[PATCH] rust: of: replace `core::mem::zeroed` with `pin_init::zeroed`

[PATCH] rust: of: replace `core::mem::zeroed` with `pin_init::zeroed`

[Moritz Zielke via B4 Relay]

From: Moritz Zielke <moritz.zielke@gmail.com>

All types in `bindings` implement `Zeroable` if they can, so use
`pin_init::zeroed` instead of relying on `unsafe` code.

If this ends up not compiling in the future, something in bindgen or on
the C side changed and is most likely incorrect.

---
This patch was suggested in the linked issue. It's my first attempt
of sending a patch to the kernel mailing list.

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1189
Suggested-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Moritz Zielke <moritz.zielke@gmail.com>
---
 rust/kernel/of.rs | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/of.rs b/rust/kernel/of.rs
index 58b20c367..cfcfbb1fd 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/of.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/of.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ impl DeviceId {
     /// Create a new device id from an OF 'compatible' string.
     pub const fn new(compatible: &'static CStr) -> Self {
         let src = compatible.to_bytes_with_nul();
-        // Replace with `bindings::of_device_id::default()` once stabilized for `const`.
-        // SAFETY: FFI type is valid to be zero-initialized.
-        let mut of: bindings::of_device_id = unsafe { core::mem::zeroed() };
+        let mut of: bindings::of_device_id = pin_init::zeroed();
 
         // TODO: Use `copy_from_slice` once stabilized for `const`.
         let mut i = 0;

---
base-commit: 3b1728b74a52e8489f0c7bfd3d682572dd9901de
change-id: 20251030-zeroed-of-rs-a6eb25113c37

Best regards,
-- 
Moritz Zielke <moritz.zielke@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH] rust: of: replace `core::mem::zeroed` with `pin_init::zeroed`

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM Moritz Zielke via B4 Relay
<devnull+moritz.zielke.gmail.com@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> ---
> This patch was suggested in the linked issue. It's my first attempt
> of sending a patch to the kernel mailing list.

Looks good -- welcome!

One nit: this sentence above would go below the tags and the `---`
below (the `---` here, above the sentence, should not be here).
Otherwise, when applying the patch, the tags will be lost.

Cheers,
Miguel