Re: [PATCH v8 11/29] rust: alloc: implement kernel `Box`

[Gary Guo]

On Tue,  1 Oct 2024 16:59:46 +0200
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> `Box` provides the simplest way to allocate memory for a generic type
> with one of the kernel's allocators, e.g. `Kmalloc`, `Vmalloc` or
> `KVmalloc`.
> 
> In contrast to Rust's `Box` type, the kernel `Box` type considers the
> kernel's GFP flags for all appropriate functions, always reports
> allocation failures through `Result<_, AllocError>` and remains
> independent from unstable features.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  rust/kernel/alloc.rs      |   6 +
>  rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs | 455 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  rust/kernel/prelude.rs    |   2 +-
>  3 files changed, 462 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs