added doc for RacyCell

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Per Lindgren 2021-11-02 19:47:14 +01:00
parent 8065d741ac
commit 1e2ab78a3f

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@ -59,6 +59,27 @@ where
use core::cell::UnsafeCell;
/// Internal replacement for `static mut T`
///
/// Used to represent RTIC Resources
///
/// Soundness:
/// 1) Unsafe API for internal use only
/// 2) get_mut(&self) -> *mut T
/// returns a raw mutable pointer to the inner T
/// casting to &mut T is under control of RTIC
/// RTIC ensures &mut T to be unique under Rust aliasing rules.
///
/// Implementation uses the underlying UnsafeCell<T>
/// self.0.get() -> *mut T
///
/// 3) get(&self) -> *const T
/// returns a raw immutable (const) pointer to the inner T
/// casting to &T is under control of RTIC
/// RTIC ensures &T to be shared under Rust aliasing rules.
///
/// Implementation uses the underlying UnsafeCell<T>
/// self.0.get() -> *mut T, demoted to *const T
///
#[repr(transparent)]
pub struct RacyCell<T>(UnsafeCell<T>);