Alice Ryhl 8802e16843 rust: types: add Opaque::cast_from
Since commit b20fbbc08a ("rust: check type of `$ptr` in
`container_of!`") we have enforced that the field pointer passed to
container_of! must match the declared field. This caused mismatches when
using a pointer to bindings::x for fields of type Opaque<bindings::x>.

This situation encourages the user to simply pass field.cast() to the
container_of! macro, but this is not great because you might
accidentally pass a *mut bindings::y when the field type is
Opaque<bindings::x>, which would be wrong.

To help catch this kind of mistake, add a new Opaque::cast_from that
wraps a raw pointer in Opaque without changing the inner type. Also
update the docs to reflect this as well as some existing users.

Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Acked-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250624-opaque-from-raw-v2-1-e4da40bdc59c@google.com
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
2025-07-15 21:01:48 +02:00
2025-07-15 21:01:48 +02:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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