better support for running libcore and liballoc tests with Miri

Author: RalfJung

library/alloc/src/lib.rs

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 //! [`Rc`]: rc
 //! [`RefCell`]: core::cell
 
+// To run liballoc tests without x.py without ending up with two copies of liballoc, Miri needs to be
+// able to "empty" this crate. See <https://github.com/rust-lang/miri-test-libstd/issues/4>.
+// rustc itself never sets the feature, so this line has no affect there.
+#![cfg(any(not(feature = "miri-test-libstd"), test, doctest))]
 #![allow(unused_attributes)]
 #![stable(feature = "alloc", since = "1.36.0")]
 #![doc(

library/core/src/lib.rs

@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
 //
 // This cfg won't affect doc tests.
 #![cfg(not(test))]
+// To run libcore tests without x.py without ending up with two copies of libcore, Miri needs to be
+// able to "empty" this crate. See <https://github.com/rust-lang/miri-test-libstd/issues/4>.
+// rustc itself never sets the feature, so this line has no affect there.
+#![cfg(any(not(feature = "miri-test-libstd"), test, doctest))]
 #![stable(feature = "core", since = "1.6.0")]
 #![doc(
     html_playground_url = "https://play.rust-lang.org/",