type parameters have unit metadata if they are sized

compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/sty.rs

@@ -2244,12 +2244,13 @@ pub fn discriminant_ty(self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>) -> Ty<'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns the type of metadata for (potentially fat) pointers to this type.
+    /// Returns the type of metadata for (potentially fat) pointers to this type,
+    /// and a boolean signifying if this is conditional on this type being `Sized`.
     pub fn ptr_metadata_ty(
         self,
         tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
         normalize: impl FnMut(Ty<'tcx>) -> Ty<'tcx>,
-    ) -> Ty<'tcx> {
+    ) -> (Ty<'tcx>, bool) {
         let tail = tcx.struct_tail_with_normalize(self, normalize);
         match tail.kind() {
             // Sized types
@@ -2269,28 +2270,31 @@ pub fn ptr_metadata_ty(
             | ty::Closure(..)
             | ty::Never
             | ty::Error(_)
+            // Extern types have metadata = ().
             | ty::Foreign(..)
             // If returned by `struct_tail_without_normalization` this is a unit struct
             // without any fields, or not a struct, and therefore is Sized.
             | ty::Adt(..)
             // If returned by `struct_tail_without_normalization` this is the empty tuple,
             // a.k.a. unit type, which is Sized
-            | ty::Tuple(..) => tcx.types.unit,
+            | ty::Tuple(..) => (tcx.types.unit, false),
 
-            ty::Str | ty::Slice(_) => tcx.types.usize,
+            ty::Str | ty::Slice(_) => (tcx.types.usize, false),
             ty::Dynamic(..) => {
                 let dyn_metadata = tcx.lang_items().dyn_metadata().unwrap();
-                tcx.type_of(dyn_metadata).subst(tcx, &[tail.into()])
+                (tcx.type_of(dyn_metadata).subst(tcx, &[self.into()]), false)
             },
 
-            ty::Projection(_)
-            | ty::Param(_)
-            | ty::Opaque(..)
+            // type parameters only have unit metadata if they're sized, so return true
+            // to make sure we double check this during confirmation
+            ty::Param(_) |  ty::Projection(_) => (tcx.types.unit, true),
+
+            ty::Opaque(..)
             | ty::Infer(ty::TyVar(_))
             | ty::Bound(..)
             | ty::Placeholder(..)
             | ty::Infer(ty::FreshTy(_) | ty::FreshIntTy(_) | ty::FreshFloatTy(_)) => {
-                bug!("`ptr_metadata_ty` applied to unexpected type: {:?}", tail)
+                bug!("`ptr_metadata_ty` applied to unexpected type: {:?}", self)
             }
         }
     }

compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/project.rs

@@ -1399,6 +1399,8 @@ fn assemble_candidates_from_impls<'cx, 'tcx>(
                 let self_ty = selcx.infcx().shallow_resolve(obligation.predicate.self_ty());
 
                 let tail = selcx.tcx().struct_tail_with_normalize(self_ty, |ty| {
+                    // We throw away any obligations we get from this, since we normalize
+                    // and confirm these obligations once again during confirmation
                     normalize_with_depth(
                         selcx,
                         obligation.param_env,
@@ -1415,7 +1417,6 @@ fn assemble_candidates_from_impls<'cx, 'tcx>(
                     | ty::Int(_)
                     | ty::Uint(_)
                     | ty::Float(_)
-                    | ty::Foreign(_)
                     | ty::Str
                     | ty::Array(..)
                     | ty::Slice(_)
@@ -1428,6 +1429,8 @@ fn assemble_candidates_from_impls<'cx, 'tcx>(
                     | ty::Generator(..)
                     | ty::GeneratorWitness(..)
                     | ty::Never
+                    // Extern types have unit metadata, according to RFC 2850
+                    | ty::Foreign(_)
                     // If returned by `struct_tail_without_normalization` this is a unit struct
                     // without any fields, or not a struct, and therefore is Sized.
                     | ty::Adt(..)
@@ -1436,9 +1439,10 @@ fn assemble_candidates_from_impls<'cx, 'tcx>(
                     // Integers and floats are always Sized, and so have unit type metadata.
                     | ty::Infer(ty::InferTy::IntVar(_) | ty::InferTy::FloatVar(..)) => true,
 
-                    ty::Projection(..)
-                    | ty::Opaque(..)
-                    | ty::Param(..)
+                    // type parameters and unnormalized projections have pointer metadata if they're still known to be sized
+                    ty::Param(_) | ty::Projection(..) => tail.is_sized(selcx.tcx().at(obligation.cause.span), obligation.param_env),
+
+                    ty::Opaque(..)
                     | ty::Bound(..)
                     | ty::Placeholder(..)
                     | ty::Infer(..)
@@ -1657,7 +1661,7 @@ fn confirm_pointee_candidate<'cx, 'tcx>(
     let self_ty = selcx.infcx().shallow_resolve(obligation.predicate.self_ty());
 
     let mut obligations = vec![];
-    let metadata_ty = self_ty.ptr_metadata_ty(tcx, |ty| {
+    let (metadata_ty, check_is_sized) = self_ty.ptr_metadata_ty(tcx, |ty| {
         normalize_with_depth_to(
             selcx,
             obligation.param_env,
@@ -1667,6 +1671,19 @@ fn confirm_pointee_candidate<'cx, 'tcx>(
             &mut obligations,
         )
     });
+    if check_is_sized {
+        let sized_predicate = ty::Binder::dummy(ty::TraitRef::new(
+            tcx.require_lang_item(LangItem::Sized, None),
+            tcx.mk_substs_trait(self_ty, &[]),
+        ))
+        .without_const()
+        .to_predicate(tcx);
+        obligations.push(Obligation::new(
+            obligation.cause.clone(),
+            obligation.param_env,
+            sized_predicate,
+        ));
+    }
 
     let substs = tcx.mk_substs([self_ty.into()].iter());
     let metadata_def_id = tcx.require_lang_item(LangItem::Metadata, None);

src/test/ui/traits/pointee-tail-is-generic.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// check-pass
+
+#![feature(ptr_metadata)]
+
+fn a<T>() {
+    b::<T>();
+    b::<std::cell::Cell<T>>();
+}
+
+fn b<T: std::ptr::Pointee<Metadata = ()>>() {}
+
+fn main() {}