Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] rust: pci: return DevresLt from Bar::into_devres()

"Alexandre Courbot" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.nova-gpu,dev.linux.lists.driver-core,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-pwm,org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux
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On Fri Jun 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM JST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> Implement ForLt and CovariantForLt for Bar<'static, SIZE> so that
> DevresLt can shorten the stored 'static lifetime back to the caller's
> borrow lifetime.
>
> CovariantForLt is sound because Bar<'a, SIZE> only holds &'a
> Device<Bound>, which is covariant over 'a.
>
> Since DevresLt::new() handles the lifetime transmutation internally,
> into_devres() no longer needs an explicit transmute to Bar<'static>.
>
> Add a DevresBar<SIZE> type alias for convenience.
>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <[email protected]>
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