Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/6] rust: net::phy implement AsRef<kernel::device::Device> trait

[Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>]

On 18.08.24 18:16, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> Thanks that's good to know.
>>
>>>> So i have to wounder if you are solving this at the correct
>>>> level. This should be generic to any device, so the Rust concept of a
>>>> device should be stating these guarantees, not each specific type of
>>>> device.
>>>
>>> It should, why isn't it using the rust binding to Device that we already
>>> have:
>>> 	https://rust.docs.kernel.org/kernel/device/struct.Device.html
>>> or is it?  I'm confused now...
>>
>> It is using that one.
>> I wanted to verify that we can use that one, since using this
>> implementation users can freely increment the refcount of the device
>> (without decrementing it before control is given back to PHYLIB). Since
>> that seems to be the case, all is fine.
> 
> Any driver which is not using the device core is broken, and no amount
> of SAFETY is going to fix it.

This is what I did not know, and I asked to ensure that we don't
introduce miscommunication with the C side. (i.e. can we rely
in our SAFETY comments that devices are always used in this way)

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Cheers,
Benno