Don't trigger unused_qualifications on global paths

compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late.rs

@@ -4636,6 +4636,13 @@ impl<'a: 'ast, 'b, 'ast, 'tcx> LateResolutionVisitor<'a, 'b, 'ast, 'tcx> {
     }
 
     fn lint_unused_qualifications(&mut self, path: &[Segment], ns: Namespace, finalize: Finalize) {
+        // Don't lint on global paths because the user explicitly wrote out the full path.
+        if let Some(seg) = path.first()
+            && seg.ident.name == kw::PathRoot
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if path.iter().any(|seg| seg.ident.span.from_expansion()) {
             return;
         }

tests/ui/lint/lint-qualification.fixed

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = || -> Result<(), ()> { try!(Ok(())); Ok(()) }; // issue #37345
 
     let _ = String::new(); //~ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
-    let _ = std::env::current_dir(); //~ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
 
     let _: Vec<String> = Vec::<String>::new();
     //~^ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ fn main() {
     use std::fmt;
     let _: fmt::Result = Ok(()); //~ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
 
-    let _ = <bool as Default>::default(); // issue #121999
+    let _ = <bool as Default>::default(); // issue #121999 (modified)
     //~^ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
 
     macro_rules! m { ($a:ident, $b:ident) => {

tests/ui/lint/lint-qualification.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = || -> Result<(), ()> { try!(Ok(())); Ok(()) }; // issue #37345
 
     let _ = std::string::String::new(); //~ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
-    let _ = ::std::env::current_dir(); //~ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
 
     let _: std::vec::Vec<String> = std::vec::Vec::<String>::new();
     //~^ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ fn main() {
     use std::fmt;
     let _: std::fmt::Result = Ok(()); //~ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
 
-    let _ = <bool as ::std::default::Default>::default(); // issue #121999
+    let _ = <bool as std::default::Default>::default(); // issue #121999 (modified)
     //~^ ERROR: unnecessary qualification
 
     macro_rules! m { ($a:ident, $b:ident) => {

tests/ui/lint/lint-qualification.stderr

@@ -40,19 +40,7 @@ LL +     let _ = String::new();
    |
 
 error: unnecessary qualification
-  --> $DIR/lint-qualification.rs:18:13
-   |
-LL |     let _ = ::std::env::current_dir();
-   |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-   |
-help: remove the unnecessary path segments
-   |
-LL -     let _ = ::std::env::current_dir();
-LL +     let _ = std::env::current_dir();
-   |
-
-error: unnecessary qualification
-  --> $DIR/lint-qualification.rs:20:12
+  --> $DIR/lint-qualification.rs:19:12
    |
 LL |     let _: std::vec::Vec<String> = std::vec::Vec::<String>::new();
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -64,7 +52,7 @@ LL +     let _: Vec<String> = std::vec::Vec::<String>::new();
    |
 
 error: unnecessary qualification
-  --> $DIR/lint-qualification.rs:20:36
+  --> $DIR/lint-qualification.rs:19:36
    |
 LL |     let _: std::vec::Vec<String> = std::vec::Vec::<String>::new();
    |                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -76,7 +64,7 @@ LL +     let _: std::vec::Vec<String> = Vec::<String>::new();
    |
 
 error: unnecessary qualification
-  --> $DIR/lint-qualification.rs:25:12
+  --> $DIR/lint-qualification.rs:24:12
    |
 LL |     let _: std::fmt::Result = Ok(());
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -88,16 +76,16 @@ LL +     let _: fmt::Result = Ok(());
    |
 
 error: unnecessary qualification
-  --> $DIR/lint-qualification.rs:27:13
+  --> $DIR/lint-qualification.rs:26:13
    |
-LL |     let _ = <bool as ::std::default::Default>::default(); // issue #121999
-   |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+LL |     let _ = <bool as std::default::Default>::default(); // issue #121999 (modified)
+   |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
 help: remove the unnecessary path segments
    |
-LL -     let _ = <bool as ::std::default::Default>::default(); // issue #121999
-LL +     let _ = <bool as Default>::default(); // issue #121999
+LL -     let _ = <bool as std::default::Default>::default(); // issue #121999 (modified)
+LL +     let _ = <bool as Default>::default(); // issue #121999 (modified)
    |
 
-error: aborting due to 8 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 7 previous errors
 

tests/ui/lint/unused-qualifications-global-paths.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Checks that `unused_qualifications` don't fire on explicit global paths.
+// Issue: <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/122374>.
+
+//@ check-pass
+
+#![deny(unused_qualifications)]
+
+pub fn bar() -> u64 {
+    ::std::default::Default::default()
+}
+
+fn main() {}