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core/ptr/
alignment.rs

1#![allow(clippy::enum_clike_unportable_variant)]
2
3use crate::marker::MetaSized;
4use crate::num::NonZero;
5use crate::ub_checks::assert_unsafe_precondition;
6use crate::{cmp, fmt, hash, mem, num};
7
8/// A type storing a `usize` which is a power of two, and thus
9/// represents a possible alignment in the Rust abstract machine.
10///
11/// Note that particularly large alignments, while representable in this type,
12/// are likely not to be supported by actual allocators and linkers.
13#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
14#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
15#[repr(transparent)]
16pub struct Alignment {
17    // This field is never used directly (nor is the enum),
18    // as it's just there to convey the validity invariant.
19    // (Hopefully it'll eventually be a pattern type instead.)
20    _inner_repr_trick: AlignmentEnum,
21}
22
23// Alignment is `repr(usize)`, but via extra steps.
24const _: () = assert!(size_of::<Alignment>() == size_of::<usize>());
25const _: () = assert!(align_of::<Alignment>() == align_of::<usize>());
26
27fn _alignment_can_be_structurally_matched(a: Alignment) -> bool {
28    matches!(a, Alignment::MIN)
29}
30
31impl Alignment {
32    /// The smallest possible alignment, 1.
33    ///
34    /// All addresses are always aligned at least this much.
35    ///
36    /// # Examples
37    ///
38    /// ```
39    /// #![feature(ptr_alignment_type)]
40    /// use std::ptr::Alignment;
41    ///
42    /// assert_eq!(Alignment::MIN.as_usize(), 1);
43    /// ```
44    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
45    pub const MIN: Self = Self::new(1).unwrap();
46
47    /// Returns the alignment for a type.
48    ///
49    /// This provides the same numerical value as [`align_of`],
50    /// but in an `Alignment` instead of a `usize`.
51    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
52    #[inline]
53    #[must_use]
54    pub const fn of<T>() -> Self {
55        // This can't actually panic since type alignment is always a power of two.
56        const { Alignment::new(align_of::<T>()).unwrap() }
57    }
58
59    /// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to.
60    ///
61    /// Every reference to a value of the type `T` must be a multiple of this number.
62    ///
63    /// [ABI]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface
64    ///
65    /// # Examples
66    ///
67    /// ```
68    /// #![feature(ptr_alignment_type)]
69    /// use std::ptr::Alignment;
70    ///
71    /// assert_eq!(Alignment::of_val(&5i32).as_usize(), 4);
72    /// ```
73    #[inline]
74    #[must_use]
75    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
76    pub const fn of_val<T: MetaSized>(val: &T) -> Self {
77        let align = mem::align_of_val(val);
78        // SAFETY: `align_of_val` returns valid alignment
79        unsafe { Alignment::new_unchecked(align) }
80    }
81
82    /// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to.
83    ///
84    /// Every reference to a value of the type `T` must be a multiple of this number.
85    ///
86    /// [ABI]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface
87    ///
88    /// # Safety
89    ///
90    /// This function is only safe to call if the following conditions hold:
91    ///
92    /// - If `T` is `Sized`, this function is always safe to call.
93    /// - If the unsized tail of `T` is:
94    ///     - a [slice], then the length of the slice tail must be an initialized
95    ///       integer, and the size of the *entire value*
96    ///       (dynamic tail length + statically sized prefix) must fit in `isize`.
97    ///       For the special case where the dynamic tail length is 0, this function
98    ///       is safe to call.
99    ///     - a [trait object], then the vtable part of the pointer must point
100    ///       to a valid vtable acquired by an unsizing coercion, and the size
101    ///       of the *entire value* (dynamic tail length + statically sized prefix)
102    ///       must fit in `isize`.
103    ///     - an (unstable) [extern type], then this function is always safe to
104    ///       call, but may panic or otherwise return the wrong value, as the
105    ///       extern type's layout is not known. This is the same behavior as
106    ///       [`Alignment::of_val`] on a reference to a type with an extern type tail.
107    ///     - otherwise, it is conservatively not allowed to call this function.
108    ///
109    /// [trait object]: ../../book/ch17-02-trait-objects.html
110    /// [extern type]: ../../unstable-book/language-features/extern-types.html
111    ///
112    /// # Examples
113    ///
114    /// ```
115    /// #![feature(ptr_alignment_type)]
116    /// #![feature(layout_for_ptr)]
117    /// use std::ptr::Alignment;
118    ///
119    /// assert_eq!(unsafe { Alignment::of_val_raw(&5i32) }.as_usize(), 4);
120    /// ```
121    #[inline]
122    #[must_use]
123    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
124    // #[unstable(feature = "layout_for_ptr", issue = "69835")]
125    pub const unsafe fn of_val_raw<T: MetaSized>(val: *const T) -> Self {
126        // SAFETY: precondition propagated to the caller
127        let align = unsafe { mem::align_of_val_raw(val) };
128        // SAFETY: `align_of_val_raw` returns valid alignment
129        unsafe { Alignment::new_unchecked(align) }
130    }
131
132    /// Creates an `Alignment` from a `usize`, or returns `None` if it's
133    /// not a power of two.
134    ///
135    /// Note that `0` is not a power of two, nor a valid alignment.
136    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
137    #[inline]
138    pub const fn new(align: usize) -> Option<Self> {
139        if align.is_power_of_two() {
140            // SAFETY: Just checked it only has one bit set
141            Some(unsafe { Self::new_unchecked(align) })
142        } else {
143            None
144        }
145    }
146
147    /// Creates an `Alignment` from a power-of-two `usize`.
148    ///
149    /// # Safety
150    ///
151    /// `align` must be a power of two.
152    ///
153    /// Equivalently, it must be `1 << exp` for some `exp` in `0..usize::BITS`.
154    /// It must *not* be zero.
155    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
156    #[inline]
157    #[track_caller]
158    pub const unsafe fn new_unchecked(align: usize) -> Self {
159        assert_unsafe_precondition!(
160            check_language_ub,
161            "Alignment::new_unchecked requires a power of two",
162            (align: usize = align) => align.is_power_of_two()
163        );
164
165        // SAFETY: By precondition, this must be a power of two, and
166        // our variants encompass all possible powers of two.
167        unsafe { mem::transmute::<usize, Alignment>(align) }
168    }
169
170    /// Returns the alignment as a [`usize`].
171    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
172    #[inline]
173    pub const fn as_usize(self) -> usize {
174        // Going through `as_nonzero` helps this be more clearly the inverse of
175        // `new_unchecked`, letting MIR optimizations fold it away.
176
177        self.as_nonzero().get()
178    }
179
180    /// Returns the alignment as a <code>[NonZero]<[usize]></code>.
181    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
182    #[inline]
183    pub const fn as_nonzero(self) -> NonZero<usize> {
184        // This transmutes directly to avoid the UbCheck in `NonZero::new_unchecked`
185        // since there's no way for the user to trip that check anyway -- the
186        // validity invariant of the type would have to have been broken earlier --
187        // and emitting it in an otherwise simple method is bad for compile time.
188
189        // SAFETY: All the discriminants are non-zero.
190        unsafe { mem::transmute::<Alignment, NonZero<usize>>(self) }
191    }
192
193    /// Returns the base-2 logarithm of the alignment.
194    ///
195    /// This is always exact, as `self` represents a power of two.
196    ///
197    /// # Examples
198    ///
199    /// ```
200    /// #![feature(ptr_alignment_type)]
201    /// use std::ptr::Alignment;
202    ///
203    /// assert_eq!(Alignment::of::<u8>().log2(), 0);
204    /// assert_eq!(Alignment::new(1024).unwrap().log2(), 10);
205    /// ```
206    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
207    #[inline]
208    pub const fn log2(self) -> u32 {
209        self.as_nonzero().trailing_zeros()
210    }
211
212    /// Returns a bit mask that can be used to match this alignment.
213    ///
214    /// This is equivalent to `!(self.as_usize() - 1)`.
215    ///
216    /// # Examples
217    ///
218    /// ```
219    /// #![feature(ptr_alignment_type)]
220    /// #![feature(ptr_mask)]
221    /// use std::ptr::{Alignment, NonNull};
222    ///
223    /// #[repr(align(1))] struct Align1(u8);
224    /// #[repr(align(2))] struct Align2(u16);
225    /// #[repr(align(4))] struct Align4(u32);
226    /// let one = <NonNull<Align1>>::dangling().as_ptr();
227    /// let two = <NonNull<Align2>>::dangling().as_ptr();
228    /// let four = <NonNull<Align4>>::dangling().as_ptr();
229    ///
230    /// assert_eq!(four.mask(Alignment::of::<Align1>().mask()), four);
231    /// assert_eq!(four.mask(Alignment::of::<Align2>().mask()), four);
232    /// assert_eq!(four.mask(Alignment::of::<Align4>().mask()), four);
233    /// assert_ne!(one.mask(Alignment::of::<Align4>().mask()), one);
234    /// ```
235    #[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
236    #[inline]
237    pub const fn mask(self) -> usize {
238        // SAFETY: The alignment is always nonzero, and therefore decrementing won't overflow.
239        !(unsafe { self.as_usize().unchecked_sub(1) })
240    }
241
242    // FIXME(const-hack) Remove me once `Ord::max` is usable in const
243    pub(crate) const fn max(a: Self, b: Self) -> Self {
244        if a.as_usize() > b.as_usize() { a } else { b }
245    }
246}
247
248#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
249impl fmt::Debug for Alignment {
250    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
251        write!(f, "{:?} (1 << {:?})", self.as_nonzero(), self.log2())
252    }
253}
254
255#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
256#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
257impl const TryFrom<NonZero<usize>> for Alignment {
258    type Error = num::TryFromIntError;
259
260    #[inline]
261    fn try_from(align: NonZero<usize>) -> Result<Alignment, Self::Error> {
262        align.get().try_into()
263    }
264}
265
266#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
267#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
268impl const TryFrom<usize> for Alignment {
269    type Error = num::TryFromIntError;
270
271    #[inline]
272    fn try_from(align: usize) -> Result<Alignment, Self::Error> {
273        Self::new(align).ok_or(num::TryFromIntError(()))
274    }
275}
276
277#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
278#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
279impl const From<Alignment> for NonZero<usize> {
280    #[inline]
281    fn from(align: Alignment) -> NonZero<usize> {
282        align.as_nonzero()
283    }
284}
285
286#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
287#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
288impl const From<Alignment> for usize {
289    #[inline]
290    fn from(align: Alignment) -> usize {
291        align.as_usize()
292    }
293}
294
295#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
296impl cmp::Ord for Alignment {
297    #[inline]
298    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> cmp::Ordering {
299        self.as_nonzero().get().cmp(&other.as_nonzero().get())
300    }
301}
302
303#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
304impl cmp::PartialOrd for Alignment {
305    #[inline]
306    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
307        Some(self.cmp(other))
308    }
309}
310
311#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
312impl hash::Hash for Alignment {
313    #[inline]
314    fn hash<H: hash::Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
315        self.as_nonzero().hash(state)
316    }
317}
318
319/// Returns [`Alignment::MIN`], which is valid for any type.
320#[unstable(feature = "ptr_alignment_type", issue = "102070")]
321#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_default", issue = "143894")]
322impl const Default for Alignment {
323    fn default() -> Alignment {
324        Alignment::MIN
325    }
326}
327
328#[cfg(target_pointer_width = "16")]
329#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
330#[repr(usize)]
331enum AlignmentEnum {
332    _Align1Shl0 = 1 << 0,
333    _Align1Shl1 = 1 << 1,
334    _Align1Shl2 = 1 << 2,
335    _Align1Shl3 = 1 << 3,
336    _Align1Shl4 = 1 << 4,
337    _Align1Shl5 = 1 << 5,
338    _Align1Shl6 = 1 << 6,
339    _Align1Shl7 = 1 << 7,
340    _Align1Shl8 = 1 << 8,
341    _Align1Shl9 = 1 << 9,
342    _Align1Shl10 = 1 << 10,
343    _Align1Shl11 = 1 << 11,
344    _Align1Shl12 = 1 << 12,
345    _Align1Shl13 = 1 << 13,
346    _Align1Shl14 = 1 << 14,
347    _Align1Shl15 = 1 << 15,
348}
349
350#[cfg(target_pointer_width = "32")]
351#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
352#[repr(usize)]
353enum AlignmentEnum {
354    _Align1Shl0 = 1 << 0,
355    _Align1Shl1 = 1 << 1,
356    _Align1Shl2 = 1 << 2,
357    _Align1Shl3 = 1 << 3,
358    _Align1Shl4 = 1 << 4,
359    _Align1Shl5 = 1 << 5,
360    _Align1Shl6 = 1 << 6,
361    _Align1Shl7 = 1 << 7,
362    _Align1Shl8 = 1 << 8,
363    _Align1Shl9 = 1 << 9,
364    _Align1Shl10 = 1 << 10,
365    _Align1Shl11 = 1 << 11,
366    _Align1Shl12 = 1 << 12,
367    _Align1Shl13 = 1 << 13,
368    _Align1Shl14 = 1 << 14,
369    _Align1Shl15 = 1 << 15,
370    _Align1Shl16 = 1 << 16,
371    _Align1Shl17 = 1 << 17,
372    _Align1Shl18 = 1 << 18,
373    _Align1Shl19 = 1 << 19,
374    _Align1Shl20 = 1 << 20,
375    _Align1Shl21 = 1 << 21,
376    _Align1Shl22 = 1 << 22,
377    _Align1Shl23 = 1 << 23,
378    _Align1Shl24 = 1 << 24,
379    _Align1Shl25 = 1 << 25,
380    _Align1Shl26 = 1 << 26,
381    _Align1Shl27 = 1 << 27,
382    _Align1Shl28 = 1 << 28,
383    _Align1Shl29 = 1 << 29,
384    _Align1Shl30 = 1 << 30,
385    _Align1Shl31 = 1 << 31,
386}
387
388#[cfg(target_pointer_width = "64")]
389#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
390#[repr(usize)]
391enum AlignmentEnum {
392    _Align1Shl0 = 1 << 0,
393    _Align1Shl1 = 1 << 1,
394    _Align1Shl2 = 1 << 2,
395    _Align1Shl3 = 1 << 3,
396    _Align1Shl4 = 1 << 4,
397    _Align1Shl5 = 1 << 5,
398    _Align1Shl6 = 1 << 6,
399    _Align1Shl7 = 1 << 7,
400    _Align1Shl8 = 1 << 8,
401    _Align1Shl9 = 1 << 9,
402    _Align1Shl10 = 1 << 10,
403    _Align1Shl11 = 1 << 11,
404    _Align1Shl12 = 1 << 12,
405    _Align1Shl13 = 1 << 13,
406    _Align1Shl14 = 1 << 14,
407    _Align1Shl15 = 1 << 15,
408    _Align1Shl16 = 1 << 16,
409    _Align1Shl17 = 1 << 17,
410    _Align1Shl18 = 1 << 18,
411    _Align1Shl19 = 1 << 19,
412    _Align1Shl20 = 1 << 20,
413    _Align1Shl21 = 1 << 21,
414    _Align1Shl22 = 1 << 22,
415    _Align1Shl23 = 1 << 23,
416    _Align1Shl24 = 1 << 24,
417    _Align1Shl25 = 1 << 25,
418    _Align1Shl26 = 1 << 26,
419    _Align1Shl27 = 1 << 27,
420    _Align1Shl28 = 1 << 28,
421    _Align1Shl29 = 1 << 29,
422    _Align1Shl30 = 1 << 30,
423    _Align1Shl31 = 1 << 31,
424    _Align1Shl32 = 1 << 32,
425    _Align1Shl33 = 1 << 33,
426    _Align1Shl34 = 1 << 34,
427    _Align1Shl35 = 1 << 35,
428    _Align1Shl36 = 1 << 36,
429    _Align1Shl37 = 1 << 37,
430    _Align1Shl38 = 1 << 38,
431    _Align1Shl39 = 1 << 39,
432    _Align1Shl40 = 1 << 40,
433    _Align1Shl41 = 1 << 41,
434    _Align1Shl42 = 1 << 42,
435    _Align1Shl43 = 1 << 43,
436    _Align1Shl44 = 1 << 44,
437    _Align1Shl45 = 1 << 45,
438    _Align1Shl46 = 1 << 46,
439    _Align1Shl47 = 1 << 47,
440    _Align1Shl48 = 1 << 48,
441    _Align1Shl49 = 1 << 49,
442    _Align1Shl50 = 1 << 50,
443    _Align1Shl51 = 1 << 51,
444    _Align1Shl52 = 1 << 52,
445    _Align1Shl53 = 1 << 53,
446    _Align1Shl54 = 1 << 54,
447    _Align1Shl55 = 1 << 55,
448    _Align1Shl56 = 1 << 56,
449    _Align1Shl57 = 1 << 57,
450    _Align1Shl58 = 1 << 58,
451    _Align1Shl59 = 1 << 59,
452    _Align1Shl60 = 1 << 60,
453    _Align1Shl61 = 1 << 61,
454    _Align1Shl62 = 1 << 62,
455    _Align1Shl63 = 1 << 63,
456}