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From: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
To: "Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
	"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
	"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
	"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
	"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
	"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
	"Fiona Behrens" <me@kloenk.dev>,
	"Christian Schrefl" <chrisi.schrefl@gmail.com>
Cc: Oleksandr Babak <alexanderbabak@proton.me>,
	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] rust: pin-init: Implement `InPlaceWrite<T>` for `&'static mut MaybeUninit<T>`
Date: Thu,  8 Jan 2026 13:43:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108124318.3142999-1-lossin@kernel.org> (raw)

From: Oleksandr Babak <alexanderbabak@proton.me>

This feature allows users to use `&'static mut MaybeUninit<T>` as a
place to initialize the value. It mirrors an existing implemetation
for `Box<MaybeUninit>`, but enables users to use external allocation
mechanisms such as `static_cell` [1].

Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Babak <alexanderbabak@proton.me>
Link: https://crates.io/crates/static_cell [1]
[ Added link to `static_cell` - Benno ]
Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
---
This is the entire pin-init update this cycle. (excluding the syn
patches, which I will send soon)
---
 rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs b/rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs
index 8dc9dd5ac6fd..ea59c86a9108 100644
--- a/rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs
@@ -1536,6 +1536,33 @@ pub trait InPlaceWrite<T> {
     fn write_pin_init<E>(self, init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> Result<Pin<Self::Initialized>, E>;
 }
 
+impl<T> InPlaceWrite<T> for &'static mut MaybeUninit<T> {
+    type Initialized = &'static mut T;
+
+    fn write_init<E>(self, init: impl Init<T, E>) -> Result<Self::Initialized, E> {
+        let slot = self.as_mut_ptr();
+
+        // SAFETY: `slot` is a valid pointer to uninitialized memory.
+        unsafe { init.__init(slot)? };
+
+        // SAFETY: The above call initialized the memory.
+        unsafe { Ok(self.assume_init_mut()) }
+    }
+
+    fn write_pin_init<E>(self, init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> Result<Pin<Self::Initialized>, E> {
+        let slot = self.as_mut_ptr();
+
+        // SAFETY: `slot` is a valid pointer to uninitialized memory.
+        //
+        // The `'static` borrow guarantees the data will not be
+        // moved/invalidated until it gets dropped (which is never).
+        unsafe { init.__pinned_init(slot)? };
+
+        // SAFETY: The above call initialized the memory.
+        Ok(Pin::static_mut(unsafe { self.assume_init_mut() }))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Trait facilitating pinned destruction.
 ///
 /// Use [`pinned_drop`] to implement this trait safely:
-- 
2.51.2


             reply	other threads:[~2026-01-08 12:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-08 12:43 Benno Lossin [this message]
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