Replace const eval limit by a lint and add an exponential backoff warning

compiler/rustc_const_eval/messages.ftl

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ const_eval_interior_mutable_data_refer =
         This would make multiple uses of a constant to be able to see different values and allow circumventing
         the `Send` and `Sync` requirements for shared mutable data, which is unsound.
 
+const_eval_long_running =
+    constant evaluation is taking a long time
+    .note = this lint makes sure the compiler doesn't get stuck due to infinite loops in const eval.
+        If your compilation actually takes a long time, you can safely allow the lint.
+    .label = the const evaluator is currently interpreting this expression
+    .help = the constant being evaluated
 const_eval_max_num_nodes_in_const = maximum number of nodes exceeded in constant {$global_const_id}
 
 const_eval_mut_deref =

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/eval_queries.rs

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ pub(super) fn mk_eval_cx<'mir, 'tcx>(
         tcx,
         root_span,
         param_env,
-        CompileTimeInterpreter::new(tcx.const_eval_limit(), can_access_statics, CheckAlignment::No),
+        CompileTimeInterpreter::new(can_access_statics, CheckAlignment::No),
     )
 }
 
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ pub fn eval_to_allocation_raw_provider<'tcx>(
         // Statics (and promoteds inside statics) may access other statics, because unlike consts
         // they do not have to behave "as if" they were evaluated at runtime.
         CompileTimeInterpreter::new(
-            tcx.const_eval_limit(),
             /*can_access_statics:*/ is_static,
             if tcx.sess.opts.unstable_opts.extra_const_ub_checks {
                 CheckAlignment::Error

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/const_eval/machine.rs

@@ -16,25 +16,36 @@ use std::fmt;
 use rustc_ast::Mutability;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc_middle::mir::AssertMessage;
-use rustc_session::Limit;
 use rustc_span::symbol::{sym, Symbol};
 use rustc_target::abi::{Align, Size};
 use rustc_target::spec::abi::Abi as CallAbi;
 
+use crate::errors::{LongRunning, LongRunningWarn};
 use crate::interpret::{
     self, compile_time_machine, AllocId, ConstAllocation, FnVal, Frame, ImmTy, InterpCx,
     InterpResult, OpTy, PlaceTy, Pointer, Scalar,
 };
 
 use super::error::*;
 
+/// When hitting this many interpreted terminators we emit a deny by default lint
+/// that notfies the user that their constant takes a long time to evaluate. If that's
+/// what they intended, they can just allow the lint.
+const LINT_TERMINATOR_LIMIT: usize = 2_000_000;
+/// The limit used by `-Z tiny-const-eval-limit`. This smaller limit is useful for internal
+/// tests not needing to run 30s or more to show some behaviour.
+const TINY_LINT_TERMINATOR_LIMIT: usize = 20;
+/// After this many interpreted terminators, we start emitting progress indicators at every
+/// power of two of interpreted terminators.
+const PROGRESS_INDICATOR_START: usize = 4_000_000;
+
 /// Extra machine state for CTFE, and the Machine instance
 pub struct CompileTimeInterpreter<'mir, 'tcx> {
-    /// For now, the number of terminators that can be evaluated before we throw a resource
-    /// exhaustion error.
+    /// The number of terminators that have been evaluated.
     ///
-    /// Setting this to `0` disables the limit and allows the interpreter to run forever.
-    pub(super) steps_remaining: usize,
+    /// This is used to produce lints informing the user that the compiler is not stuck.
+    /// Set to `usize::MAX` to never report anything.
+    pub(super) num_evaluated_steps: usize,
 
     /// The virtual call stack.
     pub(super) stack: Vec<Frame<'mir, 'tcx, AllocId, ()>>,
@@ -72,13 +83,9 @@ impl CheckAlignment {
 }
 
 impl<'mir, 'tcx> CompileTimeInterpreter<'mir, 'tcx> {
-    pub(crate) fn new(
-        const_eval_limit: Limit,
-        can_access_statics: bool,
-        check_alignment: CheckAlignment,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(can_access_statics: bool, check_alignment: CheckAlignment) -> Self {
         CompileTimeInterpreter {
-            steps_remaining: const_eval_limit.0,
+            num_evaluated_steps: 0,
             stack: Vec::new(),
             can_access_statics,
             check_alignment,
@@ -569,13 +576,54 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx> interpret::Machine<'mir, 'tcx> for CompileTimeInterpreter<'mir,
 
     fn increment_const_eval_counter(ecx: &mut InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, Self>) -> InterpResult<'tcx> {
         // The step limit has already been hit in a previous call to `increment_const_eval_counter`.
-        if ecx.machine.steps_remaining == 0 {
-            return Ok(());
-        }
 
-        ecx.machine.steps_remaining -= 1;
-        if ecx.machine.steps_remaining == 0 {
-            throw_exhaust!(StepLimitReached)
+        if let Some(new_steps) = ecx.machine.num_evaluated_steps.checked_add(1) {
+            let (limit, start) = if ecx.tcx.sess.opts.unstable_opts.tiny_const_eval_limit {
+                (TINY_LINT_TERMINATOR_LIMIT, TINY_LINT_TERMINATOR_LIMIT)
+            } else {
+                (LINT_TERMINATOR_LIMIT, PROGRESS_INDICATOR_START)
+            };
+
+            ecx.machine.num_evaluated_steps = new_steps;
+            // By default, we have a *deny* lint kicking in after some time
+            // to ensure `loop {}` doesn't just go forever.
+            // In case that lint got reduced, in particular for `--cap-lint` situations, we also
+            // have a hard warning shown every now and then for really long executions.
+            if new_steps == limit {
+                // By default, we stop after a million steps, but the user can disable this lint
+                // to be able to run until the heat death of the universe or power loss, whichever
+                // comes first.
+                let hir_id = ecx.best_lint_scope();
+                let is_error = ecx
+                    .tcx
+                    .lint_level_at_node(
+                        rustc_session::lint::builtin::LONG_RUNNING_CONST_EVAL,
+                        hir_id,
+                    )
+                    .0
+                    .is_error();
+                let span = ecx.cur_span();
+                ecx.tcx.emit_spanned_lint(
+                    rustc_session::lint::builtin::LONG_RUNNING_CONST_EVAL,
+                    hir_id,
+                    span,
+                    LongRunning { item_span: ecx.tcx.span },
+                );
+                // If this was a hard error, don't bother continuing evaluation.
+                if is_error {
+                    let guard = ecx
+                        .tcx
+                        .sess
+                        .delay_span_bug(span, "The deny lint should have already errored");
+                    throw_inval!(AlreadyReported(guard.into()));
+                }
+            } else if new_steps > start && new_steps.is_power_of_two() {
+                // Only report after a certain number of terminators have been evaluated and the
+                // current number of evaluated terminators is a power of 2. The latter gives us a cheap
+                // way to implement exponential backoff.
+                let span = ecx.cur_span();
+                ecx.tcx.sess.emit_warning(LongRunningWarn { span, item_span: ecx.tcx.span });
+            }
         }
 
         Ok(())

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/errors.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use rustc_hir::ConstContext;
-use rustc_macros::Diagnostic;
+use rustc_macros::{Diagnostic, LintDiagnostic};
 use rustc_span::Span;
 
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
@@ -194,3 +194,21 @@ pub(crate) struct InteriorMutabilityBorrow {
     #[primary_span]
     pub span: Span,
 }
+
+#[derive(LintDiagnostic)]
+#[diag(const_eval_long_running)]
+#[note]
+pub struct LongRunning {
+    #[help]
+    pub item_span: Span,
+}
+
+#[derive(Diagnostic)]
+#[diag(const_eval_long_running)]
+pub struct LongRunningWarn {
+    #[primary_span]
+    #[label]
+    pub span: Span,
+    #[help]
+    pub item_span: Span,
+}

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/eval_context.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::mem;
 
 use either::{Either, Left, Right};
 
+use hir::CRATE_HIR_ID;
 use rustc_hir::{self as hir, def_id::DefId, definitions::DefPathData};
 use rustc_index::IndexVec;
 use rustc_middle::mir;
@@ -405,6 +406,15 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
         self.stack().last().map_or(self.tcx.span, |f| f.current_span())
     }
 
+    #[inline(always)]
+    /// Find the first stack frame that is within the current crate, if any, otherwise return the crate's HirId
+    pub fn best_lint_scope(&self) -> hir::HirId {
+        self.stack()
+            .iter()
+            .find_map(|frame| frame.body.source.def_id().as_local())
+            .map_or(CRATE_HIR_ID, |def_id| self.tcx.hir().local_def_id_to_hir_id(def_id))
+    }
+
     #[inline(always)]
     pub(crate) fn stack(&self) -> &[Frame<'mir, 'tcx, M::Provenance, M::FrameExtra>] {
         M::stack(self)

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/util/check_validity_requirement.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{LayoutCx, LayoutError, LayoutOf, TyAndLayout, ValidityRequirement};
 use rustc_middle::ty::{ParamEnv, ParamEnvAnd, Ty, TyCtxt};
-use rustc_session::Limit;
 use rustc_target::abi::{Abi, FieldsShape, Scalar, Variants};
 
 use crate::const_eval::{CheckAlignment, CompileTimeInterpreter};
@@ -45,11 +44,8 @@ fn might_permit_raw_init_strict<'tcx>(
     tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
     kind: ValidityRequirement,
 ) -> Result<bool, LayoutError<'tcx>> {
-    let machine = CompileTimeInterpreter::new(
-        Limit::new(0),
-        /*can_access_statics:*/ false,
-        CheckAlignment::Error,
-    );
+    let machine =
+        CompileTimeInterpreter::new(/*can_access_statics:*/ false, CheckAlignment::Error);
 
     let mut cx = InterpCx::new(tcx, rustc_span::DUMMY_SP, ParamEnv::reveal_all(), machine);
 

compiler/rustc_feature/src/active.rs

@@ -351,8 +351,6 @@ declare_features! (
     (active, const_async_blocks, "1.53.0", Some(85368), None),
     /// Allows `const || {}` closures in const contexts.
     (incomplete, const_closures, "1.68.0", Some(106003), None),
-    /// Allows limiting the evaluation steps of const expressions
-    (active, const_eval_limit, "1.43.0", Some(67217), None),
     /// Allows the definition of `const extern fn` and `const unsafe extern fn`.
     (active, const_extern_fn, "1.40.0", Some(64926), None),
     /// Allows basic arithmetic on floating point types in a `const fn`.

compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs

@@ -355,10 +355,6 @@ pub const BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES: &[BuiltinAttribute] = &[
     // Limits:
     ungated!(recursion_limit, CrateLevel, template!(NameValueStr: "N"), FutureWarnFollowing),
     ungated!(type_length_limit, CrateLevel, template!(NameValueStr: "N"), FutureWarnFollowing),
-    gated!(
-        const_eval_limit, CrateLevel, template!(NameValueStr: "N"), ErrorFollowing,
-        const_eval_limit, experimental!(const_eval_limit)
-    ),
     gated!(
         move_size_limit, CrateLevel, template!(NameValueStr: "N"), ErrorFollowing,
         large_assignments, experimental!(move_size_limit)

compiler/rustc_feature/src/removed.rs

@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ declare_features! (
     /// Allows comparing raw pointers during const eval.
     (removed, const_compare_raw_pointers, "1.46.0", Some(53020), None,
      Some("cannot be allowed in const eval in any meaningful way")),
+    /// Allows limiting the evaluation steps of const expressions
+    (removed, const_eval_limit, "1.43.0", Some(67217), None, Some("removed the limit entirely")),
     /// Allows non-trivial generic constants which have to be manually propagated upwards.
-     (removed, const_evaluatable_checked, "1.48.0", Some(76560), None, Some("renamed to `generic_const_exprs`")),
+    (removed, const_evaluatable_checked, "1.48.0", Some(76560), None, Some("renamed to `generic_const_exprs`")),
     /// Allows the definition of `const` functions with some advanced features.
     (removed, const_fn, "1.54.0", Some(57563), None,
      Some("split into finer-grained feature gates")),

compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/builtin.rs

@@ -3357,6 +3357,7 @@ declare_lint_pass! {
         LARGE_ASSIGNMENTS,
         LATE_BOUND_LIFETIME_ARGUMENTS,
         LEGACY_DERIVE_HELPERS,
+        LONG_RUNNING_CONST_EVAL,
         LOSSY_PROVENANCE_CASTS,
         MACRO_EXPANDED_MACRO_EXPORTS_ACCESSED_BY_ABSOLUTE_PATHS,
         MACRO_USE_EXTERN_CRATE,
@@ -3426,6 +3427,43 @@ declare_lint_pass! {
     ]
 }
 
+declare_lint! {
+    /// The `long_running_const_eval` lint is emitted when const
+    /// eval is running for a long time to ensure rustc terminates
+    /// even if you accidentally wrote an infinite loop.
+    ///
+    /// ### Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust,compile_fail
+    /// const FOO: () = loop {};
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// {{produces}}
+    ///
+    /// ### Explanation
+    ///
+    /// Loops allow const evaluation to compute arbitrary code, but may also
+    /// cause infinite loops or just very long running computations.
+    /// Users can enable long running computations by allowing the lint
+    /// on individual constants or for entire crates.
+    ///
+    /// ### Unconditional warnings
+    ///
+    /// Note that regardless of whether the lint is allowed or set to warn,
+    /// the compiler will issue warnings if constant evaluation runs significantly
+    /// longer than this lint's limit. These warnings are also shown to downstream
+    /// users from crates.io or similar registries. If you are above the lint's limit,
+    /// both you and downstream users might be exposed to these warnings.
+    /// They might also appear on compiler updates, as the compiler makes minor changes
+    /// about how complexity is measured: staying below the limit ensures that there
+    /// is enough room, and given that the lint is disabled for people who use your
+    /// dependency it means you will be the only one to get the warning and can put
+    /// out an update in your own time.
+    pub LONG_RUNNING_CONST_EVAL,
+    Deny,
+    "detects long const eval operations"
+}
+
 declare_lint! {
     /// The `unused_doc_comments` lint detects doc comments that aren't used
     /// by `rustdoc`.

compiler/rustc_middle/src/middle/limits.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 //! Registering limits:
 //! * recursion_limit,
-//! * move_size_limit,
-//! * type_length_limit, and
-//! * const_eval_limit
+//! * move_size_limit, and
+//! * type_length_limit
 //!
 //! There are various parts of the compiler that must impose arbitrary limits
 //! on how deeply they recurse to prevent stack overflow. Users can override
@@ -34,12 +33,6 @@ pub fn provide(providers: &mut Providers) {
             sym::type_length_limit,
             1048576,
         ),
-        const_eval_limit: get_limit(
-            tcx.hir().krate_attrs(),
-            tcx.sess,
-            sym::const_eval_limit,
-            2_000_000,
-        ),
     }
 }
 

compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/error.rs

@@ -465,10 +465,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for UnsupportedOpInfo {
 pub enum ResourceExhaustionInfo {
     /// The stack grew too big.
     StackFrameLimitReached,
-    /// The program ran for too long.
-    ///
-    /// The exact limit is set by the `const_eval_limit` attribute.
-    StepLimitReached,
     /// There is not enough memory (on the host) to perform an allocation.
     MemoryExhausted,
     /// The address space (of the target) is full.
@@ -482,9 +478,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for ResourceExhaustionInfo {
             StackFrameLimitReached => {
                 write!(f, "reached the configured maximum number of stack frames")
             }
-            StepLimitReached => {
-                write!(f, "exceeded interpreter step limit (see `#[const_eval_limit]`)")
-            }
             MemoryExhausted => {
                 write!(f, "tried to allocate more memory than available to compiler")
             }

compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs

@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ use std::iter;
 use std::mem;
 use std::ops::{Bound, Deref};
 
-const TINY_CONST_EVAL_LIMIT: Limit = Limit(20);
-
 #[allow(rustc::usage_of_ty_tykind)]
 impl<'tcx> Interner for TyCtxt<'tcx> {
     type AdtDef = ty::AdtDef<'tcx>;
@@ -1178,14 +1176,6 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
         self.limits(()).move_size_limit
     }
 
-    pub fn const_eval_limit(self) -> Limit {
-        if self.sess.opts.unstable_opts.tiny_const_eval_limit {
-            TINY_CONST_EVAL_LIMIT
-        } else {
-            self.limits(()).const_eval_limit
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn all_traits(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = DefId> + 'tcx {
         iter::once(LOCAL_CRATE)
             .chain(self.crates(()).iter().copied())

compiler/rustc_session/src/session.rs

@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ pub struct Limits {
     pub move_size_limit: Limit,
     /// The maximum length of types during monomorphization.
     pub type_length_limit: Limit,
-    /// The maximum blocks a const expression can evaluate.
-    pub const_eval_limit: Limit,
 }
 
 pub struct CompilerIO {

src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/dist-x86_64-linux/Dockerfile

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ RUN ./build-clang.sh
 ENV CC=clang CXX=clang++
 
 # rustc-perf version from 2023-03-15
-ENV PERF_COMMIT 9dfaa35193154b690922347ee1141a06ec87a199
+ENV PERF_COMMIT 8b2ac3042e1ff2c0074455a0a3618adef97156b1
 RUN curl -LS -o perf.zip https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-perf/archive/$PERF_COMMIT.zip && \
     unzip perf.zip && \
     mv rustc-perf-$PERF_COMMIT rustc-perf && \