Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] rust: enable `clippy::ptr_cast_constness` lint

[Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>]

On Sun Mar 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM CET, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> In Rust 1.72.0, Clippy introduced the `ptr_cast_constness` lint [1]:
>
>> Though `as` casts between raw pointers are not terrible,
>> `pointer::cast_mut` and `pointer::cast_const` are safer because they
>> cannot accidentally cast the pointer to another type.
>
> There are only 2 affected sites:
> - `*mut T as *const U as *mut U` becomes `(*mut T).cast()`
> - `&self as *const Self as *mut Self` becomes a reference-to-pointer
>   coercion + `(*const Self).cast()`.
>
> Apply these changes and enable the lint -- no functional change
> intended.
>
> Link: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#ptr_cast_constness [1]
> Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>

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Cheers,
Benno

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>  Makefile                        | 1 +
>  rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs | 5 +++--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)