diff --git a/compiler/rustc_abi/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_abi/src/lib.rs
index a6662d4e0e4db..31c66a56bea7b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_abi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_abi/src/lib.rs
@@ -427,11 +427,13 @@ pub struct Size {
     raw: u64,
 }
 
-// Safety: Ord is implement as just comparing numerical values and numerical values
-// are not changed by (de-)serialization.
 #[cfg(feature = "nightly")]
-unsafe impl StableOrd for Size {
+impl StableOrd for Size {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+    // `Ord` is implemented as just comparing numerical values and numerical values
+    // are not changed by (de-)serialization.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 // This is debug-printed a lot in larger structs, don't waste too much space there
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/stable_hasher.rs b/compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/stable_hasher.rs
index b5bdf2e179042..a57f5067dd8d2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/stable_hasher.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_data_structures/src/stable_hasher.rs
@@ -238,12 +238,21 @@ pub trait ToStableHashKey<HCX> {
 /// The associated constant `CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT` denotes whether
 /// unstable sorting can be used for this type. Set to true if and
 /// only if `a == b` implies `a` and `b` are fully indistinguishable.
-pub unsafe trait StableOrd: Ord {
+pub trait StableOrd: Ord {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool;
+
+    /// Marker to ensure that implementors have carefully considered
+    /// whether their `Ord` implementation obeys this trait's contract.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: ();
 }
 
-unsafe impl<T: StableOrd> StableOrd for &T {
+impl<T: StableOrd> StableOrd for &T {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = T::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT;
+
+    // Ordering of a reference is exactly that of the referent, and since
+    // the ordering of the referet is stable so must be the ordering of the
+    // reference.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 /// This is a companion trait to `StableOrd`. Some types like `Symbol` can be
@@ -290,8 +299,12 @@ macro_rules! impl_stable_traits_for_trivial_type {
             }
         }
 
-        unsafe impl $crate::stable_hasher::StableOrd for $t {
+        impl $crate::stable_hasher::StableOrd for $t {
             const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+            // Encoding and decoding doesn't change the bytes of trivial types
+            // and `Ord::cmp` depends only on those bytes.
+            const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
         }
     };
 }
@@ -327,8 +340,12 @@ impl<CTX> HashStable<CTX> for Hash128 {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl StableOrd for Hash128 {
+impl StableOrd for Hash128 {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+    // Encoding and decoding doesn't change the bytes of `Hash128`
+    // and `Ord::cmp` depends only on those bytes.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 impl<CTX> HashStable<CTX> for ! {
@@ -392,8 +409,12 @@ impl<T1: HashStable<CTX>, T2: HashStable<CTX>, CTX> HashStable<CTX> for (T1, T2)
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl<T1: StableOrd, T2: StableOrd> StableOrd for (T1, T2) {
+impl<T1: StableOrd, T2: StableOrd> StableOrd for (T1, T2) {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = T1::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT && T2::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT;
+
+    // Ordering of tuples is a pure function of their elements' ordering, and since
+    // the ordering of each element is stable so must be the ordering of the tuple.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 impl<T1, T2, T3, CTX> HashStable<CTX> for (T1, T2, T3)
@@ -410,9 +431,13 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl<T1: StableOrd, T2: StableOrd, T3: StableOrd> StableOrd for (T1, T2, T3) {
+impl<T1: StableOrd, T2: StableOrd, T3: StableOrd> StableOrd for (T1, T2, T3) {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool =
         T1::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT && T2::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT && T3::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT;
+
+    // Ordering of tuples is a pure function of their elements' ordering, and since
+    // the ordering of each element is stable so must be the ordering of the tuple.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 impl<T1, T2, T3, T4, CTX> HashStable<CTX> for (T1, T2, T3, T4)
@@ -431,13 +456,15 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl<T1: StableOrd, T2: StableOrd, T3: StableOrd, T4: StableOrd> StableOrd
-    for (T1, T2, T3, T4)
-{
+impl<T1: StableOrd, T2: StableOrd, T3: StableOrd, T4: StableOrd> StableOrd for (T1, T2, T3, T4) {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = T1::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT
         && T2::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT
         && T3::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT
         && T4::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT;
+
+    // Ordering of tuples is a pure function of their elements' ordering, and since
+    // the ordering of each element is stable so must be the ordering of the tuple.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 impl<T: HashStable<CTX>, CTX> HashStable<CTX> for [T] {
@@ -530,8 +557,12 @@ impl<CTX> HashStable<CTX> for str {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl StableOrd for &str {
+impl StableOrd for &str {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+    // Encoding and decoding doesn't change the bytes of string slices
+    // and `Ord::cmp` depends only on those bytes.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 impl<CTX> HashStable<CTX> for String {
@@ -541,10 +572,12 @@ impl<CTX> HashStable<CTX> for String {
     }
 }
 
-// Safety: String comparison only depends on their contents and the
-// contents are not changed by (de-)serialization.
-unsafe impl StableOrd for String {
+impl StableOrd for String {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+    // String comparison only depends on their contents and the
+    // contents are not changed by (de-)serialization.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 impl<HCX> ToStableHashKey<HCX> for String {
@@ -570,9 +603,11 @@ impl<CTX> HashStable<CTX> for bool {
     }
 }
 
-// Safety: sort order of bools is not changed by (de-)serialization.
-unsafe impl StableOrd for bool {
+impl StableOrd for bool {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+    // sort order of bools is not changed by (de-)serialization.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 impl<T, CTX> HashStable<CTX> for Option<T>
@@ -590,9 +625,11 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-// Safety: the Option wrapper does not add instability to comparison.
-unsafe impl<T: StableOrd> StableOrd for Option<T> {
+impl<T: StableOrd> StableOrd for Option<T> {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = T::CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT;
+
+    // the Option wrapper does not add instability to comparison.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 impl<T1, T2, CTX> HashStable<CTX> for Result<T1, T2>
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir_id.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir_id.rs
index ac48746950709..c0ca1a8017eb2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir_id.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir_id.rs
@@ -165,10 +165,12 @@ impl ItemLocalId {
     pub const INVALID: ItemLocalId = ItemLocalId::MAX;
 }
 
-// Safety: Ord is implement as just comparing the ItemLocalId's numerical
-// values and these are not changed by (de-)serialization.
-unsafe impl StableOrd for ItemLocalId {
+impl StableOrd for ItemLocalId {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+    // `Ord` is implemented as just comparing the ItemLocalId's numerical
+    // values and these are not changed by (de-)serialization.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 /// The `HirId` corresponding to `CRATE_NODE_ID` and `CRATE_DEF_ID`.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/dep_graph/dep_node.rs b/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/dep_graph/dep_node.rs
index 5f1a03502a70f..f2a68e3567158 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/dep_graph/dep_node.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_query_system/src/dep_graph/dep_node.rs
@@ -301,9 +301,12 @@ impl<HCX> ToStableHashKey<HCX> for WorkProductId {
         self.hash
     }
 }
-unsafe impl StableOrd for WorkProductId {
+impl StableOrd for WorkProductId {
     // Fingerprint can use unstable (just a tuple of `u64`s), so WorkProductId can as well
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+    // `WorkProductId` sort order is not affected by (de)serialization.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 // Some types are used a lot. Make sure they don't unintentionally get bigger.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
index 839cc51efcea8..2d38ad3713328 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
@@ -498,9 +498,11 @@ pub enum OutputType {
     DepInfo,
 }
 
-// Safety: Trivial C-Style enums have a stable sort order across compilation sessions.
-unsafe impl StableOrd for OutputType {
+impl StableOrd for OutputType {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+    // Trivial C-Style enums have a stable sort order across compilation sessions.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 impl<HCX: HashStableContext> ToStableHashKey<HCX> for OutputType {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/def_id.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/def_id.rs
index 1ac3a817bba56..5456303b36fe4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/def_id.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/def_id.rs
@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ impl Default for DefPathHash {
     }
 }
 
-// Safety: `DefPathHash` sort order is not affected (de)serialization.
-unsafe impl StableOrd for DefPathHash {
+impl StableOrd for DefPathHash {
     const CAN_USE_UNSTABLE_SORT: bool = true;
+
+    // `DefPathHash` sort order is not affected by (de)serialization.
+    const THIS_IMPLEMENTATION_HAS_BEEN_TRIPLE_CHECKED: () = ();
 }
 
 /// A [`StableCrateId`] is a 64-bit hash of a crate name, together with all