From be3c37eb8be65a472250e9893694ac02c474e06e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chayim Refael Friedman <chayimfr@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:57:55 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Serialize unsized `RefCell`, `Mutex` and `RwLock`

---
 serde/src/ser/impls.rs       |  6 +++---
 test_suite/tests/test_ser.rs | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
index e13c739fe..8e8655582 100644
--- a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<T> Serialize for RefCell<T>
+impl<T: ?Sized> Serialize for RefCell<T>
 where
     T: Serialize,
 {
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ where
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-impl<T> Serialize for Mutex<T>
+impl<T: ?Sized> Serialize for Mutex<T>
 where
     T: Serialize,
 {
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ where
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-impl<T> Serialize for RwLock<T>
+impl<T: ?Sized> Serialize for RwLock<T>
 where
     T: Serialize,
 {
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_ser.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_ser.rs
index 003cdb5f0..ecaf125ec 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_ser.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_ser.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{
     AtomicBool, AtomicI16, AtomicI32, AtomicI8, AtomicIsize, AtomicU16, AtomicU32, AtomicU8,
     AtomicUsize,
 };
-use std::sync::{Arc, Weak as ArcWeak};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock, Weak as ArcWeak};
 use std::time::{Duration, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -847,3 +847,39 @@ fn test_integer128() {
 
     assert_ser_tokens_error(&1u128, &[], "u128 is not supported");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_refcell_dst() {
+    assert_ser_tokens(
+        &RefCell::new([true]) as &RefCell<[bool]>,
+        &[
+            Token::Seq { len: Some(1) },
+            Token::Bool(true),
+            Token::SeqEnd,
+        ],
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_mutex_dst() {
+    assert_ser_tokens(
+        &Mutex::new([true]) as &Mutex<[bool]>,
+        &[
+            Token::Seq { len: Some(1) },
+            Token::Bool(true),
+            Token::SeqEnd,
+        ],
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_rwlock_dst() {
+    assert_ser_tokens(
+        &RwLock::new([true]) as &RwLock<[bool]>,
+        &[
+            Token::Seq { len: Some(1) },
+            Token::Bool(true),
+            Token::SeqEnd,
+        ],
+    );
+}