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Alignment operations are very common in the kernel. Since they are always performed using a power-of-two value, enforcing this invariant through a dedicated type leads to fewer bugs and can improve the generated code. Introduce the `Alignment` type, inspired by the nightly Rust type of the same name and providing the same interface, and a new `Alignable` trait allowing unsigned integers to be aligned up or down. Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> [ Used `build_assert!`, added intra-doc link, `allow`ed `clippy::incompatible_msrv`, added `feature(const_option)`, capitalized safety comment. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.