Re: [PATCH 6/7] rust: debugfs: support binary large objects for ScopedDir

[Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>]

On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 12:26:43AM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> Add support for creating binary debugfs files via ScopedDir. This
> mirrors the existing functionality for Dir, but without producing an
> owning handle -- files are automatically removed when the associated
> Scope is dropped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/debugfs.rs | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> index 3c3bbcc126ef..0eb1719e4953 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/debugfs.rs
> @@ -531,6 +531,20 @@ pub fn read_only_file<T: Writer + Send + Sync + 'static>(&self, name: &CStr, dat
>          self.create_file(name, data, &T::FILE_OPS)
>      }
>  
> +    /// Creates a read-only binary file in this directory.
> +    ///
> +    /// The file's contents are produced by invoking [`BinaryWriter::write_to_slice`].
> +    ///
> +    /// This function does not produce an owning handle to the file. The created file is removed
> +    /// when the [`Scope`] that this directory belongs to is dropped.
> +    pub fn read_binary_file<T: BinaryWriter + Send + Sync + 'static>(
> +        &self,
> +        name: &CStr,
> +        data: &'data T,
> +    ) {
> +        self.create_file(name, data, &T::FILE_OPS)

Why isn't <T as MyTrait> need here when it's needed for the other
methods?

Alice