Rollup merge of #75266 - aticu:master, r=RalfJung

Add safety section to `NonNull::as_*` method docs

This basically adds the safety section of `*mut T::as_{ref,mut}` to the
same methods on `NonNull` with minor modifications to fit the
differences.

Part of #48929.

Author: JohnTitor

library/core/src/ptr/non_null.rs

@@ -117,6 +117,24 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> NonNull<T> {
     /// The resulting lifetime is bound to self so this behaves "as if"
     /// it were actually an instance of T that is getting borrowed. If a longer
     /// (unbound) lifetime is needed, use `&*my_ptr.as_ptr()`.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// When calling this method, you have to ensure that all of the following is true:
+    /// - `self` is properly aligned
+    /// - `self` must point to an initialized instance of T; in particular, the pointer must be
+    ///   "dereferencable" in the sense defined [here].
+    ///
+    /// This applies even if the result of this method is unused!
+    /// (The part about being initialized is not yet fully decided, but until
+    /// it is, the only safe approach is to ensure that they are indeed initialized.)
+    ///
+    /// Additionally, the lifetime of `self` does not necessarily reflect the actual
+    /// lifetime of the data. *You* must enforce Rust's aliasing rules. In particular,
+    /// for the duration of this lifetime, the memory the pointer points to must not
+    /// get mutated (except inside `UnsafeCell`).
+    ///
+    /// [here]: crate::ptr#safety
     #[stable(feature = "nonnull", since = "1.25.0")]
     #[inline]
     pub unsafe fn as_ref(&self) -> &T {
@@ -130,6 +148,24 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> NonNull<T> {
     /// The resulting lifetime is bound to self so this behaves "as if"
     /// it were actually an instance of T that is getting borrowed. If a longer
     /// (unbound) lifetime is needed, use `&mut *my_ptr.as_ptr()`.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// When calling this method, you have to ensure that all of the following is true:
+    /// - `self` is properly aligned
+    /// - `self` must point to an initialized instance of T; in particular, the pointer must be
+    ///   "dereferenceable" in the sense defined [here].
+    ///
+    /// This applies even if the result of this method is unused!
+    /// (The part about being initialized is not yet fully decided, but until
+    /// it is the only safe approach is to ensure that they are indeed initialized.)
+    ///
+    /// Additionally, the lifetime of `self` does not necessarily reflect the actual
+    /// lifetime of the data. *You* must enforce Rust's aliasing rules. In particular,
+    /// for the duration of this lifetime, the memory this pointer points to must not
+    /// get accessed (read or written) through any other pointer.
+    ///
+    /// [here]: crate::ptr#safety
     #[stable(feature = "nonnull", since = "1.25.0")]
     #[inline]
     pub unsafe fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {