linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 05/13] rust: init: add initialization macros

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Message-ID: <87o7o92km7.fsf@metaspace.dk>
Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:02:47 +0200
From:   Andreas Hindborg <nmi@...aspace.dk>
To:     y86-dev@...tonmail.com
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Alice Ryhl <alice@...l.io>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/13] rust: init: add initialization macros


y86-dev@...tonmail.com writes:

> From: Benno Lossin <y86-dev@...tonmail.com>
>
> Add the following initializer macros:
> - `#[pin_data]` to annotate structurally pinned fields of structs,
>   needed for `pin_init!` and `try_pin_init!` to select the correct
>   initializer of fields.
> - `pin_init!` create a pin-initializer for a struct with the
>   `Infallible` error type.
> - `try_pin_init!` create a pin-initializer for a struct with a custom
>   error type (`kernel::error::Error` is the default).
> - `init!` create an in-place-initializer for a struct with the
>   `Infallible` error type.
> - `try_init!` create an in-place-initializer for a struct with a custom
>   error type (`kernel::error::Error` is the default).
>
> Also add their needed internal helper traits and structs.
>
> Co-developed-by: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
> Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <y86-dev@...tonmail.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>