rust: sync: implement `AsRef<T>` for `Arc<T>`

This trait lets you use `Arc<T>` in code that is generic over smart
pointer types.

The `AsRef` trait should be implemented on all smart pointers. The
standard library also implements it on the ordinary `Arc`.

Co-developed-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@samsung.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230517200814.3157916-2-aliceryhl@google.com
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index b03d84f7ce87525b83f573b5ddb02d7688543b9d..ace478442998a48454f0c1c326ee51dbaea59c73 100644 (file)
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Deref for Arc<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: ?Sized> AsRef<T> for Arc<T> {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &T {
+        self.deref()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: ?Sized> Clone for Arc<T> {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
         // INVARIANT: C `refcount_inc` saturates the refcount, so it cannot overflow to zero.