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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index b03d84f7ce87..ace478442998 100644
--- 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.