Re: [PATCH 1/2] rust: arc: add explicit `drop()` around `Box::from_raw()`

[Alice Ryhl]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 6:03 PM Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> `Box::from_raw()` is `#[must_use]`, which means the result cannot
> go unused.
>
> In Rust 1.71.0, this was not detected because the block expression
> swallows the diagnostic [1]:
>
>     unsafe { Box::from_raw(self.ptr.as_ptr()) };
>
> It would have been detected, however, if the line had been instead:
>
>     unsafe { Box::from_raw(self.ptr.as_ptr()); }
>
> i.e. the semicolon being inside the `unsafe` block, rather than
> outside.
>
> In Rust 1.72.0, the compiler started warning about this [2], so
> without this patch we will get:
>
>         error: unused return value of `alloc::boxed::Box::<T>::from_raw` that must be used
>         --> rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs:302:22
>         |
>     302 |             unsafe { Box::from_raw(self.ptr.as_ptr()) };
>         |                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>         |
>         = note: call `drop(Box::from_raw(ptr))` if you intend to drop the `Box`
>         = note: `-D unused-must-use` implied by `-D warnings`
>     help: use `let _ = ...` to ignore the resulting value
>         |
>     302 |             unsafe { let _ = Box::from_raw(self.ptr.as_ptr()); };
>         |                      +++++++                                 +
>
> Thus add an add an explicit `drop()` as the `#[must_use]`'s
> annotation suggests (instead of the more general help line).
>
> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/104253 [1]
> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/112529 [2]
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>