From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
To: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Cc: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: alloc: allow coercion from `Box<T>` to `Box<dyn U>` if T implements U
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:10:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z_kUyx8ytlac1d__@cassiopeiae> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250411-box_trait_objs-v2-1-c5f31b8db847@nvidia.com>
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 09:07:26PM +0900, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> This enables the creation of trait objects backed by a Box, similarly to
> what can be done with the standard library.
>
> Suggested-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
I assume you have a specific use-case in nova-core for this? For this cycle, can
you get away without having this in nova-core?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-11 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-11 12:07 [PATCH v2] rust: alloc: allow coercion from `Box<T>` to `Box<dyn U>` if T implements U Alexandre Courbot
2025-04-11 12:24 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-04-11 12:43 ` Benno Lossin
2025-04-11 13:32 ` Alexandre Courbot
2025-04-11 13:10 ` Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2025-04-11 13:26 ` Alexandre Courbot
2025-04-11 14:22 ` Danilo Krummrich
2025-04-12 1:52 ` Alexandre Courbot
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