Document unsafe blocks in core::fmt

src/libcore/fmt/float.rs

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ use crate::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, LowerExp, Result, UpperExp};
 use crate::mem::MaybeUninit;
 use crate::num::flt2dec;
 
-// ignore-tidy-undocumented-unsafe
-
 // Don't inline this so callers don't use the stack space this function
 // requires unless they have to.
 #[inline(never)]
@@ -16,6 +14,7 @@ fn float_to_decimal_common_exact<T>(
 where
     T: flt2dec::DecodableFloat,
 {
+    // SAFETY: Possible undefined behavior, see FIXME(#53491)
     unsafe {
         let mut buf = MaybeUninit::<[u8; 1024]>::uninit(); // enough for f32 and f64
         let mut parts = MaybeUninit::<[flt2dec::Part<'_>; 4]>::uninit();
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ fn float_to_decimal_common_shortest<T>(
 where
     T: flt2dec::DecodableFloat,
 {
+    // SAFETY: Possible undefined behavior, see FIXME(#53491)
     unsafe {
         // enough for f32 and f64
         let mut buf = MaybeUninit::<[u8; flt2dec::MAX_SIG_DIGITS]>::uninit();
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ fn float_to_exponential_common_exact<T>(
 where
     T: flt2dec::DecodableFloat,
 {
+    // SAFETY: Possible undefined behavior, see FIXME(#53491)
     unsafe {
         let mut buf = MaybeUninit::<[u8; 1024]>::uninit(); // enough for f32 and f64
         let mut parts = MaybeUninit::<[flt2dec::Part<'_>; 6]>::uninit();
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ fn float_to_exponential_common_shortest<T>(
 where
     T: flt2dec::DecodableFloat,
 {
+    // SAFETY: Possible undefined behavior, see FIXME(#53491)
     unsafe {
         // enough for f32 and f64
         let mut buf = MaybeUninit::<[u8; flt2dec::MAX_SIG_DIGITS]>::uninit();

src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 //! Utilities for formatting and printing strings.
 
-// ignore-tidy-undocumented-unsafe
-
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 
 use crate::cell::{Cell, Ref, RefCell, RefMut, UnsafeCell};
@@ -271,6 +269,14 @@ impl<'a> ArgumentV1<'a> {
     #[doc(hidden)]
     #[unstable(feature = "fmt_internals", reason = "internal to format_args!", issue = "none")]
     pub fn new<'b, T>(x: &'b T, f: fn(&T, &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result) -> ArgumentV1<'b> {
+        // SAFETY: `mem::transmute(x)` is safe because
+        //     1. `&'b T` keeps the lifetime it originated with `'b`
+        //              (so as to not have an unbounded lifetime)
+        //     2. `&'b T` and `&'b Void` have the same memory layout
+        //              (when `T` is `Sized`, as it is here)
+        // `mem::transmute(f)` is safe since `fn(&T, &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result`
+        // and `fn(&Void, &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result` have the same ABI
+        // (as long as `T` is `Sized`)
         unsafe { ArgumentV1 { formatter: mem::transmute(f), value: mem::transmute(x) } }
     }
 
@@ -1389,6 +1395,14 @@ impl<'a> Formatter<'a> {
 
     fn write_formatted_parts(&mut self, formatted: &flt2dec::Formatted<'_>) -> Result {
         fn write_bytes(buf: &mut dyn Write, s: &[u8]) -> Result {
+            // SAFETY: This is used for `flt2dec::Part::Num` and `flt2dec::Part::Copy`.
+            // It's safe to use for `flt2dec::Part::Num` since every char `c` is between
+            // `b'0'` and `b'9'`, which means `s` is valid UTF-8.
+            // It's also probably safe in practice to use for `flt2dec::Part::Copy(buf)`
+            // since `buf` should be plain ASCII, but it's possible for someone to pass
+            // in a bad value for `buf` into `flt2dec::to_shortest_str` since it is a
+            // public function.
+            // FIXME: Determine whether this could result in UB.
             buf.write_str(unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(s) })
         }
 

src/libcore/fmt/num.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 //! Integer and floating-point number formatting
 
-// ignore-tidy-undocumented-unsafe
-
 use crate::fmt;
 use crate::mem::MaybeUninit;
 use crate::num::flt2dec;
@@ -84,6 +82,8 @@ trait GenericRadix {
             }
         }
         let buf = &buf[curr..];
+        // SAFETY: The only chars in `buf` are created by `Self::digit` which are assumed to be
+        // valid UTF-8
         let buf = unsafe {
             str::from_utf8_unchecked(slice::from_raw_parts(MaybeUninit::first_ptr(buf), buf.len()))
         };
@@ -189,11 +189,19 @@ static DEC_DIGITS_LUT: &[u8; 200] = b"0001020304050607080910111213141516171819\
 macro_rules! impl_Display {
     ($($t:ident),* as $u:ident via $conv_fn:ident named $name:ident) => {
         fn $name(mut n: $u, is_nonnegative: bool, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+            // 2^128 is about 3*10^38, so 39 gives an extra byte of space
             let mut buf = [MaybeUninit::<u8>::uninit(); 39];
             let mut curr = buf.len() as isize;
             let buf_ptr = MaybeUninit::first_ptr_mut(&mut buf);
             let lut_ptr = DEC_DIGITS_LUT.as_ptr();
 
+            // SAFETY: Since `d1` and `d2` are always less than or equal to `198`, we
+            // can copy from `lut_ptr[d1..d1 + 1]` and `lut_ptr[d2..d2 + 1]`. To show
+            // that it's OK to copy into `buf_ptr`, notice that at the beginning
+            // `curr == buf.len() == 39 > log(n)` since `n < 2^128 < 10^39`, and at
+            // each step this is kept the same as `n` is divided. Since `n` is always
+            // non-negative, this means that `curr > 0` so `buf_ptr[curr..curr + 1]`
+            // is safe to access.
             unsafe {
                 // need at least 16 bits for the 4-characters-at-a-time to work.
                 assert!(crate::mem::size_of::<$u>() >= 2);
@@ -206,6 +214,10 @@ macro_rules! impl_Display {
                     let d1 = (rem / 100) << 1;
                     let d2 = (rem % 100) << 1;
                     curr -= 4;
+
+                    // We are allowed to copy to `buf_ptr[curr..curr + 3]` here since
+                    // otherwise `curr < 0`. But then `n` was originally at least `10000^10`
+                    // which is `10^40 > 2^128 > n`.
                     ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(lut_ptr.offset(d1), buf_ptr.offset(curr), 2);
                     ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(lut_ptr.offset(d2), buf_ptr.offset(curr + 2), 2);
                 }
@@ -232,6 +244,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_Display {
                 }
             }
 
+            // SAFETY: `curr` > 0 (since we made `buf` large enough), and all the chars are valid
+            // UTF-8 since `DEC_DIGITS_LUT` is
             let buf_slice = unsafe {
                 str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                     slice::from_raw_parts(buf_ptr.offset(curr), buf.len() - curr as usize))
@@ -304,6 +318,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_Exp {
             };
 
             // 39 digits (worst case u128) + . = 40
+            // Since `curr` always decreases by the number of digits copied, this means
+            // that `curr >= 0`.
             let mut buf = [MaybeUninit::<u8>::uninit(); 40];
             let mut curr = buf.len() as isize; //index for buf
             let buf_ptr = MaybeUninit::first_ptr_mut(&mut buf);
@@ -313,6 +329,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_Exp {
             while n >= 100 {
                 let d1 = ((n % 100) as isize) << 1;
                 curr -= 2;
+                // SAFETY: `d1 <= 198`, so we can copy from `lut_ptr[d1..d1 + 2]` since
+                // `DEC_DIGITS_LUT` has a length of 200.
                 unsafe {
                     ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(lut_ptr.offset(d1), buf_ptr.offset(curr), 2);
                 }
@@ -324,6 +342,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_Exp {
             // decode second-to-last character
             if n >= 10 {
                 curr -= 1;
+                // SAFETY: Safe since `40 > curr >= 0` (see comment)
                 unsafe {
                     *buf_ptr.offset(curr) = (n as u8 % 10_u8) + b'0';
                 }
@@ -333,11 +352,13 @@ macro_rules! impl_Exp {
             // add decimal point iff >1 mantissa digit will be printed
             if exponent != trailing_zeros || added_precision != 0 {
                 curr -= 1;
+                // SAFETY: Safe since `40 > curr >= 0`
                 unsafe {
                     *buf_ptr.offset(curr) = b'.';
                 }
             }
 
+            // SAFETY: Safe since `40 > curr >= 0`
             let buf_slice = unsafe {
                 // decode last character
                 curr -= 1;
@@ -350,6 +371,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_Exp {
             // stores 'e' (or 'E') and the up to 2-digit exponent
             let mut exp_buf = [MaybeUninit::<u8>::uninit(); 3];
             let exp_ptr = MaybeUninit::first_ptr_mut(&mut exp_buf);
+            // SAFETY: In either case, `exp_buf` is written within bounds and `exp_ptr[..len]`
+            // is contained within `exp_buf` since `len <= 3`.
             let exp_slice = unsafe {
                 *exp_ptr.offset(0) = if upper {b'E'} else {b'e'};
                 let len = if exponent < 10 {