Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] rust: devres: implement register_release()

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

On Thu Jun 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM CEST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 05:32:25PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 04:41:55PM +0200, Benno Lossin wrote:
>> > On Thu Jun 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM CEST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 01:15:34PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> > >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 12:36:23PM +0200, Benno Lossin wrote:
>> > >> > Or, we could change `Release` to be:
>> > >> > 
>> > >> >     pub trait Release {
>> > >> >         type Ptr: ForeignOwnable;
>> > >> > 
>> > >> >         fn release(this: Self::Ptr);
>> > >> >     }
>> > >> > 
>> > >> > and then `register_release` is:
>> > >> > 
>> > >> >     pub fn register_release<T: Release>(dev: &Device<Bound>, data: T::Ptr) -> Result
>> > >> > 
>> > >> > This way, one can store a `Box<T>` and get access to the `T` at the end.
>> > >> 
>> > >> I think this was also the case before? Well, it was P::Borrowed instead.
>> > >> 
>> > >> > Or if they store the value in an `Arc<T>`, they have the option to clone
>> > >> > it and give it to somewhere else.
>> > >> 
>> > >> Anyways, I really like this proposal of implementing the Release trait.
>> > >
>> > > One downside seems to be that the compiler cannot infer T anymore with this
>> > > function signature.
>> > 
>> > Yeah... That's a bit annoying.
>> > 
>> > We might be able to add an associated type to `ForeignOwnable` like
>> > `Target` or `Inner` or whatever.
>> 
>> I think we already have `PointedTo` [1]? But I remember that I've seen a patch
>> to remove it again [2].
>
> Well, not exactly, I think. Arc, for instance, defines PointedTo as ArcInner<T>.
> So, I think we indeed want something different.

Yeah `PointedTo` is used to specify the type of the foreign pointer and
should go away soon.

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Cheers,
Benno