Re: [PATCH v3 01/25] rust: alloc: add `Allocator` trait

[Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 04:25:25PM +0200, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 2:27 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 10:19:41AM +0200, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 2:07 AM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > +    /// Free an existing memory allocation.
> > > > +    ///
> > > > +    /// # Safety
> > > > +    ///
> > > > +    /// `ptr` must point to an existing and valid memory allocation created by this `Allocator`
> > > > +    /// instance.
> > > > +    unsafe fn free(ptr: NonNull<u8>) {
> > > > +        // SAFETY: `ptr` is guaranteed to be previously allocated with this `Allocator` or NULL.
> > > > +        // Calling `realloc` with a buffer size of zero, frees the buffer `ptr` points to.
> > > > +        let _ = unsafe { Self::realloc(Some(ptr), Layout::new::<()>(), Flags(0)) };
> > > > +    }
> > >
> > > At the very least, the provided implementation of `free` changes the
> > > alignment when it calls `realloc`.
> >
> > Yes, I think that's fine though. Hopefully no one attempts to use the memory
> > anymore once `free` is being called.
> 
> Sure, but if you require the alignment to remain constant throughout
> calls to realloc, then you have to word it in a way that allows a
> different alignment when the new size is zero.

Agreed, this case should be covered once I documented that the new alignment
must be equal to or smaller than the old alignment.

> 
> Alice
>