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d="scan'208";a="174691062" From: Zhao Liu To: Paolo Bonzini , Manos Pitsidianakis Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-rust@nongnu.org, Zhao Liu Subject: [PATCH 06/12] rust/qdev: Refine the documentation for QDevProp trait Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:55:51 +0800 Message-Id: <20250916085557.2008344-7-zhao1.liu@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20250916085557.2008344-1-zhao1.liu@intel.com> References: <20250916085557.2008344-1-zhao1.liu@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=198.175.65.10; envelope-from=zhao1.liu@intel.com; helo=mgamail.intel.com X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.035, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @intel.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1758011855093116600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Manos Pitsidianakis Refine the documentation to clarify: * `unsfae` requires that `VALUE` must be valid. * using `*const` instead of `&` because the latter will cause compiler error. Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu --- rust/hw/core/src/qdev.rs | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/rust/hw/core/src/qdev.rs b/rust/hw/core/src/qdev.rs index 3ee5b242622d..2735e2b2c109 100644 --- a/rust/hw/core/src/qdev.rs +++ b/rust/hw/core/src/qdev.rs @@ -109,9 +109,16 @@ pub trait ResettablePhasesImpl { /// /// # Safety /// -/// This trait is marked as `unsafe` because currently having a `const` re= fer to -/// an `extern static` as a reference instead of a raw pointer results in = this -/// compiler error: +/// This trait is marked as `unsafe` because `VALUE` must be a valid raw +/// reference to a [`bindings::PropertyInfo`]. +/// +/// Note we could not use a regular reference: +/// +/// ```text +/// const VALUE: &bindings::PropertyInfo =3D ... +/// ``` +/// +/// because this results in the following compiler error: /// /// ```text /// constructing invalid value: encountered reference to `extern` static i= n `const` @@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ pub trait ResettablePhasesImpl { /// /// This is because the compiler generally might dereference a normal refe= rence /// during const evaluation, but not in this case (if it did, it'd need to -/// dereference the raw pointer so this would fail to compile). +/// dereference the raw pointer so using a `*const` would also fail to com= pile). /// /// It is the implementer's responsibility to provide a valid /// [`bindings::PropertyInfo`] pointer for the trait implementation to be = safe. --=20 2.34.1