rust/tests/compile-fail/reading_half_a_pointer.rs
2019-02-26 18:37:45 +00:00

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#![allow(dead_code)]
// We use packed structs to get around alignment restrictions
#[repr(packed)]
struct Data {
pad: u8,
ptr: &'static i32,
}
// But we need to gurantee some alignment
struct Wrapper {
align: u64,
data: Data,
}
static G : i32 = 0;
fn main() {
let mut w = Wrapper { align: 0, data: Data { pad: 0, ptr: &G } };
// Get a pointer to the beginning of the Data struct (one u8 byte, then the pointer bytes).
// Thanks to the wrapper, we know this is aligned-enough to perform a load at ptr size.
// We load at pointer type, so having a relocation is ok -- but here, the relocation
// starts 1 byte to the right, so using it would actually be wrong!
let d_alias = &mut w.data as *mut _ as *mut *const u8;
unsafe {
let _x = *d_alias; //~ ERROR tried to access part of a pointer value as raw bytes
}
}