add CloneFromCell and Cell::get_cloned

library/alloc/src/lib.rs

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 #![feature(bstr)]
 #![feature(bstr_internals)]
 #![feature(cast_maybe_uninit)]
+#![feature(cell_get_cloned)]
 #![feature(char_internals)]
 #![feature(char_max_len)]
 #![feature(clone_to_uninit)]

library/alloc/src/rc.rs

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 
 use core::any::Any;
-use core::cell::Cell;
+use core::cell::{Cell, CloneFromCell};
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 use core::clone::CloneToUninit;
 use core::clone::UseCloned;
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized, A: Allocator> CoerceUnsized<Rc<U, A>> for
 #[unstable(feature = "dispatch_from_dyn", issue = "none")]
 impl<T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized> DispatchFromDyn<Rc<U>> for Rc<T> {}
 
+// SAFETY: `Rc::clone` doesn't access any `Cell`s which could contain the `Rc` being cloned.
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized> CloneFromCell for Rc<T> {}
+
 impl<T: ?Sized> Rc<T> {
     #[inline]
     unsafe fn from_inner(ptr: NonNull<RcInner<T>>) -> Self {
@@ -3011,6 +3015,10 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized, A: Allocator> CoerceUnsized<Weak<U, A>> f
 #[unstable(feature = "dispatch_from_dyn", issue = "none")]
 impl<T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized> DispatchFromDyn<Weak<U>> for Weak<T> {}
 
+// SAFETY: `Weak::clone` doesn't access any `Cell`s which could contain the `Weak` being cloned.
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized> CloneFromCell for Weak<T> {}
+
 impl<T> Weak<T> {
     /// Constructs a new `Weak<T>`, without allocating any memory.
     /// Calling [`upgrade`] on the return value always gives [`None`].

library/alloc/src/sync.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 //! `#[cfg(target_has_atomic = "ptr")]`.
 
 use core::any::Any;
+use core::cell::CloneFromCell;
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 use core::clone::CloneToUninit;
 use core::clone::UseCloned;
@@ -281,6 +282,10 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized, A: Allocator> CoerceUnsized<Arc<U, A>> fo
 #[unstable(feature = "dispatch_from_dyn", issue = "none")]
 impl<T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized> DispatchFromDyn<Arc<U>> for Arc<T> {}
 
+// SAFETY: `Arc::clone` doesn't access any `Cell`s which could contain the `Arc` being cloned.
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized> CloneFromCell for Arc<T> {}
+
 impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T> {
     unsafe fn from_inner(ptr: NonNull<ArcInner<T>>) -> Self {
         unsafe { Self::from_inner_in(ptr, Global) }
@@ -356,6 +361,10 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized, A: Allocator> CoerceUnsized<Weak<U, A>> f
 #[unstable(feature = "dispatch_from_dyn", issue = "none")]
 impl<T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized> DispatchFromDyn<Weak<U>> for Weak<T> {}
 
+// SAFETY: `Weak::clone` doesn't access any `Cell`s which could contain the `Weak` being cloned.
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized> CloneFromCell for Weak<T> {}
+
 #[stable(feature = "arc_weak", since = "1.4.0")]
 impl<T: ?Sized, A: Allocator> fmt::Debug for Weak<T, A> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {

library/core/src/cell.rs

@@ -253,11 +253,12 @@
 use crate::cmp::Ordering;
 use crate::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
 use crate::marker::{PhantomData, Unsize};
-use crate::mem;
-use crate::ops::{CoerceUnsized, Deref, DerefMut, DerefPure, DispatchFromDyn};
+use crate::mem::{self, ManuallyDrop};
+use crate::ops::{self, CoerceUnsized, Deref, DerefMut, DerefPure, DispatchFromDyn};
 use crate::panic::const_panic;
 use crate::pin::PinCoerceUnsized;
 use crate::ptr::{self, NonNull};
+use crate::range;
 
 mod lazy;
 mod once;
@@ -713,6 +714,93 @@ impl<T, const N: usize> Cell<[T; N]> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Types for which cloning `Cell<Self>` is sound.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// Implementing this trait for a type is sound if and only if the following code is sound for T =
+/// that type.
+///
+/// ```
+/// #![feature(cell_get_cloned)]
+/// # use std::cell::{CloneFromCell, Cell};
+/// fn clone_from_cell<T: CloneFromCell>(cell: &Cell<T>) -> T {
+///     unsafe { T::clone(&*cell.as_ptr()) }
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// Importantly, you can't just implement `CloneFromCell` for any arbitrary `Copy` type, e.g. the
+/// following is unsound:
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// #![feature(cell_get_cloned)]
+/// # use std::cell::Cell;
+///
+/// #[derive(Copy, Debug)]
+/// pub struct Bad<'a>(Option<&'a Cell<Bad<'a>>>, u8);
+///
+/// impl Clone for Bad<'_> {
+///     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+///         let a: &u8 = &self.1;
+///         // when self.0 points to self, we write to self.1 while we have a live `&u8` pointing to
+///         // it -- this is UB
+///         self.0.unwrap().set(Self(None, 1));
+///         dbg!((a, self));
+///         Self(None, 0)
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// // this is not sound
+/// // unsafe impl CloneFromCell for Bad<'_> {}
+/// ```
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+// Allow potential overlapping implementations in user code
+#[marker]
+pub unsafe trait CloneFromCell: Clone {}
+
+// `CloneFromCell` can be implemented for types that don't have indirection and which don't access
+// `Cell`s in their `Clone` implementation. A commonly-used subset is covered here.
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: CloneFromCell, const N: usize> CloneFromCell for [T; N] {}
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: CloneFromCell> CloneFromCell for Option<T> {}
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: CloneFromCell, E: CloneFromCell> CloneFromCell for Result<T, E> {}
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: ?Sized> CloneFromCell for PhantomData<T> {}
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: CloneFromCell> CloneFromCell for ManuallyDrop<T> {}
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: CloneFromCell> CloneFromCell for ops::Range<T> {}
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+unsafe impl<T: CloneFromCell> CloneFromCell for range::Range<T> {}
+
+#[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+impl<T: CloneFromCell> Cell<T> {
+    /// Get a clone of the `Cell` that contains a copy of the original value.
+    ///
+    /// This allows a cheaply `Clone`-able type like an `Rc` to be stored in a `Cell`, exposing the
+    /// cheaper `clone()` method.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(cell_get_cloned)]
+    ///
+    /// use core::cell::Cell;
+    /// use std::rc::Rc;
+    ///
+    /// let rc = Rc::new(1usize);
+    /// let c1 = Cell::new(rc);
+    /// let c2 = c1.get_cloned();
+    /// assert_eq!(*c2.into_inner(), 1);
+    /// ```
+    pub fn get_cloned(&self) -> Self {
+        // SAFETY: T is CloneFromCell, which guarantees that this is sound.
+        Cell::new(T::clone(unsafe { &*self.as_ptr() }))
+    }
+}
+
 /// A mutable memory location with dynamically checked borrow rules
 ///
 /// See the [module-level documentation](self) for more.

library/core/src/tuple.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // See core/src/primitive_docs.rs for documentation.
 
+use crate::cell::CloneFromCell;
 use crate::cmp::Ordering::{self, *};
 use crate::marker::{ConstParamTy_, StructuralPartialEq};
 use crate::ops::ControlFlow::{self, Break, Continue};
@@ -155,6 +156,15 @@ macro_rules! tuple_impls {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        maybe_tuple_doc! {
+            $($T)+ @
+            // SAFETY: tuples introduce no additional indirection, so they can be copied whenever T
+            // can.
+            #[unstable(feature = "cell_get_cloned", issue = "145329")]
+            unsafe impl<$($T: CloneFromCell),+> CloneFromCell for ($($T,)+)
+            {}
+        }
     }
 }