linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] rust: sync: Make Guard::new() public

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Message-ID: <CAH5fLgh=qgJ-+VzzVn=jGTJUQDx6WSiUaRLYouQknuKkCi05dw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:11:11 +0100
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...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>, 
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>, 
	Valentin Obst <kernel@...entinobst.de>, Filipe Xavier <felipe_life@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] rust: sync: Make Guard::new() public

On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 12:10 AM Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Since we added a Lock::from_raw() function previously, it makes sense to
> also introduce an interface for creating a Guard from a reference to a Lock
> for instances where we've derived the Lock from a raw pointer and know that
> the lock is already acquired, something we do in the KMS API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>