Re: [PATCH v3 09/13] rust: init: add `Zeroable` trait and `init::zeroed` function

[Alice Ryhl <alice@ryhl.io>]

On 3/30/23 00:33, y86-dev@protonmail.com wrote:
> From: Benno Lossin <y86-dev@protonmail.com>
> 
> Add the `Zeroable` trait which marks types that can be initialized by
> writing `0x00` to every byte of the type. Also add the `init::zeroed`
> function that creates an initializer for a `Zeroable` type that writes
> `0x00` to every byte.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <y86-dev@protonmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

> +impl_zeroable! {
> +    // SAFETY: All primitives that are allowed to be zero.
> +    bool,
> +    char,
> +    u8, u16, u32, u64, u128, usize,
> +    i8, i16, i32, i64, i128, isize,
> +    f32, f64,
> +    // SAFETY: There is nothing to zero.
> +    core::marker::PhantomPinned, Infallible, (),
> +}

Here are some other types it might make sense to add:

  * Option<NonNull<T>>
  * Option<Box<T>>
  * Option<NonZeroU32>
  * PhantomData<T>
  * MaybeUninit<T>

> +
> +// SAFETY: We are allowed to zero padding bytes.
> +unsafe impl<const N: usize, T: Zeroable> Zeroable for [T; N] {}

There are no padding bytes in [T; N].