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r: 119194
b: refs/heads/dist-snap
c: 898669c
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

Author: thestinger

[refs]

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ refs/heads/try: 1813e5aa1a03b0596b8de7abd1af31edf5d6098f
 refs/tags/release-0.1: 1f5c5126e96c79d22cb7862f75304136e204f105
 refs/heads/ndm: f3868061cd7988080c30d6d5bf352a5a5fe2460b
 refs/heads/try2: 147ecfdd8221e4a4d4e090486829a06da1e0ca3c
-refs/heads/dist-snap: 1ac8b34ccd02965886d3ca0bd83115c7f7b73729
+refs/heads/dist-snap: 898669c4e203ae91e2048fb6c0f8591c867bccc6
 refs/tags/release-0.2: c870d2dffb391e14efb05aa27898f1f6333a9596
 refs/tags/release-0.3: b5f0d0f648d9a6153664837026ba1be43d3e2503
 refs/heads/try3: 9387340aab40a73e8424c48fd42f0c521a4875c0

branches/dist-snap/src/librustc/middle/trans/expr.rs

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ use middle::typeck::MethodCall;
 use util::common::indenter;
 use util::ppaux::Repr;
 use util::nodemap::NodeMap;
-use middle::trans::machine::llsize_of;
+use middle::trans::machine::{llsize_of, llsize_of_alloc};
 use middle::trans::type_::Type;
 
 use std::slice;
@@ -1200,12 +1200,19 @@ fn trans_boxed_expr<'a>(bcx: &'a Block<'a>,
         let size = llsize_of(bcx.ccx(), llty);
         let Result { bcx: bcx, val: val } = malloc_raw_dyn(bcx, contents_ty,
                                                            heap_exchange, size);
-        let custom_cleanup_scope = fcx.push_custom_cleanup_scope();
-        fcx.schedule_free_value(cleanup::CustomScope(custom_cleanup_scope),
-                                val, heap_exchange);
-        let bcx = trans_into(bcx, contents, SaveIn(val));
-        fcx.pop_custom_cleanup_scope(custom_cleanup_scope);
-        immediate_rvalue_bcx(bcx, val, box_ty).to_expr_datumblock()
+        // Unique boxes do not allocate for zero-size types. The standard library may assume
+        // that `free` is never called on the pointer returned for `~ZeroSizeType`.
+        if llsize_of_alloc(bcx.ccx(), llty) == 0 {
+            let bcx = trans_into(bcx, contents, SaveIn(val));
+            immediate_rvalue_bcx(bcx, val, box_ty).to_expr_datumblock()
+        } else {
+            let custom_cleanup_scope = fcx.push_custom_cleanup_scope();
+            fcx.schedule_free_value(cleanup::CustomScope(custom_cleanup_scope),
+                                    val, heap_exchange);
+            let bcx = trans_into(bcx, contents, SaveIn(val));
+            fcx.pop_custom_cleanup_scope(custom_cleanup_scope);
+            immediate_rvalue_bcx(bcx, val, box_ty).to_expr_datumblock()
+        }
     } else {
         let base::MallocResult { bcx, smart_ptr: bx, body } =
             base::malloc_general(bcx, contents_ty, heap);

branches/dist-snap/src/libstd/rt/global_heap.rs

@@ -64,12 +64,21 @@ pub unsafe fn realloc_raw(ptr: *mut u8, size: uint) -> *mut u8 {
     }
 }
 
+// The compiler never calls `exchange_free` on ~ZeroSizeType, so zero-size
+// allocations can point to this `static`. It would be incorrect to use a null
+// pointer, due to enums assuming types like unique pointers are never null.
+static EMPTY: () = ();
+
 /// The allocator for unique pointers without contained managed pointers.
 #[cfg(not(test))]
 #[lang="exchange_malloc"]
 #[inline]
-pub unsafe fn exchange_malloc(size: uint) -> *u8 {
-    malloc_raw(size) as *u8
+pub unsafe fn exchange_malloc(size: uint) -> *mut u8 {
+    if size == 0 {
+        &EMPTY as *() as *mut u8
+    } else {
+        malloc_raw(size)
+    }
 }
 
 // FIXME: #7496

branches/dist-snap/src/test/run-pass/empty-allocation-non-null.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+pub fn main() {
+    assert!(Some(~()).is_some());
+
+    struct Foo;
+    assert!(Some(~Foo).is_some());
+
+    let xs: ~[()] = ~[];
+    assert!(Some(xs).is_some());
+}