rust: workqueue: add helper for defining work_struct fields
The main challenge with defining `work_struct` fields is making sure that the function pointer stored in the `work_struct` is appropriate for the work item type it is embedded in. It needs to know the offset of the `work_struct` field being used (even if there are several!) so that it can do a `container_of`, and it needs to know the type of the work item so that it can call into the right user-provided code. All of this needs to happen in a way that provides a safe API to the user, so that users of the workqueue cannot mix up the function pointers. There are three important pieces that are relevant when doing this: * The pointer type. * The work item struct. This is what the pointer points at. * The `work_struct` field. This is a field of the work item struct. This patch introduces a separate trait for each piece. The pointer type is given a `WorkItemPointer` trait, which pointer types need to implement to be usable with the workqueue. Thi...
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