linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] rust: alloc: implement Box::pin

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Message-Id: <DC86SBUYSPYP.IRM1O8GC6CAR@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:47:57 +0200
From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@...nel.org>
To: "Vitaly Wool" <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se>
Cc: <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "Uladzislau Rezki" <urezki@...il.com>, "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
 "Vlastimil Babka" <vbabka@...e.cz>, "Lorenzo Stoakes"
 <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@...nel.org>, "Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
 "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com>, "Gary Guo" <gary@...yguo.net>, "Bjorn
 Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, "Benno Lossin" <lossin@...nel.org>,
 "Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, "Trevor Gross"
 <tmgross@...ch.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] rust: alloc: implement Box::pin_slice()

On Mon Aug 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM CEST, Vitaly Wool wrote:
> From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
>
> Add a new constructor to Box to facilitate Box creation from a pinned
> slice of elements. This allows to efficiently allocate memory for e.g.
> slices of structrures containing spinlocks or mutexes. Such slices may
> be used in kmemcache like or zpool API implementations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se>

Applied to alloc-next, thanks!

    [ Add empty lines after struct definitions in the example; end sentences
      with a period. - Danilo ]