linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 14/15] rust: pin-init: internal: init: simplify Zeroable safety check

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Message-Id: <DFMUM0YE3V2K.38547VHBEXPCN@garyguo.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:13:24 +0000
From: "Gary Guo" <gary@...yguo.net>
To: "Benno Lossin" <lossin@...nel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@...yguo.net>,
 "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@...nel.org>, "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
 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>
Cc: <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/15] rust: pin-init: internal: init: simplify
 Zeroable safety check

On Sun Jan 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM GMT, Benno Lossin wrote:
> The `Zeroable` type check uses a small dance with a raw pointer to aid
> type inference. It turns out that this is not necessary and type
> inference is powerful enough to resolve any ambiguity. Thus remove it.
> 
> Suggested-by: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>

> ---
> Changes in v2: added this patch
> ---
>  rust/pin-init/internal/src/init.rs | 7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)