Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] rust: devres: get rid of Devres' inner Arc

[Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 09:13:24PM -0700, Boqun Feng wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:54:01PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> [...]
> > +#[pin_data(PinnedDrop)]
> > +pub struct Devres<T> {
> 
> It makes me realize: I think we need to make `T` being `Send`? Because
> the devm callback can happen on a different thread other than
> `Devres::new()` and the callback may drop `T` because of revoke(), so we
> are essientially sending `T`. Alternatively we can make `Devres::new()`
> and its friend require `T` being `Send`.
> 
> If it's true, we need a separate patch that "Fixes" this.

Indeed, that needs a fix.

> (Imagine a Devres<MutexGuard>)
> 
> > +    dev: ARef<Device>,
> > +    /// Pointer to [`Self::devres_callback`].
> > +    ///
> > +    /// Has to be stored, since Rust does not guarantee to always return the same address for a
> > +    /// function. However, the C API uses the address as a key.
> > +    callback: unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut c_void),
> > +    /// Contains all the fields shared with [`Self::callback`].
> > +    // TODO: Replace with `UnsafePinned`, once available.
> 
> nit: Maybe also reference the `drop_in_place()` in Devres::drop() as
> well, because once we use `UnsafePinned`, we don't need that
> `drop_in_place()`. But not a big deal, just trying to help the people
> who would handle that "TODO" ;-)

Makes sense, the same is true for the Send and Sync impls, I think. AFAIK,
UnsafePinned should cover them automatically.