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impl Sync for FixedRegisters?

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Description

AcpiPlatform, which contains FixedRegisters, is marked as Sync. So is it safe to also mark FixedRegisters as safe? My use case is storing a Arc<FixedRegisters> in a global variable.

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Start by locating the definitions of AcpiPlatform and FixedRegisters and reviewing why AcpiPlatform is marked Sync. Determine whether sharing FixedRegisters through Arc is sound under Rust's Sync requirements; done means reaching a justified safety decision and recording or testing it in the relevant project locations.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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