rust: alloc: add Vec::clear

Our custom Vec type is missing the stdlib method `clear`, thus add it.
It will be used in the miscdevice sample.

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250502-vec-methods-v5-1-06d20ad9366f@google.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
index 5798e2c890a2..412a2fe3ce79 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs
@@ -413,6 +413,26 @@ where
         (ptr, len, capacity)
     }
 
+    /// Clears the vector, removing all values.
+    ///
+    /// Note that this method has no effect on the allocated capacity
+    /// of the vector.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// let mut v = kernel::kvec![1, 2, 3]?;
+    ///
+    /// v.clear();
+    ///
+    /// assert!(v.is_empty());
+    /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.truncate(0);
+    }
+
     /// Ensures that the capacity exceeds the length by at least `additional` elements.
     ///
     /// # Examples