linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] rust: file: add `FileDescriptorReservation`

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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:12:38 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] rust: file: add `FileDescriptorReservation`

On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 06:14:24PM +0100, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 5:55 PM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> > >> +    pub fn commit(self, file: ARef<File>) {
> > >> +        // SAFETY: `self.fd` was previously returned by `get_unused_fd_flags`, and `file.ptr` is
> > >> +        // guaranteed to have an owned ref count by its type invariants.
> > >> +        unsafe { bindings::fd_install(self.fd, file.0.get()) };
> > >
> > > Why file.0.get()? Where did that come from?
> >
> > This gets a raw pointer to the C type.
> >
> > The `.0` part is a field access. `ARef` struct is a tuple struct, so its
> > fields are unnamed. However, the fields can still be accessed by index.
> 
> Oh, sorry, this is wrong. Let me try again:
> 
> This gets a raw pointer to the C type. The `.0` part accesses the
> field of type `Opaque<bindings::file>` in the Rust wrapper. Recall
> that File is defined like this:
> 
> pub struct File(Opaque<bindings::file>);
> 
> The above syntax defines a tuple struct, which means that the fields
> are unnamed. The `.0` syntax accesses the first field of a tuple
> struct [1].
> 
> The `.get()` method is from the `Opaque` struct, which returns a raw
> pointer to the C type being wrapped.

It'd be nice if this could be written in a more obvious/elegant way. And
if not a comment would help. I know there'll be more text then code but
until this is second nature to read I personally won't mind... Because
searching for this specific syntax isn't really possible.