rust: alloc: introduce `ArrayLayout`
authorBenno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Fri, 4 Oct 2024 15:41:19 +0000 (17:41 +0200)
committerMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:56:59 +0000 (22:56 +0200)
commit9e7bbfa182767f638ba61dba3518ff78da9f31ff
tree14eb2ad72802d1ca4a23f31b2a66250deb105cbd
parente1044c2238f54ae5bd902cac6d12e48835df418b
rust: alloc: introduce `ArrayLayout`

When allocating memory for arrays using allocators, the `Layout::array`
function is typically used. It returns a result, since the given size
might be too big. However, `Vec` and its iterators store their allocated
capacity and thus they already did check that the size is not too big.

The `ArrayLayout` type provides this exact behavior, as it can be
infallibly converted into a `Layout`. Instead of a `usize` capacity,
`Vec` and other similar array-storing types can use `ArrayLayout`
instead.

Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004154149.93856-16-dakr@kernel.org
[ Formatted a few comments. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
rust/kernel/alloc.rs
rust/kernel/alloc/layout.rs [new file with mode: 0644]