Allow limited access to OsStr bytes

library/std/src/ffi/mod.rs

@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@
 //! trait, which provides a [`from_wide`] method to convert a native Windows
 //! string (without the terminating nul character) to an [`OsString`].
 //!
+//! ## On all platforms
+//!
+//! On all platforms, [`OsStr`] consists of a sequence of bytes that is encoded as a superset of
+//! UTF-8; see [`OsString`] for more details on its encoding on different platforms.
+//!
+//! For limited, inexpensive conversions from and to bytes, see [`OsStr::as_os_str_bytes`] and
+//! [`OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked`].
+//!
 //! [Unicode scalar value]: https://www.unicode.org/glossary/#unicode_scalar_value
 //! [Unicode code point]: https://www.unicode.org/glossary/#code_point
 //! [`env::set_var()`]: crate::env::set_var "env::set_var"

library/std/src/ffi/os_str.rs

@@ -667,6 +667,51 @@ impl OsStr {
         s.as_ref()
     }
 
+    /// Converts a slice of bytes to an OS string slice without checking that the string contains
+    /// valid `OsStr`-encoded data.
+    ///
+    /// The byte encoding is an unspecified, platform-specific, self-synchronizing superset of UTF-8.
+    /// By being a self-synchronizing superset of UTF-8, this encoding is also a superset of 7-bit
+    /// ASCII.
+    ///
+    /// See the [module's toplevel documentation about conversions][conversions] for safe,
+    /// cross-platform [conversions] from/to native representations.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// As the encoding is unspecified, callers must pass in bytes that originated as a mixture of
+    /// validated UTF-8 and bytes from [`OsStr::as_os_str_bytes`] from within the same rust version
+    /// built for the same target platform.  For example, reconstructing an `OsStr` from bytes sent
+    /// over the network or stored in a file will likely violate these safety rules.
+    ///
+    /// Due to the encoding being self-synchronizing, the bytes from [`OsStr::as_os_str_bytes`] can be
+    /// split either immediately before or immediately after any valid non-empty UTF-8 substring.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(os_str_bytes)]
+    ///
+    /// use std::ffi::OsStr;
+    ///
+    /// let os_str = OsStr::new("Mary had a little lamb");
+    /// let bytes = os_str.as_os_str_bytes();
+    /// let words = bytes.split(|b| *b == b' ');
+    /// let words: Vec<&OsStr> = words.map(|word| {
+    ///     // SAFETY:
+    ///     // - Each `word` only contains content that originated from `OsStr::as_os_str_bytes`
+    ///     // - Only split with ASCII whitespace which is a non-empty UTF-8 substring
+    ///     unsafe { OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(word) }
+    /// }).collect();
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// [conversions]: super#conversions
+    #[inline]
+    #[unstable(feature = "os_str_bytes", issue = "111544")]
+    pub unsafe fn from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(bytes: &[u8]) -> &Self {
+        Self::from_inner(Slice::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(bytes))
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn from_inner(inner: &Slice) -> &OsStr {
         // SAFETY: OsStr is just a wrapper of Slice,
@@ -837,13 +882,24 @@ impl OsStr {
         OsString { inner: Buf::from_box(boxed) }
     }
 
-    /// Gets the underlying byte representation.
+    /// Converts an OS string slice to a byte slice.  To convert the byte slice back into an OS
+    /// string slice, use the [`OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked`] function.
+    ///
+    /// The byte encoding is an unspecified, platform-specific, self-synchronizing superset of UTF-8.
+    /// By being a self-synchronizing superset of UTF-8, this encoding is also a superset of 7-bit
+    /// ASCII.
+    ///
+    /// Note: As the encoding is unspecified, any sub-slice of bytes that is not valid UTF-8 should
+    /// be treated as opaque and only comparable within the same rust version built for the same
+    /// target platform.  For example, sending the slice over the network or storing it in a file
+    /// will likely result in incompatible byte slices.  See [`OsString`] for more encoding details
+    /// and [`std::ffi`] for platform-specific, specified conversions.
     ///
-    /// Note: it is *crucial* that this API is not externally public, to avoid
-    /// revealing the internal, platform-specific encodings.
+    /// [`std::ffi`]: crate::ffi
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        unsafe { &*(&self.inner as *const _ as *const [u8]) }
+    #[unstable(feature = "os_str_bytes", issue = "111544")]
+    pub fn as_os_str_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.inner.as_os_str_bytes()
     }
 
     /// Converts this string to its ASCII lower case equivalent in-place.
@@ -1131,7 +1187,7 @@ impl Default for &OsStr {
 impl PartialEq for OsStr {
     #[inline]
     fn eq(&self, other: &OsStr) -> bool {
-        self.bytes().eq(other.bytes())
+        self.as_os_str_bytes().eq(other.as_os_str_bytes())
     }
 }
 
@@ -1158,23 +1214,23 @@ impl Eq for OsStr {}
 impl PartialOrd for OsStr {
     #[inline]
     fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &OsStr) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
-        self.bytes().partial_cmp(other.bytes())
+        self.as_os_str_bytes().partial_cmp(other.as_os_str_bytes())
     }
     #[inline]
     fn lt(&self, other: &OsStr) -> bool {
-        self.bytes().lt(other.bytes())
+        self.as_os_str_bytes().lt(other.as_os_str_bytes())
     }
     #[inline]
     fn le(&self, other: &OsStr) -> bool {
-        self.bytes().le(other.bytes())
+        self.as_os_str_bytes().le(other.as_os_str_bytes())
     }
     #[inline]
     fn gt(&self, other: &OsStr) -> bool {
-        self.bytes().gt(other.bytes())
+        self.as_os_str_bytes().gt(other.as_os_str_bytes())
     }
     #[inline]
     fn ge(&self, other: &OsStr) -> bool {
-        self.bytes().ge(other.bytes())
+        self.as_os_str_bytes().ge(other.as_os_str_bytes())
     }
 }
 
@@ -1193,7 +1249,7 @@ impl PartialOrd<str> for OsStr {
 impl Ord for OsStr {
     #[inline]
     fn cmp(&self, other: &OsStr) -> cmp::Ordering {
-        self.bytes().cmp(other.bytes())
+        self.as_os_str_bytes().cmp(other.as_os_str_bytes())
     }
 }
 
@@ -1243,7 +1299,7 @@ impl_cmp!(Cow<'a, OsStr>, OsString);
 impl Hash for OsStr {
     #[inline]
     fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
-        self.bytes().hash(state)
+        self.as_os_str_bytes().hash(state)
     }
 }
 

library/std/src/path.rs

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ impl<'a> Prefix<'a> {
     fn len(&self) -> usize {
         use self::Prefix::*;
         fn os_str_len(s: &OsStr) -> usize {
-            s.bytes().len()
+            s.as_os_str_bytes().len()
         }
         match *self {
             Verbatim(x) => 4 + os_str_len(x),
@@ -299,20 +299,6 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-unsafe fn u8_slice_as_os_str(s: &[u8]) -> &OsStr {
-    // SAFETY: See note at the top of this module to understand why this and
-    // `OsStr::bytes` are used:
-    //
-    // This casts are safe as OsStr is internally a wrapper around [u8] on all
-    // platforms.
-    //
-    // Note that currently this relies on the special knowledge that std has;
-    // these types are single-element structs but are not marked
-    // repr(transparent) or repr(C) which would make these casts not allowable
-    // outside std.
-    unsafe { &*(s as *const [u8] as *const OsStr) }
-}
-
 // Detect scheme on Redox
 fn has_redox_scheme(s: &[u8]) -> bool {
     cfg!(target_os = "redox") && s.contains(&b':')
@@ -330,26 +316,31 @@ fn has_physical_root(s: &[u8], prefix: Option<Prefix<'_>>) -> bool {
 
 // basic workhorse for splitting stem and extension
 fn rsplit_file_at_dot(file: &OsStr) -> (Option<&OsStr>, Option<&OsStr>) {
-    if file.bytes() == b".." {
+    if file.as_os_str_bytes() == b".." {
         return (Some(file), None);
     }
 
     // The unsafety here stems from converting between &OsStr and &[u8]
     // and back. This is safe to do because (1) we only look at ASCII
     // contents of the encoding and (2) new &OsStr values are produced
     // only from ASCII-bounded slices of existing &OsStr values.
-    let mut iter = file.bytes().rsplitn(2, |b| *b == b'.');
+    let mut iter = file.as_os_str_bytes().rsplitn(2, |b| *b == b'.');
     let after = iter.next();
     let before = iter.next();
     if before == Some(b"") {
         (Some(file), None)
     } else {
-        unsafe { (before.map(|s| u8_slice_as_os_str(s)), after.map(|s| u8_slice_as_os_str(s))) }
+        unsafe {
+            (
+                before.map(|s| OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(s)),
+                after.map(|s| OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(s)),
+            )
+        }
     }
 }
 
 fn split_file_at_dot(file: &OsStr) -> (&OsStr, Option<&OsStr>) {
-    let slice = file.bytes();
+    let slice = file.as_os_str_bytes();
     if slice == b".." {
         return (file, None);
     }
@@ -364,7 +355,12 @@ fn split_file_at_dot(file: &OsStr) -> (&OsStr, Option<&OsStr>) {
     };
     let before = &slice[..i];
     let after = &slice[i + 1..];
-    unsafe { (u8_slice_as_os_str(before), Some(u8_slice_as_os_str(after))) }
+    unsafe {
+        (
+            OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(before),
+            Some(OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(after)),
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -743,7 +739,7 @@ impl<'a> Components<'a> {
             // separately via `include_cur_dir`
             b".." => Some(Component::ParentDir),
             b"" => None,
-            _ => Some(Component::Normal(unsafe { u8_slice_as_os_str(comp) })),
+            _ => Some(Component::Normal(unsafe { OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(comp) })),
         }
     }
 
@@ -900,7 +896,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for Components<'a> {
                     let raw = &self.path[..self.prefix_len()];
                     self.path = &self.path[self.prefix_len()..];
                     return Some(Component::Prefix(PrefixComponent {
-                        raw: unsafe { u8_slice_as_os_str(raw) },
+                        raw: unsafe { OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(raw) },
                         parsed: self.prefix.unwrap(),
                     }));
                 }
@@ -972,7 +968,7 @@ impl<'a> DoubleEndedIterator for Components<'a> {
                 State::Prefix if self.prefix_len() > 0 => {
                     self.back = State::Done;
                     return Some(Component::Prefix(PrefixComponent {
-                        raw: unsafe { u8_slice_as_os_str(self.path) },
+                        raw: unsafe { OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(self.path) },
                         parsed: self.prefix.unwrap(),
                     }));
                 }
@@ -1481,17 +1477,17 @@ impl PathBuf {
     fn _set_extension(&mut self, extension: &OsStr) -> bool {
         let file_stem = match self.file_stem() {
             None => return false,
-            Some(f) => f.bytes(),
+            Some(f) => f.as_os_str_bytes(),
         };
 
         // truncate until right after the file stem
         let end_file_stem = file_stem[file_stem.len()..].as_ptr().addr();
-        let start = self.inner.bytes().as_ptr().addr();
+        let start = self.inner.as_os_str_bytes().as_ptr().addr();
         let v = self.as_mut_vec();
         v.truncate(end_file_stem.wrapping_sub(start));
 
         // add the new extension, if any
-        let new = extension.bytes();
+        let new = extension.as_os_str_bytes();
         if !new.is_empty() {
             v.reserve_exact(new.len() + 1);
             v.push(b'.');
@@ -2011,11 +2007,11 @@ impl Path {
     // The following (private!) function allows construction of a path from a u8
     // slice, which is only safe when it is known to follow the OsStr encoding.
     unsafe fn from_u8_slice(s: &[u8]) -> &Path {
-        unsafe { Path::new(u8_slice_as_os_str(s)) }
+        unsafe { Path::new(OsStr::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(s)) }
     }
     // The following (private!) function reveals the byte encoding used for OsStr.
     fn as_u8_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        self.inner.bytes()
+        self.inner.as_os_str_bytes()
     }
 
     /// Directly wraps a string slice as a `Path` slice.

library/std/src/sys/common/small_c_string.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub fn run_path_with_cstr<T, F>(path: &Path, f: F) -> io::Result<T>
 where
     F: FnOnce(&CStr) -> io::Result<T>,
 {
-    run_with_cstr(path.as_os_str().bytes(), f)
+    run_with_cstr(path.as_os_str().as_os_str_bytes(), f)
 }
 
 #[inline]

library/std/src/sys/common/tests.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use core::iter::repeat;
 fn stack_allocation_works() {
     let path = Path::new("abc");
     let result = run_path_with_cstr(path, |p| {
-        assert_eq!(p, &*CString::new(path.as_os_str().bytes()).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(p, &*CString::new(path.as_os_str().as_os_str_bytes()).unwrap());
         Ok(42)
     });
     assert_eq!(result.unwrap(), 42);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fn heap_allocation_works() {
     let path = repeat("a").take(384).collect::<String>();
     let path = Path::new(&path);
     let result = run_path_with_cstr(path, |p| {
-        assert_eq!(p, &*CString::new(path.as_os_str().bytes()).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(p, &*CString::new(path.as_os_str().as_os_str_bytes()).unwrap());
         Ok(42)
     });
     assert_eq!(result.unwrap(), 42);

library/std/src/sys/unix/os_str.rs

@@ -193,13 +193,18 @@ impl Buf {
 
 impl Slice {
     #[inline]
-    fn from_u8_slice(s: &[u8]) -> &Slice {
+    pub fn as_os_str_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.inner
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub unsafe fn from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(s: &[u8]) -> &Slice {
         unsafe { mem::transmute(s) }
     }
 
     #[inline]
     pub fn from_str(s: &str) -> &Slice {
-        Slice::from_u8_slice(s.as_bytes())
+        unsafe { Slice::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(s.as_bytes()) }
     }
 
     pub fn to_str(&self) -> Option<&str> {

library/std/src/sys/unix/os_str/tests.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use super::*;
 
 #[test]
 fn slice_debug_output() {
-    let input = Slice::from_u8_slice(b"\xF0hello,\tworld");
+    let input = unsafe { Slice::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(b"\xF0hello,\tworld") };
     let expected = r#""\xF0hello,\tworld""#;
     let output = format!("{input:?}");
 
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ fn slice_debug_output() {
 
 #[test]
 fn display() {
-    assert_eq!(
-        "Hello\u{FFFD}\u{FFFD} There\u{FFFD} Goodbye",
-        Slice::from_u8_slice(b"Hello\xC0\x80 There\xE6\x83 Goodbye").to_string(),
-    );
+    assert_eq!("Hello\u{FFFD}\u{FFFD} There\u{FFFD} Goodbye", unsafe {
+        Slice::from_os_str_bytes_unchecked(b"Hello\xC0\x80 There\xE6\x83 Goodbye").to_string()
+    },);
 }

library/std/src/sys/unix/path.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub(crate) fn absolute(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
 
     // Get the components, skipping the redundant leading "." component if it exists.
     let mut components = path.strip_prefix(".").unwrap_or(path).components();
-    let path_os = path.as_os_str().bytes();
+    let path_os = path.as_os_str().as_os_str_bytes();
 
     let mut normalized = if path.is_absolute() {
         // "If a pathname begins with two successive <slash> characters, the

library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_common.rs

@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ pub enum ProgramKind {
 
 impl ProgramKind {
     fn new(program: &OsStr) -> Self {
-        if program.bytes().starts_with(b"/") {
+        if program.as_os_str_bytes().starts_with(b"/") {
             Self::Absolute
-        } else if program.bytes().contains(&b'/') {
+        } else if program.as_os_str_bytes().contains(&b'/') {
             // If the program has more than one component in it, it is a relative path.
             Self::Relative
         } else {