[PATCH v2 0/4] rust: a few common Borrow/BorrowMut implementations

From: Alexandre Courbot
Date: Fri Jun 13 2025 - 09:47:28 EST


The Borrow trait has multiple uses, one of them being to store either an
owned value or a reference to it inside a generic container. This series
adds these implementations for `Box`, `Arc`, `Vec`, and `CString`. I
came across the need for this while experimenting with the scatterlist
abstraction series [1].

This second revision adds examples to each impl block as requested. I am
personally not quite convinced that they are needed, as they just
illustrate the basic usage of `Borrow`, but have added them to this
revision so we can decide whether we want them or not.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/DA9JTYA0EQU8.26M0ZX80FOBWY@xxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- Rebase on top of v6.16-rc1.
- Improve commit messages. (thanks Benno!)
- Add examples on each impl block.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250601-borrow_impls-v1-0-e1caeb428db4@xxxxxxxxxx

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Alexandre Courbot (4):
rust: alloc: implement `Borrow` and `BorrowMut` for `Vec`
rust: sync: implement `Borrow` and `BorrowMut` for `Arc` types
rust: alloc: implement `Borrow` and `BorrowMut` for `KBox`
rust: str: implement `Borrow` and `BorrowMut` for `CString`

rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/kernel/str.rs | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 250 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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base-commit: 19272b37aa4f83ca52bdf9c16d5d81bdd1354494
change-id: 20250531-borrow_impls-8dfef3fcee93

Best regards,
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Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>