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rust: types: extend Opaque
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Update the `Opaque` documentation and add an example as proposed by Miguel Ojeda in [1]. The documentation update is mainly taken from Benno Lossin's description [2]. Cc: Nell Shamrell-Harrington <nells@linux.microsoft.com> Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/291565/topic/x/near/467478085 [1] Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/291565/topic/x/near/470498289 [2] Co-developed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me> Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241002050301.1927545-1-dirk.behme@de.bosch.com [ Used `expect`. Rewrapped docs. Added intra-doc link. Formatted example. Reworded to fix tag typo/order. Fixed `&mut` formatting as discussed. Added Benno's SOB and CDB as discussed. Shortened links. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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/// Stores an opaque value.
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///
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/// This is meant to be used with FFI objects that are never interpreted by Rust code.
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/// `Opaque<T>` is meant to be used with FFI objects that are never interpreted by Rust code.
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///
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/// It is used to wrap structs from the C side, like for example `Opaque<bindings::mutex>`.
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/// It gets rid of all the usual assumptions that Rust has for a value:
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///
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/// * The value is allowed to be uninitialized (for example have invalid bit patterns: `3` for a
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/// [`bool`]).
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/// * The value is allowed to be mutated, when a `&Opaque<T>` exists on the Rust side.
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/// * No uniqueness for mutable references: it is fine to have multiple `&mut Opaque<T>` point to
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/// the same value.
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/// * The value is not allowed to be shared with other threads (i.e. it is `!Sync`).
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///
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/// This has to be used for all values that the C side has access to, because it can't be ensured
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/// that the C side is adhering to the usual constraints that Rust needs.
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///
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/// Using `Opaque<T>` allows to continue to use references on the Rust side even for values shared
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/// with C.
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///
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/// # Examples
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///
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/// ```
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/// # #![expect(unreachable_pub, clippy::disallowed_names)]
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/// use kernel::types::Opaque;
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/// # // Emulate a C struct binding which is from C, maybe uninitialized or not, only the C side
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/// # // knows.
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/// # mod bindings {
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/// # pub struct Foo {
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/// # pub val: u8,
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/// # }
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/// # }
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///
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/// // `foo.val` is assumed to be handled on the C side, so we use `Opaque` to wrap it.
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/// pub struct Foo {
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/// foo: Opaque<bindings::Foo>,
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/// }
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///
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/// impl Foo {
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/// pub fn get_val(&self) -> u8 {
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/// let ptr = Opaque::get(&self.foo);
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///
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/// // SAFETY: `Self` is valid from C side.
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/// unsafe { (*ptr).val }
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/// }
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/// }
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///
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/// // Create an instance of `Foo` with the `Opaque` wrapper.
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/// let foo = Foo {
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/// foo: Opaque::new(bindings::Foo { val: 0xdb }),
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/// };
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///
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/// assert_eq!(foo.get_val(), 0xdb);
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/// ```
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#[repr(transparent)]
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pub struct Opaque<T> {
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value: UnsafeCell<MaybeUninit<T>>,
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