#![unstable(feature = "ptr_metadata", issue = "81513")] use crate::fmt; use crate::hash::{Hash, Hasher}; use crate::intrinsics::{aggregate_raw_ptr, ptr_metadata}; use crate::marker::{Freeze, PointeeSized}; use crate::ptr::NonNull; /// Provides the pointer metadata type of any pointed-to type. /// /// # Pointer metadata /// /// Raw pointer types and reference types in Rust can be thought of as made of two parts: /// a data pointer that contains the memory address of the value, and some metadata. /// /// For statically-sized types (that implement the `Sized` traits) /// as well as for `extern` types, /// pointers are said to be “thin”: metadata is zero-sized and its type is `()`. /// /// Pointers to [dynamically-sized types][dst] are said to be “wide” or “fat”, /// they have non-zero-sized metadata: /// /// * For structs whose last field is a DST, metadata is the metadata for the last field /// * For the `str` type, metadata is the length in bytes as `usize` /// * For slice types like `[T]`, metadata is the length in items as `usize` /// * For trait objects like `dyn SomeTrait`, metadata is [`DynMetadata`][DynMetadata] /// (e.g. `DynMetadata`) /// /// In the future, the Rust language may gain new kinds of types /// that have different pointer metadata. /// /// [dst]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/exotic-sizes.html#dynamically-sized-types-dsts /// /// /// # The `Pointee` trait /// /// The point of this trait is its `Metadata` associated type, /// which is `()` or `usize` or `DynMetadata<_>` as described above. /// It is automatically implemented for every type. /// It can be assumed to be implemented in a generic context, even without a corresponding bound. /// /// /// # Usage /// /// Raw pointers can be decomposed into the data pointer and metadata components /// with their [`to_raw_parts`] method. /// /// Alternatively, metadata alone can be extracted with the [`metadata`] function. /// A reference can be passed to [`metadata`] and implicitly coerced. /// /// A (possibly-wide) pointer can be put back together from its data pointer and metadata /// with [`from_raw_parts`] or [`from_raw_parts_mut`]. /// /// [`to_raw_parts`]: *const::to_raw_parts #[lang = "pointee_trait"] #[rustc_deny_explicit_impl] #[rustc_do_not_implement_via_object] pub trait Pointee: PointeeSized { /// The type for metadata in pointers and references to `Self`. #[lang = "metadata_type"] // NOTE: Keep trait bounds in `static_assert_expected_bounds_for_metadata` // in `library/core/src/ptr/metadata.rs` // in sync with those here: // NOTE: The metadata of `dyn Trait + 'a` is `DynMetadata` // so a `'static` bound must not be added. type Metadata: fmt::Debug + Copy + Send + Sync + Ord + Hash + Unpin + Freeze; } /// Pointers to types implementing this trait alias are “thin”. /// /// This includes statically-`Sized` types and `extern` types. /// /// # Example /// /// ```rust /// #![feature(ptr_metadata)] /// /// fn this_never_panics() { /// assert_eq!(size_of::<&T>(), size_of::()) /// } /// ``` #[unstable(feature = "ptr_metadata", issue = "81513")] // NOTE: don’t stabilize this before trait aliases are stable in the language? pub trait Thin = Pointee + PointeeSized; /// Extracts the metadata component of a pointer. /// /// Values of type `*mut T`, `&T`, or `&mut T` can be passed directly to this function /// as they implicitly coerce to `*const T`. /// /// # Example /// /// ``` /// #![feature(ptr_metadata)] /// /// assert_eq!(std::ptr::metadata("foo"), 3_usize); /// ``` #[inline] pub const fn metadata(ptr: *const T) -> ::Metadata { ptr_metadata(ptr) } /// Forms a (possibly-wide) raw pointer from a data pointer and metadata. /// /// This function is safe but the returned pointer is not necessarily safe to dereference. /// For slices, see the documentation of [`slice::from_raw_parts`] for safety requirements. /// For trait objects, the metadata must come from a pointer to the same underlying erased type. /// /// [`slice::from_raw_parts`]: crate::slice::from_raw_parts #[unstable(feature = "ptr_metadata", issue = "81513")] #[inline] pub const fn from_raw_parts( data_pointer: *const impl Thin, metadata: ::Metadata, ) -> *const T { aggregate_raw_ptr(data_pointer, metadata) } /// Performs the same functionality as [`from_raw_parts`], except that a /// raw `*mut` pointer is returned, as opposed to a raw `*const` pointer. /// /// See the documentation of [`from_raw_parts`] for more details. #[unstable(feature = "ptr_metadata", issue = "81513")] #[inline] pub const fn from_raw_parts_mut( data_pointer: *mut impl Thin, metadata: ::Metadata, ) -> *mut T { aggregate_raw_ptr(data_pointer, metadata) } /// The metadata for a `Dyn = dyn SomeTrait` trait object type. /// /// It is a pointer to a vtable (virtual call table) /// that represents all the necessary information /// to manipulate the concrete type stored inside a trait object. /// The vtable notably contains: /// /// * type size /// * type alignment /// * a pointer to the type’s `drop_in_place` impl (may be a no-op for plain-old-data) /// * pointers to all the methods for the type’s implementation of the trait /// /// Note that the first three are special because they’re necessary to allocate, drop, /// and deallocate any trait object. /// /// It is possible to name this struct with a type parameter that is not a `dyn` trait object /// (for example `DynMetadata`) but not to obtain a meaningful value of that struct. /// /// Note that while this type implements `PartialEq`, comparing vtable pointers is unreliable: /// pointers to vtables of the same type for the same trait can compare inequal (because vtables are /// duplicated in multiple codegen units), and pointers to vtables of *different* types/traits can /// compare equal (since identical vtables can be deduplicated within a codegen unit). #[lang = "dyn_metadata"] pub struct DynMetadata { _vtable_ptr: NonNull, _phantom: crate::marker::PhantomData, } unsafe extern "C" { /// Opaque type for accessing vtables. /// /// Private implementation detail of `DynMetadata::size_of` etc. /// There is conceptually not actually any Abstract Machine memory behind this pointer. type VTable; } impl DynMetadata { /// When `DynMetadata` appears as the metadata field of a wide pointer, the rustc_middle layout /// computation does magic and the resulting layout is *not* a `FieldsShape::Aggregate`, instead /// it is a `FieldsShape::Primitive`. This means that the same type can have different layout /// depending on whether it appears as the metadata field of a wide pointer or as a stand-alone /// type, which understandably confuses codegen and leads to ICEs when trying to project to a /// field of `DynMetadata`. To work around that issue, we use `transmute` instead of using a /// field projection. #[inline] fn vtable_ptr(self) -> *const VTable { // SAFETY: this layout assumption is hard-coded into the compiler. // If it's somehow not a size match, the transmute will error. unsafe { crate::mem::transmute::(self) } } /// Returns the size of the type associated with this vtable. #[inline] pub fn size_of(self) -> usize { // Note that "size stored in vtable" is *not* the same as "result of size_of_val_raw". // Consider a reference like `&(i32, dyn Send)`: the vtable will only store the size of the // `Send` part! // SAFETY: DynMetadata always contains a valid vtable pointer unsafe { crate::intrinsics::vtable_size(self.vtable_ptr() as *const ()) } } /// Returns the alignment of the type associated with this vtable. #[inline] pub fn align_of(self) -> usize { // SAFETY: DynMetadata always contains a valid vtable pointer unsafe { crate::intrinsics::vtable_align(self.vtable_ptr() as *const ()) } } /// Returns the size and alignment together as a `Layout` #[inline] pub fn layout(self) -> crate::alloc::Layout { // SAFETY: the compiler emitted this vtable for a concrete Rust type which // is known to have a valid layout. Same rationale as in `Layout::for_value`. unsafe { crate::alloc::Layout::from_size_align_unchecked(self.size_of(), self.align_of()) } } } unsafe impl Send for DynMetadata {} unsafe impl Sync for DynMetadata {} impl fmt::Debug for DynMetadata { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result { f.debug_tuple("DynMetadata").field(&self.vtable_ptr()).finish() } } // Manual impls needed to avoid `Dyn: $Trait` bounds. impl Unpin for DynMetadata {} impl Copy for DynMetadata {} impl Clone for DynMetadata { #[inline] fn clone(&self) -> Self { *self } } impl Eq for DynMetadata {} impl PartialEq for DynMetadata { #[inline] fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool { crate::ptr::eq::(self.vtable_ptr(), other.vtable_ptr()) } } impl Ord for DynMetadata { #[inline] #[allow(ambiguous_wide_pointer_comparisons)] fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> crate::cmp::Ordering { <*const VTable>::cmp(&self.vtable_ptr(), &other.vtable_ptr()) } } impl PartialOrd for DynMetadata { #[inline] fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option { Some(self.cmp(other)) } } impl Hash for DynMetadata { #[inline] fn hash(&self, hasher: &mut H) { crate::ptr::hash::(self.vtable_ptr(), hasher) } }