Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] rust: make `Arc::into_unique_or_drop` associated function

["Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>]

On Sun Jun 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM CEST, Gary Guo wrote:
> From: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
>
> Make `Arc::into_unique_or_drop` to become a mere associated function
> instead of a method (i.e. removing the `self` receiver).
>
> It's a general convention for Rust smart pointers to avoid having
> methods defined on them, because if the pointee type has a method of the
> same name, then it is shadowed. This is normally for avoiding semver
> breakage, which isn't an issue for kernel codebase, but it's still
> generally a good practice to follow this rule, so that `ptr.foo()` would
> always be calling a method on the pointee type.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>

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Cheers,
Benno

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>  rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)