#![no_std] #![warn(missing_docs)] //! This crate gives small utilities for casting between plain data types. //! //! ## Basics //! //! Data comes in five basic forms in Rust, so we have five basic casting //! functions: //! //! * `T` uses [`cast`] //! * `&T` uses [`cast_ref`] //! * `&mut T` uses [`cast_mut`] //! * `&[T]` uses [`cast_slice`] //! * `&mut [T]` uses [`cast_slice_mut`] //! //! Some casts will never fail (eg: `cast::` always works), other //! casts might fail (eg: `cast_ref::<[u8; 4], u32>` will fail if the reference //! isn't already aligned to 4). Each casting function has a "try" version which //! will return a `Result`, and the "normal" version which will simply panic on //! invalid input. //! //! ## Using Your Own Types //! //! All the functions here are guarded by the [`Pod`] trait, which is a //! sub-trait of the [`Zeroable`] trait. //! //! If you're very sure that your type is eligible, you can implement those //! traits for your type and then they'll have full casting support. However, //! these traits are `unsafe`, and you should carefully read the requirements //! before adding the them to your own types. //! //! ## Features //! //! * This crate is core only by default, but if you're using Rust 1.36 or later //! you can enable the `extern_crate_alloc` cargo feature for some additional //! methods related to `Box` and `Vec`. Note that the `docs.rs` documentation //! is always built with `extern_crate_alloc` cargo feature enabled. #[cfg(target_arch = "x86")] use core::arch::x86; #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")] use core::arch::x86_64; // use core::{marker::*, mem::*, num::*, ptr::*}; // Used from macros to ensure we aren't using some locally defined name and // actually are referencing libcore. This also would allow pre-2018 edition // crates to use our macros, but I'm not sure how important that is. #[doc(hidden)] pub use ::core as __core; macro_rules! impl_unsafe_marker_for_array { ( $marker:ident , $( $n:expr ),* ) => { $(unsafe impl $marker for [T; $n] where T: $marker {})* } } #[cfg(feature = "extern_crate_std")] extern crate std; #[cfg(feature = "extern_crate_alloc")] extern crate alloc; #[cfg(feature = "extern_crate_alloc")] pub mod allocation; #[cfg(feature = "extern_crate_alloc")] pub use allocation::*; mod zeroable; pub use zeroable::*; mod pod; pub use pod::*; mod contiguous; pub use contiguous::*; mod offset_of; pub use offset_of::*; mod transparent; pub use transparent::*; #[cfg(feature = "derive")] pub use bytemuck_derive::{Zeroable, Pod, TransparentWrapper, Contiguous}; /* Note(Lokathor): We've switched all of the `unwrap` to `match` because there is apparently a bug: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/68667 and it doesn't seem to show up in simple godbolt examples but has been reported as having an impact when there's a cast mixed in with other more complicated code around it. Rustc/LLVM ends up missing that the `Err` can't ever happen for particular type combinations, and then it doesn't fully eliminated the panic possibility code branch. */ /// Immediately panics. #[cold] #[inline(never)] fn something_went_wrong(src: &str, err: PodCastError) -> ! { // Note(Lokathor): Keeping the panic here makes the panic _formatting_ go // here too, which helps assembly readability and also helps keep down // the inline pressure. panic!("{src}>{err:?}", src = src, err = err) } /// Re-interprets `&T` as `&[u8]`. /// /// Any ZST becomes an empty slice, and in that case the pointer value of that /// empty slice might not match the pointer value of the input reference. #[inline] pub fn bytes_of(t: &T) -> &[u8] { match try_cast_slice::(core::slice::from_ref(t)) { Ok(s) => s, Err(_) => unreachable!(), } } /// Re-interprets `&mut T` as `&mut [u8]`. /// /// Any ZST becomes an empty slice, and in that case the pointer value of that /// empty slice might not match the pointer value of the input reference. #[inline] pub fn bytes_of_mut(t: &mut T) -> &mut [u8] { match try_cast_slice_mut::(core::slice::from_mut(t)) { Ok(s) => s, Err(_) => unreachable!(), } } /// Re-interprets `&[u8]` as `&T`. /// /// ## Panics /// /// This is [`try_from_bytes`] but will panic on error. #[inline] pub fn from_bytes(s: &[u8]) -> &T { match try_from_bytes(s) { Ok(t) => t, Err(e) => something_went_wrong("from_bytes", e), } } /// Re-interprets `&mut [u8]` as `&mut T`. /// /// ## Panics /// /// This is [`try_from_bytes_mut`] but will panic on error. #[inline] pub fn from_bytes_mut(s: &mut [u8]) -> &mut T { match try_from_bytes_mut(s) { Ok(t) => t, Err(e) => something_went_wrong("from_bytes_mut", e), } } /// Re-interprets `&[u8]` as `&T`. /// /// ## Failure /// /// * If the slice isn't aligned for the new type /// * If the slice's length isn’t exactly the size of the new type #[inline] pub fn try_from_bytes(s: &[u8]) -> Result<&T, PodCastError> { if s.len() != size_of::() { Err(PodCastError::SizeMismatch) } else if (s.as_ptr() as usize) % align_of::() != 0 { Err(PodCastError::TargetAlignmentGreaterAndInputNotAligned) } else { Ok(unsafe { &*(s.as_ptr() as *const T) }) } } /// Re-interprets `&mut [u8]` as `&mut T`. /// /// ## Failure /// /// * If the slice isn't aligned for the new type /// * If the slice's length isn’t exactly the size of the new type #[inline] pub fn try_from_bytes_mut( s: &mut [u8], ) -> Result<&mut T, PodCastError> { if s.len() != size_of::() { Err(PodCastError::SizeMismatch) } else if (s.as_ptr() as usize) % align_of::() != 0 { Err(PodCastError::TargetAlignmentGreaterAndInputNotAligned) } else { Ok(unsafe { &mut *(s.as_mut_ptr() as *mut T) }) } } /// The things that can go wrong when casting between [`Pod`] data forms. #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)] pub enum PodCastError { /// You tried to cast a slice to an element type with a higher alignment /// requirement but the slice wasn't aligned. TargetAlignmentGreaterAndInputNotAligned, /// If the element size changes then the output slice changes length /// accordingly. If the output slice wouldn't be a whole number of elements /// then the conversion fails. OutputSliceWouldHaveSlop, /// When casting a slice you can't convert between ZST elements and non-ZST /// elements. When casting an individual `T`, `&T`, or `&mut T` value the /// source size and destination size must be an exact match. SizeMismatch, /// For this type of cast the alignments must be exactly the same and they /// were not so now you're sad. /// /// This error is generated **only** by operations that cast allocated types /// (such as `Box` and `Vec`), because in that case the alignment must stay /// exact. AlignmentMismatch, } impl core::fmt::Display for PodCastError { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter) -> core::fmt::Result { write!(f, "{:?}", self) } } #[cfg(feature = "extern_crate_std")] impl std::error::Error for PodCastError {} /// Cast `T` into `U` /// /// ## Panics /// /// * This is like [`try_cast`](try_cast), but will panic on a size mismatch. #[inline] pub fn cast(a: A) -> B { if size_of::() == size_of::() { unsafe { core::mem::transmute_copy(&a) } } else { something_went_wrong("cast", PodCastError::SizeMismatch) } } /// Cast `&mut T` into `&mut U`. /// /// ## Panics /// /// This is [`try_cast_mut`] but will panic on error. #[inline] pub fn cast_mut(a: &mut A) -> &mut B { if size_of::() == size_of::() && align_of::() >= align_of::() { // Plz mr compiler, just notice that we can't ever hit Err in this case. match try_cast_mut(a) { Ok(b) => b, Err(_) => unreachable!(), } } else { match try_cast_mut(a) { Ok(b) => b, Err(e) => something_went_wrong("cast_mut", e), } } } /// Cast `&T` into `&U`. /// /// ## Panics /// /// This is [`try_cast_ref`] but will panic on error. #[inline] pub fn cast_ref(a: &A) -> &B { if size_of::() == size_of::() && align_of::() >= align_of::() { // Plz mr compiler, just notice that we can't ever hit Err in this case. match try_cast_ref(a) { Ok(b) => b, Err(_) => unreachable!(), } } else { match try_cast_ref(a) { Ok(b) => b, Err(e) => something_went_wrong("cast_ref", e), } } } /// Cast `&[A]` into `&[B]`. /// /// ## Panics /// /// This is [`try_cast_slice`] but will panic on error. #[inline] pub fn cast_slice(a: &[A]) -> &[B] { match try_cast_slice(a) { Ok(b) => b, Err(e) => something_went_wrong("cast_slice", e), } } /// Cast `&mut [T]` into `&mut [U]`. /// /// ## Panics /// /// This is [`try_cast_slice_mut`] but will panic on error. #[inline] pub fn cast_slice_mut(a: &mut [A]) -> &mut [B] { match try_cast_slice_mut(a) { Ok(b) => b, Err(e) => something_went_wrong("cast_slice_mut", e), } } /// As `align_to`, but safe because of the [`Pod`] bound. #[inline] pub fn pod_align_to(vals: &[T]) -> (&[T], &[U], &[T]) { unsafe { vals.align_to::() } } /// As `align_to_mut`, but safe because of the [`Pod`] bound. #[inline] pub fn pod_align_to_mut( vals: &mut [T], ) -> (&mut [T], &mut [U], &mut [T]) { unsafe { vals.align_to_mut::() } } /// Try to cast `T` into `U`. /// /// Note that for this particular type of cast, alignment isn't a factor. The /// input value is semantically copied into the function and then returned to a /// new memory location which will have whatever the required alignment of the /// output type is. /// /// ## Failure /// /// * If the types don't have the same size this fails. #[inline] pub fn try_cast(a: A) -> Result { if size_of::() == size_of::() { Ok(unsafe { core::mem::transmute_copy(&a) }) } else { Err(PodCastError::SizeMismatch) } } /// Try to convert a `&T` into `&U`. /// /// ## Failure /// /// * If the reference isn't aligned in the new type /// * If the source type and target type aren't the same size. #[inline] pub fn try_cast_ref(a: &A) -> Result<&B, PodCastError> { // Note(Lokathor): everything with `align_of` and `size_of` will optimize away // after monomorphization. if align_of::() > align_of::() && (a as *const A as usize) % align_of::() != 0 { Err(PodCastError::TargetAlignmentGreaterAndInputNotAligned) } else if size_of::() == size_of::() { Ok(unsafe { &*(a as *const A as *const B) }) } else { Err(PodCastError::SizeMismatch) } } /// Try to convert a `&mut T` into `&mut U`. /// /// As [`try_cast_ref`], but `mut`. #[inline] pub fn try_cast_mut(a: &mut A) -> Result<&mut B, PodCastError> { // Note(Lokathor): everything with `align_of` and `size_of` will optimize away // after monomorphization. if align_of::() > align_of::() && (a as *mut A as usize) % align_of::() != 0 { Err(PodCastError::TargetAlignmentGreaterAndInputNotAligned) } else if size_of::() == size_of::() { Ok(unsafe { &mut *(a as *mut A as *mut B) }) } else { Err(PodCastError::SizeMismatch) } } /// Try to convert `&[A]` into `&[B]` (possibly with a change in length). /// /// * `input.as_ptr() as usize == output.as_ptr() as usize` /// * `input.len() * size_of::() == output.len() * size_of::()` /// /// ## Failure /// /// * If the target type has a greater alignment requirement and the input slice /// isn't aligned. /// * If the target element type is a different size from the current element /// type, and the output slice wouldn't be a whole number of elements when /// accounting for the size change (eg: 3 `u16` values is 1.5 `u32` values, so /// that's a failure). /// * Similarly, you can't convert between a [ZST](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/exotic-sizes.html#zero-sized-types-zsts) /// and a non-ZST. #[inline] pub fn try_cast_slice(a: &[A]) -> Result<&[B], PodCastError> { // Note(Lokathor): everything with `align_of` and `size_of` will optimize away // after monomorphization. if align_of::() > align_of::() && (a.as_ptr() as usize) % align_of::() != 0 { Err(PodCastError::TargetAlignmentGreaterAndInputNotAligned) } else if size_of::() == size_of::() { Ok(unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(a.as_ptr() as *const B, a.len()) }) } else if size_of::() == 0 || size_of::() == 0 { Err(PodCastError::SizeMismatch) } else if core::mem::size_of_val(a) % size_of::() == 0 { let new_len = core::mem::size_of_val(a) / size_of::(); Ok(unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts(a.as_ptr() as *const B, new_len) }) } else { Err(PodCastError::OutputSliceWouldHaveSlop) } } /// Try to convert `&mut [A]` into `&mut [B]` (possibly with a change in /// length). /// /// As [`try_cast_slice`], but `&mut`. #[inline] pub fn try_cast_slice_mut( a: &mut [A], ) -> Result<&mut [B], PodCastError> { // Note(Lokathor): everything with `align_of` and `size_of` will optimize away // after monomorphization. if align_of::() > align_of::() && (a.as_mut_ptr() as usize) % align_of::() != 0 { Err(PodCastError::TargetAlignmentGreaterAndInputNotAligned) } else if size_of::() == size_of::() { Ok(unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(a.as_mut_ptr() as *mut B, a.len()) }) } else if size_of::() == 0 || size_of::() == 0 { Err(PodCastError::SizeMismatch) } else if core::mem::size_of_val(a) % size_of::() == 0 { let new_len = core::mem::size_of_val(a) / size_of::(); Ok(unsafe { core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(a.as_mut_ptr() as *mut B, new_len) }) } else { Err(PodCastError::OutputSliceWouldHaveSlop) } }