Make Buffer<T> non-generic.

`u8` is the only type that makes sense for `T`, as demonstrated by the
fact that several impls and functions are hardwired to `Buffer<u8>`.

library/proc_macro/src/bridge/buffer.rs

@@ -6,37 +6,37 @@ use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::slice;
 
 #[repr(C)]
-pub struct Buffer<T: Copy> {
-    data: *mut T,
+pub struct Buffer {
+    data: *mut u8,
     len: usize,
     capacity: usize,
-    reserve: extern "C" fn(Buffer<T>, usize) -> Buffer<T>,
-    drop: extern "C" fn(Buffer<T>),
+    reserve: extern "C" fn(Buffer, usize) -> Buffer,
+    drop: extern "C" fn(Buffer),
 }
 
-unsafe impl<T: Copy + Sync> Sync for Buffer<T> {}
-unsafe impl<T: Copy + Send> Send for Buffer<T> {}
+unsafe impl Sync for Buffer {}
+unsafe impl Send for Buffer {}
 
-impl<T: Copy> Default for Buffer<T> {
+impl Default for Buffer {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self::from(vec![])
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Copy> Deref for Buffer<T> {
-    type Target = [T];
-    fn deref(&self) -> &[T] {
-        unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.data as *const T, self.len) }
+impl Deref for Buffer {
+    type Target = [u8];
+    fn deref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.data as *const u8, self.len) }
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Copy> DerefMut for Buffer<T> {
-    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [T] {
+impl DerefMut for Buffer {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.data, self.len) }
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Copy> Buffer<T> {
+impl Buffer {
     pub(super) fn new() -> Self {
         Self::default()
     }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl<T: Copy> Buffer<T> {
     // because in the case of small arrays, codegen can be more efficient
     // (avoiding a memmove call). With extend_from_slice, LLVM at least
     // currently is not able to make that optimization.
-    pub(super) fn extend_from_array<const N: usize>(&mut self, xs: &[T; N]) {
+    pub(super) fn extend_from_array<const N: usize>(&mut self, xs: &[u8; N]) {
         if xs.len() > (self.capacity - self.len) {
             let b = self.take();
             *self = (b.reserve)(b, xs.len());
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl<T: Copy> Buffer<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn extend_from_slice(&mut self, xs: &[T]) {
+    pub(super) fn extend_from_slice(&mut self, xs: &[u8]) {
         if xs.len() > (self.capacity - self.len) {
             let b = self.take();
             *self = (b.reserve)(b, xs.len());
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl<T: Copy> Buffer<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn push(&mut self, v: T) {
+    pub(super) fn push(&mut self, v: u8) {
         // The code here is taken from Vec::push, and we know that reserve()
         // will panic if we're exceeding isize::MAX bytes and so there's no need
         // to check for overflow.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl<T: Copy> Buffer<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl Write for Buffer<u8> {
+impl Write for Buffer {
     fn write(&mut self, xs: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.extend_from_slice(xs);
         Ok(xs.len())
@@ -106,21 +106,21 @@ impl Write for Buffer<u8> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Copy> Drop for Buffer<T> {
+impl Drop for Buffer {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         let b = self.take();
         (b.drop)(b);
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Copy> From<Vec<T>> for Buffer<T> {
-    fn from(mut v: Vec<T>) -> Self {
+impl From<Vec<u8>> for Buffer {
+    fn from(mut v: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
         let (data, len, capacity) = (v.as_mut_ptr(), v.len(), v.capacity());
         mem::forget(v);
 
         // This utility function is nested in here because it can *only*
         // be safely called on `Buffer`s created by *this* `proc_macro`.
-        fn to_vec<T: Copy>(b: Buffer<T>) -> Vec<T> {
+        fn to_vec(b: Buffer) -> Vec<u8> {
             unsafe {
                 let Buffer { data, len, capacity, .. } = b;
                 mem::forget(b);
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ impl<T: Copy> From<Vec<T>> for Buffer<T> {
             }
         }
 
-        extern "C" fn reserve<T: Copy>(b: Buffer<T>, additional: usize) -> Buffer<T> {
+        extern "C" fn reserve(b: Buffer, additional: usize) -> Buffer {
             let mut v = to_vec(b);
             v.reserve(additional);
             Buffer::from(v)
         }
 
-        extern "C" fn drop<T: Copy>(b: Buffer<T>) {
+        extern "C" fn drop(b: Buffer) {
             mem::drop(to_vec(b));
         }
 

library/proc_macro/src/bridge/client.rs

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ pub struct Client<F> {
     // FIXME(eddyb) use a reference to the `static COUNTERS`, instead of
     // a wrapper `fn` pointer, once `const fn` can reference `static`s.
     pub(super) get_handle_counters: extern "C" fn() -> &'static HandleCounters,
-    pub(super) run: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, F) -> Buffer<u8>,
+    pub(super) run: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, F) -> Buffer,
     pub(super) f: F,
 }
 
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ pub struct Client<F> {
 fn run_client<A: for<'a, 's> DecodeMut<'a, 's, ()>, R: Encode<()>>(
     mut bridge: Bridge<'_>,
     f: impl FnOnce(A) -> R,
-) -> Buffer<u8> {
+) -> Buffer {
     // The initial `cached_buffer` contains the input.
     let mut b = bridge.cached_buffer.take();
 
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ impl Client<fn(crate::TokenStream) -> crate::TokenStream> {
         extern "C" fn run(
             bridge: Bridge<'_>,
             f: impl FnOnce(crate::TokenStream) -> crate::TokenStream,
-        ) -> Buffer<u8> {
+        ) -> Buffer {
             run_client(bridge, |input| f(crate::TokenStream(input)).0)
         }
         Client { get_handle_counters: HandleCounters::get, run, f }
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ impl Client<fn(crate::TokenStream, crate::TokenStream) -> crate::TokenStream> {
         extern "C" fn run(
             bridge: Bridge<'_>,
             f: impl FnOnce(crate::TokenStream, crate::TokenStream) -> crate::TokenStream,
-        ) -> Buffer<u8> {
+        ) -> Buffer {
             run_client(bridge, |(input, input2)| {
                 f(crate::TokenStream(input), crate::TokenStream(input2)).0
             })

library/proc_macro/src/bridge/mod.rs

@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ use rpc::{Decode, DecodeMut, Encode, Reader, Writer};
 pub struct Bridge<'a> {
     /// Reusable buffer (only `clear`-ed, never shrunk), primarily
     /// used for making requests, but also for passing input to client.
-    cached_buffer: Buffer<u8>,
+    cached_buffer: Buffer,
 
     /// Server-side function that the client uses to make requests.
-    dispatch: closure::Closure<'a, Buffer<u8>, Buffer<u8>>,
+    dispatch: closure::Closure<'a, Buffer, Buffer>,
 
     /// If 'true', always invoke the default panic hook
     force_show_panics: bool,

library/proc_macro/src/bridge/rpc.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::num::NonZeroU32;
 use std::ops::Bound;
 use std::str;
 
-pub(super) type Writer = super::buffer::Buffer<u8>;
+pub(super) type Writer = super::buffer::Buffer;
 
 pub(super) trait Encode<S>: Sized {
     fn encode(self, w: &mut Writer, s: &mut S);

library/proc_macro/src/bridge/server.rs

@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ macro_rules! define_dispatcher_impl {
         pub trait DispatcherTrait {
             // HACK(eddyb) these are here to allow `Self::$name` to work below.
             $(type $name;)*
-            fn dispatch(&mut self, b: Buffer<u8>) -> Buffer<u8>;
+            fn dispatch(&mut self, b: Buffer) -> Buffer;
         }
 
         impl<S: Server> DispatcherTrait for Dispatcher<MarkedTypes<S>> {
             $(type $name = <MarkedTypes<S> as Types>::$name;)*
-            fn dispatch(&mut self, mut b: Buffer<u8>) -> Buffer<u8> {
+            fn dispatch(&mut self, mut b: Buffer) -> Buffer {
                 let Dispatcher { handle_store, server } = self;
 
                 let mut reader = &b[..];
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ pub trait ExecutionStrategy {
     fn run_bridge_and_client<D: Copy + Send + 'static>(
         &self,
         dispatcher: &mut impl DispatcherTrait,
-        input: Buffer<u8>,
-        run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer<u8>,
+        input: Buffer,
+        run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer,
         client_data: D,
         force_show_panics: bool,
-    ) -> Buffer<u8>;
+    ) -> Buffer;
 }
 
 pub struct SameThread;
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ impl ExecutionStrategy for SameThread {
     fn run_bridge_and_client<D: Copy + Send + 'static>(
         &self,
         dispatcher: &mut impl DispatcherTrait,
-        input: Buffer<u8>,
-        run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer<u8>,
+        input: Buffer,
+        run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer,
         client_data: D,
         force_show_panics: bool,
-    ) -> Buffer<u8> {
+    ) -> Buffer {
         let mut dispatch = |b| dispatcher.dispatch(b);
 
         run_client(
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ impl ExecutionStrategy for CrossThread1 {
     fn run_bridge_and_client<D: Copy + Send + 'static>(
         &self,
         dispatcher: &mut impl DispatcherTrait,
-        input: Buffer<u8>,
-        run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer<u8>,
+        input: Buffer,
+        run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer,
         client_data: D,
         force_show_panics: bool,
-    ) -> Buffer<u8> {
+    ) -> Buffer {
         use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
 
         let (req_tx, req_rx) = channel();
@@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ impl ExecutionStrategy for CrossThread2 {
     fn run_bridge_and_client<D: Copy + Send + 'static>(
         &self,
         dispatcher: &mut impl DispatcherTrait,
-        input: Buffer<u8>,
-        run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer<u8>,
+        input: Buffer,
+        run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer,
         client_data: D,
         force_show_panics: bool,
-    ) -> Buffer<u8> {
+    ) -> Buffer {
         use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
         enum State<T> {
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ fn run_server<
     handle_counters: &'static client::HandleCounters,
     server: S,
     input: I,
-    run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer<u8>,
+    run_client: extern "C" fn(Bridge<'_>, D) -> Buffer,
     client_data: D,
     force_show_panics: bool,
 ) -> Result<O, PanicMessage> {