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//! Manually manage memory through raw pointers.
//!
//! *[See also the pointer primitive types](pointer).*
//!
//! # Safety
//!
//! Many functions in this module take raw pointers as arguments and read from
//! or write to them. For this to be safe, these pointers must be *valid*.
//! Whether a pointer is valid depends on the operation it is used for
//! (read or write), and the extent of the memory that is accessed (i.e.,
//! how many bytes are read/written). Most functions use `*mut T` and `*const T`
//! to access only a single value, in which case the documentation omits the size
//! and implicitly assumes it to be `size_of::<T>()` bytes.
//!
//! The precise rules for validity are not determined yet. The guarantees that are
//! provided at this point are very minimal:
//!
//! * A [null] pointer is *never* valid, not even for accesses of [size zero][zst].
//! * For a pointer to be valid, it is necessary, but not always sufficient, that the pointer
//! be *dereferenceable*: the memory range of the given size starting at the pointer must all be
//! within the bounds of a single allocated object. Note that in Rust,
//! every (stack-allocated) variable is considered a separate allocated object.
//! * Even for operations of [size zero][zst], the pointer must not be pointing to deallocated
//! memory, i.e., deallocation makes pointers invalid even for zero-sized operations. However,
//! casting any non-zero integer *literal* to a pointer is valid for zero-sized accesses, even if
//! some memory happens to exist at that address and gets deallocated. This corresponds to writing
//! your own allocator: allocating zero-sized objects is not very hard. The canonical way to
//! obtain a pointer that is valid for zero-sized accesses is [`NonNull::dangling`].
//FIXME: mention `ptr::invalid` above, once it is stable.
//! * All accesses performed by functions in this module are *non-atomic* in the sense
//! of [atomic operations] used to synchronize between threads. This means it is
//! undefined behavior to perform two concurrent accesses to the same location from different
//! threads unless both accesses only read from memory. Notice that this explicitly
//! includes [`read_volatile`] and [`write_volatile`]: Volatile accesses cannot
//! be used for inter-thread synchronization.
//! * The result of casting a reference to a pointer is valid for as long as the
//! underlying object is live and no reference (just raw pointers) is used to
//! access the same memory.
//!
//! These axioms, along with careful use of [`offset`] for pointer arithmetic,
//! are enough to correctly implement many useful things in unsafe code. Stronger guarantees
//! will be provided eventually, as the [aliasing] rules are being determined. For more
//! information, see the [book] as well as the section in the reference devoted
//! to [undefined behavior][ub].
//!
//! ## Alignment
//!
//! Valid raw pointers as defined above are not necessarily properly aligned (where
//! "proper" alignment is defined by the pointee type, i.e., `*const T` must be
//! aligned to `mem::align_of::<T>()`). However, most functions require their
//! arguments to be properly aligned, and will explicitly state
//! this requirement in their documentation. Notable exceptions to this are
//! [`read_unaligned`] and [`write_unaligned`].
//!
//! When a function requires proper alignment, it does so even if the access
//! has size 0, i.e., even if memory is not actually touched. Consider using
//! [`NonNull::dangling`] in such cases.
//!
//! ## Allocated object
//!
//! For several operations, such as [`offset`] or field projections (`expr.field`), the notion of an
//! "allocated object" becomes relevant. An allocated object is a contiguous region of memory.
//! Common examples of allocated objects include stack-allocated variables (each variable is a
//! separate allocated object), heap allocations (each allocation created by the global allocator is
//! a separate allocated object), and `static` variables.
//!
//!
//! # Strict Provenance
//!
//! **The following text is non-normative, insufficiently formal, and is an extremely strict
//! interpretation of provenance. It's ok if your code doesn't strictly conform to it.**
//!
//! [Strict Provenance][] is an experimental set of APIs that help tools that try
//! to validate the memory-safety of your program's execution. Notably this includes [Miri][]
//! and [CHERI][], which can detect when you access out of bounds memory or otherwise violate
//! Rust's memory model.
//!
//! Provenance must exist in some form for any programming
//! language compiled for modern computer architectures, but specifying a model for provenance
//! in a way that is useful to both compilers and programmers is an ongoing challenge.
//! The [Strict Provenance][] experiment seeks to explore the question: *what if we just said you
//! couldn't do all the nasty operations that make provenance so messy?*
//!
//! What APIs would have to be removed? What APIs would have to be added? How much would code
//! have to change, and is it worse or better now? Would any patterns become truly inexpressible?
//! Could we carve out special exceptions for those patterns? Should we?
//!
//! A secondary goal of this project is to see if we can disambiguate the many functions of
//! pointer<->integer casts enough for the definition of `usize` to be loosened so that it
//! isn't *pointer*-sized but address-space/offset/allocation-sized (we'll probably continue
//! to conflate these notions). This would potentially make it possible to more efficiently
//! target platforms where pointers are larger than offsets, such as CHERI and maybe some
//! segmented architecures.
//!
//! ## Provenance
//!
//! **This section is *non-normative* and is part of the [Strict Provenance][] experiment.**
//!
//! Pointers are not *simply* an "integer" or "address". For instance, it's uncontroversial
//! to say that a Use After Free is clearly Undefined Behaviour, even if you "get lucky"
//! and the freed memory gets reallocated before your read/write (in fact this is the
//! worst-case scenario, UAFs would be much less concerning if this didn't happen!).
//! To rationalize this claim, pointers need to somehow be *more* than just their addresses:
//! they must have provenance.
//!
//! When an allocation is created, that allocation has a unique Original Pointer. For alloc
//! APIs this is literally the pointer the call returns, and for local variables and statics,
//! this is the name of the variable/static. This is mildly overloading the term "pointer"
//! for the sake of brevity/exposition.
//!
//! The Original Pointer for an allocation is guaranteed to have unique access to the entire
//! allocation and *only* that allocation. In this sense, an allocation can be thought of
//! as a "sandbox" that cannot be broken into or out of. *Provenance* is the permission
//! to access an allocation's sandbox and has both a *spatial* and *temporal* component:
//!
//! * Spatial: A range of bytes that the pointer is allowed to access.
//! * Temporal: The lifetime (of the allocation) that access to these bytes is tied to.
//!
//! Spatial provenance makes sure you don't go beyond your sandbox, while temporal provenance
//! makes sure that you can't "get lucky" after your permission to access some memory
//! has been revoked (either through deallocations or borrows expiring).
//!
//! Provenance is implicitly shared with all pointers transitively derived from
//! The Original Pointer through operations like [`offset`], borrowing, and pointer casts.
//! Some operations may *shrink* the derived provenance, limiting how much memory it can
//! access or how long it's valid for (i.e. borrowing a subfield and subslicing).
//!
//! Shrinking provenance cannot be undone: even if you "know" there is a larger allocation, you
//! can't derive a pointer with a larger provenance. Similarly, you cannot "recombine"
//! two contiguous provenances back into one (i.e. with a `fn merge(&[T], &[T]) -> &[T]`).
//!
//! A reference to a value always has provenance over exactly the memory that field occupies.
//! A reference to a slice always has provenance over exactly the range that slice describes.
//!
//! If an allocation is deallocated, all pointers with provenance to that allocation become
//! invalidated, and effectively lose their provenance.
//!
//! The strict provenance experiment is mostly only interested in exploring stricter *spatial*
//! provenance. In this sense it can be thought of as a subset of the more ambitious and
//! formal [Stacked Borrows][] research project, which is what tools like [Miri][] are based on.
//! In particular, Stacked Borrows is necessary to properly describe what borrows are allowed
//! to do and when they become invalidated. This necessarily involves much more complex
//! *temporal* reasoning than simply identifying allocations. Adjusting APIs and code
//! for the strict provenance experiment will also greatly help Stacked Borrows.
//!
//!
//! ## Pointer Vs Addresses
//!
//! **This section is *non-normative* and is part of the [Strict Provenance][] experiment.**
//!
//! One of the largest historical issues with trying to define provenance is that programmers
//! freely convert between pointers and integers. Once you allow for this, it generally becomes
//! impossible to accurately track and preserve provenance information, and you need to appeal
//! to very complex and unreliable heuristics. But of course, converting between pointers and
//! integers is very useful, so what can we do?
//!
//! Also did you know WASM is actually a "Harvard Architecture"? As in function pointers are
//! handled completely differently from data pointers? And we kind of just shipped Rust on WASM
//! without really addressing the fact that we let you freely convert between function pointers
//! and data pointers, because it mostly Just Works? Let's just put that on the "pointer casts
//! are dubious" pile.
//!
//! Strict Provenance attempts to square these circles by decoupling Rust's traditional conflation
//! of pointers and `usize` (and `isize`), and defining a pointer to semantically contain the
//! following information:
//!
//! * The **address-space** it is part of (e.g. "data" vs "code" in WASM).
//! * The **address** it points to, which can be represented by a `usize`.
//! * The **provenance** it has, defining the memory it has permission to access.
//!
//! Under Strict Provenance, a usize *cannot* accurately represent a pointer, and converting from
//! a pointer to a usize is generally an operation which *only* extracts the address. It is
//! therefore *impossible* to construct a valid pointer from a usize because there is no way
//! to restore the address-space and provenance. In other words, pointer-integer-pointer
//! roundtrips are not possible (in the sense that the resulting pointer is not dereferencable).
//!
//! The key insight to making this model *at all* viable is the [`with_addr`][] method:
//!
//! ```text
//! /// Creates a new pointer with the given address.
//! ///
//! /// This performs the same operation as an `addr as ptr` cast, but copies
//! /// the *address-space* and *provenance* of `self` to the new pointer.
//! /// This allows us to dynamically preserve and propagate this important
//! /// information in a way that is otherwise impossible with a unary cast.
//! ///
//! /// This is equivalent to using `wrapping_offset` to offset `self` to the
//! /// given address, and therefore has all the same capabilities and restrictions.
//! pub fn with_addr(self, addr: usize) -> Self;
//! ```
//!
//! So you're still able to drop down to the address representation and do whatever
//! clever bit tricks you want *as long as* you're able to keep around a pointer
//! into the allocation you care about that can "reconstitute" the other parts of the pointer.
//! Usually this is very easy, because you only are taking a pointer, messing with the address,
//! and then immediately converting back to a pointer. To make this use case more ergonomic,
//! we provide the [`map_addr`][] method.
//!
//! To help make it clear that code is "following" Strict Provenance semantics, we also provide an
//! [`addr`][] method which promises that the returned address is not part of a
//! pointer-usize-pointer roundtrip. In the future we may provide a lint for pointer<->integer
//! casts to help you audit if your code conforms to strict provenance.
//!
//!
//! ## Using Strict Provenance
//!
//! Most code needs no changes to conform to strict provenance, as the only really concerning
//! operation that *wasn't* obviously already Undefined Behaviour is casts from usize to a
//! pointer. For code which *does* cast a usize to a pointer, the scope of the change depends
//! on exactly what you're doing.
//!
//! In general you just need to make sure that if you want to convert a usize address to a
//! pointer and then use that pointer to read/write memory, you need to keep around a pointer
//! that has sufficient provenance to perform that read/write itself. In this way all of your
//! casts from an address to a pointer are essentially just applying offsets/indexing.
//!
//! This is generally trivial to do for simple cases like tagged pointers *as long as you
//! represent the tagged pointer as an actual pointer and not a usize*. For instance:
//!
//! ```
//! #![feature(strict_provenance)]
//!
//! unsafe {
//! // A flag we want to pack into our pointer
//! static HAS_DATA: usize = 0x1;
//! static FLAG_MASK: usize = !HAS_DATA;
//!
//! // Our value, which must have enough alignment to have spare least-significant-bits.
//! let my_precious_data: u32 = 17;
//! assert!(core::mem::align_of::<u32>() > 1);
//!
//! // Create a tagged pointer
//! let ptr = &my_precious_data as *const u32;
//! let tagged = ptr.map_addr(|addr| addr | HAS_DATA);
//!
//! // Check the flag:
//! if tagged.addr() & HAS_DATA != 0 {
//! // Untag and read the pointer
//! let data = *tagged.map_addr(|addr| addr & FLAG_MASK);
//! assert_eq!(data, 17);
//! } else {
//! unreachable!()
//! }
//! }
//! ```
//!
//! (Yes, if you've been using AtomicUsize for pointers in concurrent datastructures, you should
//! be using AtomicPtr instead. If that messes up the way you atomically manipulate pointers,
//! we would like to know why, and what needs to be done to fix it.)
//!
//! Something more complicated and just generally *evil* like an XOR-List requires more significant
//! changes like allocating all nodes in a pre-allocated Vec or Arena and using a pointer
//! to the whole allocation to reconstitute the XORed addresses.
//!
//! Situations where a valid pointer *must* be created from just an address, such as baremetal code
//! accessing a memory-mapped interface at a fixed address, are an open question on how to support.
//! These situations *will* still be allowed, but we might require some kind of "I know what I'm
//! doing" annotation to explain the situation to the compiler. It's also possible they need no
//! special attention at all, because they're generally accessing memory outside the scope of
//! "the abstract machine", or already using "I know what I'm doing" annotations like "volatile".
//!
//! Under [Strict Provenance] it is Undefined Behaviour to:
//!
//! * Access memory through a pointer that does not have provenance over that memory.
//!
//! * [`offset`] a pointer to or from an address it doesn't have provenance over.
//! This means it's always UB to offset a pointer derived from something deallocated,
//! even if the offset is 0. Note that a pointer "one past the end" of its provenance
//! is not actually outside its provenance, it just has 0 bytes it can load/store.
//!
//! But it *is* still sound to:
//!
//! * Create an invalid pointer from just an address (see [`ptr::invalid`][]). This can
//! be used for sentinel values like `null` *or* to represent a tagged pointer that will
//! never be dereferencable. In general, it is always sound for an integer to pretend
//! to be a pointer "for fun" as long as you don't use operations on it which require
//! it to be valid (offset, read, write, etc).
//!
//! * Forge an allocation of size zero at any sufficiently aligned non-null address.
//! i.e. the usual "ZSTs are fake, do what you want" rules apply *but* this only applies
//! for actual forgery (integers cast to pointers). If you borrow some struct's field
//! that *happens* to be zero-sized, the resulting pointer will have provenance tied to
//! that allocation and it will still get invalidated if the allocation gets deallocated.
//! In the future we may introduce an API to make such a forged allocation explicit.
//!
//! * [`wrapping_offset`][] a pointer outside its provenance. This includes invalid pointers
//! which have "no" provenance. Unfortunately there may be practical limits on this for a
//! particular platform, and it's an open question as to how to specify this (if at all).
//! Notably, [CHERI][] relies on a compression scheme that can't handle a
//! pointer getting offset "too far" out of bounds. If this happens, the address
//! returned by `addr` will be the value you expect, but the provenance will get invalidated
//! and using it to read/write will fault. The details of this are architecture-specific
//! and based on alignment, but the buffer on either side of the pointer's range is pretty
//! generous (think kilobytes, not bytes).
//!
//! * Compare arbitrary pointers by address. Addresses *are* just integers and so there is
//! always a coherent answer, even if the pointers are invalid or from different
//! address-spaces/provenances. Of course, comparing addresses from different address-spaces
//! is generally going to be *meaningless*, but so is comparing Kilograms to Meters, and Rust
//! doesn't prevent that either. Similarly, if you get "lucky" and notice that a pointer
//! one-past-the-end is the "same" address as the start of an unrelated allocation, anything
//! you do with that fact is *probably* going to be gibberish. The scope of that gibberish
//! is kept under control by the fact that the two pointers *still* aren't allowed to access
//! the other's allocation (bytes), because they still have different provenance.
//!
//! * Perform pointer tagging tricks. This falls out of [`wrapping_offset`] but is worth
//! mentioning in more detail because of the limitations of [CHERI][]. Low-bit tagging
//! is very robust, and often doesn't even go out of bounds because types ensure
//! size >= align (and over-aligning actually gives CHERI more flexibility). Anything
//! more complex than this rapidly enters "extremely platform-specific" territory as
//! certain things may or may not be allowed based on specific supported operations.
//! For instance, ARM explicitly supports high-bit tagging, and so CHERI on ARM inherits
//! that and should support it.
//!
//! ## Pointer-usize-pointer roundtrips and 'exposed' provenance
//!
//! **This section is *non-normative* and is part of the [Strict Provenance] experiment.**
//!
//! As discussed above, pointer-usize-pointer roundtrips are not possible under [Strict Provenance].
//! However, there exists legacy Rust code that is full of such roundtrips, and legacy platform APIs
//! regularly assume that `usize` can capture all the information that makes up a pointer. There
//! also might be code that cannot be ported to Strict Provenance (which is something we would [like
//! to hear about][Strict Provenance]).
//!
//! For situations like this, there is a fallback plan, a way to 'opt out' of Strict Provenance.
//! However, note that this makes your code a lot harder to specify, and the code will not work
//! (well) with tools like [Miri] and [CHERI].
//!
//! This fallback plan is provided by the [`expose_addr`] and [`from_exposed_addr`] methods (which
//! are equivalent to `as` casts between pointers and integers). [`expose_addr`] is a lot like
//! [`addr`], but additionally adds the provenance of the pointer to a global list of 'exposed'
//! provenances. (This list is purely conceptual, it exists for the purpose of specifying Rust but
//! is not materialized in actual executions, except in tools like [Miri].) [`from_exposed_addr`]
//! can be used to construct a pointer with one of these previously 'exposed' provenances.
//! [`from_exposed_addr`] takes only `addr: usize` as arguments, so unlike in [`with_addr`] there is
//! no indication of what the correct provenance for the returned pointer is -- and that is exactly
//! what makes pointer-usize-pointer roundtrips so tricky to rigorously specify! There is no
//! algorithm that decides which provenance will be used. You can think of this as "guessing" the
//! right provenance, and the guess will be "maximally in your favor", in the sense that if there is
//! any way to avoid undefined behavior, then that is the guess that will be taken. However, if
//! there is *no* previously 'exposed' provenance that justifies the way the returned pointer will
//! be used, the program has undefined behavior.
//!
//! Using [`expose_addr`] or [`from_exposed_addr`] (or the equivalent `as` casts) means that code is
//! *not* following Strict Provenance rules. The goal of the Strict Provenance experiment is to
//! determine whether it is possible to use Rust without [`expose_addr`] and [`from_exposed_addr`].
//! If this is successful, it would be a major win for avoiding specification complexity and to
//! facilitate adoption of tools like [CHERI] and [Miri] that can be a big help in increasing the
//! confidence in (unsafe) Rust code.
//!
//! [aliasing]: ../../nomicon/aliasing.html
//! [book]: ../../book/ch19-01-unsafe-rust.html#dereferencing-a-raw-pointer
//! [ub]: ../../reference/behavior-considered-undefined.html
//! [zst]: ../../nomicon/exotic-sizes.html#zero-sized-types-zsts
//! [atomic operations]: crate::sync::atomic
//! [`offset`]: pointer::offset
//! [`wrapping_offset`]: pointer::wrapping_offset
//! [`with_addr`]: pointer::with_addr
//! [`map_addr`]: pointer::map_addr
//! [`addr`]: pointer::addr
//! [`ptr::invalid`]: core::ptr::invalid
//! [`expose_addr`]: pointer::expose_addr
//! [`from_exposed_addr`]: from_exposed_addr
//! [Miri]: https://github.com/rust-lang/miri
//! [CHERI]: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/cheri/
//! [Strict Provenance]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/95228
//! [Stacked Borrows]: https://plv.mpi-sws.org/rustbelt/stacked-borrows/
#![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
use crate::cmp::Ordering;
use crate::fmt;
use crate::hash;
use crate::intrinsics::{
self, assert_unsafe_precondition, is_aligned_and_not_null, is_nonoverlapping,
};
use crate::mem::{self, MaybeUninit};
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[doc(inline)]
pub use crate::intrinsics::copy_nonoverlapping;
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[doc(inline)]
pub use crate::intrinsics::copy;
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[doc(inline)]
pub use crate::intrinsics::write_bytes;
mod metadata;
pub(crate) use metadata::PtrRepr;
#[unstable(feature = "ptr_metadata", issue = "81513")]
pub use metadata::{from_raw_parts, from_raw_parts_mut, metadata, DynMetadata, Pointee, Thin};
mod non_null;
#[stable(feature = "nonnull", since = "1.25.0")]
pub use non_null::NonNull;
mod unique;
#[unstable(feature = "ptr_internals", issue = "none")]
pub use unique::Unique;
mod const_ptr;
mod mut_ptr;
/// Executes the destructor (if any) of the pointed-to value.
///
/// This is semantically equivalent to calling [`ptr::read`] and discarding
/// the result, but has the following advantages:
///
/// * It is *required* to use `drop_in_place` to drop unsized types like
/// trait objects, because they can't be read out onto the stack and
/// dropped normally.
///
/// * It is friendlier to the optimizer to do this over [`ptr::read`] when
/// dropping manually allocated memory (e.g., in the implementations of
/// `Box`/`Rc`/`Vec`), as the compiler doesn't need to prove that it's
/// sound to elide the copy.
///
/// * It can be used to drop [pinned] data when `T` is not `repr(packed)`
/// (pinned data must not be moved before it is dropped).
///
/// Unaligned values cannot be dropped in place, they must be copied to an aligned
/// location first using [`ptr::read_unaligned`]. For packed structs, this move is
/// done automatically by the compiler. This means the fields of packed structs
/// are not dropped in-place.
///
/// [`ptr::read`]: self::read
/// [`ptr::read_unaligned`]: self::read_unaligned
/// [pinned]: crate::pin
///
/// # Safety
///
/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
///
/// * `to_drop` must be [valid] for both reads and writes.
///
/// * `to_drop` must be properly aligned.
///
/// * The value `to_drop` points to must be valid for dropping, which may mean it must uphold
/// additional invariants - this is type-dependent.
///
/// Additionally, if `T` is not [`Copy`], using the pointed-to value after
/// calling `drop_in_place` can cause undefined behavior. Note that `*to_drop =
/// foo` counts as a use because it will cause the value to be dropped
/// again. [`write()`] can be used to overwrite data without causing it to be
/// dropped.
///
/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be non-null and properly aligned.
///
/// [valid]: self#safety
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Manually remove the last item from a vector:
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
/// use std::rc::Rc;
///
/// let last = Rc::new(1);
/// let weak = Rc::downgrade(&last);
///
/// let mut v = vec![Rc::new(0), last];
///
/// unsafe {
/// // Get a raw pointer to the last element in `v`.
/// let ptr = &mut v[1] as *mut _;
/// // Shorten `v` to prevent the last item from being dropped. We do that first,
/// // to prevent issues if the `drop_in_place` below panics.
/// v.set_len(1);
/// // Without a call `drop_in_place`, the last item would never be dropped,
/// // and the memory it manages would be leaked.
/// ptr::drop_in_place(ptr);
/// }
///
/// assert_eq!(v, &[0.into()]);
///
/// // Ensure that the last item was dropped.
/// assert!(weak.upgrade().is_none());
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "drop_in_place", since = "1.8.0")]
#[lang = "drop_in_place"]
#[allow(unconditional_recursion)]
pub unsafe fn drop_in_place<T: ?Sized>(to_drop: *mut T) {
// Code here does not matter - this is replaced by the
// real drop glue by the compiler.
// SAFETY: see comment above
unsafe { drop_in_place(to_drop) }
}
/// Creates a null raw pointer.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// let p: *const i32 = ptr::null();
/// assert!(p.is_null());
/// ```
#[inline(always)]
#[must_use]
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[rustc_promotable]
#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_null", since = "1.24.0")]
#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_null"]
#[cfg(bootstrap)]
pub const fn null<T>() -> *const T {
invalid(0)
}
/// Creates a null raw pointer.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// let p: *const i32 = ptr::null();
/// assert!(p.is_null());
/// ```
#[inline(always)]
#[must_use]
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[rustc_promotable]
#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_null", since = "1.24.0")]
#[rustc_allow_const_fn_unstable(ptr_metadata)]
#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_null"]
#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
pub const fn null<T: ?Sized + Thin>() -> *const T {
from_raw_parts(invalid(0), ())
}
/// Creates a null mutable raw pointer.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// let p: *mut i32 = ptr::null_mut();
/// assert!(p.is_null());
/// ```
#[inline(always)]
#[must_use]
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[rustc_promotable]
#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_null", since = "1.24.0")]
#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_null_mut"]
#[cfg(bootstrap)]
pub const fn null_mut<T>() -> *mut T {
invalid_mut(0)
}
/// Creates an invalid pointer with the given address.
///
/// This is different from `addr as *const T`, which creates a pointer that picks up a previously
/// exposed provenance. See [`from_exposed_addr`] for more details on that operation.
///
/// The module's top-level documentation discusses the precise meaning of an "invalid"
/// pointer but essentially this expresses that the pointer is not associated
/// with any actual allocation and is little more than a usize address in disguise.
///
/// This pointer will have no provenance associated with it and is therefore
/// UB to read/write/offset. This mostly exists to facilitate things
/// like `ptr::null` and `NonNull::dangling` which make invalid pointers.
///
/// (Standard "Zero-Sized-Types get to cheat and lie" caveats apply, although it
/// may be desirable to give them their own API just to make that 100% clear.)
///
/// This API and its claimed semantics are part of the Strict Provenance experiment,
/// see the [module documentation][crate::ptr] for details.
#[inline(always)]
#[must_use]
#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "stable_things_using_strict_provenance", since = "1.61.0")]
#[unstable(feature = "strict_provenance", issue = "95228")]
pub const fn invalid<T>(addr: usize) -> *const T {
// FIXME(strict_provenance_magic): I am magic and should be a compiler intrinsic.
// We use transmute rather than a cast so tools like Miri can tell that this
// is *not* the same as from_exposed_addr.
// SAFETY: every valid integer is also a valid pointer (as long as you don't dereference that
// pointer).
unsafe { mem::transmute(addr) }
}
/// Creates an invalid mutable pointer with the given address.
///
/// This is different from `addr as *mut T`, which creates a pointer that picks up a previously
/// exposed provenance. See [`from_exposed_addr_mut`] for more details on that operation.
///
/// The module's top-level documentation discusses the precise meaning of an "invalid"
/// pointer but essentially this expresses that the pointer is not associated
/// with any actual allocation and is little more than a usize address in disguise.
///
/// This pointer will have no provenance associated with it and is therefore
/// UB to read/write/offset. This mostly exists to facilitate things
/// like `ptr::null` and `NonNull::dangling` which make invalid pointers.
///
/// (Standard "Zero-Sized-Types get to cheat and lie" caveats apply, although it
/// may be desirable to give them their own API just to make that 100% clear.)
///
/// This API and its claimed semantics are part of the Strict Provenance experiment,
/// see the [module documentation][crate::ptr] for details.
#[inline(always)]
#[must_use]
#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "stable_things_using_strict_provenance", since = "1.61.0")]
#[unstable(feature = "strict_provenance", issue = "95228")]
pub const fn invalid_mut<T>(addr: usize) -> *mut T {
// FIXME(strict_provenance_magic): I am magic and should be a compiler intrinsic.
// We use transmute rather than a cast so tools like Miri can tell that this
// is *not* the same as from_exposed_addr.
// SAFETY: every valid integer is also a valid pointer (as long as you don't dereference that
// pointer).
unsafe { mem::transmute(addr) }
}
/// Convert an address back to a pointer, picking up a previously 'exposed' provenance.
///
/// This is equivalent to `addr as *const T`. The provenance of the returned pointer is that of *any*
/// pointer that was previously passed to [`expose_addr`][pointer::expose_addr] or a `ptr as usize`
/// cast. If there is no previously 'exposed' provenance that justifies the way this pointer will be
/// used, the program has undefined behavior. Note that there is no algorithm that decides which
/// provenance will be used. You can think of this as "guessing" the right provenance, and the guess
/// will be "maximally in your favor", in the sense that if there is any way to avoid undefined
/// behavior, then that is the guess that will be taken.
///
/// On platforms with multiple address spaces, it is your responsibility to ensure that the
/// address makes sense in the address space that this pointer will be used with.
///
/// Using this method means that code is *not* following strict provenance rules. "Guessing" a
/// suitable provenance complicates specification and reasoning and may not be supported by
/// tools that help you to stay conformant with the Rust memory model, so it is recommended to
/// use [`with_addr`][pointer::with_addr] wherever possible.
///
/// On most platforms this will produce a value with the same bytes as the address. Platforms
/// which need to store additional information in a pointer may not support this operation,
/// since it is generally not possible to actually *compute* which provenance the returned
/// pointer has to pick up.
///
/// This API and its claimed semantics are part of the Strict Provenance experiment, see the
/// [module documentation][crate::ptr] for details.
#[must_use]
#[inline]
#[unstable(feature = "strict_provenance", issue = "95228")]
pub fn from_exposed_addr<T>(addr: usize) -> *const T
where
T: Sized,
{
// FIXME(strict_provenance_magic): I am magic and should be a compiler intrinsic.
addr as *const T
}
/// Convert an address back to a mutable pointer, picking up a previously 'exposed' provenance.
///
/// This is equivalent to `addr as *mut T`. The provenance of the returned pointer is that of *any*
/// pointer that was previously passed to [`expose_addr`][pointer::expose_addr] or a `ptr as usize`
/// cast. If there is no previously 'exposed' provenance that justifies the way this pointer will be
/// used, the program has undefined behavior. Note that there is no algorithm that decides which
/// provenance will be used. You can think of this as "guessing" the right provenance, and the guess
/// will be "maximally in your favor", in the sense that if there is any way to avoid undefined
/// behavior, then that is the guess that will be taken.
///
/// On platforms with multiple address spaces, it is your responsibility to ensure that the
/// address makes sense in the address space that this pointer will be used with.
///
/// Using this method means that code is *not* following strict provenance rules. "Guessing" a
/// suitable provenance complicates specification and reasoning and may not be supported by
/// tools that help you to stay conformant with the Rust memory model, so it is recommended to
/// use [`with_addr`][pointer::with_addr] wherever possible.
///
/// On most platforms this will produce a value with the same bytes as the address. Platforms
/// which need to store additional information in a pointer may not support this operation,
/// since it is generally not possible to actually *compute* which provenance the returned
/// pointer has to pick up.
///
/// This API and its claimed semantics are part of the Strict Provenance experiment, see the
/// [module documentation][crate::ptr] for details.
#[must_use]
#[inline]
#[unstable(feature = "strict_provenance", issue = "95228")]
pub fn from_exposed_addr_mut<T>(addr: usize) -> *mut T
where
T: Sized,
{
// FIXME(strict_provenance_magic): I am magic and should be a compiler intrinsic.
addr as *mut T
}
/// Creates a null mutable raw pointer.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// let p: *mut i32 = ptr::null_mut();
/// assert!(p.is_null());
/// ```
#[inline(always)]
#[must_use]
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[rustc_promotable]
#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_null", since = "1.24.0")]
#[rustc_allow_const_fn_unstable(ptr_metadata)]
#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_null_mut"]
#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
pub const fn null_mut<T: ?Sized + Thin>() -> *mut T {
from_raw_parts_mut(invalid_mut(0), ())
}
/// Forms a raw slice from a pointer and a length.
///
/// The `len` argument is the number of **elements**, not the number of bytes.
///
/// This function is safe, but actually using the return value is unsafe.
/// See the documentation of [`slice::from_raw_parts`] for slice safety requirements.
///
/// [`slice::from_raw_parts`]: crate::slice::from_raw_parts
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```rust
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// // create a slice pointer when starting out with a pointer to the first element
/// let x = [5, 6, 7];
/// let raw_pointer = x.as_ptr();
/// let slice = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts(raw_pointer, 3);
/// assert_eq!(unsafe { &*slice }[2], 7);
/// ```
#[inline]
#[stable(feature = "slice_from_raw_parts", since = "1.42.0")]
#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_slice_from_raw_parts", issue = "67456")]
pub const fn slice_from_raw_parts<T>(data: *const T, len: usize) -> *const [T] {
from_raw_parts(data.cast(), len)
}
/// Performs the same functionality as [`slice_from_raw_parts`], except that a
/// raw mutable slice is returned, as opposed to a raw immutable slice.
///
/// See the documentation of [`slice_from_raw_parts`] for more details.
///
/// This function is safe, but actually using the return value is unsafe.
/// See the documentation of [`slice::from_raw_parts_mut`] for slice safety requirements.
///
/// [`slice::from_raw_parts_mut`]: crate::slice::from_raw_parts_mut
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```rust
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// let x = &mut [5, 6, 7];
/// let raw_pointer = x.as_mut_ptr();
/// let slice = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(raw_pointer, 3);
///
/// unsafe {
/// (*slice)[2] = 99; // assign a value at an index in the slice
/// };
///
/// assert_eq!(unsafe { &*slice }[2], 99);
/// ```
#[inline]
#[stable(feature = "slice_from_raw_parts", since = "1.42.0")]
#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_slice_from_raw_parts", issue = "67456")]
pub const fn slice_from_raw_parts_mut<T>(data: *mut T, len: usize) -> *mut [T] {
from_raw_parts_mut(data.cast(), len)
}
/// Swaps the values at two mutable locations of the same type, without
/// deinitializing either.
///
/// But for the following two exceptions, this function is semantically
/// equivalent to [`mem::swap`]:
///
/// * It operates on raw pointers instead of references. When references are
/// available, [`mem::swap`] should be preferred.
///
/// * The two pointed-to values may overlap. If the values do overlap, then the
/// overlapping region of memory from `x` will be used. This is demonstrated
/// in the second example below.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
///
/// * Both `x` and `y` must be [valid] for both reads and writes.
///
/// * Both `x` and `y` must be properly aligned.
///
/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointers must be non-null and properly aligned.
///
/// [valid]: self#safety
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Swapping two non-overlapping regions:
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// let mut array = [0, 1, 2, 3];
///
/// let (x, y) = array.split_at_mut(2);
/// let x = x.as_mut_ptr().cast::<[u32; 2]>(); // this is `array[0..2]`
/// let y = y.as_mut_ptr().cast::<[u32; 2]>(); // this is `array[2..4]`
///
/// unsafe {
/// ptr::swap(x, y);
/// assert_eq!([2, 3, 0, 1], array);
/// }
/// ```
///
/// Swapping two overlapping regions:
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// let mut array: [i32; 4] = [0, 1, 2, 3];
///
/// let array_ptr: *mut i32 = array.as_mut_ptr();
///
/// let x = array_ptr as *mut [i32; 3]; // this is `array[0..3]`
/// let y = unsafe { array_ptr.add(1) } as *mut [i32; 3]; // this is `array[1..4]`
///
/// unsafe {
/// ptr::swap(x, y);
/// // The indices `1..3` of the slice overlap between `x` and `y`.
/// // Reasonable results would be for to them be `[2, 3]`, so that indices `0..3` are
/// // `[1, 2, 3]` (matching `y` before the `swap`); or for them to be `[0, 1]`
/// // so that indices `1..4` are `[0, 1, 2]` (matching `x` before the `swap`).
/// // This implementation is defined to make the latter choice.
/// assert_eq!([1, 0, 1, 2], array);
/// }
/// ```
#[inline]
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_swap", issue = "83163")]
pub const unsafe fn swap<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T) {
// Give ourselves some scratch space to work with.
// We do not have to worry about drops: `MaybeUninit` does nothing when dropped.
let mut tmp = MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
// Perform the swap
// SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `x` and `y` are
// valid for writes and properly aligned. `tmp` cannot be
// overlapping either `x` or `y` because `tmp` was just allocated
// on the stack as a separate allocated object.
unsafe {
copy_nonoverlapping(x, tmp.as_mut_ptr(), 1);
copy(y, x, 1); // `x` and `y` may overlap
copy_nonoverlapping(tmp.as_ptr(), y, 1);
}
}
/// Swaps `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes between the two regions of memory
/// beginning at `x` and `y`. The two regions must *not* overlap.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
///
/// * Both `x` and `y` must be [valid] for both reads and writes of `count *
/// size_of::<T>()` bytes.
///
/// * Both `x` and `y` must be properly aligned.
///
/// * The region of memory beginning at `x` with a size of `count *
/// size_of::<T>()` bytes must *not* overlap with the region of memory
/// beginning at `y` with the same size.
///
/// Note that even if the effectively copied size (`count * size_of::<T>()`) is `0`,
/// the pointers must be non-null and properly aligned.
///
/// [valid]: self#safety
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Basic usage:
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
///
/// let mut x = [1, 2, 3, 4];
/// let mut y = [7, 8, 9];
///
/// unsafe {
/// ptr::swap_nonoverlapping(x.as_mut_ptr(), y.as_mut_ptr(), 2);
/// }
///
/// assert_eq!(x, [7, 8, 3, 4]);
/// assert_eq!(y, [1, 2, 9]);
/// ```
#[inline]
#[stable(feature = "swap_nonoverlapping", since = "1.27.0")]
#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_swap", issue = "83163")]
pub const unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T, count: usize) {
#[allow(unused)]
macro_rules! attempt_swap_as_chunks {
($ChunkTy:ty) => {
if mem::align_of::<T>() >= mem::align_of::<$ChunkTy>()
&& mem::size_of::<T>() % mem::size_of::<$ChunkTy>() == 0
{
let x: *mut MaybeUninit<$ChunkTy> = x.cast();
let y: *mut MaybeUninit<$ChunkTy> = y.cast();
let count = count * (mem::size_of::<T>() / mem::size_of::<$ChunkTy>());
// SAFETY: these are the same bytes that the caller promised were
// ok, just typed as `MaybeUninit<ChunkTy>`s instead of as `T`s.
// The `if` condition above ensures that we're not violating
// alignment requirements, and that the division is exact so
// that we don't lose any bytes off the end.
return unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_simple(x, y, count) };
}
};
}
// SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `x` and `y` are
// valid for writes and properly aligned.
unsafe {
assert_unsafe_precondition!(
is_aligned_and_not_null(x)
&& is_aligned_and_not_null(y)
&& is_nonoverlapping(x, y, count)
);
}
// NOTE(scottmcm) Miri is disabled here as reading in smaller units is a
// pessimization for it. Also, if the type contains any unaligned pointers,
// copying those over multiple reads is difficult to support.
#[cfg(not(miri))]
{
// Split up the slice into small power-of-two-sized chunks that LLVM is able
// to vectorize (unless it's a special type with more-than-pointer alignment,
// because we don't want to pessimize things like slices of SIMD vectors.)
if mem::align_of::<T>() <= mem::size_of::<usize>()
&& (!mem::size_of::<T>().is_power_of_two()
|| mem::size_of::<T>() > mem::size_of::<usize>() * 2)
{
attempt_swap_as_chunks!(usize);
attempt_swap_as_chunks!(u8);
}
}
// SAFETY: Same preconditions as this function
unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_simple(x, y, count) }
}
/// Same behaviour and safety conditions as [`swap_nonoverlapping`]
///
/// LLVM can vectorize this (at least it can for the power-of-two-sized types
/// `swap_nonoverlapping` tries to use) so no need to manually SIMD it.
#[inline]
#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_swap", issue = "83163")]
const unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping_simple<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T, count: usize) {
let mut i = 0;
while i < count {
let x: &mut T =
// SAFETY: By precondition, `i` is in-bounds because it's below `n`
unsafe { &mut *x.add(i) };
let y: &mut T =
// SAFETY: By precondition, `i` is in-bounds because it's below `n`
// and it's distinct from `x` since the ranges are non-overlapping
unsafe { &mut *y.add(i) };
mem::swap_simple(x, y);
i += 1;
}
}
/// Moves `src` into the pointed `dst`, returning the previous `dst` value.
///
/// Neither value is dropped.
///
/// This function is semantically equivalent to [`mem::replace`] except that it
/// operates on raw pointers instead of references. When references are
/// available, [`mem::replace`] should be preferred.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
///
/// * `dst` must be [valid] for both reads and writes.
///
/// * `dst` must be properly aligned.
///
/// * `dst` must point to a properly initialized value of type `T`.
///
/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be non-null and properly aligned.
///
/// [valid]: self#safety
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::ptr;
///