mv utility methods into separate module

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/util/compare_types.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+//! Routines to check for relations between fully inferred types.
+//!
+//! FIXME: Move this to a more general place. The utility of this extends to
+//! other areas of the compiler as well.
+
+use rustc_infer::infer::{DefiningAnchor, TyCtxtInferExt};
+use rustc_infer::traits::ObligationCause;
+use rustc_middle::ty::{ParamEnv, Ty, TyCtxt};
+use rustc_trait_selection::traits::ObligationCtxt;
+
+/// Returns whether the two types are equal up to subtyping.
+///
+/// This is used in case we don't know the expected subtyping direction
+/// and still want to check whether anything is broken.
+pub fn is_equal_up_to_subtyping<'tcx>(
+    tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
+    param_env: ParamEnv<'tcx>,
+    src: Ty<'tcx>,
+    dest: Ty<'tcx>,
+) -> bool {
+    // Fast path.
+    if src == dest {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Check for subtyping in either direction.
+    is_subtype(tcx, param_env, src, dest) || is_subtype(tcx, param_env, dest, src)
+}
+
+/// Returns whether `src` is a subtype of `dest`, i.e. `src <: dest`.
+pub fn is_subtype<'tcx>(
+    tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
+    param_env: ParamEnv<'tcx>,
+    src: Ty<'tcx>,
+    dest: Ty<'tcx>,
+) -> bool {
+    if src == dest {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    let mut builder =
+        tcx.infer_ctxt().ignoring_regions().with_opaque_type_inference(DefiningAnchor::Bubble);
+    let infcx = builder.build();
+    let ocx = ObligationCtxt::new(&infcx);
+    let cause = ObligationCause::dummy();
+    let src = ocx.normalize(cause.clone(), param_env, src);
+    let dest = ocx.normalize(cause.clone(), param_env, dest);
+    let Ok(infer_ok) = infcx.at(&cause, param_env).sub(src, dest) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let () = ocx.register_infer_ok_obligations(infer_ok);
+    let errors = ocx.select_all_or_error();
+    // With `Reveal::All`, opaque types get normalized away, with `Reveal::UserFacing`
+    // we would get unification errors because we're unable to look into opaque types,
+    // even if they're constrained in our current function.
+    //
+    // It seems very unlikely that this hides any bugs.
+    let _ = infcx.inner.borrow_mut().opaque_type_storage.take_opaque_types();
+    errors.is_empty()
+}

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/util/mod.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pub mod aggregate;
 mod alignment;
 mod call_kind;
 pub mod collect_writes;
+mod compare_types;
 mod find_self_call;
 mod might_permit_raw_init;
 mod type_name;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ mod type_name;
 pub use self::aggregate::expand_aggregate;
 pub use self::alignment::is_disaligned;
 pub use self::call_kind::{call_kind, CallDesugaringKind, CallKind};
+pub use self::compare_types::{is_equal_up_to_subtyping, is_subtype};
 pub use self::find_self_call::find_self_call;
 pub use self::might_permit_raw_init::might_permit_raw_init;
 pub use self::type_name::type_name;