[libcxx-commits] [libcxx] [libc++] Add __pointer_int_pair (PR #94324)

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+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef _LIBCPP___UTILITY_POINTER_INT_PAIR_H
+#define _LIBCPP___UTILITY_POINTER_INT_PAIR_H
+
+#include <__assert>
+#include <__bit/bit_log2.h>
+#include <__concepts/derived_from.h>
+#include <__config>
+#include <__tuple/tuple_element.h>
+#include <__tuple/tuple_size.h>
+#include <__type_traits/is_pointer.h>
+#include <__type_traits/is_unsigned.h>
+#include <__type_traits/is_void.h>
+#include <__type_traits/remove_pointer.h>
+#include <__utility/swap.h>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#if !defined(_LIBCPP_HAS_NO_PRAGMA_SYSTEM_HEADER)
+#  pragma GCC system_header
+#endif
+
+#if _LIBCPP_STD_VER >= 23
+
+// A __pointer_int_pair is a pair of a pointer and an integral type. The lower bits of the pointer that are free
+// due to the alignment requirement of the pointee are used to store the integral type.
+//
+// This imposes a constraint on the number of bits available for the integral type -- the integral type can use
+// at most log2(alignof(T)) bits. This technique allows storing the integral type without additional storage
+// beyond that of the pointer itself, at the cost of some bit twiddling.
+
+_LIBCPP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD
+
+template <class>
+struct _PointerLikeTraits;
+
+template <class _Tp>
+  requires(!is_void_v<_Tp>)
+struct _PointerLikeTraits<_Tp*> {
+  static constexpr size_t __low_bits_available = std::__bit_log2(alignof(_Tp));
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EricWF wrote:

We're not the only people who try to steal the lower bits of pointers. [ARM Memory Tagging](https://source.android.com/docs/security/test/memory-safety/arm-mte) does it.

Are we sure that even if these pointers have free bottom bits, that we can actually lay claim to them?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/94324