Rust-for-Linux/linux

Impl `fmt::Display` for kernel `Box<T, A>`

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fbq commented

Currently fmt::Display is not implemented for Box<T, A>, due to we have our own allocator implementation. The following code should just work if we have impl fmt::Display for that:

let v = KBox::new(42, GFP_KERNEL)?;
println!("{}", v);

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JCKeep commented

I am new to the Kernel development and I would like to take it if is possible.

ojeda commented

Sure, please go ahead!