Allow constant references (to constant data), when they're valid SPIR-V.

crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/builder/builder_methods.rs

@@ -838,8 +838,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx> for Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
     }
 
     fn load(&mut self, ptr: Self::Value, _align: Align) -> Self::Value {
-        // See comment on `SpirvValueKind::ConstantPointer`
-        if let Some(value) = ptr.const_ptr_val(self) {
+        if let Some(value) = ptr.const_fold_load(self) {
             return value;
         }
         let ty = match self.lookup_type(ptr.ty) {
@@ -1665,9 +1664,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx> for Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
         };
         let src_element_size = src_pointee.and_then(|p| self.lookup_type(p).sizeof(self));
         if src_element_size.is_some() && src_element_size == const_size.map(Size::from_bytes) {
-            // See comment on `SpirvValueKind::ConstantPointer`
-
-            if let Some(const_value) = src.const_ptr_val(self) {
+            if let Some(const_value) = src.const_fold_load(self) {
                 self.store(const_value, dst, Align::from_bytes(0).unwrap());
             } else {
                 self.emit()

crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/builder_spirv.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::builder;
 use crate::codegen_cx::CodegenCx;
 use crate::spirv_type::SpirvType;
 use rspirv::dr::{Block, Builder, Module, Operand};
-use rspirv::spirv::{AddressingModel, Capability, MemoryModel, Op, Word};
+use rspirv::spirv::{AddressingModel, Capability, MemoryModel, Op, StorageClass, Word};
 use rspirv::{binary::Assemble, binary::Disassemble};
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
 use rustc_middle::bug;
@@ -23,27 +23,10 @@ pub enum SpirvValueKind {
     // FIXME(eddyb) this shouldn't be needed, but `rustc_codegen_ssa` still relies
     // on converting `Function`s to `Value`s even for direct calls, the `Builder`
     // should just have direct and indirect `call` variants (or a `Callee` enum).
-    // FIXME(eddyb) document? not sure what to do with the `ConstantPointer` comment.
     FnAddr {
         function: Word,
     },
 
-    /// There are a fair number of places where `rustc_codegen_ssa` creates a pointer to something
-    /// that cannot be pointed to in SPIR-V. For example, constant values are frequently emitted as
-    /// a pointer to constant memory, and then dereferenced where they're used. Functions are the
-    /// same way, when compiling a call, the function's pointer is loaded, then dereferenced, then
-    /// called. Directly translating these constructs is impossible, because SPIR-V doesn't allow
-    /// pointers to constants, or function pointers. So, instead, we create this ConstantPointer
-    /// "meta-value": directly using it is an error, however, if it is attempted to be
-    /// dereferenced, the "load" is instead a no-op that returns the underlying value directly.
-    ConstantPointer {
-        initializer: Word,
-
-        /// The global (module-scoped) `OpVariable` (with `initializer` set as
-        /// its initializer) to attach zombies to.
-        global_var: Word,
-    },
-
     /// Deferred pointer cast, for the `Logical` addressing model (which doesn't
     /// really support raw pointers in the way Rust expects to be able to use).
     ///
@@ -70,23 +53,29 @@ pub struct SpirvValue {
 }
 
 impl SpirvValue {
-    pub fn const_ptr_val(self, cx: &CodegenCx<'_>) -> Option<Self> {
+    pub fn const_fold_load(self, cx: &CodegenCx<'_>) -> Option<Self> {
         match self.kind {
-            SpirvValueKind::ConstantPointer {
-                initializer,
-                global_var: _,
-            } => {
+            SpirvValueKind::Def(id) | SpirvValueKind::IllegalConst(id) => {
+                let entry = cx.builder.id_to_const.borrow().get(&id)?.clone();
+                match entry.val {
+                    SpirvConst::PtrTo { pointee } => {
                         let ty = match cx.lookup_type(self.ty) {
                             SpirvType::Pointer { pointee } => pointee,
-                    ty => bug!("load called on variable that wasn't a pointer: {:?}", ty),
+                            ty => bug!("load called on value that wasn't a pointer: {:?}", ty),
                         };
-                Some(initializer.with_type(ty))
+                        // FIXME(eddyb) deduplicate this `if`-`else` and its other copies.
+                        let kind = if entry.legal.is_ok() {
+                            SpirvValueKind::Def(pointee)
+                        } else {
+                            SpirvValueKind::IllegalConst(pointee)
+                        };
+                        Some(SpirvValue { kind, ty })
+                    }
+                    _ => None,
+                }
             }
 
-            SpirvValueKind::FnAddr { .. }
-            | SpirvValueKind::Def(_)
-            | SpirvValueKind::IllegalConst(_)
-            | SpirvValueKind::LogicalPtrCast { .. } => None,
+            _ => None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -108,26 +97,47 @@ impl SpirvValue {
             SpirvValueKind::Def(id) => id,
 
             SpirvValueKind::IllegalConst(id) => {
-                let illegal = cx.builder.id_to_const.borrow()[&id].legal.unwrap_err();
-                if cx.is_system_crate() {
-                    cx.zombie_with_span(id, span, illegal.message());
-                } else {
-                    cx.tcx
-                        .sess
-                        .struct_span_err(span, illegal.message())
-                        .note(&format!("constant type: {}", cx.debug_type(self.ty)))
-                        .emit();
+                let entry = &cx.builder.id_to_const.borrow()[&id];
+                let msg = match entry.legal.unwrap_err() {
+                    IllegalConst::Shallow(cause) => {
+                        if let (
+                            LeafIllegalConst::CompositeContainsPtrTo,
+                            SpirvConst::Composite(_fields),
+                        ) = (cause, &entry.val)
+                        {
+                            // FIXME(eddyb) materialize this at runtime, using
+                            // `OpCompositeConstruct` (transitively, i.e. after
+                            // putting every field through `SpirvValue::def`),
+                            // if we have a `Builder` to do that in.
+                            // FIXME(eddyb) this isn't possible right now, as
+                            // the builder would be dynamically "locked" anyway
+                            // (i.e. attempting to do `bx.emit()` would panic).
                         }
 
+                        cause.message()
+                    }
+
+                    IllegalConst::Indirect(cause) => cause.message(),
+                };
+
+                // HACK(eddyb) we don't know whether this constant originated
+                // in a system crate, so it's better to always zombie.
+                cx.zombie_even_in_user_code(id, span, msg);
+
                 id
             }
 
             SpirvValueKind::FnAddr { .. } => {
                 if cx.is_system_crate() {
-                    *cx.zombie_undefs_for_system_fn_addrs
+                    cx.builder
+                        .const_to_id
                         .borrow()
-                        .get(&self.ty)
+                        .get(&WithType {
+                            ty: self.ty,
+                            val: SpirvConst::ZombieUndefForFnAddr,
+                        })
                         .expect("FnAddr didn't go through proper undef registration")
+                        .val
                 } else {
                     cx.tcx
                         .sess
@@ -138,21 +148,6 @@ impl SpirvValue {
                 }
             }
 
-            SpirvValueKind::ConstantPointer {
-                initializer: _,
-                global_var,
-            } => {
-                // HACK(eddyb) we don't know whether this constant originated
-                // in a system crate, so it's better to always zombie.
-                cx.zombie_even_in_user_code(
-                    global_var,
-                    span,
-                    "Cannot use this pointer directly, it must be dereferenced first",
-                );
-
-                global_var
-            }
-
             SpirvValueKind::LogicalPtrCast {
                 original_ptr: _,
                 original_pointee_ty,
@@ -201,9 +196,23 @@ pub enum SpirvConst {
     /// f64 isn't hash, so store bits
     F64(u64),
     Bool(bool),
-    Composite(Rc<[Word]>),
+
     Null,
     Undef,
+
+    /// Like `Undef`, but cached separately to avoid `FnAddr` zombies accidentally
+    /// applying to non-zombie `Undef`s of the same types.
+    // FIXME(eddyb) include the function ID so that multiple `fn` pointers to
+    // different functions, but of the same type, don't overlap their zombies.
+    ZombieUndefForFnAddr,
+
+    Composite(Rc<[Word]>),
+
+    /// Pointer to constant data, i.e. `&pointee`, represented as an `OpVariable`
+    /// in the `Private` storage class, and with `pointee` as its initializer.
+    PtrTo {
+        pointee: Word,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
@@ -212,13 +221,38 @@ struct WithType<V> {
     val: V,
 }
 
+/// Primary causes for a `SpirvConst` to be deemed illegal.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
-enum IllegalConst {}
+enum LeafIllegalConst {
+    /// `SpirvConst::Composite` containing a `SpirvConst::PtrTo` as a field.
+    /// This is illegal because `OpConstantComposite` must have other constants
+    /// as its operands, and `OpVariable`s are never considered constant.
+    // FIXME(eddyb) figure out if this is an accidental omission in SPIR-V.
+    CompositeContainsPtrTo,
+}
 
-impl IllegalConst {
+impl LeafIllegalConst {
     fn message(&self) -> &'static str {
-        match *self {}
+        match *self {
+            Self::CompositeContainsPtrTo => {
+                "constant arrays/structs cannot contain pointers to other constants"
             }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
+enum IllegalConst {
+    /// This `SpirvConst` is (or contains) a "leaf" illegal constant. As there
+    /// is no indirection, some of these could still be materialized at runtime,
+    /// using e.g. `OpCompositeConstruct` instead of `OpConstantComposite`.
+    Shallow(LeafIllegalConst),
+
+    /// This `SpirvConst` is (or contains/points to) a `PtrTo` which points to
+    /// a "leaf" illegal constant. As the data would have to live for `'static`,
+    /// there is no way to materialize it as a pointer in SPIR-V. However, it
+    /// could still be legalized during codegen by e.g. folding loads from it.
+    Indirect(LeafIllegalConst),
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
@@ -384,6 +418,7 @@ impl BuilderSpirv {
         let val_with_type = WithType { ty, val };
         let mut builder = self.builder(BuilderCursor::default());
         if let Some(entry) = self.const_to_id.borrow().get(&val_with_type) {
+            // FIXME(eddyb) deduplicate this `if`-`else` and its other copies.
             let kind = if entry.legal.is_ok() {
                 SpirvValueKind::Def(entry.val)
             } else {
@@ -404,9 +439,15 @@ impl BuilderSpirv {
                     builder.constant_false(ty)
                 }
             }
-            SpirvConst::Composite(ref v) => builder.constant_composite(ty, v.iter().copied()),
+
             SpirvConst::Null => builder.constant_null(ty),
-            SpirvConst::Undef => builder.undef(ty, None),
+            SpirvConst::Undef | SpirvConst::ZombieUndefForFnAddr => builder.undef(ty, None),
+
+            SpirvConst::Composite(ref v) => builder.constant_composite(ty, v.iter().copied()),
+
+            SpirvConst::PtrTo { pointee } => {
+                builder.variable(ty, None, StorageClass::Private, Some(pointee))
+            }
         };
         #[allow(clippy::match_same_arms)]
         let legal = match val {
@@ -425,11 +466,52 @@ impl BuilderSpirv {
                 Ok(())
             }
 
-            SpirvConst::Composite(ref v) => v.iter().fold(Ok(()), |result, field| {
-                // FIXME(eddyb) combine `IllegalConst`s to account for some being
-                // "worse" than others.
-                result.and(self.id_to_const.borrow()[field].legal)
+            SpirvConst::ZombieUndefForFnAddr => {
+                // This can be considered legal as it's already marked as zombie.
+                // FIXME(eddyb) is it possible for the original zombie to lack a
+                // span, and should we go through `IllegalConst` in order to be
+                // able to attach a proper usesite span?
+                Ok(())
+            }
+
+            SpirvConst::Composite(ref v) => v.iter().fold(Ok(()), |composite_legal, field| {
+                let field_entry = &self.id_to_const.borrow()[field];
+                let field_legal_in_composite = field_entry.legal.and_then(|()| {
+                    // `field` is itself some legal `SpirvConst`, but can we have
+                    // it as part of an `OpConstantComposite`?
+                    match field_entry.val {
+                        SpirvConst::PtrTo { .. } => Err(IllegalConst::Shallow(
+                            LeafIllegalConst::CompositeContainsPtrTo,
+                        )),
+                        _ => Ok(()),
+                    }
+                });
+
+                match (composite_legal, field_legal_in_composite) {
+                    (Ok(()), Ok(())) => Ok(()),
+                    (Err(illegal), Ok(())) | (Ok(()), Err(illegal)) => Err(illegal),
+
+                    // Combining two causes of an illegal `SpirvConst` has to
+                    // take into account which is "worse", i.e. which imposes
+                    // more restrictions on how the resulting value can be used.
+                    // `Indirect` is worse than `Shallow` because it cannot be
+                    // materialized at runtime in the same way `Shallow` can be.
+                    (Err(illegal @ IllegalConst::Indirect(_)), Err(_))
+                    | (Err(_), Err(illegal @ IllegalConst::Indirect(_)))
+                    | (Err(illegal @ IllegalConst::Shallow(_)), Err(IllegalConst::Shallow(_))) => {
+                        Err(illegal)
+                    }
+                }
             }),
+
+            SpirvConst::PtrTo { pointee } => match self.id_to_const.borrow()[&pointee].legal {
+                Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+
+                // `Shallow` becomes `Indirect` when placed behind a pointer.
+                Err(IllegalConst::Shallow(cause)) | Err(IllegalConst::Indirect(cause)) => {
+                    Err(IllegalConst::Indirect(cause))
+                }
+            },
         };
         assert_matches!(
             self.const_to_id.borrow_mut().insert(
@@ -447,6 +529,7 @@ impl BuilderSpirv {
                 .insert(id, WithConstLegality { val, legal }),
             None
         );
+        // FIXME(eddyb) deduplicate this `if`-`else` and its other copies.
         let kind = if legal.is_ok() {
             SpirvValueKind::Def(id)
         } else {

crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/codegen_cx/constant.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::builder_spirv::{SpirvConst, SpirvValue, SpirvValueExt};
 use crate::spirv_type::SpirvType;
 use rspirv::spirv::Word;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::mir::place::PlaceRef;
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{ConstMethods, MiscMethods, StaticMethods};
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{BaseTypeMethods, ConstMethods, MiscMethods, StaticMethods};
 use rustc_middle::bug;
 use rustc_middle::mir::interpret::{AllocId, Allocation, GlobalAlloc, Pointer, ScalarMaybeUninit};
 use rustc_middle::ty::layout::TyAndLayout;
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ impl<'tcx> ConstMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'tcx> {
             .spirv_type(DUMMY_SP, self);
         // FIXME(eddyb) include the actual byte data.
         (
-            self.make_constant_pointer(DUMMY_SP, self.undef(str_ty)),
+            self.builder.def_constant(
+                self.type_ptr_to(str_ty),
+                SpirvConst::PtrTo {
+                    pointee: self.undef(str_ty).def_cx(self),
+                },
+            ),
             self.const_usize(len as u64),
         )
     }

crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/codegen_cx/declare.rs

@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ use crate::decorations::UnrollLoopsDecoration;
 use crate::spirv_type::SpirvType;
 use rspirv::spirv::{FunctionControl, LinkageType, StorageClass, Word};
 use rustc_attr::InlineAttr;
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{PreDefineMethods, StaticMethods};
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{BaseTypeMethods, PreDefineMethods, StaticMethods};
 use rustc_middle::bug;
 use rustc_middle::middle::codegen_fn_attrs::{CodegenFnAttrFlags, CodegenFnAttrs};
 use rustc_middle::mir::mono::{Linkage, MonoItem, Visibility};
 use rustc_middle::ty::layout::FnAbiExt;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Instance, ParamEnv, TypeFoldable};
 use rustc_span::def_id::DefId;
-use rustc_span::{Span, DUMMY_SP};
+use rustc_span::Span;
 use rustc_target::abi::call::FnAbi;
 use rustc_target::abi::{Align, LayoutOf};
 
@@ -242,7 +242,12 @@ impl<'tcx> PreDefineMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'tcx> {
 
 impl<'tcx> StaticMethods for CodegenCx<'tcx> {
     fn static_addr_of(&self, cv: Self::Value, _align: Align, _kind: Option<&str>) -> Self::Value {
-        self.make_constant_pointer(DUMMY_SP, cv)
+        self.builder.def_constant(
+            self.type_ptr_to(cv.ty),
+            SpirvConst::PtrTo {
+                pointee: cv.def_cx(self),
+            },
+        )
     }
 
     fn codegen_static(&self, def_id: DefId, _is_mutable: bool) {

crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/codegen_cx/mod.rs

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ mod entry;
 mod type_;
 
 use crate::builder::{ExtInst, InstructionTable};
-use crate::builder_spirv::{BuilderCursor, BuilderSpirv, SpirvValue, SpirvValueKind};
+use crate::builder_spirv::{BuilderCursor, BuilderSpirv, SpirvConst, SpirvValue, SpirvValueKind};
 use crate::decorations::{
     CustomDecoration, SerializedSpan, UnrollLoopsDecoration, ZombieDecoration,
 };
 use crate::spirv_type::{SpirvType, SpirvTypePrinter, TypeCache};
 use crate::symbols::Symbols;
 use rspirv::dr::{Module, Operand};
-use rspirv::spirv::{AddressingModel, Decoration, LinkageType, MemoryModel, StorageClass, Word};
+use rspirv::spirv::{AddressingModel, Decoration, LinkageType, MemoryModel, Word};
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::mir::debuginfo::{FunctionDebugContext, VariableKind};
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{
     AsmMethods, BackendTypes, CoverageInfoMethods, DebugInfoMethods, MiscMethods,
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ pub struct CodegenCx<'tcx> {
     /// Cache of all the builtin symbols we need
     pub sym: Rc<Symbols>,
     pub instruction_table: InstructionTable,
-    pub zombie_undefs_for_system_fn_addrs: RefCell<FxHashMap<Word, Word>>,
     pub libm_intrinsics: RefCell<FxHashMap<Word, super::builder::libm_intrinsics::LibmIntrinsic>>,
 
     /// Simple `panic!("...")` and builtin panics (from MIR `Assert`s) call `#[lang = "panic"]`.
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ impl<'tcx> CodegenCx<'tcx> {
             kernel_mode,
             sym,
             instruction_table: InstructionTable::new(),
-            zombie_undefs_for_system_fn_addrs: Default::default(),
             libm_intrinsics: Default::default(),
             panic_fn_id: Default::default(),
             panic_bounds_check_fn_id: Default::default(),
@@ -230,36 +228,6 @@ impl<'tcx> CodegenCx<'tcx> {
             once(Operand::LiteralString(name)).chain(once(Operand::LinkageType(linkage))),
         )
     }
-
-    /// See note on `SpirvValueKind::ConstantPointer`
-    pub fn make_constant_pointer(&self, span: Span, value: SpirvValue) -> SpirvValue {
-        let ty = SpirvType::Pointer { pointee: value.ty }.def(span, self);
-        let initializer = value.def_cx(self);
-
-        // Create these up front instead of on demand in SpirvValue::def because
-        // SpirvValue::def can't use cx.emit()
-        // FIXME(eddyb) figure out what the correct storage class is.
-        let global_var =
-            self.emit_global()
-                .variable(ty, None, StorageClass::Private, Some(initializer));
-
-        // In all likelihood, this zombie message will get overwritten in SpirvValue::def_with_span
-        // to the use site of this constant. However, if this constant happens to never get used, we
-        // still want to zobmie it, so zombie here.
-        self.zombie_even_in_user_code(
-            global_var,
-            span,
-            "Cannot use this pointer directly, it must be dereferenced first",
-        );
-
-        SpirvValue {
-            kind: SpirvValueKind::ConstantPointer {
-                initializer,
-                global_var,
-            },
-            ty,
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 pub struct CodegenArgs {
@@ -377,13 +345,8 @@ impl<'tcx> MiscMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'tcx> {
         if self.is_system_crate() {
             // Create these undefs up front instead of on demand in SpirvValue::def because
             // SpirvValue::def can't use cx.emit()
-            self.zombie_undefs_for_system_fn_addrs
-                .borrow_mut()
-                .entry(ty)
-                .or_insert_with(|| {
-                    // We want a unique ID for these undefs, so don't use the caching system.
-                    self.emit_global().undef(ty, None)
-                });
+            self.builder
+                .def_constant(ty, SpirvConst::ZombieUndefForFnAddr);
         }
 
         SpirvValue {

tests/ui/lang/consts/nested-ref-in-composite.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Test `&'static T` constants where the `T` values themselves contain references,
+// nested in `OpConstantComposite` (structs/arrays) - currently these are disallowed.
+
+// build-fail
+
+use spirv_std as _;
+
+use glam::{const_mat2, Mat2, Vec2};
+
+#[inline(never)]
+fn pair_deep_load(r: &'static (&'static u32, &'static f32)) -> (u32, f32) {
+    (*r.0, *r.1)
+}
+
+#[inline(never)]
+fn array3_deep_load(r: &'static [&'static u32; 3]) -> [u32; 3] {
+    [*r[0], *r[1], *r[2]]
+}
+
+#[spirv(fragment)]
+pub fn main_pair(pair_out: &mut (u32, f32)) {
+    *pair_out = pair_deep_load(&(&123, &3.14));
+}
+
+#[spirv(fragment)]
+pub fn main_array3(array3_out: &mut [u32; 3]) {
+    *array3_out = array3_deep_load(&[&0, &1, &2]);
+}

tests/ui/lang/consts/nested-ref-in-composite.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+error: constant arrays/structs cannot contain pointers to other constants
+  --> $DIR/nested-ref-in-composite.rs:22:17
+   |
+22 |     *pair_out = pair_deep_load(&(&123, &3.14));
+   |                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   |
+   = note: Stack:
+           nested_ref_in_composite::main_pair
+           Unnamed function ID %26
+
+error: constant arrays/structs cannot contain pointers to other constants
+  --> $DIR/nested-ref-in-composite.rs:27:19
+   |
+27 |     *array3_out = array3_deep_load(&[&0, &1, &2]);
+   |                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   |
+   = note: Stack:
+           nested_ref_in_composite::main_array3
+           Unnamed function ID %33
+
+error: invalid binary:0:0 - No OpEntryPoint instruction was found. This is only allowed if the Linkage capability is being used.
+  |
+  = note: spirv-val failed
+  = note: module `$TEST_BUILD_DIR/lang/consts/nested-ref-in-composite.stage-id.spv`
+
+error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
+

tests/ui/lang/consts/nested-ref.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Test `&'static &'static T` constants where the `T` values don't themselves
+// contain references, and where the `T` values aren't immediatelly loaded from.
+
+// build-pass
+
+use spirv_std as _;
+
+use glam::{const_mat2, Mat2, Vec2};
+
+#[inline(never)]
+fn deep_load(r: &'static &'static u32) -> u32 {
+    **r
+}
+
+const ROT90: &Mat2 = &const_mat2![[0.0, 1.0], [-1.0, 0.0]];
+
+#[inline(never)]
+fn deep_transpose(r: &'static &'static Mat2) -> Mat2 {
+    r.transpose()
+}
+
+#[spirv(fragment)]
+pub fn main(
+    scalar_out: &mut u32,
+    #[spirv(push_constant)] vec_in: &Vec2,
+    bool_out: &mut bool,
+    vec_out: &mut Vec2,
+) {
+    *scalar_out = deep_load(&&123);
+    *bool_out = vec_in == &Vec2::ZERO;
+    *vec_out = deep_transpose(&ROT90) * *vec_in;
+}

tests/ui/lang/consts/shallow-ref.rs

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+// Test `&'static T` constants where the `T` values don't themselves contain
+// references, and where the `T` values aren't immediatelly loaded from.
+
+// build-pass
+
+use spirv_std as _;
+
+use glam::{const_mat2, Mat2, Vec2};
+
+#[inline(never)]
+fn scalar_load(r: &'static u32) -> u32 {
+    *r
+}
+
+const ROT90: Mat2 = const_mat2![[0.0, 1.0], [-1.0, 0.0]];
+
+#[spirv(fragment)]
+pub fn main(scalar_out: &mut u32, vec_in: Vec2, bool_out: &mut bool, vec_out: &mut Vec2) {
+    *scalar_out = scalar_load(&123);
+    *bool_out = vec_in == Vec2::ZERO;
+    *vec_out = ROT90.transpose() * vec_in;
+}