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Commit 8909a80e authored by Miguel Ojeda's avatar Miguel Ojeda
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rust: alloc: remove the `borrow` module (`ToOwned`, `Cow`)

The `Cow` type [1] requires that its generic parameter type implements
the `ToOwned` trait [2], which provides a method to create owned data
from borrowed data, usually by cloning.

However, it is infallible, and thus in most cases it is not useful for
the kernel. [3]

Therefore, introduce `cfg(no_borrow)` to remove the `borrow` module
(which contains `ToOwned` and `Cow`) from `alloc`.

Link: https://doc.rust-lang.org/alloc/borrow/enum.Cow.html [1]
Link: https://doc.rust-lang.org/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20221204103153.117675b1@GaryWorkstation/

 [3]
Cc: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Cc: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarWei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarFinn Behrens <fin@nyantec.com>
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