Add #[rustc_box] and use it inside alloc
This commit adds an alternative content boxing syntax, and uses it inside alloc.
```Rust
#![feature(box_syntax)]
fn foo() {
let foo = box bar;
}
```
is equivalent to
```Rust
#![feature(rustc_attrs)]
fn foo() {
let foo = #[rustc_box] Box::new(bar);
}
```
The usage inside the very performance relevant code in
liballoc is the only remaining relevant usage of box syntax
in the compiler (outside of tests, which are comparatively easy to port).
box syntax was originally designed to be used by all Rust
developers. This introduces a replacement syntax more tailored
to only being used inside the Rust compiler, and with it,
lays the groundwork for eventually removing box syntax.
[Earlier work](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/87781#issuecomment-894714878) by `@nbdd0121` to lower `Box::new` to `box` during THIR -> MIR building ran into borrow checker problems, requiring the lowering to be adjusted in a way that led to [performance regressions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/87781#issuecomment-894872367). The proposed change in this PR lowers `#[rustc_box] Box::new` -> `box` in the AST -> HIR lowering step, which is way earlier in the compiler, and thus should cause less issues both performance wise as well as regarding type inference/borrow checking/etc. Hopefully, future work can move the lowering further back in the compiler, as long as there are no performance regressions.
Like we have `add`/`sub` which are the `usize` version of `offset`, this adds the `usize` equivalent of `offset_from`. Like how `.add(d)` replaced a whole bunch of `.offset(d as isize)`, you can see from the changes here that it's fairly common that code actually knows the order between the pointers and *wants* a `usize`, not an `isize`.
As a bonus, this can do `sub nuw`+`udiv exact`, rather than `sub`+`sdiv exact`, which can be optimized slightly better because it doesn't have to worry about negatives. That's why the slice iterators weren't using `offset_from`, though I haven't updated that code in this PR because slices are so perf-critical that I'll do it as its own change.
This is an intrinsic, like `offset_from`, so that it can eventually be allowed in CTFE. It also allows checking the extra safety condition -- see the test confirming that CTFE catches it if you pass the pointers in the wrong order.
This accomplishes two main goals:
- Make it clear who is responsible for prefix-freedom, including how they should do it
- Make it feasible for a `Hasher` that *doesn't* care about Hash-DoS resistance to get better performance by not hashing lengths
This does not change rustc-hash, since that's in an external crate, but that could potentially use it in future.
Relevant commit messages from squashed history in order:
Add initial version of ThinBox
update test to actually capture failure
swap to middle ptr impl based on matthieu-m's design
Fix stack overflow in debug impl
The previous version would take a `&ThinBox<T>` and deref it once, which
resulted in a no-op and the same type, which it would then print causing
an endless recursion. I've switched to calling `deref` by name to let
method resolution handle deref the correct number of times.
I've also updated the Drop impl for good measure since it seemed like it
could be falling prey to the same bug, and I'll be adding some tests to
verify that the drop is happening correctly.
add test to verify drop is behaving
add doc examples and remove unnecessary Pointee bounds
ThinBox: use NonNull
ThinBox: tests for size
Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Alphyr <47725341+a1phyr@users.noreply.github.com>
use handle_alloc_error and fix drop signature
update niche and size tests
add cfg for allocating APIs
check null before calculating offset
add test for zst and trial usage
prevent optimizer induced ub in drop and cleanup metadata gathering
account for arbitrary size and alignment metadata
Thank you nika and thomcc!
Update library/alloc/src/boxed/thin.rs
Co-authored-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Update library/alloc/src/boxed/thin.rs
Co-authored-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
This covers:
impl<T> MaybeUninit<T> {
pub unsafe fn assume_init_read(&self) -> T { ... }
pub unsafe fn assume_init_drop(&mut self) { ... }
}
It does not cover the const-ness of `write` under
`const_maybe_uninit_write` nor the const-ness of
`assume_init_read` (this commit adds
`const_maybe_uninit_assume_init_read` for that).
FCP: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/63567#issuecomment-958590287.
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Make RawVec private to alloc
RawVec was previously exposed for compiler-internal use (libarena specifically) in 1acbb0a935
Since it is unstable, doc-hidden and has no associated tracking issue it was never meant for public use. And since
it is no longer used outside alloc itself it can be made private again.
Also remove some functions that are dead due to lack of internal users.
RawVec was previously exposed for compiler-internal use (libarena specifically) in 1acbb0a935
Since it is unstable, doc-hidden and has no associated tracking issue it was never meant for public use. And since
it is no longer used outside alloc itself it can be made private again.
Also remove some functions that are dead due to lack of internal users.
