.Field(i).Type()) {
+			if !typeOKForCgoCall(t.Field(i).Type(), m) {
 				return false
 			}
 		}

src/cmd/vet/testdata/cgo/cgo.go

@@ -52,5 +52,8 @@ func CgoTests() {
 	C.f(*(*unsafe.Pointer)(unsafe.Pointer(&st2)))
 	C.f(unsafe.Pointer(&st2))
 
+	type cgoStruct struct{ p *cgoStruct }
+	C.f(unsafe.Pointer(&cgoStruct{}))
+
 	C.CBytes([]byte("hello"))
 }

src/cmd/vet/vet_test.go

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ func TestVetDirs(t *testing.T) {
 		"divergent",
 		"buildtag",
 		"incomplete", // incomplete examples
+		"cgo",
 	} {
 		dir := dir
 		t.Run(dir, func(t *testing.T) {