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