const-eval: full support for pointer fragments

Author: RalfJung

compiler/rustc_const_eval/messages.ftl

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const_eval_const_context = {$kind ->
 }
 
 const_eval_const_heap_ptr_in_final = encountered `const_allocate` pointer in final value that was not made global
-    .note = use `const_make_global` to make allocated pointers immutable before returning
+    .note = use `const_make_global` to turn allocated pointers into immutable globals before returning
 
 const_eval_const_make_global_ptr_already_made_global = attempting to call `const_make_global` twice on the same allocation {$alloc}
 
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ const_eval_mutable_borrow_escaping =
 
 const_eval_mutable_ptr_in_final = encountered mutable pointer in final value of {const_eval_intern_kind}
 
+const_eval_partial_pointer_in_final = encountered partial pointer in final value of {const_eval_intern_kind}
+    .note = while pointers can be broken apart into individual bytes during const-evaluation, only complete pointers (with all their bytes in the right order) are supported in the final value
+
 const_eval_nested_static_in_thread_local = #[thread_local] does not support implicit nested statics, please create explicit static items and refer to them instead
 
 const_eval_non_const_await =
@@ -299,10 +302,8 @@ const_eval_panic = evaluation panicked: {$msg}
 
 const_eval_panic_non_str = argument to `panic!()` in a const context must have type `&str`
 
-const_eval_partial_pointer_copy =
-    unable to copy parts of a pointer from memory at {$ptr}
-const_eval_partial_pointer_overwrite =
-    unable to overwrite parts of a pointer in memory at {$ptr}
+const_eval_partial_pointer_read =
+    unable to read parts of a pointer from memory at {$ptr}
 const_eval_pointer_arithmetic_overflow =
     overflowing pointer arithmetic: the total offset in bytes does not fit in an `isize`
 

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/eval_queries.rs

@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ fn eval_body_using_ecx<'tcx, R: InterpretationResult<'tcx>>(
                 ecx.tcx.dcx().emit_err(errors::ConstHeapPtrInFinal { span: ecx.tcx.span }),
             )));
         }
+        Err(InternError::PartialPointer) => {
+            throw_inval!(AlreadyReported(ReportedErrorInfo::non_const_eval_error(
+                ecx.tcx
+                    .dcx()
+                    .emit_err(errors::PartialPtrInFinal { span: ecx.tcx.span, kind: intern_kind }),
+            )));
+        }
     }
 
     interp_ok(R::make_result(ret, ecx))

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/errors.rs

@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ pub(crate) struct ConstHeapPtrInFinal {
     pub span: Span,
 }
 
+#[derive(Diagnostic)]
+#[diag(const_eval_partial_pointer_in_final)]
+#[note]
+pub(crate) struct PartialPtrInFinal {
+    #[primary_span]
+    pub span: Span,
+    pub kind: InternKind,
+}
+
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag(const_eval_unstable_in_stable_exposed)]
 pub(crate) struct UnstableInStableExposed {
@@ -832,8 +841,7 @@ impl ReportErrorExt for UnsupportedOpInfo {
             UnsupportedOpInfo::Unsupported(s) => s.clone().into(),
             UnsupportedOpInfo::ExternTypeField => const_eval_extern_type_field,
             UnsupportedOpInfo::UnsizedLocal => const_eval_unsized_local,
-            UnsupportedOpInfo::OverwritePartialPointer(_) => const_eval_partial_pointer_overwrite,
-            UnsupportedOpInfo::ReadPartialPointer(_) => const_eval_partial_pointer_copy,
+            UnsupportedOpInfo::ReadPartialPointer(_) => const_eval_partial_pointer_read,
             UnsupportedOpInfo::ReadPointerAsInt(_) => const_eval_read_pointer_as_int,
             UnsupportedOpInfo::ThreadLocalStatic(_) => const_eval_thread_local_static,
             UnsupportedOpInfo::ExternStatic(_) => const_eval_extern_static,
@@ -844,7 +852,7 @@ impl ReportErrorExt for UnsupportedOpInfo {
         use UnsupportedOpInfo::*;
 
         use crate::fluent_generated::*;
-        if let ReadPointerAsInt(_) | OverwritePartialPointer(_) | ReadPartialPointer(_) = self {
+        if let ReadPointerAsInt(_) | ReadPartialPointer(_) = self {
             diag.help(const_eval_ptr_as_bytes_1);
             diag.help(const_eval_ptr_as_bytes_2);
         }
@@ -856,7 +864,7 @@ impl ReportErrorExt for UnsupportedOpInfo {
             | UnsupportedOpInfo::ExternTypeField
             | Unsupported(_)
             | ReadPointerAsInt(_) => {}
-            OverwritePartialPointer(ptr) | ReadPartialPointer(ptr) => {
+            ReadPartialPointer(ptr) => {
                 diag.arg("ptr", ptr);
             }
             ThreadLocalStatic(did) | ExternStatic(did) => rustc_middle::ty::tls::with(|tcx| {

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/intern.rs

@@ -79,11 +79,18 @@ fn intern_shallow<'tcx, M: CompileTimeMachine<'tcx>>(
                 // `const_make_global`. We want to error here, but we have to first put the
                 // allocation back into the `alloc_map` to keep things in a consistent state.
                 ecx.memory.alloc_map.insert(alloc_id, (kind, alloc));
+                ecx.tcx.dcx().delayed_bug("non-global heap allocation in const value");
                 return Err(InternError::ConstAllocNotGlobal);
             }
         }
         MemoryKind::Stack | MemoryKind::CallerLocation => {}
     }
+    if !alloc.provenance_merge_bytes(&ecx.tcx) {
+        // Per-byte provenance is not supported by backends, so we cannot accept it here.
+        ecx.memory.alloc_map.insert(alloc_id, (kind, alloc));
+        ecx.tcx.dcx().delayed_bug("partial pointer in const value");
+        return Err(InternError::PartialPointer);
+    }
 
     // Set allocation mutability as appropriate. This is used by LLVM to put things into
     // read-only memory, and also by Miri when evaluating other globals that
@@ -166,6 +173,7 @@ pub enum InternError {
     BadMutablePointer,
     DanglingPointer,
     ConstAllocNotGlobal,
+    PartialPointer,
 }
 
 /// Intern `ret` and everything it references.
@@ -225,17 +233,14 @@ pub fn intern_const_alloc_recursive<'tcx, M: CompileTimeMachine<'tcx>>(
         alloc.1.mutability = base_mutability;
         alloc.1.provenance().ptrs().iter().map(|&(_, prov)| prov).collect()
     } else {
-        intern_shallow(ecx, base_alloc_id, base_mutability, Some(&mut disambiguator))
-            .unwrap()
-            .collect()
+        intern_shallow(ecx, base_alloc_id, base_mutability, Some(&mut disambiguator))?.collect()
     };
     // We need to distinguish "has just been interned" from "was already in `tcx`",
     // so we track this in a separate set.
     let mut just_interned: FxHashSet<_> = std::iter::once(base_alloc_id).collect();
     // Whether we encountered a bad mutable pointer.
     // We want to first report "dangling" and then "mutable", so we need to delay reporting these
     // errors.
-    let mut result = Ok(());
     let mut found_bad_mutable_ptr = false;
 
     // Keep interning as long as there are things to intern.
@@ -310,28 +315,23 @@ pub fn intern_const_alloc_recursive<'tcx, M: CompileTimeMachine<'tcx>>(
         // okay with losing some potential for immutability here. This can anyway only affect
         // `static mut`.
         just_interned.insert(alloc_id);
-        match intern_shallow(ecx, alloc_id, inner_mutability, Some(&mut disambiguator)) {
-            Ok(nested) => todo.extend(nested),
-            Err(err) => {
-                ecx.tcx.dcx().delayed_bug("error during const interning");
-                result = Err(err);
-            }
-        }
+        let next = intern_shallow(ecx, alloc_id, inner_mutability, Some(&mut disambiguator))?;
+        todo.extend(next);
     }
-    if found_bad_mutable_ptr && result.is_ok() {
+    if found_bad_mutable_ptr {
         // We found a mutable pointer inside a const where inner allocations should be immutable,
         // and there was no other error. This should usually never happen! However, this can happen
         // in unleash-miri mode, so report it as a normal error then.
         if ecx.tcx.sess.opts.unstable_opts.unleash_the_miri_inside_of_you {
-            result = Err(InternError::BadMutablePointer);
+            return Err(InternError::BadMutablePointer);
         } else {
             span_bug!(
                 ecx.tcx.span,
                 "the static const safety checks accepted a mutable pointer they should not have accepted"
             );
         }
     }
-    result
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 /// Intern `ret`. This function assumes that `ret` references no other allocation.

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs

@@ -1310,29 +1310,20 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, Prov: Provenance, Extra, Bytes: AllocBytes>
     }
 
     /// Mark the given sub-range (relative to this allocation reference) as uninitialized.
-    pub fn write_uninit(&mut self, range: AllocRange) -> InterpResult<'tcx> {
+    pub fn write_uninit(&mut self, range: AllocRange) {
         let range = self.range.subrange(range);
 
-        self.alloc
-            .write_uninit(&self.tcx, range)
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_interp_error(self.alloc_id))
-            .into()
+        self.alloc.write_uninit(&self.tcx, range);
     }
 
     /// Mark the entire referenced range as uninitialized
-    pub fn write_uninit_full(&mut self) -> InterpResult<'tcx> {
-        self.alloc
-            .write_uninit(&self.tcx, self.range)
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_interp_error(self.alloc_id))
-            .into()
+    pub fn write_uninit_full(&mut self) {
+        self.alloc.write_uninit(&self.tcx, self.range);
     }
 
     /// Remove all provenance in the reference range.
-    pub fn clear_provenance(&mut self) -> InterpResult<'tcx> {
-        self.alloc
-            .clear_provenance(&self.tcx, self.range)
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_interp_error(self.alloc_id))
-            .into()
+    pub fn clear_provenance(&mut self) {
+        self.alloc.clear_provenance(&self.tcx, self.range);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1423,11 +1414,8 @@ impl<'tcx, M: Machine<'tcx>> InterpCx<'tcx, M> {
 
         // Side-step AllocRef and directly access the underlying bytes more efficiently.
         // (We are staying inside the bounds here and all bytes do get overwritten so all is good.)
-        let alloc_id = alloc_ref.alloc_id;
-        let bytes = alloc_ref
-            .alloc
-            .get_bytes_unchecked_for_overwrite(&alloc_ref.tcx, alloc_ref.range)
-            .map_err(move |e| e.to_interp_error(alloc_id))?;
+        let bytes =
+            alloc_ref.alloc.get_bytes_unchecked_for_overwrite(&alloc_ref.tcx, alloc_ref.range);
         // `zip` would stop when the first iterator ends; we want to definitely
         // cover all of `bytes`.
         for dest in bytes {
@@ -1509,10 +1497,8 @@ impl<'tcx, M: Machine<'tcx>> InterpCx<'tcx, M> {
         // `get_bytes_mut` will clear the provenance, which is correct,
         // since we don't want to keep any provenance at the target.
         // This will also error if copying partial provenance is not supported.
-        let provenance = src_alloc
-            .provenance()
-            .prepare_copy(src_range, dest_offset, num_copies, self)
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_interp_error(src_alloc_id))?;
+        let provenance =
+            src_alloc.provenance().prepare_copy(src_range, dest_offset, num_copies, self);
         // Prepare a copy of the initialization mask.
         let init = src_alloc.init_mask().prepare_copy(src_range);
 
@@ -1530,10 +1516,8 @@ impl<'tcx, M: Machine<'tcx>> InterpCx<'tcx, M> {
             dest_range,
         )?;
         // Yes we do overwrite all bytes in `dest_bytes`.
-        let dest_bytes = dest_alloc
-            .get_bytes_unchecked_for_overwrite_ptr(&tcx, dest_range)
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_interp_error(dest_alloc_id))?
-            .as_mut_ptr();
+        let dest_bytes =
+            dest_alloc.get_bytes_unchecked_for_overwrite_ptr(&tcx, dest_range).as_mut_ptr();
 
         if init.no_bytes_init() {
             // Fast path: If all bytes are `uninit` then there is nothing to copy. The target range
@@ -1542,9 +1526,7 @@ impl<'tcx, M: Machine<'tcx>> InterpCx<'tcx, M> {
             // This also avoids writing to the target bytes so that the backing allocation is never
             // touched if the bytes stay uninitialized for the whole interpreter execution. On contemporary
             // operating system this can avoid physically allocating the page.
-            dest_alloc
-                .write_uninit(&tcx, dest_range)
-                .map_err(|e| e.to_interp_error(dest_alloc_id))?;
+            dest_alloc.write_uninit(&tcx, dest_range);
             // `write_uninit` also resets the provenance, so we are done.
             return interp_ok(());
         }

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/place.rs

@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ where
 
         match value {
             Immediate::Scalar(scalar) => {
-                alloc.write_scalar(alloc_range(Size::ZERO, scalar.size()), scalar)
+                alloc.write_scalar(alloc_range(Size::ZERO, scalar.size()), scalar)?;
             }
             Immediate::ScalarPair(a_val, b_val) => {
                 let BackendRepr::ScalarPair(a, b) = layout.backend_repr else {
@@ -720,10 +720,10 @@ where
                 alloc.write_scalar(alloc_range(Size::ZERO, a_val.size()), a_val)?;
                 alloc.write_scalar(alloc_range(b_offset, b_val.size()), b_val)?;
                 // We don't have to reset padding here, `write_immediate` will anyway do a validation run.
-                interp_ok(())
             }
             Immediate::Uninit => alloc.write_uninit_full(),
         }
+        interp_ok(())
     }
 
     pub fn write_uninit(
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ where
                     // Zero-sized access
                     return interp_ok(());
                 };
-                alloc.write_uninit_full()?;
+                alloc.write_uninit_full();
             }
         }
         interp_ok(())
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ where
                     // Zero-sized access
                     return interp_ok(());
                 };
-                alloc.clear_provenance()?;
+                alloc.clear_provenance();
             }
         }
         interp_ok(())

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/validity.rs

@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ impl<'rt, 'tcx, M: Machine<'tcx>> ValidityVisitor<'rt, 'tcx, M> {
                 let padding_size = offset - padding_cleared_until;
                 let range = alloc_range(padding_start, padding_size);
                 trace!("reset_padding on {}: resetting padding range {range:?}", mplace.layout.ty);
-                alloc.write_uninit(range)?;
+                alloc.write_uninit(range);
             }
             padding_cleared_until = offset + size;
         }
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ impl<'rt, 'tcx, M: Machine<'tcx>> ValueVisitor<'tcx, M> for ValidityVisitor<'rt,
                 if self.reset_provenance_and_padding {
                     // We can't share this with above as above, we might be looking at read-only memory.
                     let mut alloc = self.ecx.get_ptr_alloc_mut(mplace.ptr(), size)?.expect("we already excluded size 0");
-                    alloc.clear_provenance()?;
+                    alloc.clear_provenance();
                     // Also, mark this as containing data, not padding.
                     self.add_data_range(mplace.ptr(), size);
                 }