rust: alloc: add Box::into_pin

Add an associated function to convert a `Box<T>` into a `Pin<Box<T>>`.

Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250309-hrtimer-v3-v6-12-rc2-v12-9-73586e2bd5f1@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
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Andreas Hindborg
2025-03-09 16:19:00 +01:00
parent 042b0c7947
commit b4fecceee2

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@@ -245,6 +245,12 @@ where
Ok(Self::new(x, flags)?.into())
}
/// Convert a [`Box<T,A>`] to a [`Pin<Box<T,A>>`]. If `T` does not implement
/// [`Unpin`], then `x` will be pinned in memory and can't be moved.
pub fn into_pin(this: Self) -> Pin<Self> {
this.into()
}
/// Forgets the contents (does not run the destructor), but keeps the allocation.
fn forget_contents(this: Self) -> Box<MaybeUninit<T>, A> {
let ptr = Self::into_raw(this);