Remove the const_raw_ptr_comparison feature gate.

We can never supply a meaningful implementation of this.
Instead, the follow up commits will create two intrinsics
that approximate comparisons:

* `ptr_maybe_eq`
* `ptr_maybe_ne`

The fact that `ptr_maybe_eq(a, b)` is not necessarily the same
value as `!ptr_maybe_ne(a, b)` is a symptom of this entire
problem.

src/librustc_feature/active.rs

@@ -401,9 +401,6 @@ declare_features! (
     /// Allows dereferencing raw pointers during const eval.
     (active, const_raw_ptr_deref, "1.27.0", Some(51911), None),
 
-    /// Allows comparing raw pointers during const eval.
-    (active, const_compare_raw_pointers, "1.27.0", Some(53020), None),
-
     /// Allows `#[doc(alias = "...")]`.
     (active, doc_alias, "1.27.0", Some(50146), None),
 

src/librustc_feature/removed.rs

@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ declare_features! (
      Some("removed in favor of `#![feature(marker_trait_attr)]`")),
     /// Allows `#[no_debug]`.
     (removed, no_debug, "1.43.0", Some(29721), None, Some("removed due to lack of demand")),
+
+    /// Allows comparing raw pointers during const eval.
+    (removed, const_compare_raw_pointers, "1.46.0", Some(53020), None,
+     Some("cannot be allowed in const eval in any meaningful way")),
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // feature-group-end: removed features
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/librustc_mir/transform/check_consts/ops.rs

@@ -284,18 +284,24 @@ impl NonConstOp for Panic {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct RawPtrComparison;
 impl NonConstOp for RawPtrComparison {
-    fn feature_gate() -> Option<Symbol> {
-        Some(sym::const_compare_raw_pointers)
-    }
-
     fn emit_error(&self, ccx: &ConstCx<'_, '_>, span: Span) {
-        feature_err(
-            &ccx.tcx.sess.parse_sess,
-            sym::const_compare_raw_pointers,
+        let mut err = ccx.tcx.sess.struct_span_err(
             span,
-            &format!("comparing raw pointers inside {}", ccx.const_kind()),
-        )
-        .emit();
+            "pointers cannot be compared in a meaningful way during const eval.",
+        );
+        err.note(
+            "It is conceptually impossible for const eval to know in all cases whether two \
+             pointers are equal. While sometimes it is clear (the address of a static item \
+             is never equal to the address of another static item), comparing an integer \
+             address with any allocation's address is impossible to do at compile-time.",
+        );
+        err.note(
+            "That said, there's the `ptr_maybe_eq` intrinsic which returns `true` for all \
+             comparisons where CTFE isn't sure whether two addresses are equal. The mirror \
+             intrinsic `ptr_maybe_ne` returns `true` for all comparisons where CTFE isn't \
+             sure whether two addresses are inequal.",
+        );
+        err.emit();
     }
 }
 

src/librustc_mir/transform/check_unsafety.rs

@@ -171,21 +171,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for UnsafetyChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
                     _ => {}
                 }
             }
-            // raw pointer and fn pointer operations are unsafe as it is not clear whether one
-            // pointer would be "less" or "equal" to another, because we cannot know where llvm
-            // or the linker will place various statics in memory. Without this information the
-            // result of a comparison of addresses would differ between runtime and compile-time.
-            Rvalue::BinaryOp(_, ref lhs, _)
-                if self.const_context && self.tcx.features().const_compare_raw_pointers =>
-            {
-                if let ty::RawPtr(_) | ty::FnPtr(..) = lhs.ty(self.body, self.tcx).kind {
-                    self.require_unsafe(
-                        "pointer operation",
-                        "operations on pointers in constants",
-                        UnsafetyViolationKind::General,
-                    );
-                }
-            }
             _ => {}
         }
         self.super_rvalue(rvalue, location);

src/librustc_typeck/collect/type_of.rs

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ use rustc_middle::hir::map::Map;
 use rustc_middle::ty::subst::{GenericArgKind, InternalSubsts};
 use rustc_middle::ty::util::IntTypeExt;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, DefIdTree, Ty, TyCtxt, TypeFoldable};
-use rustc_session::parse::feature_err;
-use rustc_span::symbol::{sym, Ident};
+use rustc_span::symbol::Ident;
 use rustc_span::{Span, DUMMY_SP};
 use rustc_trait_selection::traits;
 
@@ -303,25 +302,22 @@ pub(super) fn type_of(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, def_id: DefId) -> Ty<'_> {
             GenericParamKind::Type { default: Some(ref ty), .. } => icx.to_ty(ty),
             GenericParamKind::Const { ty: ref hir_ty, .. } => {
                 let ty = icx.to_ty(hir_ty);
-                if !tcx.features().const_compare_raw_pointers {
-                    let err = match ty.peel_refs().kind {
-                        ty::FnPtr(_) => Some("function pointers"),
-                        ty::RawPtr(_) => Some("raw pointers"),
-                        _ => None,
-                    };
-                    if let Some(unsupported_type) = err {
-                        feature_err(
-                            &tcx.sess.parse_sess,
-                            sym::const_compare_raw_pointers,
+                let err = match ty.peel_refs().kind {
+                    ty::FnPtr(_) => Some("function pointers"),
+                    ty::RawPtr(_) => Some("raw pointers"),
+                    _ => None,
+                };
+                if let Some(unsupported_type) = err {
+                    tcx.sess
+                        .struct_span_err(
                             hir_ty.span,
                             &format!(
-                                "using {} as const generic parameters is unstable",
+                                "using {} as const generic parameters is forbidden",
                                 unsupported_type
                             ),
                         )
                         .emit();
-                    };
-                }
+                };
                 if traits::search_for_structural_match_violation(param.hir_id, param.span, tcx, ty)
                     .is_some()
                 {

src/test/ui/const-generics/fn-const-param-call.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-// run-pass
-
-#![feature(const_generics, const_compare_raw_pointers)]
+#![feature(const_generics)]
 //~^ WARN the feature `const_generics` is incomplete
 
 fn function() -> u32 {
     17
 }
 
-struct Wrapper<const F: fn() -> u32>;
+struct Wrapper<const F: fn() -> u32>; //~ ERROR: using function pointers as const generic parameters
 
 impl<const F: fn() -> u32> Wrapper<F> {
+//~^ ERROR: using function pointers as const generic parameters
     fn call() -> u32 {
         F()
     }

src/test/ui/const-generics/fn-const-param-call.stderr

@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 warning: the feature `const_generics` is incomplete and may not be safe to use and/or cause compiler crashes
-  --> $DIR/fn-const-param-call.rs:3:12
+  --> $DIR/fn-const-param-call.rs:1:12
    |
-LL | #![feature(const_generics, const_compare_raw_pointers)]
+LL | #![feature(const_generics)]
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: `#[warn(incomplete_features)]` on by default
    = note: see issue #44580 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44580> for more information
 
-warning: 1 warning emitted
+error: using function pointers as const generic parameters is forbidden
+  --> $DIR/fn-const-param-call.rs:8:25
+   |
+LL | struct Wrapper<const F: fn() -> u32>;
+   |                         ^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: using function pointers as const generic parameters is forbidden
+  --> $DIR/fn-const-param-call.rs:10:15
+   |
+LL | impl<const F: fn() -> u32> Wrapper<F> {
+   |               ^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors; 1 warning emitted
 

src/test/ui/const-generics/fn-const-param-infer.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-#![feature(const_generics, const_compare_raw_pointers)]
+#![feature(const_generics)]
 //~^ WARN the feature `const_generics` is incomplete
 
 struct Checked<const F: fn(usize) -> bool>;
+//~^ ERROR: using function pointers as const generic parameters
 
 fn not_one(val: usize) -> bool { val != 1 }
 fn not_two(val: usize) -> bool { val != 2 }
@@ -13,14 +14,14 @@ fn generic<T>(val: usize) -> bool { val != 1 }
 fn main() {
     let _: Option<Checked<not_one>> = None;
     let _: Checked<not_one> = Checked::<not_one>;
-    let _: Checked<not_one> = Checked::<not_two>; //~ mismatched types
+    let _: Checked<not_one> = Checked::<not_two>;
 
     let _ = Checked::<generic_arg>;
     let _ = Checked::<{generic_arg::<usize>}>;
-    let _ = Checked::<{generic_arg::<u32>}>;  //~ mismatched types
+    let _ = Checked::<{generic_arg::<u32>}>;
 
-    let _ = Checked::<generic>; //~ type annotations needed
+    let _ = Checked::<generic>;
     let _ = Checked::<{generic::<u16>}>;
     let _: Checked<{generic::<u16>}> = Checked::<{generic::<u16>}>;
-    let _: Checked<{generic::<u32>}> = Checked::<{generic::<u16>}>; //~ mismatched types
+    let _: Checked<{generic::<u32>}> = Checked::<{generic::<u16>}>;
 }

src/test/ui/const-generics/fn-const-param-infer.stderr

@@ -1,46 +1,17 @@
 warning: the feature `const_generics` is incomplete and may not be safe to use and/or cause compiler crashes
   --> $DIR/fn-const-param-infer.rs:1:12
    |
-LL | #![feature(const_generics, const_compare_raw_pointers)]
+LL | #![feature(const_generics)]
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: `#[warn(incomplete_features)]` on by default
    = note: see issue #44580 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44580> for more information
 
-error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/fn-const-param-infer.rs:16:31
+error: using function pointers as const generic parameters is forbidden
+  --> $DIR/fn-const-param-infer.rs:4:25
    |
-LL |     let _: Checked<not_one> = Checked::<not_two>;
-   |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `{not_one as fn(usize) -> bool}`, found `{not_two as fn(usize) -> bool}`
-   |
-   = note: expected type `{not_one as fn(usize) -> bool}`
-              found type `{not_two as fn(usize) -> bool}`
-
-error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/fn-const-param-infer.rs:20:24
-   |
-LL |     let _ = Checked::<{generic_arg::<u32>}>;
-   |                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `usize`, found `u32`
-   |
-   = note: expected fn pointer `fn(usize) -> _`
-                 found fn item `fn(u32) -> _ {generic_arg::<u32>}`
-
-error[E0282]: type annotations needed
-  --> $DIR/fn-const-param-infer.rs:22:23
-   |
-LL |     let _ = Checked::<generic>;
-   |                       ^^^^^^^ cannot infer type for type parameter `T` declared on the function `generic`
-
-error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/fn-const-param-infer.rs:25:40
-   |
-LL |     let _: Checked<{generic::<u32>}> = Checked::<{generic::<u16>}>;
-   |                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `{generic::<u32> as fn(usize) -> bool}`, found `{generic::<u16> as fn(usize) -> bool}`
-   |
-   = note: expected type `{generic::<u32> as fn(usize) -> bool}`
-              found type `{generic::<u16> as fn(usize) -> bool}`
+LL | struct Checked<const F: fn(usize) -> bool>;
+   |                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-error: aborting due to 4 previous errors; 1 warning emitted
+error: aborting due to previous error; 1 warning emitted
 
-Some errors have detailed explanations: E0282, E0308.
-For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0282`.

src/test/ui/const-generics/raw-ptr-const-param-deref.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-// run-pass
-#![feature(const_generics, const_compare_raw_pointers)]
+#![feature(const_generics)]
 //~^ WARN the feature `const_generics` is incomplete
 
 const A: u32 = 3;
 
-struct Const<const P: *const u32>;
+struct Const<const P: *const u32>; //~ ERROR: using raw pointers as const generic parameters
 
-impl<const P: *const u32> Const<P> {
+impl<const P: *const u32> Const<P> { //~ ERROR: using raw pointers as const generic parameters
     fn get() -> u32 {
         unsafe {
             *P

src/test/ui/const-generics/raw-ptr-const-param-deref.stderr

@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 warning: the feature `const_generics` is incomplete and may not be safe to use and/or cause compiler crashes
-  --> $DIR/raw-ptr-const-param-deref.rs:2:12
+  --> $DIR/raw-ptr-const-param-deref.rs:1:12
    |
-LL | #![feature(const_generics, const_compare_raw_pointers)]
+LL | #![feature(const_generics)]
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: `#[warn(incomplete_features)]` on by default
    = note: see issue #44580 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44580> for more information
 
-warning: 1 warning emitted
+error: using raw pointers as const generic parameters is forbidden
+  --> $DIR/raw-ptr-const-param-deref.rs:6:23
+   |
+LL | struct Const<const P: *const u32>;
+   |                       ^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: using raw pointers as const generic parameters is forbidden
+  --> $DIR/raw-ptr-const-param-deref.rs:8:15
+   |
+LL | impl<const P: *const u32> Const<P> {
+   |               ^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors; 1 warning emitted
 

src/test/ui/const-generics/raw-ptr-const-param.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#![feature(const_generics, const_compare_raw_pointers)]
+#![feature(const_generics)]
 //~^ WARN the feature `const_generics` is incomplete
 
-struct Const<const P: *const u32>;
+struct Const<const P: *const u32>; //~ ERROR: using raw pointers as const generic parameters
 
 fn main() {
-    let _: Const<{ 15 as *const _ }> = Const::<{ 10 as *const _ }>; //~ mismatched types
+    let _: Const<{ 15 as *const _ }> = Const::<{ 10 as *const _ }>;
     let _: Const<{ 10 as *const _ }> = Const::<{ 10 as *const _ }>;
 }

src/test/ui/const-generics/raw-ptr-const-param.stderr

@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 warning: the feature `const_generics` is incomplete and may not be safe to use and/or cause compiler crashes
   --> $DIR/raw-ptr-const-param.rs:1:12
    |
-LL | #![feature(const_generics, const_compare_raw_pointers)]
+LL | #![feature(const_generics)]
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: `#[warn(incomplete_features)]` on by default
    = note: see issue #44580 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44580> for more information
 
-error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/raw-ptr-const-param.rs:7:40
+error: using raw pointers as const generic parameters is forbidden
+  --> $DIR/raw-ptr-const-param.rs:4:23
    |
-LL |     let _: Const<{ 15 as *const _ }> = Const::<{ 10 as *const _ }>;
-   |                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `{0xf as *const u32}`, found `{0xa as *const u32}`
-   |
-   = note: expected type `{0xf as *const u32}`
-              found type `{0xa as *const u32}`
+LL | struct Const<const P: *const u32>;
+   |                       ^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: aborting due to previous error; 1 warning emitted
 
-For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0308`.

src/test/ui/consts/const-eval/const_raw_ptr_ops.rs

@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-#![feature(const_raw_ptr_to_usize_cast, const_compare_raw_pointers, const_raw_ptr_deref)]
-
 fn main() {}
 
 // unconst and bad, will thus error in miri
-const X: bool = unsafe { &1 as *const i32 == &2 as *const i32 }; //~ ERROR any use of this
-// unconst and bad, will thus error in miri
-const X2: bool = unsafe { 42 as *const i32 == 43 as *const i32 }; //~ ERROR any use of this
-// unconst and fine
-const Y: usize = unsafe { 42usize as *const i32 as usize + 1 };
-// unconst and bad, will thus error in miri
-const Y2: usize = unsafe { &1 as *const i32 as usize + 1 }; //~ ERROR any use of this
-// unconst and fine
-const Z: i32 = unsafe { *(&1 as *const i32) };
+const X: bool = unsafe { &1 as *const i32 == &2 as *const i32 }; //~ ERROR cannot be compared
 // unconst and bad, will thus error in miri
-const Z2: i32 = unsafe { *(42 as *const i32) }; //~ ERROR any use of this value will cause
-const Z3: i32 = unsafe { *(44 as *const i32) }; //~ ERROR any use of this value will cause
+const X2: bool = unsafe { 42 as *const i32 == 43 as *const i32 }; //~ ERROR cannot be compared