Make alignment checks a future incompat lint

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/eval_queries.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::const_eval::CheckAlignment;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use either::{Left, Right};
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ fn eval_body_using_ecx<'mir, 'tcx>(
             None => InternKind::Constant,
         }
     };
-    ecx.machine.check_alignment = false; // interning doesn't need to respect alignment
+    ecx.machine.check_alignment = CheckAlignment::No; // interning doesn't need to respect alignment
     intern_const_alloc_recursive(ecx, intern_kind, &ret)?;
     // we leave alignment checks off, since this `ecx` will not be used for further evaluation anyway
 
@@ -102,11 +103,7 @@ pub(super) fn mk_eval_cx<'mir, 'tcx>(
         tcx,
         root_span,
         param_env,
-        CompileTimeInterpreter::new(
-            tcx.const_eval_limit(),
-            can_access_statics,
-            /*check_alignment:*/ false,
-        ),
+        CompileTimeInterpreter::new(tcx.const_eval_limit(), can_access_statics, CheckAlignment::No),
     )
 }
 
@@ -311,7 +308,11 @@ pub fn eval_to_allocation_raw_provider<'tcx>(
         CompileTimeInterpreter::new(
             tcx.const_eval_limit(),
             /*can_access_statics:*/ is_static,
-            /*check_alignment:*/ true,
+            if tcx.sess.opts.unstable_opts.extra_const_ub_checks {
+                CheckAlignment::Error
+            } else {
+                CheckAlignment::FutureIncompat
+            },
         ),
     );
 

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/machine.rs

@@ -47,14 +47,34 @@ pub struct CompileTimeInterpreter<'mir, 'tcx> {
     pub(super) can_access_statics: bool,
 
     /// Whether to check alignment during evaluation.
-    pub(super) check_alignment: bool,
+    pub(super) check_alignment: CheckAlignment,
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub enum CheckAlignment {
+    /// Ignore alignment when following relocations.
+    /// This is mainly used in interning.
+    No,
+    /// Hard error when dereferencing a misaligned pointer.
+    Error,
+    /// Emit a future incompat lint when dereferencing a misaligned pointer.
+    FutureIncompat,
+}
+
+impl CheckAlignment {
+    pub fn should_check(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            CheckAlignment::No => false,
+            CheckAlignment::Error | CheckAlignment::FutureIncompat => true,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'mir, 'tcx> CompileTimeInterpreter<'mir, 'tcx> {
     pub(crate) fn new(
         const_eval_limit: Limit,
         can_access_statics: bool,
-        check_alignment: bool,
+        check_alignment: CheckAlignment,
     ) -> Self {
         CompileTimeInterpreter {
             steps_remaining: const_eval_limit.0,
@@ -309,7 +329,7 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx> interpret::Machine<'mir, 'tcx> for CompileTimeInterpreter<'mir,
     const PANIC_ON_ALLOC_FAIL: bool = false; // will be raised as a proper error
 
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn enforce_alignment(ecx: &InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, Self>) -> bool {
+    fn enforce_alignment(ecx: &InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, Self>) -> CheckAlignment {
         ecx.machine.check_alignment
     }