Re: [PATCH] rust: transmute: Add implementation for FromBytes trait

[Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com>]

Am 09.10.24 um 03:47 schrieb Christian dos Santos de Lima:
> Add implementation and documentation for FromBytes trait.
> 
> Add new feature block in order to allow using ToBytes
> and bound to from_bytes_mut function.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1119
> Signed-off-by: Christian dos Santos de Lima <christiansantoslima21@gmail.com>
> ---
>   rust/kernel/lib.rs       |   2 +
>   rust/kernel/transmute.rs | 302 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   2 files changed, 290 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
...
> --- a/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/transmute.rs
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for u8 {
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for u16 {
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for u32 {
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for u64 {
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for usize {
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for i8 {
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for i16 {
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for i32 {
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for i64 {
...
> +unsafe impl FromBytes for isize {
...

Asahi Lina's device tree code which reads the device tree node's data 
as a byte slice and then has to convert it

https://github.com/Fabo/linux/blob/9e496b356ee8e25f9bee9258491aa6ae3a4f1ddf/rust/kernel/of.rs#L390

uses macros to avoid code dublication:

prop_int_type!(u8);
prop_int_type!(u16);
prop_int_type!(u32);
prop_int_type!(u64);
prop_int_type!(i8);
prop_int_type!(i16);
prop_int_type!(i32);
prop_int_type!(i64);

Would anything like this be possible here, as well? To avoid code 
dublication?

Best regards

Dirk