Re: [PATCH 08/22] rust: pin-init: move `InPlaceInit` and impls of `InPlaceWrite` into the kernel crate
From: Andreas Hindborg
Date: Wed Mar 05 2025 - 06:21:17 EST
"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In order to make pin-init a standalone crate, move kernel-specific code
> directly into the kernel crate. This includes the `InPlaceInit<T>`
> trait, its implementations and the implementations of `InPlaceWrite` for
> `Arc` and `UniqueArc`. All of these use the kernel's error type which
> will become unavailable in pin-init.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs | 3 +-
> rust/kernel/init.rs | 55 +++++++++++++++++
> rust/kernel/prelude.rs | 3 +-
> rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs | 65 +++++++++++++++++++-
> rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs | 125 ++------------------------------------
> 5 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 124 deletions(-)
>
[...]
> --- a/rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs
> +++ b/rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
> //! To initialize a `struct` with an in-place constructor you will need two things:
> //! - an in-place constructor,
> //! - a memory location that can hold your `struct` (this can be the [stack], an [`Arc<T>`],
> -//! [`UniqueArc<T>`], [`KBox<T>`] or any other smart pointer that implements [`InPlaceInit`]).
> +//! [`KBox<T>`] or any other smart pointer that supports this library).
Would you not want to remove references to `KBox` here as well? Even
though you don't have to move the impl, I don't imagine `KBox` exist in
user space?
Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg