Re: [PATCH v7 6/9] rust: sync: atomic: Add the framework of arithmetic operations

[Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 05:36:05PM +0200, Benno Lossin wrote:
[..]
> >
> > I have a better solution:
> >
> > in ops.rs
> >
> >     pub struct AtomicRepr<T: AtomicImpl>(UnsafeCell<T>)
> >
> >     impl AtomicArithmeticOps for i32 {
> >         // a *safe* function
> >         fn atomic_add(a: &AtomicRepr, v: i32) {
> > 	    ...
> > 	}
> >     }
> >
> > in generic.rs
> >
> >     pub struct Atomic<T>(AtoimcRepr<T::Repr>);
> >
> >     impl<T: AtomicAdd> Atomic<T> {
> >         fn add(&self, v: .., ...) {
> > 	    T::Repr::atomic_add(&self.0, ...);
> > 	}
> >     }
> >
> > see:
> >
> > 	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/boqun/linux.git/log/?h=rust-atomic-impl
> 
> Hmm what does the additional indirection give you?
> 

What additional indirection you mean? You cannot make atomic_add() safe
with only `UnsafeCell<T::Repr>`.

Regards,
Boqun

> Otherwise this looks like the `T::Repr` approach that I detailed above,
> so I like it :)
> 
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno