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1//! Manually manage memory through raw pointers.
2//!
3//! *[See also the pointer primitive types](pointer).*
4//!
5//! # Safety
6//!
7//! Many functions in this module take raw pointers as arguments and read from or write to them. For
8//! this to be safe, these pointers must be *valid* for the given access. Whether a pointer is valid
9//! depends on the operation it is used for (read or write), and the extent of the memory that is
10//! accessed (i.e., how many bytes are read/written) -- it makes no sense to ask "is this pointer
11//! valid"; one has to ask "is this pointer valid for a given access". Most functions use `*mut T`
12//! and `*const T` to access only a single value, in which case the documentation omits the size and
13//! implicitly assumes it to be `size_of::<T>()` bytes.
14//!
15//! The precise rules for validity are not determined yet. The guarantees that are
16//! provided at this point are very minimal:
17//!
18//! * A [null] pointer is *never* valid for reads/writes.
19//! * For memory accesses of [size zero][zst], *every* non-null pointer is valid for reads/writes.
20//!   The following points are only concerned with non-zero-sized accesses.
21//! * For a pointer to be valid for reads/writes, it is necessary, but not always sufficient, that
22//!   the pointer be *dereferenceable*. The [provenance] of the pointer is used to determine which
23//!   [allocation] it is derived from; a pointer is dereferenceable if the memory range of the given
24//!   size starting at the pointer is entirely contained within the bounds of that allocation. Note
25//!   that in Rust, every (stack-allocated) variable is considered a separate allocation.
26//! * All accesses performed by functions in this module are *non-atomic* in the sense
27//!   of [atomic operations] used to synchronize between threads. This means it is
28//!   undefined behavior to perform two concurrent accesses to the same location from different
29//!   threads unless both accesses only read from memory.
30//! * The result of casting a reference to a pointer is valid for reads/writes for as long as the
31//!   underlying allocation is live and no reference (just raw pointers) is used to
32//!   access the same memory. That is, reference and pointer accesses cannot be
33//!   interleaved.
34//!
35//! These axioms, along with careful use of [`offset`] for pointer arithmetic,
36//! are enough to correctly implement many useful things in unsafe code. Stronger guarantees
37//! will be provided eventually, as the [aliasing] rules are being determined. For more
38//! information, see the [book] as well as the section in the reference devoted
39//! to [undefined behavior][ub].
40//!
41//! Note that some operations such as [`read`] and [`write`][`write()`] do allow null pointers if
42//! the total size of the access is zero. However, other operations internally convert pointers into
43//! references. Therefore, the general notion of "valid for reads/writes" excludes null pointers,
44//! and the specific operations that permit null pointers mention that as an exception. Furthermore,
45//! [`read_volatile`] and [`write_volatile`] can be used in even more situations; see their
46//! documentation for details.
47//!
48//! We say that a pointer is "dangling" if it is not valid for any non-zero-sized accesses. This
49//! means out-of-bounds pointers, pointers to freed memory, null pointers, and pointers created with
50//! [`NonNull::dangling`] are all dangling.
51//!
52//! ## Alignment
53//!
54//! Valid raw pointers as defined above are not necessarily properly aligned (where
55//! "proper" alignment is defined by the pointee type, i.e., `*const T` must be
56//! aligned to `align_of::<T>()`). However, most functions require their
57//! arguments to be properly aligned, and will explicitly state
58//! this requirement in their documentation. Notable exceptions to this are
59//! [`read_unaligned`] and [`write_unaligned`].
60//!
61//! When a function requires proper alignment, it does so even if the access
62//! has size 0, i.e., even if memory is not actually touched. Consider using
63//! [`NonNull::dangling`] in such cases.
64//!
65//! ## Pointer to reference conversion
66//!
67//! When converting a pointer to a reference (e.g. via `&*ptr` or `&mut *ptr`),
68//! there are several rules that must be followed:
69//!
70//! * The pointer must be properly aligned.
71//!
72//! * It must be non-null.
73//!
74//! * It must be "dereferenceable" in the sense defined above.
75//!
76//! * The pointer must point to a [valid value] of type `T`.
77//!
78//! * You must enforce Rust's aliasing rules. The exact aliasing rules are not decided yet, so we
79//!   only give a rough overview here. The rules also depend on whether a mutable or a shared
80//!   reference is being created.
81//!   * When creating a mutable reference, then while this reference exists, the memory it points to
82//!     must not get accessed (read or written) through any other pointer or reference not derived
83//!     from this reference.
84//!   * When creating a shared reference, then while this reference exists, the memory it points to
85//!     must not get mutated (except inside `UnsafeCell`).
86//!
87//! If a pointer follows all of these rules, it is said to be
88//! *convertible to a (mutable or shared) reference*.
89// ^ we use this term instead of saying that the produced reference must
90// be valid, as the validity of a reference is easily confused for the
91// validity of the thing it refers to, and while the two concepts are
92// closely related, they are not identical.
93//!
94//! These rules apply even if the result is unused!
95//! (The part about being initialized is not yet fully decided, but until
96//! it is, the only safe approach is to ensure that they are indeed initialized.)
97//!
98//! An example of the implications of the above rules is that an expression such
99//! as `unsafe { &*(0 as *const u8) }` is Immediate Undefined Behavior.
100//!
101//! [valid value]: ../../reference/behavior-considered-undefined.html#invalid-values
102//!
103//! ## Allocation
104//!
105//! <a id="allocated-object"></a> <!-- keep old URLs working -->
106//!
107//! An *allocation* is a subset of program memory which is addressable
108//! from Rust, and within which pointer arithmetic is possible. Examples of
109//! allocations include heap allocations, stack-allocated variables,
110//! statics, and consts. The safety preconditions of some Rust operations -
111//! such as `offset` and field projections (`expr.field`) - are defined in
112//! terms of the allocations on which they operate.
113//!
114//! An allocation has a base address, a size, and a set of memory
115//! addresses. It is possible for an allocation to have zero size, but
116//! such an allocation will still have a base address. The base address
117//! of an allocation is not necessarily unique. While it is currently the
118//! case that an allocation always has a set of memory addresses which is
119//! fully contiguous (i.e., has no "holes"), there is no guarantee that this
120//! will not change in the future.
121//!
122//! Allocations must behave like "normal" memory: in particular, reads must not have
123//! side-effects, and writes must become visible to other threads using the usual synchronization
124//! primitives.
125//! Allocations must support all atomic operations that are available for the target (as
126//! determined by the `target_has_atomic*` set of cfg flags).
127//! The precise instructions used for atomic operations are generally not guaranteed, so portable
128//! software should place all Rust allocations in memory regions that support all atomic
129//! instructions.
130//!
131//! For any allocation with `base` address, `size`, and a set of
132//! `addresses`, the following are guaranteed:
133//! - For all addresses `a` in `addresses`, `a` is in the range `base .. (base +
134//!   size)` (note that this requires `a < base + size`, not `a <= base + size`)
135//! - `base` is not equal to [`null()`] (i.e., the address with the numerical
136//!   value 0)
137//! - `base + size <= usize::MAX`
138//! - `size <= isize::MAX`
139//!
140//! As a consequence of these guarantees, given any address `a` within the set
141//! of addresses of an allocation:
142//! - It is guaranteed that `a - base` does not overflow `isize`
143//! - It is guaranteed that `a - base` is non-negative
144//! - It is guaranteed that, given `o = a - base` (i.e., the offset of `a` within
145//!   the allocation), `base + o` will not wrap around the address space (in
146//!   other words, will not overflow `usize`)
147//!
148//! [`null()`]: null
149//!
150//! # Provenance
151//!
152//! Pointers are not *simply* an "integer" or "address". For instance, it's uncontroversial
153//! to say that a Use After Free is clearly Undefined Behavior, even if you "get lucky"
154//! and the freed memory gets reallocated before your read/write (in fact this is the
155//! worst-case scenario, UAFs would be much less concerning if this didn't happen!).
156//! As another example, consider that [`wrapping_offset`] is documented to "remember"
157//! the allocation that the original pointer points to, even if it is offset far
158//! outside the memory range occupied by that allocation.
159//! To rationalize claims like this, pointers need to somehow be *more* than just their addresses:
160//! they must have **provenance**.
161//!
162//! A pointer value in Rust semantically contains the following information:
163//!
164//! * The **address** it points to, which can be represented by a `usize`.
165//! * The **provenance** it has, defining the memory it has permission to access. Provenance can be
166//!   absent, in which case the pointer does not have permission to access any memory.
167//!
168//! The exact structure of provenance is not yet specified, but the permission defined by a
169//! pointer's provenance have a *spatial* component, a *temporal* component, and a *mutability*
170//! component:
171//!
172//! * Spatial: The set of memory addresses that the pointer is allowed to access.
173//! * Temporal: The timespan during which the pointer is allowed to access those memory addresses.
174//! * Mutability: Whether the pointer may only access the memory for reads, or also access it for
175//!   writes. Note that this can interact with the other components, e.g. a pointer might permit
176//!   mutation only for a subset of addresses, or only for a subset of its maximal timespan.
177//!
178//! When an [allocation] is created, it has a unique Original Pointer. For alloc
179//! APIs this is literally the pointer the call returns, and for local variables and statics,
180//! this is the name of the variable/static. (This is mildly overloading the term "pointer"
181//! for the sake of brevity/exposition.)
182//!
183//! The Original Pointer for an allocation has provenance that constrains the *spatial*
184//! permissions of this pointer to the memory range of the allocation, and the *temporal*
185//! permissions to the lifetime of the allocation. Provenance is implicitly inherited by all
186//! pointers transitively derived from the Original Pointer through operations like [`offset`],
187//! borrowing, and pointer casts. Some operations may *shrink* the permissions of the derived
188//! provenance, limiting how much memory it can access or how long it's valid for (i.e. borrowing a
189//! subfield and subslicing can shrink the spatial component of provenance, and all borrowing can
190//! shrink the temporal component of provenance). However, no operation can ever *grow* the
191//! permissions of the derived provenance: even if you "know" there is a larger allocation, you
192//! can't derive a pointer with a larger provenance. Similarly, you cannot "recombine" two
193//! contiguous provenances back into one (i.e. with a `fn merge(&[T], &[T]) -> &[T]`).
194//!
195//! A reference to a place always has provenance over at least the memory that place occupies.
196//! A reference to a slice always has provenance over at least the range that slice describes.
197//! Whether and when exactly the provenance of a reference gets "shrunk" to *exactly* fit
198//! the memory it points to is not yet determined.
199//!
200//! A *shared* reference only ever has provenance that permits reading from memory,
201//! and never permits writes, except inside [`UnsafeCell`].
202//!
203//! Provenance can affect whether a program has undefined behavior:
204//!
205//! * It is undefined behavior to access memory through a pointer that does not have provenance over
206//!   that memory. Note that a pointer "at the end" of its provenance is not actually outside its
207//!   provenance, it just has 0 bytes it can load/store. Zero-sized accesses do not require any
208//!   provenance since they access an empty range of memory.
209//!
210//! * It is undefined behavior to [`offset`] a pointer across a memory range that is not contained
211//!   in the allocation it is derived from, or to [`offset_from`] two pointers not derived
212//!   from the same allocation. Provenance is used to say what exactly "derived from" even
213//!   means: the lineage of a pointer is traced back to the Original Pointer it descends from, and
214//!   that identifies the relevant allocation. In particular, it's always UB to offset a
215//!   pointer derived from something that is now deallocated, except if the offset is 0.
216//!
217//! But it *is* still sound to:
218//!
219//! * Create a pointer without provenance from just an address (see [`without_provenance`]). Such a
220//!   pointer cannot be used for memory accesses (except for zero-sized accesses). This can still be
221//!   useful for sentinel values like `null` *or* to represent a tagged pointer that will never be
222//!   dereferenceable. In general, it is always sound for an integer to pretend to be a pointer "for
223//!   fun" as long as you don't use operations on it which require it to be valid (non-zero-sized
224//!   offset, read, write, etc).
225//!
226//! * Forge an allocation of size zero at any sufficiently aligned non-null address.
227//!   i.e. the usual "ZSTs are fake, do what you want" rules apply.
228//!
229//! * [`wrapping_offset`] a pointer outside its provenance. This includes pointers
230//!   which have "no" provenance. In particular, this makes it sound to do pointer tagging tricks.
231//!
232//! * Compare arbitrary pointers by address. Pointer comparison ignores provenance and addresses
233//!   *are* just integers, so there is always a coherent answer, even if the pointers are dangling
234//!   or from different provenances. Note that if you get "lucky" and notice that a pointer at the
235//!   end of one allocation is the "same" address as the start of another allocation,
236//!   anything you do with that fact is *probably* going to be gibberish. The scope of that
237//!   gibberish is kept under control by the fact that the two pointers *still* aren't allowed to
238//!   access the other's allocation (bytes), because they still have different provenance.
239//!
240//! Note that the full definition of provenance in Rust is not decided yet, as this interacts
241//! with the as-yet undecided [aliasing] rules.
242//!
243//! ## Pointers Vs Integers
244//!
245//! From this discussion, it becomes very clear that a `usize` *cannot* accurately represent a pointer,
246//! and converting from a pointer to a `usize` is generally an operation which *only* extracts the
247//! address. Converting this address back into pointer requires somehow answering the question:
248//! which provenance should the resulting pointer have?
249//!
250//! Rust provides two ways of dealing with this situation: *Strict Provenance* and *Exposed Provenance*.
251//!
252//! Note that a pointer *can* represent a `usize` (via [`without_provenance`]), so the right type to
253//! use in situations where a value is "sometimes a pointer and sometimes a bare `usize`" is a
254//! pointer type.
255//!
256//! ## Strict Provenance
257//!
258//! "Strict Provenance" refers to a set of APIs designed to make working with provenance more
259//! explicit. They are intended as substitutes for casting a pointer to an integer and back.
260//!
261//! Entirely avoiding integer-to-pointer casts successfully side-steps the inherent ambiguity of
262//! that operation. This benefits compiler optimizations, and it is pretty much a requirement for
263//! using tools like [Miri] and architectures like [CHERI] that aim to detect and diagnose pointer
264//! misuse.
265//!
266//! The key insight to making programming without integer-to-pointer casts *at all* viable is the
267//! [`with_addr`] method:
268//!
269//! ```text
270//! /// Creates a new pointer with the given address and the provenance  of `self`.
271//! ///
272//! /// This is similar to a `addr as *const T` cast,
273//! /// but copies the provenance of `self` to the new pointer.
274//! /// This avoids the inherent ambiguity of the unary cast.
275//! ///
276//! /// This is equivalent to using `wrapping_offset` to offset `self` to the given address,
277//! /// and therefore has all the same capabilities and restrictions.
278//! pub fn with_addr(self, addr: usize) -> Self;
279//! ```
280//!
281//! So you're still able to drop down to the address representation and do whatever
282//! clever bit tricks you want *as long as* you're able to keep around a pointer
283//! into the allocation you care about that can "reconstitute" the provenance.
284//! Usually this is very easy, because you only are taking a pointer, messing with the address,
285//! and then immediately converting back to a pointer. To make this use case more ergonomic,
286//! we provide the [`map_addr`] method.
287//!
288//! To help make it clear that code is "following" Strict Provenance semantics, we also provide an
289//! [`addr`] method which promises that the returned address is not part of a
290//! pointer-integer-pointer roundtrip. In the future we may provide a lint for pointer<->integer
291//! casts to help you audit if your code conforms to strict provenance.
292//!
293//! ### Using Strict Provenance
294//!
295//! Most code needs no changes to conform to strict provenance, as the only really concerning
296//! operation is casts from `usize` to a pointer. For code which *does* cast a `usize` to a pointer,
297//! the scope of the change depends on exactly what you're doing.
298//!
299//! In general, you just need to make sure that if you want to convert a `usize` address to a
300//! pointer and then use that pointer to read/write memory, you need to keep around a pointer
301//! that has sufficient provenance to perform that read/write itself. In this way all of your
302//! casts from an address to a pointer are essentially just applying offsets/indexing.
303//!
304//! This is generally trivial to do for simple cases like tagged pointers *as long as you
305//! represent the tagged pointer as an actual pointer and not a `usize`*. For instance:
306//!
307//! ```
308//! // A flag we want to pack into our pointer
309//! static HAS_DATA: usize = 0x1;
310//! static FLAG_MASK: usize = !HAS_DATA;
311//!
312//! // Our value, which must have enough alignment to have spare least-significant-bits.
313//! let my_precious_data: u32 = 17;
314//! assert!(align_of::<u32>() > 1);
315//!
316//! // Create a tagged pointer
317//! let ptr = &my_precious_data as *const u32;
318//! let tagged = ptr.map_addr(|addr| addr | HAS_DATA);
319//!
320//! // Check the flag:
321//! if tagged.addr() & HAS_DATA != 0 {
322//!     // Untag and read the pointer
323//!     let data = unsafe { *tagged.map_addr(|addr| addr & FLAG_MASK) };
324//!     assert_eq!(data, 17);
325//! } else {
326//!     unreachable!()
327//! }
328//! ```
329//!
330//! (Yes, if you've been using [`AtomicUsize`] for pointers in concurrent datastructures, you should
331//! be using [`AtomicPtr`] instead. If that messes up the way you atomically manipulate pointers,
332//! we would like to know why, and what needs to be done to fix it.)
333//!
334//! Situations where a valid pointer *must* be created from just an address, such as baremetal code
335//! accessing a memory-mapped interface at a fixed address, cannot currently be handled with strict
336//! provenance APIs and should use [exposed provenance](#exposed-provenance).
337//!
338//! ## Exposed Provenance
339//!
340//! As discussed above, integer-to-pointer casts are not possible with Strict Provenance APIs.
341//! This is by design: the goal of Strict Provenance is to provide a clear specification that we are
342//! confident can be formalized unambiguously and can be subject to precise formal reasoning.
343//! Integer-to-pointer casts do not (currently) have such a clear specification.
344//!
345//! However, there exist situations where integer-to-pointer casts cannot be avoided, or
346//! where avoiding them would require major refactoring. Legacy platform APIs also regularly assume
347//! that `usize` can capture all the information that makes up a pointer.
348//! Bare-metal platforms can also require the synthesis of a pointer "out of thin air" without
349//! anywhere to obtain proper provenance from.
350//!
351//! Rust's model for dealing with integer-to-pointer casts is called *Exposed Provenance*. However,
352//! the semantics of Exposed Provenance are on much less solid footing than Strict Provenance, and
353//! at this point it is not yet clear whether a satisfying unambiguous semantics can be defined for
354//! Exposed Provenance. (If that sounds bad, be reassured that other popular languages that provide
355//! integer-to-pointer casts are not faring any better.) Furthermore, Exposed Provenance will not
356//! work (well) with tools like [Miri] and [CHERI].
357//!
358//! Exposed Provenance is provided by the [`expose_provenance`] and [`with_exposed_provenance`] methods,
359//! which are equivalent to `as` casts between pointers and integers.
360//! - [`expose_provenance`] is a lot like [`addr`], but additionally adds the provenance of the
361//!   pointer to a global list of 'exposed' provenances. (This list is purely conceptual, it exists
362//!   for the purpose of specifying Rust but is not materialized in actual executions, except in
363//!   tools like [Miri].)
364//!   Memory which is outside the control of the Rust abstract machine (MMIO registers, for example)
365//!   is always considered to be exposed, so long as this memory is disjoint from memory that will
366//!   be used by the abstract machine such as the stack, heap, and statics.
367//! - [`with_exposed_provenance`] can be used to construct a pointer with one of these previously
368//!   'exposed' provenances. [`with_exposed_provenance`] takes only `addr: usize` as arguments, so
369//!   unlike in [`with_addr`] there is no indication of what the correct provenance for the returned
370//!   pointer is -- and that is exactly what makes integer-to-pointer casts so tricky to rigorously
371//!   specify! The compiler will do its best to pick the right provenance for you, but currently we
372//!   cannot provide any guarantees about which provenance the resulting pointer will have. Only one
373//!   thing is clear: if there is *no* previously 'exposed' provenance that justifies the way the
374//!   returned pointer will be used, the program has undefined behavior.
375//!
376//! If at all possible, we encourage code to be ported to [Strict Provenance] APIs, thus avoiding
377//! the need for Exposed Provenance. Maximizing the amount of such code is a major win for avoiding
378//! specification complexity and to facilitate adoption of tools like [CHERI] and [Miri] that can be
379//! a big help in increasing the confidence in (unsafe) Rust code. However, we acknowledge that this
380//! is not always possible, and offer Exposed Provenance as a way to explicit "opt out" of the
381//! well-defined semantics of Strict Provenance, and "opt in" to the unclear semantics of
382//! integer-to-pointer casts.
383//!
384//! [aliasing]: ../../nomicon/aliasing.html
385//! [allocation]: #allocation
386//! [provenance]: #provenance
387//! [book]: ../../book/ch19-01-unsafe-rust.html#dereferencing-a-raw-pointer
388//! [ub]: ../../reference/behavior-considered-undefined.html
389//! [zst]: ../../nomicon/exotic-sizes.html#zero-sized-types-zsts
390//! [atomic operations]: crate::sync::atomic
391//! [`offset`]: pointer::offset
392//! [`offset_from`]: pointer::offset_from
393//! [`wrapping_offset`]: pointer::wrapping_offset
394//! [`with_addr`]: pointer::with_addr
395//! [`map_addr`]: pointer::map_addr
396//! [`addr`]: pointer::addr
397//! [`AtomicUsize`]: crate::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize
398//! [`AtomicPtr`]: crate::sync::atomic::AtomicPtr
399//! [`expose_provenance`]: pointer::expose_provenance
400//! [`with_exposed_provenance`]: with_exposed_provenance
401//! [Miri]: https://github.com/rust-lang/miri
402//! [CHERI]: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/cheri/
403//! [Strict Provenance]: #strict-provenance
404//! [`UnsafeCell`]: core::cell::UnsafeCell
405
406#![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
407// There are many unsafe functions taking pointers that don't dereference them.
408#![allow(clippy::not_unsafe_ptr_arg_deref)]
409
410use crate::cmp::Ordering;
411use crate::intrinsics::const_eval_select;
412use crate::marker::{Destruct, FnPtr, PointeeSized};
413use crate::mem::{self, MaybeUninit, SizedTypeProperties};
414use crate::num::NonZero;
415use crate::{fmt, hash, intrinsics, ub_checks};
416
417#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
418#[deprecated(since = "1.96.0", note = "moved from `ptr` to `mem`")]
419/// Deprecated re-export of [mem::Alignment].
420pub type Alignment = mem::Alignment;
421
422mod metadata;
423#[unstable(feature = "ptr_metadata", issue = "81513")]
424pub use metadata::{DynMetadata, Pointee, Thin, from_raw_parts, from_raw_parts_mut, metadata};
425
426mod non_null;
427#[stable(feature = "nonnull", since = "1.25.0")]
428pub use non_null::NonNull;
429
430mod unique;
431#[unstable(feature = "ptr_internals", issue = "none")]
432pub use unique::Unique;
433
434mod const_ptr;
435mod mut_ptr;
436
437// Some functions are defined here because they accidentally got made
438// available in this module on stable. See <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/15702>.
439// (`transmute` also falls into this category, but it cannot be wrapped due to the
440// check that `T` and `U` have the same size.)
441
442/// Copies `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes from `src` to `dst`. The source
443/// and destination must *not* overlap.
444///
445/// For regions of memory which might overlap, use [`copy`] instead.
446///
447/// `copy_nonoverlapping` is semantically equivalent to C's [`memcpy`], but
448/// with the source and destination arguments swapped,
449/// and `count` counting the number of `T`s instead of bytes.
450///
451/// The copy is "untyped" in the sense that data may be uninitialized or otherwise violate the
452/// requirements of `T`. The initialization state is preserved exactly.
453///
454/// [`memcpy`]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/memcpy
455///
456/// # Safety
457///
458/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
459///
460/// * `src` must be [valid] for reads of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes or that number must be 0.
461///
462/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes or that number must be 0.
463///
464/// * Both `src` and `dst` must be properly aligned.
465///
466/// * The region of memory beginning at `src` with a size of `count *
467///   size_of::<T>()` bytes must *not* overlap with the region of memory
468///   beginning at `dst` with the same size.
469///
470/// Like [`read`], `copy_nonoverlapping` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of
471/// whether `T` is [`Copy`]. If `T` is not [`Copy`], using *both* the values
472/// in the region beginning at `*src` and the region beginning at `*dst` can
473/// [violate memory safety][read-ownership].
474///
475/// Note that even if the effectively copied size (`count * size_of::<T>()`) is
476/// `0`, the pointers must be properly aligned.
477///
478/// [`read`]: crate::ptr::read
479/// [read-ownership]: crate::ptr::read#ownership-of-the-returned-value
480/// [valid]: crate::ptr#safety
481///
482/// # Examples
483///
484/// Manually implement [`Vec::append`]:
485///
486/// ```
487/// use std::ptr;
488///
489/// /// Moves all the elements of `src` into `dst`, leaving `src` empty.
490/// fn append<T>(dst: &mut Vec<T>, src: &mut Vec<T>) {
491///     let src_len = src.len();
492///     let dst_len = dst.len();
493///
494///     // Ensure that `dst` has enough capacity to hold all of `src`.
495///     dst.reserve(src_len);
496///
497///     unsafe {
498///         // The call to add is always safe because `Vec` will never
499///         // allocate more than `isize::MAX` bytes.
500///         let dst_ptr = dst.as_mut_ptr().add(dst_len);
501///         let src_ptr = src.as_ptr();
502///
503///         // Truncate `src` without dropping its contents. We do this first,
504///         // to avoid problems in case something further down panics.
505///         src.set_len(0);
506///
507///         // The two regions cannot overlap because mutable references do
508///         // not alias, and two different vectors cannot own the same
509///         // memory.
510///         ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(src_ptr, dst_ptr, src_len);
511///
512///         // Notify `dst` that it now holds the contents of `src`.
513///         dst.set_len(dst_len + src_len);
514///     }
515/// }
516///
517/// let mut a = vec!['r'];
518/// let mut b = vec!['u', 's', 't'];
519///
520/// append(&mut a, &mut b);
521///
522/// assert_eq!(a, &['r', 'u', 's', 't']);
523/// assert!(b.is_empty());
524/// ```
525///
526/// [`Vec::append`]: ../../std/vec/struct.Vec.html#method.append
527#[doc(alias = "memcpy")]
528#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
529#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_intrinsic_copy", since = "1.83.0")]
530#[inline(always)]
531#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
532#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_copy_nonoverlapping"]
533pub const unsafe fn copy_nonoverlapping<T>(src: *const T, dst: *mut T, count: usize) {
534    ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
535        check_language_ub,
536        "ptr::copy_nonoverlapping requires that both pointer arguments are aligned and non-null \
537        and the specified memory ranges do not overlap",
538        (
539            src: *const () = src as *const (),
540            dst: *mut () = dst as *mut (),
541            size: usize = size_of::<T>(),
542            align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
543            count: usize = count,
544        ) => {
545            let zero_size = count == 0 || size == 0;
546            ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(src, align, zero_size)
547                && ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(dst, align, zero_size)
548                && ub_checks::maybe_is_nonoverlapping(src, dst, size, count)
549        }
550    );
551
552    // SAFETY: the safety contract for `copy_nonoverlapping` must be
553    // upheld by the caller.
554    unsafe { crate::intrinsics::copy_nonoverlapping(src, dst, count) }
555}
556
557/// Copies `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes from `src` to `dst`. The source
558/// and destination may overlap.
559///
560/// If the source and destination will *never* overlap,
561/// [`copy_nonoverlapping`] can be used instead.
562///
563/// `copy` is semantically equivalent to C's [`memmove`], but
564/// with the source and destination arguments swapped,
565/// and `count` counting the number of `T`s instead of bytes.
566/// Copying takes place as if the bytes were copied from `src`
567/// to a temporary array and then copied from the array to `dst`.
568///
569/// The copy is "untyped" in the sense that data may be uninitialized or otherwise violate the
570/// requirements of `T`. The initialization state is preserved exactly.
571///
572/// [`memmove`]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/memmove
573///
574/// # Safety
575///
576/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
577///
578/// * `src` must be [valid] for reads of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes or that number must be 0.
579///
580/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes or that number must be 0,
581///   and `dst` must remain valid even when `src` is read for `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes. (This
582///   means if the memory ranges overlap, the `dst` pointer must not be invalidated by `src` reads.)
583///
584/// * Both `src` and `dst` must be properly aligned.
585///
586/// Like [`read`], `copy` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of
587/// whether `T` is [`Copy`]. If `T` is not [`Copy`], using both the values
588/// in the region beginning at `*src` and the region beginning at `*dst` can
589/// [violate memory safety][read-ownership].
590///
591/// Note that even if the effectively copied size (`count * size_of::<T>()`) is
592/// `0`, the pointers must be properly aligned.
593///
594/// [`read`]: crate::ptr::read
595/// [read-ownership]: crate::ptr::read#ownership-of-the-returned-value
596/// [valid]: crate::ptr#safety
597///
598/// # Examples
599///
600/// Efficiently create a Rust vector from an unsafe buffer:
601///
602/// ```
603/// use std::ptr;
604///
605/// /// # Safety
606/// ///
607/// /// * `ptr` must be correctly aligned for its type and non-zero.
608/// /// * `ptr` must be valid for reads of `elts` contiguous elements of type `T`.
609/// /// * Those elements must not be used after calling this function unless `T: Copy`.
610/// # #[allow(dead_code)]
611/// unsafe fn from_buf_raw<T>(ptr: *const T, elts: usize) -> Vec<T> {
612///     let mut dst = Vec::with_capacity(elts);
613///
614///     // SAFETY: Our precondition ensures the source is aligned and valid,
615///     // and `Vec::with_capacity` ensures that we have usable space to write them.
616///     unsafe { ptr::copy(ptr, dst.as_mut_ptr(), elts); }
617///
618///     // SAFETY: We created it with this much capacity earlier,
619///     // and the previous `copy` has initialized these elements.
620///     unsafe { dst.set_len(elts); }
621///     dst
622/// }
623/// ```
624#[doc(alias = "memmove")]
625#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
626#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_intrinsic_copy", since = "1.83.0")]
627#[inline(always)]
628#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
629#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_copy"]
630pub const unsafe fn copy<T>(src: *const T, dst: *mut T, count: usize) {
631    // SAFETY: the safety contract for `copy` must be upheld by the caller.
632    unsafe {
633        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
634            check_language_ub,
635            "ptr::copy requires that both pointer arguments are aligned and non-null",
636            (
637                src: *const () = src as *const (),
638                dst: *mut () = dst as *mut (),
639                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
640                zero_size: bool = T::IS_ZST || count == 0,
641            ) =>
642            ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(src, align, zero_size)
643                && ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(dst, align, zero_size)
644        );
645        crate::intrinsics::copy(src, dst, count)
646    }
647}
648
649/// Sets `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes of memory starting at `dst` to
650/// `val`.
651///
652/// `write_bytes` is similar to C's [`memset`], but sets `count *
653/// size_of::<T>()` bytes to `val`.
654///
655/// [`memset`]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/memset
656///
657/// # Safety
658///
659/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
660///
661/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes of `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes.
662///
663/// * `dst` must be properly aligned.
664///
665/// Note that even if the effectively copied size (`count * size_of::<T>()`) is
666/// `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
667///
668/// Additionally, note that changing `*dst` in this way can easily lead to undefined behavior (UB)
669/// later if the written bytes are not a valid representation of some `T`. For instance, the
670/// following is an **incorrect** use of this function:
671///
672/// ```rust,no_run
673/// unsafe {
674///     let mut value: u8 = 0;
675///     let ptr: *mut bool = &mut value as *mut u8 as *mut bool;
676///     let _bool = ptr.read(); // This is fine, `ptr` points to a valid `bool`.
677///     ptr.write_bytes(42u8, 1); // This function itself does not cause UB...
678///     let _bool = ptr.read(); // ...but it makes this operation UB! ⚠️
679/// }
680/// ```
681///
682/// [valid]: crate::ptr#safety
683///
684/// # Examples
685///
686/// Basic usage:
687///
688/// ```
689/// use std::ptr;
690///
691/// let mut vec = vec![0u32; 4];
692/// unsafe {
693///     let vec_ptr = vec.as_mut_ptr();
694///     ptr::write_bytes(vec_ptr, 0xfe, 2);
695/// }
696/// assert_eq!(vec, [0xfefefefe, 0xfefefefe, 0, 0]);
697/// ```
698#[doc(alias = "memset")]
699#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
700#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_write", since = "1.83.0")]
701#[inline(always)]
702#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
703#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_write_bytes"]
704pub const unsafe fn write_bytes<T>(dst: *mut T, val: u8, count: usize) {
705    // SAFETY: the safety contract for `write_bytes` must be upheld by the caller.
706    unsafe {
707        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
708            check_language_ub,
709            "ptr::write_bytes requires that the destination pointer is aligned and non-null",
710            (
711                addr: *const () = dst as *const (),
712                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
713                zero_size: bool = T::IS_ZST || count == 0,
714            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(addr, align, zero_size)
715        );
716        crate::intrinsics::write_bytes(dst, val, count)
717    }
718}
719
720/// Executes the destructor (if any) of the pointed-to value.
721///
722/// This is almost the same as calling [`ptr::read`] and discarding
723/// the result, but has the following advantages:
724// FIXME: say something more useful than "almost the same"?
725// There are open questions here: `read` requires the value to be fully valid, e.g. if `T` is a
726// `bool` it must be 0 or 1, if it is a reference then it must be dereferenceable. `drop_in_place`
727// only requires that `*to_drop` be "valid for dropping" and we have not defined what that means. In
728// Miri it currently (May 2024) requires nothing at all for types without drop glue.
729///
730/// * It is *required* to use `drop_in_place` to drop unsized types like
731///   trait objects, because they can't be read out onto the stack and
732///   dropped normally.
733///
734/// * It is friendlier to the optimizer to do this over [`ptr::read`] when
735///   dropping manually allocated memory (e.g., in the implementations of
736///   `Box`/`Rc`/`Vec`), as the compiler doesn't need to prove that it's
737///   sound to elide the copy.
738///
739/// * It can be used to drop [pinned] data when `T` is not `repr(packed)`
740///   (pinned data must not be moved before it is dropped).
741///
742/// Unaligned values cannot be dropped in place, they must be copied to an aligned
743/// location first using [`ptr::read_unaligned`]. For packed structs, this move is
744/// done automatically by the compiler. This means the fields of packed structs
745/// are not dropped in-place.
746///
747/// [`ptr::read`]: self::read
748/// [`ptr::read_unaligned`]: self::read_unaligned
749/// [pinned]: crate::pin
750///
751/// # Safety
752///
753/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
754///
755/// * `to_drop` must be [valid] for both reads and writes.
756///
757/// * `to_drop` must be properly aligned, even if `T` has size 0.
758///
759/// * `to_drop` must be nonnull, even if `T` has size 0.
760///
761/// * The value `to_drop` points to must be valid for dropping, which may mean
762///   it must uphold additional invariants. These invariants depend on the type
763///   of the value being dropped. For instance, when dropping a Box, the box's
764///   pointer to the heap must be valid.
765///
766/// * While `drop_in_place` is executing, the only way to access parts of
767///   `to_drop` is through the `&mut self` references supplied to the
768///   `Drop::drop` methods that `drop_in_place` invokes.
769///
770/// Additionally, if `T` is not [`Copy`], using the pointed-to value after
771/// calling `drop_in_place` can cause undefined behavior. Note that `*to_drop =
772/// foo` counts as a use because it will cause the value to be dropped
773/// again. [`write()`] can be used to overwrite data without causing it to be
774/// dropped.
775///
776/// [valid]: self#safety
777///
778/// # Examples
779///
780/// Manually remove the last item from a vector:
781///
782/// ```
783/// use std::ptr;
784/// use std::rc::Rc;
785///
786/// let last = Rc::new(1);
787/// let weak = Rc::downgrade(&last);
788///
789/// let mut v = vec![Rc::new(0), last];
790///
791/// unsafe {
792///     // Get a raw pointer to the last element in `v`.
793///     let ptr = &mut v[1] as *mut _;
794///     // Shorten `v` to prevent the last item from being dropped. We do that first,
795///     // to prevent issues if the `drop_in_place` below panics.
796///     v.set_len(1);
797///     // Without a call `drop_in_place`, the last item would never be dropped,
798///     // and the memory it manages would be leaked.
799///     ptr::drop_in_place(ptr);
800/// }
801///
802/// assert_eq!(v, &[0.into()]);
803///
804/// // Ensure that the last item was dropped.
805/// assert!(weak.upgrade().is_none());
806/// ```
807#[inline(always)]
808#[stable(feature = "drop_in_place", since = "1.8.0")]
809#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_drop_in_place"]
810#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_drop_in_place", issue = "109342")]
811pub const unsafe fn drop_in_place<T: PointeeSized>(to_drop: *mut T)
812where
813    T: [const] Destruct,
814{
815    // Due to historic reasons, `drop_in_place` takes a pointer rather than a reference,
816    // which results in worse codegen since we don't apply noalias/dereferenceable llvm
817    // attributes to pointer arguments. To workaround this without breaking public
818    // interface, `drop_in_place` calls the lang item, rather than being one directly.
819
820    // SAFETY:
821    // - compiler glue has the same safety requirements as this function
822    // - the pointer must be valid as per the safety requirement of this function
823    unsafe { drop_glue(&mut *to_drop) }
824}
825
826/// Helper function for `drop_in_place`. The compiler replaces this by the actual drop glue.
827#[lang = "drop_glue"]
828pub(crate) const unsafe fn drop_glue<T: PointeeSized>(_: &mut T)
829where
830    T: [const] Destruct,
831{
832    // Code here does not matter - this is replaced by the
833    // real drop glue by the compiler.
834}
835
836/// Creates a null raw pointer.
837///
838/// This function is equivalent to zero-initializing the pointer:
839/// `MaybeUninit::<*const T>::zeroed().assume_init()`.
840/// The resulting pointer has the address 0.
841///
842/// # Examples
843///
844/// ```
845/// use std::ptr;
846///
847/// let p: *const i32 = ptr::null();
848/// assert!(p.is_null());
849/// assert_eq!(p as usize, 0); // this pointer has the address 0
850/// ```
851#[inline(always)]
852#[must_use]
853#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
854#[rustc_promotable]
855#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_null", since = "1.24.0")]
856#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_null"]
857pub const fn null<T: PointeeSized + Thin>() -> *const T {
858    from_raw_parts(without_provenance::<()>(0), ())
859}
860
861/// Creates a null mutable raw pointer.
862///
863/// This function is equivalent to zero-initializing the pointer:
864/// `MaybeUninit::<*mut T>::zeroed().assume_init()`.
865/// The resulting pointer has the address 0.
866///
867/// # Examples
868///
869/// ```
870/// use std::ptr;
871///
872/// let p: *mut i32 = ptr::null_mut();
873/// assert!(p.is_null());
874/// assert_eq!(p as usize, 0); // this pointer has the address 0
875/// ```
876#[inline(always)]
877#[must_use]
878#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
879#[rustc_promotable]
880#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_null", since = "1.24.0")]
881#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_null_mut"]
882pub const fn null_mut<T: PointeeSized + Thin>() -> *mut T {
883    from_raw_parts_mut(without_provenance_mut::<()>(0), ())
884}
885
886/// Creates a pointer with the given address and no [provenance][crate::ptr#provenance].
887///
888/// This is equivalent to `ptr::null().with_addr(addr)`.
889///
890/// Without provenance, this pointer is not associated with any actual allocation. Such a
891/// no-provenance pointer may be used for zero-sized memory accesses (if suitably aligned), but
892/// non-zero-sized memory accesses with a no-provenance pointer are UB. No-provenance pointers are
893/// little more than a `usize` address in disguise.
894///
895/// This is different from `addr as *const T`, which creates a pointer that picks up a previously
896/// exposed provenance. See [`with_exposed_provenance`] for more details on that operation.
897///
898/// This is a [Strict Provenance][crate::ptr#strict-provenance] API.
899#[inline(always)]
900#[must_use]
901#[stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
902#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
903#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_without_provenance"]
904pub const fn without_provenance<T>(addr: usize) -> *const T {
905    without_provenance_mut(addr)
906}
907
908/// Creates a new pointer that is dangling, but non-null and well-aligned.
909///
910/// This is useful for initializing types which lazily allocate, like
911/// `Vec::new` does.
912///
913/// Note that the address of the returned pointer may potentially
914/// be that of a valid pointer, which means this must not be used
915/// as a "not yet initialized" sentinel value.
916/// Types that lazily allocate must track initialization by some other means.
917#[inline(always)]
918#[must_use]
919#[stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
920#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
921pub const fn dangling<T>() -> *const T {
922    dangling_mut()
923}
924
925/// Creates a pointer with the given address and no [provenance][crate::ptr#provenance].
926///
927/// This is equivalent to `ptr::null_mut().with_addr(addr)`.
928///
929/// Without provenance, this pointer is not associated with any actual allocation. Such a
930/// no-provenance pointer may be used for zero-sized memory accesses (if suitably aligned), but
931/// non-zero-sized memory accesses with a no-provenance pointer are UB. No-provenance pointers are
932/// little more than a `usize` address in disguise.
933///
934/// This is different from `addr as *mut T`, which creates a pointer that picks up a previously
935/// exposed provenance. See [`with_exposed_provenance_mut`] for more details on that operation.
936///
937/// This is a [Strict Provenance][crate::ptr#strict-provenance] API.
938#[inline(always)]
939#[must_use]
940#[stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
941#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
942#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_without_provenance_mut"]
943#[allow(integer_to_ptr_transmutes)] // Expected semantics here.
944pub const fn without_provenance_mut<T>(addr: usize) -> *mut T {
945    // An int-to-pointer transmute currently has exactly the intended semantics: it creates a
946    // pointer without provenance. Note that this is *not* a stable guarantee about transmute
947    // semantics, it relies on sysroot crates having special status.
948    // SAFETY: every valid integer is also a valid pointer (as long as you don't dereference that
949    // pointer).
950    unsafe { mem::transmute(addr) }
951}
952
953/// Creates a new pointer that is dangling, but non-null and well-aligned.
954///
955/// This is useful for initializing types which lazily allocate, like
956/// `Vec::new` does.
957///
958/// Note that the address of the returned pointer may potentially
959/// be that of a valid pointer, which means this must not be used
960/// as a "not yet initialized" sentinel value.
961/// Types that lazily allocate must track initialization by some other means.
962#[inline(always)]
963#[must_use]
964#[stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
965#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "strict_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
966pub const fn dangling_mut<T>() -> *mut T {
967    NonNull::dangling().as_ptr()
968}
969
970/// Converts an address back to a pointer, picking up some previously 'exposed'
971/// [provenance][crate::ptr#provenance].
972///
973/// This is fully equivalent to `addr as *const T`. The provenance of the returned pointer is that
974/// of *some* pointer that was previously exposed by passing it to
975/// [`expose_provenance`][pointer::expose_provenance], or a `ptr as usize` cast. In addition, memory
976/// which is outside the control of the Rust abstract machine (MMIO registers, for example) is
977/// always considered to be accessible with an exposed provenance, so long as this memory is disjoint
978/// from memory that will be used by the abstract machine such as the stack, heap, and statics.
979///
980/// The exact provenance that gets picked is not specified. The compiler will do its best to pick
981/// the "right" provenance for you (whatever that may be), but currently we cannot provide any
982/// guarantees about which provenance the resulting pointer will have -- and therefore there
983/// is no definite specification for which memory the resulting pointer may access.
984///
985/// If there is *no* previously 'exposed' provenance that justifies the way the returned pointer
986/// will be used, the program has undefined behavior. In particular, the aliasing rules still apply:
987/// pointers and references that have been invalidated due to aliasing accesses cannot be used
988/// anymore, even if they have been exposed!
989///
990/// Due to its inherent ambiguity, this operation may not be supported by tools that help you to
991/// stay conformant with the Rust memory model. It is recommended to use [Strict
992/// Provenance][self#strict-provenance] APIs such as [`with_addr`][pointer::with_addr] wherever
993/// possible.
994///
995/// On most platforms this will produce a value with the same bytes as the address. Platforms
996/// which need to store additional information in a pointer may not support this operation,
997/// since it is generally not possible to actually *compute* which provenance the returned
998/// pointer has to pick up.
999///
1000/// This is an [Exposed Provenance][crate::ptr#exposed-provenance] API.
1001#[must_use]
1002#[inline(always)]
1003#[stable(feature = "exposed_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
1004#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_exposed_provenance", since = "1.91.0")]
1005#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
1006#[allow(implicit_provenance_casts)] // this *is* the explicit provenance API one should use instead
1007pub const fn with_exposed_provenance<T>(addr: usize) -> *const T {
1008    addr as *const T
1009}
1010
1011/// Converts an address back to a mutable pointer, picking up some previously 'exposed'
1012/// [provenance][crate::ptr#provenance].
1013///
1014/// This is fully equivalent to `addr as *mut T`. The provenance of the returned pointer is that
1015/// of *some* pointer that was previously exposed by passing it to
1016/// [`expose_provenance`][pointer::expose_provenance], or a `ptr as usize` cast. In addition, memory
1017/// which is outside the control of the Rust abstract machine (MMIO registers, for example) is
1018/// always considered to be accessible with an exposed provenance, so long as this memory is disjoint
1019/// from memory that will be used by the abstract machine such as the stack, heap, and statics.
1020///
1021/// The exact provenance that gets picked is not specified. The compiler will do its best to pick
1022/// the "right" provenance for you (whatever that may be), but currently we cannot provide any
1023/// guarantees about which provenance the resulting pointer will have -- and therefore there
1024/// is no definite specification for which memory the resulting pointer may access.
1025///
1026/// If there is *no* previously 'exposed' provenance that justifies the way the returned pointer
1027/// will be used, the program has undefined behavior. In particular, the aliasing rules still apply:
1028/// pointers and references that have been invalidated due to aliasing accesses cannot be used
1029/// anymore, even if they have been exposed!
1030///
1031/// Due to its inherent ambiguity, this operation may not be supported by tools that help you to
1032/// stay conformant with the Rust memory model. It is recommended to use [Strict
1033/// Provenance][self#strict-provenance] APIs such as [`with_addr`][pointer::with_addr] wherever
1034/// possible.
1035///
1036/// On most platforms this will produce a value with the same bytes as the address. Platforms
1037/// which need to store additional information in a pointer may not support this operation,
1038/// since it is generally not possible to actually *compute* which provenance the returned
1039/// pointer has to pick up.
1040///
1041/// This is an [Exposed Provenance][crate::ptr#exposed-provenance] API.
1042#[must_use]
1043#[inline(always)]
1044#[stable(feature = "exposed_provenance", since = "1.84.0")]
1045#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_exposed_provenance", since = "1.91.0")]
1046#[cfg_attr(miri, track_caller)] // even without panics, this helps for Miri backtraces
1047#[allow(implicit_provenance_casts)] // this *is* the explicit provenance API one should use instead
1048pub const fn with_exposed_provenance_mut<T>(addr: usize) -> *mut T {
1049    addr as *mut T
1050}
1051
1052/// Converts a reference to a raw pointer.
1053///
1054/// For `r: &T`, `from_ref(r)` is equivalent to `r as *const T` (except for the caveat noted below),
1055/// but is a bit safer since it will never silently change type or mutability, in particular if the
1056/// code is refactored.
1057///
1058/// The caller must ensure that the pointee outlives the pointer this function returns, or else it
1059/// will end up dangling.
1060///
1061/// The caller must also ensure that the memory the pointer (non-transitively) points to is never
1062/// written to (except inside an `UnsafeCell`) using this pointer or any pointer derived from it. If
1063/// you need to mutate the pointee, use [`from_mut`]. Specifically, to turn a mutable reference `m:
1064/// &mut T` into `*const T`, prefer `from_mut(m).cast_const()` to obtain a pointer that can later be
1065/// used for mutation.
1066///
1067/// ## Interaction with lifetime extension
1068///
1069/// Note that this has subtle interactions with the rules for lifetime extension of temporaries in
1070/// tail expressions. This code is valid, albeit in a non-obvious way:
1071/// ```rust
1072/// # type T = i32;
1073/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1074/// // The temporary holding the return value of `foo` has its lifetime extended,
1075/// // because the surrounding expression involves no function call.
1076/// let p = &foo() as *const T;
1077/// unsafe { p.read() };
1078/// ```
1079/// Naively replacing the cast with `from_ref` is not valid:
1080/// ```rust,no_run
1081/// # use std::ptr;
1082/// # type T = i32;
1083/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1084/// // The temporary holding the return value of `foo` does *not* have its lifetime extended,
1085/// // because the surrounding expression involves a function call.
1086/// let p = ptr::from_ref(&foo());
1087/// unsafe { p.read() }; // UB! Reading from a dangling pointer ⚠️
1088/// ```
1089/// The recommended way to write this code is to avoid relying on lifetime extension
1090/// when raw pointers are involved:
1091/// ```rust
1092/// # use std::ptr;
1093/// # type T = i32;
1094/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1095/// let x = foo();
1096/// let p = ptr::from_ref(&x);
1097/// unsafe { p.read() };
1098/// ```
1099#[inline(always)]
1100#[must_use]
1101#[stable(feature = "ptr_from_ref", since = "1.76.0")]
1102#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "ptr_from_ref", since = "1.76.0")]
1103#[rustc_never_returns_null_ptr]
1104#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_from_ref"]
1105pub const fn from_ref<T: PointeeSized>(r: &T) -> *const T {
1106    r
1107}
1108
1109/// Converts a mutable reference to a raw pointer.
1110///
1111/// For `r: &mut T`, `from_mut(r)` is equivalent to `r as *mut T` (except for the caveat noted
1112/// below), but is a bit safer since it will never silently change type or mutability, in particular
1113/// if the code is refactored.
1114///
1115/// The caller must ensure that the pointee outlives the pointer this function returns, or else it
1116/// will end up dangling.
1117///
1118/// ## Interaction with lifetime extension
1119///
1120/// Note that this has subtle interactions with the rules for lifetime extension of temporaries in
1121/// tail expressions. This code is valid, albeit in a non-obvious way:
1122/// ```rust
1123/// # type T = i32;
1124/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1125/// // The temporary holding the return value of `foo` has its lifetime extended,
1126/// // because the surrounding expression involves no function call.
1127/// let p = &mut foo() as *mut T;
1128/// unsafe { p.write(T::default()) };
1129/// ```
1130/// Naively replacing the cast with `from_mut` is not valid:
1131/// ```rust,no_run
1132/// # use std::ptr;
1133/// # type T = i32;
1134/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1135/// // The temporary holding the return value of `foo` does *not* have its lifetime extended,
1136/// // because the surrounding expression involves a function call.
1137/// let p = ptr::from_mut(&mut foo());
1138/// unsafe { p.write(T::default()) }; // UB! Writing to a dangling pointer ⚠️
1139/// ```
1140/// The recommended way to write this code is to avoid relying on lifetime extension
1141/// when raw pointers are involved:
1142/// ```rust
1143/// # use std::ptr;
1144/// # type T = i32;
1145/// # fn foo() -> T { 42 }
1146/// let mut x = foo();
1147/// let p = ptr::from_mut(&mut x);
1148/// unsafe { p.write(T::default()) };
1149/// ```
1150#[inline(always)]
1151#[must_use]
1152#[stable(feature = "ptr_from_ref", since = "1.76.0")]
1153#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "ptr_from_ref", since = "1.76.0")]
1154#[rustc_never_returns_null_ptr]
1155pub const fn from_mut<T: PointeeSized>(r: &mut T) -> *mut T {
1156    r
1157}
1158
1159/// Forms a raw slice from a pointer and a length.
1160///
1161/// The `len` argument is the number of **elements**, not the number of bytes.
1162///
1163/// This function is safe, but actually using the return value is unsafe.
1164/// See the documentation of [`slice::from_raw_parts`] for slice safety requirements.
1165///
1166/// [`slice::from_raw_parts`]: crate::slice::from_raw_parts
1167///
1168/// # Examples
1169///
1170/// ```rust
1171/// use std::ptr;
1172///
1173/// // create a slice pointer when starting out with a pointer to the first element
1174/// let x = [5, 6, 7];
1175/// let raw_pointer = x.as_ptr();
1176/// let slice = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts(raw_pointer, 3);
1177/// assert_eq!(unsafe { &*slice }[2], 7);
1178/// ```
1179///
1180/// You must ensure that the pointer is valid and not null before dereferencing
1181/// the raw slice. A slice reference must never have a null pointer, even if it's empty.
1182///
1183/// ```rust,should_panic
1184/// use std::ptr;
1185/// let danger: *const [u8] = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts(ptr::null(), 0);
1186/// unsafe {
1187///     danger.as_ref().expect("references must not be null");
1188/// }
1189/// ```
1190#[inline]
1191#[stable(feature = "slice_from_raw_parts", since = "1.42.0")]
1192#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_slice_from_raw_parts", since = "1.64.0")]
1193#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_slice_from_raw_parts"]
1194pub const fn slice_from_raw_parts<T>(data: *const T, len: usize) -> *const [T] {
1195    from_raw_parts(data, len)
1196}
1197
1198/// Forms a raw mutable slice from a pointer and a length.
1199///
1200/// The `len` argument is the number of **elements**, not the number of bytes.
1201///
1202/// Performs the same functionality as [`slice_from_raw_parts`], except that a
1203/// raw mutable slice is returned, as opposed to a raw immutable slice.
1204///
1205/// This function is safe, but actually using the return value is unsafe.
1206/// See the documentation of [`slice::from_raw_parts_mut`] for slice safety requirements.
1207///
1208/// [`slice::from_raw_parts_mut`]: crate::slice::from_raw_parts_mut
1209///
1210/// # Examples
1211///
1212/// ```rust
1213/// use std::ptr;
1214///
1215/// let x = &mut [5, 6, 7];
1216/// let raw_pointer = x.as_mut_ptr();
1217/// let slice = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(raw_pointer, 3);
1218///
1219/// unsafe {
1220///     (*slice)[2] = 99; // assign a value at an index in the slice
1221/// };
1222///
1223/// assert_eq!(unsafe { &*slice }[2], 99);
1224/// ```
1225///
1226/// You must ensure that the pointer is valid and not null before dereferencing
1227/// the raw slice. A slice reference must never have a null pointer, even if it's empty.
1228///
1229/// ```rust,should_panic
1230/// use std::ptr;
1231/// let danger: *mut [u8] = ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(ptr::null_mut(), 0);
1232/// unsafe {
1233///     danger.as_mut().expect("references must not be null");
1234/// }
1235/// ```
1236#[inline]
1237#[stable(feature = "slice_from_raw_parts", since = "1.42.0")]
1238#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_slice_from_raw_parts_mut", since = "1.83.0")]
1239#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_slice_from_raw_parts_mut"]
1240pub const fn slice_from_raw_parts_mut<T>(data: *mut T, len: usize) -> *mut [T] {
1241    from_raw_parts_mut(data, len)
1242}
1243
1244/// Swaps the values at two mutable locations of the same type, without
1245/// deinitializing either.
1246///
1247/// But for the following exceptions, this function is semantically
1248/// equivalent to [`mem::swap`]:
1249///
1250/// * It operates on raw pointers instead of references. When references are
1251///   available, [`mem::swap`] should be preferred.
1252///
1253/// * The two pointed-to values may overlap. If the values do overlap, then the
1254///   overlapping region of memory from `x` will be used. This is demonstrated
1255///   in the second example below.
1256///
1257/// * The operation is "untyped" in the sense that data may be uninitialized or otherwise violate
1258///   the requirements of `T`. The initialization state is preserved exactly.
1259///
1260/// # Safety
1261///
1262/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1263///
1264/// * Both `x` and `y` must be [valid] for both reads and writes. They must remain valid even when the
1265///   other pointer is written. (This means if the memory ranges overlap, the two pointers must not
1266///   be subject to aliasing restrictions relative to each other.)
1267///
1268/// * Both `x` and `y` must be properly aligned.
1269///
1270/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointers must be properly aligned.
1271///
1272/// [valid]: self#safety
1273///
1274/// # Examples
1275///
1276/// Swapping two non-overlapping regions:
1277///
1278/// ```
1279/// use std::ptr;
1280///
1281/// let mut array = [0, 1, 2, 3];
1282///
1283/// let (x, y) = array.split_at_mut(2);
1284/// let x = x.as_mut_ptr().cast::<[u32; 2]>(); // this is `array[0..2]`
1285/// let y = y.as_mut_ptr().cast::<[u32; 2]>(); // this is `array[2..4]`
1286///
1287/// unsafe {
1288///     ptr::swap(x, y);
1289///     assert_eq!([2, 3, 0, 1], array);
1290/// }
1291/// ```
1292///
1293/// Swapping two overlapping regions:
1294///
1295/// ```
1296/// use std::ptr;
1297///
1298/// let mut array: [i32; 4] = [0, 1, 2, 3];
1299///
1300/// let array_ptr: *mut i32 = array.as_mut_ptr();
1301///
1302/// let x = array_ptr as *mut [i32; 3]; // this is `array[0..3]`
1303/// let y = unsafe { array_ptr.add(1) } as *mut [i32; 3]; // this is `array[1..4]`
1304///
1305/// unsafe {
1306///     ptr::swap(x, y);
1307///     // The indices `1..3` of the slice overlap between `x` and `y`.
1308///     // Reasonable results would be for to them be `[2, 3]`, so that indices `0..3` are
1309///     // `[1, 2, 3]` (matching `y` before the `swap`); or for them to be `[0, 1]`
1310///     // so that indices `1..4` are `[0, 1, 2]` (matching `x` before the `swap`).
1311///     // This implementation is defined to make the latter choice.
1312///     assert_eq!([1, 0, 1, 2], array);
1313/// }
1314/// ```
1315#[inline]
1316#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
1317#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_swap", since = "1.85.0")]
1318#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_swap"]
1319pub const unsafe fn swap<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T) {
1320    // Give ourselves some scratch space to work with.
1321    // We do not have to worry about drops: `MaybeUninit` does nothing when dropped.
1322    let mut tmp = MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
1323
1324    // Perform the swap
1325    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `x` and `y` are
1326    // valid for writes and properly aligned. `tmp` cannot be
1327    // overlapping either `x` or `y` because `tmp` was just allocated
1328    // on the stack as a separate allocation.
1329    unsafe {
1330        copy_nonoverlapping(x, tmp.as_mut_ptr(), 1);
1331        copy(y, x, 1); // `x` and `y` may overlap
1332        copy_nonoverlapping(tmp.as_ptr(), y, 1);
1333    }
1334}
1335
1336/// Swaps `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes between the two regions of memory
1337/// beginning at `x` and `y`. The two regions must *not* overlap.
1338///
1339/// The operation is "untyped" in the sense that data may be uninitialized or otherwise violate the
1340/// requirements of `T`. The initialization state is preserved exactly.
1341///
1342/// # Safety
1343///
1344/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1345///
1346/// * Both `x` and `y` must be [valid] for both reads and writes of `count *
1347///   size_of::<T>()` bytes.
1348///
1349/// * Both `x` and `y` must be properly aligned.
1350///
1351/// * The region of memory beginning at `x` with a size of `count *
1352///   size_of::<T>()` bytes must *not* overlap with the region of memory
1353///   beginning at `y` with the same size.
1354///
1355/// Note that even if the effectively copied size (`count * size_of::<T>()`) is `0`,
1356/// the pointers must be properly aligned.
1357///
1358/// [valid]: self#safety
1359///
1360/// # Examples
1361///
1362/// Basic usage:
1363///
1364/// ```
1365/// use std::ptr;
1366///
1367/// let mut x = [1, 2, 3, 4];
1368/// let mut y = [7, 8, 9];
1369///
1370/// unsafe {
1371///     ptr::swap_nonoverlapping(x.as_mut_ptr(), y.as_mut_ptr(), 2);
1372/// }
1373///
1374/// assert_eq!(x, [7, 8, 3, 4]);
1375/// assert_eq!(y, [1, 2, 9]);
1376/// ```
1377#[inline]
1378#[stable(feature = "swap_nonoverlapping", since = "1.27.0")]
1379#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_swap_nonoverlapping", since = "1.88.0")]
1380#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_swap_nonoverlapping"]
1381#[rustc_allow_const_fn_unstable(const_eval_select)] // both implementations behave the same
1382#[track_caller]
1383pub const unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T, count: usize) {
1384    ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
1385        check_library_ub,
1386        "ptr::swap_nonoverlapping requires that both pointer arguments are aligned and non-null \
1387        and the specified memory ranges do not overlap",
1388        (
1389            x: *mut () = x as *mut (),
1390            y: *mut () = y as *mut (),
1391            size: usize = size_of::<T>(),
1392            align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
1393            count: usize = count,
1394        ) => {
1395            let zero_size = size == 0 || count == 0;
1396            ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(x, align, zero_size)
1397                && ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(y, align, zero_size)
1398                && ub_checks::maybe_is_nonoverlapping(x, y, size, count)
1399        }
1400    );
1401
1402    const_eval_select!(
1403        @capture[T] { x: *mut T, y: *mut T, count: usize }:
1404        if const {
1405            // At compile-time we don't need all the special code below.
1406            // SAFETY: Same preconditions as this function
1407            unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_const(x, y, count) }
1408        } else {
1409            // Going though a slice here helps codegen know the size fits in `isize`
1410            let slice = slice_from_raw_parts_mut(x, count);
1411            // SAFETY: This is all readable from the pointer, meaning it's one
1412            // allocation, and thus cannot be more than isize::MAX bytes.
1413            let bytes = unsafe { mem::size_of_val_raw::<[T]>(slice) };
1414            if let Some(bytes) = NonZero::new(bytes) {
1415                // SAFETY: These are the same ranges, just expressed in a different
1416                // type, so they're still non-overlapping.
1417                unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_bytes(x.cast(), y.cast(), bytes) };
1418            }
1419        }
1420    )
1421}
1422
1423/// Same behavior and safety conditions as [`swap_nonoverlapping`]
1424#[inline]
1425const unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping_const<T>(x: *mut T, y: *mut T, count: usize) {
1426    let mut i = 0;
1427    while i < count {
1428        // SAFETY: By precondition, `i` is in-bounds because it's below `n`
1429        let x = unsafe { x.add(i) };
1430        // SAFETY: By precondition, `i` is in-bounds because it's below `n`
1431        // and it's distinct from `x` since the ranges are non-overlapping
1432        let y = unsafe { y.add(i) };
1433
1434        // SAFETY: we're only ever given pointers that are valid to read/write,
1435        // including being aligned, and nothing here panics so it's drop-safe.
1436        unsafe {
1437            // Note that it's critical that these use `copy_nonoverlapping`,
1438            // rather than `read`/`write`, to avoid #134713 if T has padding.
1439            let mut temp = MaybeUninit::<T>::uninit();
1440            copy_nonoverlapping(x, temp.as_mut_ptr(), 1);
1441            copy_nonoverlapping(y, x, 1);
1442            copy_nonoverlapping(temp.as_ptr(), y, 1);
1443        }
1444
1445        i += 1;
1446    }
1447}
1448
1449// Don't let MIR inline this, because we really want it to keep its noalias metadata
1450#[rustc_no_mir_inline]
1451#[inline]
1452fn swap_chunk<const N: usize>(x: &mut MaybeUninit<[u8; N]>, y: &mut MaybeUninit<[u8; N]>) {
1453    let a = *x;
1454    let b = *y;
1455    *x = b;
1456    *y = a;
1457}
1458
1459#[inline]
1460unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping_bytes(x: *mut u8, y: *mut u8, bytes: NonZero<usize>) {
1461    // Same as `swap_nonoverlapping::<[u8; N]>`.
1462    unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping_chunks<const N: usize>(
1463        x: *mut MaybeUninit<[u8; N]>,
1464        y: *mut MaybeUninit<[u8; N]>,
1465        chunks: NonZero<usize>,
1466    ) {
1467        let chunks = chunks.get();
1468        for i in 0..chunks {
1469            // SAFETY: i is in [0, chunks) so the adds and dereferences are in-bounds.
1470            unsafe { swap_chunk(&mut *x.add(i), &mut *y.add(i)) };
1471        }
1472    }
1473
1474    // Same as `swap_nonoverlapping_bytes`, but accepts at most 1+2+4=7 bytes
1475    #[inline]
1476    unsafe fn swap_nonoverlapping_short(x: *mut u8, y: *mut u8, bytes: NonZero<usize>) {
1477        // Tail handling for auto-vectorized code sometimes has element-at-a-time behaviour,
1478        // see <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/134946>.
1479        // By swapping as different sizes, rather than as a loop over bytes,
1480        // we make sure not to end up with, say, seven byte-at-a-time copies.
1481
1482        let bytes = bytes.get();
1483        let mut i = 0;
1484        macro_rules! swap_prefix {
1485            ($($n:literal)+) => {$(
1486                if (bytes & $n) != 0 {
1487                    // SAFETY: `i` can only have the same bits set as those in bytes,
1488                    // so these `add`s are in-bounds of `bytes`.  But the bit for
1489                    // `$n` hasn't been set yet, so the `$n` bytes that `swap_chunk`
1490                    // will read and write are within the usable range.
1491                    unsafe { swap_chunk::<$n>(&mut*x.add(i).cast(), &mut*y.add(i).cast()) };
1492                    i |= $n;
1493                }
1494            )+};
1495        }
1496        swap_prefix!(4 2 1);
1497        debug_assert_eq!(i, bytes);
1498    }
1499
1500    const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = size_of::<*const ()>();
1501    let bytes = bytes.get();
1502
1503    let chunks = bytes / CHUNK_SIZE;
1504    let tail = bytes % CHUNK_SIZE;
1505    if let Some(chunks) = NonZero::new(chunks) {
1506        // SAFETY: this is bytes/CHUNK_SIZE*CHUNK_SIZE bytes, which is <= bytes,
1507        // so it's within the range of our non-overlapping bytes.
1508        unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_chunks::<CHUNK_SIZE>(x.cast(), y.cast(), chunks) };
1509    }
1510    if let Some(tail) = NonZero::new(tail) {
1511        const { assert!(CHUNK_SIZE <= 8) };
1512        let delta = chunks * CHUNK_SIZE;
1513        // SAFETY: the tail length is below CHUNK SIZE because of the remainder,
1514        // and CHUNK_SIZE is at most 8 by the const assert, so tail <= 7
1515        unsafe { swap_nonoverlapping_short(x.add(delta), y.add(delta), tail) };
1516    }
1517}
1518
1519/// Moves `src` into the pointed `dst`, returning the previous `dst` value.
1520///
1521/// Neither value is dropped.
1522///
1523/// This function is semantically equivalent to [`mem::replace`] except that it
1524/// operates on raw pointers instead of references. When references are
1525/// available, [`mem::replace`] should be preferred.
1526///
1527/// # Safety
1528///
1529/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1530///
1531/// * `dst` must be [valid] for both reads and writes or `T` must be a ZST.
1532///
1533/// * `dst` must be properly aligned.
1534///
1535/// * `dst` must point to a properly initialized value of type `T`.
1536///
1537/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
1538///
1539/// [valid]: self#safety
1540///
1541/// # Examples
1542///
1543/// ```
1544/// use std::ptr;
1545///
1546/// let mut rust = vec!['b', 'u', 's', 't'];
1547///
1548/// // `mem::replace` would have the same effect without requiring the unsafe
1549/// // block.
1550/// let b = unsafe {
1551///     ptr::replace(&mut rust[0], 'r')
1552/// };
1553///
1554/// assert_eq!(b, 'b');
1555/// assert_eq!(rust, &['r', 'u', 's', 't']);
1556/// ```
1557#[inline]
1558#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
1559#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_replace", since = "1.83.0")]
1560#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_replace"]
1561#[track_caller]
1562pub const unsafe fn replace<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) -> T {
1563    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `dst` is valid to be
1564    // cast to a mutable reference (valid for writes, aligned, initialized),
1565    // and cannot overlap `src` since `dst` must point to a distinct
1566    // allocation. We are excluding null (with a ZST check) before creating a reference.
1567    unsafe {
1568        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
1569            check_language_ub,
1570            "ptr::replace requires that the pointer argument is aligned and non-null",
1571            (
1572                addr: *const () = dst as *const (),
1573                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
1574                is_zst: bool = T::IS_ZST,
1575            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(addr, align, is_zst)
1576        );
1577        if T::IS_ZST {
1578            // If `T` is a ZST, `dst` is allowed to be null. However, we also don't have to actually
1579            // do anything since there isn't actually any data to be copied anyway. All values of
1580            // type `T` are bit-identical, so we can just return `src` here.
1581            return src;
1582        }
1583        mem::replace(&mut *dst, src)
1584    }
1585}
1586
1587/// Reads the value from `src` without moving it. This leaves the
1588/// memory in `src` unchanged.
1589///
1590/// # Safety
1591///
1592/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1593///
1594/// * `src` must be [valid] for reads or `T` must be a ZST.
1595///
1596/// * `src` must be properly aligned. Use [`read_unaligned`] if this is not the
1597///   case.
1598///
1599/// * `src` must point to a properly initialized value of type `T`.
1600///
1601/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
1602///
1603/// # Examples
1604///
1605/// Basic usage:
1606///
1607/// ```
1608/// let x = 12;
1609/// let y = &x as *const i32;
1610///
1611/// unsafe {
1612///     assert_eq!(std::ptr::read(y), 12);
1613/// }
1614/// ```
1615///
1616/// Manually implement [`mem::swap`]:
1617///
1618/// ```
1619/// use std::ptr;
1620///
1621/// fn swap<T>(a: &mut T, b: &mut T) {
1622///     unsafe {
1623///         // Create a bitwise copy of the value at `a` in `tmp`.
1624///         let tmp = ptr::read(a);
1625///
1626///         // Exiting at this point (either by explicitly returning or by
1627///         // calling a function which panics) would cause the value in `tmp` to
1628///         // be dropped while the same value is still referenced by `a`. This
1629///         // could trigger undefined behavior if `T` is not `Copy`.
1630///
1631///         // Create a bitwise copy of the value at `b` in `a`.
1632///         // This is safe because mutable references cannot alias.
1633///         ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(b, a, 1);
1634///
1635///         // As above, exiting here could trigger undefined behavior because
1636///         // the same value is referenced by `a` and `b`.
1637///
1638///         // Move `tmp` into `b`.
1639///         ptr::write(b, tmp);
1640///
1641///         // `tmp` has been moved (`write` takes ownership of its second argument),
1642///         // so nothing is dropped implicitly here.
1643///     }
1644/// }
1645///
1646/// let mut foo = "foo".to_owned();
1647/// let mut bar = "bar".to_owned();
1648///
1649/// swap(&mut foo, &mut bar);
1650///
1651/// assert_eq!(foo, "bar");
1652/// assert_eq!(bar, "foo");
1653/// ```
1654///
1655/// ## Ownership of the Returned Value
1656///
1657/// `read` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of whether `T` is [`Copy`].
1658/// If `T` is not [`Copy`], using both the returned value and the value at
1659/// `*src` can violate memory safety. Note that assigning to `*src` counts as a
1660/// use because it will attempt to drop the value at `*src`.
1661///
1662/// [`write()`] can be used to overwrite data without causing it to be dropped.
1663///
1664/// ```
1665/// use std::ptr;
1666///
1667/// let mut s = String::from("foo");
1668/// unsafe {
1669///     // `s2` now points to the same underlying memory as `s`.
1670///     let mut s2: String = ptr::read(&s);
1671///
1672///     assert_eq!(s2, "foo");
1673///
1674///     // Assigning to `s2` causes its original value to be dropped. Beyond
1675///     // this point, `s` must no longer be used, as the underlying memory has
1676///     // been freed.
1677///     s2 = String::default();
1678///     assert_eq!(s2, "");
1679///
1680///     // Assigning to `s` would cause the old value to be dropped again,
1681///     // resulting in undefined behavior.
1682///     // s = String::from("bar"); // ERROR
1683///
1684///     // `ptr::write` can be used to overwrite a value without dropping it.
1685///     ptr::write(&mut s, String::from("bar"));
1686/// }
1687///
1688/// assert_eq!(s, "bar");
1689/// ```
1690///
1691/// [valid]: self#safety
1692#[inline]
1693#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
1694#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_read", since = "1.71.0")]
1695#[track_caller]
1696#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_read"]
1697pub const unsafe fn read<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
1698    // It would be semantically correct to implement this via `copy_nonoverlapping`
1699    // and `MaybeUninit`, as was done before PR #109035. Calling `assume_init`
1700    // provides enough information to know that this is a typed operation.
1701
1702    // However, as of March 2023 the compiler was not capable of taking advantage
1703    // of that information. Thus, the implementation here switched to an intrinsic,
1704    // which lowers to `_0 = *src` in MIR, to address a few issues:
1705    //
1706    // - Using `MaybeUninit::assume_init` after a `copy_nonoverlapping` was not
1707    //   turning the untyped copy into a typed load. As such, the generated
1708    //   `load` in LLVM didn't get various metadata, such as `!range` (#73258),
1709    //   `!nonnull`, and `!noundef`, resulting in poorer optimization.
1710    // - Going through the extra local resulted in multiple extra copies, even
1711    //   in optimized MIR.  (Ignoring StorageLive/Dead, the intrinsic is one
1712    //   MIR statement, while the previous implementation was eight.)  LLVM
1713    //   could sometimes optimize them away, but because `read` is at the core
1714    //   of so many things, not having them in the first place improves what we
1715    //   hand off to the backend.  For example, `mem::replace::<Big>` previously
1716    //   emitted 4 `alloca` and 6 `memcpy`s, but is now 1 `alloc` and 3 `memcpy`s.
1717    // - In general, this approach keeps us from getting any more bugs (like
1718    //   #106369) that boil down to "`read(p)` is worse than `*p`", as this
1719    //   makes them look identical to the backend (or other MIR consumers).
1720    //
1721    // Future enhancements to MIR optimizations might well allow this to return
1722    // to the previous implementation, rather than using an intrinsic.
1723
1724    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `src` is valid for reads.
1725    unsafe {
1726        #[cfg(debug_assertions)] // Too expensive to always enable (for now?)
1727        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
1728            check_language_ub,
1729            "ptr::read requires that the pointer argument is aligned and non-null",
1730            (
1731                addr: *const () = src as *const (),
1732                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
1733                is_zst: bool = T::IS_ZST,
1734            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(addr, align, is_zst)
1735        );
1736        crate::intrinsics::read_via_copy(src)
1737    }
1738}
1739
1740/// Reads the value from `src` without moving it. This leaves the
1741/// memory in `src` unchanged.
1742///
1743/// Unlike [`read`], `read_unaligned` works with unaligned pointers.
1744///
1745/// # Safety
1746///
1747/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1748///
1749/// * `src` must be [valid] for reads.
1750///
1751/// * `src` must point to a properly initialized value of type `T`.
1752///
1753/// Like [`read`], `read_unaligned` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of
1754/// whether `T` is [`Copy`]. If `T` is not [`Copy`], using both the returned
1755/// value and the value at `*src` can [violate memory safety][read-ownership].
1756///
1757/// [read-ownership]: read#ownership-of-the-returned-value
1758/// [valid]: self#safety
1759///
1760/// ## On `packed` structs
1761///
1762/// Attempting to create a raw pointer to an `unaligned` struct field with
1763/// an expression such as `&packed.unaligned as *const FieldType` creates an
1764/// intermediate unaligned reference before converting that to a raw pointer.
1765/// That this reference is temporary and immediately cast is inconsequential
1766/// as the compiler always expects references to be properly aligned.
1767/// As a result, using `&packed.unaligned as *const FieldType` causes immediate
1768/// *undefined behavior* in your program.
1769///
1770/// Instead you must use the `&raw const` syntax to create the pointer.
1771/// You may use that constructed pointer together with this function.
1772///
1773/// An example of what not to do and how this relates to `read_unaligned` is:
1774///
1775/// ```
1776/// #[repr(packed, C)]
1777/// struct Packed {
1778///     _padding: u8,
1779///     unaligned: u32,
1780/// }
1781///
1782/// let packed = Packed {
1783///     _padding: 0x00,
1784///     unaligned: 0x01020304,
1785/// };
1786///
1787/// // Take the address of a 32-bit integer which is not aligned.
1788/// // In contrast to `&packed.unaligned as *const _`, this has no undefined behavior.
1789/// let unaligned = &raw const packed.unaligned;
1790///
1791/// let v = unsafe { std::ptr::read_unaligned(unaligned) };
1792/// assert_eq!(v, 0x01020304);
1793/// ```
1794///
1795/// Accessing unaligned fields directly with e.g. `packed.unaligned` is safe however.
1796///
1797/// # Examples
1798///
1799/// Read a `usize` value from a byte buffer:
1800///
1801/// ```
1802/// fn read_usize(x: &[u8]) -> usize {
1803///     assert!(x.len() >= size_of::<usize>());
1804///
1805///     let ptr = x.as_ptr() as *const usize;
1806///
1807///     unsafe { ptr.read_unaligned() }
1808/// }
1809/// ```
1810#[inline]
1811#[stable(feature = "ptr_unaligned", since = "1.17.0")]
1812#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_read", since = "1.71.0")]
1813#[track_caller]
1814#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_read_unaligned"]
1815pub const unsafe fn read_unaligned<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
1816    // Always true thanks to the repr, but to demonstrate
1817    const {
1818        assert!(mem::offset_of!(Unaligned::<T>, 0) == 0);
1819        assert!(size_of::<T>() == size_of::<Unaligned<T>>());
1820    }
1821
1822    let src = src.cast::<Unaligned<T>>();
1823    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `src` is valid for reads.
1824    // Reading it as `Unaligned<T>` instead of `T` reads those same bytes because
1825    // it's the same size (thus zero offset), but with alignment 1 instead.
1826    //
1827    // Similarly, because it's the same bytes it's sound to transmute from the
1828    // `Unaligned<T>` to `T`.  Transmute is a value-based (not a place-based)
1829    // operation that doesn't care about alignment.
1830    unsafe {
1831        let unaligned = read(src);
1832        // Can't just destructure because that's not allowed in const fn
1833        mem::transmute_neo(unaligned)
1834    }
1835}
1836
1837/// Overwrites a memory location with the given value without reading or
1838/// dropping the old value.
1839///
1840/// `write` does not drop the contents of `dst`. This is safe, but it could leak
1841/// allocations or resources, so care should be taken not to overwrite an object
1842/// that should be dropped.
1843///
1844/// Additionally, it does not drop `src`. Semantically, `src` is moved into the
1845/// location pointed to by `dst`.
1846///
1847/// This is appropriate for initializing uninitialized memory, or overwriting
1848/// memory that has previously been [`read`] from.
1849///
1850/// # Safety
1851///
1852/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1853///
1854/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes or `T` must be a ZST.
1855///
1856/// * `dst` must be properly aligned. Use [`write_unaligned`] if this is not the
1857///   case.
1858///
1859/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
1860///
1861/// [valid]: self#safety
1862///
1863/// # Examples
1864///
1865/// Basic usage:
1866///
1867/// ```
1868/// let mut x = 0;
1869/// let y = &mut x as *mut i32;
1870/// let z = 12;
1871///
1872/// unsafe {
1873///     std::ptr::write(y, z);
1874///     assert_eq!(std::ptr::read(y), 12);
1875/// }
1876/// ```
1877///
1878/// Manually implement [`mem::swap`]:
1879///
1880/// ```
1881/// use std::ptr;
1882///
1883/// fn swap<T>(a: &mut T, b: &mut T) {
1884///     unsafe {
1885///         // Create a bitwise copy of the value at `a` in `tmp`.
1886///         let tmp = ptr::read(a);
1887///
1888///         // Exiting at this point (either by explicitly returning or by
1889///         // calling a function which panics) would cause the value in `tmp` to
1890///         // be dropped while the same value is still referenced by `a`. This
1891///         // could trigger undefined behavior if `T` is not `Copy`.
1892///
1893///         // Create a bitwise copy of the value at `b` in `a`.
1894///         // This is safe because mutable references cannot alias.
1895///         ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(b, a, 1);
1896///
1897///         // As above, exiting here could trigger undefined behavior because
1898///         // the same value is referenced by `a` and `b`.
1899///
1900///         // Move `tmp` into `b`.
1901///         ptr::write(b, tmp);
1902///
1903///         // `tmp` has been moved (`write` takes ownership of its second argument),
1904///         // so nothing is dropped implicitly here.
1905///     }
1906/// }
1907///
1908/// let mut foo = "foo".to_owned();
1909/// let mut bar = "bar".to_owned();
1910///
1911/// swap(&mut foo, &mut bar);
1912///
1913/// assert_eq!(foo, "bar");
1914/// assert_eq!(bar, "foo");
1915/// ```
1916#[inline]
1917#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
1918#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_write", since = "1.83.0")]
1919#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_write"]
1920#[track_caller]
1921pub const unsafe fn write<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
1922    // Semantically, it would be fine for this to be implemented as a
1923    // `copy_nonoverlapping` and appropriate drop suppression of `src`.
1924
1925    // However, implementing via that currently produces more MIR than is ideal.
1926    // Using an intrinsic keeps it down to just the simple `*dst = move src` in
1927    // MIR (11 statements shorter, at the time of writing), and also allows
1928    // `src` to stay an SSA value in codegen_ssa, rather than a memory one.
1929
1930    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `dst` is valid for writes.
1931    // `dst` cannot overlap `src` because the caller has mutable access
1932    // to `dst` while `src` is owned by this function.
1933    unsafe {
1934        #[cfg(debug_assertions)] // Too expensive to always enable (for now?)
1935        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
1936            check_language_ub,
1937            "ptr::write requires that the pointer argument is aligned and non-null",
1938            (
1939                addr: *mut () = dst as *mut (),
1940                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
1941                is_zst: bool = T::IS_ZST,
1942            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(addr, align, is_zst)
1943        );
1944        intrinsics::write_via_move(dst, src)
1945    }
1946}
1947
1948/// Overwrites a memory location with the given value without reading or
1949/// dropping the old value.
1950///
1951/// Unlike [`write()`], the pointer may be unaligned.
1952///
1953/// `write_unaligned` does not drop the contents of `dst`. This is safe, but it
1954/// could leak allocations or resources, so care should be taken not to overwrite
1955/// an object that should be dropped.
1956///
1957/// Additionally, it does not drop `src`. Semantically, `src` is moved into the
1958/// location pointed to by `dst`.
1959///
1960/// This is appropriate for initializing uninitialized memory, or overwriting
1961/// memory that has previously been read with [`read_unaligned`].
1962///
1963/// # Safety
1964///
1965/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
1966///
1967/// * `dst` must be [valid] for writes.
1968///
1969/// [valid]: self#safety
1970///
1971/// ## On `packed` structs
1972///
1973/// Attempting to create a raw pointer to an `unaligned` struct field with
1974/// an expression such as `&packed.unaligned as *const FieldType` creates an
1975/// intermediate unaligned reference before converting that to a raw pointer.
1976/// That this reference is temporary and immediately cast is inconsequential
1977/// as the compiler always expects references to be properly aligned.
1978/// As a result, using `&packed.unaligned as *const FieldType` causes immediate
1979/// *undefined behavior* in your program.
1980///
1981/// Instead, you must use the `&raw mut` syntax to create the pointer.
1982/// You may use that constructed pointer together with this function.
1983///
1984/// An example of how to do it and how this relates to `write_unaligned` is:
1985///
1986/// ```
1987/// #[repr(packed, C)]
1988/// struct Packed {
1989///     _padding: u8,
1990///     unaligned: u32,
1991/// }
1992///
1993/// let mut packed: Packed = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
1994///
1995/// // Take the address of a 32-bit integer which is not aligned.
1996/// // In contrast to `&packed.unaligned as *mut _`, this has no undefined behavior.
1997/// let unaligned = &raw mut packed.unaligned;
1998///
1999/// unsafe { std::ptr::write_unaligned(unaligned, 42) };
2000///
2001/// assert_eq!({packed.unaligned}, 42); // `{...}` forces copying the field instead of creating a reference.
2002/// ```
2003///
2004/// Accessing unaligned fields directly with e.g. `packed.unaligned` is safe however
2005/// (as can be seen in the `assert_eq!` above).
2006///
2007/// # Examples
2008///
2009/// Write a `usize` value to a byte buffer:
2010///
2011/// ```
2012/// fn write_usize(x: &mut [u8], val: usize) {
2013///     assert!(x.len() >= size_of::<usize>());
2014///
2015///     let ptr = x.as_mut_ptr() as *mut usize;
2016///
2017///     unsafe { ptr.write_unaligned(val) }
2018/// }
2019/// ```
2020#[inline]
2021#[stable(feature = "ptr_unaligned", since = "1.17.0")]
2022#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_ptr_write", since = "1.83.0")]
2023#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_write_unaligned"]
2024#[track_caller]
2025pub const unsafe fn write_unaligned<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
2026    // Always true thanks to the repr, but to demonstrate
2027    const {
2028        assert!(mem::offset_of!(Unaligned::<T>, 0) == 0);
2029        assert!(size_of::<T>() == size_of::<Unaligned<T>>());
2030    }
2031
2032    let dst = dst.cast::<Unaligned<T>>();
2033    let src = Unaligned(src);
2034    // SAFETY: the caller must guarantee that `dst` is valid for writes.
2035    // Writing it as `Unaligned<T>` instead of `T` writes those same bytes because
2036    // it's the same size (thus zero offset), but with alignment 1 instead.
2037    unsafe { write(dst, src) }
2038}
2039
2040/// Performs a volatile read of the value from `src` without moving it.
2041///
2042/// Volatile operations are intended to act on I/O memory. As such, they are considered externally
2043/// observable events (just like syscalls, but less opaque), and are guaranteed to not be elided or
2044/// reordered by the compiler across other externally observable events. With this in mind, there
2045/// are two cases of usage that need to be distinguished:
2046///
2047/// - When a volatile operation is used for memory inside an [allocation], it behaves exactly like
2048///   [`read`], except for the additional guarantee that it won't be elided or reordered (see
2049///   above). This implies that the operation will actually access memory and not e.g. be lowered to
2050///   reusing data from a previous read. Other than that, all the usual rules for memory accesses
2051///   apply (including provenance).  In particular, just like in C, whether an operation is volatile
2052///   has no bearing whatsoever on questions involving concurrent accesses from multiple threads.
2053///   Volatile accesses behave exactly like non-atomic accesses in that regard.
2054///
2055/// - Volatile operations, however, may also be used to access memory that is _outside_ of any Rust
2056///   allocation. In this use-case, the pointer does *not* have to be [valid] for reads. This is
2057///   typically used for CPU and peripheral registers that must be accessed via an I/O memory
2058///   mapping, most commonly at fixed addresses reserved by the hardware. These often have special
2059///   semantics associated to their manipulation, and cannot be used as general purpose memory.
2060///   Here, any address value is possible, including 0 and [`usize::MAX`], so long as the semantics
2061///   of such a read are well-defined by the target hardware. The provenance of the pointer is
2062///   irrelevant, and it can be created with [`without_provenance`]. The access must not trap. It
2063///   can cause side-effects, but those must not affect Rust-allocated memory in any way. This
2064///   access is still not considered [atomic], and as such it cannot be used for inter-thread
2065///   synchronization.
2066///
2067/// Note that volatile memory operations where T is a zero-sized type are noops and may be ignored.
2068///
2069/// When invoked during const evaluation, this behaves like a regular read. In particular, such
2070/// reads must always follow the first of the two cases above.
2071///
2072/// [allocation]: crate::ptr#allocated-object
2073/// [atomic]: crate::sync::atomic#memory-model-for-atomic-accesses
2074///
2075/// # Load splitting
2076///
2077/// Exactly which hardware loads are performed by this function is, in general, highly target-dependent.
2078///
2079/// For a simple scalar, such as when `T` is a thin pointer, this will typically be one load assuming
2080/// your target supports a load of exactly that size and alignment.
2081///
2082/// For anything else, it will be split into multiple loads in some unspecified way.
2083/// This can happen even for scalars: notably, on many targets loading a `u128` will still need to be split,
2084/// despite being "one" scalar.  On many targets loading anything larger than a pointer will need to be split.
2085/// On all current targets a load larger than 64 bytes will need to be split.
2086/// Any load whose size is not a power of two will also almost certainly need to be split.
2087///
2088/// There is no stability guarantee on how that splitting happens.  It may change at any point.
2089///
2090/// # Safety
2091///
2092/// Like [`read`], `read_volatile` creates a bitwise copy of `T`, regardless of whether `T` is
2093/// [`Copy`]. If `T` is not [`Copy`], using both the returned value and the value at `*src` can
2094/// [violate memory safety][read-ownership]. However, storing non-[`Copy`] types in volatile memory
2095/// is almost certainly incorrect.
2096///
2097/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
2098///
2099/// * `src` must be either [valid] for reads, or `T` must be a ZST, or `src` must point to memory
2100///   outside of all Rust allocations and reading from that memory must:
2101///   - not trap, and
2102///   - not cause any memory inside a Rust allocation to be modified.
2103///
2104/// * `src` must be properly aligned.
2105///
2106/// * Reading from `src` must produce a properly initialized value of type `T`.
2107///
2108/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
2109///
2110/// [valid]: self#safety
2111/// [read-ownership]: read#ownership-of-the-returned-value
2112///
2113/// # Examples
2114///
2115/// Basic usage:
2116///
2117/// ```
2118/// let x = 12;
2119/// let y = &x as *const i32;
2120///
2121/// unsafe {
2122///     assert_eq!(std::ptr::read_volatile(y), 12);
2123/// }
2124/// ```
2125#[inline]
2126#[stable(feature = "volatile", since = "1.9.0")]
2127#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_volatile", issue = "159094")]
2128#[track_caller]
2129#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_read_volatile"]
2130pub const unsafe fn read_volatile<T>(src: *const T) -> T {
2131    // SAFETY: the caller must uphold the safety contract for `volatile_load`.
2132    unsafe {
2133        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
2134            check_language_ub,
2135            "ptr::read_volatile requires that the pointer argument is aligned",
2136            (
2137                addr: *const () = src as *const (),
2138                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
2139            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned(addr, align)
2140        );
2141        intrinsics::volatile_load(src)
2142    }
2143}
2144
2145/// Performs a volatile write of a memory location with the given value without reading or dropping
2146/// the old value.
2147///
2148/// Volatile operations are intended to act on I/O memory. As such, they are considered externally
2149/// observable events (just like syscalls), and are guaranteed to not be elided or reordered by the
2150/// compiler across other externally observable events. With this in mind, there are two cases of
2151/// usage that need to be distinguished:
2152///
2153/// - When a volatile operation is used for memory inside an [allocation], it behaves exactly like
2154///   [`write`][write()], except for the additional guarantee that it won't be elided or reordered
2155///   (see above). This implies that the operation will actually access memory and not e.g. be
2156///   lowered to a register access. Other than that, all the usual rules for memory accesses apply
2157///   (including provenance). In particular, just like in C, whether an operation is volatile has no
2158///   bearing whatsoever on questions involving concurrent access from multiple threads. Volatile
2159///   accesses behave exactly like non-atomic accesses in that regard.
2160///
2161/// - Volatile operations, however, may also be used to access memory that is _outside_ of any Rust
2162///   allocation. In this use-case, the pointer does *not* have to be [valid] for writes. This is
2163///   typically used for CPU and peripheral registers that must be accessed via an I/O memory
2164///   mapping, most commonly at fixed addresses reserved by the hardware. These often have special
2165///   semantics associated to their manipulation, and cannot be used as general purpose memory.
2166///   Here, any address value is possible, including 0 and [`usize::MAX`], so long as the semantics
2167///   of such a write are well-defined by the target hardware. The provenance of the pointer is
2168///   irrelevant, and it can be created with [`without_provenance`]. The access must not trap. It
2169///   can cause side-effects, but those must not affect Rust-allocated memory in any way. This
2170///   access is still not considered [atomic], and as such it cannot be used for inter-thread
2171///   synchronization.
2172///
2173/// Note that volatile memory operations on zero-sized types (e.g., if a zero-sized type is passed
2174/// to `write_volatile`) are noops and may be ignored.
2175///
2176/// `write_volatile` does not drop the contents of `dst`. This is safe, but it could leak
2177/// allocations or resources, so care should be taken not to overwrite an object that should be
2178/// dropped when operating on Rust memory. Additionally, it does not drop `src`. Semantically, `src`
2179/// is moved into the location pointed to by `dst`.
2180///
2181/// When invoked during const evaluation, this behaves like a regular write. In particular, such
2182/// reads must always follow the first of the two cases above.
2183///
2184/// [allocation]: crate::ptr#allocated-object
2185/// [atomic]: crate::sync::atomic#memory-model-for-atomic-accesses
2186///
2187/// # Store splitting
2188///
2189/// Exactly which hardware stores are performed by this function is, in general, highly target-dependent.
2190///
2191/// For a simple scalar, such as when `T` is a thin pointer, this will typically be one store assuming
2192/// your target supports a store of exactly that size and alignment.
2193///
2194/// For anything else, it will be split into multiple stores in some unspecified way.
2195/// This can happen even for scalars: notably, on many targets storing a `u128` will still need to be split,
2196/// despite being "one" scalar.  On many targets storing anything larger than a pointer will need to be split.
2197/// On all current targets a store larger than 64 bytes will need to be split.
2198/// Any store whose size is not a power of two will also almost certainly need to be split.
2199///
2200/// There is no stability guarantee on how that splitting happens.  It may change at any point.
2201///
2202/// # Safety
2203///
2204/// Behavior is undefined if any of the following conditions are violated:
2205///
2206/// * `dst` must be either [valid] for writes, or `T` must be a ZST, or `dst` must point to memory
2207///   outside of all Rust allocations and writing to that memory must:
2208///   - not trap, and
2209///   - not cause any memory inside a Rust allocation to be modified.
2210///
2211/// * `dst` must be properly aligned.
2212///
2213/// Note that even if `T` has size `0`, the pointer must be properly aligned.
2214///
2215/// [valid]: self#safety
2216///
2217/// # Examples
2218///
2219/// Basic usage:
2220///
2221/// ```
2222/// let mut x = 0;
2223/// let y = &mut x as *mut i32;
2224/// let z = 12;
2225///
2226/// unsafe {
2227///     std::ptr::write_volatile(y, z);
2228///     assert_eq!(std::ptr::read_volatile(y), 12);
2229/// }
2230/// ```
2231#[inline]
2232#[stable(feature = "volatile", since = "1.9.0")]
2233#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_volatile", issue = "159094")]
2234#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_write_volatile"]
2235#[track_caller]
2236pub const unsafe fn write_volatile<T>(dst: *mut T, src: T) {
2237    // SAFETY: the caller must uphold the safety contract for `volatile_store`.
2238    unsafe {
2239        ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition!(
2240            check_language_ub,
2241            "ptr::write_volatile requires that the pointer argument is aligned",
2242            (
2243                addr: *mut () = dst as *mut (),
2244                align: usize = align_of::<T>(),
2245            ) => ub_checks::maybe_is_aligned(addr, align)
2246        );
2247        intrinsics::volatile_store(dst, src);
2248    }
2249}
2250
2251/// Calculate an element-offset that increases a pointer's alignment.
2252///
2253/// Calculate an element-offset (not byte-offset) that when added to a given pointer `p`, increases `p`'s alignment to at least the given alignment `a`.
2254///
2255/// # Safety
2256/// `a` must be a power of two.
2257///
2258/// # Notes
2259/// This implementation has been carefully tailored to not panic. It is UB for this to panic.
2260/// The only real change that can be made here is change of `INV_TABLE_MOD_16` and associated
2261/// constants.
2262///
2263/// If we ever decide to make it possible to call the intrinsic with `a` that is not a
2264/// power-of-two, it will probably be more prudent to just change to a naive implementation rather
2265/// than trying to adapt this to accommodate that change.
2266///
2267/// Any questions go to @nagisa.
2268#[allow(ptr_to_integer_transmute_in_consts)]
2269pub(crate) unsafe fn align_offset<T: Sized>(p: *const T, a: usize) -> usize {
2270    // FIXME(#75598): Direct use of these intrinsics improves codegen significantly at opt-level <=
2271    // 1, where the method versions of these operations are not inlined.
2272    use intrinsics::{
2273        assume, cttz_nonzero, exact_div, mul_with_overflow, unchecked_rem, unchecked_shl,
2274        unchecked_shr, unchecked_sub, wrapping_add, wrapping_mul, wrapping_sub,
2275    };
2276
2277    /// Calculate multiplicative modular inverse of `x` modulo `m`.
2278    ///
2279    /// This implementation is tailored for `align_offset` and has following preconditions:
2280    ///
2281    /// * `m` is a power-of-two;
2282    /// * `x < m`; (if `x ≥ m`, pass in `x % m` instead)
2283    ///
2284    /// Implementation of this function shall not panic. Ever.
2285    #[inline]
2286    const unsafe fn mod_inv(x: usize, m: usize) -> usize {
2287        /// Multiplicative modular inverse table modulo 2⁴ = 16.
2288        ///
2289        /// Note, that this table does not contain values where inverse does not exist (i.e., for
2290        /// `0⁻¹ mod 16`, `2⁻¹ mod 16`, etc.)
2291        const INV_TABLE_MOD_16: [u8; 8] = [1, 11, 13, 7, 9, 3, 5, 15];
2292        /// Modulo for which the `INV_TABLE_MOD_16` is intended.
2293        const INV_TABLE_MOD: usize = 16;
2294
2295        // SAFETY: `m` is required to be a power-of-two, hence non-zero.
2296        let m_minus_one = unsafe { unchecked_sub(m, 1) };
2297        let mut inverse = INV_TABLE_MOD_16[(x & (INV_TABLE_MOD - 1)) >> 1] as usize;
2298        let mut mod_gate = INV_TABLE_MOD;
2299        // We iterate "up" using the following formula:
2300        //
2301        // $$ xy ≡ 1 (mod 2ⁿ) → xy (2 - xy) ≡ 1 (mod 2²ⁿ) $$
2302        //
2303        // This application needs to be applied at least until `2²ⁿ ≥ m`, at which point we can
2304        // finally reduce the computation to our desired `m` by taking `inverse mod m`.
2305        //
2306        // This computation is `O(log log m)`, which is to say, that on 64-bit machines this loop
2307        // will always finish in at most 4 iterations.
2308        loop {
2309            // y = y * (2 - xy) mod n
2310            //
2311            // Note, that we use wrapping operations here intentionally – the original formula
2312            // uses e.g., subtraction `mod n`. It is entirely fine to do them `mod
2313            // usize::MAX` instead, because we take the result `mod n` at the end
2314            // anyway.
2315            if mod_gate >= m {
2316                break;
2317            }
2318            inverse = wrapping_mul(inverse, wrapping_sub(2usize, wrapping_mul(x, inverse)));
2319            let (new_gate, overflow) = mul_with_overflow(mod_gate, mod_gate);
2320            if overflow {
2321                break;
2322            }
2323            mod_gate = new_gate;
2324        }
2325        inverse & m_minus_one
2326    }
2327
2328    let stride = size_of::<T>();
2329
2330    let addr: usize = p.addr();
2331
2332    // SAFETY: `a` is a power-of-two, therefore non-zero.
2333    let a_minus_one = unsafe { unchecked_sub(a, 1) };
2334
2335    if stride == 0 {
2336        // SPECIAL_CASE: handle 0-sized types. No matter how many times we step, the address will
2337        // stay the same, so no offset will be able to align the pointer unless it is already
2338        // aligned. This branch _will_ be optimized out as `stride` is known at compile-time.
2339        let p_mod_a = addr & a_minus_one;
2340        return if p_mod_a == 0 { 0 } else { usize::MAX };
2341    }
2342
2343    // SAFETY: `stride == 0` case has been handled by the special case above.
2344    let a_mod_stride = unsafe { unchecked_rem(a, stride) };
2345    if a_mod_stride == 0 {
2346        // SPECIAL_CASE: In cases where the `a` is divisible by `stride`, byte offset to align a
2347        // pointer can be computed more simply through `-p (mod a)`. In the off-chance the byte
2348        // offset is not a multiple of `stride`, the input pointer was misaligned and no pointer
2349        // offset will be able to produce a `p` aligned to the specified `a`.
2350        //
2351        // The naive `-p (mod a)` equation inhibits LLVM's ability to select instructions
2352        // like `lea`. We compute `(round_up_to_next_alignment(p, a) - p)` instead. This
2353        // redistributes operations around the load-bearing, but pessimizing `and` instruction
2354        // sufficiently for LLVM to be able to utilize the various optimizations it knows about.
2355        //
2356        // LLVM handles the branch here particularly nicely. If this branch needs to be evaluated
2357        // at runtime, it will produce a mask `if addr_mod_stride == 0 { 0 } else { usize::MAX }`
2358        // in a branch-free way and then bitwise-OR it with whatever result the `-p mod a`
2359        // computation produces.
2360
2361        let aligned_address = wrapping_add(addr, a_minus_one) & wrapping_sub(0, a);
2362        let byte_offset = wrapping_sub(aligned_address, addr);
2363        // FIXME: Remove the assume after <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/62502>
2364        // SAFETY: Masking by `-a` can only affect the low bits, and thus cannot have reduced
2365        // the value by more than `a-1`, so even though the intermediate values might have
2366        // wrapped, the byte_offset is always in `[0, a)`.
2367        unsafe { assume(byte_offset < a) };
2368
2369        // SAFETY: `stride == 0` case has been handled by the special case above.
2370        let addr_mod_stride = unsafe { unchecked_rem(addr, stride) };
2371
2372        return if addr_mod_stride == 0 {
2373            // SAFETY: `stride` is non-zero. This is guaranteed to divide exactly as well, because
2374            // addr has been verified to be aligned to the original type’s alignment requirements.
2375            unsafe { exact_div(byte_offset, stride) }
2376        } else {
2377            usize::MAX
2378        };
2379    }
2380
2381    // GENERAL_CASE: From here on we’re handling the very general case where `addr` may be
2382    // misaligned, there isn’t an obvious relationship between `stride` and `a` that we can take an
2383    // advantage of, etc. This case produces machine code that isn’t particularly high quality,
2384    // compared to the special cases above. The code produced here is still within the realm of
2385    // miracles, given the situations this case has to deal with.
2386
2387    // SAFETY: a is power-of-two hence non-zero. stride == 0 case is handled above.
2388    // FIXME(const-hack) replace with min
2389    let gcdpow = unsafe {
2390        let x = cttz_nonzero(stride);
2391        let y = cttz_nonzero(a);
2392        if x < y { x } else { y }
2393    };
2394    // SAFETY: gcdpow has an upper-bound that’s at most the number of bits in a `usize`.
2395    let gcd = unsafe { unchecked_shl(1usize, gcdpow) };
2396    // SAFETY: gcd is always greater or equal to 1.
2397    if addr & unsafe { unchecked_sub(gcd, 1) } == 0 {
2398        // This branch solves for the following linear congruence equation:
2399        //
2400        // ` p + so = 0 mod a `
2401        //
2402        // `p` here is the pointer value, `s` - stride of `T`, `o` offset in `T`s, and `a` - the
2403        // requested alignment.
2404        //
2405        // With `g = gcd(a, s)`, and the above condition asserting that `p` is also divisible by
2406        // `g`, we can denote `a' = a/g`, `s' = s/g`, `p' = p/g`, then this becomes equivalent to:
2407        //
2408        // ` p' + s'o = 0 mod a' `
2409        // ` o = (a' - (p' mod a')) * (s'^-1 mod a') `
2410        //
2411        // The first term is "the relative alignment of `p` to `a`" (divided by the `g`), the
2412        // second term is "how does incrementing `p` by `s` bytes change the relative alignment of
2413        // `p`" (again divided by `g`). Division by `g` is necessary to make the inverse well
2414        // formed if `a` and `s` are not co-prime.
2415        //
2416        // Furthermore, the result produced by this solution is not "minimal", so it is necessary
2417        // to take the result `o mod lcm(s, a)`. This `lcm(s, a)` is the same as `a'`.
2418
2419        // SAFETY: `gcdpow` has an upper-bound not greater than the number of trailing 0-bits in
2420        // `a`.
2421        let a2 = unsafe { unchecked_shr(a, gcdpow) };
2422        // SAFETY: `a2` is non-zero. Shifting `a` by `gcdpow` cannot shift out any of the set bits
2423        // in `a` (of which it has exactly one).
2424        let a2minus1 = unsafe { unchecked_sub(a2, 1) };
2425        // SAFETY: `gcdpow` has an upper-bound not greater than the number of trailing 0-bits in
2426        // `a`.
2427        let s2 = unsafe { unchecked_shr(stride & a_minus_one, gcdpow) };
2428        // SAFETY: `gcdpow` has an upper-bound not greater than the number of trailing 0-bits in
2429        // `a`. Furthermore, the subtraction cannot overflow, because `a2 = a >> gcdpow` will
2430        // always be strictly greater than `(p % a) >> gcdpow`.
2431        let minusp2 = unsafe { unchecked_sub(a2, unchecked_shr(addr & a_minus_one, gcdpow)) };
2432        // SAFETY: `a2` is a power-of-two, as proven above. `s2` is strictly less than `a2`
2433        // because `(s % a) >> gcdpow` is strictly less than `a >> gcdpow`.
2434        return wrapping_mul(minusp2, unsafe { mod_inv(s2, a2) }) & a2minus1;
2435    }
2436
2437    // Cannot be aligned at all.
2438    usize::MAX
2439}
2440
2441/// Compares raw pointers for equality.
2442///
2443/// This is the same as using the `==` operator, but less generic:
2444/// the arguments have to be `*const T` raw pointers,
2445/// not anything that implements `PartialEq`.
2446///
2447/// This can be used to compare `&T` references (which coerce to `*const T` implicitly)
2448/// by their address rather than comparing the values they point to
2449/// (which is what the `PartialEq for &T` implementation does).
2450///
2451/// When comparing wide pointers, both the address and the metadata are tested for equality.
2452/// However, note that comparing trait object pointers (`*const dyn Trait`) is unreliable: pointers
2453/// to values of the same underlying type can compare inequal (because vtables are duplicated in
2454/// multiple codegen units), and pointers to values of *different* underlying type can compare equal
2455/// (since identical vtables can be deduplicated within a codegen unit).
2456///
2457/// # Examples
2458///
2459/// ```
2460/// use std::ptr;
2461///
2462/// let five = 5;
2463/// let other_five = 5;
2464/// let five_ref = &five;
2465/// let same_five_ref = &five;
2466/// let other_five_ref = &other_five;
2467///
2468/// assert!(five_ref == same_five_ref);
2469/// assert!(ptr::eq(five_ref, same_five_ref));
2470///
2471/// assert!(five_ref == other_five_ref);
2472/// assert!(!ptr::eq(five_ref, other_five_ref));
2473/// ```
2474///
2475/// Slices are also compared by their length (fat pointers):
2476///
2477/// ```
2478/// let a = [1, 2, 3];
2479/// assert!(std::ptr::eq(&a[..3], &a[..3]));
2480/// assert!(!std::ptr::eq(&a[..2], &a[..3]));
2481/// assert!(!std::ptr::eq(&a[0..2], &a[1..3]));
2482/// ```
2483#[stable(feature = "ptr_eq", since = "1.17.0")]
2484#[inline(always)]
2485#[must_use = "pointer comparison produces a value"]
2486#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "ptr_eq"]
2487#[allow(ambiguous_wide_pointer_comparisons)] // it's actually clear here
2488pub fn eq<T: PointeeSized>(a: *const T, b: *const T) -> bool {
2489    a == b
2490}
2491
2492/// Compares the *addresses* of the two pointers for equality,
2493/// ignoring any metadata in fat pointers.
2494///
2495/// If the arguments are thin pointers of the same type,
2496/// then this is the same as [`eq`].
2497///
2498/// # Examples
2499///
2500/// ```
2501/// use std::ptr;
2502///
2503/// let whole: &[i32; 3] = &[1, 2, 3];
2504/// let first: &i32 = &whole[0];
2505///
2506/// assert!(ptr::addr_eq(whole, first));
2507/// assert!(!ptr::eq::<dyn std::fmt::Debug>(whole, first));
2508/// ```
2509#[stable(feature = "ptr_addr_eq", since = "1.76.0")]
2510#[inline(always)]
2511#[must_use = "pointer comparison produces a value"]
2512pub fn addr_eq<T: PointeeSized, U: PointeeSized>(p: *const T, q: *const U) -> bool {
2513    (p as *const ()) == (q as *const ())
2514}
2515
2516/// Compares the *addresses* of the two function pointers for equality.
2517///
2518/// This is the same as `f == g`, but using this function makes clear that the potentially
2519/// surprising semantics of function pointer comparison are involved.
2520///
2521/// There are **very few guarantees** about how functions are compiled and they have no intrinsic
2522/// “identity”; in particular, this comparison:
2523///
2524/// * May return `true` unexpectedly, in cases where functions are equivalent.
2525///
2526///   For example, the following program is likely (but not guaranteed) to print `(true, true)`
2527///   when compiled with optimization:
2528///
2529///   ```
2530///   let f: fn(i32) -> i32 = |x| x;
2531///   let g: fn(i32) -> i32 = |x| x + 0;  // different closure, different body
2532///   let h: fn(u32) -> u32 = |x| x + 0;  // different signature too
2533///   dbg!(std::ptr::fn_addr_eq(f, g), std::ptr::fn_addr_eq(f, h)); // not guaranteed to be equal
2534///   ```
2535///
2536/// * May return `false` in any case.
2537///
2538///   This is particularly likely with generic functions but may happen with any function.
2539///   (From an implementation perspective, this is possible because functions may sometimes be
2540///   processed more than once by the compiler, resulting in duplicate machine code.)
2541///
2542/// Despite these false positives and false negatives, this comparison can still be useful.
2543/// Specifically, if
2544///
2545/// * `T` is the same type as `U`, `T` is a [subtype] of `U`, or `U` is a [subtype] of `T`, and
2546/// * `ptr::fn_addr_eq(f, g)` returns true,
2547///
2548/// then calling `f` and calling `g` will be equivalent.
2549///
2550///
2551/// # Examples
2552///
2553/// ```
2554/// use std::ptr;
2555///
2556/// fn a() { println!("a"); }
2557/// fn b() { println!("b"); }
2558/// assert!(!ptr::fn_addr_eq(a as fn(), b as fn()));
2559/// ```
2560///
2561/// [subtype]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/subtyping.html
2562#[stable(feature = "ptr_fn_addr_eq", since = "1.85.0")]
2563#[inline(always)]
2564#[must_use = "function pointer comparison produces a value"]
2565pub fn fn_addr_eq<T: FnPtr, U: FnPtr>(f: T, g: U) -> bool {
2566    f.addr() == g.addr()
2567}
2568
2569/// Hash a raw pointer.
2570///
2571/// This can be used to hash a `&T` reference (which coerces to `*const T` implicitly)
2572/// by its address rather than the value it points to
2573/// (which is what the `Hash for &T` implementation does).
2574///
2575/// # Examples
2576///
2577/// ```
2578/// use std::hash::{DefaultHasher, Hash, Hasher};
2579/// use std::ptr;
2580///
2581/// let five = 5;
2582/// let five_ref = &five;
2583///
2584/// let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
2585/// ptr::hash(five_ref, &mut hasher);
2586/// let actual = hasher.finish();
2587///
2588/// let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
2589/// (five_ref as *const i32).hash(&mut hasher);
2590/// let expected = hasher.finish();
2591///
2592/// assert_eq!(actual, expected);
2593/// ```
2594#[stable(feature = "ptr_hash", since = "1.35.0")]
2595pub fn hash<T: PointeeSized, S: hash::Hasher>(hashee: *const T, into: &mut S) {
2596    use crate::hash::Hash;
2597    hashee.hash(into);
2598}
2599
2600#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2601#[diagnostic::on_const(
2602    message = "pointers cannot be reliably compared during const eval",
2603    note = "see issue #53020 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53020> for more information"
2604)]
2605impl<F: FnPtr> PartialEq for F {
2606    #[inline]
2607    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
2608        self.addr() == other.addr()
2609    }
2610}
2611#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2612#[diagnostic::on_const(
2613    message = "pointers cannot be reliably compared during const eval",
2614    note = "see issue #53020 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53020> for more information"
2615)]
2616impl<F: FnPtr> Eq for F {}
2617
2618#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2619#[diagnostic::on_const(
2620    message = "pointers cannot be reliably compared during const eval",
2621    note = "see issue #53020 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53020> for more information"
2622)]
2623impl<F: FnPtr> PartialOrd for F {
2624    #[inline]
2625    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
2626        self.addr().partial_cmp(&other.addr())
2627    }
2628}
2629#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2630#[diagnostic::on_const(
2631    message = "pointers cannot be reliably compared during const eval",
2632    note = "see issue #53020 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53020> for more information"
2633)]
2634impl<F: FnPtr> Ord for F {
2635    #[inline]
2636    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
2637        self.addr().cmp(&other.addr())
2638    }
2639}
2640
2641#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2642impl<F: FnPtr> hash::Hash for F {
2643    fn hash<HH: hash::Hasher>(&self, state: &mut HH) {
2644        state.write_usize(self.addr().addr())
2645    }
2646}
2647
2648#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2649impl<F: FnPtr> fmt::Pointer for F {
2650    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
2651        fmt::pointer_fmt_inner(self.addr().addr(), f)
2652    }
2653}
2654
2655#[stable(feature = "fnptr_impls", since = "1.4.0")]
2656impl<F: FnPtr> fmt::Debug for F {
2657    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
2658        fmt::pointer_fmt_inner(self.addr().addr(), f)
2659    }
2660}
2661
2662/// Creates a `const` raw pointer to a place, without creating an intermediate reference.
2663///
2664/// `addr_of!(expr)` is equivalent to `&raw const expr`. The macro is *soft-deprecated*;
2665/// use `&raw const` instead.
2666///
2667/// It is still an open question under which conditions writing through an `addr_of!`-created
2668/// pointer is permitted. If the place `expr` evaluates to is based on a raw pointer, then the
2669/// result of `addr_of!` inherits all permissions from that raw pointer. However, if the place is
2670/// based on a reference, local variable, or `static`, then until all details are decided, the same
2671/// rules as for shared references apply: it is UB to write through a pointer created with this
2672/// operation, except for bytes located inside an `UnsafeCell`. Use `&raw mut` (or [`addr_of_mut`])
2673/// to create a raw pointer that definitely permits mutation.
2674///
2675/// Creating a reference with `&`/`&mut` is only allowed if the pointer is properly aligned
2676/// and points to initialized data. For cases where those requirements do not hold,
2677/// raw pointers should be used instead. However, `&expr as *const _` creates a reference
2678/// before casting it to a raw pointer, and that reference is subject to the same rules
2679/// as all other references. This macro can create a raw pointer *without* creating
2680/// a reference first.
2681///
2682/// See [`addr_of_mut`] for how to create a pointer to uninitialized data.
2683/// Doing that with `addr_of` would not make much sense since one could only
2684/// read the data, and that would be Undefined Behavior.
2685///
2686/// # Safety
2687///
2688/// The `expr` in `addr_of!(expr)` is evaluated as a place expression, but never loads from the
2689/// place or requires the place to be dereferenceable. This means that `addr_of!((*ptr).field)`
2690/// still requires the projection to `field` to be in-bounds, using the same rules as [`offset`].
2691/// However, `addr_of!(*ptr)` is defined behavior even if `ptr` is null, dangling, or misaligned.
2692///
2693/// Note that `Deref`/`Index` coercions (and their mutable counterparts) are applied inside
2694/// `addr_of!` like everywhere else, in which case a reference is created to call `Deref::deref` or
2695/// `Index::index`, respectively. The statements above only apply when no such coercions are
2696/// applied.
2697///
2698/// [`offset`]: pointer::offset
2699///
2700/// # Example
2701///
2702/// **Correct usage: Creating a pointer to unaligned data**
2703///
2704/// ```
2705/// use std::ptr;
2706///
2707/// #[repr(packed)]
2708/// struct Packed {
2709///     f1: u8,
2710///     f2: u16,
2711/// }
2712///
2713/// let packed = Packed { f1: 1, f2: 2 };
2714/// // `&packed.f2` would create an unaligned reference, and thus be Undefined Behavior!
2715/// let raw_f2 = ptr::addr_of!(packed.f2);
2716/// assert_eq!(unsafe { raw_f2.read_unaligned() }, 2);
2717/// ```
2718///
2719/// **Incorrect usage: Out-of-bounds fields projection**
2720///
2721/// ```rust,no_run
2722/// use std::ptr;
2723///
2724/// #[repr(C)]
2725/// struct MyStruct {
2726///     field1: i32,
2727///     field2: i32,
2728/// }
2729///
2730/// let ptr: *const MyStruct = ptr::null();
2731/// let fieldptr = unsafe { ptr::addr_of!((*ptr).field2) }; // Undefined Behavior ⚠️
2732/// ```
2733///
2734/// The field projection `.field2` would offset the pointer by 4 bytes,
2735/// but the pointer is not in-bounds of an allocation for 4 bytes,
2736/// so this offset is Undefined Behavior.
2737/// See the [`offset`] docs for a full list of requirements for inbounds pointer arithmetic; the
2738/// same requirements apply to field projections, even inside `addr_of!`. (In particular, it makes
2739/// no difference whether the pointer is null or dangling.)
2740#[stable(feature = "raw_ref_macros", since = "1.51.0")]
2741#[rustc_macro_transparency = "semiopaque"]
2742pub macro addr_of($place:expr) {
2743    &raw const $place
2744}
2745
2746/// Creates a `mut` raw pointer to a place, without creating an intermediate reference.
2747///
2748/// `addr_of_mut!(expr)` is equivalent to `&raw mut expr`. The macro is *soft-deprecated*;
2749/// use `&raw mut` instead.
2750///
2751/// Creating a reference with `&`/`&mut` is only allowed if the pointer is properly aligned
2752/// and points to initialized data. For cases where those requirements do not hold,
2753/// raw pointers should be used instead. However, `&mut expr as *mut _` creates a reference
2754/// before casting it to a raw pointer, and that reference is subject to the same rules
2755/// as all other references. This macro can create a raw pointer *without* creating
2756/// a reference first.
2757///
2758/// # Safety
2759///
2760/// The `expr` in `addr_of_mut!(expr)` is evaluated as a place expression, but never loads from the
2761/// place or requires the place to be dereferenceable. This means that `addr_of_mut!((*ptr).field)`
2762/// still requires the projection to `field` to be in-bounds, using the same rules as [`offset`].
2763/// However, `addr_of_mut!(*ptr)` is defined behavior even if `ptr` is null, dangling, or misaligned.
2764///
2765/// Note that `Deref`/`Index` coercions (and their mutable counterparts) are applied inside
2766/// `addr_of_mut!` like everywhere else, in which case a reference is created to call `Deref::deref`
2767/// or `Index::index`, respectively. The statements above only apply when no such coercions are
2768/// applied.
2769///
2770/// [`offset`]: pointer::offset
2771///
2772/// # Examples
2773///
2774/// **Correct usage: Creating a pointer to unaligned data**
2775///
2776/// ```
2777/// use std::ptr;
2778///
2779/// #[repr(packed)]
2780/// struct Packed {
2781///     f1: u8,
2782///     f2: u16,
2783/// }
2784///
2785/// let mut packed = Packed { f1: 1, f2: 2 };
2786/// // `&mut packed.f2` would create an unaligned reference, and thus be Undefined Behavior!
2787/// let raw_f2 = ptr::addr_of_mut!(packed.f2);
2788/// unsafe { raw_f2.write_unaligned(42); }
2789/// assert_eq!({packed.f2}, 42); // `{...}` forces copying the field instead of creating a reference.
2790/// ```
2791///
2792/// **Correct usage: Creating a pointer to uninitialized data**
2793///
2794/// ```rust
2795/// use std::{ptr, mem::MaybeUninit};
2796///
2797/// struct Demo {
2798///     field: bool,
2799/// }
2800///
2801/// let mut uninit = MaybeUninit::<Demo>::uninit();
2802/// // `&uninit.as_mut().field` would create a reference to an uninitialized `bool`,
2803/// // and thus be Undefined Behavior!
2804/// let f1_ptr = unsafe { ptr::addr_of_mut!((*uninit.as_mut_ptr()).field) };
2805/// unsafe { f1_ptr.write(true); }
2806/// let init = unsafe { uninit.assume_init() };
2807/// ```
2808///
2809/// **Incorrect usage: Out-of-bounds fields projection**
2810///
2811/// ```rust,no_run
2812/// use std::ptr;
2813///
2814/// #[repr(C)]
2815/// struct MyStruct {
2816///     field1: i32,
2817///     field2: i32,
2818/// }
2819///
2820/// let ptr: *mut MyStruct = ptr::null_mut();
2821/// let fieldptr = unsafe { ptr::addr_of_mut!((*ptr).field2) }; // Undefined Behavior ⚠️
2822/// ```
2823///
2824/// The field projection `.field2` would offset the pointer by 4 bytes,
2825/// but the pointer is not in-bounds of an allocation for 4 bytes,
2826/// so this offset is Undefined Behavior.
2827/// See the [`offset`] docs for a full list of requirements for inbounds pointer arithmetic; the
2828/// same requirements apply to field projections, even inside `addr_of_mut!`. (In particular, it
2829/// makes no difference whether the pointer is null or dangling.)
2830#[stable(feature = "raw_ref_macros", since = "1.51.0")]
2831#[rustc_macro_transparency = "semiopaque"]
2832pub macro addr_of_mut($place:expr) {
2833    &raw mut $place
2834}
2835
2836/// Used in [`read_unaligned`] and [`write_unaligned`] to load and store `T`
2837/// with alignment 1 rather than its usual `align_of::<T>()` alignment.
2838#[repr(Rust, packed)]
2839struct Unaligned<T>(T);