Remove deref_mir_constant

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/mod.rs

@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 
 use crate::errors::MaxNumNodesInConstErr;
 use crate::interpret::{
-    intern_const_alloc_recursive, ConstValue, InternKind, InterpCx, InterpResult, MemPlaceMeta,
+    intern_const_alloc_recursive, ConstValue, InternKind, InterpCx, InterpResult, Scalar,
-    Scalar,
 };
-use rustc_hir::Mutability;
 use rustc_middle::mir;
 use rustc_middle::mir::interpret::{EvalToValTreeResult, GlobalId};
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, TyCtxt};
@@ -131,38 +129,3 @@ pub(crate) fn try_destructure_mir_constant<'tcx>(
 
     Ok(mir::DestructuredConstant { variant, fields })
 }
-
-#[instrument(skip(tcx), level = "debug")]
-pub(crate) fn deref_mir_constant<'tcx>(
-    tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
-    param_env: ty::ParamEnv<'tcx>,
-    val: mir::ConstantKind<'tcx>,
-) -> mir::ConstantKind<'tcx> {
-    let ecx = mk_eval_cx(tcx, DUMMY_SP, param_env, false);
-    let op = ecx.eval_mir_constant(&val, None, None).unwrap();
-    let mplace = ecx.deref_operand(&op).unwrap();
-    if let Some(alloc_id) = mplace.ptr.provenance {
-        assert_eq!(
-            tcx.global_alloc(alloc_id).unwrap_memory().0.0.mutability,
-            Mutability::Not,
-            "deref_mir_constant cannot be used with mutable allocations as \
-            that could allow pattern matching to observe mutable statics",
-        );
-    }
-
-    let ty = match mplace.meta {
-        MemPlaceMeta::None => mplace.layout.ty,
-        // In case of unsized types, figure out the real type behind.
-        MemPlaceMeta::Meta(scalar) => match mplace.layout.ty.kind() {
-            ty::Str => bug!("there's no sized equivalent of a `str`"),
-            ty::Slice(elem_ty) => tcx.mk_array(*elem_ty, scalar.to_target_usize(&tcx).unwrap()),
-            _ => bug!(
-                "type {} should not have metadata, but had {:?}",
-                mplace.layout.ty,
-                mplace.meta
-            ),
-        },
-    };
-
-    mir::ConstantKind::Val(op_to_const(&ecx, &mplace.into()), ty)
-}

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/lib.rs

@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ pub fn provide(providers: &mut Providers) {
     providers.valtree_to_const_val = |tcx, (ty, valtree)| {
         const_eval::valtree_to_const_value(tcx, ty::ParamEnv::empty().and(ty), valtree)
     };
-    providers.deref_mir_constant = |tcx, param_env_and_value| {
-        let (param_env, value) = param_env_and_value.into_parts();
-        const_eval::deref_mir_constant(tcx, param_env, value)
-    };
     providers.check_validity_requirement = |tcx, (init_kind, param_env_and_ty)| {
         util::check_validity_requirement(tcx, init_kind, param_env_and_ty)
     };

compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/mod.rs

@@ -1081,14 +1081,6 @@
         desc { "destructuring MIR constant"}
     }
 
-    /// Dereference a constant reference or raw pointer and turn the result into a constant
-    /// again.
-    query deref_mir_constant(
-        key: ty::ParamEnvAnd<'tcx, mir::ConstantKind<'tcx>>
-    ) -> mir::ConstantKind<'tcx> {
-        desc { "dereferencing MIR constant" }
-    }
-
     query const_caller_location(key: (rustc_span::Symbol, u32, u32)) -> ConstValue<'tcx> {
         desc { "getting a &core::panic::Location referring to a span" }
     }

compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/pattern/const_to_pat.rs

@@ -464,9 +464,6 @@ fn recur(
                 // deref pattern.
                 _ => {
                     if !pointee_ty.is_sized(tcx, param_env) {
-                        // `tcx.deref_mir_constant()` below will ICE with an unsized type
-                        // (except slices, which are handled in a separate arm above).
-
                         let err = UnsizedPattern { span, non_sm_ty: *pointee_ty };
                         tcx.sess.emit_err(err);