linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 05/11] rust: block: replace `core::mem::zeroed` with `pin

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:52:17 +0200
From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
To: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
 Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Gary
 Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, Björn Roy Baron
 <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, Benno
 Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor
 Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Yutaro Ohno
 <yutaro.ono.418@...il.com>, Manas <manas18244@...td.ac.in>, Xizhe Yin
 <xizheyin@...il.nju.edu.cn>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/11] rust: block: replace `core::mem::zeroed` with
 `pin_init::zeroed`

"Benno Lossin" <lossin@...nel.org> writes:

> All types in `bindings` implement `Zeroable` if they can, so use
> `pin_init::zeroed` instead of relying on `unsafe` code.
>
> If this ends up not compiling in the future, something in bindgen or on
> the C side changed and is most likely incorrect.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg