Stop backends from needing to support nullary intrinsics

Author: oli-obk

example/mini_core.rs

@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ pub mod intrinsics {
     #[rustc_intrinsic]
     pub unsafe fn ctlz_nonzero<T>(x: T) -> u32;
     #[rustc_intrinsic]
-    pub fn needs_drop<T: ?::Sized>() -> bool;
+    pub const fn needs_drop<T: ?::Sized>() -> bool;
     #[rustc_intrinsic]
     pub fn bitreverse<T>(x: T) -> T;
     #[rustc_intrinsic]

example/mini_core_hello_world.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-#![feature(no_core, lang_items, never_type, linkage, extern_types, thread_local, repr_simd)]
+#![feature(
+    no_core,
+    lang_items,
+    never_type,
+    linkage,
+    extern_types,
+    thread_local,
+    repr_simd,
+    rustc_private
+)]
 #![no_core]
 #![allow(dead_code, non_camel_case_types, internal_features)]
 
@@ -207,10 +216,14 @@ fn main() {
         assert_eq!(intrinsics::align_of::<u16>() as u8, 2);
         assert_eq!(intrinsics::align_of_val(&a) as u8, intrinsics::align_of::<&str>() as u8);
 
-        assert!(!intrinsics::needs_drop::<u8>());
-        assert!(!intrinsics::needs_drop::<[u8]>());
-        assert!(intrinsics::needs_drop::<NoisyDrop>());
-        assert!(intrinsics::needs_drop::<NoisyDropUnsized>());
+        let u8_needs_drop = const { intrinsics::needs_drop::<u8>() };
+        assert!(!u8_needs_drop);
+        let slice_needs_drop = const { intrinsics::needs_drop::<[u8]>() };
+        assert!(!slice_needs_drop);
+        let noisy_drop = const { intrinsics::needs_drop::<NoisyDrop>() };
+        assert!(noisy_drop);
+        let noisy_unsized_drop = const { intrinsics::needs_drop::<NoisyDropUnsized>() };
+        assert!(noisy_unsized_drop);
 
         Unique { pointer: NonNull(1 as *mut &str), _marker: PhantomData } as Unique<dyn SomeTrait>;
 

src/intrinsics/mod.rs

@@ -812,21 +812,6 @@ fn codegen_regular_intrinsic_call<'tcx>(
             dest.write_cvalue(fx, val);
         }
 
-        sym::needs_drop | sym::type_id | sym::type_name | sym::variant_count => {
-            intrinsic_args!(fx, args => (); intrinsic);
-
-            let const_val = fx
-                .tcx
-                .const_eval_instance(
-                    ty::TypingEnv::fully_monomorphized(),
-                    instance,
-                    source_info.span,
-                )
-                .unwrap();
-            let val = crate::constant::codegen_const_value(fx, const_val, ret.layout().ty);
-            ret.write_cvalue(fx, val);
-        }
-
         sym::ptr_offset_from | sym::ptr_offset_from_unsigned => {
             intrinsic_args!(fx, args => (ptr, base); intrinsic);
             let ptr = ptr.load_scalar(fx);