database/sql: accept nil pointers to Valuers implemented on value receivers

The driver.Valuer interface lets types map their Go representation to
a suitable database/sql/driver.Value.

If a user defines the Value method with a value receiver, such as:

    type MyStr string

    func (s MyStr) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
        return strings.ToUpper(string(s)), nil
    }

Then they can't use (*MyStr)(nil) as an argument to an SQL call via
database/sql, because *MyStr also implements driver.Value, but via a
compiler-generated wrapper which checks whether the pointer is nil and
panics if so.

We now accept (*MyStr)(nil) and map it to "nil" (an SQL "NULL")
if the Valuer method is implemented on MyStr instead of *MyStr.

If a user implements the driver.Value interface with a pointer
receiver, they retain full control of what nil means:

    type MyStr string

    func (s *MyStr) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
        if s == nil {
            return "missing MyStr", nil
        }
        return strings.ToUpper(string(*s)), nil
    }

Adds tests for both cases.

Fixes #8415

Change-Id: I897d609d80d46e2354d2669a8a3e090688eee3ad
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/31259
Run-TryBot: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Theophanes <kardianos@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>

3 files changed, 131 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/database/sql/convert.go b/src/database/sql/convert.go
index cee96319da..594a816966 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/convert.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/convert.go
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ func driverArgs(ds *driverStmt, args []interface{}) ([]driver.NamedValue, error)
 		// First, see if the value itself knows how to convert
 		// itself to a driver type. For example, a NullString
 		// struct changing into a string or nil.
-		if svi, ok := arg.(driver.Valuer); ok {
-			sv, err := svi.Value()
+		if vr, ok := arg.(driver.Valuer); ok {
+			sv, err := callValuerValue(vr)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("sql: argument index %d from Value: %v", n, err)
 			}
@@ -341,3 +341,25 @@ func asBytes(buf []byte, rv reflect.Value) (b []byte, ok bool) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+var valuerReflectType = reflect.TypeOf((*driver.Valuer)(nil)).Elem()
+
+// callValuerValue returns vr.Value(), with one exception:
+// If vr.Value is an auto-generated method on a pointer type and the
+// pointer is nil, it would panic at runtime in the panicwrap
+// method. Treat it like nil instead.
+// Issue 8415.
+//
+// This is so people can implement driver.Value on value types and
+// still use nil pointers to those types to mean nil/NULL, just like
+// string/*string.
+//
+// This function is mirrored in the database/sql/driver package.
+func callValuerValue(vr driver.Valuer) (v driver.Value, err error) {
+	if rv := reflect.ValueOf(vr); rv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr &&
+		rv.IsNil() &&
+		rv.Type().Elem().Implements(valuerReflectType) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return vr.Value()
+}
diff --git a/src/database/sql/convert_test.go b/src/database/sql/convert_test.go
index ab81f2f65a..4dfab1f6be 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/convert_test.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/convert_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -389,3 +390,85 @@ func TestUserDefinedBytes(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("userDefinedBytes got potentially dirty driver memory")
 	}
 }
+
+type Valuer_V string
+
+func (v Valuer_V) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
+	return strings.ToUpper(string(v)), nil
+}
+
+type Valuer_P string
+
+func (p *Valuer_P) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
+	if p == nil {
+		return "nil-to-str", nil
+	}
+	return strings.ToUpper(string(*p)), nil
+}
+
+func TestDriverArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	var nilValuerVPtr *Valuer_V
+	var nilValuerPPtr *Valuer_P
+	var nilStrPtr *string
+	tests := []struct {
+		args []interface{}
+		want []driver.NamedValue
+	}{
+		0: {
+			args: []interface{}{Valuer_V("foo")},
+			want: []driver.NamedValue{
+				driver.NamedValue{
+					Ordinal: 1,
+					Value:   "FOO",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		1: {
+			args: []interface{}{nilValuerVPtr},
+			want: []driver.NamedValue{
+				driver.NamedValue{
+					Ordinal: 1,
+					Value:   nil,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		2: {
+			args: []interface{}{nilValuerPPtr},
+			want: []driver.NamedValue{
+				driver.NamedValue{
+					Ordinal: 1,
+					Value:   "nil-to-str",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		3: {
+			args: []interface{}{"plain-str"},
+			want: []driver.NamedValue{
+				driver.NamedValue{
+					Ordinal: 1,
+					Value:   "plain-str",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		4: {
+			args: []interface{}{nilStrPtr},
+			want: []driver.NamedValue{
+				driver.NamedValue{
+					Ordinal: 1,
+					Value:   nil,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		ds := new(driverStmt)
+		got, err := driverArgs(ds, tt.args)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("test[%d]: %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+			t.Errorf("test[%d]: got %v, want %v", i, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/database/sql/driver/types.go b/src/database/sql/driver/types.go
index e480e701a4..c93c97a392 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/driver/types.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/driver/types.go
@@ -208,13 +208,35 @@ type defaultConverter struct{}
 
 var _ ValueConverter = defaultConverter{}
 
+var valuerReflectType = reflect.TypeOf((*Valuer)(nil)).Elem()
+
+// callValuerValue returns vr.Value(), with one exception:
+// If vr.Value is an auto-generated method on a pointer type and the
+// pointer is nil, it would panic at runtime in the panicwrap
+// method. Treat it like nil instead.
+// Issue 8415.
+//
+// This is so people can implement driver.Value on value types and
+// still use nil pointers to those types to mean nil/NULL, just like
+// string/*string.
+//
+// This function is mirrored in the database/sql package.
+func callValuerValue(vr Valuer) (v Value, err error) {
+	if rv := reflect.ValueOf(vr); rv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr &&
+		rv.IsNil() &&
+		rv.Type().Elem().Implements(valuerReflectType) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return vr.Value()
+}
+
 func (defaultConverter) ConvertValue(v interface{}) (Value, error) {
 	if IsValue(v) {
 		return v, nil
 	}
 
-	if svi, ok := v.(Valuer); ok {
-		sv, err := svi.Value()
+	if vr, ok := v.(Valuer); ok {
+		sv, err := callValuerValue(vr)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}