add new rval, pull deref early

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/transform/check_consts/check.rs

@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for Checker<'_, 'tcx> {
             Rvalue::ThreadLocalRef(_) => self.check_op(ops::ThreadLocalAccess),
 
             Rvalue::Use(_)
+            | Rvalue::CopyForDeref(..)
             | Rvalue::Repeat(..)
             | Rvalue::Discriminant(..)
             | Rvalue::Len(_)

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/transform/check_consts/qualifs.rs

@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ where
             in_place::<Q, _>(cx, in_local, place.as_ref())
         }
 
+        Rvalue::CopyForDeref(place) => in_place::<Q, _>(cx, in_local, place.as_ref()),
+
         Rvalue::Use(operand)
         | Rvalue::Repeat(operand, _)
         | Rvalue::UnaryOp(_, operand)

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/transform/check_consts/resolver.rs

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ where
             mir::Rvalue::Cast(..)
             | mir::Rvalue::ShallowInitBox(..)
             | mir::Rvalue::Use(..)
+            | mir::Rvalue::CopyForDeref(..)
             | mir::Rvalue::ThreadLocalRef(..)
             | mir::Rvalue::Repeat(..)
             | mir::Rvalue::Len(..)

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/transform/promote_consts.rs

@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ impl<'tcx> Validator<'_, 'tcx> {
             Rvalue::Use(operand) | Rvalue::Repeat(operand, _) => {
                 self.validate_operand(operand)?;
             }
+            Rvalue::CopyForDeref(place) => {
+                let op = &Operand::Copy(*place);
+                self.validate_operand(op)?
+            }
 
             Rvalue::Discriminant(place) | Rvalue::Len(place) => {
                 self.validate_place(place.as_ref())?

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/transform/validate.rs

@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
             };
         }
         match rvalue {
-            Rvalue::Use(_) => {}
+            Rvalue::Use(_) | Rvalue::CopyForDeref(_) => {}
             Rvalue::Aggregate(agg_kind, _) => {
                 let disallowed = match **agg_kind {
                     AggregateKind::Array(..) => false,
@@ -592,6 +592,15 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
                         ),
                     );
                 }
+                if let Rvalue::CopyForDeref(place) = rvalue {
+                    if !place.ty(&self.body.local_decls, self.tcx).ty.builtin_deref(true).is_some()
+                    {
+                        self.fail(
+                            location,
+                            "`CopyForDeref` should only be used for dereferenceable types",
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
                 // FIXME(JakobDegen): Check this for all rvalues, not just this one.
                 if let Rvalue::Use(Operand::Copy(src) | Operand::Move(src)) = rvalue {
                     // The sides of an assignment must not alias. Currently this just checks whether