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diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9be021e393ca --- /dev/null +++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +//! Generic devices that are part of the kernel's driver model. +//! +//! C header: [`include/linux/device.h`](../../../../include/linux/device.h) + +use crate::bindings; + +/// A raw device. +/// +/// # Safety +/// +/// Implementers must ensure that the `*mut device` returned by [`RawDevice::raw_device`] is +/// related to `self`, that is, actions on it will affect `self`. For example, if one calls +/// `get_device`, then the refcount on the device represented by `self` will be incremented. +/// +/// Additionally, implementers must ensure that the device is never renamed. Commit a5462516aa99 +/// ("driver-core: document restrictions on device_rename()") has details on why `device_rename` +/// should not be used. +pub unsafe trait RawDevice { + /// Returns the raw `struct device` related to `self`. + fn raw_device(&self) -> *mut bindings::device; +} |