don't skip coercions for types with errors

compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/coercion.rs

@@ -186,17 +186,6 @@ impl<'f, 'tcx> Coerce<'f, 'tcx> {
         let b = self.shallow_resolve(b);
         debug!("Coerce.tys({:?} => {:?})", a, b);
 
-        // Just ignore error types.
-        if let Err(guar) = (a, b).error_reported() {
-            // Best-effort try to unify these types -- we're already on the error path,
-            // so this will have the side-effect of making sure we have no ambiguities
-            // due to `[type error]` and `_` not coercing together.
-            let _ = self.commit_if_ok(|_| {
-                self.at(&self.cause, self.param_env).eq(DefineOpaqueTypes::Yes, a, b)
-            });
-            return success(vec![], Ty::new_error(self.fcx.tcx, guar), vec![]);
-        }
-
         // Coercing from `!` to any type is allowed:
         if a.is_never() {
             return success(simple(Adjust::NeverToAny)(b), b, vec![]);

tests/ui/coercion/type-errors.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Regression test for an ICE: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/120884
+// We still need to properly go through coercions between types with errors instead of
+// shortcutting and returning success, because we need the adjustments for building the MIR.
+
+pub fn has_error() -> TypeError {}
+//~^ ERROR cannot find type `TypeError` in this scope
+
+pub fn cast() -> *const u8 {
+    // Casting a function item to a data pointer in valid in HIR, but invalid in MIR.
+    // We need an adjustment (ReifyFnPointer) to insert a cast from the function item
+    // to a function pointer as a separate MIR statement.
+    has_error as *const u8
+}
+
+fn main() {}

tests/ui/coercion/type-errors.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+error[E0412]: cannot find type `TypeError` in this scope
+  --> $DIR/type-errors.rs:5:23
+   |
+LL | pub fn has_error() -> TypeError {}
+   |                       ^^^^^^^^^ not found in this scope
+
+error: aborting due to 1 previous error
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0412`.

tests/ui/error-codes/E0401.rs

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ fn foo<T>(x: T) {
            (y: T) { //~ ERROR E0401
     }
     bfnr(x);
-    //~^ ERROR type annotations needed
-    //~| ERROR type annotations needed
 }
 
 

tests/ui/error-codes/E0401.stderr

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LL |            (y: T) {
    |                ^ use of generic parameter from outer item
 
 error[E0401]: can't use `Self` from outer item
-  --> $DIR/E0401.rs:24:25
+  --> $DIR/E0401.rs:22:25
    |
 LL | impl<T> Iterator for A<T> {
    | ---- `Self` type implicitly declared here, by this `impl`
@@ -32,45 +32,6 @@ LL |         fn helper(sel: &Self) -> u8 {
    |                         use of `Self` from outer item
    |                         refer to the type directly here instead
 
-error[E0283]: type annotations needed
-  --> $DIR/E0401.rs:11:5
-   |
-LL |     bfnr(x);
-   |     ^^^^ cannot infer type of the type parameter `V` declared on the function `bfnr`
-   |
-   = note: cannot satisfy `_: Baz<_>`
-note: required by a bound in `bfnr`
-  --> $DIR/E0401.rs:4:19
-   |
-LL |     fn bfnr<U, V: Baz<U>, W: Fn()>(y: T) {
-   |                   ^^^^^^ required by this bound in `bfnr`
-help: consider specifying the generic arguments
-   |
-LL |     bfnr::<U, V, W>(x);
-   |         +++++++++++
+error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
 
-error[E0283]: type annotations needed
-  --> $DIR/E0401.rs:11:5
-   |
-LL |     bfnr(x);
-   |     ^^^^ cannot infer type of the type parameter `W` declared on the function `bfnr`
-   |
-   = note: multiple `impl`s satisfying `_: Fn()` found in the following crates: `alloc`, `core`:
-           - impl<A, F> Fn<A> for &F
-             where A: Tuple, F: Fn<A>, F: ?Sized;
-           - impl<Args, F, A> Fn<Args> for Box<F, A>
-             where Args: Tuple, F: Fn<Args>, A: Allocator, F: ?Sized;
-note: required by a bound in `bfnr`
-  --> $DIR/E0401.rs:4:30
-   |
-LL |     fn bfnr<U, V: Baz<U>, W: Fn()>(y: T) {
-   |                              ^^^^ required by this bound in `bfnr`
-help: consider specifying the generic arguments
-   |
-LL |     bfnr::<U, V, W>(x);
-   |         +++++++++++
-
-error: aborting due to 5 previous errors
-
-Some errors have detailed explanations: E0283, E0401.
-For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0283`.
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0401`.

tests/ui/typeck/issue-104510-ice.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ struct W<T: ?Sized>(Oops);
 
 unsafe fn test() {
     let j = W(());
-    let pointer = &j as *const _; //~ ERROR type annotations needed
+    let pointer = &j as *const _;
     core::arch::asm!(
         "nop",
         in("eax") pointer,

tests/ui/typeck/issue-104510-ice.stderr

@@ -4,18 +4,6 @@ error[E0412]: cannot find type `Oops` in this scope
 LL | struct W<T: ?Sized>(Oops);
    |                     ^^^^ not found in this scope
 
-error[E0282]: type annotations needed for `*const W<T>`
-  --> $DIR/issue-104510-ice.rs:9:9
-   |
-LL |     let pointer = &j as *const _;
-   |         ^^^^^^^
-   |
-help: consider giving `pointer` an explicit type, where the type for type parameter `T` is specified
-   |
-LL |     let pointer: *const W<T> = &j as *const _;
-   |                +++++++++++++
+error: aborting due to 1 previous error
 
-error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
-
-Some errors have detailed explanations: E0282, E0412.
-For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0282`.
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0412`.