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As most of the kernel is in C, they probably need a raw pointer quite regularly to pass it into existing C APIs. Just like `Box::into_raw`, this method shouldn
by Dagonfly 2y ago
As most of the kernel is in C, they probably need a raw pointer quite regularly to pass it into existing C APIs.
Just like `Box::into_raw`, this method shouldn't be used in pure Rust code. It's only available for C FFI.
- meltyness 2y agoRight but, this isn't merely FFI code, those are via Bindgen, this is the abstraction intended to be provided to all DMA driver authors as the API, as I understand it.