linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] rust: arc: remove `ArcBorrow` in favour of `WithRef`

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Date:   Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:07:25 -0300
From:   Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>
To:     Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
Cc:     Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rust: arc: remove `ArcBorrow` in favour of `WithRef`

On Fri, 22 Sept 2023 at 16:50, Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me> wrote:
>
> On 22.09.23 17:29, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 11:35 PM Wedson Almeida Filho
> > <wedsonaf@...il.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
> >>
> >> With GATs, we don't need a separate type to represent a borrowed object
> >> with a refcount, we can just use Rust's regular shared borrowing. In
> >> this case, we use `&WithRef<T>` instead of `ArcBorrow<'_, T>`.
> >>
> >> Co-developed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
> >
> > I wonder whether "WithArc" is a better name? After all, arc is short
> > for "atomic refcount".
> > I also think it's nice to include Arc in the name of the type.
>
> I think `WithArc` would be confusing, since `Arc` is the smartpointer
> that points to a `WithRef`.

I find `WithArc` confusing as well: is it a `T` with an `Arc`?. And I
agree that with Martin's point that it being in the `arc` module
should (although feebly) establish the relationship with `Arc`.

I'm not married to the `WithRef` name, but so far it's been the best
option I've seen.