Lift Pointer's requirement for the pointer to be thin

fat pointers rule!

compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/aligned.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use std::mem;
+
+/// Returns the ABI-required minimum alignment of a type in bytes.
+///
+/// This is equivalent to [`mem::align_of`], but also works for some unsized
+/// types (e.g. slices or rustc's `List`s).
+pub const fn align_of<T: ?Sized + Aligned>() -> usize {
+    T::ALIGN
+}
+
+/// A type with a statically known alignment.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// `Self::ALIGN` must be equal to the alignment of `Self`. For sized types it
+/// is [`mem::align_of<Self>()`], for unsized types it depends on the type, for
+/// example `[T]` has alignment of `T`.
+///
+/// [`mem::align_of<Self>()`]: mem::align_of
+pub unsafe trait Aligned {
+    /// Alignment of `Self`.
+    const ALIGN: usize;
+}
+
+unsafe impl<T> Aligned for T {
+    const ALIGN: usize = mem::align_of::<Self>();
+}
+
+unsafe impl<T> Aligned for [T] {
+    const ALIGN: usize = mem::align_of::<T>();
+}

compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/lib.rs

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ pub mod transitive_relation;
 pub mod vec_linked_list;
 pub mod work_queue;
 pub use atomic_ref::AtomicRef;
+pub mod aligned;
 pub mod frozen;
 pub mod owned_slice;
 pub mod sso;

compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/tagged_ptr.rs

@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
 //! The tag must implement the `Tag` trait. We assert that the tag and `Pointer`
 //! are compatible at compile time.
 
-use std::mem::{self, ManuallyDrop};
+use std::mem::ManuallyDrop;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use crate::aligned::Aligned;
+
 mod copy;
 mod drop;
 
@@ -31,8 +33,7 @@ pub use drop::TaggedPtr;
 /// # Safety
 ///
 /// The pointer returned from [`into_ptr`] must be a [valid], pointer to
-/// [`<Self as Deref>::Target`]. Note that pointers to [`Self::Target`] must be
+/// [`<Self as Deref>::Target`].
-/// thin, even though [`Self::Target`] may not be `Sized`.
 ///
 /// Note that if `Self` implements [`DerefMut`] the pointer returned from
 /// [`into_ptr`] must be valid for writes (and thus calling [`NonNull::as_mut`]
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ pub unsafe trait Tag: Copy {
     unsafe fn from_usize(tag: usize) -> Self;
 }
 
-unsafe impl<T> Pointer for Box<T> {
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Aligned> Pointer for Box<T> {
     const BITS: usize = bits_for::<Self::Target>();
 
     #[inline]
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ unsafe impl<T> Pointer for Box<T> {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl<T> Pointer for Rc<T> {
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Aligned> Pointer for Rc<T> {
     const BITS: usize = bits_for::<Self::Target>();
 
     #[inline]
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ unsafe impl<T> Pointer for Rc<T> {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl<T> Pointer for Arc<T> {
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Aligned> Pointer for Arc<T> {
     const BITS: usize = bits_for::<Self::Target>();
 
     #[inline]
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ unsafe impl<T> Pointer for Arc<T> {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl<'a, T: 'a> Pointer for &'a T {
+unsafe impl<'a, T: 'a + ?Sized + Aligned> Pointer for &'a T {
     const BITS: usize = bits_for::<Self::Target>();
 
     #[inline]
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ unsafe impl<'a, T: 'a> Pointer for &'a T {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl<'a, T: 'a> Pointer for &'a mut T {
+unsafe impl<'a, T: 'a + ?Sized + Aligned> Pointer for &'a mut T {
     const BITS: usize = bits_for::<Self::Target>();
 
     #[inline]
@@ -206,8 +207,8 @@ unsafe impl<'a, T: 'a> Pointer for &'a mut T {
 
 /// Returns the number of bits available for use for tags in a pointer to `T`
 /// (this is based on `T`'s alignment).
-pub const fn bits_for<T>() -> usize {
+pub const fn bits_for<T: ?Sized + Aligned>() -> usize {
-    let bits = mem::align_of::<T>().trailing_zeros();
+    let bits = crate::aligned::align_of::<T>().trailing_zeros();
 
     // This is a replacement for `.try_into().unwrap()` unavailable in `const`
     // (it's fine to make an assert here, since this is only called in compile time)

compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/tagged_ptr/copy.rs

@@ -55,12 +55,7 @@ where
     }
 
     const TAG_BIT_SHIFT: usize = usize::BITS as usize - T::BITS;
-    const ASSERTION: () = {
+    const ASSERTION: () = { assert!(T::BITS <= P::BITS) };
-        assert!(T::BITS <= P::BITS);
-        // Used for the transmute_copy's below
-        // TODO(waffle): do we need this assert anymore?
-        assert!(std::mem::size_of::<&P::Target>() == std::mem::size_of::<usize>());
-    };
 
     /// Pack pointer `ptr` that comes from [`P::into_ptr`] with a `tag`.
     ///

compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/list.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::arena::Arena;
-use rustc_data_structures::tagged_ptr::bits_for;
+use rustc_data_structures::aligned::Aligned;
 use rustc_serialize::{Encodable, Encoder};
 use std::alloc::Layout;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::iter;
 use std::mem;
 use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::ptr::{self, NonNull};
+use std::ptr;
 use std::slice;
 
 /// `List<T>` is a bit like `&[T]`, but with some critical differences.
@@ -199,20 +199,17 @@ impl<'a, T: Copy> IntoIterator for &'a List<T> {
 
 unsafe impl<T: Sync> Sync for List<T> {}
 
-unsafe impl<'a, T: 'a> rustc_data_structures::tagged_ptr::Pointer for &'a List<T> {
+// Safety:
-    const BITS: usize = bits_for::<usize>();
+// Layouts of `Equivalent<T>` and `List<T>` are the same, modulo opaque tail,
-
+// thus aligns of `Equivalent<T>` and `List<T>` must be the same.
-    #[inline]
+unsafe impl<T> Aligned for List<T> {
-    fn into_ptr(self) -> NonNull<List<T>> {
+    const ALIGN: usize = {
-        NonNull::from(self)
+        #[repr(C)]
+        struct Equivalent<T> {
+            _len: usize,
+            _data: [T; 0],
         }
 
-    #[inline]
+        mem::align_of::<Equivalent<T>>()
-    unsafe fn from_ptr(ptr: NonNull<List<T>>) -> &'a List<T> {
+    };
-        ptr.as_ref()
-    }
-
-    unsafe fn with_ref<R, F: FnOnce(&Self) -> R>(ptr: NonNull<List<T>>, f: F) -> R {
-        f(&ptr.as_ref())
-    }
 }