rust: sync: allow coercion from `Arc<T>` to `Arc<U>`
authorWedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com>
Wed, 28 Dec 2022 06:03:42 +0000 (06:03 +0000)
committerMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Mon, 16 Jan 2023 21:20:24 +0000 (22:20 +0100)
commitf75cb6fce4c91847d3b7cf2c5fc7c8eb4bc2d8f0
treea10985c0522079bea9c407d05b00b4a2de3c3a15
parent53528772fb5a174c8606cdf0047ac4899ce05be7
rust: sync: allow coercion from `Arc<T>` to `Arc<U>`

The coercion is only allowed if `U` is a compatible dynamically-sized
type (DST). For example, if we have some type `X` that implements trait
`Y`, then this allows `Arc<X>` to be coerced into `Arc<dyn Y>`.

Suggested-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
rust/kernel/lib.rs
rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs