support nested pointer to type-aliased slices

Signed-off-by: dongjiang1989 <dongjiang1989@126.com>

Author: dongjiang1989

pkg/deepcopy/testdata/cronjob_types.go

@@ -159,13 +159,23 @@ type SpecificCases struct {
 
 	// Case: kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools#1136
 	StringAliasPtr *StringAlias `json:"stringAliasPtr,omitempty"`
+
+	// Case: kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools#586, kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools#1312
+	NestedAliasSlices *Bars `json:"nestedAliasSlices,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type StringAlias = string
 
 // Test aliases to basic types
 type TotallyAString string
 
+// Test nested pointer to type-aliased slices
+type Bars []*Bar
+
+type Bar struct {
+	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Tests manual DeepCopy with a pointer receiver
 type DeepCopyPtr struct{}
 

pkg/deepcopy/testdata/zz_generated.deepcopy.go

@@ -543,10 +543,13 @@ func (c *copyMethodMaker) genPointerDeepCopy(_ *namingInfo, pointerType *types.P
 
 	// pass-by-reference types get delegated to the main switch
 	if passesByReference(underlyingElem) {
-		c.Linef("*out = new(%s)", (&namingInfo{typeInfo: underlyingElem}).Syntax(c.pkg, c.importsList))
+		// Use the declared element type (pointerType.Elem()) when allocating and
+		// when generating the inner DeepCopyInto, so that type aliases are preserved
+		// (e.g. `MapAlias`, `Bars`) instead of using their underlying types.
+		c.Linef("*out = new(%s)", (&namingInfo{typeInfo: pointerType.Elem()}).Syntax(c.pkg, c.importsList))
 		c.If("**in != nil", func() {
 			c.Line("in, out := *in, *out")
-			c.genDeepCopyIntoBlock(&namingInfo{typeInfo: underlyingElem}, eventualUnderlyingType(underlyingElem))
+			c.genDeepCopyIntoBlock(&namingInfo{typeInfo: pointerType.Elem()}, pointerType.Elem())
 		})
 		return
 	}
@@ -782,11 +785,7 @@ func fineToShallowCopy(typeInfo types.Type) bool {
 // (except for interfaces, which are handled separately).
 func passesByReference(typeInfo types.Type) bool {
 	switch typeInfo.(type) {
-	case *types.Slice:
-		return true
-	case *types.Map:
-		return true
-	case *types.Pointer:
+	case *types.Slice, *types.Map, *types.Pointer:
 		return true
 	default:
 		return false