rust: alloc: remove `BoxExt` extension

Now that all existing `Box` users were moved to the kernel `Box` type,
remove the `BoxExt` extension and all other related extensions.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

6 files changed, 3 insertions, 116 deletions

diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc.rs
index ed46b69204d0..47cab5bd803e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #[cfg(not(any(test, testlib)))]
 pub mod allocator;
-pub mod box_ext;
 pub mod kbox;
 pub mod vec_ext;
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 829cb1c1cf9e..000000000000
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-//! Extensions to [`Box`] for fallible allocations.
-
-use super::{AllocError, Flags};
-use alloc::boxed::Box;
-use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
-
-/// Extensions to [`Box`].
-pub trait BoxExt<T>: Sized {
-    /// Allocates a new box.
-    ///
-    /// The allocation may fail, in which case an error is returned.
-    fn new(x: T, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, AllocError>;
-
-    /// Allocates a new uninitialised box.
-    ///
-    /// The allocation may fail, in which case an error is returned.
-    fn new_uninit(flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError>;
-}
-
-impl<T> BoxExt<T> for Box<T> {
-    fn new(x: T, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, AllocError> {
-        let b = <Self as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(flags)?;
-        Ok(Box::write(b, x))
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(any(test, testlib))]
-    fn new_uninit(_flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError> {
-        Ok(Box::new_uninit())
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(not(any(test, testlib)))]
-    fn new_uninit(flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError> {
-        let ptr = if core::mem::size_of::<MaybeUninit<T>>() == 0 {
-            core::ptr::NonNull::<_>::dangling().as_ptr()
-        } else {
-            let layout = core::alloc::Layout::new::<MaybeUninit<T>>();
-
-            // SAFETY: Memory is being allocated (first arg is null). The only other source of
-            // safety issues is sleeping on atomic context, which is addressed by klint. Lastly,
-            // the type is not a SZT (checked above).
-            let ptr =
-                unsafe { super::allocator::krealloc_aligned(core::ptr::null_mut(), layout, flags) };
-            if ptr.is_null() {
-                return Err(AllocError);
-            }
-
-            ptr.cast::<MaybeUninit<T>>()
-        };
-
-        // SAFETY: For non-zero-sized types, we allocate above using the global allocator. For
-        // zero-sized types, we use `NonNull::dangling`.
-        Ok(unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) })
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/init.rs b/rust/kernel/init.rs
index d3639243f8c7..eb55787eddee 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/init.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/init.rs
@@ -211,12 +211,11 @@
 //! [`pin_init!`]: crate::pin_init!
 
 use crate::{
-    alloc::{box_ext::BoxExt, AllocError, Flags, KBox},
+    alloc::{AllocError, Flags, KBox},
     error::{self, Error},
     sync::UniqueArc,
     types::{Opaque, ScopeGuard},
 };
-use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use core::{
     cell::UnsafeCell,
     convert::Infallible,
@@ -589,7 +588,6 @@ macro_rules! pin_init {
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// # #![feature(new_uninit)]
 /// use kernel::{init::{self, PinInit}, error::Error};
 /// #[pin_data]
 /// struct BigBuf {
@@ -1149,36 +1147,6 @@ pub trait InPlaceInit<T>: Sized {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T> InPlaceInit<T> for Box<T> {
-    #[inline]
-    fn try_pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Pin<Self>, E>
-    where
-        E: From<AllocError>,
-    {
-        let mut this = <Box<_> as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(flags)?;
-        let slot = this.as_mut_ptr();
-        // SAFETY: When init errors/panics, slot will get deallocated but not dropped,
-        // slot is valid and will not be moved, because we pin it later.
-        unsafe { init.__pinned_init(slot)? };
-        // SAFETY: All fields have been initialized.
-        Ok(unsafe { this.assume_init() }.into())
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, E>
-    where
-        E: From<AllocError>,
-    {
-        let mut this = <Box<_> as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(flags)?;
-        let slot = this.as_mut_ptr();
-        // SAFETY: When init errors/panics, slot will get deallocated but not dropped,
-        // slot is valid.
-        unsafe { init.__init(slot)? };
-        // SAFETY: All fields have been initialized.
-        Ok(unsafe { this.assume_init() })
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T> InPlaceInit<T> for UniqueArc<T> {
     #[inline]
     fn try_pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Pin<Self>, E>
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 7475b8d8d822..d294c856f6ae 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #![feature(coerce_unsized)]
 #![feature(const_refs_to_cell)]
 #![feature(dispatch_from_dyn)]
-#![feature(new_uninit)]
 #![feature(receiver_trait)]
 #![feature(unsize)]
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
index 54f5b20f850d..6604633a7cba 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use core::pin::Pin;
 
-pub use crate::alloc::{box_ext::BoxExt, flags::*, vec_ext::VecExt, KBox, KVBox, VBox};
+pub use crate::alloc::{flags::*, vec_ext::VecExt, KBox, KVBox, VBox};
 
 #[doc(no_inline)]
-pub use alloc::{boxed::Box, vec::Vec};
+pub use alloc::vec::Vec;
 
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use macros::{module, pin_data, pinned_drop, vtable, Zeroable};
diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index e27e4ef3793b..936aff20dbc0 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 //! Kernel types.
 
 use crate::init::{self, PinInit};
-use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use core::{
     cell::UnsafeCell,
     marker::{PhantomData, PhantomPinned},
@@ -67,28 +66,6 @@ pub trait ForeignOwnable: Sized {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: 'static> ForeignOwnable for Box<T> {
-    type Borrowed<'a> = &'a T;
-
-    fn into_foreign(self) -> *const core::ffi::c_void {
-        Box::into_raw(self) as _
-    }
-
-    unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> &'a T {
-        // SAFETY: The safety requirements for this function ensure that the object is still alive,
-        // so it is safe to dereference the raw pointer.
-        // The safety requirements of `from_foreign` also ensure that the object remains alive for
-        // the lifetime of the returned value.
-        unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
-    }
-
-    unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Self {
-        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` comes from a previous
-        // call to `Self::into_foreign`.
-        unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr as _) }
-    }
-}
-
 impl ForeignOwnable for () {
     type Borrowed<'a> = ();