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>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index 2f3156b6aacf..378925e553ec 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
@@ -213,10 +213,11 @@ impl<T> Arc<T> {
         };
 
         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 @@ impl<T: 'static> ForeignOwnable for Arc<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