linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] rust: types: add `Opaque::zeroed`

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Message-ID: <20250312002741.453350-2-dakr@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 01:19:07 +0100
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
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	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] rust: types: add `Opaque::zeroed`

Analogous to `Opaque::uninit` add `Opaque::zeroed`, which sets the
corresponding memory to zero. In contrast to `Opaque::uninit`, the
corresponding value, depending on its type, may be initialized.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
---
 rust/kernel/types.rs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index 2bbaab83b9d6..f5e7fed903a7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -326,6 +326,14 @@ pub const fn uninit() -> Self {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Creates a new zeroed opaque value.
+    pub const fn zeroed() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            value: UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::zeroed()),
+            _pin: PhantomPinned,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Create an opaque pin-initializer from the given pin-initializer.
     pub fn pin_init(slot: impl PinInit<T>) -> impl PinInit<Self> {
         Self::ffi_init(|ptr: *mut T| {
-- 
2.48.1