Re: [PATCH 1/3] rust: alloc: add Vec::truncate method

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On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 09:42:33PM -0500, Andrew Ballance wrote:
> implements the equivalent to the std's Vec::truncate
> on the kernel's Vec type.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Ballance <andrewjballance@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> index ae9d072741ce..75e9feebb81f 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
> @@ -452,6 +452,42 @@ pub fn reserve(&mut self, additional: usize, flags: Flags) -> Result<(), AllocEr
>  
>          Ok(())
>      }
> +
> +    /// Shortens the vector, setting the length to `len` and drops the removed values.
> +    /// If `len` is greater than or equal to the current length, this does nothing.
> +    ///
> +    /// This has no effect on the capacity and will not allocate.

Nit: Please also add an empty line here.

> +    /// # Examples
> +    /// ```
> +    /// let mut v = kernel::kvec![1, 2, 3]?;
> +    /// v.truncate(1);
> +    /// assert_eq!(v.len(), 1);
> +    /// assert_eq!(&v, &[1]);
> +    ///
> +    /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
> +    /// ```
> +    pub fn truncate(&mut self, len: usize) {
> +        if len >= self.len() {
> +            return;
> +        }
> +
> +        // [new_len, len) is guaranteed to be valid because [0, len) is guaranteed to be valid

We typically use markdown for comments.

> +        let drop_range = len..self.len();
> +
> +        // SAFETY:
> +        // we can safely ignore the bounds check because we already did our own check
> +        let ptr: *mut [T] = unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut(drop_range) };
> +
> +        // SAFETY:
> +        // it is safe to shrink the length because the new length is
> +        // guaranteed to be less than the old length
> +        unsafe { self.set_len(len) };

I just sent out a fix [1] for the safety requirements of set_len() in [1], which
I think would be good to consider.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20250315154436.65065-1-dakr@xxxxxxxxxx/



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