zerocopy/pointer/
inner.rs

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//
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// <LICENSE-APACHE or https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>, or the MIT
// license <LICENSE-MIT or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your option.
// This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to
// those terms.

use core::{marker::PhantomData, ops::Range, ptr::NonNull};

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use crate::util::polyfills::NumExt as _;
use crate::{
    layout::{CastType, DstLayout, MetadataCastError},
    util::AsAddress,
    AlignmentError, CastError, KnownLayout, PointerMetadata, SizeError,
};

pub(crate) use _def::PtrInner;

mod _def {
    use super::*;
    /// The inner pointer stored inside a [`Ptr`][crate::Ptr].
    ///
    /// `PtrInner<'a, T>` is [covariant] in `'a` and invariant in `T`.
    ///
    /// [covariant]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/subtyping.html
    pub(crate) struct PtrInner<'a, T>
    where
        T: ?Sized,
    {
        /// # Invariants
        ///
        /// 0. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr` is derived from
        ///    some valid Rust allocation, `A`.
        /// 1. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr` has valid
        ///    provenance for `A`.
        /// 2. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr` addresses a
        ///    byte range which is entirely contained in `A`.
        /// 3. `ptr` addresses a byte range whose length fits in an `isize`.
        /// 4. `ptr` addresses a byte range which does not wrap around the
        ///     address space.
        /// 5. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized,`A` is guaranteed to live
        ///    for at least `'a`.
        ptr: NonNull<T>,
        // SAFETY: `&'a UnsafeCell<T>` is covariant in `'a` and invariant in `T`
        // [1]. We use this construction rather than the equivalent `&mut T`,
        // because our MSRV of 1.65 prohibits `&mut` types in const contexts.
        //
        // [1] https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.81.0/reference/subtyping.html#variance
        _marker: PhantomData<&'a core::cell::UnsafeCell<T>>,
    }

    impl<'a, T: 'a + ?Sized> Copy for PtrInner<'a, T> {}
    impl<'a, T: 'a + ?Sized> Clone for PtrInner<'a, T> {
        fn clone(&self) -> PtrInner<'a, T> {
            // SAFETY: None of the invariants on `ptr` are affected by having
            // multiple copies of a `PtrInner`.
            *self
        }
    }

    impl<'a, T: 'a + ?Sized> PtrInner<'a, T> {
        /// Constructs a `Ptr` from a [`NonNull`].
        ///
        /// # Safety
        ///
        /// The caller promises that:
        ///
        /// 0. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr` is derived from
        ///    some valid Rust allocation, `A`.
        /// 1. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr` has valid
        ///    provenance for `A`.
        /// 2. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr` addresses a
        ///    byte range which is entirely contained in `A`.
        /// 3. `ptr` addresses a byte range whose length fits in an `isize`.
        /// 4. `ptr` addresses a byte range which does not wrap around the
        ///    address space.
        /// 5. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `A` is guaranteed to
        ///    live for at least `'a`.
        pub(crate) const unsafe fn new(ptr: NonNull<T>) -> PtrInner<'a, T> {
            // SAFETY: The caller has promised to satisfy all safety invariants
            // of `PtrInner`.
            Self { ptr, _marker: PhantomData }
        }

        /// Converts this `PtrInner<T>` to a [`NonNull<T>`].
        ///
        /// Note that this method does not consume `self`. The caller should
        /// watch out for `unsafe` code which uses the returned `NonNull` in a
        /// way that violates the safety invariants of `self`.
        pub(crate) const fn as_non_null(&self) -> NonNull<T> {
            self.ptr
        }
    }
}

impl<'a, T: ?Sized> PtrInner<'a, T> {
    /// Constructs a `PtrInner` from a reference.
    #[inline]
    pub(crate) fn from_ref(ptr: &'a T) -> Self {
        let ptr = NonNull::from(ptr);
        // SAFETY:
        // 0. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr`, by invariant on
        //    `&'a T`, is derived from some valid Rust allocation, `A`.
        // 1. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr`, by invariant on
        //    `&'a T`, has valid provenance for `A`.
        // 2. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr`, by invariant on
        //    `&'a T`, addresses a byte range which is entirely contained in
        //    `A`.
        // 3. `ptr`, by invariant on `&'a T`, addresses a byte range whose
        //    length fits in an `isize`.
        // 4. `ptr`, by invariant on `&'a T`, addresses a byte range which does
        //    not wrap around the address space.
        // 5. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `A`, by invariant on
        //    `&'a T`, is guaranteed to live for at least `'a`.
        unsafe { Self::new(ptr) }
    }

    /// Constructs a `PtrInner` from a mutable reference.
    #[inline]
    pub(crate) fn from_mut(ptr: &'a mut T) -> Self {
        let ptr = NonNull::from(ptr);
        // SAFETY:
        // 0. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr`, by invariant on
        //    `&'a mut T`, is derived from some valid Rust allocation, `A`.
        // 1. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr`, by invariant on
        //    `&'a mut T`, has valid provenance for `A`.
        // 2. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `ptr`, by invariant on
        //    `&'a mut T`, addresses a byte range which is entirely contained in
        //    `A`.
        // 3. `ptr`, by invariant on `&'a mut T`, addresses a byte range whose
        //    length fits in an `isize`.
        // 4. `ptr`, by invariant on `&'a mut T`, addresses a byte range which
        //    does not wrap around the address space.
        // 5. If `ptr`'s referent is not zero sized, then `A`, by invariant on
        //    `&'a mut T`, is guaranteed to live for at least `'a`.
        unsafe { Self::new(ptr) }
    }
}

#[allow(clippy::needless_lifetimes)]
impl<'a, T> PtrInner<'a, [T]> {
    /// Creates a pointer which addresses the given `range` of self.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// `range` is a valid range (`start <= end`) and `end <= self.len()`.
    pub(crate) unsafe fn slice_unchecked(self, range: Range<usize>) -> Self {
        let base = self.as_non_null().cast::<T>().as_ptr();

        // SAFETY: The caller promises that `start <= end <= self.len()`. By
        // invariant, if `self`'s referent is not zero-sized, then `self` refers
        // to a byte range which is contained within a single allocation, which
        // is no more than `isize::MAX` bytes long, and which does not wrap
        // around the address space. Thus, this pointer arithmetic remains
        // in-bounds of the same allocation, and does not wrap around the
        // address space. The offset (in bytes) does not overflow `isize`.
        //
        // If `self`'s referent is zero-sized, then these conditions are
        // trivially satisfied.
        let base = unsafe { base.add(range.start) };

        // SAFETY: The caller promises that `start <= end`, and so this will not
        // underflow.
        #[allow(unstable_name_collisions, clippy::incompatible_msrv)]
        let len = unsafe { range.end.unchecked_sub(range.start) };

        let ptr = core::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(base, len);

        // SAFETY: By invariant, `self`'s address is non-null and its range does
        // not wrap around the address space. Since, by the preceding lemma,
        // `ptr` addresses a range within that addressed by `self`, `ptr` is
        // non-null.
        let ptr = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr) };

        // SAFETY:
        //
        // Lemma 0: `ptr` addresses a subset of the bytes addressed by `self`,
        //          and has the same provenance. Proof: The caller guarantees
        // that `start <= end <= self.len()`. Thus, `base` is in-bounds of
        //        `self`, and `base + (end - start)` is also in-bounds of self.
        //        Finally, `ptr` is constructed using provenance-preserving
        //        operations.
        //
        // 0. Per Lemma 0 and by invariant on `self`, if `ptr`'s referent is not
        //    zero sized, then `ptr` is derived from some valid Rust allocation,
        //    `A`.
        // 1. Per Lemma 0 and by invariant on `self`, if `ptr`'s referent is not
        //    zero sized, then `ptr` has valid provenance for `A`.
        // 2. Per Lemma 0 and by invariant on `self`, if `ptr`'s referent is not
        //    zero sized, then `ptr` addresses a byte range which is entirely
        //    contained in `A`.
        // 3. Per Lemma 0 and by invariant on `self`, `ptr` addresses a byte
        //    range whose length fits in an `isize`.
        // 4. Per Lemma 0 and by invariant on `self`, `ptr` addresses a byte
        //    range which does not wrap around the address space.
        // 5. Per Lemma 0 and by invariant on `self`, if `ptr`'s referent is not
        //    zero sized, then `A` is guaranteed to live for at least `'a`.
        unsafe { PtrInner::new(ptr) }
    }

    /// Splits the slice in two.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// The caller promises that `l_len <= self.len()`.
    ///
    /// Given `let (left, right) = ptr.split_at(l_len)`, it is guaranteed
    /// that `left` and `right` are contiguous and non-overlapping.
    pub(crate) unsafe fn split_at(self, l_len: usize) -> (Self, Self) {
        // SAFETY: The caller promises that `l_len <= self.len()`.
        // Trivially, `0 <= l_len`.
        let left = unsafe { self.slice_unchecked(0..l_len) };

        // SAFETY: The caller promises that `l_len <= self.len() =
        // slf.len()`. Trivially, `slf.len() <= slf.len()`.
        let right = unsafe { self.slice_unchecked(l_len..self.len()) };

        // SAFETY: `left` and `right` are non-overlapping. Proof: `left` is
        // constructed from `slf` with `l_len` as its (exclusive) upper
        // bound, while `right` is constructed from `slf` with `l_len` as
        // its (inclusive) lower bound. Thus, no index is a member of both
        // ranges.
        (left, right)
    }

    /// Iteratively projects the elements `PtrInner<T>` from `PtrInner<[T]>`.
    pub(crate) fn iter(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = PtrInner<'a, T>> {
        // TODO(#429): Once `NonNull::cast` documents that it preserves
        // provenance, cite those docs.
        let base = self.as_non_null().cast::<T>().as_ptr();
        (0..self.len()).map(move |i| {
            // TODO(https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/74265): Use
            // `NonNull::get_unchecked_mut`.

            // SAFETY: If the following conditions are not satisfied
            // `pointer::cast` may induce Undefined Behavior [1]:
            //
            // > - The computed offset, `count * size_of::<T>()` bytes, must not
            // >   overflow `isize``.
            // > - If the computed offset is non-zero, then `self` must be
            // >   derived from a pointer to some allocated object, and the
            // >   entire memory range between `self` and the result must be in
            // >   bounds of that allocated object. In particular, this range
            // >   must not “wrap around” the edge of the address space.
            //
            // [1] https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.pointer.html#method.add
            //
            // We satisfy both of these conditions here:
            // - By invariant on `Ptr`, `self` addresses a byte range whose
            //   length fits in an `isize`. Since `elem` is contained in `self`,
            //   the computed offset of `elem` must fit within `isize.`
            // - If the computed offset is non-zero, then this means that the
            //   referent is not zero-sized. In this case, `base` points to an
            //   allocated object (by invariant on `self`). Thus:
            //   - By contract, `self.len()` accurately reflects the number of
            //     elements in the slice. `i` is in bounds of `c.len()` by
            //     construction, and so the result of this addition cannot
            //     overflow past the end of the allocation referred to by `c`.
            //   - By invariant on `Ptr`, `self` addresses a byte range which
            //     does not wrap around the address space. Since `elem` is
            //     contained in `self`, the computed offset of `elem` must wrap
            //     around the address space.
            //
            // TODO(#429): Once `pointer::add` documents that it preserves
            // provenance, cite those docs.
            let elem = unsafe { base.add(i) };

            // SAFETY:
            //  - `elem` must not be null. `base` is constructed from a
            //    `NonNull` pointer, and the addition that produces `elem` must
            //    not overflow or wrap around, so `elem >= base > 0`.
            //
            // TODO(#429): Once `NonNull::new_unchecked` documents that it
            // preserves provenance, cite those docs.
            let elem = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(elem) };

            // SAFETY: The safety invariants of `Ptr::new` (see definition) are
            // satisfied:
            // 0. If `elem`'s referent is not zero sized, then `elem` is derived
            //    from a valid Rust allocation, because `self` is derived from a
            //    valid Rust allocation, by invariant on `Ptr`.
            // 1. If `elem`'s referent is not zero sized, then `elem` has valid
            //    provenance for `self`, because it derived from `self` using a
            //    series of provenance-preserving operations.
            // 2. If `elem`'s referent is not zero sized, then `elem` is
            //    entirely contained in the allocation of `self` (see above).
            // 3. `elem` addresses a byte range whose length fits in an `isize`
            //    (see above).
            // 4. `elem` addresses a byte range which does not wrap around the
            //    address space (see above).
            // 5. If `elem`'s referent is not zero sized, then the allocation of
            //    `elem` is guaranteed to live for at least `'a`, because `elem`
            //    is entirely contained in `self`, which lives for at least `'a`
            //    by invariant on `Ptr`.
            unsafe { PtrInner::new(elem) }
        })
    }

    /// The number of slice elements in the object referenced by `self`.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// Unsafe code my rely on `len` satisfying the above contract.
    pub(crate) fn len(&self) -> usize {
        self.trailing_slice_len()
    }
}

#[allow(clippy::needless_lifetimes)]
impl<'a, T> PtrInner<'a, T>
where
    T: ?Sized + KnownLayout<PointerMetadata = usize>,
{
    /// The number of trailing slice elements in the object referenced by
    /// `self`.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// Unsafe code my rely on `trailing_slice_len` satisfying the above
    /// contract.
    pub(super) fn trailing_slice_len(&self) -> usize {
        T::pointer_to_metadata(self.as_non_null().as_ptr())
    }
}

impl<'a, T, const N: usize> PtrInner<'a, [T; N]> {
    /// Casts this pointer-to-array into a slice.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// Callers may assume that the returned `PtrInner` references the same
    /// address and length as `self`.
    #[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
    pub(crate) fn as_slice(self) -> PtrInner<'a, [T]> {
        let start = self.as_non_null().cast::<T>().as_ptr();
        let slice = core::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(start, N);
        // SAFETY: `slice` is not null, because it is derived from `start`
        // which is non-null.
        let slice = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(slice) };
        // SAFETY: Lemma: In the following safety arguments, note that `slice`
        // is derived from `self` in two steps: first, by casting `self: [T; N]`
        // to `start: T`, then by constructing a pointer to a slice starting at
        // `start` of length `N`. As a result, `slice` references exactly the
        // same allocation as `self`, if any.
        //
        // 0. By the above lemma, if `slice`'s referent is not zero sized, then
        //    `slice` is derived from the same allocation as `self`, which, by
        //    invariant on `Ptr`, is valid.
        // 1. By the above lemma, if `slice`'s referent is not zero sized, then
        //    , `slice` has valid provenance for `A`, since it is derived from
        //    the pointer `self`, which, by invariant on `Ptr`, has valid
        //    provenance for `A`.
        // 2. By the above lemma, if `slice`'s referent is not zero sized, then
        //    `slice` addresses a byte range which is entirely contained in `A`,
        //    because it references exactly the same byte range as `self`,
        //    which, by invariant on `Ptr`, is entirely contained in `A`.
        // 3. By the above lemma, `slice` addresses a byte range whose length
        //    fits in an `isize`, since it addresses exactly the same byte range
        //    as `self`, which, by invariant on `Ptr`, has a length that fits in
        //    an `isize`.
        // 4. By the above lemma, `slice` addresses a byte range which does not
        //    wrap around the address space, since it addresses exactly the same
        //    byte range as `self`, which, by invariant on `Ptr`, does not wrap
        //    around the address space.
        // 5. By the above lemma, if `slice`'s referent is not zero sized, then
        //    `A` is guaranteed to live for at least `'a`, because it is derived
        //    from the same allocation as `self`, which, by invariant on `Ptr`,
        //    lives for at least `'a`.
        unsafe { PtrInner::new(slice) }
    }
}

impl<'a> PtrInner<'a, [u8]> {
    /// Attempts to cast `self` to a `U` using the given cast type.
    ///
    /// If `U` is a slice DST and pointer metadata (`meta`) is provided, then
    /// the cast will only succeed if it would produce an object with the given
    /// metadata.
    ///
    /// Returns `None` if the resulting `U` would be invalidly-aligned, if no
    /// `U` can fit in `self`, or if the provided pointer metadata describes an
    /// invalid instance of `U`. On success, returns a pointer to the
    /// largest-possible `U` which fits in `self`.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// The caller may assume that this implementation is correct, and may rely
    /// on that assumption for the soundness of their code. In particular, the
    /// caller may assume that, if `try_cast_into` returns `Some((ptr,
    /// remainder))`, then `ptr` and `remainder` refer to non-overlapping byte
    /// ranges within `self`, and that `ptr` and `remainder` entirely cover
    /// `self`. Finally:
    /// - If this is a prefix cast, `ptr` has the same address as `self`.
    /// - If this is a suffix cast, `remainder` has the same address as `self`.
    #[inline]
    pub(crate) fn try_cast_into<U>(
        self,
        cast_type: CastType,
        meta: Option<U::PointerMetadata>,
    ) -> Result<(PtrInner<'a, U>, PtrInner<'a, [u8]>), CastError<Self, U>>
    where
        U: 'a + ?Sized + KnownLayout,
    {
        let layout = match meta {
            None => U::LAYOUT,
            // This can return `None` if the metadata describes an object
            // which can't fit in an `isize`.
            Some(meta) => {
                let size = match meta.size_for_metadata(U::LAYOUT) {
                    Some(size) => size,
                    None => return Err(CastError::Size(SizeError::new(self))),
                };
                DstLayout { align: U::LAYOUT.align, size_info: crate::SizeInfo::Sized { size } }
            }
        };
        // PANICS: By invariant, the byte range addressed by
        // `self.as_non_null()` does not wrap around the address space. This
        // implies that the sum of the address (represented as a `usize`) and
        // length do not overflow `usize`, as required by
        // `validate_cast_and_convert_metadata`. Thus, this call to
        // `validate_cast_and_convert_metadata` will only panic if `U` is a DST
        // whose trailing slice element is zero-sized.
        let maybe_metadata = layout.validate_cast_and_convert_metadata(
            AsAddress::addr(self.as_non_null().as_ptr()),
            self.len(),
            cast_type,
        );

        let (elems, split_at) = match maybe_metadata {
            Ok((elems, split_at)) => (elems, split_at),
            Err(MetadataCastError::Alignment) => {
                // SAFETY: Since `validate_cast_and_convert_metadata` returned
                // an alignment error, `U` must have an alignment requirement
                // greater than one.
                let err = unsafe { AlignmentError::<_, U>::new_unchecked(self) };
                return Err(CastError::Alignment(err));
            }
            Err(MetadataCastError::Size) => return Err(CastError::Size(SizeError::new(self))),
        };

        // SAFETY: `validate_cast_and_convert_metadata` promises to return
        // `split_at <= self.len()`.
        let (l_slice, r_slice) = unsafe { self.split_at(split_at) };

        let (target, remainder) = match cast_type {
            CastType::Prefix => (l_slice, r_slice),
            CastType::Suffix => (r_slice, l_slice),
        };

        let base = target.as_non_null().cast::<u8>();

        let elems = <U as KnownLayout>::PointerMetadata::from_elem_count(elems);
        // For a slice DST type, if `meta` is `Some(elems)`, then we synthesize
        // `layout` to describe a sized type whose size is equal to the size of
        // the instance that we are asked to cast. For sized types,
        // `validate_cast_and_convert_metadata` returns `elems == 0`. Thus, in
        // this case, we need to use the `elems` passed by the caller, not the
        // one returned by `validate_cast_and_convert_metadata`.
        let elems = meta.unwrap_or(elems);

        let ptr = U::raw_from_ptr_len(base, elems);

        // SAFETY:
        // 0. By invariant, if `target`'s referent is not zero sized, then
        //    `target` is derived from some valid Rust allocation, `A`. By
        //    contract on `cast`, `ptr` is derived from `self`, and thus from
        //    the same valid Rust allocation, `A`.
        // 1. By invariant, if `target`'s referent is not zero sized, then
        //    `target` has provenance valid for some Rust allocation, `A`.
        //    Because `ptr` is derived from `target` via provenance-preserving
        //    operations, `ptr` will also have provenance valid for `A`.
        // -  `validate_cast_and_convert_metadata` promises that the object
        //    described by `elems` and `split_at` lives at a byte range which is
        //    a subset of the input byte range. Thus:
        //    2. Since, by invariant, if `target`'s referent is not zero sized,
        //       then `target` addresses a byte range which is entirely
        //       contained in `A`, so does `ptr`.
        //    3. Since, by invariant, `target` addresses a byte range whose
        //       length fits in an `isize`, so does `ptr`.
        //    4. Since, by invariant, `target` addresses a byte range which does
        //       not wrap around the address space, so does `ptr`.
        //    5. Since, by invariant, if `target`'s referent is not zero sized,
        //       then `target` refers to an allocation which is guaranteed to
        //       live for at least `'a`, so does `ptr`.
        Ok((unsafe { PtrInner::new(ptr) }, remainder))
    }
}

#[allow(clippy::needless_lifetimes)]
impl<'a, T> PtrInner<'a, T> {
    /// Performs an unaligned read of `self`'s referent.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// `self` must point to a properly initialized value of type `T`, and
    /// reading a copy of `T` must not violate `T`'s safety invariants.
    ///
    /// `self`'s referent must not be concurrently modified during this call.
    pub(crate) unsafe fn read_unaligned(self) -> T {
        let raw = self.as_non_null().as_ptr();
        // SAFETY: The caller promises that `self` points to a bit-valid `T` and
        // that reading a copy of it won't violate `T`'s safety invariants. The
        // caller promises that `self`'s referent won't be concurrently modified
        // during this operation.
        //
        // `raw` is valid for reads:
        // - `self.as_non_null()` returns a `NonNull`, which is guaranteed to be
        //   non-null.
        // - By invariant on `PtrInner`, `raw` is is either zero-sized or:
        //   - ...is within bounds of a single allocated object which lives for
        //     at least `'a`.
        //   - ...has valid provenance for that object.
        unsafe { core::ptr::read_unaligned(raw) }
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn test_split_at() {
        const N: usize = 16;
        let arr = [1; N];
        let ptr = PtrInner::from_ref(&arr).as_slice();
        for i in 0..=N {
            assert_eq!(ptr.len(), N);
            // SAFETY: `i` is in bounds by construction.
            let (l, r) = unsafe { ptr.split_at(i) };
            // SAFETY: Points to a valid value by construction.
            let l_sum: usize = l.iter().map(|ptr| unsafe { ptr.read_unaligned() }).sum();
            // SAFETY: Points to a valid value by construction.
            let r_sum: usize = r.iter().map(|ptr| unsafe { ptr.read_unaligned() }).sum();
            assert_eq!(l_sum, i);
            assert_eq!(r_sum, N - i);
            assert_eq!(l_sum + r_sum, N);
        }
    }
}
zerocopy/pointer/inner.rs

zerocopy/pointer/
inner.rs
