Eliminate ZST allocations in Box and Vec

library/alloc/src/boxed.rs

@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ use core::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use core::iter::FusedIterator;
 use core::marker::Tuple;
 use core::marker::Unsize;
-use core::mem;
+use core::mem::{self, SizedTypeProperties};
 use core::ops::{
     CoerceUnsized, Deref, DerefMut, DispatchFromDyn, Generator, GeneratorState, Receiver,
 };
 use core::pin::Pin;
-use core::ptr::{self, Unique};
+use core::ptr::{self, NonNull, Unique};
 use core::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
@@ -479,8 +479,12 @@ impl<T, A: Allocator> Box<T, A> {
     where
         A: Allocator,
     {
+        let ptr = if T::IS_ZST {
+            NonNull::dangling()
+        } else {
             let layout = Layout::new::<mem::MaybeUninit<T>>();
-        let ptr = alloc.allocate(layout)?.cast();
+            alloc.allocate(layout)?.cast()
+        };
         unsafe { Ok(Box::from_raw_in(ptr.as_ptr(), alloc)) }
     }
 
@@ -549,8 +553,12 @@ impl<T, A: Allocator> Box<T, A> {
     where
         A: Allocator,
     {
+        let ptr = if T::IS_ZST {
+            NonNull::dangling()
+        } else {
             let layout = Layout::new::<mem::MaybeUninit<T>>();
-        let ptr = alloc.allocate_zeroed(layout)?.cast();
+            alloc.allocate_zeroed(layout)?.cast()
+        };
         unsafe { Ok(Box::from_raw_in(ptr.as_ptr(), alloc)) }
     }
 
@@ -675,14 +683,16 @@ impl<T> Box<[T]> {
     #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn try_new_uninit_slice(len: usize) -> Result<Box<[mem::MaybeUninit<T>]>, AllocError> {
-        unsafe {
+        let ptr = if T::IS_ZST || len == 0 {
+            NonNull::dangling()
+        } else {
             let layout = match Layout::array::<mem::MaybeUninit<T>>(len) {
                 Ok(l) => l,
                 Err(_) => return Err(AllocError),
             };
-            let ptr = Global.allocate(layout)?;
+            Global.allocate(layout)?.cast()
-            Ok(RawVec::from_raw_parts_in(ptr.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _, len, Global).into_box(len))
+        };
-        }
+        unsafe { Ok(RawVec::from_raw_parts_in(ptr.as_ptr(), len, Global).into_box(len)) }
     }
 
     /// Constructs a new boxed slice with uninitialized contents, with the memory
@@ -707,14 +717,16 @@ impl<T> Box<[T]> {
     #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")]
     #[inline]
     pub fn try_new_zeroed_slice(len: usize) -> Result<Box<[mem::MaybeUninit<T>]>, AllocError> {
-        unsafe {
+        let ptr = if T::IS_ZST || len == 0 {
+            NonNull::dangling()
+        } else {
             let layout = match Layout::array::<mem::MaybeUninit<T>>(len) {
                 Ok(l) => l,
                 Err(_) => return Err(AllocError),
             };
-            let ptr = Global.allocate_zeroed(layout)?;
+            Global.allocate_zeroed(layout)?.cast()
-            Ok(RawVec::from_raw_parts_in(ptr.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _, len, Global).into_box(len))
+        };
-        }
+        unsafe { Ok(RawVec::from_raw_parts_in(ptr.as_ptr(), len, Global).into_box(len)) }
     }
 }
 
@@ -1219,7 +1231,9 @@ unsafe impl<#[may_dangle] T: ?Sized, A: Allocator> Drop for Box<T, A> {
 
         unsafe {
             let layout = Layout::for_value_raw(ptr.as_ptr());
-            self.1.deallocate(From::from(ptr.cast()), layout)
+            if layout.size() != 0 {
+                self.1.deallocate(From::from(ptr.cast()), layout);
+            }
         }
     }
 }

library/alloc/src/raw_vec.rs

@@ -432,6 +432,15 @@ impl<T, A: Allocator> RawVec<T, A> {
         let (ptr, layout) = if let Some(mem) = self.current_memory() { mem } else { return Ok(()) };
         // See current_memory() why this assert is here
         let _: () = const { assert!(mem::size_of::<T>() % mem::align_of::<T>() == 0) };
+
+        // If shrinking to 0, deallocate the buffer. We don't reach this point
+        // for the T::IS_ZST case since current_memory() will have returned
+        // None.
+        if cap == 0 {
+            unsafe { self.alloc.deallocate(ptr, layout) };
+            self.ptr = Unique::dangling();
+            self.cap = 0;
+        } else {
             let ptr = unsafe {
                 // `Layout::array` cannot overflow here because it would have
                 // overflowed earlier when capacity was larger.
@@ -442,6 +451,7 @@ impl<T, A: Allocator> RawVec<T, A> {
                     .map_err(|_| AllocError { layout: new_layout, non_exhaustive: () })?
             };
             self.set_ptr_and_cap(ptr, cap);
+        }
         Ok(())
     }
 }

library/alloc/tests/vec.rs

@@ -2497,3 +2497,68 @@ fn test_into_flattened_size_overflow() {
     let v = vec![[(); usize::MAX]; 2];
     let _ = v.into_flattened();
 }
+
+#[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
+#[test]
+fn test_box_zero_allocator() {
+    use core::{alloc::AllocError, cell::RefCell};
+    use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+    // Track ZST allocations and ensure that they all have a matching free.
+    struct ZstTracker {
+        state: RefCell<(HashSet<usize>, usize)>,
+    }
+    unsafe impl Allocator for ZstTracker {
+        fn allocate(&self, layout: Layout) -> Result<NonNull<[u8]>, AllocError> {
+            let ptr = if layout.size() == 0 {
+                let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
+                let addr = state.1;
+                assert!(state.0.insert(addr));
+                state.1 += 1;
+                std::println!("allocating {addr}");
+                std::ptr::invalid_mut(addr)
+            } else {
+                unsafe { std::alloc::alloc(layout) }
+            };
+            Ok(NonNull::slice_from_raw_parts(NonNull::new(ptr).ok_or(AllocError)?, layout.size()))
+        }
+
+        unsafe fn deallocate(&self, ptr: NonNull<u8>, layout: Layout) {
+            if layout.size() == 0 {
+                let addr = ptr.as_ptr() as usize;
+                let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
+                std::println!("freeing {addr}");
+                assert!(state.0.remove(&addr), "ZST free that wasn't allocated");
+            } else {
+                unsafe { std::alloc::dealloc(ptr.as_ptr(), layout) }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Start the state at 100 to avoid returning null pointers.
+    let alloc = ZstTracker { state: RefCell::new((HashSet::new(), 100)) };
+
+    // Ensure that unsizing retains the same behavior.
+    {
+        let b1: Box<[u8; 0], &ZstTracker> = Box::new_in([], &alloc);
+        let b2: Box<[u8], &ZstTracker> = b1.clone();
+        let _b3: Box<[u8], &ZstTracker> = b2.clone();
+    }
+
+    // Ensure that shrinking doesn't leak a ZST allocation.
+    {
+        let mut v1: Vec<u8, &ZstTracker> = Vec::with_capacity_in(100, &alloc);
+        v1.shrink_to_fit();
+    }
+
+    // Ensure that conversion to/from vec works.
+    {
+        let v1: Vec<(), &ZstTracker> = Vec::with_capacity_in(100, &alloc);
+        let _b1: Box<[()], &ZstTracker> = v1.into_boxed_slice();
+        let b2: Box<[()], &ZstTracker> = Box::new_in([(), (), ()], &alloc);
+        let _v2: Vec<(), &ZstTracker> = b2.into();
+    }
+
+    // Ensure all ZSTs have been freed.
+    assert!(alloc.state.borrow().0.is_empty());
+}

tests/ui/hygiene/panic-location.run.stderr

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-thread 'main' panicked at 'capacity overflow', library/alloc/src/raw_vec.rs:524:5
+thread 'main' panicked at 'capacity overflow', library/alloc/src/raw_vec.rs:534:5
 note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace