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From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
To: "Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
	"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
	"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>,
	"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
	"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
	"Fiona Behrens" <me@kloenk.dev>,
	"Christian Schrefl" <chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com>
Cc: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>,
	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] rust: pin-init: add `zeroed()` & `Zeroable::zeroed()` functions
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:31:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pld65fcr.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250523145125.523275-4-lossin@kernel.org>

"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org> writes:

> `zeroed()` returns a zeroed out value of a sized type implementing
> `Zeroable`.
>
> The function is added as a free standing function, in addition to an
> associated function on `Zeroable`, because then it can be marked `const`
> (functions in traits can't be const at the moment).

Do you want to add a note on this in the code, so we can const the trait
function and let go of the other one if it becomes possible in the
future?

Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg



  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-08  9:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20250523145125.523275-1-lossin@kernel.org>
2025-05-23 14:50 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] rust: pin-init: rename `zeroed` to `init_zeroed` Benno Lossin
2025-05-27 21:54   ` Benoît du Garreau
2025-05-28 15:18     ` Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:50 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] rust: pin-init: add `Zeroable::init_zeroed` Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:50 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] rust: pin-init: add `zeroed()` & `Zeroable::zeroed()` functions Benno Lossin
2025-08-08  9:31   ` Andreas Hindborg [this message]
2025-08-14  9:09     ` Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] rust: pin-init: implement `ZeroableOption` for `&T` and `&mut T` Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] rust: pin-init: change `impl Zeroable for Option<NonNull<T>>` to `ZeroableOption for NonNull<T>` Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] rust: pin-init: implement `ZeroableOption` for function pointers with up to 20 arguments Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] rust: add `pin-init` as a dependency to `bindings` and `uapi` Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] rust: derive `Zeroable` for all structs & unions generated by bindgen where possible Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] rust: miscdevice: replace `MaybeUninit::zeroed().assume_init` with `pin_init::zeroed` Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] rust: phy: " Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] rust: block: replace `core::mem::zeroed` " Benno Lossin
2025-08-08  9:35   ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-08-08 20:45     ` Benno Lossin
2025-08-10  7:21       ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-08-10  7:40         ` Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] rust: of: " Benno Lossin
2025-05-23 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] rust: security: " Benno Lossin

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