linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: pin-init: add references to previously initialized fields

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Message-ID: <aLscLsY0Sv1Qwgni@tardis-2.local>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 10:21:50 -0700
From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
To: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>,
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Fiona Behrens <me@...enk.dev>,
	Alban Kurti <kurti@...icto.ai>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: pin-init: add references to previously initialized
 fields

On Fri, Sep 05, 2025 at 04:00:46PM +0200, Benno Lossin wrote:
> After initializing a field in an initializer macro, create a variable
> holding a reference that points at that field. The type is either
> `Pin<&mut T>` or `&mut T` depending on the field's structural pinning
> kind.
> 

It's hard to review because of lack of examples. Could you or Danilo
share some sample usages? Thanks!

Regards,
Boqun

> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/pin-init/pull/83/commits/0f658594c39398f58cd5cb99a8141e370e225e74
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
> ---
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