Inconsistent auto trait impls in standard library
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Description
Following the recent PRs implementing Send for TcpStream/File on uefi targets, I wanted to audit (at least) auto trait impls across other targets for types in the standard library. I wrote some tooling to do this via rustdoc-json-types output.
This is on tier 2+ targets with the exception of wasm32-wasip2, wasm32-unknown-emscripten, x86_64-unknown-uefi, i686-unknown-uefi, wasm32-wasip1, wasm32-wasip1-threads, and aarch64-unknown-uefi which I failed to build docs for locally (haven't dug into why, bunch of types aren't defined though).
Filing this as a first step, I think the next step is going to be digging in on why the impls are missing/present and whether that's just oversight or if there's something actually platform-specific about it. I suspect the long-term outcome is that we ought to have assertions in sys/ on auto trait impls for exposed types (e.g., sys::Mutex) and/or tests on each public module type for the auto traits it implements. But that's fairly annoying to stamp out across all of the public API so we could try to move the ad-hoc tooling I wrote in-tree and run it in CI.
impl core::panic::unwind_safe::UnwindSafe for
std::thread::thread::Threadmissing on [sparcv9-sun-solaris, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-solaris, x86_64-unknown-illumos, x86_64-unknown-netbsd, x86_64-unknown-redox]std::sync::nonpoison::condvar::Condvarmissing on [aarch64-apple-darwin, aarch64-apple-ios, aarch64-apple-ios-macabi, aarch64-apple-ios-sim, aarch64-apple-tvos, aarch64-apple-tvos-sim, aarch64-apple-visionos, aarch64-apple-visionos-sim, aarch64-apple-watchos, aarch64-apple-watchos-sim, sparcv9-sun-solaris, x86_64-apple-darwin, x86_64-apple-ios, x86_64-apple-ios-macabi, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-solaris, x86_64-unknown-illumos, x86_64-unknown-netbsd, x86_64-unknown-redox]std::sync::nonpoison::rwlock::RwLockReadGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::sync::nonpoison::mutex::Mutexmissing on [aarch64-apple-darwin, aarch64-apple-ios, aarch64-apple-ios-macabi, aarch64-apple-ios-sim, aarch64-apple-tvos, aarch64-apple-tvos-sim, aarch64-apple-visionos, aarch64-apple-visionos-sim, aarch64-apple-watchos, aarch64-apple-watchos-sim, sparcv9-sun-solaris, x86_64-apple-darwin, x86_64-apple-ios, x86_64-apple-ios-macabi, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-solaris, x86_64-unknown-illumos, x86_64-unknown-netbsd, x86_64-unknown-redox]std::sync::barrier::Barriermissing on [aarch64-apple-darwin, aarch64-apple-ios, aarch64-apple-ios-macabi, aarch64-apple-ios-sim, aarch64-apple-tvos, aarch64-apple-tvos-sim, aarch64-apple-visionos, aarch64-apple-visionos-sim, aarch64-apple-watchos, aarch64-apple-watchos-sim, sparcv9-sun-solaris, x86_64-apple-darwin, x86_64-apple-ios, x86_64-apple-ios-macabi, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-solaris, x86_64-unknown-illumos, x86_64-unknown-netbsd, x86_64-unknown-redox]std::process::Commandonly present on [aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm, aarch64-pc-windows-msvc, aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, i686-pc-windows-gnu, i686-pc-windows-gnullvm, i686-pc-windows-msvc, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7a-uwp-windows-msvc, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-windows-gnu, x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm, x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, x86_64-unknown-none]std::sync::poison::rwlock::MappedRwLockReadGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::sync::nonpoison::rwlock::MappedRwLockReadGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::sync::poison::rwlock::RwLockReadGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]
impl core::panic::unwind_safe::RefUnwindSafe for
std::thread::thread::Threadmissing on [sparcv9-sun-solaris, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-solaris, x86_64-unknown-illumos, x86_64-unknown-netbsd, x86_64-unknown-redox]std::sync::nonpoison::rwlock::RwLockReadGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::sync::nonpoison::rwlock::MappedRwLockWriteGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::sync::nonpoison::mutex::MappedMutexGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::process::Commandonly present on [aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm, aarch64-pc-windows-msvc, aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, i686-pc-windows-gnu, i686-pc-windows-gnullvm, i686-pc-windows-msvc, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7a-uwp-windows-msvc, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-windows-gnu, x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm, x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, x86_64-unknown-none]std::sync::poison::rwlock::MappedRwLockReadGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::sync::poison::mutex::MappedMutexGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::sync::poison::rwlock::MappedRwLockWriteGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::thread::scoped::Scopemissing on [sparcv9-sun-solaris, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-solaris, x86_64-unknown-illumos, x86_64-unknown-netbsd, x86_64-unknown-redox]std::sync::nonpoison::rwlock::MappedRwLockReadGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]std::sync::poison::rwlock::RwLockReadGuardmissing on [wasm32-unknown-unknown]
impl core::marker::Send for
std::env::Varsonly present on [aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-unknown-none]std::env::VarsOsonly present on [aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-unknown-none]std::sync::once::OnceStatemissing on [aarch64-apple-darwin, aarch64-apple-ios, aarch64-apple-ios-macabi, aarch64-apple-ios-sim, aarch64-apple-tvos, aarch64-apple-tvos-sim, aarch64-apple-visionos, aarch64-apple-visionos-sim, aarch64-apple-watchos, aarch64-apple-watchos-sim, sparcv9-sun-solaris, x86_64-apple-darwin, x86_64-apple-ios, x86_64-apple-ios-macabi, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-solaris, x86_64-unknown-illumos, x86_64-unknown-netbsd, x86_64-unknown-redox]std::process::CommandArgsonly present on [aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm, aarch64-pc-windows-msvc, aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, i686-pc-windows-gnu, i686-pc-windows-gnullvm, i686-pc-windows-msvc, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7a-uwp-windows-msvc, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-windows-gnu, x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm, x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, x86_64-unknown-none]
impl core::marker::Freeze for
std::sync::poison::condvar::Condvaronly present on [aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-unknown-none]std::sync::nonpoison::condvar::Condvaronly present on [aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-unknown-none]
impl core::marker::Sync for
std::env::Varsonly present on [aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-unknown-none]std::env::VarsOsonly present on [aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-unknown-none]std::process::CommandArgsonly present on [aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm, aarch64-pc-windows-msvc, aarch64-unknown-none, aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc, armv7a-none-eabi, armv7a-none-eabihf, armv7r-none-eabi, armv7r-none-eabihf, armv8r-none-eabihf, i686-pc-windows-gnu, i686-pc-windows-gnullvm, i686-pc-windows-msvc, loongarch64-unknown-none, loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, nvptx64-nvidia-cuda, riscv32i-unknown-none-elf, riscv32im-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imafc-unknown-none-elf, riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf, riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf, s390x-unknown-none-softfloat, thumbv6m-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabi, thumbv7a-none-eabihf, thumbv7a-uwp-windows-msvc, thumbv7em-none-eabi, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, thumbv7m-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabi, thumbv7r-none-eabihf, thumbv8m.base-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabi, thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv8r-none-eabihf, wasm32-unknown-unknown, wasm32v1-none, x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx, x86_64-pc-windows-gnu, x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm, x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, x86_64-unknown-none]
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