@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ for example:
1515 or an invalid enum discriminant)
1616* ** Experimental** : Violations of the [ Stacked Borrows] rules governing aliasing
1717 for reference types
18+ * ** Experimental** : Violations of the Tree Borrows aliasing rules, as an optional
19+ alternative to [ Stacked Borrows]
1820* ** Experimental** : Data races
1921
2022On top of that, Miri will also tell you about memory leaks: when there is memory
@@ -225,6 +227,26 @@ degree documented below):
225227 reduced feature set. We might ship Miri with a nightly even when some features
226228 on these targets regress.
227229
230+ # ## Running tests in parallel
231+
232+ Though it implements Rust threading, Miri itself is a single-threaded interpreter.
233+ This means that when running `cargo miri test`, you will probably see a dramatic
234+ increase in the amount of time it takes to run your whole test suite due to the
235+ inherent interpreter slowdown and a loss of parallelism.
236+
237+ You can get your test suite's parallelism back by running `cargo miri nextest run -jN`
238+ (note that you will need [`cargo-nextest`](https://nexte.st) installed).
239+ This works because `cargo-nextest` collects a list of all tests then launches a
240+ separate `cargo miri run` for each test. You will need to specify a `-j` or `--test-threads`;
241+ by default `cargo miri nextest run` runs one test at a time. For more details, see the
242+ [`cargo-nextest` Miri documentation](https://nexte.st/book/miri.html).
243+
244+ Note : This one-test-per-process model means that `cargo miri test` is able to detect data
245+ races where two tests race on a shared resource, but `cargo miri nextest run` will not detect
246+ such races.
247+
248+ Note : ` cargo-nextest` does not support doctests, see https://github.com/nextest-rs/nextest/issues/16
249+
228250# ## Common Problems
229251
230252When using the above instructions, you may encounter a number of confusing compiler
@@ -337,9 +359,11 @@ to Miri failing to detect cases of undefined behavior in a program.
337359* `-Zmiri-disable-data-race-detector` disables checking for data races. Using
338360 this flag is **unsound**. This implies `-Zmiri-disable-weak-memory-emulation`.
339361* `-Zmiri-disable-stacked-borrows` disables checking the experimental
340- [Stacked Borrows] aliasing rules. This can make Miri run faster, but it also
341- means no aliasing violations will be detected. Using this flag is **unsound**
342- (but the affected soundness rules are experimental).
362+ aliasing rules to track borrows ([Stacked Borrows] and Tree Borrows).
363+ This can make Miri run faster, but it also means no aliasing violations will
364+ be detected. Using this flag is **unsound** (but the affected soundness rules
365+ are experimental). Later flags take precedence : borrow tracking can be reactivated
366+ by `-Zmiri-tree-borrows`.
343367* `-Zmiri-disable-validation` disables enforcing validity invariants, which are
344368 enforced by default. This is mostly useful to focus on other failures (such
345369 as out-of-bounds accesses) first. Setting this flag means Miri can miss bugs
@@ -401,6 +425,9 @@ to Miri failing to detect cases of undefined behavior in a program.
401425* `-Zmiri-track-weak-memory-loads` shows a backtrace when weak memory emulation returns an outdated
402426 value from a load. This can help diagnose problems that disappear under
403427 ` -Zmiri-disable-weak-memory-emulation` .
428+ * `-Zmiri-tree-borrows` replaces [Stacked Borrows] with the Tree Borrows rules.
429+ The soundness rules are already experimental without this flag, but even more
430+ so with this flag.
404431* `-Zmiri-force-page-size=<num>` overrides the default page size for an architecture, in multiples of 1k.
405432 ` 4` is default for most targets. This value should always be a power of 2 and nonzero.
406433
@@ -415,7 +442,7 @@ Some native rustc `-Z` flags are also very relevant for Miri:
415442 functions. This is needed so that Miri can execute such functions, so Miri
416443 sets this flag per default.
417444* `-Zmir-emit-retag` controls whether `Retag` statements are emitted. Miri
418- enables this per default because it is needed for [Stacked Borrows].
445+ enables this per default because it is needed for [Stacked Borrows] and Tree Borrows .
419446
420447Moreover, Miri recognizes some environment variables :
421448
@@ -481,120 +508,8 @@ binaries, and as such worth documenting:
481508# # Miri `extern` functions
482509
483510Miri provides some `extern` functions that programs can import to access
484- Miri-specific functionality :
485-
486- ` ` ` rust
487- #[cfg(miri)]
488- extern "Rust" {
489- /// Miri-provided extern function to mark the block ` ptr` points to as a "root"
490- /// for some static memory. This memory and everything reachable by it is not
491- /// considered leaking even if it still exists when the program terminates.
492- ///
493- /// `ptr` has to point to the beginning of an allocated block.
494- fn miri_static_root(ptr : *const u8);
495-
496- // Miri-provided extern function to get the amount of frames in the current backtrace.
497- // The `flags` argument must be `0`.
498- fn miri_backtrace_size(flags : u64) -> usize;
499-
500- /// Miri-provided extern function to obtain a backtrace of the current call stack.
501- /// This writes a slice of pointers into `buf` - each pointer is an opaque value
502- /// that is only useful when passed to `miri_resolve_frame`.
503- /// `buf` must have `miri_backtrace_size(0) * pointer_size` bytes of space.
504- /// The `flags` argument must be `1`.
505- fn miri_get_backtrace(flags : u64, buf: *mut *mut ());
506-
507- /// Miri-provided extern function to resolve a frame pointer obtained
508- /// from `miri_get_backtrace`. The `flags` argument must be `1`,
509- /// and `MiriFrame` should be declared as follows :
510- ///
511- /// ```rust
512- /// # [repr(C)]
513- /// struct MiriFrame {
514- /// // The size of the name of the function being executed, encoded in UTF-8
515- /// name_len : usize,
516- /// // The size of filename of the function being executed, encoded in UTF-8
517- /// filename_len : usize,
518- /// // The line number currently being executed in `filename`, starting from '1'.
519- /// lineno : u32,
520- /// // The column number currently being executed in `filename`, starting from '1'.
521- /// colno : u32,
522- /// // The function pointer to the function currently being executed.
523- /// // This can be compared against function pointers obtained by
524- /// // casting a function (e.g. `my_fn as *mut ()`)
525- /// fn_ptr : *mut ()
526- /// }
527- /// ```
528- ///
529- /// The fields must be declared in exactly the same order as they appear in `MiriFrame` above.
530- /// This function can be called on any thread (not just the one which obtained `frame`).
531- fn miri_resolve_frame(frame : *mut (), flags: u64) -> MiriFrame;
532-
533- /// Miri-provided extern function to get the name and filename of the frame provided by `miri_resolve_frame`.
534- /// `name_buf` and `filename_buf` should be allocated with the `name_len` and `filename_len` fields of `MiriFrame`.
535- /// The flags argument must be `0`.
536- fn miri_resolve_frame_names(ptr : *mut (), flags: u64, name_buf: *mut u8, filename_buf: *mut u8);
537-
538- /// Miri-provided extern function to begin unwinding with the given payload.
539- ///
540- /// This is internal and unstable and should not be used; we give it here
541- /// just to be complete.
542- fn miri_start_panic(payload : *mut u8) -> !;
543-
544- /// Miri-provided extern function to get the internal unique identifier for the allocation that a pointer
545- /// points to. If this pointer is invalid (not pointing to an allocation), interpretation will abort.
546- ///
547- /// This is only useful as an input to `miri_print_borrow_stacks`, and it is a separate call because
548- /// getting a pointer to an allocation at runtime can change the borrow stacks in the allocation.
549- /// This function should be considered unstable. It exists only to support `miri_print_borrow_stacks` and so
550- /// inherits all of its instability.
551- fn miri_get_alloc_id(ptr : *const ()) -> u64;
552-
553- /// Miri-provided extern function to print (from the interpreter, not the program) the contents of all
554- /// borrow stacks in an allocation. The leftmost tag is the bottom of the stack.
555- /// The format of what this emits is unstable and may change at any time. In particular, users should be
556- /// aware that Miri will periodically attempt to garbage collect the contents of all stacks. Callers of
557- /// this function may wish to pass `-Zmiri-tag-gc=0` to disable the GC.
558- ///
559- /// This function is extremely unstable. At any time the format of its output may change, its signature may
560- /// change, or it may be removed entirely.
561- fn miri_print_borrow_stacks(alloc_id : u64);
562-
563- /// Miri-provided extern function to print (from the interpreter, not the
564- /// program) the contents of a section of program memory, as bytes. Bytes
565- /// written using this function will emerge from the interpreter's stdout.
566- fn miri_write_to_stdout(bytes : &[u8]);
567-
568- /// Miri-provided extern function to print (from the interpreter, not the
569- /// program) the contents of a section of program memory, as bytes. Bytes
570- /// written using this function will emerge from the interpreter's stderr.
571- fn miri_write_to_stderr(bytes : &[u8]);
572-
573- /// Miri-provided extern function to allocate memory from the interpreter.
574- ///
575- /// This is useful when no fundamental way of allocating memory is
576- /// available, e.g. when using `no_std` + `alloc`.
577- fn miri_alloc(size : usize, align: usize) -> *mut u8;
578-
579- /// Miri-provided extern function to deallocate memory.
580- fn miri_dealloc(ptr : *mut u8, size: usize, align: usize);
581-
582- /// Convert a path from the host Miri runs on to the target Miri interprets.
583- /// Performs conversion of path separators as needed.
584- ///
585- /// Usually Miri performs this kind of conversion automatically. However, manual conversion
586- /// might be necessary when reading an environment variable that was set on the host
587- /// (such as TMPDIR) and using it as a target path.
588- ///
589- /// Only works with isolation disabled.
590- ///
591- /// `in` must point to a null-terminated string, and will be read as the input host path.
592- /// `out` must point to at least `out_size` many bytes, and the result will be stored there
593- /// with a null terminator.
594- /// Returns 0 if the `out` buffer was large enough, and the required size otherwise.
595- fn miri_host_to_target_path(path : *const std::ffi::c_char, out: *mut std::ffi::c_char, out_size: usize) -> usize;
596- }
597- ```
511+ Miri-specific functionality. They are declared in
512+ [/tests/utils/miri\_extern.rs](/tests/utils/miri_extern.rs).
598513
599514# # Contributing and getting help
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