While it's preferable to add bindings in the kernel crate rather than using raw pointers where possible, access to the raw aux pointer is required to pass it to C interfaces provided by a driver.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <[email protected]> --- rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs b/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs index 93c0db1f66555c97ec7dc58825e97c47c0154e54..1a88277f0fd9ea5ff32cc534dfe5682009de94c2 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/auxiliary.rs @@ -237,7 +237,11 @@ pub struct Device<Ctx: device::DeviceContext = device::Normal>( ); impl<Ctx: device::DeviceContext> Device<Ctx> { - fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::auxiliary_device { + /// Returns the underlying auxiliary device + /// + /// Prefer to add bindings in the kernel crate for any use other than calling driver-specific + /// functions. + pub fn as_raw(&self) -> *mut bindings::auxiliary_device { self.0.get() } -- 2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog
