linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] rust: types: implement `ForeignOwnable` for the unit type

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Date:   Sat, 28 Jan 2023 12:13:10 +0100
From:   "Vincenzo Palazzo" <vincenzopalazzodev@...il.com>
To:     "Miguel Ojeda" <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        "Gary Guo" <gary@...yguo.net>
Cc:     "Wedson Almeida Filho" <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        "Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] rust: types: implement `ForeignOwnable` for the
 unit type

On Fri Jan 27, 2023 at 3:11 PM CET, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 3:03 PM Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net> wrote:
> >
> > this should really be `core::ptr::invalid(1)`. That's currently
> > unstable, but can be equivalently written as
> > `NonNull::<()>::dangling().as_ptr()`.
> >
> > This has a different semantic meaning from `as` since it explicitly
> > suggests an invalid provenance and thus will not alias with other
> > pointers. (Although I don't think compiler currently can take advantage
> > of this fact yet)
>
> We talked about starting to use `strict_provenance` when it came out
> -- what is the latest status? i.e. do you know if it is expected that
> it will pass FCP etc.? (my understanding originally was that it was an
> experiment).
>From what I remember the feeling was positing into hace `strict_provenance`

Here is the last meeting  that was back in August  
https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/213817-t-lang/topic/Stabilizing.20strict.20provenance.20APIs.3F

I guess, we could just put a fix me around the actual code, I feel that the Gary change deserve a 
own patch with the own description.

Cheers!

Vincent.