Re: [PATCH v10 3/5] rust: Add missing SAFETY documentation for ARef example
From: Andreas Hindborg
Date: Fri May 02 2025 - 06:41:33 EST
"Oliver Mangold" <oliver.mangold@xxxxx> writes:
> SAFETY comment in rustdoc example was just 'TODO'. Fixed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Mangold <oliver.mangold@xxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/types.rs | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
> index d7fa8934c545f46a646ca900ab8957a04b0ad34d..33d2b4e4a87b991c6d934f4e8d2c6c71a15b1bcb 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
> @@ -498,7 +498,9 @@ pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<T>) -> Self {
> ///
> /// struct Empty {}
> ///
> - /// # // SAFETY: TODO.
> + /// // SAFETY: The `RefCounted` implementation for `Empty` does not count references
> + /// // and never frees the underlying object. Thus we can act as having a
> + /// // refcount on the object that we pass to the newly created `ARef`.
> /// unsafe impl RefCounted for Empty {
> /// fn inc_ref(&self) {}
> /// unsafe fn dec_ref(_obj: NonNull<Self>) {}
> @@ -506,7 +508,7 @@ pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<T>) -> Self {
> ///
> /// let mut data = Empty {};
> /// let ptr = NonNull::<Empty>::new(&mut data).unwrap();
> - /// # // SAFETY: TODO.
> + /// // SAFETY: We keep `data` around longer than the `ARef`.
I still think this applies:
>> How about:
>>
>> The `RefCounted` implementation for `Empty` does not count references
>> and never frees the underlying object. Thus we can act as having a
>> refcount on the object that we pass to the newly created `ARef`.
>>
> /// let data_ref: ARef<Empty> = unsafe { ARef::from_raw(ptr) };
> /// let raw_ptr: NonNull<Empty> = ARef::into_raw(data_ref);
> ///
Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg