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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:10:35 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
To: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>, Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>,
	=?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>,
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	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>,
	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: alloc: allow coercion from `Box<T>` to `Box<dyn
 U>` if T implements U
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References: <20250411-box_trait_objs-v2-1-c5f31b8db847@nvidia.com>
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 09:07:26PM +0900, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> This enables the creation of trait objects backed by a Box, similarly to
> what can be done with the standard library.
> 
> Suggested-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>

I assume you have a specific use-case in nova-core for this? For this cycle, can
you get away without having this in nova-core?