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Auto merge of #67339 - CAD97:rc-provenance, r=sfackler
Use pointer offset instead of deref for A/Rc::into_raw Internals thread: https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/rc-and-internal-mutability/11463/2?u=cad97 The current implementation of (`A`)`Rc::into_raw` uses the `Deref::deref` implementation to get the pointer-to-data that is returned. This is problematic in the proposed Stacked Borrow rules, as this only gets shared provenance over the data location. (Note that the strong/weak counts are `UnsafeCell` (`Cell`/`Atomic`) so shared provenance can still mutate them, but the data itself is not.) When promoted back to a real reference counted pointer, the restored pointer can be used for mutation through `::get_mut` (if it is the only surviving reference). However, this mutates through a pointer ultimately derived from a `&T` borrow, violating the Stacked Borrow rules. There are three known potential solutions to this issue: - Stacked Borrows is wrong, liballoc is correct. - Fully admit (`A`)`Rc` as an "internal mutability" type and store the data payload in an `UnsafeCell` like the strong/weak counts are. (Note: this is not needed generally since the `RcBox`/`ArcInner` is stored behind a shared `NonNull` which maintains shared write provenance as a raw pointer.) - Adjust `into_raw` to do direct manipulation of the pointer (like `from_raw`) so that it maintains write provenance and doesn't derive the pointer from a reference. This PR implements the third option, as recommended by @RalfJung. Potential future work: provide `as_raw` and `clone_raw` associated functions to allow the [`&T` -> (`A`)`Rc<T>` pattern](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/rc-and-internal-mutability/11463/2?u=cad97) to be used soundly without creating (`A`)`Rc` from references.
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