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-rw-r--r--rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
index a8c2177950cd..a89843cacaad 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync/arc.rs
@@ -150,9 +150,11 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized> core::ops::DispatchFromDyn<Arc<U>> for Ar
// mutable reference when the reference count reaches zero and `T` is dropped.
unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Sync + Send> Send for Arc<T> {}
-// SAFETY: It is safe to send `&Arc<T>` to another thread when the underlying `T` is `Sync` for the
-// same reason as above. `T` needs to be `Send` as well because a thread can clone an `&Arc<T>`
-// into an `Arc<T>`, which may lead to `T` being accessed by the same reasoning as above.
+// SAFETY: It is safe to send `&Arc<T>` to another thread when the underlying `T` is `Sync`
+// because it effectively means sharing `&T` (which is safe because `T` is `Sync`); additionally,
+// it needs `T` to be `Send` because any thread that has a `&Arc<T>` may clone it and get an
+// `Arc<T>` on that thread, so the thread may ultimately access `T` using a mutable reference when
+// the reference count reaches zero and `T` is dropped.
unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Sync + Send> Sync for Arc<T> {}
impl<T> Arc<T> {