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10 
11 #![allow(missing_docs)]
12 
13 use core::{
14     fmt::{Debug, Formatter},
15     marker::PhantomData,
16 };
17 
18 use crate::{
19     pointer::{
20         inner::PtrInner,
21         invariant::*,
22         transmute::{MutationCompatible, SizeEq, TransmuteFromPtr},
23     },
24     AlignmentError, CastError, CastType, KnownLayout, SizeError, TryFromBytes, ValidityError,
25 };
26 
27 /// Module used to gate access to [`Ptr`]'s fields.
28 mod def {
29     #[cfg(doc)]
30     use super::super::invariant;
31     use super::*;
32 
33     /// A raw pointer with more restrictions.
34     ///
35     /// `Ptr<T>` is similar to [`NonNull<T>`], but it is more restrictive in the
36     /// following ways (note that these requirements only hold of non-zero-sized
37     /// referents):
38     /// - It must derive from a valid allocation.
39     /// - It must reference a byte range which is contained inside the
40     ///   allocation from which it derives.
41     ///   - As a consequence, the byte range it references must have a size
42     ///     which does not overflow `isize`.
43     ///
44     /// Depending on how `Ptr` is parameterized, it may have additional
45     /// invariants:
46     /// - `ptr` conforms to the aliasing invariant of
47     ///   [`I::Aliasing`](invariant::Aliasing).
48     /// - `ptr` conforms to the alignment invariant of
49     ///   [`I::Alignment`](invariant::Alignment).
50     /// - `ptr` conforms to the validity invariant of
51     ///   [`I::Validity`](invariant::Validity).
52     ///
53     /// `Ptr<'a, T>` is [covariant] in `'a` and invariant in `T`.
54     ///
55     /// [`NonNull<T>`]: core::ptr::NonNull
56     /// [covariant]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/subtyping.html
57     pub struct Ptr<'a, T, I>
58     where
59         T: ?Sized,
60         I: Invariants,
61     {
62         /// # Invariants
63         ///
64         /// 0. `ptr` conforms to the aliasing invariant of
65         ///    [`I::Aliasing`](invariant::Aliasing).
66         /// 1. `ptr` conforms to the alignment invariant of
67         ///    [`I::Alignment`](invariant::Alignment).
68         /// 2. `ptr` conforms to the validity invariant of
69         ///    [`I::Validity`](invariant::Validity).
70         // SAFETY: `PtrInner<'a, T>` is covariant in `'a` and invariant in `T`.
71         ptr: PtrInner<'a, T>,
72         _invariants: PhantomData<I>,
73     }
74 
75     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
76     where
77         T: 'a + ?Sized,
78         I: Invariants,
79     {
80         /// Constructs a new `Ptr` from a [`PtrInner`].
81         ///
82         /// # Safety
83         ///
84         /// The caller promises that:
85         ///
86         /// 0. `ptr` conforms to the aliasing invariant of
87         ///    [`I::Aliasing`](invariant::Aliasing).
88         /// 1. `ptr` conforms to the alignment invariant of
89         ///    [`I::Alignment`](invariant::Alignment).
90         /// 2. `ptr` conforms to the validity invariant of
91         ///    [`I::Validity`](invariant::Validity).
92         pub(crate) unsafe fn from_inner(ptr: PtrInner<'a, T>) -> Ptr<'a, T, I> {
93             // SAFETY: The caller has promised to satisfy all safety invariants
94             // of `Ptr`.
95             Self { ptr, _invariants: PhantomData }
96         }
97 
98         /// Converts this `Ptr<T>` to a [`PtrInner<T>`].
99         ///
100         /// Note that this method does not consume `self`. The caller should
101         /// watch out for `unsafe` code which uses the returned value in a way
102         /// that violates the safety invariants of `self`.
103         #[inline]
104         #[must_use]
105         pub fn as_inner(&self) -> PtrInner<'a, T> {
106             self.ptr
107         }
108     }
109 }
110 
111 #[allow(unreachable_pub)] // This is a false positive on our MSRV toolchain.
112 pub use def::Ptr;
113 
114 /// External trait implementations on [`Ptr`].
115 mod _external {
116     use super::*;
117 
118     /// SAFETY: Shared pointers are safely `Copy`. `Ptr`'s other invariants
119     /// (besides aliasing) are unaffected by the number of references that exist
120     /// to `Ptr`'s referent. The notable cases are:
121     /// - Alignment is a property of the referent type (`T`) and the address,
122     ///   both of which are unchanged
123     /// - Let `S(T, V)` be the set of bit values permitted to appear in the
124     ///   referent of a `Ptr<T, I: Invariants<Validity = V>>`. Since this copy
125     ///   does not change `I::Validity` or `T`, `S(T, I::Validity)` is also
126     ///   unchanged.
127     ///
128     ///   We are required to guarantee that the referents of the original `Ptr`
129     ///   and of the copy (which, of course, are actually the same since they
130     ///   live in the same byte address range) both remain in the set `S(T,
131     ///   I::Validity)`. Since this invariant holds on the original `Ptr`, it
132     ///   cannot be violated by the original `Ptr`, and thus the original `Ptr`
133     ///   cannot be used to violate this invariant on the copy. The inverse
134     ///   holds as well.
135     impl<'a, T, I> Copy for Ptr<'a, T, I>
136     where
137         T: 'a + ?Sized,
138         I: Invariants<Aliasing = Shared>,
139     {
140     }
141 
142     /// SAFETY: See the safety comment on `Copy`.
143     impl<'a, T, I> Clone for Ptr<'a, T, I>
144     where
145         T: 'a + ?Sized,
146         I: Invariants<Aliasing = Shared>,
147     {
148         #[inline]
149         fn clone(&self) -> Self {
150             *self
151         }
152     }
153 
154     impl<'a, T, I> Debug for Ptr<'a, T, I>
155     where
156         T: 'a + ?Sized,
157         I: Invariants,
158     {
159         #[inline]
160         fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
161             self.as_inner().as_non_null().fmt(f)
162         }
163     }
164 }
165 
166 /// Methods for converting to and from `Ptr` and Rust's safe reference types.
167 mod _conversions {
168     use super::*;
169     use crate::pointer::cast::{CastExact, CastSized, IdCast};
170 
171     /// `&'a T` → `Ptr<'a, T>`
172     impl<'a, T> Ptr<'a, T, (Shared, Aligned, Safe)>
173     where
174         T: 'a + ?Sized,
175     {
176         /// Constructs a `Ptr` from a shared reference.
177         #[inline(always)]
178         pub fn from_ref(ptr: &'a T) -> Self {
179             let inner = PtrInner::from_ref(ptr);
180             // SAFETY:
181             // 0. `ptr`, by invariant on `&'a T`, conforms to the aliasing
182             //    invariant of `Shared`.
183             // 1. `ptr`, by invariant on `&'a T`, conforms to the alignment
184             //    invariant of `Aligned`.
185             // 2. `ptr`'s referent, by invariant on `&'a T`, is a bit-valid `T`.
186             //    This satisfies the requirement that a `Ptr<T, (_, _, Safe)>`
187             //    point to a bit-valid `T`. Even if `T` permits interior
188             //    mutation, this invariant guarantees that the returned `Ptr` can
189             //    only ever be used to modify the referent to store bit-valid
190             //    `T`s, which ensures that the returned `Ptr` cannot be used to
191             //    violate the soundness of the original `ptr: &'a T` or of any
192             //    other references that may exist to the same referent.
193             unsafe { Self::from_inner(inner) }
194         }
195     }
196 
197     /// `&'a mut T` → `Ptr<'a, T>`
198     impl<'a, T> Ptr<'a, T, (Exclusive, Aligned, Safe)>
199     where
200         T: 'a + ?Sized,
201     {
202         /// Constructs a `Ptr` from an exclusive reference.
203         #[inline(always)]
204         pub fn from_mut(ptr: &'a mut T) -> Self {
205             let inner = PtrInner::from_mut(ptr);
206             // SAFETY:
207             // 0. `ptr`, by invariant on `&'a mut T`, conforms to the aliasing
208             //    invariant of `Exclusive`.
209             // 1. `ptr`, by invariant on `&'a mut T`, conforms to the alignment
210             //    invariant of `Aligned`.
211             // 2. `ptr`'s referent, by invariant on `&'a mut T`, is a bit-valid
212             //    `T`. This satisfies the requirement that a `Ptr<T, (_, _,
213             //    Safe)>` point to a bit-valid `T`. This invariant guarantees
214             //    that the returned `Ptr` can only ever be used to modify the
215             //    referent to store bit-valid `T`s, which ensures that the
216             //    returned `Ptr` cannot be used to violate the soundness of the
217             //    original `ptr: &'a mut T`.
218             unsafe { Self::from_inner(inner) }
219         }
220     }
221 
222     /// `Ptr<'a, T>` → `&'a T`
223     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
224     where
225         T: 'a + ?Sized,
226         I: Invariants<Alignment = Aligned, Validity = Safe>,
227         I::Aliasing: Reference,
228     {
229         /// Converts `self` to a shared reference.
230         // This consumes `self`, not `&self`, because `self` is, logically, a
231         // pointer. For `I::Aliasing = invariant::Shared`, `Self: Copy`, and so
232         // this doesn't prevent the caller from still using the pointer after
233         // calling `as_ref`.
234         #[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
235         #[inline]
236         #[must_use]
237         pub fn as_ref(self) -> &'a T {
238             let raw = self.as_inner().as_non_null();
239             // SAFETY: `self` satisfies the `Aligned` invariant, so we know that
240             // `raw` is validly-aligned for `T`.
241             #[cfg(all(miri, __ZEROCOPY_INTERNAL_USE_ONLY_DEV_MODE))]
242             unsafe {
243                 crate::util::miri_promise_symbolic_alignment(
244                     raw.as_ptr().cast(),
245                     core::mem::align_of_val_raw(raw.as_ptr()),
246                 );
247             }
248             // SAFETY: This invocation of `NonNull::as_ref` satisfies its
249             // documented safety preconditions:
250             //
251             // 1. The pointer is properly aligned. This is ensured by-contract
252             //    on `Ptr`, because the `I::Alignment` is `Aligned`.
253             //
254             // 2. If the pointer's referent is not zero-sized, then the pointer
255             //    must be “dereferenceable” in the sense defined in the module
256             //    documentation; i.e.:
257             //
258             //    > The memory range of the given size starting at the pointer
259             //    > must all be within the bounds of a single allocated object.
260             //    > [2]
261             //
262             //   This is ensured by contract on all `PtrInner`s.
263             //
264             // 3. The pointer must point to a validly-initialized instance of
265             //    `T`. This is ensured by-contract on `Ptr`, because the
266             //    `I::Validity` is `Safe`.
267             //
268             // 4. You must enforce Rust’s aliasing rules. This is ensured by
269             //    contract on `Ptr`, because `I::Aliasing: Reference`. Either it
270             //    is `Shared` or `Exclusive`. If it is `Shared`, other
271             //    references may not mutate the referent outside of
272             //    `UnsafeCell`s.
273             //
274             // [1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/struct.NonNull.html#method.as_ref
275             // [2]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/index.html#safety
276             unsafe { raw.as_ref() }
277         }
278     }
279 
280     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
281     where
282         T: 'a + ?Sized,
283         I: Invariants,
284         I::Aliasing: Reference,
285     {
286         /// Reborrows `self`, producing another `Ptr`.
287         ///
288         /// Since `self` is borrowed mutably, this prevents any methods from
289         /// being called on `self` as long as the returned `Ptr` exists.
290         #[inline]
291         #[must_use]
292         #[allow(clippy::needless_lifetimes)] // Allows us to name the lifetime in the safety comment below.
293         pub fn reborrow<'b>(&'b mut self) -> Ptr<'b, T, I>
294         where
295             'a: 'b,
296         {
297             // SAFETY: The following all hold by invariant on `self`, and thus
298             // hold of `ptr = self.as_inner()`:
299             // 0. SEE BELOW.
300             // 1. `ptr` conforms to the alignment invariant of
301             //    [`I::Alignment`](invariant::Alignment).
302             // 2. `ptr` conforms to the validity invariant of
303             //    [`I::Validity`](invariant::Validity). `self` and the returned
304             //    `Ptr` permit the same bit values in their referents since they
305             //    have the same referent type (`T`) and the same validity
306             //    (`I::Validity`). Thus, regardless of what mutation is
307             //    permitted (`Exclusive` aliasing or `Shared`-aliased interior
308             //    mutation), neither can be used to write a value to the
309             //    referent which violates the other's validity invariant.
310             //
311             // For aliasing (0 above), since `I::Aliasing: Reference`,
312             // there are two cases for `I::Aliasing`:
313             // - For `invariant::Shared`: `'a` outlives `'b`, and so the
314             //   returned `Ptr` does not permit accessing the referent any
315             //   longer than is possible via `self`. For shared aliasing, it is
316             //   sound for multiple `Ptr`s to exist simultaneously which
317             //   reference the same memory, so creating a new one is not
318             //   problematic.
319             // - For `invariant::Exclusive`: Since `self` is `&'b mut` and we
320             //   return a `Ptr` with lifetime `'b`, `self` is inaccessible to
321             //   the caller for the lifetime `'b` - in other words, `self` is
322             //   inaccessible to the caller as long as the returned `Ptr`
323             //   exists. Since `self` is an exclusive `Ptr`, no other live
324             //   references or `Ptr`s may exist which refer to the same memory
325             //   while `self` is live. Thus, as long as the returned `Ptr`
326             //   exists, no other references or `Ptr`s which refer to the same
327             //   memory may be live.
328             unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(self.as_inner()) }
329         }
330 
331         /// Reborrows `self` as shared, producing another `Ptr` with `Shared`
332         /// aliasing.
333         ///
334         /// Since `self` is borrowed mutably, this prevents any methods from
335         /// being called on `self` as long as the returned `Ptr` exists.
336         #[inline]
337         #[must_use]
338         #[allow(clippy::needless_lifetimes)] // Allows us to name the lifetime in the safety comment below.
339         pub fn reborrow_shared<'b>(&'b mut self) -> Ptr<'b, T, (Shared, I::Alignment, I::Validity)>
340         where
341             'a: 'b,
342         {
343             // SAFETY: The following all hold by invariant on `self`, and thus
344             // hold of `ptr = self.as_inner()`:
345             // 0. SEE BELOW.
346             // 1. `ptr` conforms to the alignment invariant of
347             //    [`I::Alignment`](invariant::Alignment).
348             // 2. `ptr` conforms to the validity invariant of
349             //    [`I::Validity`](invariant::Validity). `self` and the returned
350             //    `Ptr` permit the same bit values in their referents since they
351             //    have the same referent type (`T`) and the same validity
352             //    (`I::Validity`). Thus, regardless of what mutation is
353             //    permitted (`Exclusive` aliasing or `Shared`-aliased interior
354             //    mutation), neither can be used to write a value to the
355             //    referent which violates the other's validity invariant.
356             //
357             // For aliasing (0 above), since `I::Aliasing: Reference`,
358             // there are two cases for `I::Aliasing`:
359             // - For `invariant::Shared`: `'a` outlives `'b`, and so the
360             //   returned `Ptr` does not permit accessing the referent any
361             //   longer than is possible via `self`. For shared aliasing, it is
362             //   sound for multiple `Ptr`s to exist simultaneously which
363             //   reference the same memory, so creating a new one is not
364             //   problematic.
365             // - For `invariant::Exclusive`: Since `self` is `&'b mut` and we
366             //   return a `Ptr` with lifetime `'b`, `self` is inaccessible to
367             //   the caller for the lifetime `'b` - in other words, `self` is
368             //   inaccessible to the caller as long as the returned `Ptr`
369             //   exists. Since `self` is an exclusive `Ptr`, no other live
370             //   references or `Ptr`s may exist which refer to the same memory
371             //   while `self` is live. Thus, as long as the returned `Ptr`
372             //   exists, no other references or `Ptr`s which refer to the same
373             //   memory may be live.
374             unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(self.as_inner()) }
375         }
376     }
377 
378     /// `Ptr<'a, T>` → `&'a mut T`
379     impl<'a, T> Ptr<'a, T, (Exclusive, Aligned, Safe)>
380     where
381         T: 'a + ?Sized,
382     {
383         /// Converts `self` to a mutable reference.
384         #[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
385         #[inline]
386         #[must_use]
387         pub fn as_mut(self) -> &'a mut T {
388             let mut raw = self.as_inner().as_non_null();
389             // SAFETY: `self` satisfies the `Aligned` invariant, so we know that
390             // `raw` is validly-aligned for `T`.
391             #[cfg(all(miri, __ZEROCOPY_INTERNAL_USE_ONLY_DEV_MODE))]
392             unsafe {
393                 crate::util::miri_promise_symbolic_alignment(
394                     raw.as_ptr().cast(),
395                     core::mem::align_of_val_raw(raw.as_ptr()),
396                 );
397             }
398             // SAFETY: This invocation of `NonNull::as_mut` satisfies its
399             // documented safety preconditions:
400             //
401             // 1. The pointer is properly aligned. This is ensured by-contract
402             //    on `Ptr`, because the `ALIGNMENT_INVARIANT` is `Aligned`.
403             //
404             // 2. If the pointer's referent is not zero-sized, then the pointer
405             //    must be “dereferenceable” in the sense defined in the module
406             //    documentation; i.e.:
407             //
408             //    > The memory range of the given size starting at the pointer
409             //    > must all be within the bounds of a single allocated object.
410             //    > [2]
411             //
412             //   This is ensured by contract on all `PtrInner`s.
413             //
414             // 3. The pointer must point to a validly-initialized instance of
415             //    `T`. This is ensured by-contract on `Ptr`, because the validity
416             //    invariant is `Safe`.
417             //
418             // 4. You must enforce Rust’s aliasing rules. This is ensured by
419             //    contract on `Ptr`, because the `ALIASING_INVARIANT` is
420             //    `Exclusive`.
421             //
422             // [1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/struct.NonNull.html#method.as_mut
423             // [2]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/index.html#safety
424             unsafe { raw.as_mut() }
425         }
426     }
427 
428     /// `Ptr<'a, T>` → `Ptr<'a, U>`
429     impl<'a, T: ?Sized, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
430     where
431         I: Invariants,
432     {
433         /// Reinterprets the same byte region as `U` with validity `V`.
434         ///
435         /// This preserves the aliasing invariant, uses [`SizeEq`] to select a
436         /// [`CastExact`] implementation, and conservatively forgets alignment.
437         #[must_use]
438         #[inline(always)]
439         pub fn transmute<U, V, R>(self) -> Ptr<'a, U, (I::Aliasing, Unaligned, V)>
440         where
441             V: Validity,
442             U: TransmuteFromPtr<T, I::Aliasing, I::Validity, V, <U as SizeEq<T>>::CastFrom, R>
443                 + SizeEq<T>
444                 + ?Sized,
445         {
446             self.transmute_with::<U, V, <U as SizeEq<T>>::CastFrom, R>()
447         }
448 
449         /// Reinterprets the same byte region as `U` with validity `V` using
450         /// `C`.
451         ///
452         /// `C: CastExact` preserves the byte region. The aliasing invariant is
453         /// preserved, while alignment is conservatively forgotten because the
454         /// destination type may have a different alignment requirement.
455         #[inline]
456         #[must_use]
457         pub fn transmute_with<U, V, C, R>(self) -> Ptr<'a, U, (I::Aliasing, Unaligned, V)>
458         where
459             V: Validity,
460             U: TransmuteFromPtr<T, I::Aliasing, I::Validity, V, C, R> + ?Sized,
461             C: CastExact<T, U>,
462         {
463             // SAFETY:
464             // - By `C: CastExact`, `C` preserves referent address, and so we
465             //   don't need to consider projections in the following safety
466             //   arguments.
467             // - If aliasing is `Shared`, then by `U: TransmuteFromPtr<T>`, at
468             //   least one of the following holds:
469             //   - `T: Immutable` and `U: Immutable`, in which case it is
470             //     trivially sound for shared code to operate on a `&T` and `&U`
471             //     at the same time, as neither can perform interior mutation
472             //   - It is directly guaranteed that it is sound for shared code to
473             //     operate on these references simultaneously
474             // - By `U: TransmuteFromPtr<T, I::Aliasing, I::Validity, V, C>`, it
475             //   is sound to perform this transmute using `C`.
476             unsafe { self.project_transmute_unchecked::<_, _, C>() }
477         }
478 
479         /// Changes only the validity invariant to `V`.
480         ///
481         /// The referent type and byte region are unchanged, so this preserves
482         /// the existing aliasing and alignment invariants.
483         #[inline]
484         #[must_use]
485         pub fn recall_validity<V, R>(self) -> Ptr<'a, T, (I::Aliasing, I::Alignment, V)>
486         where
487             V: Validity,
488             T: TransmuteFromPtr<T, I::Aliasing, I::Validity, V, IdCast, R>,
489         {
490             let ptr = self.transmute_with::<T, V, IdCast, R>();
491             // SAFETY: `self` and `ptr` have the same address and referent type.
492             // Therefore, if `self` satisfies `I::Alignment`, then so does
493             // `ptr`.
494             unsafe { ptr.assume_alignment::<I::Alignment>() }
495         }
496 
497         /// Projects and/or transmutes to a different (unsized) referent type
498         /// without checking interior mutability.
499         ///
500         /// Callers should prefer [`cast`] or [`project`] where possible.
501         ///
502         /// [`cast`]: Ptr::cast
503         /// [`project`]: Ptr::project
504         ///
505         /// # Safety
506         ///
507         /// The caller promises that:
508         /// - If `I::Aliasing` is [`Shared`], it must not be possible for safe
509         ///   code, operating on a `&T` and `&U`, with the referents of `self`
510         ///   and `self.project_transmute_unchecked()`, respectively, to cause
511         ///   undefined behavior.
512         /// - It is sound to project and/or transmute a pointer of type `T` with
513         ///   aliasing `I::Aliasing` and validity `I::Validity` to a pointer of
514         ///   type `U` with aliasing `I::Aliasing` and validity `V`. This is a
515         ///   subtle soundness requirement that is a function of `T`, `U`,
516         ///   `I::Aliasing`, `I::Validity`, and `V`, and may depend upon the
517         ///   presence, absence, or specific location of `UnsafeCell`s in `T`
518         ///   and/or `U`, and on whether interior mutation is ever permitted via
519         ///   those `UnsafeCell`s. See [`Validity`] for more details.
520         #[inline]
521         #[must_use]
522         pub unsafe fn project_transmute_unchecked<U: ?Sized, V, P>(
523             self,
524         ) -> Ptr<'a, U, (I::Aliasing, Unaligned, V)>
525         where
526             V: Validity,
527             P: crate::pointer::cast::Project<T, U>,
528         {
529             let ptr = self.as_inner().project::<_, P>();
530 
531             // SAFETY:
532             //
533             // The following safety arguments rely on the fact that `P: Project`
534             // guarantees that `P` is a referent-preserving or -shrinking
535             // projection. Thus, `ptr` addresses a subset of the bytes of
536             // `*self`, and so certain properties that hold of `*self` also hold
537             // of `*ptr`.
538             //
539             // 0. `ptr` conforms to the aliasing invariant of `I::Aliasing`:
540             //    - `Exclusive`: `self` is the only `Ptr` or reference which is
541             //      permitted to read or modify the referent for the lifetime
542             //      `'a`. Since we consume `self` by value, the returned pointer
543             //      remains the only `Ptr` or reference which is permitted to
544             //      read or modify the referent for the lifetime `'a`.
545             //    - `Shared`: Since `self` has aliasing `Shared`, we know that
546             //      no other code may mutate the referent during the lifetime
547             //      `'a`, except via `UnsafeCell`s, and except as permitted by
548             //      `T`'s library safety invariants. The caller promises that
549             //      any safe operations which can be permitted on a `&T` and a
550             //      `&U` simultaneously must be sound. Thus, no operations on a
551             //      `&U` could violate `&T`'s library safety invariants, and
552             //      vice-versa. Since any mutation via shared references outside
553             //      of `UnsafeCell`s is unsound, this must be impossible using
554             //      `&T` and `&U`.
555             //    - `Inaccessible`: There are no restrictions we need to uphold.
556             // 1. `ptr` trivially satisfies the alignment invariant `Unaligned`.
557             // 2. The caller promises that the returned pointer satisfies the
558             //    validity invariant `V` with respect to its referent type, `U`.
559             unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(ptr) }
560         }
561     }
562 
563     /// `Ptr<'a, T, (_, _, _)>` → `Ptr<'a, Unalign<T>, (_, Aligned, _)>`
564     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
565     where
566         I: Invariants,
567     {
568         /// Converts a `Ptr` an unaligned `T` into a `Ptr` to an aligned
569         /// `Unalign<T>`.
570         #[inline]
571         #[must_use]
572         pub fn into_unalign(
573             self,
574         ) -> Ptr<'a, crate::Unalign<T>, (I::Aliasing, Aligned, I::Validity)> {
575             // FIXME(#1359): This should be a `transmute_with` call.
576             // Unfortunately, to avoid blanket impl conflicts, we only implement
577             // `TransmuteFrom<T>` for `Unalign<T>` (and vice versa) specifically
578             // for `Safe` validity, not for all validity types.
579 
580             // SAFETY:
581             // - By `CastSized: Cast`, `CastSized` preserves referent address,
582             //   and so we don't need to consider projections in the following
583             //   safety arguments.
584             // - Since `Unalign<T>` has the same layout as `T`, the returned
585             //   pointer refers to `UnsafeCell`s at the same locations as
586             //   `self`.
587             // - `Unalign<T>` promises to have the same bit validity as `T`. By
588             //   invariant on `Validity`, the set of bit patterns allowed in the
589             //   referent of a `Ptr<X, (_, _, V)>` is only a function of the
590             //   validity of `X` and of `V`. Thus, the set of bit patterns
591             //   allowed in the referent of a `Ptr<T, (_, _, I::Validity)>` is
592             //   the same as the set of bit patterns allowed in the referent of
593             //   a `Ptr<Unalign<T>, (_, _, I::Validity)>`. As a result, `self`
594             //   and the returned `Ptr` permit the same set of bit patterns in
595             //   their referents, and so neither can be used to violate the
596             //   validity of the other.
597             let ptr = unsafe { self.project_transmute_unchecked::<_, _, CastSized>() };
598             ptr.bikeshed_recall_aligned()
599         }
600     }
601 
602     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
603     where
604         T: ?Sized,
605         I: Invariants<Validity = Safe>,
606         I::Aliasing: Reference,
607     {
608         /// Reads the referent.
609         #[must_use]
610         #[inline(always)]
611         pub fn read<R>(self) -> T
612         where
613             T: Copy,
614             T: Read<I::Aliasing, R>,
615         {
616             <I::Alignment as Alignment>::read(self)
617         }
618 
619         /// Views the value as an aligned reference.
620         ///
621         /// This is only available if `T` is [`Unaligned`].
622         #[must_use]
623         #[inline]
624         pub fn unaligned_as_ref(self) -> &'a T
625         where
626             T: crate::Unaligned,
627         {
628             self.bikeshed_recall_aligned().as_ref()
629         }
630     }
631 }
632 
633 /// State transitions between invariants.
634 mod _transitions {
635     use super::*;
636     use crate::{
637         pointer::{cast::IdCast, transmute::TryTransmuteFromPtr},
638         ReadOnly,
639     };
640 
641     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
642     where
643         T: 'a + ?Sized,
644         I: Invariants,
645     {
646         /// Assumes that `self` satisfies the invariants `H`.
647         ///
648         /// # Safety
649         ///
650         /// The caller promises that `self` satisfies the invariants `H`.
651         unsafe fn assume_invariants<H: Invariants>(self) -> Ptr<'a, T, H> {
652             // SAFETY: The caller has promised to satisfy all parameterized
653             // invariants of `Ptr`. `Ptr`'s other invariants are satisfied
654             // by-contract by the source `Ptr`.
655             unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(self.as_inner()) }
656         }
657 
658         /// Helps the type system unify two distinct invariant types which are
659         /// actually the same.
660         #[inline]
661         #[must_use]
662         pub fn unify_invariants<
663             H: Invariants<Aliasing = I::Aliasing, Alignment = I::Alignment, Validity = I::Validity>,
664         >(
665             self,
666         ) -> Ptr<'a, T, H> {
667             // SAFETY: The associated type bounds on `H` ensure that the
668             // invariants are unchanged.
669             unsafe { self.assume_invariants::<H>() }
670         }
671 
672         /// Downgrades `self` to shared aliasing.
673         #[inline]
674         #[must_use]
675         pub(super) fn into_shared(self) -> Ptr<'a, T, (Shared, I::Alignment, I::Validity)>
676         where
677             I::Aliasing: Reference,
678         {
679             // SAFETY: `I::Aliasing: Reference` guarantees that the source
680             // aliasing is either `Shared` or `Exclusive`. `Shared` requires no
681             // transition. If it is `Exclusive`, consuming `self` ends the only
682             // permitted access to the referent, so the returned pointer can
683             // soundly carry `Shared` aliasing. The referent type, alignment,
684             // and validity invariants are unchanged.
685             unsafe { self.assume_invariants() }
686         }
687 
688         /// Assumes that `self`'s referent is validly-aligned for `T` if
689         /// required by `A`.
690         ///
691         /// # Safety
692         ///
693         /// The caller promises that `self`'s referent conforms to the alignment
694         /// invariant of `T` if required by `A`.
695         #[inline]
696         pub(crate) unsafe fn assume_alignment<A: Alignment>(
697             self,
698         ) -> Ptr<'a, T, (I::Aliasing, A, I::Validity)> {
699             // SAFETY: The caller promises that `self`'s referent is
700             // well-aligned for `T` if required by `A` .
701             unsafe { self.assume_invariants() }
702         }
703 
704         /// Checks the `self`'s alignment at runtime, returning an aligned `Ptr`
705         /// on success.
706         #[inline]
707         pub fn try_into_aligned(
708             self,
709         ) -> Result<Ptr<'a, T, (I::Aliasing, Aligned, I::Validity)>, AlignmentError<Self, T>>
710         where
711             T: Sized,
712         {
713             if let Err(err) =
714                 crate::util::validate_aligned_to::<_, T>(self.as_inner().as_non_null())
715             {
716                 return Err(err.with_src(self));
717             }
718 
719             // SAFETY: We just checked the alignment.
720             Ok(unsafe { self.assume_alignment::<Aligned>() })
721         }
722 
723         /// Recalls that `self`'s referent is validly-aligned for `T`.
724         #[inline]
725         // FIXME(#859): Reconsider the name of this method before making it
726         // public.
727         #[must_use]
728         pub fn bikeshed_recall_aligned(self) -> Ptr<'a, T, (I::Aliasing, Aligned, I::Validity)>
729         where
730             T: crate::Unaligned,
731         {
732             // SAFETY: The bound `T: Unaligned` ensures that `T` has no
733             // non-trivial alignment requirement.
734             unsafe { self.assume_alignment::<Aligned>() }
735         }
736 
737         /// Assumes that `self`'s referent conforms to the validity requirement
738         /// of `V`.
739         ///
740         /// # Safety
741         ///
742         /// The caller promises that `self`'s referent conforms to the validity
743         /// requirement of `V`.
744         #[must_use]
745         #[inline]
746         pub unsafe fn assume_validity<V: Validity>(
747             self,
748         ) -> Ptr<'a, T, (I::Aliasing, I::Alignment, V)> {
749             // SAFETY: The caller promises that `self`'s referent conforms to
750             // the validity requirement of `V`.
751             unsafe { self.assume_invariants() }
752         }
753 
754         /// A shorthand for `self.assume_validity<invariant::Initialized>()`.
755         ///
756         /// # Safety
757         ///
758         /// The caller promises to uphold the safety preconditions of
759         /// `self.assume_validity<invariant::Initialized>()`.
760         #[must_use]
761         #[inline]
762         pub unsafe fn assume_initialized(
763             self,
764         ) -> Ptr<'a, T, (I::Aliasing, I::Alignment, Initialized)> {
765             // SAFETY: The caller has promised to uphold the safety
766             // preconditions.
767             unsafe { self.assume_validity::<Initialized>() }
768         }
769 
770         /// A shorthand for `self.assume_validity<Safe>()`.
771         ///
772         /// # Safety
773         ///
774         /// The caller promises to uphold the safety preconditions of
775         /// `self.assume_validity<Safe>()`.
776         #[must_use]
777         #[inline]
778         pub unsafe fn assume_safe(self) -> Ptr<'a, T, (I::Aliasing, I::Alignment, Safe)> {
779             // SAFETY: The caller has promised to uphold the safety
780             // preconditions.
781             unsafe { self.assume_validity::<Safe>() }
782         }
783 
784         /// Checks that `self`'s referent is validly initialized for `T`,
785         /// returning a `Ptr` with `Safe` on success.
786         ///
787         /// # Panics
788         ///
789         /// This method will panic if
790         /// [`T::is_safe`][TryFromBytes::is_safe] panics.
791         ///
792         /// # Safety
793         ///
794         /// On error, unsafe code may rely on this method's returned
795         /// `ValidityError` containing `self`.
796         #[inline]
797         pub fn try_into_safe<R, S>(
798             mut self,
799         ) -> Result<Ptr<'a, T, (I::Aliasing, I::Alignment, Safe)>, ValidityError<Self, T>>
800         where
801             T: TryFromBytes
802                 + Read<I::Aliasing, R>
803                 + TryTransmuteFromPtr<T, I::Aliasing, I::Validity, Safe, IdCast, S>,
804             ReadOnly<T>: Read<I::Aliasing, R>,
805             I::Aliasing: Reference,
806             I: Invariants<Validity = Initialized>,
807         {
808             // This call may panic. If that happens, it doesn't cause any
809             // soundness issues, as we have not generated any invalid state
810             // which we need to fix before returning.
811             if T::is_safe(self.reborrow().transmute::<_, _, _>().reborrow_shared()) {
812                 // SAFETY: If `T::is_safe` returns true, code may assume that
813                 // `self` contains a valid `T`, so its referent conforms to
814                 // `Safe` for `T`. By `T: TryTransmuteFromPtr<T, I::Aliasing,
815                 // I::Validity, Safe>`, given that condition, changing `self`'s
816                 // validity to `Safe` is sound.
817                 Ok(unsafe { self.assume_safe() })
818             } else {
819                 Err(ValidityError::new(self))
820             }
821         }
822 
823         /// Forgets that `self`'s referent is validly-aligned for `T`.
824         #[inline]
825         #[must_use]
826         pub fn forget_aligned(self) -> Ptr<'a, T, (I::Aliasing, Unaligned, I::Validity)> {
827             // SAFETY: `Unaligned` is less restrictive than `Aligned`.
828             unsafe { self.assume_invariants() }
829         }
830     }
831 }
832 
833 /// Casts of the referent type.
834 #[allow(unreachable_pub)] // False positive on MSRV
835 pub use _casts::TryWithError;
836 mod _casts {
837     use core::cell::UnsafeCell;
838 
839     use super::*;
840     use crate::{
841         pointer::cast::{AsBytesCast, Cast},
842         HasTag, ProjectField,
843     };
844 
845     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
846     where
847         T: 'a + ?Sized,
848         I: Invariants,
849     {
850         /// Casts to a different referent type without checking interior
851         /// mutability.
852         ///
853         /// Callers should prefer [`cast`][Ptr::cast] where possible.
854         ///
855         /// # Safety
856         ///
857         /// If `I::Aliasing` is [`Shared`], it must not be possible for safe
858         /// code, operating on a `&T` and `&U` with the same referent
859         /// simultaneously, to cause undefined behavior.
860         #[inline]
861         #[must_use]
862         pub unsafe fn cast_unchecked<U, C: Cast<T, U>>(
863             self,
864         ) -> Ptr<'a, U, (I::Aliasing, Unaligned, I::Validity)>
865         where
866             U: 'a + CastableFrom<T, I::Validity, I::Validity> + ?Sized,
867         {
868             // SAFETY:
869             // - By `C: Cast`, `C` preserves the address of the referent.
870             // - If `I::Aliasing` is [`Shared`], the caller promises that it
871             //   is not possible for safe code, operating on a `&T` and `&U`
872             //   with the same referent simultaneously, to cause undefined
873             //   behavior.
874             // - By `U: CastableFrom<T, I::Validity, I::Validity>`,
875             //   `I::Validity` is either `Uninit` or `Initialized`. In both
876             //   cases, the bit validity `I::Validity` has the same semantics
877             //   regardless of referent type. In other words, the set of allowed
878             //   referent values for `Ptr<T, (_, _, I::Validity)>` and `Ptr<U,
879             //   (_, _, I::Validity)>` are identical. As a consequence, neither
880             //   `self` nor the returned `Ptr` can be used to write values which
881             //   are invalid for the other.
882             unsafe { self.project_transmute_unchecked::<_, _, C>() }
883         }
884 
885         /// Casts to a different referent type.
886         #[inline]
887         #[must_use]
888         pub fn cast<U, C, R>(self) -> Ptr<'a, U, (I::Aliasing, Unaligned, I::Validity)>
889         where
890             T: MutationCompatible<U, I::Aliasing, I::Validity, I::Validity, R>,
891             U: 'a + ?Sized + CastableFrom<T, I::Validity, I::Validity>,
892             C: Cast<T, U>,
893         {
894             // SAFETY: Because `T: MutationCompatible<U, I::Aliasing, R>`, one
895             // of the following holds:
896             // - `T: Read<I::Aliasing>` and `U: Read<I::Aliasing>`, in which
897             //   case one of the following holds:
898             //   - `I::Aliasing` is `Exclusive`
899             //   - `T` and `U` are both `Immutable`
900             // - It is sound for safe code to operate on `&T` and `&U` with the
901             //   same referent simultaneously.
902             unsafe { self.cast_unchecked::<_, C>() }
903         }
904 
905         #[inline(always)]
906         pub fn project<Client, F, const VARIANT_ID: i128, const FIELD_ID: i128>(
907             mut self,
908         ) -> Result<Ptr<'a, T::Type, T::Invariants>, T::Error>
909         where
910             T: ProjectField<Client, F, I, VARIANT_ID, FIELD_ID>,
911             I::Aliasing: Reference,
912         {
913             use crate::pointer::cast::Projection;
914             match <T as ProjectField<Client, F, I, VARIANT_ID, FIELD_ID>>::is_projectable(
915                 self.reborrow().project_tag::<Client>(),
916             ) {
917                 Ok(()) => {
918                     let inner = self.as_inner();
919                     let projected =
920                         inner.project::<_, Projection<Client, F, VARIANT_ID, FIELD_ID>>();
921                     // SAFETY: By `T: ProjectField<Client, F, I, VARIANT_ID, FIELD_ID>`,
922                     // for `self: Ptr<'_, T, I>` such that `T::is_projectable`
923                     // (which we've verified in this match arm),
924                     // `T::project(self.as_inner())` conforms to
925                     // `T::Invariants`. The `projected` pointer satisfies these
926                     // invariants because it is produced by way of an
927                     // abstraction that is equivalent to
928                     // `T::project(ptr.as_inner())`: by invariant on
929                     // `PtrInner::project`, `projected` is guaranteed to address
930                     // the subset of the bytes of `inner`'s referent addressed
931                     // by `Projection::project(inner)`, and by invariant on
932                     // `Projection`, `Projection::project` is implemented by
933                     // delegating to an implementation of `HasField::project`.
934                     Ok(unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(projected) })
935                 }
936                 Err(err) => Err(err),
937             }
938         }
939 
940         #[must_use]
941         #[inline(always)]
942         pub fn project_tag<Client>(
943             self,
944         ) -> Ptr<'a, <T as HasTag<Client>>::Tag, (Shared, I::Alignment, I::Validity)>
945         where
946             T: HasTag<Client>,
947             I::Aliasing: Reference,
948         {
949             let ptr = self.into_shared();
950             // SAFETY: By invariant on `ProjectToTag`, it is sound to project
951             // `ptr` to a shared tag pointer with the same validity invariant.
952             let ptr = unsafe {
953                 ptr.project_transmute_unchecked::<_, _, <T as HasTag<Client>>::ProjectToTag>()
954             };
955             // SAFETY: By invariant on `ProjectToTag`, the projected pointer has
956             // the same alignment as `self`.
957             unsafe { ptr.assume_alignment() }
958         }
959 
960         /// Attempts to transform the pointer, restoring the original on
961         /// failure.
962         ///
963         /// # Safety
964         ///
965         /// If `I::Aliasing != Shared`, then if `f` returns `Err(err)`, no copy
966         /// of `f`'s argument must exist outside of `err`.
967         #[inline(always)]
968         pub(crate) unsafe fn try_with_unchecked<U, J, E, F>(
969             self,
970             f: F,
971         ) -> Result<Ptr<'a, U, J>, E::Mapped>
972         where
973             U: 'a + ?Sized,
974             J: Invariants<Aliasing = I::Aliasing>,
975             E: TryWithError<Self>,
976             F: FnOnce(Ptr<'a, T, I>) -> Result<Ptr<'a, U, J>, E>,
977         {
978             let old_inner = self.as_inner();
979             #[rustfmt::skip]
980             let res = f(self).map_err(#[inline(always)] move |err: E| {
981                 err.map(#[inline(always)] |src| {
982                     drop(src);
983 
984                     // SAFETY:
985                     // 0. Aliasing is either `Shared` or `Exclusive`:
986                     //    - If aliasing is `Shared`, then it cannot violate
987                     //      aliasing make another copy of this pointer (in fact,
988                     //      using `I::Aliasing = Shared`, we could have just
989                     //      cloned `self`).
990                     //    - If aliasing is `Exclusive`, then `f` is not allowed
991                     //      to make another copy of `self`. In `map_err`, we are
992                     //      consuming the only value in the returned `Result`.
993                     //      By invariant on `E: TryWithError<Self>`, that `err:
994                     //      E` only contains a single `Self` and no other
995                     //      non-ZST fields which could be `Ptr`s or references
996                     //      to `self`'s referent. By the same invariant, `map`
997                     //      consumes this single `Self` and passes it to this
998                     //      closure. Since `self` was, by invariant on
999                     //      `Exclusive`, the only `Ptr` or reference live for
1000                     //      `'a` with this referent, and since we `drop(src)`
1001                     //      above, there are no copies left, and so we are
1002                     //      creating the only copy.
1003                     // 1. `self` conforms to `I::Aliasing` by invariant on
1004                     //    `Ptr`, and `old_inner` has the same address, so it
1005                     //    does too.
1006                     // 2. `f` could not have violated `self`'s validity without
1007                     //    itself being unsound. Assuming that `f` is sound, the
1008                     //    referent of `self` is still valid for `T`.
1009                     unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(old_inner) }
1010                 })
1011             });
1012             res
1013         }
1014 
1015         /// Attempts to transform the pointer, restoring the original on
1016         /// failure.
1017         #[inline(always)]
1018         pub fn try_with<U, J, E, F>(self, f: F) -> Result<Ptr<'a, U, J>, E::Mapped>
1019         where
1020             U: 'a + ?Sized,
1021             J: Invariants<Aliasing = I::Aliasing>,
1022             E: TryWithError<Self>,
1023             F: FnOnce(Ptr<'a, T, I>) -> Result<Ptr<'a, U, J>, E>,
1024             I: Invariants<Aliasing = Shared>,
1025         {
1026             // SAFETY: `I::Aliasing = Shared`, so the safety condition does not
1027             // apply.
1028             unsafe { self.try_with_unchecked(f) }
1029         }
1030     }
1031 
1032     /// # Safety
1033     ///
1034     /// `Self` only contains a single `Self::Inner`, and `Self::Mapped` only
1035     /// contains a single `MappedInner`. Other than that, `Self` and
1036     /// `Self::Mapped` contain no non-ZST fields.
1037     ///
1038     /// `map` must pass ownership of `self`'s sole `Self::Inner` to `f`.
1039     pub unsafe trait TryWithError<MappedInner> {
1040         type Inner;
1041         type Mapped;
1042         fn map<F: FnOnce(Self::Inner) -> MappedInner>(self, f: F) -> Self::Mapped;
1043     }
1044 
1045     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
1046     where
1047         T: 'a + KnownLayout + ?Sized,
1048         I: Invariants,
1049     {
1050         /// Casts this pointer-to-initialized into a pointer-to-bytes.
1051         #[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
1052         #[must_use]
1053         #[inline]
1054         pub fn as_bytes<R>(self) -> Ptr<'a, [u8], (I::Aliasing, Aligned, Safe)>
1055         where
1056             [u8]: TransmuteFromPtr<T, I::Aliasing, I::Validity, Safe, AsBytesCast, R>,
1057         {
1058             self.transmute_with::<[u8], Safe, AsBytesCast, _>().bikeshed_recall_aligned()
1059         }
1060     }
1061 
1062     impl<'a, T, I, const N: usize> Ptr<'a, [T; N], I>
1063     where
1064         T: 'a,
1065         I: Invariants,
1066     {
1067         /// Casts this pointer-to-array into a slice.
1068         #[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
1069         #[inline]
1070         #[must_use]
1071         pub fn as_slice(self) -> Ptr<'a, [T], I> {
1072             let slice = self.as_inner().as_slice();
1073             // SAFETY: Note that, by post-condition on `PtrInner::as_slice`,
1074             // `slice` refers to the same byte range as `self.as_inner()`.
1075             //
1076             // 0. Thus, `slice` conforms to the aliasing invariant of
1077             //    `I::Aliasing` because `self` does.
1078             // 1. By the above lemma, `slice` conforms to the alignment
1079             //    invariant of `I::Alignment` because `self` does.
1080             // 2. Since `[T; N]` and `[T]` have the same bit validity [1][2],
1081             //    and since `self` and the returned `Ptr` have the same validity
1082             //    invariant, neither `self` nor the returned `Ptr` can be used
1083             //    to write a value to the referent which violates the other's
1084             //    validity invariant.
1085             //
1086             // [1] Per https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.81.0/reference/type-layout.html#array-layout:
1087             //
1088             //   An array of `[T; N]` has a size of `size_of::<T>() * N` and the
1089             //   same alignment of `T`. Arrays are laid out so that the
1090             //   zero-based `nth` element of the array is offset from the start
1091             //   of the array by `n * size_of::<T>()` bytes.
1092             //
1093             //   ...
1094             //
1095             //   Slices have the same layout as the section of the array they
1096             //   slice.
1097             //
1098             // [2] Per https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.81.0/reference/types/array.html#array-types:
1099             //
1100             //   All elements of arrays are always initialized
1101             unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(slice) }
1102         }
1103     }
1104 
1105     /// For caller convenience, these methods are generic over alignment
1106     /// invariant. In practice, the referent is always well-aligned, because the
1107     /// alignment of `[u8]` is 1.
1108     impl<'a, I> Ptr<'a, [u8], I>
1109     where
1110         I: Invariants<Validity = Safe>,
1111     {
1112         /// Attempts to cast `self` to a `U` using the given cast type.
1113         ///
1114         /// If `U` is a slice DST and pointer metadata (`meta`) is provided,
1115         /// then the cast will only succeed if it would produce an object with
1116         /// the given metadata.
1117         ///
1118         /// Returns `None` if the resulting `U` would be invalidly-aligned, if
1119         /// no `U` can fit in `self`, or if the provided pointer metadata
1120         /// describes an invalid instance of `U`. On success, returns a pointer
1121         /// to the largest-possible `U` which fits in `self`.
1122         ///
1123         /// # Safety
1124         ///
1125         /// The caller may assume that this implementation is correct, and may
1126         /// rely on that assumption for the soundness of their code. In
1127         /// particular, the caller may assume that, if `try_cast_into` returns
1128         /// `Some((ptr, remainder))`, then `ptr` and `remainder` refer to
1129         /// non-overlapping byte ranges within `self`, and that `ptr` and
1130         /// `remainder` entirely cover `self`. Finally:
1131         /// - If this is a prefix cast, `ptr` has the same address as `self`.
1132         /// - If this is a suffix cast, `remainder` has the same address as
1133         ///   `self`.
1134         #[inline(always)]
1135         pub fn try_cast_into<U, R>(
1136             self,
1137             cast_type: CastType,
1138             meta: Option<U::PointerMetadata>,
1139         ) -> Result<
1140             (Ptr<'a, U, (I::Aliasing, Aligned, Initialized)>, Ptr<'a, [u8], I>),
1141             CastError<Self, U>,
1142         >
1143         where
1144             I::Aliasing: Reference,
1145             U: 'a + ?Sized + KnownLayout + Read<I::Aliasing, R>,
1146         {
1147             let (inner, remainder) = self.as_inner().try_cast_into(cast_type, meta).map_err(
1148                 #[inline(always)]
1149                 |err| {
1150                     err.map_src(
1151                         #[inline(always)]
1152                         |inner|
1153                     // SAFETY: `PtrInner::try_cast_into` promises to return its
1154                     // original argument on error, which was originally produced
1155                     // by `self.as_inner()`, which is guaranteed to satisfy
1156                     // `Ptr`'s invariants.
1157                     unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(inner) },
1158                     )
1159                 },
1160             )?;
1161 
1162             // SAFETY:
1163             // 0. Since `U: Read<I::Aliasing, _>`, either:
1164             //    - `I::Aliasing` is `Exclusive`, in which case both `src` and
1165             //      `ptr` conform to `Exclusive`
1166             //    - `I::Aliasing` is `Shared` and `U` is `Immutable` (we already
1167             //      know that `[u8]: Immutable`). In this case, neither `U` nor
1168             //      `[u8]` permit mutation, and so `Shared` aliasing is
1169             //      satisfied.
1170             // 1. `ptr` conforms to the alignment invariant of `Aligned` because
1171             //    it is derived from `try_cast_into`, which promises that the
1172             //    object described by `target` is validly aligned for `U`.
1173             // 2. By trait bound, `self` - and thus `target` - is a bit-valid
1174             //    `[u8]`. `Ptr<[u8], (_, _, Safe)>` and `Ptr<_, (_, _,
1175             //    Initialized)>` have the same bit validity, and so neither
1176             //    `self` nor `res` can be used to write a value to the referent
1177             //    which violates the other's validity invariant.
1178             let res = unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(inner) };
1179 
1180             // SAFETY:
1181             // 0. `self` and `remainder` both have the type `[u8]`. Thus, they
1182             //    have `UnsafeCell`s at the same locations. Type casting does not
1183             //    affect aliasing.
1184             // 1. `[u8]` has no alignment requirement.
1185             // 2. `self` has validity `Safe` and has type `[u8]`. Since
1186             //    `remainder` references a subset of `self`'s referent, it is
1187             //    also a bit-valid `[u8]`. Thus, neither `self` nor `remainder`
1188             //    can be used to write a value to the referent which violates the
1189             //    other's validity invariant.
1190             let remainder = unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(remainder) };
1191 
1192             Ok((res, remainder))
1193         }
1194 
1195         /// Attempts to cast `self` into a `U`, failing if all of the bytes of
1196         /// `self` cannot be treated as a `U`.
1197         ///
1198         /// In particular, this method fails if `self` is not validly-aligned
1199         /// for `U` or if `self`'s size is not a valid size for `U`.
1200         ///
1201         /// # Safety
1202         ///
1203         /// On success, the caller may assume that the returned pointer
1204         /// references the same byte range as `self`.
1205         #[allow(unused)]
1206         #[inline(always)]
1207         pub fn try_cast_into_no_leftover<U, R>(
1208             self,
1209             meta: Option<U::PointerMetadata>,
1210         ) -> Result<Ptr<'a, U, (I::Aliasing, Aligned, Initialized)>, CastError<Self, U>>
1211         where
1212             I::Aliasing: Reference,
1213             U: 'a + ?Sized + KnownLayout + Read<I::Aliasing, R>,
1214             [u8]: Read<I::Aliasing, R>,
1215         {
1216             // SAFETY: The provided closure returns the only copy of `slf`.
1217             unsafe {
1218                 self.try_with_unchecked(
1219                     #[inline(always)]
1220                     |slf| match slf.try_cast_into(CastType::Prefix, meta) {
1221                         Ok((slf, remainder)) => {
1222                             if remainder.is_empty() {
1223                                 Ok(slf)
1224                             } else {
1225                                 Err(CastError::Size(SizeError::<_, U>::new(())))
1226                             }
1227                         }
1228                         Err(err) => Err(err.map_src(
1229                             #[inline(always)]
1230                             |_slf| (),
1231                         )),
1232                     },
1233                 )
1234             }
1235         }
1236     }
1237 
1238     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, UnsafeCell<T>, I>
1239     where
1240         T: 'a + ?Sized,
1241         I: Invariants<Aliasing = Exclusive>,
1242     {
1243         /// Converts this `Ptr` into a pointer to the underlying data.
1244         ///
1245         /// This call borrows the `UnsafeCell` mutably (at compile-time) which
1246         /// guarantees that we possess the only reference.
1247         ///
1248         /// This is like [`UnsafeCell::get_mut`], but for `Ptr`.
1249         ///
1250         /// [`UnsafeCell::get_mut`]: core::cell::UnsafeCell::get_mut
1251         #[must_use]
1252         #[inline(always)]
1253         pub fn get_mut(self) -> Ptr<'a, T, I> {
1254             // SAFETY: As described below, `UnsafeCell<T>` has the same size
1255             // as `T: ?Sized` (same static size or same DST layout). Thus,
1256             // `*const UnsafeCell<T> as *const T` is a size-preserving cast.
1257             define_cast!(unsafe { Cast<T: ?Sized> = UnsafeCell<T> => T });
1258 
1259             // SAFETY:
1260             // - Aliasing is `Exclusive`, and so we are not required to promise
1261             //   anything about the locations of `UnsafeCell`s.
1262             // - `UnsafeCell<T>` has the same bit validity as `T` [1].
1263             //   Technically the term "representation" doesn't guarantee this,
1264             //   but the subsequent sentence in the documentation makes it clear
1265             //   that this is the intention.
1266             //
1267             //   By invariant on `Validity`, since `T` and `UnsafeCell<T>` have
1268             //   the same bit validity, then the set of values which may appear
1269             //   in the referent of a `Ptr<T, (_, _, V)>` is the same as the set
1270             //   which may appear in the referent of a `Ptr<UnsafeCell<T>, (_,
1271             //   _, V)>`. Thus, neither `self` nor `ptr` may be used to write a
1272             //   value to the referent which would violate the other's validity
1273             //   invariant.
1274             //
1275             // [1] Per https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.81.0/core/cell/struct.UnsafeCell.html#memory-layout:
1276             //
1277             //   `UnsafeCell<T>` has the same in-memory representation as its
1278             //   inner type `T`. A consequence of this guarantee is that it is
1279             //   possible to convert between `T` and `UnsafeCell<T>`.
1280             let ptr = unsafe { self.project_transmute_unchecked::<_, _, Cast>() };
1281 
1282             // SAFETY: `UnsafeCell<T>` has the same alignment as `T` [1],
1283             // and so if `self` is guaranteed to be aligned, then so is the
1284             // returned `Ptr`.
1285             //
1286             // [1] Per https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.81.0/core/cell/struct.UnsafeCell.html#memory-layout:
1287             //
1288             //   `UnsafeCell<T>` has the same in-memory representation as
1289             //   its inner type `T`. A consequence of this guarantee is that
1290             //   it is possible to convert between `T` and `UnsafeCell<T>`.
1291             let ptr = unsafe { ptr.assume_alignment::<I::Alignment>() };
1292             ptr.unify_invariants()
1293         }
1294     }
1295 }
1296 
1297 /// Projections through the referent.
1298 mod _project {
1299     use super::*;
1300 
1301     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, [T], I>
1302     where
1303         T: 'a,
1304         I: Invariants,
1305         I::Aliasing: Reference,
1306     {
1307         /// Iteratively projects the elements `Ptr<T>` from `Ptr<[T]>`.
1308         #[inline]
1309         pub fn iter(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Ptr<'a, T, I>> {
1310             // SAFETY:
1311             // 0. `elem` conforms to the aliasing invariant of `I::Aliasing`:
1312             //    - `Exclusive`: `self` is consumed by value, and therefore
1313             //      cannot be used to access the slice while any yielded
1314             //      element `Ptr` is live. Each non-zero-sized element is a
1315             //      disjoint byte range within the slice, and zero-sized
1316             //      elements address no bytes, so distinct yielded element
1317             //      `Ptr`s do not alias each other.
1318             //    - `Shared`: It is sound for multiple shared `Ptr`s to exist
1319             //      simultaneously which reference the same memory.
1320             // 1. `elem`, conditionally, conforms to the validity invariant of
1321             //    `I::Alignment`. If `elem` is projected from data well-aligned
1322             //    for `[T]`, `elem` will be valid for `T`.
1323             // 2. `elem` conforms to the validity invariant of `I::Validity`.
1324             //    Per https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.81.0/reference/type-layout.html#array-layout:
1325             //
1326             //      Slices have the same layout as the section of the array they
1327             //      slice.
1328             //
1329             //    Arrays are laid out so that the zero-based `nth` element of
1330             //    the array is offset from the start of the array by `n *
1331             //    size_of::<T>()` bytes. Thus, `elem` addresses a valid `T`
1332             //    within the slice. Since `self` satisfies `I::Validity`, `elem`
1333             //    also satisfies `I::Validity`.
1334             self.as_inner().iter().map(
1335                 #[inline(always)]
1336                 |elem| unsafe { Ptr::from_inner(elem) },
1337             )
1338         }
1339     }
1340 
1341     #[allow(clippy::needless_lifetimes)]
1342     impl<'a, T, I> Ptr<'a, T, I>
1343     where
1344         T: 'a + ?Sized + KnownLayout<PointerMetadata = usize>,
1345         I: Invariants,
1346     {
1347         /// The number of slice elements in the object referenced by `self`.
1348         #[inline]
1349         #[must_use]
1350         pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
1351             self.as_inner().meta().get()
1352         }
1353 
1354         /// Returns `true` if the slice pointer has a length of 0.
1355         #[inline]
1356         #[must_use]
1357         pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
1358             self.len() == 0
1359         }
1360     }
1361 }
1362 
1363 #[cfg(test)]
1364 mod tests {
1365     use core::mem::{self, MaybeUninit};
1366 
1367     use super::*;
1368     #[allow(unused)] // Needed on our MSRV, but considered unused on later toolchains.
1369     use crate::util::AsAddress;
1370     use crate::{pointer::BecauseImmutable, util::testutil::AU64, FromBytes, Immutable};
1371 
1372     #[test]
1373     fn test_project_tag_downgrades_aliasing() {
1374         #[allow(dead_code)]
1375         #[derive(zerocopy_derive::Project)]
1376         #[repr(u8)]
1377         enum Enum {
1378             Variant(u8),
1379         }
1380 
1381         let mut value = Enum::Variant(0);
1382         let _: Ptr<
1383             '_,
1384             <Enum as crate::HasTag<crate::project_clients::ProjectDerive>>::Tag,
1385             (Shared, Aligned, Safe),
1386         > = Ptr::from_mut(&mut value).project_tag::<crate::project_clients::ProjectDerive>();
1387     }
1388 
1389     mod test_ptr_try_cast_into_soundness {
1390         use super::*;
1391 
1392         // This test is designed so that if `Ptr::try_cast_into_xxx` are
1393         // buggy, it will manifest as unsoundness that Miri can detect.
1394 
1395         // - If `size_of::<T>() == 0`, `N == 4`
1396         // - Else, `N == 4 * size_of::<T>()`
1397         //
1398         // Each test will be run for each metadata in `metas`.
1399         fn test<T, I, const N: usize>(metas: I)
1400         where
1401             T: ?Sized + KnownLayout + Immutable + FromBytes,
1402             I: IntoIterator<Item = Option<T::PointerMetadata>> + Clone,
1403         {
1404             let mut bytes = [MaybeUninit::<u8>::uninit(); N];
1405             let initialized = [MaybeUninit::new(0u8); N];
1406             for start in 0..=bytes.len() {
1407                 for end in start..=bytes.len() {
1408                     // Set all bytes to uninitialized other than those in
1409                     // the range we're going to pass to `try_cast_from`.
1410                     // This allows Miri to detect out-of-bounds reads
1411                     // because they read uninitialized memory. Without this,
1412                     // some out-of-bounds reads would still be in-bounds of
1413                     // `bytes`, and so might spuriously be accepted.
1414                     bytes = [MaybeUninit::<u8>::uninit(); N];
1415                     let bytes = &mut bytes[start..end];
1416                     // Initialize only the byte range we're going to pass to
1417                     // `try_cast_from`.
1418                     bytes.copy_from_slice(&initialized[start..end]);
1419 
1420                     let bytes = {
1421                         let bytes: *const [MaybeUninit<u8>] = bytes;
1422                         #[allow(clippy::as_conversions)]
1423                         let bytes = bytes as *const [u8];
1424                         // SAFETY: We just initialized these bytes to valid
1425                         // `u8`s.
1426                         unsafe { &*bytes }
1427                     };
1428 
1429                     // SAFETY: The bytes in `slf` must be initialized.
1430                     unsafe fn validate_and_get_len<
1431                         T: ?Sized + KnownLayout + FromBytes + Immutable,
1432                     >(
1433                         slf: Ptr<'_, T, (Shared, Aligned, Initialized)>,
1434                     ) -> usize {
1435                         let t = slf.recall_validity().as_ref();
1436 
1437                         let bytes = {
1438                             let len = mem::size_of_val(t);
1439                             let t: *const T = t;
1440                             // SAFETY:
1441                             // - We know `t`'s bytes are all initialized
1442                             //   because we just read it from `slf`, which
1443                             //   points to an initialized range of bytes. If
1444                             //   there's a bug and this doesn't hold, then
1445                             //   that's exactly what we're hoping Miri will
1446                             //   catch!
1447                             // - Since `T: FromBytes`, `T` doesn't contain
1448                             //   any `UnsafeCell`s, so it's okay for `t: T`
1449                             //   and a `&[u8]` to the same memory to be
1450                             //   alive concurrently.
1451                             unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(t.cast::<u8>(), len) }
1452                         };
1453 
1454                         // This assertion ensures that `t`'s bytes are read
1455                         // and compared to another value, which in turn
1456                         // ensures that Miri gets a chance to notice if any
1457                         // of `t`'s bytes are uninitialized, which they
1458                         // shouldn't be (see the comment above).
1459                         assert_eq!(bytes, vec![0u8; bytes.len()]);
1460 
1461                         mem::size_of_val(t)
1462                     }
1463 
1464                     for meta in metas.clone().into_iter() {
1465                         for cast_type in [CastType::Prefix, CastType::Suffix] {
1466                             if let Ok((slf, remaining)) = Ptr::from_ref(bytes)
1467                                 .try_cast_into::<T, BecauseImmutable>(cast_type, meta)
1468                             {
1469                                 // SAFETY: All bytes in `bytes` have been
1470                                 // initialized.
1471                                 let len = unsafe { validate_and_get_len(slf) };
1472                                 assert_eq!(remaining.len(), bytes.len() - len);
1473                                 #[allow(unstable_name_collisions)]
1474                                 let bytes_addr = bytes.as_ptr().addr();
1475                                 #[allow(unstable_name_collisions)]
1476                                 let remaining_addr = remaining.as_inner().as_ptr().addr();
1477                                 match cast_type {
1478                                     CastType::Prefix => {
1479                                         assert_eq!(remaining_addr, bytes_addr + len)
1480                                     }
1481                                     CastType::Suffix => assert_eq!(remaining_addr, bytes_addr),
1482                                 }
1483 
1484                                 if let Some(want) = meta {
1485                                     let got =
1486                                         KnownLayout::pointer_to_metadata(slf.as_inner().as_ptr());
1487                                     assert_eq!(got, want);
1488                                 }
1489                             }
1490                         }
1491 
1492                         if let Ok(slf) = Ptr::from_ref(bytes)
1493                             .try_cast_into_no_leftover::<T, BecauseImmutable>(meta)
1494                         {
1495                             // SAFETY: All bytes in `bytes` have been
1496                             // initialized.
1497                             let len = unsafe { validate_and_get_len(slf) };
1498                             assert_eq!(len, bytes.len());
1499 
1500                             if let Some(want) = meta {
1501                                 let got = KnownLayout::pointer_to_metadata(slf.as_inner().as_ptr());
1502                                 assert_eq!(got, want);
1503                             }
1504                         }
1505                     }
1506                 }
1507             }
1508         }
1509 
1510         #[derive(FromBytes, KnownLayout, Immutable)]
1511         #[repr(C)]
1512         struct SliceDst<T> {
1513             a: u8,
1514             trailing: [T],
1515         }
1516 
1517         // Each test case becomes its own `#[test]` function. We do this because
1518         // this test in particular takes far, far longer to execute under Miri
1519         // than all of our other tests combined. Previously, we had these
1520         // execute sequentially in a single test function. We run Miri tests in
1521         // parallel in CI, but this test being sequential meant that most of
1522         // that parallelism was wasted, as all other tests would finish in a
1523         // fraction of the total execution time, leaving this test to execute on
1524         // a single thread for the remainder of the test. By putting each test
1525         // case in its own function, we permit better use of available
1526         // parallelism.
1527         macro_rules! test {
1528             ($test_name:ident: $ty:ty) => {
1529                 #[test]
1530                 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
1531                 fn $test_name() {
1532                     const S: usize = core::mem::size_of::<$ty>();
1533                     const N: usize = if S == 0 { 4 } else { S * 4 };
1534                     test::<$ty, _, N>([None]);
1535 
1536                     // If `$ty` is a ZST, then we can't pass `None` as the
1537                     // pointer metadata, or else computing the correct trailing
1538                     // slice length will panic.
1539                     if S == 0 {
1540                         test::<[$ty], _, N>([Some(0), Some(1), Some(2), Some(3)]);
1541                         test::<SliceDst<$ty>, _, N>([Some(0), Some(1), Some(2), Some(3)]);
1542                     } else {
1543                         test::<[$ty], _, N>([None, Some(0), Some(1), Some(2), Some(3)]);
1544                         test::<SliceDst<$ty>, _, N>([None, Some(0), Some(1), Some(2), Some(3)]);
1545                     }
1546                 }
1547             };
1548             ($ty:ident) => {
1549                 test!($ty: $ty);
1550             };
1551             ($($ty:ident),*) => { $(test!($ty);)* }
1552         }
1553 
1554         test!(empty_tuple: ());
1555         test!(u8, u16, u32, u64, usize, AU64);
1556         test!(i8, i16, i32, i64, isize);
1557         test!(f32, f64);
1558     }
1559 
1560     #[test]
1561     fn test_try_cast_into_explicit_count() {
1562         macro_rules! test {
1563             ($ty:ty, $bytes:expr, $elems:expr, $expect:expr) => {{
1564                 let bytes = [0u8; $bytes];
1565                 let ptr = Ptr::from_ref(&bytes[..]);
1566                 let res =
1567                     ptr.try_cast_into::<$ty, BecauseImmutable>(CastType::Prefix, Some($elems));
1568                 if let Some(expect) = $expect {
1569                     let (ptr, _) = res.unwrap();
1570                     assert_eq!(KnownLayout::pointer_to_metadata(ptr.as_inner().as_ptr()), expect);
1571                 } else {
1572                     let _ = res.unwrap_err();
1573                 }
1574             }};
1575         }
1576 
1577         #[derive(KnownLayout, Immutable)]
1578         #[repr(C)]
1579         struct ZstDst {
1580             u: [u8; 8],
1581             slc: [()],
1582         }
1583 
1584         test!(ZstDst, 8, 0, Some(0));
1585         test!(ZstDst, 7, 0, None);
1586 
1587         test!(ZstDst, 8, usize::MAX, Some(usize::MAX));
1588         test!(ZstDst, 7, usize::MAX, None);
1589 
1590         #[derive(KnownLayout, Immutable)]
1591         #[repr(C)]
1592         struct Dst {
1593             u: [u8; 8],
1594             slc: [u8],
1595         }
1596 
1597         test!(Dst, 8, 0, Some(0));
1598         test!(Dst, 7, 0, None);
1599 
1600         test!(Dst, 9, 1, Some(1));
1601         test!(Dst, 8, 1, None);
1602 
1603         // If we didn't properly check for overflow, this would cause the
1604         // metadata to overflow to 0, and thus the cast would spuriously
1605         // succeed.
1606         test!(Dst, 8, usize::MAX - 8 + 1, None);
1607     }
1608 
1609     #[test]
1610     fn test_try_cast_into_no_leftover_restores_original_slice() {
1611         let bytes = [0u8; 4];
1612         let ptr = Ptr::from_ref(&bytes[..]);
1613         let res = ptr.try_cast_into_no_leftover::<[u8; 2], BecauseImmutable>(None);
1614         match res {
1615             Ok(_) => panic!("should have failed due to leftover bytes"),
1616             Err(CastError::Size(e)) => {
1617                 assert_eq!(e.into_src().len(), 4, "Should return original slice length");
1618             }
1619             Err(e) => panic!("wrong error type: {:?}", e),
1620         }
1621     }
1622 
1623     #[test]
1624     fn test_iter_exclusive_yields_disjoint_ptrs() {
1625         let mut arr = [0u8, 1, 2, 3];
1626 
1627         {
1628             let mut iter = Ptr::from_mut(&mut arr[..]).iter();
1629             let first = iter.next().unwrap().as_mut();
1630             let second = iter.next().unwrap().as_mut();
1631 
1632             *first = 10;
1633             *second = 20;
1634             *first = 30;
1635         }
1636 
1637         assert_eq!(arr, [30, 20, 2, 3]);
1638     }
1639 }
1640