[PATCH 3/5] rust: types: implement `ForeignOwnable` for `Box<T>`

[Wedson Almeida Filho]

This allows us to hand ownership of Rust dynamically allocated
objects to the C side of the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 rust/kernel/types.rs | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index 5475f6163002..e037c262f23e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,28 @@ pub trait ForeignOwnable {
     unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Self;
 }
 
+impl<T: 'static> ForeignOwnable for Box<T> {
+    type Borrowed<'a> = &'a T;
+
+    fn into_foreign(self) -> *const core::ffi::c_void {
+        Box::into_raw(self) as _
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> &'a T {
+        // SAFETY: The safety requirements for this function ensure that the object is still alive,
+        // so it is safe to dereference the raw pointer.
+        // The safety requirements of `from_foreign` also ensure that the object remains alive for
+        // the lifetime of the returned value.
+        unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Self {
+        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` comes from a previous
+        // call to `Self::into_foreign`.
+        unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr as _) }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Runs a cleanup function/closure when dropped.
 ///
 /// The [`ScopeGuard::dismiss`] function prevents the cleanup function from running.
-- 
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