Do not ICE in codegen when using a extern_type static

src/librustc_codegen_ssa/mir/place.rs

@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx: 'a, V: CodegenObject> PlaceRef<'tcx, V> {
         }
     }
 
+    fn new_thin_place<Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx, Value = V>>(
+        bx: &mut Bx,
+        llval: V,
+        layout: TyLayout<'tcx>,
+        align: Align,
+    ) -> PlaceRef<'tcx, V> {
+        assert!(!bx.cx().type_has_metadata(layout.ty));
+        PlaceRef {
+            llval,
+            llextra: None,
+            layout,
+            align
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn alloca<Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx, Value = V>>(
         bx: &mut Bx,
         layout: TyLayout<'tcx>,
@@ -421,8 +436,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx: 'a, Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx>> FunctionCx<'a, 'tcx, Bx> {
                 }
             }
             mir::Place::Static(box mir::Static { def_id, ty }) => {
+                // NB: The layout of a static may be unsized as is the case when working
+                // with a static that is an extern_type.
                 let layout = cx.layout_of(self.monomorphize(&ty));
-                PlaceRef::new_sized(bx.get_static(def_id), layout, layout.align.abi)
+                PlaceRef::new_thin_place(bx, bx.get_static(def_id), layout, layout.align.abi)
             },
             mir::Place::Projection(box mir::Projection {
                 ref base,

src/test/run-make-fulldeps/static-extern-type/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-include ../tools.mk
+
+all: $(call NATIVE_STATICLIB,define-foo)
+	$(RUSTC) -ldefine-foo use-foo.rs
+	$(call RUN,use-foo) || exit 1

src/test/run-make-fulldeps/static-extern-type/define-foo.c

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+struct Foo {
+    uint8_t x;
+};
+
+struct Foo FOO = { 42 };
+
+uint8_t bar(const struct Foo* foo) {
+    return foo->x;
+}

src/test/run-make-fulldeps/static-extern-type/use-foo.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#![feature(extern_types)]
+
+extern "C" {
+    type Foo;
+    static FOO: Foo;
+    fn bar(foo: *const Foo) -> u8;
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    unsafe {
+        let foo = &FOO;
+        assert_eq!(bar(foo), 42);
+    }
+}