Re: [PATCH v9 16/31] rust: ptr: add const_align_up()

["Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@nvidia.com>]

On Thu Mar 26, 2026 at 10:38 AM JST, John Hubbard wrote:
> Add const_align_up() to kernel::ptr as the const-compatible equivalent
> of Alignable::align_up().
>
> Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
> Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/ptr.rs | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
> index bdc2d79ff669..7e99f129543b 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/ptr.rs
> @@ -253,3 +253,27 @@ fn size(p: *const Self) -> usize {
>          p.len() * size_of::<T>()
>      }
>  }
> +
> +/// Aligns `value` up to `align`.
> +///
> +/// This is the const-compatible equivalent of [`Alignable::align_up`].
> +///
> +/// Returns [`None`] on overflow.
> +///
> +/// # Examples
> +///
> +/// ```
> +/// use kernel::ptr::{const_align_up, Alignment};

IIUC we use the one-import-per-line style (minus the unneeded `//`) in
examples as well (I suppose this can be fixed when applying).

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>