rust: types: avoid as casts

Replace `as` casts with `cast{,_mut}` calls which are a bit safer.

In one instance, remove an unnecessary `as` cast without replacement.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241120-borrow-mut-v6-2-80dbadd00951@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs

@@ -356,13 +356,13 @@ impl<T: 'static, A> ForeignOwnable for Box<T, A>
     type Borrowed<'a> = &'a T;
 
     fn into_foreign(self) -> *const crate::ffi::c_void {
-        Box::into_raw(self) as _
+        Box::into_raw(self).cast()
     }
 
     unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const crate::ffi::c_void) -> Self {
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` comes from a previous
         // call to `Self::into_foreign`.
-        unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr as _) }
+        unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr.cast_mut().cast()) }
     }
 
     unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const crate::ffi::c_void) -> &'a T {
@@ -380,13 +380,13 @@ impl<T: 'static, A> ForeignOwnable for Pin<Box<T, A>>
 
     fn into_foreign(self) -> *const crate::ffi::c_void {
         // SAFETY: We are still treating the box as pinned.
-        Box::into_raw(unsafe { Pin::into_inner_unchecked(self) }) as _
+        Box::into_raw(unsafe { Pin::into_inner_unchecked(self) }).cast()
     }
 
     unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const crate::ffi::c_void) -> Self {
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` comes from a previous
         // call to `Self::into_foreign`.
-        unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(Box::from_raw(ptr as _)) }
+        unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(Box::from_raw(ptr.cast_mut().cast())) }
     }
 
     unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const crate::ffi::c_void) -> Pin<&'a T> {

rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs

@@ -213,10 +213,11 @@ pub fn new(contents: T, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, AllocError> {
         };
 
         let inner = KBox::new(value, flags)?;
+        let inner = KBox::leak(inner).into();
 
         // SAFETY: We just created `inner` with a reference count of 1, which is owned by the new
         // `Arc` object.
-        Ok(unsafe { Self::from_inner(KBox::leak(inner).into()) })
+        Ok(unsafe { Self::from_inner(inner) })
     }
 }
 
@@ -345,13 +346,13 @@ impl<T: 'static> ForeignOwnable for Arc<T> {
     type Borrowed<'a> = ArcBorrow<'a, T>;
 
     fn into_foreign(self) -> *const crate::ffi::c_void {
-        ManuallyDrop::new(self).ptr.as_ptr() as _
+        ManuallyDrop::new(self).ptr.as_ptr().cast()
     }
 
     unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const crate::ffi::c_void) -> ArcBorrow<'a, T> {
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` comes from a previous
         // call to `Self::into_foreign`.
-        let inner = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>) };
+        let inner = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr.cast_mut().cast::<ArcInner<T>>()) };
 
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements of `from_foreign` ensure that the object remains alive
         // for the lifetime of the returned value.
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const crate::ffi::c_void) -> ArcBorrow<'a, T> {
     unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const crate::ffi::c_void) -> Self {
         // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` comes from a previous
         // call to `Self::into_foreign`.
-        let inner = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr as *mut ArcInner<T>) };
+        let inner = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr.cast_mut().cast::<ArcInner<T>>()) };
 
         // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function, we know that `ptr` came from
         // a previous call to `Arc::into_foreign`, which guarantees that `ptr` is valid and

rust/kernel/types.rs

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<T>) -> Self {
     /// }
     ///
     /// let mut data = Empty {};
-    /// let ptr = NonNull::<Empty>::new(&mut data as *mut _).unwrap();
+    /// let ptr = NonNull::<Empty>::new(&mut data).unwrap();
     /// # // SAFETY: TODO.
     /// let data_ref: ARef<Empty> = unsafe { ARef::from_raw(ptr) };
     /// let raw_ptr: NonNull<Empty> = ARef::into_raw(data_ref);