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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:41:32 +0000
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>, Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>, Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>, =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_Roy_Baron?= <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@samsung.com>
From: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] rust: sync: add `Arc::into_unique_or_drop`
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On 3/11/24 17:08, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> Decrement the refcount of an `Arc`, but handle the case where it hits
> zero by taking ownership of the now-unique `Arc`, instead of destroying
> and deallocating it.
>=20
> This is a dependency of the linked list that Rust Binder uses. The
> linked list uses this method as part of its `ListArc` abstraction.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>