Ban ArrayToPointer and MutToConstPointer from runtime MIR

Apparently MIR borrowck cares about at least one of these for checking variance.

In runtime MIR, though, there's no need for them as `PtrToPtr` does the same thing.

(Banning them simplifies passes like GVN that no longer need to handle multiple cast possibilities.)

compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/cleanup_post_borrowck.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 
 use crate::MirPass;
 use rustc_middle::mir::coverage::CoverageKind;
-use rustc_middle::mir::{Body, BorrowKind, Rvalue, StatementKind, TerminatorKind};
+use rustc_middle::mir::{Body, BorrowKind, CastKind, Rvalue, StatementKind, TerminatorKind};
+use rustc_middle::ty::adjustment::PointerCoercion;
 use rustc_middle::ty::TyCtxt;
 
 pub struct CleanupPostBorrowck;
@@ -36,6 +37,22 @@ impl<'tcx> MirPass<'tcx> for CleanupPostBorrowck {
                         CoverageKind::BlockMarker { .. } | CoverageKind::SpanMarker { .. },
                     )
                     | StatementKind::FakeRead(..) => statement.make_nop(),
+                    StatementKind::Assign(box (
+                        _,
+                        Rvalue::Cast(
+                            ref mut cast_kind @ CastKind::PointerCoercion(
+                                PointerCoercion::ArrayToPointer
+                                | PointerCoercion::MutToConstPointer,
+                            ),
+                            ..,
+                        ),
+                    )) => {
+                        // BorrowCk needed to track whether these cases were coercions or casts,
+                        // to know whether to check lifetimes in their pointees,
+                        // but from now on that distinction doesn't matter,
+                        // so just make them ordinary pointer casts instead.
+                        *cast_kind = CastKind::PtrToPtr;
+                    }
                     _ => (),
                 }
             }

compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/gvn.rs

@@ -571,11 +571,7 @@ impl<'body, 'tcx> VnState<'body, 'tcx> {
                     let ret = self.ecx.ptr_to_ptr(&src, to).ok()?;
                     ret.into()
                 }
-                CastKind::PointerCoercion(
-                    ty::adjustment::PointerCoercion::MutToConstPointer
-                    | ty::adjustment::PointerCoercion::ArrayToPointer
-                    | ty::adjustment::PointerCoercion::UnsafeFnPointer,
-                ) => {
+                CastKind::PointerCoercion(ty::adjustment::PointerCoercion::UnsafeFnPointer) => {
                     let src = self.evaluated[value].as_ref()?;
                     let src = self.ecx.read_immediate(src).ok()?;
                     let to = self.ecx.layout_of(to).ok()?;
@@ -1164,10 +1160,10 @@ impl<'body, 'tcx> VnState<'body, 'tcx> {
             }
         }
 
-        if let PtrToPtr | PointerCoercion(MutToConstPointer) = kind
+        if let PtrToPtr = kind
             && let Value::Cast { kind: inner_kind, value: inner_value, from: inner_from, to: _ } =
                 *self.get(value)
-            && let PtrToPtr | PointerCoercion(MutToConstPointer) = inner_kind
+            && let PtrToPtr = inner_kind
         {
             from = inner_from;
             value = inner_value;

compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/lib.rs

@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ mod abort_unwinding_calls;
 mod add_call_guards;
 mod add_moves_for_packed_drops;
 mod add_retag;
+mod add_subtyping_projections;
+mod check_alignment;
 mod check_const_item_mutation;
 mod check_packed_ref;
-mod remove_place_mention;
 // This pass is public to allow external drivers to perform MIR cleanup
-mod add_subtyping_projections;
 pub mod cleanup_post_borrowck;
 mod copy_prop;
 mod coroutine;
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ mod prettify;
 mod promote_consts;
 mod ref_prop;
 mod remove_noop_landing_pads;
+mod remove_place_mention;
 mod remove_storage_markers;
 mod remove_uninit_drops;
 mod remove_unneeded_drops;
@@ -103,7 +104,6 @@ mod reveal_all;
 mod shim;
 mod ssa;
 // This pass is public to allow external drivers to perform MIR cleanup
-mod check_alignment;
 pub mod simplify;
 mod simplify_branches;
 mod simplify_comparison_integral;

compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/validate.rs

@@ -1188,6 +1188,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
                             "CastKind::{kind:?} output must be a raw const pointer, not {:?}",
                             ty::RawPtr(_, Mutability::Not)
                         );
+                        if self.mir_phase >= MirPhase::Analysis(AnalysisPhase::PostCleanup) {
+                            self.fail(location, format!("After borrowck, MIR disallows {kind:?}"));
+                        }
                     }
                     CastKind::PointerCoercion(PointerCoercion::ArrayToPointer) => {
                         // FIXME: Check pointee types
@@ -1201,6 +1204,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
                             "CastKind::{kind:?} output must be a raw pointer, not {:?}",
                             ty::RawPtr(..)
                         );
+                        if self.mir_phase >= MirPhase::Analysis(AnalysisPhase::PostCleanup) {
+                            self.fail(location, format!("After borrowck, MIR disallows {kind:?}"));
+                        }
                     }
                     CastKind::PointerCoercion(PointerCoercion::Unsize) => {
                         // This is used for all `CoerceUnsized` types,
@@ -1212,7 +1218,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
                         if !input_valid || !target_valid {
                             self.fail(
                                 location,
-                                format!("Wrong cast kind {kind:?} for the type {op_ty}",),
+                                format!("Wrong cast kind {kind:?} for the type {op_ty}"),
                             );
                         }
                     }