Prevent the borrow counter from overflowing in `Ref::clone`

Fixes #33880.

diff --git a/src/libcore/cell.rs b/src/libcore/cell.rs
index 4929088201deaa8f7400f634e4243b629d67733f..97a85f6aa43d006cf77930df3169168e95b53bfa 100644 (file)
--- a/src/libcore/cell.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/cell.rs
@@ -618,7 +618,9 @@ fn clone(&self) -> BorrowRef<'b> {
         // Since this Ref exists, we know the borrow flag
         // is not set to WRITING.
         let borrow = self.borrow.get();
-        debug_assert!(borrow != WRITING && borrow != UNUSED);
+        debug_assert!(borrow != UNUSED);
+        // Prevent the borrow counter from overflowing.
+        assert!(borrow != WRITING);
         self.borrow.set(borrow + 1);
         BorrowRef { borrow: self.borrow }
     }