// Based on // https://github.com/matthieu-m/rfc2580/blob/b58d1d3cba0d4b5e859d3617ea2d0943aaa31329/examples/thin.rs // by matthieu-m use crate::alloc::{self, Layout, LayoutError}; use core::fmt::{self, Debug, Display, Formatter}; use core::marker::{PhantomData, Unsize}; use core::mem; use core::ops::{Deref, DerefMut}; use core::ptr::Pointee; use core::ptr::{self, NonNull}; /// ThinBox. /// /// A thin pointer for heap allocation, regardless of T. /// /// # Examples /// /// ``` /// #![feature(thin_box)] /// use std::boxed::ThinBox; /// /// let five = ThinBox::new(5); /// let thin_slice = ThinBox::<[i32]>::new_unsize([1, 2, 3, 4]); /// /// use std::mem::{size_of, size_of_val}; /// let size_of_ptr = size_of::<*const ()>(); /// assert_eq!(size_of_ptr, size_of_val(&five)); /// assert_eq!(size_of_ptr, size_of_val(&thin_slice)); /// ``` #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")] pub struct ThinBox { ptr: WithHeader<::Metadata>, _marker: PhantomData, } #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")] impl ThinBox { /// Moves a type to the heap with its `Metadata` stored in the heap allocation instead of on /// the stack. /// /// # Examples /// /// ``` /// #![feature(thin_box)] /// use std::boxed::ThinBox; /// /// let five = ThinBox::new(5); /// ``` #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))] pub fn new(value: T) -> Self { let meta = ptr::metadata(&value); let ptr = WithHeader::new(meta, value); ThinBox { ptr, _marker: PhantomData } } } #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")] impl ThinBox { /// Moves a type to the heap with its `Metadata` stored in the heap allocation instead of on /// the stack. /// /// # Examples /// /// ``` /// #![feature(thin_box)] /// use std::boxed::ThinBox; /// /// let thin_slice = ThinBox::<[i32]>::new_unsize([1, 2, 3, 4]); /// ``` #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))] pub fn new_unsize(value: T) -> Self where T: Unsize, { let meta = ptr::metadata(&value as &Dyn); let ptr = WithHeader::new(meta, value); ThinBox { ptr, _marker: PhantomData } } } #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")] impl Debug for ThinBox { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result { Debug::fmt(self.deref(), f) } } #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")] impl Display for ThinBox { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result { Display::fmt(self.deref(), f) } } #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")] impl Deref for ThinBox { type Target = T; fn deref(&self) -> &T { let value = self.data(); let metadata = self.meta(); let pointer = ptr::from_raw_parts(value as *const (), metadata); unsafe { &*pointer } } } #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")] impl DerefMut for ThinBox { fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T { let value = self.data(); let metadata = self.meta(); let pointer = ptr::from_raw_parts_mut::(value as *mut (), metadata); unsafe { &mut *pointer } } } #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")] impl Drop for ThinBox { fn drop(&mut self) { unsafe { let value = self.deref_mut(); let value = value as *mut T; self.ptr.drop::(value); } } } #[unstable(feature = "thin_box", issue = "92791")] impl ThinBox { fn meta(&self) -> ::Metadata { // Safety: // - NonNull and valid. unsafe { *self.ptr.header() } } fn data(&self) -> *mut u8 { self.ptr.value() } } /// A pointer to type-erased data, guaranteed to have a header `H` before the pointed-to location. struct WithHeader(NonNull, PhantomData); impl WithHeader { #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))] fn new(header: H, value: T) -> WithHeader { let value_layout = Layout::new::(); let Ok((layout, value_offset)) = Self::alloc_layout(value_layout) else { // We pass an empty layout here because we do not know which layout caused the // arithmetic overflow in `Layout::extend` and `handle_alloc_error` takes `Layout` as // its argument rather than `Result`, also this function has been // stable since 1.28 ._. // // On the other hand, look at this gorgeous turbofish! alloc::handle_alloc_error(Layout::new::<()>()); }; unsafe { let ptr = alloc::alloc(layout); if ptr.is_null() { alloc::handle_alloc_error(layout); } // Safety: // - The size is at least `aligned_header_size`. let ptr = ptr.add(value_offset) as *mut _; let ptr = NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr); let result = WithHeader(ptr, PhantomData); ptr::write(result.header(), header); ptr::write(result.value().cast(), value); result } } // Safety: // - Assumes that `value` can be dereferenced. unsafe fn drop(&self, value: *mut T) { unsafe { // SAFETY: Layout must have been computable if we're in drop let (layout, value_offset) = Self::alloc_layout(Layout::for_value_raw(value)).unwrap_unchecked(); ptr::drop_in_place::(value); // We only drop the value because the Pointee trait requires that the metadata is copy // aka trivially droppable alloc::dealloc(self.0.as_ptr().sub(value_offset), layout); } } fn header(&self) -> *mut H { // Safety: // - At least `size_of::()` bytes are allocated ahead of the pointer. // - We know that H will be aligned because the middle pointer is aligned to the greater // of the alignment of the header and the data and the header size includes the padding // needed to align the header. Subtracting the header size from the aligned data pointer // will always result in an aligned header pointer, it just may not point to the // beginning of the allocation. unsafe { self.0.as_ptr().sub(Self::header_size()) as *mut H } } fn value(&self) -> *mut u8 { self.0.as_ptr() } const fn header_size() -> usize { mem::size_of::() } fn alloc_layout(value_layout: Layout) -> Result<(Layout, usize), LayoutError> { Layout::new::().extend(value_layout) } }