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From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
To: "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>
Cc: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, <rafael@kernel.org>,
	<ojeda@kernel.org>, <boqun@kernel.org>,
	<bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>, <lossin@kernel.org>,
	<a.hindborg@kernel.org>, <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	<tmgross@umich.edu>, <driver-core@lists.linux.dev>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: devres: add 'static bound to Devres<T>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 20:04:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DITNP59XG4H8.VYHNILHQV05G@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DITJFWVQH4ZF.1HYM0UDBMWQ2J@garyguo.net>

On Wed May 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM CEST, Gary Guo wrote:
> On Tue May 26, 2026 at 1:04 AM BST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> Add a 'static bound to prevent storing types with borrowed data in
>> Devres.
>
> The bound should be added on `Devres::new` instead.

I did consider this as it is generally recommended to minimize bounds on
structs.

However, a Devres<T> with non-'static T is semantically nonsensical, not just
unconstructible, and I think type level bound represents that better.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-27 18:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-26  0:04 [PATCH] rust: devres: add 'static bound to Devres<T> Danilo Krummrich
2026-05-26  0:09 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-05-26  1:08 ` Eliot Courtney
2026-05-26  1:49 ` Alexandre Courbot
2026-05-27 14:44 ` Gary Guo
2026-05-27 18:04   ` Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2026-05-27 18:07     ` Gary Guo
2026-05-27 18:13       ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-05-27 19:25         ` Gary Guo
2026-05-27 19:49           ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-05-28 23:10             ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-05-28 23:10 ` Danilo Krummrich

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