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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 16:41:53 +0200
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] rust: list: add iterators
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 4:36 PM Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me> wrote:
>
> On 02.04.24 14:17, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> > +/// the end of the list. The `stop` pointer points at the first value in the same list, or it is
> > +/// null if the list is empty.
> > +#[derive(Clone)]
> > +pub struct Iter<'a, T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ID: u64 = 0> {
> > + current: *mut ListLinksFields,
> > + stop: *mut ListLinksFields,
> > + _ty: PhantomData<&'a ListArc<T, ID>>,
> > +}
> > +
> > +impl<'a, T: ?Sized + ListItem<ID>, const ID: u64> Iterator for Iter<'a, T, ID> {
> > + type Item = ArcBorrow<'a, T>;
> > +
> > + fn next(&mut self) -> Option<ArcBorrow<'a, T>> {
> > + if self.current.is_null() {
> > + return None;
> > + }
> > +
> > + let current = self.current;
> > +
> > + // SAFETY: We just checked that `current` is not null, so it is in a list, and hence not
> > + // dangling. There's no race because the iterator holds an immutable borrow to the list.
>
> This (that the iterator holds an immutable borrow) is not true (there
> is no `&List` field in `Iter`), but you can make that an invariant
> instead.
What I mean is that the borrow-checker will consider the `List` to be
borrowed by `Iter`. Whether or not there is a real reference or not
doesn't matter.
Alice
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