Remove MetadataRef type alias

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 
 use object::elf::NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0;
 use rustc_data_structures::memmap::Mmap;
-use rustc_data_structures::owned_slice::try_slice_owned;
+use rustc_data_structures::owned_slice::{try_slice_owned, OwnedSlice};
-use rustc_data_structures::sync::MetadataRef;
 use rustc_metadata::fs::METADATA_FILENAME;
 use rustc_metadata::EncodedMetadata;
 use rustc_session::cstore::MetadataLoader;
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@
 fn load_metadata_with(
     path: &Path,
     f: impl for<'a> FnOnce(&'a [u8]) -> Result<&'a [u8], String>,
-) -> Result<MetadataRef, String> {
+) -> Result<OwnedSlice, String> {
     let file =
         File::open(path).map_err(|e| format!("failed to open file '{}': {}", path.display(), e))?;
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ fn load_metadata_with(
 }
 
 impl MetadataLoader for DefaultMetadataLoader {
-    fn get_rlib_metadata(&self, _target: &Target, path: &Path) -> Result<MetadataRef, String> {
+    fn get_rlib_metadata(&self, _target: &Target, path: &Path) -> Result<OwnedSlice, String> {
         load_metadata_with(path, |data| {
             let archive = object::read::archive::ArchiveFile::parse(&*data)
                 .map_err(|e| format!("failed to parse rlib '{}': {}", path.display(), e))?;
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ fn get_rlib_metadata(&self, _target: &Target, path: &Path) -> Result<MetadataRef
         })
     }
 
-    fn get_dylib_metadata(&self, _target: &Target, path: &Path) -> Result<MetadataRef, String> {
+    fn get_dylib_metadata(&self, _target: &Target, path: &Path) -> Result<OwnedSlice, String> {
         load_metadata_with(path, |data| search_for_section(path, data, ".rustc"))
     }
 }

compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/backend.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::any::Any;
+
 use super::write::WriteBackendMethods;
 use super::CodegenObject;
 use crate::back::write::TargetMachineFactoryFn;
@@ -5,6 +7,7 @@
 
 use rustc_ast::expand::allocator::AllocatorKind;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
+use rustc_data_structures::sync::{DynSend, DynSync};
 use rustc_errors::ErrorGuaranteed;
 use rustc_metadata::EncodedMetadata;
 use rustc_middle::dep_graph::{WorkProduct, WorkProductId};
@@ -20,11 +23,6 @@
 use rustc_target::abi::call::FnAbi;
 use rustc_target::spec::Target;
 
-pub use rustc_data_structures::sync::MetadataRef;
-
-use rustc_data_structures::sync::{DynSend, DynSync};
-use std::any::Any;
-
 pub trait BackendTypes {
     type Value: CodegenObject;
     type Function: CodegenObject;

compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/sync.rs

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 //! [^2] `MTLockRef` is a typedef.
 
 pub use crate::marker::*;
-use crate::owned_slice::OwnedSlice;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::hash::{BuildHasher, Hash};
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
@@ -93,8 +92,6 @@ pub fn set_dyn_thread_safe_mode(mode: bool) {
 
 pub use mode::{is_dyn_thread_safe, set_dyn_thread_safe_mode};
 
-pub type MetadataRef = OwnedSlice;
-
 cfg_if! {
     if #[cfg(not(parallel_compiler))] {
         pub unsafe auto trait Send {}

compiler/rustc_metadata/src/locator.rs

@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@
 use rustc_data_structures::memmap::Mmap;
 use rustc_data_structures::owned_slice::slice_owned;
 use rustc_data_structures::svh::Svh;
-use rustc_data_structures::sync::MetadataRef;
 use rustc_errors::{DiagnosticArgValue, FatalError, IntoDiagnosticArg};
 use rustc_fs_util::try_canonicalize;
 use rustc_session::config::{self, CrateType};
@@ -782,7 +781,7 @@ fn get_metadata_section<'p>(
     if !filename.exists() {
         return Err(MetadataError::NotPresent(filename));
     }
-    let raw_bytes: MetadataRef = match flavor {
+    let raw_bytes = match flavor {
         CrateFlavor::Rlib => {
             loader.get_rlib_metadata(target, filename).map_err(MetadataError::LoadFailure)?
         }

compiler/rustc_session/src/cstore.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 use crate::utils::NativeLibKind;
 use crate::Session;
 use rustc_ast as ast;
-use rustc_data_structures::sync::{self, AppendOnlyIndexVec, MetadataRef, RwLock};
+use rustc_data_structures::owned_slice::OwnedSlice;
+use rustc_data_structures::sync::{self, AppendOnlyIndexVec, RwLock};
 use rustc_hir::def_id::{CrateNum, DefId, LocalDefId, StableCrateId, LOCAL_CRATE};
 use rustc_hir::definitions::{DefKey, DefPath, DefPathHash, Definitions};
 use rustc_span::hygiene::{ExpnHash, ExpnId};
@@ -203,8 +204,8 @@ pub enum ExternCrateSource {
 /// metadata in library -- this trait just serves to decouple rustc_metadata from
 /// the archive reader, which depends on LLVM.
 pub trait MetadataLoader: std::fmt::Debug {
-    fn get_rlib_metadata(&self, target: &Target, filename: &Path) -> Result<MetadataRef, String>;
+    fn get_rlib_metadata(&self, target: &Target, filename: &Path) -> Result<OwnedSlice, String>;
-    fn get_dylib_metadata(&self, target: &Target, filename: &Path) -> Result<MetadataRef, String>;
+    fn get_dylib_metadata(&self, target: &Target, filename: &Path) -> Result<OwnedSlice, String>;
 }
 
 pub type MetadataLoaderDyn = dyn MetadataLoader + Send + Sync + sync::DynSend + sync::DynSync;