Stop backends from needing to support nullary intrinsics

Author: oli-obk

compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/example/mini_core_hello_world.rs

@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ 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>());
+        assert!(!const { intrinsics::needs_drop::<u8>() });
+        assert!(!const { intrinsics::needs_drop::<[u8]>() });
+        assert!(const { intrinsics::needs_drop::<NoisyDrop>() });
+        assert!(const { intrinsics::needs_drop::<NoisyDropUnsized>() });
 
         Unique { pointer: NonNull(1 as *mut &str), _marker: PhantomData } as Unique<dyn SomeTrait>;
 

compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/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);