Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] rust: xarray: Add an abstraction for XArray

[Andreas Hindborg <nmi@metaspace.dk>]

Maíra Canal <mcanal@igalia.com> writes:

> From: Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net>
>
> The XArray is an abstract data type which behaves like a very large
> array of pointers. Add a Rust abstraction for this data type.
>
> The initial implementation uses explicit locking on get operations and
> returns a guard which blocks mutation, ensuring that the referenced
> object remains alive. To avoid excessive serialization, users are
> expected to use an inner type that can be efficiently cloned (such as
> Arc<T>), and eagerly clone and drop the guard to unblock other users
> after a lookup.
>
> Future variants may support using RCU instead to avoid mutex locking.
>
> This abstraction also introduces a reservation mechanism, which can be
> used by alloc-capable XArrays to reserve a free slot without immediately
> filling it, and then do so at a later time. If the reservation is
> dropped without being filled, the slot is freed again for other users,
> which eliminates the need for explicit cleanup code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net>
> Co-developed-by: Maíra Canal <mcanal@igalia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Maíra Canal <mcanal@igalia.com>
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Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@samsung.com>