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nonminimal_bool and is_x86_feature_detected #14153

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nonminimal_bool fires when chaining is_x86_feature_detected!(), suggesting invalid code.

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nonminimal_bool

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I tried this code:

pub fn check() -> bool {
    std::is_x86_feature_detected!("sse4.2") || std::is_x86_feature_detected!("avx2")
}

(playground)

I saw this happen:

warning: this boolean expression can be simplified
 --> src/lib.rs:2:5
  |
2 |     std::is_x86_feature_detected!("sse4.2") || std::is_x86_feature_detected!("avx2")
  |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  |
  = help: for further information visit https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#nonminimal_bool
  = note: `#[warn(clippy::nonminimal_bool)]` on by default
help: try
  |
2 |     !(!cfg!(target_feature = $target_feature_lit) && !$crate::detect::__is_feature_detected::$feature() && !$crate::detect::__is_feature_detected::$feature())
  |
2 |     std::is_x86_feature_detected!("sse4.2") || std::is_x86_feature_detected!("sse4.2") || std::is_x86_feature_detected!("avx2")
  |

I expected to see this happen:

I think clippy tries to tell me that avx2 implies sse4.2, so there’s no need to specify both. The output is extremely confusing though, and the suggestion is not valid Rust. I think either it should suggest correcting to just std::is_x86_feature_detected!("avx2") (although I’m not sure this could be reasonably implemented), or just skip this warning.

This reproduces on the latest nightly in Playground. It may be related to #12627, but I’m not sure if it’s a duplicate.

Version

rustc 1.84.0 (9fc6b4312 2025-01-07)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: 9fc6b43126469e3858e2fe86cafb4f0fd5068869
commit-date: 2025-01-07
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.84.0
LLVM version: 19.1.5

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@rustbot label +I-suggestion-causes-error +T-macros

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    C-bugCategory: Clippy is not doing the correct thingI-false-positiveIssue: The lint was triggered on code it shouldn't haveI-suggestion-causes-errorIssue: The suggestions provided by this Lint cause an ICE/error when appliedT-macrosType: Issues with macros and macro expansion

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