raw_eq: using it on bytes with provenance is not UB (outside const-eval)

compiler/rustc_const_eval/messages.ftl

@@ -301,9 +301,6 @@ const_eval_range_upper = less or equal to {$hi}
 const_eval_range_wrapping = less or equal to {$hi}, or greater or equal to {$lo}
 const_eval_raw_bytes = the raw bytes of the constant (size: {$size}, align: {$align}) {"{"}{$bytes}{"}"}
 
-const_eval_raw_eq_with_provenance =
-    `raw_eq` on bytes with provenance
-
 const_eval_raw_ptr_comparison =
     pointers cannot be reliably compared during const eval
     .note = see issue #53020 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/53020> for more information

compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/intrinsics.rs

@@ -693,9 +693,6 @@ impl<'tcx, M: Machine<'tcx>> InterpCx<'tcx, M> {
                 // zero-sized access
                 return Ok(&[]);
             };
-            if alloc_ref.has_provenance() {
-                throw_ub_custom!(fluent::const_eval_raw_eq_with_provenance);
-            }
             alloc_ref.get_bytes_strip_provenance()
         };
 

library/core/src/intrinsics.rs

@@ -2436,11 +2436,13 @@ extern "rust-intrinsic" {
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
-    /// It's UB to call this if any of the *bytes* in `*a` or `*b` are uninitialized or carry a
-    /// pointer value.
+    /// It's UB to call this if any of the *bytes* in `*a` or `*b` are uninitialized.
     /// Note that this is a stricter criterion than just the *values* being
     /// fully-initialized: if `T` has padding, it's UB to call this intrinsic.
     ///
+    /// At compile-time, it is furthermore UB to call this if any of the bytes
+    /// in `*a` or `*b` have provenance.
+    ///
     /// (The implementation is allowed to branch on the results of comparisons,
     /// which is UB if any of their inputs are `undef`.)
     #[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_intrinsic_raw_eq", issue = "none")]

tests/ui/intrinsics/intrinsic-raw_eq-const-bad.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const RAW_EQ_PADDING: bool = unsafe {
 const RAW_EQ_PTR: bool = unsafe {
     std::intrinsics::raw_eq(&(&0), &(&1))
 //~^ ERROR evaluation of constant value failed
-//~| `raw_eq` on bytes with provenance
+//~| unable to turn pointer into integer
 };
 
 pub fn main() {

tests/ui/intrinsics/intrinsic-raw_eq-const-bad.stderr

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ error[E0080]: evaluation of constant value failed
   --> $DIR/intrinsic-raw_eq-const-bad.rs:11:5
    |
 LL |     std::intrinsics::raw_eq(&(&0), &(&1))
-   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ `raw_eq` on bytes with provenance
+   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ unable to turn pointer into integer
+   |
+   = help: this code performed an operation that depends on the underlying bytes representing a pointer
+   = help: the absolute address of a pointer is not known at compile-time, so such operations are not supported
 
 error: aborting due to 2 previous errors