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The term "receiver" means that a type can be used as the type of `self`, and thus enables method call syntax `foo.bar()` instead of `Foo::bar(foo)`. Stable Rust as of today (1.81) enables a limited selection of types (primitives and types in std, e.g. `Box` and `Arc`) to be used as receivers, while custom types cannot. We want the kernel `Arc` type to have the same functionality as the Rust std `Arc`, so we use the `Receiver` trait (gated behind `receiver_trait` unstable feature) to gain the functionality. The `arbitrary_self_types` RFC [1] (tracking issue [2]) is accepted and it will allow all types that implement a new `Receiver` trait (different from today's unstable trait) to be used as receivers. This trait will be automatically implemented for all `Deref` types, which include our `Arc` type, so we no longer have to opt-in to be used as receiver. To prepare us for the change, remove the `Receiver` implementation and the associated feature. To still allow `Arc` and others to be used as method receivers, turn on `arbitrary_self_types` feature instead. This feature gate is introduced in 1.23.0. It used to enable both `Deref` types and raw pointer types to be used as receivers, but the latter is now split into a different feature gate in Rust 1.83 nightly. We do not need receivers on raw pointers so this change would not affect us and usage of `arbitrary_self_types` feature would work for all Rust versions that we support (>=1.78). Cc: Adrian Taylor <ade@hohum.me.uk> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3519 [1] Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44874 [2] Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240915132734.1653004-1-gary@garyguo.net Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.