core/
ub_checks.rs

1//! Provides the [`assert_unsafe_precondition`] macro as well as some utility functions that cover
2//! common preconditions.
3
4use crate::intrinsics::{self, const_eval_select};
5
6/// Checks that the preconditions of an unsafe function are followed.
7///
8/// The check is enabled at runtime if debug assertions are enabled when the
9/// caller is monomorphized. In const-eval/Miri checks implemented with this
10/// macro for language UB are always ignored.
11///
12/// This macro should be called as
13/// `assert_unsafe_precondition!(check_{library,language}_ub, "message", (ident: type = expr, ident: type = expr) => check_expr)`
14/// where each `expr` will be evaluated and passed in as function argument `ident: type`. Then all
15/// those arguments are passed to a function with the body `check_expr`.
16/// Pick `check_language_ub` when this is guarding a violation of language UB, i.e., immediate UB
17/// according to the Rust Abstract Machine. Pick `check_library_ub` when this is guarding a violation
18/// of a documented library precondition that does not *immediately* lead to language UB.
19///
20/// If `check_library_ub` is used but the check is actually guarding language UB, the check will
21/// slow down const-eval/Miri and we'll get the panic message instead of the interpreter's nice
22/// diagnostic, but our ability to detect UB is unchanged.
23/// But if `check_language_ub` is used when the check is actually for library UB, the check is
24/// omitted in const-eval/Miri and thus if we eventually execute language UB which relies on the
25/// library UB, the backtrace Miri reports may be far removed from original cause.
26///
27/// These checks are behind a condition which is evaluated at codegen time, not expansion time like
28/// [`debug_assert`]. This means that a standard library built with optimizations and debug
29/// assertions disabled will have these checks optimized out of its monomorphizations, but if a
30/// caller of the standard library has debug assertions enabled and monomorphizes an expansion of
31/// this macro, that monomorphization will contain the check.
32///
33/// Since these checks cannot be optimized out in MIR, some care must be taken in both call and
34/// implementation to mitigate their compile-time overhead. Calls to this macro always expand to
35/// this structure:
36/// ```ignore (pseudocode)
37/// if ::core::intrinsics::check_language_ub() {
38///     precondition_check(args)
39/// }
40/// ```
41/// where `precondition_check` is monomorphic with the attributes `#[rustc_nounwind]`, `#[inline]` and
42/// `#[rustc_no_mir_inline]`. This combination of attributes ensures that the actual check logic is
43/// compiled only once and generates a minimal amount of IR because the check cannot be inlined in
44/// MIR, but *can* be inlined and fully optimized by a codegen backend.
45///
46/// Callers should avoid introducing any other `let` bindings or any code outside this macro in
47/// order to call it. Since the precompiled standard library is built with full debuginfo and these
48/// variables cannot be optimized out in MIR, an innocent-looking `let` can produce enough
49/// debuginfo to have a measurable compile-time impact on debug builds.
50#[macro_export]
51#[unstable(feature = "ub_checks", issue = "none")]
52macro_rules! assert_unsafe_precondition {
53    ($kind:ident, $message:expr, ($($name:ident:$ty:ty = $arg:expr),*$(,)?) => $e:expr $(,)?) => {
54        {
55            // This check is inlineable, but not by the MIR inliner.
56            // The reason for this is that the MIR inliner is in an exceptionally bad position
57            // to think about whether or not to inline this. In MIR, this call is gated behind `debug_assertions`,
58            // which will codegen to `false` in release builds. Inlining the check would be wasted work in that case and
59            // would be bad for compile times.
60            //
61            // LLVM on the other hand sees the constant branch, so if it's `false`, it can immediately delete it without
62            // inlining the check. If it's `true`, it can inline it and get significantly better performance.
63            #[rustc_no_mir_inline]
64            #[inline]
65            #[rustc_nounwind]
66            const fn precondition_check($($name:$ty),*) {
67                if !$e {
68                    ::core::panicking::panic_nounwind(concat!("unsafe precondition(s) violated: ", $message,
69                        "\n\nThis indicates a bug in the program. \
70                        This Undefined Behavior check is optional, and cannot be relied on for safety."));
71                }
72            }
73
74            if ::core::ub_checks::$kind() {
75                precondition_check($($arg,)*);
76            }
77        }
78    };
79}
80#[unstable(feature = "ub_checks", issue = "none")]
81pub use assert_unsafe_precondition;
82/// Checking library UB is always enabled when UB-checking is done
83/// (and we use a reexport so that there is no unnecessary wrapper function).
84#[unstable(feature = "ub_checks", issue = "none")]
85pub use intrinsics::ub_checks as check_library_ub;
86
87/// Determines whether we should check for language UB.
88///
89/// The intention is to not do that when running in the interpreter, as that one has its own
90/// language UB checks which generally produce better errors.
91#[inline]
92#[rustc_allow_const_fn_unstable(const_eval_select)]
93pub(crate) const fn check_language_ub() -> bool {
94    // Only used for UB checks so we may const_eval_select.
95    intrinsics::ub_checks()
96        && const_eval_select!(
97            @capture { } -> bool:
98            if const {
99                // Always disable UB checks.
100                false
101            } else {
102                // Disable UB checks in Miri.
103                !cfg!(miri)
104            }
105        )
106}
107
108/// Checks whether `ptr` is properly aligned with respect to the given alignment, and
109/// if `is_zst == false`, that `ptr` is not null.
110///
111/// In `const` this is approximate and can fail spuriously. It is primarily intended
112/// for `assert_unsafe_precondition!` with `check_language_ub`, in which case the
113/// check is anyway not executed in `const`.
114#[inline]
115#[rustc_allow_const_fn_unstable(const_eval_select)]
116pub(crate) const fn maybe_is_aligned_and_not_null(
117    ptr: *const (),
118    align: usize,
119    is_zst: bool,
120) -> bool {
121    // This is just for safety checks so we can const_eval_select.
122    const_eval_select!(
123        @capture { ptr: *const (), align: usize, is_zst: bool } -> bool:
124        if const {
125            is_zst || !ptr.is_null()
126        } else {
127            ptr.is_aligned_to(align) && (is_zst || !ptr.is_null())
128        }
129    )
130}
131
132#[inline]
133pub(crate) const fn is_valid_allocation_size(size: usize, len: usize) -> bool {
134    let max_len = if size == 0 { usize::MAX } else { isize::MAX as usize / size };
135    len <= max_len
136}
137
138/// Checks whether the regions of memory starting at `src` and `dst` of size
139/// `count * size` do *not* overlap.
140///
141/// Note that in const-eval this function just returns `true` and therefore must
142/// only be used with `assert_unsafe_precondition!`, similar to `is_aligned_and_not_null`.
143#[inline]
144#[rustc_allow_const_fn_unstable(const_eval_select)]
145pub(crate) const fn maybe_is_nonoverlapping(
146    src: *const (),
147    dst: *const (),
148    size: usize,
149    count: usize,
150) -> bool {
151    // This is just for safety checks so we can const_eval_select.
152    const_eval_select!(
153        @capture { src: *const (), dst: *const (), size: usize, count: usize } -> bool:
154        if const {
155            true
156        } else {
157            let src_usize = src.addr();
158            let dst_usize = dst.addr();
159            let Some(size) = size.checked_mul(count) else {
160                crate::panicking::panic_nounwind(
161                    "is_nonoverlapping: `size_of::<T>() * count` overflows a usize",
162                )
163            };
164            let diff = src_usize.abs_diff(dst_usize);
165            // If the absolute distance between the ptrs is at least as big as the size of the buffer,
166            // they do not overlap.
167            diff >= size
168        }
169    )
170}