From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
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Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
Oliver Mangold <oliver.mangold@pm.me>
Subject: [PATCH v16 04/10] rust: Add missing SAFETY documentation for `ARef` example
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:17:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260224-unique-ref-v16-4-c21afcb118d3@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260224-unique-ref-v16-0-c21afcb118d3@kernel.org>
From: Oliver Mangold <oliver.mangold@pm.me>
SAFETY comment in rustdoc example was just 'TODO'. Fixed.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Mangold <oliver.mangold@pm.me>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
Co-developed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
---
rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs
index 61caddfd89619..76deab0cb225e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ 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 owning an increment on the refcount for
+ /// // 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>) {}
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ 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`.
/// let data_ref: ARef<Empty> = unsafe { ARef::from_raw(ptr) };
/// let raw_ptr: NonNull<Empty> = ARef::into_raw(data_ref);
///
--
2.51.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 11:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-24 11:17 [PATCH v16 00/10] rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-24 11:17 ` [PATCH v16 01/10] rust: alloc: add `KBox::into_nonnull` Andreas Hindborg
2026-03-01 13:26 ` Gary Guo
2026-03-01 16:34 ` Andreas Hindborg
2026-03-01 19:25 ` Gary Guo
2026-03-01 19:59 ` Benno Lossin
2026-03-01 20:47 ` Gary Guo
2026-03-02 7:18 ` Andreas Hindborg
2026-03-02 12:32 ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-24 11:17 ` [PATCH v16 02/10] rust: types: Add Ownable/Owned types Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-24 11:17 ` [PATCH v16 03/10] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted` Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-24 11:17 ` Andreas Hindborg [this message]
2026-02-24 11:18 ` [PATCH v16 05/10] rust: aref: update formatting of use statements Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-24 11:18 ` [PATCH v16 06/10] rust: Add `OwnableRefCounted` Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-24 11:18 ` [PATCH v16 07/10] rust: page: update formatting of `use` statements Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-24 11:18 ` [PATCH v16 08/10] rust: page: convert to `Ownable` Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-24 11:18 ` [PATCH v16 09/10] rust: implement `ForeignOwnable` for `Owned` Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-24 11:18 ` [PATCH v16 10/10] rust: page: add `from_raw()` Andreas Hindborg
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