Re: [PATCH v8 25/29] rust: alloc: implement `Cmalloc` in module allocator_test

[Gary Guo]

On Tue,  1 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0200
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So far the kernel's `Box` and `Vec` types can't be used by userspace
> test cases, since all users of those types (e.g. `CString`) use kernel
> allocators for instantiation.
> 
> In order to allow userspace test cases to make use of such types as
> well, implement the `Cmalloc` allocator within the allocator_test module
> and type alias all kernel allocators to `Cmalloc`. The `Cmalloc`
> allocator uses libc's realloc() function as allocator backend.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  rust/kernel/alloc/allocator_test.rs | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 81 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)