Re: [PATCH v2] rust: acpi: replace manual zero-initialization with `pin_init::zeroed()`

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Thu Jan 08 2026 - 10:07:25 EST


On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM Atharv Dubey <atharvd440@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Use `pin_init::zeroed()` instead of `core::mem::zeroed()` for initializing
> `acpi_device_id`. This removes an explicit unsafe block and aligns ACPI
> initialization with the pin-init conversion used across the Rust tree.
>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1189
> Signed-off-by: Atharv Dubey <atharvd440@xxxxxxxxx>

A Rust-side ACK or equivalent would be welcome.

> ---
> rust/kernel/acpi.rs | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/acpi.rs b/rust/kernel/acpi.rs
> index 37e1161c1298..cc98b36b90a0 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/acpi.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/acpi.rs
> @@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ pub const fn new(id: &'static CStr) -> Self {
> let src = id.to_bytes_with_nul();
> build_assert!(src.len() <= Self::ACPI_ID_LEN, "ID exceeds 16 bytes");
> // Replace with `bindings::acpi_device_id::default()` once stabilized for `const`.
> - // SAFETY: FFI type is valid to be zero-initialized.
> - let mut acpi: bindings::acpi_device_id = unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() };
> + let mut acpi: bindings::acpi_device_id = pin_init::zeroed();
> let mut i = 0;
> while i < src.len() {
> acpi.id[i] = src[i];
> --
> 2.43.0
>