From: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 04:41:38 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: rust: make `Arc::into_unique_or_drop` associated function
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7487645f0b2d1a30590bafa7a977dc6661006d4f;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git

rust: make `Arc::into_unique_or_drop` associated function

Make `Arc::into_unique_or_drop` to become a mere associated function
instead of a method (i.e. removing the `self` receiver).

It's a general convention for Rust smart pointers to avoid having
methods defined on them, because if the pointee type has a method of the
same name, then it is shadowed. This is normally for avoiding semver
breakage, which isn't an issue for kernel codebase, but it's still
generally a good practice to follow this rule, so that `ptr.foo()` would
always be calling a method on the pointee type.

Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Elle Rhumsaa <elle@weathered-steel.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250723233312.3304339-3-gary@kernel.org
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diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index 63a66761d0c7d..4ee155b43b2dc 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T> {
     /// use kernel::sync::{Arc, UniqueArc};
     ///
     /// let arc = Arc::new(42, GFP_KERNEL)?;
-    /// let unique_arc = arc.into_unique_or_drop();
+    /// let unique_arc = Arc::into_unique_or_drop(arc);
     ///
     /// // The above conversion should succeed since refcount of `arc` is 1.
     /// assert!(unique_arc.is_some());
@@ -337,18 +337,18 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T> {
     /// let arc = Arc::new(42, GFP_KERNEL)?;
     /// let another = arc.clone();
     ///
-    /// let unique_arc = arc.into_unique_or_drop();
+    /// let unique_arc = Arc::into_unique_or_drop(arc);
     ///
     /// // The above conversion should fail since refcount of `arc` is >1.
     /// assert!(unique_arc.is_none());
     ///
     /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
     /// ```
-    pub fn into_unique_or_drop(self) -> Option<Pin<UniqueArc<T>>> {
+    pub fn into_unique_or_drop(this: Self) -> Option<Pin<UniqueArc<T>>> {
         // We will manually manage the refcount in this method, so we disable the destructor.
-        let me = ManuallyDrop::new(self);
+        let this = ManuallyDrop::new(this);
         // SAFETY: We own a refcount, so the pointer is still valid.
-        let refcount = unsafe { me.ptr.as_ref() }.refcount.get();
+        let refcount = unsafe { this.ptr.as_ref() }.refcount.get();
 
         // If the refcount reaches a non-zero value, then we have destroyed this `Arc` and will
         // return without further touching the `Arc`. If the refcount reaches zero, then there are
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T> {
             // must pin the `UniqueArc` because the values was previously in an `Arc`, and they pin
             // their values.
             Some(Pin::from(UniqueArc {
-                inner: ManuallyDrop::into_inner(me),
+                inner: ManuallyDrop::into_inner(this),
             }))
         } else {
             None