linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: init: change the generated name of guard variables

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Message-ID: <ef1400ae-ba9e-4656-98db-a882ac720c1e@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 22:09:49 +0000
From: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
To: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: init: change the generated name of guard variables

On 03.04.24 23:20, Boqun Feng wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 07:43:37PM +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
>> The initializers created by the `[try_][pin_]init!` macros utilize the
>> guard pattern to drop already initialized fields, when initialization
>> fails mid-way. These guards are generated to have the same name as the
>> field that they handle. To prevent namespacing issues when the field
> 
> Do you have an example of this kind of issues?

https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/1e8a2a1f-abbf-44ba-8344-705a9cbb1627@proton.me/

-- 
Cheers,
Benno