Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] rust: num: add `into_inner` method to `Bounded`

[Gary Guo]

On Wed Jan 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM GMT, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> This is useful to access the inner value in const contexts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
> index b41ca6df1525..850827033f67 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
> @@ -388,6 +388,22 @@ pub fn get(self) -> T {
>          *self.deref()
>      }
>  
> +    /// Returns the wrapped value as the backing type.
> +    ///
> +    /// This is a const-friendly variant of [`Self::get`] that can be used in const contexts.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Examples
> +    ///
> +    /// ```
> +    /// use kernel::num::Bounded;
> +    ///
> +    /// const V: u32 = Bounded::<u32, 4>::new::<7>().into_inner();
> +    /// assert_eq!(V, 7u32);
> +    /// ```
> +    pub const fn into_inner(self) -> T {
> +        self.0
> +    }

This is... just `get`.

You can implement it (with the `fits_with_in` check) in the same manner as the
const new.

Best,
Gary

> +
>      /// Increases the number of bits usable for `self`.
>      ///
>      /// This operation cannot fail.