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authorBenno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>2023-04-08 12:26:22 +0000
committerMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>2023-04-12 18:41:05 +0200
commit692e8935e23efab6c5d5fc4b003816b33c8082f7 (patch)
tree18fe62f03bfdc6475f4e0ab63eb952cc4d98aaa3 /rust/kernel/init.rs
parent8586f1acd314a47d68d189331606ca235a05b972 (diff)
rust: types: add `Opaque::ffi_init`
This function allows to easily initialize `Opaque` with the pin-init API. `Opaque::ffi_init` takes a closure and returns a pin-initializer. This pin-initiailizer calls the given closure with a pointer to the inner `T`. Co-developed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me> Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230408122429.1103522-14-y86-dev@protonmail.com [ Fixed typo. ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/rust/kernel/init.rs b/rust/kernel/init.rs
index ffd539e2f5ef..a1298c8bbda0 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/init.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/init.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@
//! }
//! ```
//!
+//! For the special case where initializing a field is a single FFI-function call that cannot fail,
+//! there exist the helper function [`Opaque::ffi_init`]. This function initialize a single
+//! [`Opaque`] field by just delegating to the supplied closure. You can use these in combination
+//! with [`pin_init!`].
+//!
+//! For more information on how to use [`pin_init_from_closure()`], take a look at the uses inside
+//! the `kernel` crate. The [`sync`] module is a good starting point.
+//!
//! [`sync`]: kernel::sync
//! [pinning]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/pin/index.html
//! [structurally pinned fields]:
@@ -187,6 +195,7 @@
//! [`impl PinInit<T, E>`]: PinInit
//! [`impl Init<T, E>`]: Init
//! [`Opaque`]: kernel::types::Opaque
+//! [`Opaque::ffi_init`]: kernel::types::Opaque::ffi_init
//! [`pin_data`]: ::macros::pin_data
use crate::{