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Subject[PATCH v1 1/2] rust: specify when `ARef` is thread safe
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An `ARef` behaves just like the `Arc` when it comes to thread safety, so
we can reuse the thread safety comments from `Arc` here.

This is necessary because without this change, the Rust compiler will
assume that things are not thread safe even though they are.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
---
rust/kernel/types.rs | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index 29db59d6119a..9c8d94c04deb 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -321,6 +321,17 @@ pub struct ARef<T: AlwaysRefCounted> {
_p: PhantomData<T>,
}

+// SAFETY: It is safe to send `ARef<T>` to another thread when the underlying `T` is `Sync` because
+// it effectively means sharing `&T` (which is safe because `T` is `Sync`); additionally, it needs
+// `T` to be `Send` because any thread that has an `ARef<T>` may ultimately access `T` directly, for
+// example, when the reference count reaches zero and `T` is dropped.
+unsafe impl<T: AlwaysRefCounted + Sync + Send> Send for ARef<T> {}
+
+// SAFETY: It is safe to send `&ARef<T>` to another thread when the underlying `T` is `Sync` for the
+// same reason as above. `T` needs to be `Send` as well because a thread can clone an `&ARef<T>`
+// into an `ARef<T>`, which may lead to `T` being accessed by the same reasoning as above.
+unsafe impl<T: AlwaysRefCounted + Sync + Send> Sync for ARef<T> {}
+
impl<T: AlwaysRefCounted> ARef<T> {
/// Creates a new instance of [`ARef`].
///
base-commit: ac9a78681b921877518763ba0e89202254349d1b
--
2.40.1.606.ga4b1b128d6-goog

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