Re: [PATCH v6 10/14] rust: alloc: add `Box::into_pin`

From: Danilo Krummrich
Date: Mon Jan 13 2025 - 11:13:17 EST


On 10.01.2025 21:15, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> Add an associated function to convert a `Box<T>` into a `Pin<Box<T>>`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs
> index 9ce414361c2c6dd8eea09b11041f6c307cbc7864..76f29e2ac085e19871f18653cfddf11d2594682c 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs
> @@ -245,6 +245,12 @@ pub fn pin(x: T, flags: Flags) -> Result<Pin<Box<T, A>>, AllocError>
> Ok(Self::new(x, flags)?.into())
> }
>
> + /// Convert a [`Box<T,A>`] to a [`Pin<Box<T,A>>`]. If `T` does not implement
> + /// [`Unpin`], then `x` will be pinned in memory and can't be moved.
> + pub fn into_pin(boxed: Self) -> Pin<Self> {

Personally, I prefer `this`, as below. But I don't think it really matters.

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>

> + boxed.into()
> + }
> +
> /// Forgets the contents (does not run the destructor), but keeps the allocation.
> fn forget_contents(this: Self) -> Box<MaybeUninit<T>, A> {
> let ptr = Self::into_raw(this);
>