Made IO #[forbid(unsafe)]

Cargo.toml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ bench = false
 
 [dependencies]
 num-traits = "0.2"
+bytemuck = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default_features = false, features = ["std"] }
 chrono-tz = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 # To efficiently cast numbers to strings

src/io/avro/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
-#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 //! Read and write from and to Apache Avro
 
 pub mod read;

src/io/csv/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
-#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 //! Convert data between the Arrow and CSV (comma-separated values).
 
 use crate::error::ArrowError;

src/io/ipc/read/read_basic.rs

@@ -72,14 +72,8 @@ fn read_uncompressed_buffer<T: NativeType, R: Read + Seek>(
 
     if is_native_little_endian() == is_little_endian {
         // fast case where we can just copy the contents as is
-        unsafe {
-            // transmute T to bytes.
-            let slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
-                buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8,
-                length * std::mem::size_of::<T>(),
-            );
-            reader.read_exact(slice)?;
-        }
+        let slice = bytemuck::cast_slice_mut(&mut buffer);
+        reader.read_exact(slice)?;
     } else {
         read_swapped(reader, length, &mut buffer, is_little_endian)?;
     }
@@ -108,14 +102,7 @@ fn read_compressed_buffer<T: NativeType, R: Read + Seek>(
     let mut slice = vec![0u8; buffer_length];
     reader.read_exact(&mut slice)?;
 
-    // Safety:
-    // This is safe because T is NativeType, which by definition can be transmuted to u8
-    let out_slice = unsafe {
-        std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
-            buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8,
-            length * std::mem::size_of::<T>(),
-        )
-    };
+    let out_slice = bytemuck::cast_slice_mut(&mut buffer);
 
     match compression.codec() {
         CompressionType::LZ4_FRAME => {

src/io/ipc/write/serialize.rs

@@ -765,12 +765,7 @@ fn _write_compressed_buffer_from_iter<T: NativeType, I: TrustedLen<Item = T>>(
 fn _write_buffer<T: NativeType>(buffer: &[T], arrow_data: &mut Vec<u8>, is_little_endian: bool) {
     if is_little_endian == is_native_little_endian() {
         // in native endianess we can use the bytes directly.
-        let buffer = unsafe {
-            std::slice::from_raw_parts(
-                buffer.as_ptr() as *const u8,
-                buffer.len() * std::mem::size_of::<T>(),
-            )
-        };
+        let buffer = bytemuck::cast_slice(buffer);
         arrow_data.extend_from_slice(buffer);
     } else {
         _write_buffer_from_iter(buffer.iter().copied(), arrow_data, is_little_endian)
@@ -784,12 +779,7 @@ fn _write_compressed_buffer<T: NativeType>(
     compression: Compression,
 ) {
     if is_little_endian == is_native_little_endian() {
-        let bytes = unsafe {
-            std::slice::from_raw_parts(
-                buffer.as_ptr() as *const u8,
-                buffer.len() * std::mem::size_of::<T>(),
-            )
-        };
+        let bytes = bytemuck::cast_slice(buffer);
         arrow_data.extend_from_slice(&(bytes.len() as i64).to_le_bytes());
         match compression {
             Compression::LZ4 => {

src/io/json/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
-#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 //! Convert data between the Arrow memory format and JSON line-delimited records.
 
 pub mod read;

src/io/mod.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 //! Contains modules to interface with other formats such as [`csv`],
 //! [`parquet`], [`json`], [`ipc`], [`mod@print`] and [`avro`].
 #[cfg(any(

src/io/parquet/read/primitive/basic.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use parquet2::{
 };
 
 use super::super::utils as other_utils;
-use super::utils::ExactChunksIter;
+use super::utils::chunks;
 use super::ColumnDescriptor;
 use crate::{
     bitmap::{utils::BitmapIter, MutableBitmap},
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ fn read_nullable<T, A, F>(
     F: Fn(T) -> A,
 {
     let length = additional + values.len();
-    let mut chunks = ExactChunksIter::<T>::new(values_buffer);
+    let mut chunks = chunks(values_buffer);
 
     let validity_iterator = hybrid_rle::Decoder::new(validity_buffer, 1);
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ where
     F: Fn(T) -> A,
 {
     assert_eq!(values_buffer.len(), additional * std::mem::size_of::<T>());
-    let iterator = ExactChunksIter::<T>::new(values_buffer);
+    let iterator = chunks(values_buffer);
 
     let iterator = iterator.map(op);
 

src/io/parquet/read/primitive/nested.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use parquet2::{
 
 use super::super::nested_utils::extend_offsets;
 use super::ColumnDescriptor;
-use super::{super::utils, utils::ExactChunksIter, Nested};
+use super::{super::utils, utils::chunks, Nested};
 use crate::{
     bitmap::MutableBitmap, error::Result, trusted_len::TrustedLen,
     types::NativeType as ArrowNativeType,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fn read<T, A, F>(
     A: ArrowNativeType,
     F: Fn(T) -> A,
 {
-    let new_values = ExactChunksIter::<T>::new(values_buffer);
+    let new_values = chunks(values_buffer);
 
     let max_rep_level = rep_level_encoding.1 as u32;
     let max_def_level = def_level_encoding.1 as u32;

src/io/parquet/read/primitive/utils.rs

@@ -1,44 +1,17 @@
-use crate::trusted_len::TrustedLen;
-
-use std::{convert::TryInto, hint::unreachable_unchecked};
+use std::convert::TryInto;
 
 use parquet2::types::NativeType;
 
-pub struct ExactChunksIter<'a, T: NativeType> {
-    chunks: std::slice::ChunksExact<'a, u8>,
-    phantom: std::marker::PhantomData<T>,
-}
-
-impl<'a, T: NativeType> ExactChunksIter<'a, T> {
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn new(slice: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
-        assert_eq!(slice.len() % std::mem::size_of::<T>(), 0);
-        let chunks = slice.chunks_exact(std::mem::size_of::<T>());
-        Self {
-            chunks,
-            phantom: std::marker::PhantomData,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, T: NativeType> Iterator for ExactChunksIter<'a, T> {
-    type Item = T;
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        self.chunks.next().map(|chunk| {
-            let chunk: <T as NativeType>::Bytes = match chunk.try_into() {
-                Ok(v) => v,
-                Err(_) => unsafe { unreachable_unchecked() },
-            };
-            T::from_le_bytes(chunk)
-        })
-    }
+use crate::trusted_len::TrustedLen;
 
-    #[inline]
-    fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
-        self.chunks.size_hint()
-    }
+pub fn chunks<T: NativeType>(bytes: &[u8]) -> impl TrustedLen<Item = T> + '_ {
+    assert_eq!(bytes.len() % std::mem::size_of::<T>(), 0);
+    let chunks = bytes.chunks_exact(std::mem::size_of::<T>());
+    chunks.map(|chunk| {
+        let chunk: <T as NativeType>::Bytes = match chunk.try_into() {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(_) => unreachable!(),
+        };
+        T::from_le_bytes(chunk)
+    })
 }
-
-unsafe impl<'a, T: NativeType> TrustedLen for ExactChunksIter<'a, T> {}

src/types/native.rs

@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::ops::Neg;
 
+use bytemuck::{Pod, Zeroable};
+
 use super::PrimitiveType;
 
 /// Sealed trait implemented by all physical types that can be allocated,
 /// serialized and deserialized by this crate.
 /// All O(N) allocations in this crate are done for this trait alone.
 pub trait NativeType:
     super::private::Sealed
+    + Pod
     + Send
     + Sync
     + Sized
-    + Copy
     + std::fmt::Debug
     + std::fmt::Display
     + PartialEq
     + Default
-    + 'static
 {
     /// The corresponding variant of [`PrimitiveType`].
     const PRIMITIVE: PrimitiveType;
@@ -84,8 +85,9 @@ native_type!(f64, PrimitiveType::Float64);
 native_type!(i128, PrimitiveType::Int128);
 
 /// The in-memory representation of the DayMillisecond variant of arrow's "Interval" logical type.
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Zeroable, Pod)]
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+#[repr(C)]
 pub struct days_ms([i32; 2]);
 
 impl days_ms {
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ impl NativeType for days_ms {
 }
 
 /// The in-memory representation of the MonthDayNano variant of the "Interval" logical type.
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Zeroable, Pod)]
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct months_days_ns(i32, i32, i64);