Use `ptr::cast` instead of `as` casts in several places. (#3507)

`ptr::cast` has the advantage of being unable to silently cast
`*const T` to `*mut T`. This turned up several places that were
performing such casts, which this PR also fixes.

cranelift/jit/src/backend.rs

@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ fn lookup_with_dlsym(name: &str) -> Option<*const u8> {
             // try to find the searched symbol in the currently running executable
             ptr::null_mut(),
             // try to find the searched symbol in local c runtime
-            winapi::um::libloaderapi::GetModuleHandleA(MSVCRT_DLL.as_ptr() as *const i8),
+            winapi::um::libloaderapi::GetModuleHandleA(MSVCRT_DLL.as_ptr().cast::<i8>()),
         ];
 
         for handle in &handles {

crates/jit/src/code_memory.rs

@@ -200,11 +200,7 @@ unsafe fn register_unwind_info(obj: &File, text: &[u8]) -> Result<Option<UnwindR
         return Ok(None);
     }
     Ok(Some(
-        UnwindRegistration::new(
+        UnwindRegistration::new(text.as_ptr(), unwind_info.as_ptr(), unwind_info.len())
-            text.as_ptr() as *mut _,
+            .context("failed to create unwind info registration")?,
-            unwind_info.as_ptr() as *mut _,
-            unwind_info.len(),
-        )
-        .context("failed to create unwind info registration")?,
     ))
 }

crates/jit/src/instantiate.rs

@@ -387,16 +387,13 @@ impl CompiledModule {
     #[inline]
     pub fn finished_functions(
         &self,
-    ) -> impl ExactSizeIterator<Item = (DefinedFuncIndex, *mut [VMFunctionBody])> + '_ {
+    ) -> impl ExactSizeIterator<Item = (DefinedFuncIndex, *const [VMFunctionBody])> + '_ {
         let code = self.code();
         self.funcs.iter().map(move |(i, info)| {
             let func = &code[info.start as usize..][..info.length as usize];
             (
                 i,
-                std::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(
+                std::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts(func.as_ptr().cast::<VMFunctionBody>(), func.len()),
-                    func.as_ptr() as *mut VMFunctionBody,
-                    func.len(),
-                ),
             )
         })
     }
@@ -423,7 +420,7 @@ impl CompiledModule {
     /// memory with the stack maps associated with those bytes.
     pub fn stack_maps(
         &self,
-    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = (*mut [VMFunctionBody], &[StackMapInformation])> {
+    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = (*const [VMFunctionBody], &[StackMapInformation])> {
         self.finished_functions()
             .map(|(_, f)| f)
             .zip(self.funcs.values().map(|f| f.stack_maps.as_slice()))

crates/jit/src/profiling/jitdump_linux.rs

@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ impl State {
         let tid = pid; // ThreadId does appear to track underlying thread. Using PID.
 
         for (idx, func) in module.finished_functions() {
-            let (addr, len) = unsafe { ((*func).as_ptr() as *const u8, (*func).len()) };
+            let (addr, len) = unsafe { ((*func).as_ptr().cast::<u8>(), (*func).len()) };
             if let Some(img) = &dbg_image {
                 if let Err(err) = self.dump_from_debug_image(img, "wasm", addr, len, pid, tid) {
                     println!(

crates/jit/src/profiling/vtune_linux.rs

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl State {
             .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("wasm_module_{}", global_module_id));
 
         for (idx, func) in module.finished_functions() {
-            let (addr, len) = unsafe { ((*func).as_ptr() as *const u8, (*func).len()) };
+            let (addr, len) = unsafe { ((*func).as_ptr().cast::<u8>(), (*func).len()) };
             let method_name = super::debug_name(module.module(), idx);
             let method_id = self.get_method_id();
             log::trace!(

crates/jit/src/unwind/systemv.rs

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ impl UnwindRegistration {
     /// describe an in-memory representation of a `.eh_frame` section. This is
     /// typically arranged for by the `wasmtime-obj` crate.
     pub unsafe fn new(
-        _base_address: *mut u8,
+        _base_address: *const u8,
-        unwind_info: *mut u8,
+        unwind_info: *const u8,
         unwind_len: usize,
     ) -> Result<UnwindRegistration> {
         debug_assert_eq!(

crates/jit/src/unwind/winx64.rs

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ pub struct UnwindRegistration {
 
 impl UnwindRegistration {
     pub unsafe fn new(
-        base_address: *mut u8,
+        base_address: *const u8,
-        unwind_info: *mut u8,
+        unwind_info: *const u8,
         unwind_len: usize,
     ) -> Result<UnwindRegistration> {
         assert!(unwind_info as usize % 4 == 0);

crates/runtime/src/externref.rs

@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ impl VMExternRef {
     /// or `PartialEq` implementation of the pointed-to values.
     #[inline]
     pub fn eq(a: &Self, b: &Self) -> bool {
-        ptr::eq(a.0.as_ptr() as *const _, b.0.as_ptr() as *const _)
+        ptr::eq(a.0.as_ptr(), b.0.as_ptr())
     }
 
     /// Hash a given `VMExternRef`.
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ impl VMExternRef {
     where
         H: Hasher,
     {
-        ptr::hash(externref.0.as_ptr() as *const _, hasher);
+        ptr::hash(externref.0.as_ptr(), hasher);
     }
 
     /// Compare two `VMExternRef`s.
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ impl VMExternRefActivationsTable {
 
     /// Create a new `VMExternRefActivationsTable`.
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        let chunk = Self::new_chunk(Self::CHUNK_SIZE);
+        let mut chunk = Self::new_chunk(Self::CHUNK_SIZE);
-        let next = chunk.as_ptr() as *mut TableElem;
+        let next = chunk.as_mut_ptr().cast::<TableElem>();
         let end = unsafe { next.add(chunk.len()) };
 
         VMExternRefActivationsTable {
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ impl VMExternRefActivationsTable {
         precise_stack_roots: &mut HashSet<VMExternRefWithTraits>,
         root: NonNull<VMExternData>,
     ) {
-        let root = unsafe { VMExternRef::clone_from_raw(root.as_ptr() as *mut _) };
+        let root = unsafe { VMExternRef::clone_from_raw(root.as_ptr().cast()) };
         precise_stack_roots.insert(VMExternRefWithTraits(root));
     }
 
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ impl VMExternRefActivationsTable {
 
         // Reset our `next` finger to the start of the bump allocation chunk.
         unsafe {
-            let next = self.alloc.chunk.as_ptr() as *mut TableElem;
+            let next = self.alloc.chunk.as_mut_ptr().cast::<TableElem>();
             debug_assert!(!next.is_null());
             *self.alloc.next.get() = NonNull::new_unchecked(next);
         }

crates/runtime/src/instance.rs

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ impl Instance {
     /// Helper function to access various locations offset from our `*mut
     /// VMContext` object.
     unsafe fn vmctx_plus_offset<T>(&self, offset: u32) -> *mut T {
-        (self.vmctx_ptr() as *mut u8)
+        (self.vmctx_ptr().cast::<u8>())
             .add(usize::try_from(offset).unwrap())
             .cast()
     }
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ impl Instance {
 
         // Keep the `VMContext` pointers used by compiled Wasm code up to
         // date.
-        self.set_table(table_index, self.tables[table_index].vmtable());
+        let element = self.tables[table_index].vmtable();
+        self.set_table(table_index, element);
 
         result
     }

crates/runtime/src/memory.rs

@@ -476,10 +476,10 @@ impl Memory {
     }
 
     /// Return a `VMMemoryDefinition` for exposing the memory to compiled wasm code.
-    pub fn vmmemory(&self) -> VMMemoryDefinition {
+    pub fn vmmemory(&mut self) -> VMMemoryDefinition {
         match self {
             Memory::Static { base, size, .. } => VMMemoryDefinition {
-                base: base.as_ptr() as *mut _,
+                base: base.as_mut_ptr().cast(),
                 current_length: *size,
             },
             Memory::Dynamic(mem) => mem.vmmemory(),

crates/runtime/src/table.rs

@@ -398,14 +398,14 @@ impl Table {
     }
 
     /// Return a `VMTableDefinition` for exposing the table to compiled wasm code.
-    pub fn vmtable(&self) -> VMTableDefinition {
+    pub fn vmtable(&mut self) -> VMTableDefinition {
         match self {
             Table::Static { data, size, .. } => VMTableDefinition {
-                base: data.as_ptr() as *mut _,
+                base: data.as_mut_ptr().cast(),
                 current_elements: *size,
             },
             Table::Dynamic { elements, .. } => VMTableDefinition {
-                base: elements.as_ptr() as _,
+                base: elements.as_mut_ptr().cast(),
                 current_elements: elements.len().try_into().unwrap(),
             },
         }

crates/runtime/src/vmcontext.rs

@@ -340,145 +340,157 @@ impl VMGlobalDefinition {
     /// Return a reference to the value as an i32.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_i32(&self) -> &i32 {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const i32)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<i32>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as an i32.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_i32_mut(&mut self) -> &mut i32 {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut i32)
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<i32>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as a u32.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_u32(&self) -> &u32 {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const u32)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<u32>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as an u32.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_u32_mut(&mut self) -> &mut u32 {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut u32)
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<u32>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as an i64.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_i64(&self) -> &i64 {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const i64)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<i64>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as an i64.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_i64_mut(&mut self) -> &mut i64 {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut i64)
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<i64>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as an u64.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_u64(&self) -> &u64 {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const u64)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<u64>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as an u64.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_u64_mut(&mut self) -> &mut u64 {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut u64)
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<u64>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as an f32.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_f32(&self) -> &f32 {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const f32)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<f32>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as an f32.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_f32_mut(&mut self) -> &mut f32 {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut f32)
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<f32>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as f32 bits.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_f32_bits(&self) -> &u32 {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const u32)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<u32>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as f32 bits.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_f32_bits_mut(&mut self) -> &mut u32 {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut u32)
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<u32>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as an f64.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_f64(&self) -> &f64 {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const f64)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<f64>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as an f64.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_f64_mut(&mut self) -> &mut f64 {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut f64)
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<f64>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as f64 bits.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_f64_bits(&self) -> &u64 {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const u64)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<u64>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as f64 bits.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_f64_bits_mut(&mut self) -> &mut u64 {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut u64)
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<u64>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as an u128.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_u128(&self) -> &u128 {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const u128)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<u128>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as an u128.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_u128_mut(&mut self) -> &mut u128 {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut u128)
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<u128>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as u128 bits.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_u128_bits(&self) -> &[u8; 16] {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const [u8; 16])
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<[u8; 16]>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as u128 bits.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_u128_bits_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8; 16] {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut [u8; 16])
+        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<[u8; 16]>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as an externref.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_externref(&self) -> &Option<VMExternRef> {
-        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const Option<VMExternRef>)
+        &*(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr().cast::<Option<VMExternRef>>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as an externref.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_externref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Option<VMExternRef> {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut Option<VMExternRef>)
+        &mut *(self
+            .storage
+            .as_mut()
+            .as_mut_ptr()
+            .cast::<Option<VMExternRef>>())
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to the value as an anyfunc.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_anyfunc(&self) -> *const VMCallerCheckedAnyfunc {
-        *(self.storage.as_ref().as_ptr() as *const *const VMCallerCheckedAnyfunc)
+        *(self
+            .storage
+            .as_ref()
+            .as_ptr()
+            .cast::<*const VMCallerCheckedAnyfunc>())
     }
 
     /// Return a mutable reference to the value as an anyfunc.
     #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
     pub unsafe fn as_anyfunc_mut(&mut self) -> &mut *const VMCallerCheckedAnyfunc {
-        &mut *(self.storage.as_mut().as_mut_ptr() as *mut *const VMCallerCheckedAnyfunc)
+        &mut *(self
+            .storage
+            .as_mut()
+            .as_mut_ptr()
+            .cast::<*const VMCallerCheckedAnyfunc>())
     }
 }
 

crates/wasi-common/src/snapshots/preview_1.rs

@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ fn dirent_bytes(dirent: types::Dirent) -> Vec<u8> {
         .expect("Dirent is smaller than 2^32");
     let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(size);
     bytes.resize(size, 0);
-    let ptr = bytes.as_mut_ptr() as *mut types::Dirent;
+    let ptr = bytes.as_mut_ptr().cast::<types::Dirent>();
     let guest_dirent = types::Dirent {
         d_ino: dirent.d_ino.to_le(),
         d_namlen: dirent.d_namlen.to_le(),

crates/wasmtime/src/externals.rs

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ impl Global {
                 Val::F64(f) => *definition.as_u64_mut() = f,
                 Val::FuncRef(f) => {
                     *definition.as_anyfunc_mut() = f.map_or(ptr::null(), |f| {
-                        f.caller_checked_anyfunc(store).as_ptr() as *const _
+                        f.caller_checked_anyfunc(store).as_ptr().cast()
                     });
                 }
                 Val::ExternRef(x) => {