From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
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Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
Oliver Mangold <oliver.mangold@pm.me>
Subject: [PATCH v15 3/9] rust: Add missing SAFETY documentation for `ARef` example
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:51:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260220-unique-ref-v15-3-893ed86b06cc@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260220-unique-ref-v15-0-893ed86b06cc@kernel.org>
From: Oliver Mangold <oliver.mangold@pm.me>
SAFETY comment in rustdoc example was just 'TODO'. Fixed.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Mangold <oliver.mangold@pm.me>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
Co-developed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
---
rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs
index 61caddfd89619..efe16a7fdfa5d 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/aref.rs
@@ -129,12 +129,14 @@ pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<T>) -> Self {
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
- /// use core::ptr::NonNull;
- /// use kernel::sync::aref::{ARef, RefCounted};
+ /// # use core::ptr::NonNull;
+ /// # use kernel::sync::aref::{ARef, RefCounted};
///
/// struct Empty {}
///
- /// # // SAFETY: TODO.
+ /// // SAFETY: The `RefCounted` implementation for `Empty` does not count references and never
+ /// // frees the underlying object. Thus we can act as owning an increment on the refcount for
+ /// // the object that we pass to the newly created `ARef`.
/// unsafe impl RefCounted for Empty {
/// fn inc_ref(&self) {}
/// unsafe fn dec_ref(_obj: NonNull<Self>) {}
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<T>) -> Self {
///
/// let mut data = Empty {};
/// let ptr = NonNull::<Empty>::new(&mut data).unwrap();
- /// # // SAFETY: TODO.
+ /// // SAFETY: We keep `data` around longer than the `ARef`.
/// let data_ref: ARef<Empty> = unsafe { ARef::from_raw(ptr) };
/// let raw_ptr: NonNull<Empty> = ARef::into_raw(data_ref);
///
--
2.51.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-20 9:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-20 9:51 [PATCH v15 0/9] rust: add `Ownable` trait and `Owned` type Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-20 9:51 ` [PATCH v15 1/9] rust: types: Add Ownable/Owned types Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-20 10:35 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-02-20 9:51 ` [PATCH v15 2/9] rust: rename `AlwaysRefCounted` to `RefCounted` Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-20 9:51 ` Andreas Hindborg [this message]
2026-02-20 10:49 ` [PATCH v15 3/9] rust: Add missing SAFETY documentation for `ARef` example Alice Ryhl
2026-02-20 9:51 ` [PATCH v15 4/9] rust: aref: update formatting of use statements Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-20 9:51 ` [PATCH v15 5/9] rust: Add `OwnableRefCounted` Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-20 9:51 ` [PATCH v15 6/9] rust: page: update formatting of `use` statements Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-20 9:51 ` [PATCH v15 7/9] rust: page: convert to `Ownable` Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-20 9:51 ` [PATCH v15 8/9] rust: implement `ForeignOwnable` for `Owned` Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-20 9:51 ` [PATCH v15 9/9] rust: page: add `from_raw()` Andreas Hindborg
2026-02-20 10:49 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-02-20 17:33 ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-20 17:50 ` Tamir Duberstein
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