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1//! Manually manage memory through raw pointers.
2//!
3//! *[See also the pointer primitive types](pointer).*
4//!
5//! # Safety
6//!
7//! Many functions in this module take raw pointers as arguments and read from or write to them. For
8//! this to be safe, these pointers must be *valid* for the given access. Whether a pointer is valid
9//! depends on the operation it is used for (read or write), and the extent of the memory that is
10//! accessed (i.e., how many bytes are read/written) -- it makes no sense to ask "is this pointer
11//! valid"; one has to ask "is this pointer valid for a given access". Most functions use `*mut T`
12//! and `*const T` to access only a single value, in which case the documentation omits the size and
13//! implicitly assumes it to be `size_of::<T>()` bytes.
14//!
15//! The precise rules for validity are not determined yet. The guarantees that are
16//! provided at this point are very minimal:
17//!
18//! * A [null] pointer is *never* valid for reads/writes.
19//! * For memory accesses of [size zero][zst], *every* non-null pointer is valid for reads/writes.
20//!   The following points are only concerned with non-zero-sized accesses.
21//! * For a pointer to be valid for reads/writes, it is necessary, but not always sufficient, that
22//!   the pointer be *dereferenceable*. The [provenance] of the pointer is used to determine which
23//!   [allocation] it is derived from; a pointer is dereferenceable if the memory range of the given
24//!   size starting at the pointer is entirely contained within the bounds of that allocation. Note
25//!   that in Rust, every (stack-allocated) variable is considered a separate allocation.
26//! * All accesses performed by functions in this module are *non-atomic* in the sense
27//!   of [atomic operations] used to synchronize between threads. This means it is
28//!   undefined behavior to perform two concurrent accesses to the same location from different
29//!   threads unless both accesses only read from memory.
30//! * The result of casting a reference to a pointer is valid for reads/writes for as long as the
31//!   underlying allocation is live and no reference (just raw pointers) is used to
32//!   access the same memory. That is, reference and pointer accesses cannot be
33//!   interleaved.
34//!
35//! These axioms, along with careful use of [`offset`] for pointer arithmetic,
36//! are enough to correctly implement many useful things in unsafe code. Stronger guarantees
37//! will be provided eventually, as the [aliasing] rules are being determined. For more
38//! information, see the [book] as well as the section in the reference devoted
39//! to [undefined behavior][ub].
40//!
41//! Note that some operations such as [`read`] and [`write`][`write()`] do allow null pointers if
42//! the total size of the access is zero. However, other operations internally convert pointers into
43//! references. Therefore, the general notion of "valid for reads/writes" excludes null pointers,
44//! and the specific operations that permit null pointers mention that as an exception. Furthermore,
45//! [`read_volatile`] and [`write_volatile`] can be used in even more situations; see their
46//! documentation for details.
47//!
48//! We say that a pointer is "dangling" if it is not valid for any non-zero-sized accesses. This
49//! means out-of-bounds pointers, pointers to freed memory, null pointers, and pointers created with
50//! [`NonNull::dangling`] are all dangling.
51//!
52//! ## Alignment
53//!
54//! Valid raw pointers as defined above are not necessarily properly aligned (where
55//! "proper" alignment is defined by the pointee type, i.e., `*const T` must be
56//! aligned to `align_of::<T>()`). However, most functions require their
57//! arguments to be properly aligned, and will explicitly state
58//! this requirement in their documentation. Notable exceptions to this are
59//! [`read_unaligned`] and [`write_unaligned`].
60//!
61//! When a function requires proper alignment, it does so even if the access
62//! has size 0, i.e., even if memory is not actually touched. Consider using
63//! [`NonNull::dangling`] in such cases.
64//!
65//! ## Pointer to reference conversion
66//!
67//! When converting a pointer to a reference (e.g. via `&*ptr` or `&mut *ptr`),
68//! there are several rules that must be followed:
69//!
70//! * The pointer must be properly aligned.
71//!
72//! * It must be non-null.
73//!
74//! * It must be "dereferenceable" in the sense defined above.
75//!
76//! * The pointer must point to a [valid value] of type `T`.
77//!
78//! * You must enforce Rust's aliasing rules. The exact aliasing rules are not decided yet, so we
79//!   only give a rough overview here. The rules also depend on whether a mutable or a shared
80//!   reference is being created.
81//!   * When creating a mutable reference, then while this reference exists, the memory it points to
82//!     must not get accessed (read or written) through any other pointer or reference not derived
83//!     from this reference.
84//!   * When creating a shared reference, then while this reference exists, the memory it points to
85//!     must not get mutated (except inside `UnsafeCell`).
86//!
87//! If a pointer follows all of these rules, it is said to be
88//! *convertible to a (mutable or shared) reference*.
89// ^ we use this term instead of saying that the produced reference must
90// be valid, as the validity of a reference is easily confused for the
91// validity of the thing it refers to, and while the two concepts are
92// closely related, they are not identical.
93//!
94//! These rules apply even if the result is unused!
95//! (The part about being initialized is not yet fully decided, but until
96//! it is, the only safe approach is to ensure that they are indeed initialized.)
97//!
98//! An example of the implications of the above rules is that an expression such
99//! as `unsafe { &*(0 as *const u8) }` is Immediate Undefined Behavior.
100//!
101//! [valid value]: ../../reference/behavior-considered-undefined.html#invalid-values
102//!
103//! ## Allocation
104//!
105//! <a id="allocated-object"></a> <!-- keep old URLs working -->
106//!
107//! An *allocation* is a subset of program memory which is addressable
108//! from Rust, and within which pointer arithmetic is possible. Examples of
109//! allocations include heap allocations, stack-allocated variables,
110//! statics, and consts. The safety preconditions of some Rust operations -
111//! such as `offset` and field projections (`expr.field`) - are defined in
112//! terms of the allocations on which they operate.
113//!
114//! An allocation has a base address, a size, and a set of memory
115//! addresses. It is possible for an allocation to have zero size, but
116//! such an allocation will still have a base address. The base address
117//! of an allocation is not necessarily unique. While it is currently the
118//! case that an allocation always has a set of memory addresses which is
119//! fully contiguous (i.e., has no "holes"), there is no guarantee that this
120//! will not change in the future.
121//!
122//! Allocations must behave like "normal" memory: in particular, reads must not have
123//! side-effects, and writes must become visible to other threads using the usual synchronization
124//! primitives.
125//!
126//! For any allocation with `base` address, `size`, and a set of
127//! `addresses`, the following are guaranteed:
128//! - For all addresses `a` in `addresses`, `a` is in the range `base .. (base +
129//!   size)` (note that this requires `a < base + size`, not `a <= base + size`)
130//! - `base` is not equal to [`null()`] (i.e., the address with the numerical
131//!   value 0)
132//! - `base + size <= usize::MAX`
133//! - `size <= isize::MAX`
134//!
135//! As a consequence of these guarantees, given any address `a` within the set
136//! of addresses of an allocation:
137//! - It is guaranteed that `a - base` does not overflow `isize`
138//! - It is guaranteed that `a - base` is non-negative
139//! - It is guaranteed that, given `o = a - base` (i.e., the offset of `a` within
140//!   the allocation), `base + o` will not wrap around the address space (in
141//!   other words, will not overflow `usize`)
142//!
143//! [`null()`]: null
144//!
145//! # Provenance
146//!
147//! Pointers are not *simply* an "integer" or "address". For instance, it's uncontroversial
148//! to say that a Use After Free is clearly Undefined Behavior, even if you "get lucky"
149//! and the freed memory gets reallocated before your read/write (in fact this is the
150//! worst-case scenario, UAFs would be much less concerning if this didn't happen!).
151//! As another example, consider that [`wrapping_offset`] is documented to "remember"
152//! the allocation that the original pointer points to, even if it is offset far
153//! outside the memory range occupied by that allocation.
154//! To rationalize claims like this, pointers need to somehow be *more* than just their addresses:
155//! they must have **provenance**.
156//!
157//! A pointer value in Rust semantically contains the following information:
158//!
159//! * The **address** it points to, which can be represented by a `usize`.
160//! * The **provenance** it has, defining the memory it has permission to access. Provenance can be
161//!   absent, in which case the pointer does not have permission to access any memory.
162//!
163//! The exact structure of provenance is not yet specified, but the permission defined by a
164//! pointer's provenance have a *spatial* component, a *temporal* component, and a *mutability*
165//! component:
166//!
167//! * Spatial: The set of memory addresses that the pointer is allowed to access.
168//! * Temporal: The timespan during which the pointer is allowed to access those memory addresses.
169//! * Mutability: Whether the pointer may only access the memory for reads, or also access it for
170//!   writes. Note that this can interact with the other components, e.g. a pointer might permit
171//!   mutation only for a subset of addresses, or only for a subset of its maximal timespan.
172//!
173//! When an [allocation] is created, it has a unique Original Pointer. For alloc
174//! APIs this is literally the pointer the call returns, and for local variables and statics,
175//! this is the name of the variable/static. (This is mildly overloading the term "pointer"
176//! for the sake of brevity/exposition.)
177//!
178//! The Original Pointer for an allocation has provenance that constrains the *spatial*
179//! permissions of this pointer to the memory range of the allocation, and the *temporal*
180//! permissions to the lifetime of the allocation. Provenance is implicitly inherited by all
181//! pointers transitively derived from the Original Pointer through operations like [`offset`],
182//! borrowing, and pointer casts. Some operations may *shrink* the permissions of the derived
183//! provenance, limiting how much memory it can access or how long it's valid for (i.e. borrowing a
184//! subfield and subslicing can shrink the spatial component of provenance, and all borrowing can
185//! shrink the temporal component of provenance). However, no operation can ever *grow* the
186//! permissions of the derived provenance: even if you "know" there is a larger allocation, you
187//! can't derive a pointer with a larger provenance. Similarly, you cannot "recombine" two
188//! contiguous provenances back into one (i.e. with a `fn merge(&[T], &[T]) -> &[T]`).
189//!
190//! A reference to a place always has provenance over at least the memory that place occupies.
191//! A reference to a slice always has provenance over at least the range that slice describes.
192//! Whether and when exactly the provenance of a reference gets "shrunk" to *exactly* fit
193//! the memory it points to is not yet determined.
194//!
195//! A *shared* reference only ever has provenance that permits reading from memory,
196//! and never permits writes, except inside [`UnsafeCell`].
197//!
198//! Provenance can affect whether a program has undefined behavior:
199//!
200//! * It is undefined behavior to access memory through a pointer that does not have provenance over
201//!   that memory. Note that a pointer "at the end" of its provenance is not actually outside its
202//!   provenance, it just has 0 bytes it can load/store. Zero-sized accesses do not require any
203//!   provenance since they access an empty range of memory.
204//!
205//! * It is undefined behavior to [`offset`] a pointer across a memory range that is not contained
206//!   in the allocation it is derived from, or to [`offset_from`] two pointers not derived
207//!   from the same allocation. Provenance is used to say what exactly "derived from" even
208//!   means: the lineage of a pointer is traced back to the Original Pointer it descends from, and
209//!   that identifies the relevant allocation. In particular, it's always UB to offset a
210//!   pointer derived from something that is now deallocated, except if the offset is 0.
211//!
212//! But it *is* still sound to:
213//!
214//! * Create a pointer without provenance from just an address (see [`without_provenance`]). Such a
215//!   pointer cannot be used for memory accesses (except for zero-sized accesses). This can still be
216//!   useful for sentinel values like `null` *or* to represent a tagged pointer that will never be
217//!   dereferenceable. In general, it is always sound for an integer to pretend to be a pointer "for
218//!   fun" as long as you don't use operations on it which require it to be valid (non-zero-sized
219//!   offset, read, write, etc).
220//!
221//! * Forge an allocation of size zero at any sufficiently aligned non-null address.
222//!   i.e. the usual "ZSTs are fake, do what you want" rules apply.
223//!
224//! * [`wrapping_offset`] a pointer outside its provenance. This includes pointers
225//!   which have "no" provenance. In particular, this makes it sound to do pointer tagging tricks.
226//!
227//! * Compare arbitrary pointers by address. Pointer comparison ignores provenance and addresses
228//!   *are* just integers, so there is always a coherent answer, even if the pointers are dangling
229//!   or from different provenances. Note that if you get "lucky" and notice that a pointer at the
230//!   end of one allocation is the "same" address as the start of another allocation,
231//!   anything you do with that fact is *probably* going to be gibberish. The scope of that
232//!   gibberish is kept under control by the fact that the two pointers *still* aren't allowed to
233//!   access the other's allocation (bytes), because they still have different provenance.
234//!
235//! Note that the full definition of provenance in Rust is not decided yet, as this interacts
236//! with the as-yet undecided [aliasing] rules.
237//!
238//! ## Pointers Vs Integers
239//!
240//! From this discussion, it becomes very clear that a `usize` *cannot* accurately represent a pointer,
241//! and converting from a pointer to a `usize` is generally an operation which *only* extracts the
242//! address. Converting this address back into pointer requires somehow answering the question:
243//! which provenance should the resulting pointer have?
244//!
245//! Rust provides two ways of dealing with this situation: *Strict Provenance* and *Exposed Provenance*.
246//!
247//! Note that a pointer *can* represent a `usize` (via [`without_provenance`]), so the right type to
248//! use in situations where a value is "sometimes a pointer and sometimes a bare `usize`" is a
249//! pointer type.
250//!
251//! ## Strict Provenance
252//!
253//! "Strict Provenance" refers to a set of APIs designed to make working with provenance more
254//! explicit. They are intended as substitutes for casting a pointer to an integer and back.
255//!
256//! Entirely avoiding integer-to-pointer casts successfully side-steps the inherent ambiguity of
257//! that operation. This benefits compiler optimizations, and it is pretty much a requirement for
258//! using tools like [Miri] and architectures like [CHERI] that aim to detect and diagnose pointer
259//! misuse.
260//!
261//! The key insight to making programming without integer-to-pointer casts *at all* viable is the
262//! [`with_addr`] method:
263//!
264//! ```text
265//!     /// Creates a new pointer with the given address.
266//!     ///
267//!     /// This performs the same operation as an `addr as ptr` cast, but copies
268//!     /// the *provenance* of `self` to the new pointer.
269//!     /// This allows us to dynamically preserve and propagate this important
270//!     /// information in a way that is otherwise impossible with a unary cast.
271//!     ///
272//!     /// This is equivalent to using `wrapping_offset` to offset `self` to the
273//!     /// given address, and therefore has all the same capabilities and restrictions.
274//!     pub fn with_addr(self, addr: usize) -> Self;
275//! ```
276//!
277//! So you're still able to drop down to the address representation and do whatever
278//! clever bit tricks you want *as long as* you're able to keep around a pointer
279//! into the allocation you care about that can "reconstitute" the provenance.
280//! Usually this is very easy, because you only are taking a pointer, messing with the address,
281//! and then immediately converting back to a pointer. To make this use case more ergonomic,
282//! we provide the [`map_addr`] method.
283//!
284//! To help make it clear that code is "following" Strict Provenance semantics, we also provide an
285//! [`addr`] method which promises that the returned address is not part of a
286//! pointer-integer-pointer roundtrip. In the future we may provide a lint for pointer<->integer
287//! casts to help you audit if your code conforms to strict provenance.
288//!
289//! ### Using Strict Provenance
290//!
291//! Most code needs no changes to conform to strict provenance, as the only really concerning
292//! operation is casts from `usize` to a pointer. For code which *does* cast a `usize` to a pointer,
293//! the scope of the change depends on exactly what you're doing.
294//!
295//! In general, you just need to make sure that if you want to convert a `usize` address to a
296//! pointer and then use that pointer to read/write memory, you need to keep around a pointer
297//! that has sufficient provenance to perform that read/write itself. In this way all of your
298//! casts from an address to a pointer are essentially just applying offsets/indexing.
299//!
300//! This is generally trivial to do for simple cases like tagged pointers *as long as you
301//! represent the tagged pointer as an actual pointer and not a `usize`*. For instance:
302//!
303//! ```
304//! unsafe {
305//!     // A flag we want to pack into our pointer
306//!     static HAS_DATA: usize = 0x1;
307//!     static FLAG_MASK: usize = !HAS_DATA;
308//!
309//!     // Our value, which must have enough alignment to have spare least-significant-bits.
310//!     let my_precious_data: u32 = 17;
311//!     assert!(align_of::<u32>() > 1);
312//!
313//!     // Create a tagged pointer
314//!     let ptr = &my_precious_data as *const u32;
315//!     let tagged = ptr.map_addr(|addr| addr | HAS_DATA);
316//!
317//!     // Check the flag:
318//!     if tagged.addr() & HAS_DATA != 0 {
319//!         // Untag and read the pointer
320//!         let data = *tagged.map_addr(|addr| addr & FLAG_MASK);
321//!         assert_eq!(data, 17);
322//!     } else {
323//!         unreachable!()
324//!     }
325//! }
326//! ```
327//!
328//! (Yes, if you've been using [`AtomicUsize`] for pointers in concurrent datastructures, you should
329//! be using [`AtomicPtr`] instead. If that messes up the way you atomically manipulate pointers,
330//! we would like to know why, and what needs to be done to fix it.)
331//!
332//! Situations where a valid pointer *must* be created from just an address, such as baremetal code
333//! accessing a memory-mapped interface at a fixed address, cannot currently be handled with strict
334//! provenance APIs and should use [exposed provenance](#exposed-provenance).
335//!
336//! ## Exposed Provenance
337//!
338//! As discussed above, integer-to-pointer casts are not possible with Strict Provenance APIs.
339//! This is by design: the goal of Strict Provenance is to provide a clear specification that we are
340//! confident can be formalized unambiguously and can be subject to precise formal reasoning.
341//! Integer-to-pointer casts do not (currently) have such a clear specification.
342//!
343//! However, there exist situations where integer-to-pointer casts cannot be avoided, or
344//! where avoiding them would require major refactoring. Legacy platform APIs also regularly assume
345//! that `usize` can capture all the information that makes up a pointer.
346//! Bare-metal platforms can also require the synthesis of a pointer "out of thin air" without
347//! anywhere to obtain proper provenance from.
348//!
349//! Rust's model for dealing with integer-to-pointer casts is called *Exposed Provenance*. However,
350//! the semantics of Exposed Provenance are on much less solid footing than Strict Provenance, and
351//! at this point it is not yet clear whether a satisfying unambiguous semantics can be defined for
352//! Exposed Provenance. (If that sounds bad, be reassured that other popular languages that provide
353//! integer-to-pointer casts are not faring any better.) Furthermore, Exposed Provenance will not
354//! work (well) with tools like [Miri] and [CHERI].
355//!
356//! Exposed Provenance is provided by the [`expose_provenance`] and [`with_exposed_provenance`] methods,
357//! which are equivalent to `as` casts between pointers and integers.
358//! - [`expose_provenance`] is a lot like [`addr`], but additionally adds the provenance of the
359//!   pointer to a global list of 'exposed' provenances. (This list is purely conceptual, it exists
360//!   for the purpose of specifying Rust but is not materialized in actual executions, except in
361//!   tools like [Miri].)
362//!   Memory which is outside the control of the Rust abstract machine (MMIO registers, for example)
363//!   is always considered to be exposed, so long as this memory is disjoint from memory that will
364//!   be used by the abstract machine such as the stack, heap, and statics.
365//! - [`with_exposed_provenance`] can be used to construct a pointer with one of these previously
366//!   'exposed' provenances. [`with_exposed_provenance`] takes only `addr: usize` as arguments, so
367//!   unlike in [`with_addr`] there is no indication of what the correct provenance for the returned
368//!   pointer is -- and that is exactly what makes integer-to-pointer casts so tricky to rigorously
369//!   specify! The compiler will do its best to pick the right provenance for you, but currently we
370//!   cannot provide any guarantees about which provenance the resulting pointer will have. Only one
371//!   thing is clear: if there is *no* previously 'exposed' provenance that justifies the way the
372//!   returned pointer will be used, the program has undefined behavior.
373//!
374//! If at all possible, we encourage code to be ported to [Strict Provenance] APIs, thus avoiding
375//! the need for Exposed Provenance. Maximizing the amount of such code is a major win for avoiding
376//! specification complexity and to facilitate adoption of tools like [CHERI] and [Miri] that can be
377//! a big help in increasing the confidence in (unsafe) Rust code. However, we acknowledge that this
378//! is not always possible, and offer Exposed Provenance as a way to explicit "opt out" of the
379//! well-defined semantics of Strict Provenance, and "opt in" to the unclear semantics of
380//! integer-to-pointer casts.
381//!
382//! [aliasing]: ../../nomicon/aliasing.html
383//! [allocation]: #allocation
384//! [provenance]: #provenance
385//! [book]: ../../book/ch19-01-unsafe-rust.html#dereferencing-a-raw-pointer
386//! [ub]: ../../reference/behavior-considered-undefined.html
387//! [zst]: ../../nomicon/exotic-sizes.html#zero-sized-types-zsts
388//! [atomic operations]: crate::sync::atomic
389//! [`offset`]: pointer::offset
390//! [`offset_from`]: pointer::offset_from
391//! [`wrapping_offset`]: pointer::wrapping_offset
392//! [`with_addr`]: pointer::with_addr
393//! [`map_addr`]: pointer::map_addr
394//! [`addr`]: pointer::addr
395//! [`AtomicUsize`]: crate::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize
396//! [`AtomicPtr`]: crate::sync::atomic::AtomicPtr
397//! [`expose_provenance`]: pointer::expose_provenance
398//! [`with_exposed_provenance`]: with_exposed_provenance
399//! [Miri]: https://github.com/rust-lang/miri
400//! [CHERI]: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/cheri/
401//! [Strict Provenance]: #strict-provenance
402//! [`UnsafeCell`]: core::cell::UnsafeCell
403
404#![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
405// There are many unsafe functions taking pointers that don't dereference them.
406#![allow(clippy::not_unsafe_ptr_arg_deref)]
407
408use crate::cmp::Ordering;
409use crate::intrinsics::const_eval_select;
410use crate::marker::{Destruct, FnPtr, PointeeSized};
411use crate::mem::{self, MaybeUninit, SizedTypeProperties};
412use crate::num::NonZero;
413use crate::{fmt, hash, intrinsics, ub_checks};
414
415#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
416#[deprecated(since = "CURRENT_RUSTC_VERSION", note = "moved from `ptr` to `mem`")]
417/// Deprecated re-export of [mem::Alignment].
418pub type Alignment = mem::Alignment;
419
420mod metadata;
421#[unstable(feature = "ptr_metadata", issue = "81513")]
422pub use metadata::{DynMetadata, Pointee, Thin, from_raw_parts, from_raw_parts_mut, metadata};
423
424mod non_null;
425#[stable(feature = "nonnull", since = "1.25.0")]
426pub use non_null::NonNull;
427
428mod unique;
429#[unstable(feature = "ptr_internals", issue = "none")]
430pub use unique::Unique;
431
432mod const_ptr;
433mod mut_ptr;
434
435// Some functions are defined here because they accidentally got made
436// available in this module on stable. See <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/15702>.
437// (`transmute` also falls into this category, but it cannot be wrapped due to the
438// check that `T` and `U` have the same size.)
439
440/// Copies `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes from `src` to `dst`. The source
441/// and destination must *not* overlap.
442///
443/// For regions of memory which might overlap, use [`copy`] instead.
444///
445/// `copy_nonoverlapping` is semantically equivalent to C's [`memcpy`], but
446/// with the source and destination arguments swapped,
447/// and `count` counting the number of `T`s instead of bytes.
448///
449/// The copy is "untyped" in the sense that data may be uninitialized or otherwise violate the
450/// requirements of `T`. The initialization state is preserved exactly.
451///
452/// [`memcpy`]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/memcpy
453///
454/// # Safety
455///
456/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
457///
458/// * `src` must be [valid] for reads of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes or that number must be 0.
459///
460/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes or that number must be 0.
461///
462/// * Both `src` and `dst` must be properly aligned.
463///
464/// * The region of memory beginning at `src` with a size of `count *
465///   size_of::<T>()` bytes must *not* overlap with the region of memory
466///   beginning at `dst` with the same size.
467///
468/// Like [`read`], `copy_nonoverlapping` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of
469/// whether `T` is [`Copy`]. If `T` is not [`Copy`], using *both* the values
470/// in the region beginning at `*src` and the region beginning at `*dst` can
471/// [violate memory safety][read-ownership].
472///
473/// Note that even if the effectively copied size (`count * size_of::<T>()`) is
474/// `0`, the pointers must be properly aligned.
475///
476/// [`read`]: crate::ptr::read
477/// [read-ownership]: crate::ptr::read#ownership-of-the-returned-value
478/// [valid]: crate::ptr#safety
479///
480/// # Examples
481///
482/// Manually implement [`Vec::append`]:
483///
484/// ```
485/// use std::ptr;
486///
487/// /// Moves all the elements of `src` into `dst`, leaving `src` empty.
488/// fn append<T>(dst: &mut Vec<T>, src: &mut Vec<T>) {
489///     let src_len = src.len();
490///     let dst_len = dst.len();
491///
492///     // Ensure that `dst` has enough capacity to hold all of `src`.
493///     dst.reserve(src_len);
494///
495///     unsafe {
496///         // The call to add is always safe because `Vec` will never
497///         // allocate more than `isize::MAX` bytes.
498///         let dst_ptr = dst.as_mut_ptr().add(dst_len);
499///         let src_ptr = src.as_ptr();
500///
501///         // Truncate `src` without dropping its contents. We do this first,
502///         // to avoid problems in case something further down panics.
503///         src.set_len(0);
504///
505///         // The two regions cannot overlap because mutable references do
506///         // not alias, and two different vectors cannot own the same
507///         // memory.
508///         ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(src_ptr, dst_ptr, src_len);
509///
510///         // Notify `dst` that it now holds the contents of `src`.
511///         dst.set_len(dst_len + src_len);
512///     }
513/// }
514///
515/// let mut a = vec!['r'];
516/// let mut b = vec!['u', 's', 't'];
517///
518/// append(&mut a, &mut b);
519///
520/// assert_eq!(a, &['r', 'u', 's', 't']);
521/// assert!(b.is_empty());
522/// ```
523///
524/// [`Vec::append`]: ../../std/vec/struct.Vec.html#method.append
525#[doc(alias = "memcpy")]
526#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
527#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_intrinsic_copy", since = "1.83.0")]
528#[inline(always)]
529#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
530#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_copy_nonoverlapping"]
531#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
532pub const unsafe fn copy_nonoverlapping<T>(src: *const T, dst: *mut T, count: usize) {
533    ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
534        check_language_ub,
535        "ptr::copy_nonoverlapping requires that both pointer arguments are aligned and non-null \
536        and the specified memory ranges do not overlap",
537        (
538            src: *const () = src as *const (),
539            dst: *mut () = dst as *mut (),
540            size: usize = size_of::<T>(),
541            align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
542            count: usize = count,
543        ) => {
544            let zero_size = count == 0 || size == 0;
545            ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(src, align, zero_size)
546                && ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(dst, align, zero_size)
547                && ub_checks::maybe_is_nonoverlapping(src, dst, size, count)
548        }
549    );
550
551    // SAFETY: the safety contract for `copy_nonoverlapping` must be
552    // upheld by the caller.
553    unsafe { crate::intrinsics::copy_nonoverlapping(src, dst, count) }
554}
555
556/// Copies `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes from `src` to `dst`. The source
557/// and destination may overlap.
558///
559/// If the source and destination will *never* overlap,
560/// [`copy_nonoverlapping`] can be used instead.
561///
562/// `copy` is semantically equivalent to C's [`memmove`], but
563/// with the source and destination arguments swapped,
564/// and `count` counting the number of `T`s instead of bytes.
565/// Copying takes place as if the bytes were copied from `src`
566/// to a temporary array and then copied from the array to `dst`.
567///
568/// The copy is "untyped" in the sense that data may be uninitialized or otherwise violate the
569/// requirements of `T`. The initialization state is preserved exactly.
570///
571/// [`memmove`]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/memmove
572///
573/// # Safety
574///
575/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
576///
577/// * `src` must be [valid] for reads of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes or that number must be 0.
578///
579/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes or that number must be 0,
580///   and `dst` must remain valid even when `src` is read for `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes. (This
581///   means if the memory ranges overlap, the `dst` pointer must not be invalidated by `src` reads.)
582///
583/// * Both `src` and `dst` must be properly aligned.
584///
585/// Like [`read`], `copy` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of
586/// whether `T` is [`Copy`]. If `T` is not [`Copy`], using both the values
587/// in the region beginning at `*src` and the region beginning at `*dst` can
588/// [violate memory safety][read-ownership].
589///
590/// Note that even if the effectively copied size (`count * size_of::<T>()`) is
591/// `0`, the pointers must be properly aligned.
592///
593/// [`read`]: crate::ptr::read
594/// [read-ownership]: crate::ptr::read#ownership-of-the-returned-value
595/// [valid]: crate::ptr#safety
596///
597/// # Examples
598///
599/// Efficiently create a Rust vector from an unsafe buffer:
600///
601/// ```
602/// use std::ptr;
603///
604/// /// # Safety
605/// ///
606/// /// * `ptr` must be correctly aligned for its type and non-zero.
607/// /// * `ptr` must be valid for reads of `elts` contiguous elements of type `T`.
608/// /// * Those elements must not be used after calling this function unless `T: Copy`.
609/// # #[allow(dead_code)]
610/// unsafe fn from_buf_raw<T>(ptr: *const T, elts: usize) -> Vec<T> {
611///     let mut dst = Vec::with_capacity(elts);
612///
613///     // SAFETY: Our precondition ensures the source is aligned and valid,
614///     // and `Vec::with_capacity` ensures that we have usable space to write them.
615///     unsafe { ptr::copy(ptr, dst.as_mut_ptr(), elts); }
616///
617///     // SAFETY: We created it with this much capacity earlier,
618///     // and the previous `copy` has initialized these elements.
619///     unsafe { dst.set_len(elts); }
620///     dst
621/// }
622/// ```
623#[doc(alias = "memmove")]
624#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
625#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_intrinsic_copy", since = "1.83.0")]
626#[inline(always)]
627#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
628#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_copy"]
629#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
630pub const unsafe fn copy<T>(src: *const T, dst: *mut T, count: usize) {
631    // SAFETY: the safety contract for `copy` must be upheld by the caller.
632    unsafe {
633        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
634            check_language_ub,
635            "ptr::copy requires that both pointer arguments are aligned and non-null",
636            (
637                src: *const () = src as *const (),
638                dst: *mut () = dst as *mut (),
639                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
640                zero_size: bool = T::IS_ZST || count == 0,
641            ) =>
642            ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(src, align, zero_size)
643                && ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(dst, align, zero_size)
644        );
645        crate::intrinsics::copy(src, dst, count)
646    }
647}
648
649/// Sets `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes of memory starting at `dst` to
650/// `val`.
651///
652/// `write_bytes` is similar to C's [`memset`], but sets `count *
653/// size_of::<T>()` bytes to `val`.
654///
655/// [`memset`]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/memset
656///
657/// # Safety
658///
659/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
660///
661/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes.
662///
663/// * `dst` must be properly aligned.
664///
665/// Note that even if the effectively copied size (`count * size_of::<T>()`) is
666/// `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
667///
668/// Additionally, note that changing `*dst` in this way can easily lead to undefined behavior (UB)
669/// later if the written bytes are not a valid representation of some `T`. For instance, the
670/// following is an **incorrect** use of this function:
671///
672/// ```rust,no_run
673/// unsafe {
674///     let mut value: u8 = 0;
675///     let ptr: *mut bool = &mut value as *mut u8 as *mut bool;
676///     let _bool = ptr.read(); // This is fine, `ptr` points to a valid `bool`.
677///     ptr.write_bytes(42u8, 1); // This function itself does not cause UB...
678///     let _bool = ptr.read(); // ...but it makes this operation UB! ⚠️
679/// }
680/// ```
681///
682/// [valid]: crate::ptr#safety
683///
684/// # Examples
685///
686/// Basic usage:
687///
688/// ```
689/// use std::ptr;
690///
691/// let mut vec = vec![0u32; 4];
692/// unsafe {
693///     let vec_ptr = vec.as_mut_ptr();
694///     ptr::write_bytes(vec_ptr, 0xfe, 2);
695/// }
696/// assert_eq!(vec, [0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe, 0, 0]);
697/// ```
698#[doc(alias = "memset")]
699#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
700#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_write", since = "1.83.0")]
701#[inline(always)]
702#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
703#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_write_bytes"]
704#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
705pub const unsafe fn write_bytes<T>(dst: *mut T, val: u8, count: usize) {
706    // SAFETY: the safety contract for `write_bytes` must be upheld by the caller.
707    unsafe {
708        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
709            check_language_ub,
710            "ptr::write_bytes requires that the destination pointer is aligned and non-null",
711            (
712                addr: *const () = dst as *const (),
713                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
714                zero_size: bool = T::IS_ZST || count == 0,
715            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(addr, align, zero_size)
716        );
717        crate::intrinsics::write_bytes(dst, val, count)
718    }
719}
720
721/// Executes the destructor (if any) of the pointed-to value.
722///
723/// This is almost the same as calling [`ptr::read`] and discarding
724/// the result, but has the following advantages:
725// FIXME: say something more useful than "almost the same"?
726// There are open questions here: `read` requires the value to be fully valid, e.g. if `T` is a
727// `bool` it must be 0 or 1, if it is a reference then it must be dereferenceable. `drop_in_place`
728// only requires that `*to_drop` be "valid for dropping" and we have not defined what that means. In
729// Miri it currently (May 2024) requires nothing at all for types without drop glue.
730///
731/// * It is *required* to use `drop_in_place` to drop unsized types like
732///   trait objects, because they can't be read out onto the stack and
733///   dropped normally.
734///
735/// * It is friendlier to the optimizer to do this over [`ptr::read`] when
736///   dropping manually allocated memory (e.g., in the implementations of
737///   `Box`/`Rc`/`Vec`), as the compiler doesn't need to prove that it's
738///   sound to elide the copy.
739///
740/// * It can be used to drop [pinned] data when `T` is not `repr(packed)`
741///   (pinned data must not be moved before it is dropped).
742///
743/// Unaligned values cannot be dropped in place, they must be copied to an aligned
744/// location first using [`ptr::read_unaligned`]. For packed structs, this move is
745/// done automatically by the compiler. This means the fields of packed structs
746/// are not dropped in-place.
747///
748/// [`ptr::read`]: self::read
749/// [`ptr::read_unaligned`]: self::read_unaligned
750/// [pinned]: crate::pin
751///
752/// # Safety
753///
754/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
755///
756/// * `to_drop` must be [valid] for both reads and writes.
757///
758/// * `to_drop` must be properly aligned, even if `T` has size 0.
759///
760/// * `to_drop` must be nonnull, even if `T` has size 0.
761///
762/// * The value `to_drop` points to must be valid for dropping, which may mean
763///   it must uphold additional invariants. These invariants depend on the type
764///   of the value being dropped. For instance, when dropping a Box, the box's
765///   pointer to the heap must be valid.
766///
767/// * While `drop_in_place` is executing, the only way to access parts of
768///   `to_drop` is through the `&mut self` references supplied to the
769///   `Drop::drop` methods that `drop_in_place` invokes.
770///
771/// Additionally, if `T` is not [`Copy`], using the pointed-to value after
772/// calling `drop_in_place` can cause undefined behavior. Note that `*to_drop =
773/// foo` counts as a use because it will cause the value to be dropped
774/// again. [`write()`] can be used to overwrite data without causing it to be
775/// dropped.
776///
777/// [valid]: self#safety
778///
779/// # Examples
780///
781/// Manually remove the last item from a vector:
782///
783/// ```
784/// use std::ptr;
785/// use std::rc::Rc;
786///
787/// let last = Rc::new(1);
788/// let weak = Rc::downgrade(&last);
789///
790/// let mut v = vec![Rc::new(0), last];
791///
792/// unsafe {
793///     // Get a raw pointer to the last element in `v`.
794///     let ptr = &mut v[1] as *mut _;
795///     // Shorten `v` to prevent the last item from being dropped. We do that first,
796///     // to prevent issues if the `drop_in_place` below panics.
797///     v.set_len(1);
798///     // Without a call `drop_in_place`, the last item would never be dropped,
799///     // and the memory it manages would be leaked.
800///     ptr::drop_in_place(ptr);
801/// }
802///
803/// assert_eq!(v, &[0.into()]);
804///
805/// // Ensure that the last item was dropped.
806/// assert!(weak.upgrade().is_none());
807/// ```
808#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
809#[stable(feature = "drop_in_place", since = "1.8.0")]
810#[lang = "drop_in_place"]
811#[allow(unconditional_recursion)]
812#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_drop_in_place"]
813#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_drop_in_place", issue = "109342")]
814#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
815pub const unsafe fn drop_in_place<T: PointeeSized>(to_drop: *mut T)
816where
817    T: [const] Destruct,
818{
819    // Code here does not matter - this is replaced by the
820    // real drop glue by the compiler.
821
822    // SAFETY: see comment above
823    unsafe { drop_in_place(to_drop) }
824}
825
826/// Creates a null raw pointer.
827///
828/// This function is equivalent to zero-initializing the pointer:
829/// `MaybeUninit::<*const T>::zeroed().assume_init()`.
830/// The resulting pointer has the address 0.
831///
832/// # Examples
833///
834/// ```
835/// use std::ptr;
836///
837/// let p: *const i32 = ptr::null();
838/// assert!(p.is_null());
839/// assert_eq!(p as usize, 0); // this pointer has the address 0
840/// ```
841#[inline(always)]
842#[must_use]
843#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
844#[rustc_promotable]
845#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_null", since = "1.24.0")]
846#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_null"]
847#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
848pub const fn null<T: PointeeSized + Thin>() -> *const T {
849    from_raw_parts(without_provenance::<()>(0), ())
850}
851
852/// Creates a null mutable raw pointer.
853///
854/// This function is equivalent to zero-initializing the pointer:
855/// `MaybeUninit::<*mut T>::zeroed().assume_init()`.
856/// The resulting pointer has the address 0.
857///
858/// # Examples
859///
860/// ```
861/// use std::ptr;
862///
863/// let p: *mut i32 = ptr::null_mut();
864/// assert!(p.is_null());
865/// assert_eq!(p as usize, 0); // this pointer has the address 0
866/// ```
867#[inline(always)]
868#[must_use]
869#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
870#[rustc_promotable]
871#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_null", since = "1.24.0")]
872#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_null_mut"]
873#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
874pub const fn null_mut<T: PointeeSized + Thin>() -> *mut T {
875    from_raw_parts_mut(without_provenance_mut::<()>(0), ())
876}
877
878/// Creates a pointer with the given address and no [provenance][crate::ptr#provenance].
879///
880/// This is equivalent to `ptr::null().with_addr(addr)`.
881///
882/// Without provenance, this pointer is not associated with any actual allocation. Such a
883/// no-provenance pointer may be used for zero-sized memory accesses (if suitably aligned), but
884/// non-zero-sized memory accesses with a no-provenance pointer are UB. No-provenance pointers are
885/// little more than a `usize` address in disguise.
886///
887/// This is different from `addr as *const T`, which creates a pointer that picks up a previously
888/// exposed provenance. See [`with_exposed_provenance`] for more details on that operation.
889///
890/// This is a [Strict Provenance][crate::ptr#strict-provenance] API.
891#[inline(always)]
892#[must_use]
893#[stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
894#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
895#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_without_provenance"]
896#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
897pub const fn without_provenance<T>(addr: usize) -> *const T {
898    without_provenance_mut(addr)
899}
900
901/// Creates a new pointer that is dangling, but non-null and well-aligned.
902///
903/// This is useful for initializing types which lazily allocate, like
904/// `Vec::new` does.
905///
906/// Note that the address of the returned pointer may potentially
907/// be that of a valid pointer, which means this must not be used
908/// as a "not yet initialized" sentinel value.
909/// Types that lazily allocate must track initialization by some other means.
910#[inline(always)]
911#[must_use]
912#[stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
913#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
914pub const fn dangling<T>() -> *const T {
915    dangling_mut()
916}
917
918/// Creates a pointer with the given address and no [provenance][crate::ptr#provenance].
919///
920/// This is equivalent to `ptr::null_mut().with_addr(addr)`.
921///
922/// Without provenance, this pointer is not associated with any actual allocation. Such a
923/// no-provenance pointer may be used for zero-sized memory accesses (if suitably aligned), but
924/// non-zero-sized memory accesses with a no-provenance pointer are UB. No-provenance pointers are
925/// little more than a `usize` address in disguise.
926///
927/// This is different from `addr as *mut T`, which creates a pointer that picks up a previously
928/// exposed provenance. See [`with_exposed_provenance_mut`] for more details on that operation.
929///
930/// This is a [Strict Provenance][crate::ptr#strict-provenance] API.
931#[inline(always)]
932#[must_use]
933#[stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
934#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
935#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_without_provenance_mut"]
936#[allow(integer_to_ptr_transmutes)] // Expected semantics here.
937#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
938pub const fn without_provenance_mut<T>(addr: usize) -> *mut T {
939    // An int-to-pointer transmute currently has exactly the intended semantics: it creates a
940    // pointer without provenance. Note that this is *not* a stable guarantee about transmute
941    // semantics, it relies on sysroot crates having special status.
942    // SAFETY: every valid integer is also a valid pointer (as long as you don't dereference that
943    // pointer).
944    unsafe { mem::transmute(addr) }
945}
946
947/// Creates a new pointer that is dangling, but non-null and well-aligned.
948///
949/// This is useful for initializing types which lazily allocate, like
950/// `Vec::new` does.
951///
952/// Note that the address of the returned pointer may potentially
953/// be that of a valid pointer, which means this must not be used
954/// as a "not yet initialized" sentinel value.
955/// Types that lazily allocate must track initialization by some other means.
956#[inline(always)]
957#[must_use]
958#[stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
959#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
960pub const fn dangling_mut<T>() -> *mut T {
961    NonNull::dangling().as_ptr()
962}
963
964/// Converts an address back to a pointer, picking up some previously 'exposed'
965/// [provenance][crate::ptr#provenance].
966///
967/// This is fully equivalent to `addr as *const T`. The provenance of the returned pointer is that
968/// of *some* pointer that was previously exposed by passing it to
969/// [`expose_provenance`][pointer::expose_provenance], or a `ptr as usize` cast. In addition, memory
970/// which is outside the control of the Rust abstract machine (MMIO registers, for example) is
971/// always considered to be accessible with an exposed provenance, so long as this memory is disjoint
972/// from memory that will be used by the abstract machine such as the stack, heap, and statics.
973///
974/// The exact provenance that gets picked is not specified. The compiler will do its best to pick
975/// the "right" provenance for you (whatever that may be), but currently we cannot provide any
976/// guarantees about which provenance the resulting pointer will have -- and therefore there
977/// is no definite specification for which memory the resulting pointer may access.
978///
979/// If there is *no* previously 'exposed' provenance that justifies the way the returned pointer
980/// will be used, the program has undefined behavior. In particular, the aliasing rules still apply:
981/// pointers and references that have been invalidated due to aliasing accesses cannot be used
982/// anymore, even if they have been exposed!
983///
984/// Due to its inherent ambiguity, this operation may not be supported by tools that help you to
985/// stay conformant with the Rust memory model. It is recommended to use [Strict
986/// Provenance][self#strict-provenance] APIs such as [`with_addr`][pointer::with_addr] wherever
987/// possible.
988///
989/// On most platforms this will produce a value with the same bytes as the address. Platforms
990/// which need to store additional information in a pointer may not support this operation,
991/// since it is generally not possible to actually *compute* which provenance the returned
992/// pointer has to pick up.
993///
994/// This is an [Exposed Provenance][crate::ptr#exposed-provenance] API.
995#[must_use]
996#[inline(always)]
997#[stable(feature = "exposed_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
998#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_exposed_provenance", since = "1.91.0")]
999#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
1000#[allow(fuzzy_provenance_casts)] // this *is* the explicit provenance API one should use instead
1001pub const fn with_exposed_provenance<T>(addr: usize) -> *const T {
1002    addr as *const T
1003}
1004
1005/// Converts an address back to a mutable pointer, picking up some previously 'exposed'
1006/// [provenance][crate::ptr#provenance].
1007///
1008/// This is fully equivalent to `addr as *mut T`. The provenance of the returned pointer is that
1009/// of *some* pointer that was previously exposed by passing it to
1010/// [`expose_provenance`][pointer::expose_provenance], or a `ptr as usize` cast. In addition, memory
1011/// which is outside the control of the Rust abstract machine (MMIO registers, for example) is
1012/// always considered to be accessible with an exposed provenance, so long as this memory is disjoint
1013/// from memory that will be used by the abstract machine such as the stack, heap, and statics.
1014///
1015/// The exact provenance that gets picked is not specified. The compiler will do its best to pick
1016/// the "right" provenance for you (whatever that may be), but currently we cannot provide any
1017/// guarantees about which provenance the resulting pointer will have -- and therefore there
1018/// is no definite specification for which memory the resulting pointer may access.
1019///
1020/// If there is *no* previously 'exposed' provenance that justifies the way the returned pointer
1021/// will be used, the program has undefined behavior. In particular, the aliasing rules still apply:
1022/// pointers and references that have been invalidated due to aliasing accesses cannot be used
1023/// anymore, even if they have been exposed!
1024///
1025/// Due to its inherent ambiguity, this operation may not be supported by tools that help you to
1026/// stay conformant with the Rust memory model. It is recommended to use [Strict
1027/// Provenance][self#strict-provenance] APIs such as [`with_addr`][pointer::with_addr] wherever
1028/// possible.
1029///
1030/// On most platforms this will produce a value with the same bytes as the address. Platforms
1031/// which need to store additional information in a pointer may not support this operation,
1032/// since it is generally not possible to actually *compute* which provenance the returned
1033/// pointer has to pick up.
1034///
1035/// This is an [Exposed Provenance][crate::ptr#exposed-provenance] API.
1036#[must_use]
1037#[inline(always)]
1038#[stable(feature = "exposed_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
1039#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_exposed_provenance", since = "1.91.0")]
1040#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
1041#[allow(fuzzy_provenance_casts)] // this *is* the explicit provenance API one should use instead
1042pub const fn with_exposed_provenance_mut<T>(addr: usize) -> *mut T {
1043    addr as *mut T
1044}
1045
1046/// Converts a reference to a raw pointer.
1047///
1048/// For `r: &T`, `from_ref(r)` is equivalent to `r as *const T` (except for the caveat noted below),
1049/// but is a bit safer since it will never silently change type or mutability, in particular if the
1050/// code is refactored.
1051///
1052/// The caller must ensure that the pointee outlives the pointer this function returns, or else it
1053/// will end up dangling.
1054///
1055/// The caller must also ensure that the memory the pointer (non-transitively) points to is never
1056/// written to (except inside an `UnsafeCell`) using this pointer or any pointer derived from it. If
1057/// you need to mutate the pointee, use [`from_mut`]. Specifically, to turn a mutable reference `m:
1058/// &mut T` into `*const T`, prefer `from_mut(m).cast_const()` to obtain a pointer that can later be
1059/// used for mutation.
1060///
1061/// ## Interaction with lifetime extension
1062///
1063/// Note that this has subtle interactions with the rules for lifetime extension of temporaries in
1064/// tail expressions. This code is valid, albeit in a non-obvious way:
1065/// ```rust
1066/// # type T = i32;
1067/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1068/// // The temporary holding the return value of `foo` has its lifetime extended,
1069/// // because the surrounding expression involves no function call.
1070/// let p = &foo() as *const T;
1071/// unsafe { p.read() };
1072/// ```
1073/// Naively replacing the cast with `from_ref` is not valid:
1074/// ```rust,no_run
1075/// # use std::ptr;
1076/// # type T = i32;
1077/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1078/// // The temporary holding the return value of `foo` does *not* have its lifetime extended,
1079/// // because the surrounding expression involves a function call.
1080/// let p = ptr::from_ref(&foo());
1081/// unsafe { p.read() }; // UB! Reading from a dangling pointer ⚠️
1082/// ```
1083/// The recommended way to write this code is to avoid relying on lifetime extension
1084/// when raw pointers are involved:
1085/// ```rust
1086/// # use std::ptr;
1087/// # type T = i32;
1088/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1089/// let x = foo();
1090/// let p = ptr::from_ref(&x);
1091/// unsafe { p.read() };
1092/// ```
1093#[inline(always)]
1094#[must_use]
1095#[stable(feature = "ptr_from_ref", since = "1.76.0")]
1096#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "ptr_from_ref", since = "1.76.0")]
1097#[rustc_never_returns_null_ptr]
1098#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_from_ref"]
1099#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1100pub const fn from_ref<T: PointeeSized>(r: &T) -> *const T {
1101    r
1102}
1103
1104/// Converts a mutable reference to a raw pointer.
1105///
1106/// For `r: &mut T`, `from_mut(r)` is equivalent to `r as *mut T` (except for the caveat noted
1107/// below), but is a bit safer since it will never silently change type or mutability, in particular
1108/// if the code is refactored.
1109///
1110/// The caller must ensure that the pointee outlives the pointer this function returns, or else it
1111/// will end up dangling.
1112///
1113/// ## Interaction with lifetime extension
1114///
1115/// Note that this has subtle interactions with the rules for lifetime extension of temporaries in
1116/// tail expressions. This code is valid, albeit in a non-obvious way:
1117/// ```rust
1118/// # type T = i32;
1119/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1120/// // The temporary holding the return value of `foo` has its lifetime extended,
1121/// // because the surrounding expression involves no function call.
1122/// let p = &mut foo() as *mut T;
1123/// unsafe { p.write(T::default()) };
1124/// ```
1125/// Naively replacing the cast with `from_mut` is not valid:
1126/// ```rust,no_run
1127/// # use std::ptr;
1128/// # type T = i32;
1129/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1130/// // The temporary holding the return value of `foo` does *not* have its lifetime extended,
1131/// // because the surrounding expression involves a function call.
1132/// let p = ptr::from_mut(&mut foo());
1133/// unsafe { p.write(T::default()) }; // UB! Writing to a dangling pointer ⚠️
1134/// ```
1135/// The recommended way to write this code is to avoid relying on lifetime extension
1136/// when raw pointers are involved:
1137/// ```rust
1138/// # use std::ptr;
1139/// # type T = i32;
1140/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1141/// let mut x = foo();
1142/// let p = ptr::from_mut(&mut x);
1143/// unsafe { p.write(T::default()) };
1144/// ```
1145#[inline(always)]
1146#[must_use]
1147#[stable(feature = "ptr_from_ref", since = "1.76.0")]
1148#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "ptr_from_ref", since = "1.76.0")]
1149#[rustc_never_returns_null_ptr]
1150pub const fn from_mut<T: PointeeSized>(r: &mut T) -> *mut T {
1151    r
1152}
1153
1154/// Forms a raw slice from a pointer and a length.
1155///
1156/// The `len` argument is the number of **elements**, not the number of bytes.
1157///
1158/// This function is safe, but actually using the return value is unsafe.
1159/// See the documentation of [`slice::from_raw_parts`] for slice safety requirements.
1160///
1161/// [`slice::from_raw_parts`]: crate::slice::from_raw_parts
1162///
1163/// # Examples
1164///
1165/// ```rust
1166/// use std::ptr;
1167///
1168/// // create a slice pointer when starting out with a pointer to the first element
1169/// let x = [5, 6, 7];
1170/// let raw_pointer = x.as_ptr();
1171/// let slice = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts(raw_pointer, 3);
1172/// assert_eq!(unsafe { &*slice }[2], 7);
1173/// ```
1174///
1175/// You must ensure that the pointer is valid and not null before dereferencing
1176/// the raw slice. A slice reference must never have a null pointer, even if it's empty.
1177///
1178/// ```rust,should_panic
1179/// use std::ptr;
1180/// let danger: *const [u8] = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts(ptr::null(), 0);
1181/// unsafe {
1182///     danger.as_ref().expect("references must not be null");
1183/// }
1184/// ```
1185#[inline]
1186#[stable(feature = "slice_from_raw_parts", since = "1.42.0")]
1187#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_slice_from_raw_parts", since = "1.64.0")]
1188#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_slice_from_raw_parts"]
1189#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1190pub const fn slice_from_raw_parts<T>(data: *const T, len: usize) -> *const [T] {
1191    from_raw_parts(data, len)
1192}
1193
1194/// Forms a raw mutable slice from a pointer and a length.
1195///
1196/// The `len` argument is the number of **elements**, not the number of bytes.
1197///
1198/// Performs the same functionality as [`slice_from_raw_parts`], except that a
1199/// raw mutable slice is returned, as opposed to a raw immutable slice.
1200///
1201/// This function is safe, but actually using the return value is unsafe.
1202/// See the documentation of [`slice::from_raw_parts_mut`] for slice safety requirements.
1203///
1204/// [`slice::from_raw_parts_mut`]: crate::slice::from_raw_parts_mut
1205///
1206/// # Examples
1207///
1208/// ```rust
1209/// use std::ptr;
1210///
1211/// let x = &mut [5, 6, 7];
1212/// let raw_pointer = x.as_mut_ptr();
1213/// let slice = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(raw_pointer, 3);
1214///
1215/// unsafe {
1216///     (*slice)[2] = 99; // assign a value at an index in the slice
1217/// };
1218///
1219/// assert_eq!(unsafe { &*slice }[2], 99);
1220/// ```
1221///
1222/// You must ensure that the pointer is valid and not null before dereferencing
1223/// the raw slice. A slice reference must never have a null pointer, even if it's empty.
1224///
1225/// ```rust,should_panic
1226/// use std::ptr;
1227/// let danger: *mut [u8] = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(ptr::null_mut(), 0);
1228/// unsafe {
1229///     danger.as_mut().expect("references must not be null");
1230/// }
1231/// ```
1232#[inline]
1233#[stable(feature = "slice_from_raw_parts", since = "1.42.0")]
1234#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_slice_from_raw_parts_mut", since = "1.83.0")]
1235#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_slice_from_raw_parts_mut"]
1236#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1237pub const fn slice_from_raw_parts_mut<T>(data: *mut T, len: usize) -> *mut [T] {
1238    from_raw_parts_mut(data, len)
1239}
1240
1241/// Swaps the values at two mutable locations of the same type, without
1242/// deinitializing either.
1243///
1244/// But for the following exceptions, this function is semantically
1245/// equivalent to [`mem::swap`]:
1246///
1247/// * It operates on raw pointers instead of references. When references are
1248///   available, [`mem::swap`] should be preferred.
1249///
1250/// * The two pointed-to values may overlap. If the values do overlap, then the
1251///   overlapping region of memory from `x` will be used. This is demonstrated
1252///   in the second example below.
1253///
1254/// * The operation is "untyped" in the sense that data may be uninitialized or otherwise violate
1255///   the requirements of `T`. The initialization state is preserved exactly.
1256///
1257/// # Safety
1258///
1259/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1260///
1261/// * Both `x` and `y` must be [valid] for both reads and writes. They must remain valid even when the
1262///   other pointer is written. (This means if the memory ranges overlap, the two pointers must not
1263///   be subject to aliasing restrictions relative to each other.)
1264///
1265/// * Both `x` and `y` must be properly aligned.
1266///
1267/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointers must be properly aligned.
1268///
1269/// [valid]: self#safety
1270///
1271/// # Examples
1272///
1273/// Swapping two non-overlapping regions:
1274///
1275/// ```
1276/// use std::ptr;
1277///
1278/// let mut array = [0, 1, 2, 3];
1279///
1280/// let (x, y) = array.split_at_mut(2);
1281/// let x = x.as_mut_ptr().cast::<[u32; 2]>(); // this is `array[0..2]`
1282/// let y = y.as_mut_ptr().cast::<[u32; 2]>(); // this is `array[2..4]`
1283///
1284/// unsafe {
1285///     ptr::swap(x, y);
1286///     assert_eq!([2, 3, 0, 1], array);
1287/// }
1288/// ```
1289///
1290/// Swapping two overlapping regions:
1291///
1292/// ```
1293/// use std::ptr;
1294///
1295/// let mut array: [i32; 4] = [0, 1, 2, 3];
1296///
1297/// let array_ptr: *mut i32 = array.as_mut_ptr();
1298///
1299/// let x = array_ptr as *mut [i32; 3]; // this is `array[0..3]`
1300/// let y = unsafe { array_ptr.add(1) } as *mut [i32; 3]; // this is `array[1..4]`
1301///
1302/// unsafe {
1303///     ptr::swap(x, y);
1304///     // The indices `1..3` of the slice overlap between `x` and `y`.
1305///     // Reasonable results would be for to them be `[2, 3]`, so that indices `0..3` are
1306///     // `[1, 2, 3]` (matching `y` before the `swap`); or for them to be `[0, 1]`
1307///     // so that indices `1..4` are `[0, 1, 2]` (matching `x` before the `swap`).
1308///     // This implementation is defined to make the latter choice.
1309///     assert_eq!([1, 0, 1, 2], array);
1310/// }
1311/// ```
1312#[inline]
1313#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
1314#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_swap", since = "1.85.0")]
1315#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_swap"]
1316#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1317pub const unsafe fn swap<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T) {
1318    // Give ourselves some scratch space to work with.
1319    // We do not have to worry about drops: `MaybeUninit` does nothing when dropped.
1320    let mut tmp = MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
1321
1322    // Perform the swap
1323    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `x` and `y` are
1324    // valid for writes and properly aligned. `tmp` cannot be
1325    // overlapping either `x` or `y` because `tmp` was just allocated
1326    // on the stack as a separate allocation.
1327    unsafe {
1328        copy_nonoverlapping(x, tmp.as_mut_ptr(), 1);
1329        copy(y, x, 1); // `x` and `y` may overlap
1330        copy_nonoverlapping(tmp.as_ptr(), y, 1);
1331    }
1332}
1333
1334/// Swaps `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes between the two regions of memory
1335/// beginning at `x` and `y`. The two regions must *not* overlap.
1336///
1337/// The operation is "untyped" in the sense that data may be uninitialized or otherwise violate the
1338/// requirements of `T`. The initialization state is preserved exactly.
1339///
1340/// # Safety
1341///
1342/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1343///
1344/// * Both `x` and `y` must be [valid] for both reads and writes of `count *
1345///   size_of::<T>()` bytes.
1346///
1347/// * Both `x` and `y` must be properly aligned.
1348///
1349/// * The region of memory beginning at `x` with a size of `count *
1350///   size_of::<T>()` bytes must *not* overlap with the region of memory
1351///   beginning at `y` with the same size.
1352///
1353/// Note that even if the effectively copied size (`count * size_of::<T>()`) is `0`,
1354/// the pointers must be properly aligned.
1355///
1356/// [valid]: self#safety
1357///
1358/// # Examples
1359///
1360/// Basic usage:
1361///
1362/// ```
1363/// use std::ptr;
1364///
1365/// let mut x = [1, 2, 3, 4];
1366/// let mut y = [7, 8, 9];
1367///
1368/// unsafe {
1369///     ptr::swap_nonoverlapping(x.as_mut_ptr(), y.as_mut_ptr(), 2);
1370/// }
1371///
1372/// assert_eq!(x, [7, 8, 3, 4]);
1373/// assert_eq!(y, [1, 2, 9]);
1374/// ```
1375#[inline]
1376#[stable(feature = "swap_nonoverlapping", since = "1.27.0")]
1377#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_swap_nonoverlapping", since = "1.88.0")]
1378#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_swap_nonoverlapping"]
1379#[rustc_allow_const_fn_unstable(const_eval_select)] // both implementations behave the same
1380#[track_caller]
1381#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1382pub const unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T, count: usize) {
1383    ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
1384        check_library_ub,
1385        "ptr::swap_nonoverlapping requires that both pointer arguments are aligned and non-null \
1386        and the specified memory ranges do not overlap",
1387        (
1388            x: *mut () = x as *mut (),
1389            y: *mut () = y as *mut (),
1390            size: usize = size_of::<T>(),
1391            align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
1392            count: usize = count,
1393        ) => {
1394            let zero_size = size == 0 || count == 0;
1395            ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(x, align, zero_size)
1396                && ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(y, align, zero_size)
1397                && ub_checks::maybe_is_nonoverlapping(x, y, size, count)
1398        }
1399    );
1400
1401    const_eval_select!(
1402        @capture[T] { x: *mut T, y: *mut T, count: usize }:
1403        if const {
1404            // At compile-time we don't need all the special code below.
1405            // SAFETY: Same preconditions as this function
1406            unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_const(x, y, count) }
1407        } else {
1408            // Going though a slice here helps codegen know the size fits in `isize`
1409            let slice = slice_from_raw_parts_mut(x, count);
1410            // SAFETY: This is all readable from the pointer, meaning it's one
1411            // allocation, and thus cannot be more than isize::MAX bytes.
1412            let bytes = unsafe { mem::size_of_val_raw::<[T]>(slice) };
1413            if let Some(bytes) = NonZero::new(bytes) {
1414                // SAFETY: These are the same ranges, just expressed in a different
1415                // type, so they're still non-overlapping.
1416                unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_bytes(x.cast(), y.cast(), bytes) };
1417            }
1418        }
1419    )
1420}
1421
1422/// Same behavior and safety conditions as [`swap_nonoverlapping`]
1423#[ferrocene::annotation(
1424    "This function is only called inside `swap_nonoverlapping` as the `const` arm of a `const_eval_select!` so it cannot be covered"
1425)]
1426#[inline]
1427#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1428const unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping_const<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T, count: usize) {
1429    let mut i = 0;
1430    while i < count {
1431        // SAFETY: By precondition, `i` is in-bounds because it's below `n`
1432        let x = unsafe { x.add(i) };
1433        // SAFETY: By precondition, `i` is in-bounds because it's below `n`
1434        // and it's distinct from `x` since the ranges are non-overlapping
1435        let y = unsafe { y.add(i) };
1436
1437        // SAFETY: we're only ever given pointers that are valid to read/write,
1438        // including being aligned, and nothing here panics so it's drop-safe.
1439        unsafe {
1440            // Note that it's critical that these use `copy_nonoverlapping`,
1441            // rather than `read`/`write`, to avoid #134713 if T has padding.
1442            let mut temp = MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
1443            copy_nonoverlapping(x, temp.as_mut_ptr(), 1);
1444            copy_nonoverlapping(y, x, 1);
1445            copy_nonoverlapping(temp.as_ptr(), y, 1);
1446        }
1447
1448        i += 1;
1449    }
1450}
1451
1452// Don't let MIR inline this, because we really want it to keep its noalias metadata
1453#[rustc_no_mir_inline]
1454#[inline]
1455#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1456fn swap_chunk<const N: usize>(x: &mut MaybeUninit<[u8; N]>, y: &mut MaybeUninit<[u8; N]>) {
1457    let a = *x;
1458    let b = *y;
1459    *x = b;
1460    *y = a;
1461}
1462
1463#[inline]
1464#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1465unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping_bytes(x: *mut u8, y: *mut u8, bytes: NonZero<usize>) {
1466    // Same as `swap_nonoverlapping::<[u8; N]>`.
1467    #[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1468    unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping_chunks<const N: usize>(
1469        x: *mut MaybeUninit<[u8; N]>,
1470        y: *mut MaybeUninit<[u8; N]>,
1471        chunks: NonZero<usize>,
1472    ) {
1473        let chunks = chunks.get();
1474        for i in 0..chunks {
1475            // SAFETY: i is in [0, chunks) so the adds and dereferences are in-bounds.
1476            unsafe { swap_chunk(&mut *x.add(i), &mut *y.add(i)) };
1477        }
1478    }
1479
1480    // Same as `swap_nonoverlapping_bytes`, but accepts at most 1+2+4=7 bytes
1481    #[inline]
1482    #[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1483    unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping_short(x: *mut u8, y: *mut u8, bytes: NonZero<usize>) {
1484        // Tail handling for auto-vectorized code sometimes has element-at-a-time behaviour,
1485        // see <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/134946>.
1486        // By swapping as different sizes, rather than as a loop over bytes,
1487        // we make sure not to end up with, say, seven byte-at-a-time copies.
1488
1489        let bytes = bytes.get();
1490        let mut i = 0;
1491        macro_rules! swap_prefix {
1492            ($($n:literal)+) => {$(
1493                if (bytes & $n) != 0 {
1494                    // SAFETY: `i` can only have the same bits set as those in bytes,
1495                    // so these `add`s are in-bounds of `bytes`.  But the bit for
1496                    // `$n` hasn't been set yet, so the `$n` bytes that `swap_chunk`
1497                    // will read and write are within the usable range.
1498                    unsafe { swap_chunk::<$n>(&mut*x.add(i).cast(), &mut*y.add(i).cast()) };
1499                    i |= $n;
1500                }
1501            )+};
1502        }
1503        swap_prefix!(4 2 1);
1504        debug_assert_eq!(i, bytes);
1505    }
1506
1507    const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = size_of::<*const ()>();
1508    let bytes = bytes.get();
1509
1510    let chunks = bytes / CHUNK_SIZE;
1511    let tail = bytes % CHUNK_SIZE;
1512    if let Some(chunks) = NonZero::new(chunks) {
1513        // SAFETY: this is bytes/CHUNK_SIZE*CHUNK_SIZE bytes, which is <= bytes,
1514        // so it's within the range of our non-overlapping bytes.
1515        unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_chunks::<CHUNK_SIZE>(x.cast(), y.cast(), chunks) };
1516    }
1517    if let Some(tail) = NonZero::new(tail) {
1518        const { assert!(CHUNK_SIZE <= 8) };
1519        let delta = chunks * CHUNK_SIZE;
1520        // SAFETY: the tail length is below CHUNK SIZE because of the remainder,
1521        // and CHUNK_SIZE is at most 8 by the const assert, so tail <= 7
1522        unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_short(x.add(delta), y.add(delta), tail) };
1523    }
1524}
1525
1526/// Moves `src` into the pointed `dst`, returning the previous `dst` value.
1527///
1528/// Neither value is dropped.
1529///
1530/// This function is semantically equivalent to [`mem::replace`] except that it
1531/// operates on raw pointers instead of references. When references are
1532/// available, [`mem::replace`] should be preferred.
1533///
1534/// # Safety
1535///
1536/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1537///
1538/// * `dst` must be [valid] for both reads and writes or `T` must be a ZST.
1539///
1540/// * `dst` must be properly aligned.
1541///
1542/// * `dst` must point to a properly initialized value of type `T`.
1543///
1544/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
1545///
1546/// [valid]: self#safety
1547///
1548/// # Examples
1549///
1550/// ```
1551/// use std::ptr;
1552///
1553/// let mut rust = vec!['b', 'u', 's', 't'];
1554///
1555/// // `mem::replace` would have the same effect without requiring the unsafe
1556/// // block.
1557/// let b = unsafe {
1558///     ptr::replace(&mut rust[0], 'r')
1559/// };
1560///
1561/// assert_eq!(b, 'b');
1562/// assert_eq!(rust, &['r', 'u', 's', 't']);
1563/// ```
1564#[inline]
1565#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
1566#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_replace", since = "1.83.0")]
1567#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_replace"]
1568#[track_caller]
1569#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1570pub const unsafe fn replace<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) -> T {
1571    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `dst` is valid to be
1572    // cast to a mutable reference (valid for writes, aligned, initialized),
1573    // and cannot overlap `src` since `dst` must point to a distinct
1574    // allocation. We are excluding null (with a ZST check) before creating a reference.
1575    unsafe {
1576        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
1577            check_language_ub,
1578            "ptr::replace requires that the pointer argument is aligned and non-null",
1579            (
1580                addr: *const () = dst as *const (),
1581                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
1582                is_zst: bool = T::IS_ZST,
1583            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(addr, align, is_zst)
1584        );
1585        if T::IS_ZST {
1586            // If `T` is a ZST, `dst` is allowed to be null. However, we also don't have to actually
1587            // do anything since there isn't actually any data to be copied anyway. All values of
1588            // type `T` are bit-identical, so we can just return `src` here.
1589            return src;
1590        }
1591        mem::replace(&mut *dst, src)
1592    }
1593}
1594
1595/// Reads the value from `src` without moving it. This leaves the
1596/// memory in `src` unchanged.
1597///
1598/// # Safety
1599///
1600/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1601///
1602/// * `src` must be [valid] for reads or `T` must be a ZST.
1603///
1604/// * `src` must be properly aligned. Use [`read_unaligned`] if this is not the
1605///   case.
1606///
1607/// * `src` must point to a properly initialized value of type `T`.
1608///
1609/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
1610///
1611/// # Examples
1612///
1613/// Basic usage:
1614///
1615/// ```
1616/// let x = 12;
1617/// let y = &x as *const i32;
1618///
1619/// unsafe {
1620///     assert_eq!(std::ptr::read(y), 12);
1621/// }
1622/// ```
1623///
1624/// Manually implement [`mem::swap`]:
1625///
1626/// ```
1627/// use std::ptr;
1628///
1629/// fn swap<T>(a: &mut T, b: &mut T) {
1630///     unsafe {
1631///         // Create a bitwise copy of the value at `a` in `tmp`.
1632///         let tmp = ptr::read(a);
1633///
1634///         // Exiting at this point (either by explicitly returning or by
1635///         // calling a function which panics) would cause the value in `tmp` to
1636///         // be dropped while the same value is still referenced by `a`. This
1637///         // could trigger undefined behavior if `T` is not `Copy`.
1638///
1639///         // Create a bitwise copy of the value at `b` in `a`.
1640///         // This is safe because mutable references cannot alias.
1641///         ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(b, a, 1);
1642///
1643///         // As above, exiting here could trigger undefined behavior because
1644///         // the same value is referenced by `a` and `b`.
1645///
1646///         // Move `tmp` into `b`.
1647///         ptr::write(b, tmp);
1648///
1649///         // `tmp` has been moved (`write` takes ownership of its second argument),
1650///         // so nothing is dropped implicitly here.
1651///     }
1652/// }
1653///
1654/// let mut foo = "foo".to_owned();
1655/// let mut bar = "bar".to_owned();
1656///
1657/// swap(&mut foo, &mut bar);
1658///
1659/// assert_eq!(foo, "bar");
1660/// assert_eq!(bar, "foo");
1661/// ```
1662///
1663/// ## Ownership of the Returned Value
1664///
1665/// `read` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of whether `T` is [`Copy`].
1666/// If `T` is not [`Copy`], using both the returned value and the value at
1667/// `*src` can violate memory safety. Note that assigning to `*src` counts as a
1668/// use because it will attempt to drop the value at `*src`.
1669///
1670/// [`write()`] can be used to overwrite data without causing it to be dropped.
1671///
1672/// ```
1673/// use std::ptr;
1674///
1675/// let mut s = String::from("foo");
1676/// unsafe {
1677///     // `s2` now points to the same underlying memory as `s`.
1678///     let mut s2: String = ptr::read(&s);
1679///
1680///     assert_eq!(s2, "foo");
1681///
1682///     // Assigning to `s2` causes its original value to be dropped. Beyond
1683///     // this point, `s` must no longer be used, as the underlying memory has
1684///     // been freed.
1685///     s2 = String::default();
1686///     assert_eq!(s2, "");
1687///
1688///     // Assigning to `s` would cause the old value to be dropped again,
1689///     // resulting in undefined behavior.
1690///     // s = String::from("bar"); // ERROR
1691///
1692///     // `ptr::write` can be used to overwrite a value without dropping it.
1693///     ptr::write(&mut s, String::from("bar"));
1694/// }
1695///
1696/// assert_eq!(s, "bar");
1697/// ```
1698///
1699/// [valid]: self#safety
1700#[inline]
1701#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
1702#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_read", since = "1.71.0")]
1703#[track_caller]
1704#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_read"]
1705#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1706pub const unsafe fn read<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
1707    // It would be semantically correct to implement this via `copy_nonoverlapping`
1708    // and `MaybeUninit`, as was done before PR #109035. Calling `assume_init`
1709    // provides enough information to know that this is a typed operation.
1710
1711    // However, as of March 2023 the compiler was not capable of taking advantage
1712    // of that information. Thus, the implementation here switched to an intrinsic,
1713    // which lowers to `_0 = *src` in MIR, to address a few issues:
1714    //
1715    // - Using `MaybeUninit::assume_init` after a `copy_nonoverlapping` was not
1716    //   turning the untyped copy into a typed load. As such, the generated
1717    //   `load` in LLVM didn't get various metadata, such as `!range` (#73258),
1718    //   `!nonnull`, and `!noundef`, resulting in poorer optimization.
1719    // - Going through the extra local resulted in multiple extra copies, even
1720    //   in optimized MIR.  (Ignoring StorageLive/Dead, the intrinsic is one
1721    //   MIR statement, while the previous implementation was eight.)  LLVM
1722    //   could sometimes optimize them away, but because `read` is at the core
1723    //   of so many things, not having them in the first place improves what we
1724    //   hand off to the backend.  For example, `mem::replace::<Big>` previously
1725    //   emitted 4 `alloca` and 6 `memcpy`s, but is now 1 `alloc` and 3 `memcpy`s.
1726    // - In general, this approach keeps us from getting any more bugs (like
1727    //   #106369) that boil down to "`read(p)` is worse than `*p`", as this
1728    //   makes them look identical to the backend (or other MIR consumers).
1729    //
1730    // Future enhancements to MIR optimizations might well allow this to return
1731    // to the previous implementation, rather than using an intrinsic.
1732
1733    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `src` is valid for reads.
1734    unsafe {
1735        #[cfg(debug_assertions)] // Too expensive to always enable (for now?)
1736        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
1737            check_language_ub,
1738            "ptr::read requires that the pointer argument is aligned and non-null",
1739            (
1740                addr: *const () = src as *const (),
1741                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
1742                is_zst: bool = T::IS_ZST,
1743            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(addr, align, is_zst)
1744        );
1745        crate::intrinsics::read_via_copy(src)
1746    }
1747}
1748
1749/// Reads the value from `src` without moving it. This leaves the
1750/// memory in `src` unchanged.
1751///
1752/// Unlike [`read`], `read_unaligned` works with unaligned pointers.
1753///
1754/// # Safety
1755///
1756/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1757///
1758/// * `src` must be [valid] for reads.
1759///
1760/// * `src` must point to a properly initialized value of type `T`.
1761///
1762/// Like [`read`], `read_unaligned` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of
1763/// whether `T` is [`Copy`]. If `T` is not [`Copy`], using both the returned
1764/// value and the value at `*src` can [violate memory safety][read-ownership].
1765///
1766/// [read-ownership]: read#ownership-of-the-returned-value
1767/// [valid]: self#safety
1768///
1769/// ## On `packed` structs
1770///
1771/// Attempting to create a raw pointer to an `unaligned` struct field with
1772/// an expression such as `&packed.unaligned as *const FieldType` creates an
1773/// intermediate unaligned reference before converting that to a raw pointer.
1774/// That this reference is temporary and immediately cast is inconsequential
1775/// as the compiler always expects references to be properly aligned.
1776/// As a result, using `&packed.unaligned as *const FieldType` causes immediate
1777/// *undefined behavior* in your program.
1778///
1779/// Instead you must use the `&raw const` syntax to create the pointer.
1780/// You may use that constructed pointer together with this function.
1781///
1782/// An example of what not to do and how this relates to `read_unaligned` is:
1783///
1784/// ```
1785/// #[repr(packed, C)]
1786/// struct Packed {
1787///     _padding: u8,
1788///     unaligned: u32,
1789/// }
1790///
1791/// let packed = Packed {
1792///     _padding: 0x00,
1793///     unaligned: 0x01020304,
1794/// };
1795///
1796/// // Take the address of a 32-bit integer which is not aligned.
1797/// // In contrast to `&packed.unaligned as *const _`, this has no undefined behavior.
1798/// let unaligned = &raw const packed.unaligned;
1799///
1800/// let v = unsafe { std::ptr::read_unaligned(unaligned) };
1801/// assert_eq!(v, 0x01020304);
1802/// ```
1803///
1804/// Accessing unaligned fields directly with e.g. `packed.unaligned` is safe however.
1805///
1806/// # Examples
1807///
1808/// Read a `usize` value from a byte buffer:
1809///
1810/// ```
1811/// fn read_usize(x: &[u8]) -> usize {
1812///     assert!(x.len() >= size_of::<usize>());
1813///
1814///     let ptr = x.as_ptr() as *const usize;
1815///
1816///     unsafe { ptr.read_unaligned() }
1817/// }
1818/// ```
1819#[inline]
1820#[stable(feature = "ptr_unaligned", since = "1.17.0")]
1821#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_read", since = "1.71.0")]
1822#[track_caller]
1823#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_read_unaligned"]
1824#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1825pub const unsafe fn read_unaligned<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
1826    let mut tmp = MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
1827    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `src` is valid for reads.
1828    // `src` cannot overlap `tmp` because `tmp` was just allocated on
1829    // the stack as a separate allocation.
1830    //
1831    // Also, since we just wrote a valid value into `tmp`, it is guaranteed
1832    // to be properly initialized.
1833    unsafe {
1834        copy_nonoverlapping(src as *const u8, tmp.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8, size_of::<T>());
1835        tmp.assume_init()
1836    }
1837}
1838
1839/// Overwrites a memory location with the given value without reading or
1840/// dropping the old value.
1841///
1842/// `write` does not drop the contents of `dst`. This is safe, but it could leak
1843/// allocations or resources, so care should be taken not to overwrite an object
1844/// that should be dropped.
1845///
1846/// Additionally, it does not drop `src`. Semantically, `src` is moved into the
1847/// location pointed to by `dst`.
1848///
1849/// This is appropriate for initializing uninitialized memory, or overwriting
1850/// memory that has previously been [`read`] from.
1851///
1852/// # Safety
1853///
1854/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1855///
1856/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes or `T` must be a ZST.
1857///
1858/// * `dst` must be properly aligned. Use [`write_unaligned`] if this is not the
1859///   case.
1860///
1861/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
1862///
1863/// [valid]: self#safety
1864///
1865/// # Examples
1866///
1867/// Basic usage:
1868///
1869/// ```
1870/// let mut x = 0;
1871/// let y = &mut x as *mut i32;
1872/// let z = 12;
1873///
1874/// unsafe {
1875///     std::ptr::write(y, z);
1876///     assert_eq!(std::ptr::read(y), 12);
1877/// }
1878/// ```
1879///
1880/// Manually implement [`mem::swap`]:
1881///
1882/// ```
1883/// use std::ptr;
1884///
1885/// fn swap<T>(a: &mut T, b: &mut T) {
1886///     unsafe {
1887///         // Create a bitwise copy of the value at `a` in `tmp`.
1888///         let tmp = ptr::read(a);
1889///
1890///         // Exiting at this point (either by explicitly returning or by
1891///         // calling a function which panics) would cause the value in `tmp` to
1892///         // be dropped while the same value is still referenced by `a`. This
1893///         // could trigger undefined behavior if `T` is not `Copy`.
1894///
1895///         // Create a bitwise copy of the value at `b` in `a`.
1896///         // This is safe because mutable references cannot alias.
1897///         ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(b, a, 1);
1898///
1899///         // As above, exiting here could trigger undefined behavior because
1900///         // the same value is referenced by `a` and `b`.
1901///
1902///         // Move `tmp` into `b`.
1903///         ptr::write(b, tmp);
1904///
1905///         // `tmp` has been moved (`write` takes ownership of its second argument),
1906///         // so nothing is dropped implicitly here.
1907///     }
1908/// }
1909///
1910/// let mut foo = "foo".to_owned();
1911/// let mut bar = "bar".to_owned();
1912///
1913/// swap(&mut foo, &mut bar);
1914///
1915/// assert_eq!(foo, "bar");
1916/// assert_eq!(bar, "foo");
1917/// ```
1918#[inline]
1919#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
1920#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_write", since = "1.83.0")]
1921#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_write"]
1922#[track_caller]
1923#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
1924pub const unsafe fn write<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
1925    // Semantically, it would be fine for this to be implemented as a
1926    // `copy_nonoverlapping` and appropriate drop suppression of `src`.
1927
1928    // However, implementing via that currently produces more MIR than is ideal.
1929    // Using an intrinsic keeps it down to just the simple `*dst = move src` in
1930    // MIR (11 statements shorter, at the time of writing), and also allows
1931    // `src` to stay an SSA value in codegen_ssa, rather than a memory one.
1932
1933    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `dst` is valid for writes.
1934    // `dst` cannot overlap `src` because the caller has mutable access
1935    // to `dst` while `src` is owned by this function.
1936    unsafe {
1937        #[cfg(debug_assertions)] // Too expensive to always enable (for now?)
1938        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
1939            check_language_ub,
1940            "ptr::write requires that the pointer argument is aligned and non-null",
1941            (
1942                addr: *mut () = dst as *mut (),
1943                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
1944                is_zst: bool = T::IS_ZST,
1945            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(addr, align, is_zst)
1946        );
1947        intrinsics::write_via_move(dst, src)
1948    }
1949}
1950
1951/// Overwrites a memory location with the given value without reading or
1952/// dropping the old value.
1953///
1954/// Unlike [`write()`], the pointer may be unaligned.
1955///
1956/// `write_unaligned` does not drop the contents of `dst`. This is safe, but it
1957/// could leak allocations or resources, so care should be taken not to overwrite
1958/// an object that should be dropped.
1959///
1960/// Additionally, it does not drop `src`. Semantically, `src` is moved into the
1961/// location pointed to by `dst`.
1962///
1963/// This is appropriate for initializing uninitialized memory, or overwriting
1964/// memory that has previously been read with [`read_unaligned`].
1965///
1966/// # Safety
1967///
1968/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1969///
1970/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes.
1971///
1972/// [valid]: self#safety
1973///
1974/// ## On `packed` structs
1975///
1976/// Attempting to create a raw pointer to an `unaligned` struct field with
1977/// an expression such as `&packed.unaligned as *const FieldType` creates an
1978/// intermediate unaligned reference before converting that to a raw pointer.
1979/// That this reference is temporary and immediately cast is inconsequential
1980/// as the compiler always expects references to be properly aligned.
1981/// As a result, using `&packed.unaligned as *const FieldType` causes immediate
1982/// *undefined behavior* in your program.
1983///
1984/// Instead, you must use the `&raw mut` syntax to create the pointer.
1985/// You may use that constructed pointer together with this function.
1986///
1987/// An example of how to do it and how this relates to `write_unaligned` is:
1988///
1989/// ```
1990/// #[repr(packed, C)]
1991/// struct Packed {
1992///     _padding: u8,
1993///     unaligned: u32,
1994/// }
1995///
1996/// let mut packed: Packed = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
1997///
1998/// // Take the address of a 32-bit integer which is not aligned.
1999/// // In contrast to `&packed.unaligned as *mut _`, this has no undefined behavior.
2000/// let unaligned = &raw mut packed.unaligned;
2001///
2002/// unsafe { std::ptr::write_unaligned(unaligned, 42) };
2003///
2004/// assert_eq!({packed.unaligned}, 42); // `{...}` forces copying the field instead of creating a reference.
2005/// ```
2006///
2007/// Accessing unaligned fields directly with e.g. `packed.unaligned` is safe however
2008/// (as can be seen in the `assert_eq!` above).
2009///
2010/// # Examples
2011///
2012/// Write a `usize` value to a byte buffer:
2013///
2014/// ```
2015/// fn write_usize(x: &mut [u8], val: usize) {
2016///     assert!(x.len() >= size_of::<usize>());
2017///
2018///     let ptr = x.as_mut_ptr() as *mut usize;
2019///
2020///     unsafe { ptr.write_unaligned(val) }
2021/// }
2022/// ```
2023#[inline]
2024#[stable(feature = "ptr_unaligned", since = "1.17.0")]
2025#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_write", since = "1.83.0")]
2026#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_write_unaligned"]
2027#[track_caller]
2028#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
2029pub const unsafe fn write_unaligned<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
2030    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `dst` is valid for writes.
2031    // `dst` cannot overlap `src` because the caller has mutable access
2032    // to `dst` while `src` is owned by this function.
2033    unsafe {
2034        copy_nonoverlapping((&raw const src) as *const u8, dst as *mut u8, size_of::<T>());
2035        // We are calling the intrinsic directly to avoid function calls in the generated code.
2036        intrinsics::forget(src);
2037    }
2038}
2039
2040/// Performs a volatile read of the value from `src` without moving it.
2041///
2042/// Volatile operations are intended to act on I/O memory. As such, they are considered externally
2043/// observable events (just like syscalls, but less opaque), and are guaranteed to not be elided or
2044/// reordered by the compiler across other externally observable events. With this in mind, there
2045/// are two cases of usage that need to be distinguished:
2046///
2047/// - When a volatile operation is used for memory inside an [allocation], it behaves exactly like
2048///   [`read`], except for the additional guarantee that it won't be elided or reordered (see
2049///   above). This implies that the operation will actually access memory and not e.g. be lowered to
2050///   reusing data from a previous read. Other than that, all the usual rules for memory accesses
2051///   apply (including provenance).  In particular, just like in C, whether an operation is volatile
2052///   has no bearing whatsoever on questions involving concurrent accesses from multiple threads.
2053///   Volatile accesses behave exactly like non-atomic accesses in that regard.
2054///
2055/// - Volatile operations, however, may also be used to access memory that is _outside_ of any Rust
2056///   allocation. In this use-case, the pointer does *not* have to be [valid] for reads. This is
2057///   typically used for CPU and peripheral registers that must be accessed via an I/O memory
2058///   mapping, most commonly at fixed addresses reserved by the hardware. These often have special
2059///   semantics associated to their manipulation, and cannot be used as general purpose memory.
2060///   Here, any address value is possible, including 0 and [`usize::MAX`], so long as the semantics
2061///   of such a read are well-defined by the target hardware. The provenance of the pointer is
2062///   irrelevant, and it can be created with [`without_provenance`]. The access must not trap. It
2063///   can cause side-effects, but those must not affect Rust-allocated memory in any way. This
2064///   access is still not considered [atomic], and as such it cannot be used for inter-thread
2065///   synchronization.
2066///
2067/// Note that volatile memory operations where T is a zero-sized type are noops and may be ignored.
2068///
2069/// [allocation]: crate::ptr#allocated-object
2070/// [atomic]: crate::sync::atomic#memory-model-for-atomic-accesses
2071///
2072/// # Safety
2073///
2074/// Like [`read`], `read_volatile` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of whether `T` is
2075/// [`Copy`]. If `T` is not [`Copy`], using both the returned value and the value at `*src` can
2076/// [violate memory safety][read-ownership]. However, storing non-[`Copy`] types in volatile memory
2077/// is almost certainly incorrect.
2078///
2079/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
2080///
2081/// * `src` must be either [valid] for reads, or `T` must be a ZST, or `src` must point to memory
2082///   outside of all Rust allocations and reading from that memory must:
2083///   - not trap, and
2084///   - not cause any memory inside a Rust allocation to be modified.
2085///
2086/// * `src` must be properly aligned.
2087///
2088/// * Reading from `src` must produce a properly initialized value of type `T`.
2089///
2090/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
2091///
2092/// [valid]: self#safety
2093/// [read-ownership]: read#ownership-of-the-returned-value
2094///
2095/// # Examples
2096///
2097/// Basic usage:
2098///
2099/// ```
2100/// let x = 12;
2101/// let y = &x as *const i32;
2102///
2103/// unsafe {
2104///     assert_eq!(std::ptr::read_volatile(y), 12);
2105/// }
2106/// ```
2107#[inline]
2108#[stable(feature = "volatile", since = "1.9.0")]
2109#[track_caller]
2110#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_read_volatile"]
2111#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
2112pub unsafe fn read_volatile<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
2113    // SAFETY: the caller must uphold the safety contract for `volatile_load`.
2114    unsafe {
2115        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
2116            check_language_ub,
2117            "ptr::read_volatile requires that the pointer argument is aligned",
2118            (
2119                addr: *const () = src as *const (),
2120                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
2121            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned(addr, align)
2122        );
2123        intrinsics::volatile_load(src)
2124    }
2125}
2126
2127/// Performs a volatile write of a memory location with the given value without reading or dropping
2128/// the old value.
2129///
2130/// Volatile operations are intended to act on I/O memory. As such, they are considered externally
2131/// observable events (just like syscalls), and are guaranteed to not be elided or reordered by the
2132/// compiler across other externally observable events. With this in mind, there are two cases of
2133/// usage that need to be distinguished:
2134///
2135/// - When a volatile operation is used for memory inside an [allocation], it behaves exactly like
2136///   [`write`][write()], except for the additional guarantee that it won't be elided or reordered
2137///   (see above). This implies that the operation will actually access memory and not e.g. be
2138///   lowered to a register access. Other than that, all the usual rules for memory accesses apply
2139///   (including provenance). In particular, just like in C, whether an operation is volatile has no
2140///   bearing whatsoever on questions involving concurrent access from multiple threads. Volatile
2141///   accesses behave exactly like non-atomic accesses in that regard.
2142///
2143/// - Volatile operations, however, may also be used to access memory that is _outside_ of any Rust
2144///   allocation. In this use-case, the pointer does *not* have to be [valid] for writes. This is
2145///   typically used for CPU and peripheral registers that must be accessed via an I/O memory
2146///   mapping, most commonly at fixed addresses reserved by the hardware. These often have special
2147///   semantics associated to their manipulation, and cannot be used as general purpose memory.
2148///   Here, any address value is possible, including 0 and [`usize::MAX`], so long as the semantics
2149///   of such a write are well-defined by the target hardware. The provenance of the pointer is
2150///   irrelevant, and it can be created with [`without_provenance`]. The access must not trap. It
2151///   can cause side-effects, but those must not affect Rust-allocated memory in any way. This
2152///   access is still not considered [atomic], and as such it cannot be used for inter-thread
2153///   synchronization.
2154///
2155/// Note that volatile memory operations on zero-sized types (e.g., if a zero-sized type is passed
2156/// to `write_volatile`) are noops and may be ignored.
2157///
2158/// `write_volatile` does not drop the contents of `dst`. This is safe, but it could leak
2159/// allocations or resources, so care should be taken not to overwrite an object that should be
2160/// dropped when operating on Rust memory. Additionally, it does not drop `src`. Semantically, `src`
2161/// is moved into the location pointed to by `dst`.
2162///
2163/// [allocation]: crate::ptr#allocated-object
2164/// [atomic]: crate::sync::atomic#memory-model-for-atomic-accesses
2165///
2166/// # Safety
2167///
2168/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
2169///
2170/// * `dst` must be either [valid] for writes, or `T` must be a ZST, or `dst` must point to memory
2171///   outside of all Rust allocations and writing to that memory must:
2172///   - not trap, and
2173///   - not cause any memory inside a Rust allocation to be modified.
2174///
2175/// * `dst` must be properly aligned.
2176///
2177/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
2178///
2179/// [valid]: self#safety
2180///
2181/// # Examples
2182///
2183/// Basic usage:
2184///
2185/// ```
2186/// let mut x = 0;
2187/// let y = &mut x as *mut i32;
2188/// let z = 12;
2189///
2190/// unsafe {
2191///     std::ptr::write_volatile(y, z);
2192///     assert_eq!(std::ptr::read_volatile(y), 12);
2193/// }
2194/// ```
2195#[inline]
2196#[stable(feature = "volatile", since = "1.9.0")]
2197#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_write_volatile"]
2198#[track_caller]
2199#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
2200pub unsafe fn write_volatile<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
2201    // SAFETY: the caller must uphold the safety contract for `volatile_store`.
2202    unsafe {
2203        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
2204            check_language_ub,
2205            "ptr::write_volatile requires that the pointer argument is aligned",
2206            (
2207                addr: *mut () = dst as *mut (),
2208                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
2209            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned(addr, align)
2210        );
2211        intrinsics::volatile_store(dst, src);
2212    }
2213}
2214
2215/// Calculate an element-offset that increases a pointer's alignment.
2216///
2217/// Calculate an element-offset (not byte-offset) that when added to a given pointer `p`, increases `p`'s alignment to at least the given alignment `a`.
2218///
2219/// # Safety
2220/// `a` must be a power of two.
2221///
2222/// # Notes
2223/// This implementation has been carefully tailored to not panic. It is UB for this to panic.
2224/// The only real change that can be made here is change of `INV_TABLE_MOD_16` and associated
2225/// constants.
2226///
2227/// If we ever decide to make it possible to call the intrinsic with `a` that is not a
2228/// power-of-two, it will probably be more prudent to just change to a naive implementation rather
2229/// than trying to adapt this to accommodate that change.
2230///
2231/// Any questions go to @nagisa.
2232#[allow(ptr_to_integer_transmute_in_consts)]
2233#[ferrocene::prevalidated]
2234pub(crate) unsafe fn align_offset<T: Sized>(p: *const T, a: usize) -> usize {
2235    // FIXME(#75598): Direct use of these intrinsics improves codegen significantly at opt-level <=
2236    // 1, where the method versions of these operations are not inlined.
2237    use intrinsics::{
2238        assume, cttz_nonzero, exact_div, mul_with_overflow, unchecked_rem, unchecked_shl,
2239        unchecked_shr, unchecked_sub, wrapping_add, wrapping_mul, wrapping_sub,
2240    };
2241
2242    /// Calculate multiplicative modular inverse of `x` modulo `m`.
2243    ///
2244    /// This implementation is tailored for `align_offset` and has following preconditions:
2245    ///
2246    /// * `m` is a power-of-two;
2247    /// * `x < m`; (if `x ≥ m`, pass in `x % m` instead)
2248    ///
2249    /// Implementation of this function shall not panic. Ever.
2250    #[inline]
2251    #[ferrocene::prevalidated]
2252    const unsafe fn mod_inv(x: usize, m: usize) -> usize {
2253        /// Multiplicative modular inverse table modulo 2⁴ = 16.
2254        ///
2255        /// Note, that this table does not contain values where inverse does not exist (i.e., for
2256        /// `0⁻¹ mod 16`, `2⁻¹ mod 16`, etc.)
2257        const INV_TABLE_MOD_16: [u8; 8] = [1, 11, 13, 7, 9, 3, 5, 15];
2258        /// Modulo for which the `INV_TABLE_MOD_16` is intended.
2259        const INV_TABLE_MOD: usize = 16;
2260
2261        // SAFETY: `m` is required to be a power-of-two, hence non-zero.
2262        let m_minus_one = unsafe { unchecked_sub(m, 1) };
2263        let mut inverse = INV_TABLE_MOD_16[(x & (INV_TABLE_MOD - 1)) >> 1] as usize;
2264        let mut mod_gate = INV_TABLE_MOD;
2265        // We iterate "up" using the following formula:
2266        //
2267        // $$ xy ≡ 1 (mod 2ⁿ) → xy (2 - xy) ≡ 1 (mod 2²ⁿ) $$
2268        //
2269        // This application needs to be applied at least until `2²ⁿ ≥ m`, at which point we can
2270        // finally reduce the computation to our desired `m` by taking `inverse mod m`.
2271        //
2272        // This computation is `O(log log m)`, which is to say, that on 64-bit machines this loop
2273        // will always finish in at most 4 iterations.
2274        loop {
2275            // y = y * (2 - xy) mod n
2276            //
2277            // Note, that we use wrapping operations here intentionally – the original formula
2278            // uses e.g., subtraction `mod n`. It is entirely fine to do them `mod
2279            // usize::MAX` instead, because we take the result `mod n` at the end
2280            // anyway.
2281            if mod_gate >= m {
2282                break;
2283            }
2284            inverse = wrapping_mul(inverse, wrapping_sub(2usize, wrapping_mul(x, inverse)));
2285            let (new_gate, overflow) = mul_with_overflow(mod_gate, mod_gate);
2286            if overflow {
2287                break;
2288            }
2289            mod_gate = new_gate;
2290        }
2291        inverse & m_minus_one
2292    }
2293
2294    let stride = size_of::<T>();
2295
2296    let addr: usize = p.addr();
2297
2298    // SAFETY: `a` is a power-of-two, therefore non-zero.
2299    let a_minus_one = unsafe { unchecked_sub(a, 1) };
2300
2301    if stride == 0 {
2302        // SPECIAL_CASE: handle 0-sized types. No matter how many times we step, the address will
2303        // stay the same, so no offset will be able to align the pointer unless it is already
2304        // aligned. This branch _will_ be optimized out as `stride` is known at compile-time.
2305        let p_mod_a = addr & a_minus_one;
2306        return if p_mod_a == 0 { 0 } else { usize::MAX };
2307    }
2308
2309    // SAFETY: `stride == 0` case has been handled by the special case above.
2310    let a_mod_stride = unsafe { unchecked_rem(a, stride) };
2311    if a_mod_stride == 0 {
2312        // SPECIAL_CASE: In cases where the `a` is divisible by `stride`, byte offset to align a
2313        // pointer can be computed more simply through `-p (mod a)`. In the off-chance the byte
2314        // offset is not a multiple of `stride`, the input pointer was misaligned and no pointer
2315        // offset will be able to produce a `p` aligned to the specified `a`.
2316        //
2317        // The naive `-p (mod a)` equation inhibits LLVM's ability to select instructions
2318        // like `lea`. We compute `(round_up_to_next_alignment(p, a) - p)` instead. This
2319        // redistributes operations around the load-bearing, but pessimizing `and` instruction
2320        // sufficiently for LLVM to be able to utilize the various optimizations it knows about.
2321        //
2322        // LLVM handles the branch here particularly nicely. If this branch needs to be evaluated
2323        // at runtime, it will produce a mask `if addr_mod_stride == 0 { 0 } else { usize::MAX }`
2324        // in a branch-free way and then bitwise-OR it with whatever result the `-p mod a`
2325        // computation produces.
2326
2327        let aligned_address = wrapping_add(addr, a_minus_one) & wrapping_sub(0, a);
2328        let byte_offset = wrapping_sub(aligned_address, addr);
2329        // FIXME: Remove the assume after <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/62502>
2330        // SAFETY: Masking by `-a` can only affect the low bits, and thus cannot have reduced
2331        // the value by more than `a-1`, so even though the intermediate values might have
2332        // wrapped, the byte_offset is always in `[0, a)`.
2333        unsafe { assume(byte_offset < a) };
2334
2335        // SAFETY: `stride == 0` case has been handled by the special case above.
2336        let addr_mod_stride = unsafe { unchecked_rem(addr, stride) };
2337
2338        return if addr_mod_stride == 0 {
2339            // SAFETY: `stride` is non-zero. This is guaranteed to divide exactly as well, because
2340            // addr has been verified to be aligned to the original type’s alignment requirements.
2341            unsafe { exact_div(byte_offset, stride) }
2342        } else {
2343            usize::MAX
2344        };
2345    }
2346
2347    // GENERAL_CASE: From here on we’re handling the very general case where `addr` may be
2348    // misaligned, there isn’t an obvious relationship between `stride` and `a` that we can take an
2349    // advantage of, etc. This case produces machine code that isn’t particularly high quality,
2350    // compared to the special cases above. The code produced here is still within the realm of
2351    // miracles, given the situations this case has to deal with.
2352
2353    // SAFETY: a is power-of-two hence non-zero. stride == 0 case is handled above.
2354    // FIXME(const-hack) replace with min
2355    let gcdpow = unsafe {
2356        let x = cttz_nonzero(stride);
2357        let y = cttz_nonzero(a);
2358        if x < y { x } else { y }
2359    };
2360    // SAFETY: gcdpow has an upper-bound that’s at most the number of bits in a `usize`.
2361    let gcd = unsafe { unchecked_shl(1usize, gcdpow) };
2362    // SAFETY: gcd is always greater or equal to 1.
2363    if addr & unsafe { unchecked_sub(gcd, 1) } == 0 {
2364        // This branch solves for the following linear congruence equation:
2365        //
2366        // ` p + so = 0 mod a `
2367        //
2368        // `p` here is the pointer value, `s` - stride of `T`, `o` offset in `T`s, and `a` - the
2369        // requested alignment.
2370        //
2371        // With `g = gcd(a, s)`, and the above condition asserting that `p` is also divisible by
2372        // `g`, we can denote `a' = a/g`, `s' = s/g`, `p' = p/g`, then this becomes equivalent to:
2373        //
2374        // ` p' + s'o = 0 mod a' `
2375        // ` o = (a' - (p' mod a')) * (s'^-1 mod a') `
2376        //
2377        // The first term is "the relative alignment of `p` to `a`" (divided by the `g`), the
2378        // second term is "how does incrementing `p` by `s` bytes change the relative alignment of
2379        // `p`" (again divided by `g`). Division by `g` is necessary to make the inverse well
2380        // formed if `a` and `s` are not co-prime.
2381        //
2382        // Furthermore, the result produced by this solution is not "minimal", so it is necessary
2383        // to take the result `o mod lcm(s, a)`. This `lcm(s, a)` is the same as `a'`.
2384
2385        // SAFETY: `gcdpow` has an upper-bound not greater than the number of trailing 0-bits in
2386        // `a`.
2387        let a2 = unsafe { unchecked_shr(a, gcdpow) };
2388        // SAFETY: `a2` is non-zero. Shifting `a` by `gcdpow` cannot shift out any of the set bits
2389        // in `a` (of which it has exactly one).
2390        let a2minus1 = unsafe { unchecked_sub(a2, 1) };
2391        // SAFETY: `gcdpow` has an upper-bound not greater than the number of trailing 0-bits in
2392        // `a`.
2393        let s2 = unsafe { unchecked_shr(stride & a_minus_one, gcdpow) };
2394        // SAFETY: `gcdpow` has an upper-bound not greater than the number of trailing 0-bits in
2395        // `a`. Furthermore, the subtraction cannot overflow, because `a2 = a >> gcdpow` will
2396        // always be strictly greater than `(p % a) >> gcdpow`.
2397        let minusp2 = unsafe { unchecked_sub(a2, unchecked_shr(addr & a_minus_one, gcdpow)) };
2398        // SAFETY: `a2` is a power-of-two, as proven above. `s2` is strictly less than `a2`
2399        // because `(s % a) >> gcdpow` is strictly less than `a >> gcdpow`.
2400        return wrapping_mul(minusp2, unsafe { mod_inv(s2, a2) }) & a2minus1;
2401    }
2402
2403    // Cannot be aligned at all.
2404    usize::MAX
2405}
2406
2407/// Compares raw pointers for equality.
2408///
2409/// This is the same as using the `==` operator, but less generic:
2410/// the arguments have to be `*const T` raw pointers,
2411/// not anything that implements `PartialEq`.
2412///
2413/// This can be used to compare `&T` references (which coerce to `*const T` implicitly)
2414/// by their address rather than comparing the values they point to
2415/// (which is what the `PartialEq for &T` implementation does).
2416///
2417/// When comparing wide pointers, both the address and the metadata are tested for equality.
2418/// However, note that comparing trait object pointers (`*const dyn Trait`) is unreliable: pointers
2419/// to values of the same underlying type can compare inequal (because vtables are duplicated in
2420/// multiple codegen units), and pointers to values of *different* underlying type can compare equal
2421/// (since identical vtables can be deduplicated within a codegen unit).
2422///
2423/// # Examples
2424///
2425/// ```
2426/// use std::ptr;
2427///
2428/// let five = 5;
2429/// let other_five = 5;
2430/// let five_ref = &five;
2431/// let same_five_ref = &five;
2432/// let other_five_ref = &other_five;
2433///
2434/// assert!(five_ref == same_five_ref);
2435/// assert!(ptr::eq(five_ref, same_five_ref));
2436///
2437/// assert!(five_ref == other_five_ref);
2438/// assert!(!ptr::eq(five_ref, other_five_ref));
2439/// ```
2440///
2441/// Slices are also compared by their length (fat pointers):
2442///
2443/// ```
2444/// let a = [1, 2, 3];
2445/// assert!(std::ptr::eq(&a[..3], &a[..3]));
2446/// assert!(!std::ptr::eq(&a[..2], &a[..3]));
2447/// assert!(!std::ptr::eq(&a[0..2], &a[1..3]));
2448/// ```
2449#[stable(feature = "ptr_eq", since = "1.17.0")]
2450#[inline(always)]
2451#[must_use = "pointer comparison produces a value"]
2452#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_eq"]
2453#[allow(ambiguous_wide_pointer_comparisons)] // it's actually clear here
2454pub fn eq<T: PointeeSized>(a: *const T, b: *const T) -> bool {
2455    a == b
2456}
2457
2458/// Compares the *addresses* of the two pointers for equality,
2459/// ignoring any metadata in fat pointers.
2460///
2461/// If the arguments are thin pointers of the same type,
2462/// then this is the same as [`eq`].
2463///
2464/// # Examples
2465///
2466/// ```
2467/// use std::ptr;
2468///
2469/// let whole: &[i32; 3] = &[1, 2, 3];
2470/// let first: &i32 = &whole[0];
2471///
2472/// assert!(ptr::addr_eq(whole, first));
2473/// assert!(!ptr::eq::<dyn std::fmt::Debug>(whole, first));
2474/// ```
2475#[stable(feature = "ptr_addr_eq", since = "1.76.0")]
2476#[inline(always)]
2477#[must_use = "pointer comparison produces a value"]
2478pub fn addr_eq<T: PointeeSized, U: PointeeSized>(p: *const T, q: *const U) -> bool {
2479    (p as *const ()) == (q as *const ())
2480}
2481
2482/// Compares the *addresses* of the two function pointers for equality.
2483///
2484/// This is the same as `f == g`, but using this function makes clear that the potentially
2485/// surprising semantics of function pointer comparison are involved.
2486///
2487/// There are **very few guarantees** about how functions are compiled and they have no intrinsic
2488/// “identity”; in particular, this comparison:
2489///
2490/// * May return `true` unexpectedly, in cases where functions are equivalent.
2491///
2492///   For example, the following program is likely (but not guaranteed) to print `(true, true)`
2493///   when compiled with optimization:
2494///
2495///   ```
2496///   let f: fn(i32) -> i32 = |x| x;
2497///   let g: fn(i32) -> i32 = |x| x + 0;  // different closure, different body
2498///   let h: fn(u32) -> u32 = |x| x + 0;  // different signature too
2499///   dbg!(std::ptr::fn_addr_eq(f, g), std::ptr::fn_addr_eq(f, h)); // not guaranteed to be equal
2500///   ```
2501///
2502/// * May return `false` in any case.
2503///
2504///   This is particularly likely with generic functions but may happen with any function.
2505///   (From an implementation perspective, this is possible because functions may sometimes be
2506///   processed more than once by the compiler, resulting in duplicate machine code.)
2507///
2508/// Despite these false positives and false negatives, this comparison can still be useful.
2509/// Specifically, if
2510///
2511/// * `T` is the same type as `U`, `T` is a [subtype] of `U`, or `U` is a [subtype] of `T`, and
2512/// * `ptr::fn_addr_eq(f, g)` returns true,
2513///
2514/// then calling `f` and calling `g` will be equivalent.
2515///
2516///
2517/// # Examples
2518///
2519/// ```
2520/// use std::ptr;
2521///
2522/// fn a() { println!("a"); }
2523/// fn b() { println!("b"); }
2524/// assert!(!ptr::fn_addr_eq(a as fn(), b as fn()));
2525/// ```
2526///
2527/// [subtype]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/subtyping.html
2528#[stable(feature = "ptr_fn_addr_eq", since = "1.85.0")]
2529#[inline(always)]
2530#[must_use = "function pointer comparison produces a value"]
2531pub fn fn_addr_eq<T: FnPtr, U: FnPtr>(f: T, g: U) -> bool {
2532    f.addr() == g.addr()
2533}
2534
2535/// Hash a raw pointer.
2536///
2537/// This can be used to hash a `&T` reference (which coerces to `*const T` implicitly)
2538/// by its address rather than the value it points to
2539/// (which is what the `Hash for &T` implementation does).
2540///
2541/// # Examples
2542///
2543/// ```
2544/// use std::hash::{DefaultHasher, Hash, Hasher};
2545/// use std::ptr;
2546///
2547/// let five = 5;
2548/// let five_ref = &five;
2549///
2550/// let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
2551/// ptr::hash(five_ref, &mut hasher);
2552/// let actual = hasher.finish();
2553///
2554/// let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
2555/// (five_ref as *const i32).hash(&mut hasher);
2556/// let expected = hasher.finish();
2557///
2558/// assert_eq!(actual, expected);
2559/// ```
2560#[stable(feature = "ptr_hash", since = "1.35.0")]
2561pub fn hash<T: PointeeSized, S: hash::Hasher>(hashee: *const T, into: &mut S) {
2562    use crate::hash::Hash;
2563    hashee.hash(into);
2564}
2565
2566#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2567#[diagnostic::on_const(
2568    message = "pointers cannot be reliably compared during const eval",
2569    note = "see issue #53020 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53020> for more information"
2570)]
2571impl<F: FnPtr> PartialEq for F {
2572    #[inline]
2573    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
2574        self.addr() == other.addr()
2575    }
2576}
2577#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2578#[diagnostic::on_const(
2579    message = "pointers cannot be reliably compared during const eval",
2580    note = "see issue #53020 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53020> for more information"
2581)]
2582impl<F: FnPtr> Eq for F {}
2583
2584#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2585#[diagnostic::on_const(
2586    message = "pointers cannot be reliably compared during const eval",
2587    note = "see issue #53020 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53020> for more information"
2588)]
2589impl<F: FnPtr> PartialOrd for F {
2590    #[inline]
2591    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
2592        self.addr().partial_cmp(&other.addr())
2593    }
2594}
2595#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2596#[diagnostic::on_const(
2597    message = "pointers cannot be reliably compared during const eval",
2598    note = "see issue #53020 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53020> for more information"
2599)]
2600impl<F: FnPtr> Ord for F {
2601    #[inline]
2602    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
2603        self.addr().cmp(&other.addr())
2604    }
2605}
2606
2607#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2608impl<F: FnPtr> hash::Hash for F {
2609    fn hash<HH: hash::Hasher>(&self, state: &mut HH) {
2610        state.write_usize(self.addr() as _)
2611    }
2612}
2613
2614#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2615impl<F: FnPtr> fmt::Pointer for F {
2616    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
2617        fmt::pointer_fmt_inner(self.addr() as _, f)
2618    }
2619}
2620
2621#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2622impl<F: FnPtr> fmt::Debug for F {
2623    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
2624        fmt::pointer_fmt_inner(self.addr() as _, f)
2625    }
2626}
2627
2628/// Creates a `const` raw pointer to a place, without creating an intermediate reference.
2629///
2630/// `addr_of!(expr)` is equivalent to `&raw const expr`. The macro is *soft-deprecated*;
2631/// use `&raw const` instead.
2632///
2633/// It is still an open question under which conditions writing through an `addr_of!`-created
2634/// pointer is permitted. If the place `expr` evaluates to is based on a raw pointer, then the
2635/// result of `addr_of!` inherits all permissions from that raw pointer. However, if the place is
2636/// based on a reference, local variable, or `static`, then until all details are decided, the same
2637/// rules as for shared references apply: it is UB to write through a pointer created with this
2638/// operation, except for bytes located inside an `UnsafeCell`. Use `&raw mut` (or [`addr_of_mut`])
2639/// to create a raw pointer that definitely permits mutation.
2640///
2641/// Creating a reference with `&`/`&mut` is only allowed if the pointer is properly aligned
2642/// and points to initialized data. For cases where those requirements do not hold,
2643/// raw pointers should be used instead. However, `&expr as *const _` creates a reference
2644/// before casting it to a raw pointer, and that reference is subject to the same rules
2645/// as all other references. This macro can create a raw pointer *without* creating
2646/// a reference first.
2647///
2648/// See [`addr_of_mut`] for how to create a pointer to uninitialized data.
2649/// Doing that with `addr_of` would not make much sense since one could only
2650/// read the data, and that would be Undefined Behavior.
2651///
2652/// # Safety
2653///
2654/// The `expr` in `addr_of!(expr)` is evaluated as a place expression, but never loads from the
2655/// place or requires the place to be dereferenceable. This means that `addr_of!((*ptr).field)`
2656/// still requires the projection to `field` to be in-bounds, using the same rules as [`offset`].
2657/// However, `addr_of!(*ptr)` is defined behavior even if `ptr` is null, dangling, or misaligned.
2658///
2659/// Note that `Deref`/`Index` coercions (and their mutable counterparts) are applied inside
2660/// `addr_of!` like everywhere else, in which case a reference is created to call `Deref::deref` or
2661/// `Index::index`, respectively. The statements above only apply when no such coercions are
2662/// applied.
2663///
2664/// [`offset`]: pointer::offset
2665///
2666/// # Example
2667///
2668/// **Correct usage: Creating a pointer to unaligned data**
2669///
2670/// ```
2671/// use std::ptr;
2672///
2673/// #[repr(packed)]
2674/// struct Packed {
2675///     f1: u8,
2676///     f2: u16,
2677/// }
2678///
2679/// let packed = Packed { f1: 1, f2: 2 };
2680/// // `&packed.f2` would create an unaligned reference, and thus be Undefined Behavior!
2681/// let raw_f2 = ptr::addr_of!(packed.f2);
2682/// assert_eq!(unsafe { raw_f2.read_unaligned() }, 2);
2683/// ```
2684///
2685/// **Incorrect usage: Out-of-bounds fields projection**
2686///
2687/// ```rust,no_run
2688/// use std::ptr;
2689///
2690/// #[repr(C)]
2691/// struct MyStruct {
2692///     field1: i32,
2693///     field2: i32,
2694/// }
2695///
2696/// let ptr: *const MyStruct = ptr::null();
2697/// let fieldptr = unsafe { ptr::addr_of!((*ptr).field2) }; // Undefined Behavior ⚠️
2698/// ```
2699///
2700/// The field projection `.field2` would offset the pointer by 4 bytes,
2701/// but the pointer is not in-bounds of an allocation for 4 bytes,
2702/// so this offset is Undefined Behavior.
2703/// See the [`offset`] docs for a full list of requirements for inbounds pointer arithmetic; the
2704/// same requirements apply to field projections, even inside `addr_of!`. (In particular, it makes
2705/// no difference whether the pointer is null or dangling.)
2706#[stable(feature = "raw_ref_macros", since = "1.51.0")]
2707#[rustc_macro_transparency = "semiopaque"]
2708pub macro addr_of($place:expr) {
2709    &raw const $place
2710}
2711
2712/// Creates a `mut` raw pointer to a place, without creating an intermediate reference.
2713///
2714/// `addr_of_mut!(expr)` is equivalent to `&raw mut expr`. The macro is *soft-deprecated*;
2715/// use `&raw mut` instead.
2716///
2717/// Creating a reference with `&`/`&mut` is only allowed if the pointer is properly aligned
2718/// and points to initialized data. For cases where those requirements do not hold,
2719/// raw pointers should be used instead. However, `&mut expr as *mut _` creates a reference
2720/// before casting it to a raw pointer, and that reference is subject to the same rules
2721/// as all other references. This macro can create a raw pointer *without* creating
2722/// a reference first.
2723///
2724/// # Safety
2725///
2726/// The `expr` in `addr_of_mut!(expr)` is evaluated as a place expression, but never loads from the
2727/// place or requires the place to be dereferenceable. This means that `addr_of_mut!((*ptr).field)`
2728/// still requires the projection to `field` to be in-bounds, using the same rules as [`offset`].
2729/// However, `addr_of_mut!(*ptr)` is defined behavior even if `ptr` is null, dangling, or misaligned.
2730///
2731/// Note that `Deref`/`Index` coercions (and their mutable counterparts) are applied inside
2732/// `addr_of_mut!` like everywhere else, in which case a reference is created to call `Deref::deref`
2733/// or `Index::index`, respectively. The statements above only apply when no such coercions are
2734/// applied.
2735///
2736/// [`offset`]: pointer::offset
2737///
2738/// # Examples
2739///
2740/// **Correct usage: Creating a pointer to unaligned data**
2741///
2742/// ```
2743/// use std::ptr;
2744///
2745/// #[repr(packed)]
2746/// struct Packed {
2747///     f1: u8,
2748///     f2: u16,
2749/// }
2750///
2751/// let mut packed = Packed { f1: 1, f2: 2 };
2752/// // `&mut packed.f2` would create an unaligned reference, and thus be Undefined Behavior!
2753/// let raw_f2 = ptr::addr_of_mut!(packed.f2);
2754/// unsafe { raw_f2.write_unaligned(42); }
2755/// assert_eq!({packed.f2}, 42); // `{...}` forces copying the field instead of creating a reference.
2756/// ```
2757///
2758/// **Correct usage: Creating a pointer to uninitialized data**
2759///
2760/// ```rust
2761/// use std::{ptr, mem::MaybeUninit};
2762///
2763/// struct Demo {
2764///     field: bool,
2765/// }
2766///
2767/// let mut uninit = MaybeUninit::<Demo>::uninit();
2768/// // `&uninit.as_mut().field` would create a reference to an uninitialized `bool`,
2769/// // and thus be Undefined Behavior!
2770/// let f1_ptr = unsafe { ptr::addr_of_mut!((*uninit.as_mut_ptr()).field) };
2771/// unsafe { f1_ptr.write(true); }
2772/// let init = unsafe { uninit.assume_init() };
2773/// ```
2774///
2775/// **Incorrect usage: Out-of-bounds fields projection**
2776///
2777/// ```rust,no_run
2778/// use std::ptr;
2779///
2780/// #[repr(C)]
2781/// struct MyStruct {
2782///     field1: i32,
2783///     field2: i32,
2784/// }
2785///
2786/// let ptr: *mut MyStruct = ptr::null_mut();
2787/// let fieldptr = unsafe { ptr::addr_of_mut!((*ptr).field2) }; // Undefined Behavior ⚠️
2788/// ```
2789///
2790/// The field projection `.field2` would offset the pointer by 4 bytes,
2791/// but the pointer is not in-bounds of an allocation for 4 bytes,
2792/// so this offset is Undefined Behavior.
2793/// See the [`offset`] docs for a full list of requirements for inbounds pointer arithmetic; the
2794/// same requirements apply to field projections, even inside `addr_of_mut!`. (In particular, it
2795/// makes no difference whether the pointer is null or dangling.)
2796#[stable(feature = "raw_ref_macros", since = "1.51.0")]
2797#[rustc_macro_transparency = "semiopaque"]
2798pub macro addr_of_mut($place:expr) {
2799    &raw mut $place
2800}