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Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 20:04:56 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: devres: add 'static bound to Devres<T>
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>,
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To: "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>
From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
References: <20260526000447.350558-1-dakr@kernel.org>
 <DITJFWVQH4ZF.1HYM0UDBMWQ2J@garyguo.net>
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 ju=
st
unconstructible, and I think type level bound represents that better.