NLL says something "does not live long enough" when talking about a (thread-local) static

src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/error_reporting.rs

@@ -412,6 +412,12 @@ impl<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
             .insert((root_place.clone(), borrow_span));
 
         let mut err = match &self.describe_place(&borrow.borrowed_place) {
+            Some(_) if self.is_place_thread_local(root_place) => {
+                self.report_thread_local_value_does_not_live_long_enough(
+                    drop_span,
+                    borrow_span,
+                )
+            }
             Some(name) => self.report_local_value_does_not_live_long_enough(
                 context,
                 name,
@@ -455,9 +461,9 @@ impl<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
             context, name, scope_tree, borrow, drop_span, borrow_span
         );
 
-        let tcx = self.tcx;
-        let mut err =
-            tcx.path_does_not_live_long_enough(borrow_span, &format!("`{}`", name), Origin::Mir);
+        let mut err = self.tcx.path_does_not_live_long_enough(
+            borrow_span, &format!("`{}`", name), Origin::Mir);
+
         err.span_label(borrow_span, "borrowed value does not live long enough");
         err.span_label(
             drop_span,
@@ -468,6 +474,27 @@ impl<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
         err
     }
 
+    fn report_thread_local_value_does_not_live_long_enough(
+        &mut self,
+        drop_span: Span,
+        borrow_span: Span,
+    ) -> DiagnosticBuilder<'cx> {
+        debug!(
+            "report_thread_local_value_does_not_live_long_enough(\
+             {:?}, {:?}\
+             )",
+            drop_span, borrow_span
+        );
+
+        let mut err = self.tcx.thread_local_value_does_not_live_long_enough(
+            borrow_span, Origin::Mir);
+
+        err.span_label(borrow_span,
+                       "thread-local variables cannot be borrowed beyond the end of the function");
+        err.span_label(drop_span, "end of enclosing function is here");
+        err
+    }
+
     fn report_temporary_value_does_not_live_long_enough(
         &mut self,
         context: Context,
@@ -856,6 +883,21 @@ impl<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
             },
         }
     }
+
+    /// Check if a place is a thread-local static.
+    pub fn is_place_thread_local(&self, place: &Place<'tcx>) -> bool {
+        if let Place::Static(statik) = place {
+            let attrs = self.tcx.get_attrs(statik.def_id);
+            let is_thread_local = attrs.iter().any(|attr| attr.check_name("thread_local"));
+
+            debug!("is_place_thread_local: attrs={:?} is_thread_local={:?}",
+                   attrs, is_thread_local);
+            is_thread_local
+        } else {
+            debug!("is_place_thread_local: no");
+            false
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // The span(s) associated to a use of a place.

src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mod.rs

@@ -1487,15 +1487,10 @@ impl<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
         // FIXME: allow thread-locals to borrow other thread locals?
         let (might_be_alive, will_be_dropped) = match root_place {
             Place::Promoted(_) => (true, false),
-            Place::Static(statik) => {
+            Place::Static(_) => {
                 // Thread-locals might be dropped after the function exits, but
                 // "true" statics will never be.
-                let is_thread_local = self
-                    .tcx
-                    .get_attrs(statik.def_id)
-                    .iter()
-                    .any(|attr| attr.check_name("thread_local"));
-
+                let is_thread_local = self.is_place_thread_local(&root_place);
                 (true, is_thread_local)
             }
             Place::Local(_) => {

src/librustc_mir/diagnostics.rs

@@ -2251,6 +2251,29 @@ unsafe { b.resume() };
 ```
 "##,
 
+E0712: r##"
+This error occurs because a borrow of a thread-local variable was made inside a
+function which outlived the lifetime of the function.
+
+Example of erroneous code:
+
+```compile_fail,E0712
+#![feature(nll)]
+#![feature(thread_local)]
+
+#[thread_local]
+static FOO: u8 = 3;
+
+fn main() {
+    let a = &FOO; // error: thread-local variable borrowed past end of function
+
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        println!("{}", a);
+    });
+}
+```
+"##,
+
 }
 
 register_diagnostics! {

src/librustc_mir/util/borrowck_errors.rs

@@ -675,6 +675,22 @@ pub trait BorrowckErrors<'cx>: Sized + Copy {
 
         self.cancel_if_wrong_origin(err, o)
     }
+
+    fn thread_local_value_does_not_live_long_enough(
+        self,
+        span: Span,
+        o: Origin,
+    ) -> DiagnosticBuilder<'cx> {
+        let err = struct_span_err!(
+            self,
+            span,
+            E0712,
+            "thread-local variable borrowed past end of function{OGN}",
+            OGN = o
+        );
+
+        self.cancel_if_wrong_origin(err, o)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> BorrowckErrors<'cx> for TyCtxt<'cx, 'gcx, 'tcx> {

src/test/compile-fail/borrowck/borrowck-thread-local-static-borrow-outlives-fn.rs

@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ static FOO: u8 = 3;
 fn assert_static(_t: &'static u8) {}
 fn main() {
      assert_static(&FOO); //[ast]~ ERROR [E0597]
-                          //[mir]~^ ERROR [E0597]
+                          //[mir]~^ ERROR [E0712]
 }

src/test/ui/issue-17954.nll.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+error[E0712]: thread-local variable borrowed past end of function
+  --> $DIR/issue-17954.rs:17:13
+   |
+LL |     let a = &FOO;
+   |             ^^^^ thread-local variables cannot be borrowed beyond the end of the function
+...
+LL | }
+   | - end of enclosing function is here
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0712`.

src/test/ui/issue-17954.rs

@@ -8,26 +8,19 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-// revisions: ast mir
-//[mir]compile-flags: -Z borrowck=mir
-
 #![feature(thread_local)]
 
 #[thread_local]
 static FOO: u8 = 3;
 
 fn main() {
     let a = &FOO;
-    //[mir]~^ ERROR `FOO` does not live long enough [E0597]
-    //[mir]~| does not live long enough
-    //[mir]~| NOTE borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime
-    //[ast]~^^^^ ERROR borrowed value does not live long enough
-    //[ast]~| does not live long enough
-    //[ast]~| NOTE borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime
+    //~^ ERROR borrowed value does not live long enough
+    //~| does not live long enough
+    //~| NOTE borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime
 
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
         println!("{}", a);
     });
 }
-//[mir]~^ `FOO` dropped here while still borrowed
-//[ast]~^^ temporary value only lives until here
+//~^ NOTE temporary value only lives until here

src/test/ui/issue-17954.ast.stderr → src/test/ui/issue-17954.stderr

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 error[E0597]: borrowed value does not live long enough
-  --> $DIR/issue-17954.rs:20:14
+  --> $DIR/issue-17954.rs:17:14
    |
 LL |     let a = &FOO;
    |              ^^^ temporary value does not live long enough