Document Rust's stance on `/proc/self/mem`
Add documentation to `std::os::unix::io` describing Rust's stance on
`/proc/self/mem`, treating it as an external entity which is outside
the scope of Rust's safety guarantees.
`Stdio::makes_pipe`
Wrappers around `std::process::Command` may want to be able to override pipe creation. However, [`std::process::Stdio`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/process/struct.Stdio.html) is opaque so there's no way to tell if `Command` was told to create new pipes or not.
This is in some ways a more generic (and cross-platform) alternative to #97149. However, unlike that feature, this comes with the price of the user needing to actually create their own pipes rather than reusing the std one. So I think it stands (or not) on its own.
# Example
```rust
#![feature(stdio_makes_pipe)]
use std::process::Stdio;
let io = Stdio::piped();
assert_eq!(io.makes_pipe(), true);
```
Windows: `CommandExt::async_pipes`
Discussed in https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/4670 was the need for third party crates to be able to force `process::Command::spawn` to create pipes as async.
This implements the suggestion for a `async_pipes` method that gives third party crates that option.
# Example:
```rust
use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
Command::new("cmd")
.async_pipes(true)
.stdin(Stdio::piped())
.stdout(Stdio::piped())
.stderr(Stdio::piped())
.spawn()
.unwrap();
```
Stabilize `Path::try_exists()` and improve doc
This stabilizes the `Path::try_exists()` method which returns
`Result<bool, io::Error>` instead of `bool` allowing handling of errors
unrelated to the file not existing. (e.g permission errors)
Along with the stabilization it also:
* Warns that the `exists()` method is error-prone and suggests to use
the newly stabilized one.
* Suggests it instead of `metadata()` to handle errors.
* Mentions TOCTOU bugs to avoid false assumption that `try_exists()` is
completely safe fixed version of `exists()`.
* Renames the feature of still-unstable `std::fs::try_exists()` to
`fs_try_exists` to avoid name conflict.
The tracking issue #83186 remains open to track `fs_try_exists`.
once cell renamings
This PR does the renamings proposed in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/74465#issuecomment-1153703128
- Move/rename `lazy::{OnceCell, Lazy}` to `cell::{OnceCell, LazyCell}`
- Move/rename `lazy::{SyncOnceCell, SyncLazy}` to `sync::{OnceLock, LazyLock}`
(I used `Lazy...` instead of `...Lazy` as it seems to be more consistent, easier to pronounce, etc)
```@rustbot``` label +T-libs-api -T-libs
Avoid `thread::panicking()` in non-poisoning methods of `Mutex` and `RwLock`
`Mutex::lock()` and `RwLock::write()` are poison-guarded against panics,
in that they set the poison flag if a panic occurs while they're locked.
But if we're already in a panic (`thread::panicking()`), they leave the
poison flag alone.
That check is a bit of a waste for methods that never set the poison
flag though, namely `get_mut()`, `into_inner()`, and `RwLock::read()`.
These use-cases are now split to avoid that unnecessary call.
Windows: No panic if function not (yet) available
In some situations (e.g. #97814) it is possible for required functions to be called before they've had a chance to be loaded. Therefore, we make it possible to recover from this situation simply by looking at error codes.
`@rustbot` label +O-windows
Add `#[inline]` to small fns of futex `RwLock`
The important methods like `read` and `write` were already inlined,
which can propagate all the way to inlining in user code, but these
small state functions were left behind as normal calls. They should
almost always be inlined as well, as they're just a few instructions.
Test NLL fix of bad lifetime inference for reference captured in closure.
This came up as a use-case for `thread::scope` API that only compiles successfully since `feature(nll)` got stabilized recently.
Closes#93203 which had been re-opened for tracking this very test case to be added.
Entry and_modify doc
This PR modifies the documentation for [HashMap](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/struct.HashMap.html#) and [BTreeMap](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/struct.BTreeMap.html#) by introducing examples for `and_modify`. `and_modify` is a function that tends to give more idiomatic rust code when dealing with these data structures -- yet it lacked examples and was hidden away. This PR adds that and addresses #98122.
I've made some choices which I tried to explain in my commits. This is my first time contributing to rust, so hopefully, I made the right choices.
os str capacity documentation
This is based on https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/95394 , with expansion and consolidation
to address comments from `@dtolnay` and other `@rust-lang/libs-api` team members.
Add a `BorrowedFd::try_clone_to_owned` and accompanying documentation
Add a `BorrowedFd::try_clone_to_owned`, which returns a new `OwnedFd` sharing the underlying file description. And similar for `BorrowedHandle` and `BorrowedSocket` on WIndows.
This is similar to the existing `OwnedFd::try_clone`, but it's named differently to reflect that it doesn't return `Result<Self, ...>`. I'm open to suggestions for better names.
Also, extend the `unix::io` documentation to mention that `dup` is permitted on `BorrowedFd`.
This was originally requsted [here](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/88564#issuecomment-910786081). At the time I wasn't sure whether it was desirable, but it does have uses and it helps clarify the API. The documentation previously didn't rule out using `dup` on a `BorrowedFd`, but the API only offered convenient ways to do it from an `OwnedFd`. With this patch, the API allows one to do `try_clone` on any type where it's permitted.
The important methods like `read` and `write` were already inlined,
which can propagate all the way to inlining in user code, but these
small state functions were left behind as normal calls. They should
almost always be inlined as well, as they're just a few instructions.
STD support for the Nintendo 3DS
Rustc already supports compiling for the Nintendo 3DS using the `armv6k-nintendo-3ds` target (Tier 3). Until now though, only `core` and `alloc` were supported. This PR adds standard library support for the Nintendo 3DS. A notable exclusion is `std::thread` support, which will come in a follow-up PR as it requires more complicated changes.
This has been a joint effort by `@Meziu,` `@ian-h-chamberlain,` myself, and prior work by `@rust3ds` members.
### Background
The Nintendo 3DS (Horizon OS) is a mostly-UNIX looking system, with the caveat that it does not come with a full libc implementation out of the box. On the homebrew side (I'm not under NDA), the libc interface is partially implemented by the [devkitPro](https://devkitpro.org/wiki/devkitPro_pacman) toolchain and a user library like [`libctru`](https://github.com/devkitPro/libctru). This is important because there are [some possible legal barriers](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/88529#issuecomment-919938396) to linking directly to a library that uses the underlying platform APIs, since they might be considered a trade secret or under NDA.
To get around this, the standard library impl for the 3DS does not directly depend on any platform-level APIs. Instead, it expects standard libc functions to be linked in. The implementation of these libc functions is left to the user. Some functions are provided by the devkitPro toolchain, but in our testing, we used the following to fill in the other functions:
- [`libctru`] - provides more basic APIs, such as `nanosleep`. Linked in by way of [`ctru-sys`](https://github.com/Meziu/ctru-rs/tree/master/ctru-sys).
- [`pthread-3ds`](https://github.com/Meziu/pthread-3ds) - provides pthread APIs for `std::thread`. Implemented using [`libctru`].
- [`linker-fix-3ds`](https://github.com/Meziu/rust-linker-fix-3ds) - fulfills some other missing libc APIs. Implemented using [`libctru`].
For more details, see the `src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support/armv6k-nintendo-3ds.md` file added in this PR.
### Notes
We've already upstreamed changes to the [`libc`] crate to support this PR, as well as the upcoming threading PR. These changes have all been released as of 0.2.121, so we bump the crate version in this PR.
Edit: After some rebases, the version bump has already been merged so it doesn't appear in this PR.
A lot of the changes in this PR are straightforward, and follow in the footsteps of the ESP-IDF target: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/87666.
The 3DS does not support user space process spawning, so these APIs are unimplemented (similar to ESP-IDF).
[`libctru`]: https://github.com/devkitPro/libctru
[`libc`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/libc
Updated the HashMap's documentation to include two references to
add_modify.
The first is when the `Entry` API is mentioned at the beginning. I was
hesitant to change the "attack" example (although I believe that it is
perfect example of where `add_modify` should be used) because both uses
work equally, but one is more idiomatic (`add_modify`).
The second is with the `entry` function that is used for the `Entry`
API. The code example was a perfect use for `add_modify`, which is why
it was changed to reflect that.
This stabilizes the `Path::try_exists()` method which returns
`Result<bool, io::Error>` instead of `bool` allowing handling of errors
unrelated to the file not existing. (e.g permission errors)
Along with the stabilization it also:
* Warns that the `exists()` method is error-prone and suggests to use
the newly stabilized one.
* Suggests it instead of `metadata()` to handle errors.
* Mentions TOCTOU bugs to avoid false assumption that `try_exists()` is
completely safe fixed version of `exists()`.
* Renames the feature of still-unstable `std::fs::try_exists()` to
`fs_try_exists` to avoid name conflict.
The tracking issue #83186 remains open to track `fs_try_exists`.
Integrate measureme's hardware performance counter support.
*Note: this is a companion to https://github.com/rust-lang/measureme/pull/143, and duplicates some information with it for convenience*
**(much later) EDIT**: take any numbers with a grain of salt, they may have changed since initial PR open.
## Credits
I'd like to start by thanking `@alyssais,` `@cuviper,` `@edef1c,` `@glandium,` `@jix,` `@Mark-Simulacrum,` `@m-ou-se,` `@mystor,` `@nagisa,` `@puckipedia,` and `@yorickvP,` for all of their help with testing, and valuable insight and suggestions.
Getting here wouldn't have been possible without you!
(If I've forgotten anyone please let me know, I'm going off memory here, plus some discussion logs)
## Summary
This PR adds support to `-Z self-profile` for counting hardware events such as "instructions retired" (as opposed to being limited to time measurements), using the `rdpmc` instruction on `x86_64` Linux.
While other OSes may eventually be supported, preliminary research suggests some kind of kernel extension/driver is required to enable this, whereas on Linux any user can profile (at least) their own threads.
Supporting Linux on architectures other than x86_64 should be much easier (provided the hardware supports such performance counters), and was mostly not done due to a lack of readily available test hardware.
That said, 32-bit `x86` (aka `i686`) would be almost trivial to add and test once we land the initial `x86_64` version (as all the CPU detection code can be reused).
A new flag `-Z self-profile-counter` was added, to control which of the named `measureme` counters is used, and which defaults to `wall-time`, in order to keep `-Z self-profile`'s current functionality unchanged (at least for now).
The named counters so far are:
* `wall-time`: the existing time measurement
* name chosen for consistency with `perf.rust-lang.org`
* continues to use `std::time::Instant` for a nanosecond-precision "monotonic clock"
* `instructions:u`: the hardware performance counter usually referred to as "Instructions retired"
* here "retired" (roughly) means "fully executed"
* the `:u` suffix is from the Linux `perf` tool and indicates the counter only runs while userspace code is executing, and therefore counts no kernel instructions
* *see [Caveats/Subtracting IRQs](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Subtracting-IRQs) for why this isn't entirely true and why `instructions-minus-irqs:u` should be preferred instead*
* `instructions-minus-irqs:u`: same as `instructions:u`, except the count of hardware interrupts ("IRQs" here for brevity) is subtracted
* *see [Caveats/Subtracting IRQs](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Subtracting-IRQs) for why this should be preferred over `instructions:u`*
* `instructions-minus-r0420:u`: experimental counter, same as `instructions-minus-irqs:u` but subtracting an undocumented counter (`r0420:u`) instead of IRQs
* the `rXXXX` notation is again from Linux `perf`, and indicates a "raw" counter, with a hex representation of the low-level counter configuration - this was picked because we still don't *really* know what it is
* this only exists for (future) testing and isn't included/used in any comparisons/data we've put together so far
* *see [Challenges/Zen's undocumented 420 counter](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Epilogue-Zen’s-undocumented-420-counter) for details on how this counter was found and what it does*
---
There are also some additional commits:
* ~~see [Challenges/Rebasing *shouldn't* affect the results, right?](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Rebasing-*shouldn’t*-affect-the-results,-right) for details on the changes to `rustc_parse` and `rustc_trait_section` (the latter far more dubious, and probably shouldn't be merged, or not as-is)~~
* **EDIT**: the effects of these are no long quantifiable, the PR includes reverts for them
* ~~see [Challenges/`jemalloc`: purging will commence in ten seconds](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#jemalloc-purging-will-commence-in-ten-seconds) for details on the `jemalloc` change~~
* this is also separately found in #77162, and we probably want to avoid doing it by default, ideally we'd use the runtime control API `jemalloc` offers (assuming that can stop the timer that's already running, which I'm not sure about)
* **EDIT**: until we can do this based on `-Z` flags, this commit has also been reverted
* the `proc_macro` change was to avoid randomized hashing and therefore ASLR-like effects
---
**(much later) EDIT**: take any numbers with a grain of salt, they may have changed since initial PR open.
#### Write-up / report
Because of how extensive the full report ended up being, I've kept most of it [on `hackmd.io`](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view), but for convenient access, here are all the sections (with individual links):
<sup>(someone suggested I'd make a backup, so [here it is on the wayback machine](http://web.archive.org/web/20201127164748/https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view) - I'll need to remember to update that if I have to edit the write-up)</sup>
* [**Motivation**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Motivation)
* [**Results**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Results)
* [**Overhead**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Overhead)
*Preview (see the report itself for more details):*
|Counter|Total<br>`instructions-minus-irqs:u`|Overhead from "Baseline"<br>(for all 1903881<br>counter reads)|Overhead from "Baseline"<br>(per each counter read)|
|-|-|-|-|
|Baseline|63637621286 ±6||
|`instructions:u`|63658815885 ±2| +21194599 ±8| +11|
|`instructions-minus-irqs:u`|63680307361 ±13| +42686075 ±19| +22|
|`wall-time`|63951958376 ±10275|+314337090 ±10281|+165|
* [**"Macro" noise (self time)**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#“Macro”-noise-(self-time))
*Preview (see the report itself for more details):*
|| `wall-time` (ns) | `instructions:u` | `instructions-minus-irqs:u`
-: | -: | -: | -:
`typeck` | 5478261360 ±283933373 (±~5.2%) | 17350144522 ±6392 (±~0.00004%) | 17351035832.5 ±4.5 (±~0.00000003%)
`expand_crate` | 2342096719 ±110465856 (±~4.7%) | 8263777916 ±2937 (±~0.00004%) | 8263708389 ±0 (±~0%)
`mir_borrowck` | 2216149671 ±119458444 (±~5.4%) | 8340920100 ±2794 (±~0.00003%) | 8341613983.5 ±2.5 (±~0.00000003%)
`mir_built` | 1269059734 ±91514604 (±~7.2%) | 4454959122 ±1618 (±~0.00004%) | 4455303811 ±1 (±~0.00000002%)
`resolve_crate` | 942154987.5 ±53068423.5 (±~5.6%) | 3951197709 ±39 (±~0.000001%) | 3951196865 ±0 (±~0%)
* [**"Micro" noise (individual sampling intervals)**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#“Micro”-noise-(individual-sampling-intervals))
* [**Caveats**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Caveats)
* [**Disabling ASLR**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Disabling-ASLR)
* [**Non-deterministic proc macros**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Non-deterministic-proc-macros)
* [**Subtracting IRQs**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Subtracting-IRQs)
* [**Lack of support for multiple threads**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Lack-of-support-for-multiple-threads)
* [**Challenges**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Challenges)
* [**How do we even read hardware performance counters?**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#How-do-we-even-read-hardware-performance-counters)
* [**ASLR: it's free entropy**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#ASLR-it’s-free-entropy)
* [**The serializing instruction**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#The-serializing-instruction)
* [**Getting constantly interrupted**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Getting-constantly-interrupted)
* [**AMD patented time-travel and dubbed it `SpecLockMap`<br><sup> or: "how we accidentally unlocked `rr` on AMD Zen"</sup>**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#AMD-patented-time-travel-and-dubbed-it-SpecLockMapnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspor-“how-we-accidentally-unlocked-rr-on-AMD-Zen”)
* [**`jemalloc`: purging will commence in ten seconds**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#jemalloc-purging-will-commence-in-ten-seconds)
* [**Rebasing *shouldn't* affect the results, right?**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Rebasing-*shouldn’t*-affect-the-results,-right)
* [**Epilogue: Zen's undocumented 420 counter**](https://hackmd.io/sH315lO2RuicY-SEt7ynGA?view#Epilogue-Zen’s-undocumented-420-counter)
