[PATCH v5 1/8] rust: alloc: add Vec::zeroed method

[Timur Tabi <ttabi@nvidia.com>]

Add a constructor for kernel Vec that allocates a vector of a given length
with all elements zero-initialized. Memory is allocated with the __GFP_ZERO
flag, matching the existing KBox::zeroed() pattern.

Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <ttabi@nvidia.com>
---
 rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
index f7af62835aa8..4ca589919c1c 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         Vmalloc,
         VmallocPageIter, //
     },
+    flags::__GFP_ZERO,
     layout::ArrayLayout,
     AllocError,
     Allocator,
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@
     }, //
 };
 
+use pin_init::Zeroable;
+
 mod errors;
 pub use self::errors::{InsertError, PushError, RemoveError};
 
@@ -532,6 +535,23 @@ pub fn with_capacity(capacity: usize, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, AllocError>
         Ok(v)
     }
 
+    /// Creates a new [`Vec`] with `n` zero-initialized elements.
+    ///
+    /// New memory is allocated with `A` and the [`__GFP_ZERO`] flag.
+    pub fn zeroed(n: usize, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, AllocError>
+    where
+        T: Zeroable,
+    {
+        let mut v = Self::with_capacity(n, flags | __GFP_ZERO)?;
+
+        // SAFETY:
+        // - `n <= capacity - len`: `with_capacity(n)` guarantees capacity >= n, len is 0.
+        // - All elements in `[0, n)` are initialized: `__GFP_ZERO` zeroes the allocation,
+        //   and `T: Zeroable` guarantees all-zeroes is a valid bit pattern.
+        unsafe { v.inc_len(n) };
+        Ok(v)
+    }
+
     /// Creates a `Vec<T, A>` from a pointer, a length and a capacity using the allocator `A`.
     ///
     /// # Examples
-- 
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