don't look for safety comments in codeblocks

clippy_lints/src/undocumented_unsafe_blocks.rs

@@ -681,11 +681,19 @@ fn text_has_safety_comment(src: &str, line_starts: &[RelativeBytePos], start_pos
         .filter(|(_, text)| !text.is_empty());
 
     let (line_start, line) = lines.next()?;
+    let mut in_codeblock = false;
     // Check for a sequence of line comments.
     if line.starts_with("//") {
         let (mut line, mut line_start) = (line, line_start);
         loop {
-            if line.to_ascii_uppercase().contains("SAFETY:") {
+            // Don't lint if the safety comment is part of a codeblock in a doc comment.
+            // It may or may not be required, and we can't very easily check it (and we shouldn't, since
+            // the safety comment isn't referring to the node we're currently checking)
+            if line.trim_start_matches("///").trim_start().starts_with("```") {
+                in_codeblock = !in_codeblock;
+            }
+
+            if line.to_ascii_uppercase().contains("SAFETY:") && !in_codeblock {
                 return Some(start_pos + BytePos(u32::try_from(line_start).unwrap()));
             }
             match lines.next() {

tests/ui/unnecessary_safety_comment.rs

@@ -73,4 +73,25 @@ mod issue_10084 {
     }
 }
 
+mod issue_12048 {
+    pub const X: u8 = 0;
+
+    /// Returns a pointer to five.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use foo::point_to_five;
+    ///
+    /// let five_pointer = point_to_five();
+    /// // Safety: this pointer always points to a valid five.
+    /// let five = unsafe { *five_pointer };
+    /// assert_eq!(five, 5);
+    /// ```
+    pub fn point_to_five() -> *const u8 {
+        static FIVE: u8 = 5;
+        &FIVE
+    }
+}
+
 fn main() {}