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Description
Rust in the Linux kernel uses the pin-init library for initialization. This library handles ergonomic and safe initialization of address-sensitive types such as Mutex<T> (the abstraction of struct mutex).
Since address sensitivity is an inherited property (a type containing an address-sensitive type also becomes one), lots of types require using the pin-init API to initialize them. Thus knowing how to use pin-init is required in order to write Rust code in the kernel.
This talk will explain how to use pin-init. It will go into two perspectives: first a consumer of an API that uses pin-init and second as the creator of such an API.
The talk is based on a chapter in the upcoming "Rust in the Linux Kernel" book and feedback is greatly appreciated.