[PATCH] rust: miscdevice: use `pin_init::zeroed()` for C type initialization
From: Atharv Dubey
Date: Fri Nov 28 2025 - 11:23:52 EST
Replace manual zero-initialization using
`MaybeUninit::zeroed().assume_init()` with `pin_init::zeroed()`.
The `pin_init` helper provides a safer and clearer API for
zero-initializing C structs without requiring an `unsafe` block.
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1189
Signed-off-by: Atharv Dubey <atharvd440@xxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs b/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
index d698cddcb4a5..e168e9da8f4a 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/miscdevice.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
seq_file::SeqFile,
types::{ForeignOwnable, Opaque},
};
-use core::{marker::PhantomData, mem::MaybeUninit, pin::Pin};
+use core::{marker::PhantomData, pin::Pin};
/// Options for creating a misc device.
#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl MiscDeviceOptions {
/// Create a raw `struct miscdev` ready for registration.
pub const fn into_raw<T: MiscDevice>(self) -> bindings::miscdevice {
// SAFETY: All zeros is valid for this C type.
- let mut result: bindings::miscdevice = unsafe { MaybeUninit::zeroed().assume_init() };
+ let mut result: bindings::miscdevice = pin_init::zeroed();
result.minor = bindings::MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR as ffi::c_int;
result.name = crate::str::as_char_ptr_in_const_context(self.name);
result.fops = MiscdeviceVTable::<T>::build();
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ impl<T: MiscDevice> MiscdeviceVTable<T> {
None
},
// SAFETY: All zeros is a valid value for `bindings::file_operations`.
- ..unsafe { MaybeUninit::zeroed().assume_init() }
+ ..pin_init::zeroed()
};
const fn build() -> &'static bindings::file_operations {
--
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