Wrap the array representation of opaque types in a #[repr(C)] struct

bindgen-integration/src/lib.rs

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ fn test_item_rename() {
 #[test]
 fn test_matching_with_rename() {
     assert_eq!(bindings::enum_to_be_constified_THREE, 3);
-    assert_eq!(unsafe { bindings::TEMPLATED_CONST_VALUE.len() }, 30);
+    assert_eq!(unsafe { bindings::TEMPLATED_CONST_VALUE.0.len() }, 30);
 }
 
 #[test]

bindgen-tests/tests/headers/va_list_aarch64_linux.h

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// bindgen-flags: -- --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+typedef __builtin_va_list va_list;
+int vprintf(const char* format, va_list vlist);

bindgen/codegen/helpers.rs

@@ -75,9 +75,16 @@ pub(crate) mod attributes {
     }
 }
 
-/// Generates a proper type for a field or type with a given `Layout`, that is,
-/// a type with the correct size and alignment restrictions.
-pub(crate) fn blob(layout: Layout) -> syn::Type {
+/// The `ffi_safe` argument should be true if this is a type that the user might
+/// reasonably use, e.g. not struct padding, where the __BindgenOpaqueArray is
+/// just noise.
+/// TODO: Should this be `MaybeUninit`, since padding bytes are effectively
+/// uninitialized?
+pub(crate) fn blob(
+    ctx: &BindgenContext,
+    layout: Layout,
+    ffi_safe: bool,
+) -> syn::Type {
     let opaque = layout.opaque();
 
     // FIXME(emilio, #412): We fall back to byte alignment, but there are
@@ -93,7 +100,12 @@ pub(crate) fn blob(layout: Layout) -> syn::Type {
 
     if data_len == 1 {
         ty
+    } else if ffi_safe && ctx.options().rust_features().min_const_generics {
+        ctx.generated_opaque_array();
+        syn::parse_quote! { __BindgenOpaqueArray<#ty, #data_len> }
     } else {
+        // This is not FFI safe as an argument; the struct above is
+        // preferable.
         syn::parse_quote! { [ #ty ; #data_len ] }
     }
 }

bindgen/codegen/mod.rs

@@ -581,6 +581,9 @@ impl CodeGenerator for Module {
                 if ctx.need_bindgen_complex_type() {
                     utils::prepend_complex_type(&mut *result);
                 }
+                if ctx.need_opaque_array_type() {
+                    utils::prepend_opaque_array_type(&mut *result);
+                }
                 if result.saw_objc {
                     utils::prepend_objc_header(ctx, &mut *result);
                 }
@@ -2275,7 +2278,7 @@ impl CodeGenerator for CompInfo {
 
             if has_address {
                 let layout = Layout::new(1, 1);
-                let ty = helpers::blob(Layout::new(1, 1));
+                let ty = helpers::blob(ctx, Layout::new(1, 1), false);
                 struct_layout.saw_field_with_layout(
                     "_address",
                     layout,
@@ -2292,7 +2295,7 @@ impl CodeGenerator for CompInfo {
                 Some(l) => {
                     explicit_align = Some(l.align);
 
-                    let ty = helpers::blob(l);
+                    let ty = helpers::blob(ctx, l, false);
                     fields.push(quote! {
                         pub _bindgen_opaque_blob: #ty ,
                     });
@@ -2326,7 +2329,7 @@ impl CodeGenerator for CompInfo {
             }
 
             if !struct_layout.is_rust_union() {
-                let ty = helpers::blob(layout);
+                let ty = helpers::blob(ctx, layout, false);
                 fields.push(quote! {
                     pub bindgen_union_field: #ty ,
                 });
@@ -4048,7 +4051,8 @@ pub(crate) trait TryToOpaque {
         ctx: &BindgenContext,
         extra: &Self::Extra,
     ) -> error::Result<syn::Type> {
-        self.try_get_layout(ctx, extra).map(helpers::blob)
+        self.try_get_layout(ctx, extra)
+            .map(|layout| helpers::blob(ctx, layout, true))
     }
 }
 
@@ -4074,7 +4078,7 @@ pub(crate) trait ToOpaque: TryToOpaque {
         extra: &Self::Extra,
     ) -> syn::Type {
         let layout = self.get_layout(ctx, extra);
-        helpers::blob(layout)
+        helpers::blob(ctx, layout, true)
     }
 }
 
@@ -4125,7 +4129,7 @@ where
     ) -> error::Result<syn::Type> {
         self.try_to_rust_ty(ctx, extra).or_else(|_| {
             if let Ok(layout) = self.try_get_layout(ctx, extra) {
-                Ok(helpers::blob(layout))
+                Ok(helpers::blob(ctx, layout, true))
             } else {
                 Err(Error::NoLayoutForOpaqueBlob)
             }
@@ -5573,6 +5577,25 @@ pub(crate) mod utils {
         result.extend(old_items);
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn prepend_opaque_array_type(
+        result: &mut Vec<proc_macro2::TokenStream>,
+    ) {
+        let ty = quote! {
+            /// If Bindgen could only determine the size and alignment of a
+            /// type, it is represented like this.
+            #[derive(PartialEq, Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash)]
+            #[repr(C)]
+            pub struct __BindgenOpaqueArray<T: Copy, const N: usize>(pub [T; N]);
+            impl<T: Copy + Default, const N: usize> Default for __BindgenOpaqueArray<T, N> {
+                fn default() -> Self {
+                    Self([<T as Default>::default(); N])
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        result.insert(0, ty);
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn build_path(
         item: &Item,
         ctx: &BindgenContext,

bindgen/codegen/struct_layout.rs

@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ impl<'a> StructLayoutTracker<'a> {
     }
 
     fn padding_field(&mut self, layout: Layout) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
-        let ty = helpers::blob(layout);
+        let ty = helpers::blob(self.ctx, layout, false);
         let padding_count = self.padding_count;
 
         self.padding_count += 1;

bindgen/features.rs

@@ -263,7 +263,10 @@ define_rust_targets! {
     Stable_1_71(71) => { c_unwind_abi: #106075 },
     Stable_1_68(68) => { abi_efiapi: #105795 },
     Stable_1_64(64) => { core_ffi_c: #94503 },
-    Stable_1_51(51) => { raw_ref_macros: #80886 },
+    Stable_1_51(51) => {
+        raw_ref_macros: #80886,
+        min_const_generics: #74878,
+    },
     Stable_1_59(59) => { const_cstr: #54745 },
     Stable_1_47(47) => { larger_arrays: #74060 },
     Stable_1_43(43) => { associated_constants: #68952 },

bindgen/ir/context.rs

@@ -388,6 +388,9 @@ pub(crate) struct BindgenContext {
     /// The options given by the user via cli or other medium.
     options: BindgenOptions,
 
+    /// Whether an opaque array was generated
+    generated_opaque_array: Cell<bool>,
+
     /// Whether a bindgen complex was generated
     generated_bindgen_complex: Cell<bool>,
 
@@ -595,6 +598,7 @@ If you encounter an error missing from this list, please file an issue or a PR!"
             options,
             generated_bindgen_complex: Cell::new(false),
             generated_bindgen_float16: Cell::new(false),
+            generated_opaque_array: Cell::new(false),
             allowlisted: None,
             blocklisted_types_implement_traits: Default::default(),
             codegen_items: None,
@@ -2607,6 +2611,16 @@ If you encounter an error missing from this list, please file an issue or a PR!"
         }
     }
 
+    /// Call if an opaque array is generated
+    pub(crate) fn generated_opaque_array(&self) {
+        self.generated_opaque_array.set(true)
+    }
+
+    /// Whether we need to generate the opaque array type
+    pub(crate) fn need_opaque_array_type(&self) -> bool {
+        self.generated_opaque_array.get()
+    }
+
     /// Call if a bindgen complex is generated
     pub(crate) fn generated_bindgen_complex(&self) {
         self.generated_bindgen_complex.set(true);

bindgen/ir/ty.rs

@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ pub(crate) enum TypeKind {
     /// A compound type, that is, a class, struct, or union.
     Comp(CompInfo),
 
-    /// An opaque type that we just don't understand. All usage of this shoulf
+    /// An opaque type that we just don't understand. All usage of this should
     /// result in an opaque blob of bytes generated from the containing type's
     /// layout.
     Opaque,