fix comments in dynamic size/align computation logic

Author: RalfJung

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/glue.rs

@@ -59,37 +59,41 @@ pub fn size_and_align_of_dst<'a, 'tcx, Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx>>(
             debug!("DST {} layout: {:?}", t, layout);
 
             let i = layout.fields.count() - 1;
-            let sized_size = layout.fields.offset(i).bytes();
+            let unsized_offset_unadjusted = layout.fields.offset(i).bytes();
             let sized_align = layout.align.abi.bytes();
-            debug!("DST {} statically sized prefix size: {} align: {}", t, sized_size, sized_align);
-            let sized_size = bx.const_usize(sized_size);
+            debug!(
+                "DST {} offset of dyn field: {}, statically sized align: {}",
+                t, unsized_offset_unadjusted, sized_align
+            );
+            let unsized_offset_unadjusted = bx.const_usize(unsized_offset_unadjusted);
             let sized_align = bx.const_usize(sized_align);
 
             // Recurse to get the size of the dynamically sized field (must be
             // the last field).
             let field_ty = layout.field(bx, i).ty;
             let (unsized_size, mut unsized_align) = size_and_align_of_dst(bx, field_ty, info);
 
-            // FIXME (#26403, #27023): We should be adding padding
-            // to `sized_size` (to accommodate the `unsized_align`
-            // required of the unsized field that follows) before
-            // summing it with `sized_size`. (Note that since #26403
-            // is unfixed, we do not yet add the necessary padding
-            // here. But this is where the add would go.)
+            // # First compute the dynamic alignment
 
-            // Return the sum of sizes and max of aligns.
-            let size = bx.add(sized_size, unsized_size);
-
-            // Packed types ignore the alignment of their fields.
+            // Packed type alignment would have to be capped, but their tails always have known alignment.
+            // Therefore, their alignment has already been taken into account when computing `sized_align`
+            // and `unsized_offset_unadjusted`, so no further adjustment is needed.
             if let ty::Adt(def, _) = t.kind() {
                 if def.repr().packed() {
+                    let unsized_tail =
+                        bx.tcx().struct_tail_with_normalize(field_ty, |ty| ty, || {});
+                    assert!(matches!(unsized_tail.kind(), ty::Slice(..) | ty::Str));
+                    // Therefore we do not need to adjust anything.
+                    // It's not actually correct to say that the unsized field has this alignment, but the
+                    // code below works correctly if we set this and it avoids having to compute
+                    // the actual alignment (which is `unsized_align.min(packed)`).
                     unsized_align = sized_align;
                 }
             }
 
             // Choose max of two known alignments (combined value must
             // be aligned according to more restrictive of the two).
-            let align = match (
+            let full_align = match (
                 bx.const_to_opt_u128(sized_align, false),
                 bx.const_to_opt_u128(unsized_align, false),
             ) {
@@ -104,6 +108,21 @@ pub fn size_and_align_of_dst<'a, 'tcx, Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx>>(
                 }
             };
 
+            // # Then compute the dynamic size
+
+            // The full formula for the size would be:
+            // let unsized_offset_adjusted = unsized_offset_unadjusted.align_to(unsized_align);
+            // let full_size = (unsized_offset_adjusted + unsized_size).align_to(full_align);
+            // However, `unsized_size` is a multiple of `unsized_align`.
+            // Therefore, we can equivalently do the `align_to(unsized_align)` *after* adding `unsized_size`:
+            // let full_size = (offset + unsized_size).align_to(unsized_align).align_to(full_align);
+            // Furthermore, `align >= unsized_align`, and therefore we only need to do:
+            // let full_size = (offset + unsized_size).align_to(full_align);
+            // This formula also has the advantage of working correctly when the type is packed
+            // and we set `unsized_align = sized_align`.
+
+            let full_size = bx.add(unsized_offset_unadjusted, unsized_size);
+
             // Issue #27023: must add any necessary padding to `size`
             // (to make it a multiple of `align`) before returning it.
             //
@@ -115,12 +134,12 @@ pub fn size_and_align_of_dst<'a, 'tcx, Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx>>(
             //
             //   `(size + (align-1)) & -align`
             let one = bx.const_usize(1);
-            let addend = bx.sub(align, one);
-            let add = bx.add(size, addend);
-            let neg = bx.neg(align);
-            let size = bx.and(add, neg);
+            let addend = bx.sub(full_align, one);
+            let add = bx.add(full_size, addend);
+            let neg = bx.neg(full_align);
+            let full_size = bx.and(add, neg);
 
-            (size, align)
+            (full_size, full_align)
         }
     }
 }

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/eval_context.rs

@@ -684,14 +684,8 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
                 assert!(layout.fields.count() > 0);
                 trace!("DST layout: {:?}", layout);
 
-                let sized_size = layout.fields.offset(layout.fields.count() - 1);
+                let unsized_offset_unadjusted = layout.fields.offset(layout.fields.count() - 1);
                 let sized_align = layout.align.abi;
-                trace!(
-                    "DST {} statically sized prefix size: {:?} align: {:?}",
-                    layout.ty,
-                    sized_size,
-                    sized_align
-                );
 
                 // Recurse to get the size of the dynamically sized field (must be
                 // the last field). Can't have foreign types here, how would we
@@ -705,36 +699,29 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
                     return Ok(None);
                 };
 
-                // FIXME (#26403, #27023): We should be adding padding
-                // to `sized_size` (to accommodate the `unsized_align`
-                // required of the unsized field that follows) before
-                // summing it with `sized_size`. (Note that since #26403
-                // is unfixed, we do not yet add the necessary padding
-                // here. But this is where the add would go.)
-
-                // Return the sum of sizes and max of aligns.
-                let size = sized_size + unsized_size; // `Size` addition
+                // # First compute the dynamic alignment
 
-                // Packed types ignore the alignment of their fields.
+                // Packed type alignment needs to be capped.
                 if let ty::Adt(def, _) = layout.ty.kind() {
-                    if def.repr().packed() {
-                        unsized_align = sized_align;
+                    if let Some(packed) = def.repr().pack {
+                        unsized_align = unsized_align.min(packed);
                     }
                 }
 
                 // Choose max of two known alignments (combined value must
                 // be aligned according to more restrictive of the two).
-                let align = sized_align.max(unsized_align);
+                let full_align = sized_align.max(unsized_align);
 
-                // Issue #27023: must add any necessary padding to `size`
-                // (to make it a multiple of `align`) before returning it.
-                let size = size.align_to(align);
+                // # Then compute the dynamic size
+
+                let unsized_offset_adjusted = unsized_offset_unadjusted.align_to(unsized_align);
+                let full_size = (unsized_offset_adjusted + unsized_size).align_to(full_align);
 
                 // Check if this brought us over the size limit.
-                if size > self.max_size_of_val() {
+                if full_size > self.max_size_of_val() {
                     throw_ub!(InvalidMeta(InvalidMetaKind::TooBig));
                 }
-                Ok(Some((size, align)))
+                Ok(Some((full_size, full_align)))
             }
             ty::Dynamic(_, _, ty::Dyn) => {
                 let vtable = metadata.unwrap_meta().to_pointer(self)?;