From: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
To: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
"Wedson Almeida Filho" <wedsonaf@gmail.com>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@samsung.com>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>
Cc: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] rust: kernel: add `drop_contents` to `BoxExt`
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:34:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240425213419.3904105-1-benno.lossin@proton.me> (raw)
Sometimes (see [1]) it is necessary to drop the value inside of a
`Box<T>`, but retain the allocation. For example to reuse the allocation
in the future.
Introduce a new function `drop_contents` that turns a `Box<T>` into
`Box<MaybeUninit<T>>` by dropping the value.
Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20240418-b4-rbtree-v3-5-323e134390ce@google.com/ [1]
---
rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
index cdbb5ad166d9..3ddb353b776e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
use super::{AllocError, Flags};
use alloc::boxed::Box;
use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use core::ptr;
use core::result::Result;
/// Extensions to [`Box`].
@@ -18,6 +19,18 @@ pub trait BoxExt<T>: Sized {
///
/// The allocation may fail, in which case an error is returned.
fn new_uninit(flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError>;
+
+ /// Drops the contents, but keeps the allocation.
+ ///
+ /// # Examples
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// let value = Box::new([0; 32], flags::GFP_KERNEL)
+ /// let value = value.drop_contents();
+ /// // Now we can re-use `value`:
+ /// Box::write(value, [1; 32]);
+ /// ```
+ fn drop_contents(self) -> Box<MaybeUninit<T>>;
}
impl<T> BoxExt<T> for Box<T> {
@@ -54,4 +67,12 @@ fn new_uninit(flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError> {
// zero-sized types, we use `NonNull::dangling`.
Ok(unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) })
}
+
+ fn drop_contents(self) -> Box<MaybeUninit<T>> {
+ let ptr = Box::into_raw(self);
+ // SAFETY: `ptr` is valid, because it came from `Box::into_raw`.
+ unsafe { ptr::drop_in_place(ptr) };
+ // SAFETY: `ptr` is valid, because it came from `Box::into_raw`.
+ unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) }
+ }
}
--
2.44.0
next reply other threads:[~2024-04-25 21:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-25 21:34 Benno Lossin [this message]
2024-04-25 21:34 ` [PATCH 2/2] rust: init: add re-initialization functions Benno Lossin
2024-04-29 12:24 ` Gary Guo
2024-04-29 17:44 ` Benno Lossin
2024-05-03 11:34 ` Alice Ryhl
2024-05-04 15:45 ` Benno Lossin
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