Auto merge of #104844 - cjgillot:mention-eval-place, r=jackh726,RalfJung

Evaluate place expression in `PlaceMention`

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/102256 introduces a `PlaceMention(place)` MIR statement which keep trace of `let _ = place` statements from surface rust, but without semantics.

This PR proposes to change the behaviour of `let _ =` patterns with respect to the borrow-checker to verify that the bound place is live.

Specifically, consider this code:
```rust
let _ = {
    let a = 5;
    &a
};
```

This passes borrowck without error on stable. Meanwhile, replacing `_` by `_: _` or `_p` errors with "error[E0597]: `a` does not live long enough", [see playground](https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2021&gist=c448d25a7c205dc95a0967fe96bccce8).

This PR *does not* change how `_` patterns behave with respect to initializedness: it remains ok to bind a moved-from place to `_`.

The relevant test is `tests/ui/borrowck/let_underscore_temporary.rs`. Crater check found no regression.

For consistency, this PR changes miri to evaluate the place found in `PlaceMention`, and report eventual dangling pointers found within it.

r? `@RalfJung`

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lib.rs
index 7d04aead8bc..6d8b4dc91f4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ mod add_retag;
 mod check_const_item_mutation;
 mod check_packed_ref;
 pub mod check_unsafety;
+mod remove_place_mention;
 // This pass is public to allow external drivers to perform MIR cleanup
 pub mod cleanup_post_borrowck;
 mod const_debuginfo;
@@ -460,8 +461,11 @@ fn run_runtime_lowering_passes<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, body: &mut Body<'tcx>) {
 
 /// Returns the sequence of passes that do the initial cleanup of runtime MIR.
 fn run_runtime_cleanup_passes<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, body: &mut Body<'tcx>) {
-    let passes: &[&dyn MirPass<'tcx>] =
-        &[&lower_intrinsics::LowerIntrinsics, &simplify::SimplifyCfg::ElaborateDrops];
+    let passes: &[&dyn MirPass<'tcx>] = &[
+        &lower_intrinsics::LowerIntrinsics,
+        &remove_place_mention::RemovePlaceMention,
+        &simplify::SimplifyCfg::ElaborateDrops,
+    ];
 
     pm::run_passes(tcx, body, passes, Some(MirPhase::Runtime(RuntimePhase::PostCleanup)));