Rollup merge of #103346 - HeroicKatora:metadata_of_const_pointer_argument, r=dtolnay

Adjust argument type for mutable with_metadata_of (#75091)

The method takes two pointer arguments: one `self` supplying the pointer value, and a second pointer supplying the metadata.

The new parameter type more clearly reflects the actual requirements. The provenance of the metadata parameter is disregarded completely. Using a mutable pointer in the call site can be coerced to a const pointer while the reverse is not true.

In some cases, the current parameter type can thus lead to a very slightly confusing additional cast. [Example](https://github.com/HeroicKatora/static-alloc/commit/cad93775eb9adc62f744651e3abf19513e69e7d0).

```rust
// Manually taking an unsized object from a `ManuallyDrop` into another allocation.
let val: &core::mem::ManuallyDrop<T> = …;

let ptr = val as *const _ as *mut T;
let ptr = uninit.as_ptr().with_metadata_of(ptr);
```

This could then instead be simplified to:

```rust
// Manually taking an unsized object from a `ManuallyDrop` into another allocation.
let val: &core::mem::ManuallyDrop<T> = …;

let ptr = uninit.as_ptr().with_metadata_of(&**val);
```

Tracking issue: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/75091

``@dtolnay`` you're reviewed #95249, would you mind chiming in?

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/library/alloc/src/sync.rs b/library/alloc/src/sync.rs
index df315dad893..e8d9de4fb3c 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/sync.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/sync.rs
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T> {
             Self::allocate_for_layout(
                 Layout::for_value(&*ptr),
                 |layout| Global.allocate(layout),
-                |mem| mem.with_metadata_of(ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>),
+                |mem| mem.with_metadata_of(ptr as *const ArcInner<T>),
             )
         }
     }