Rollup merge of #75502 - ecstatic-morse:implicit-promotion-in-const-fn, r=RalfJung

Use implicit (not explicit) rules for promotability by default in `const fn`

For crater run. See https://github.com/rust-lang/const-eval/pull/54#discussion_r469995552.

cc #75586

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/promote_consts.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/promote_consts.rs
index 1d2295a37dd..b6124049579 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/promote_consts.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/promote_consts.rs
@@ -734,7 +734,14 @@ impl<'tcx> Validator<'_, 'tcx> {
     ) -> Result<(), Unpromotable> {
         let fn_ty = callee.ty(self.body, self.tcx);
 
-        if !self.explicit && self.const_kind.is_none() {
+        // `const` and `static` use the explicit rules for promotion regardless of the `Candidate`,
+        // meaning calls to `const fn` can be promoted.
+        let context_uses_explicit_promotion_rules = matches!(
+            self.const_kind,
+            Some(hir::ConstContext::Static(_) | hir::ConstContext::Const)
+        );
+
+        if !self.explicit && !context_uses_explicit_promotion_rules {
             if let ty::FnDef(def_id, _) = *fn_ty.kind() {
                 // Never promote runtime `const fn` calls of
                 // functions without `#[rustc_promotable]`.