rust: num: add `into_bool` method to `Bounded`

Single-bit numbers are typically treated as booleans. There is an
`Into<bool>` implementation for those, but invoking it from contexts
that lack type expectations is not always convenient.

Add an `into_bool` method as a simpler shortcut.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260314-register-v9-3-86805b2f7e9d@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
index 2f5f13ecd3d6..d28d118abd8e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/num/bounded.rs
@@ -1101,3 +1101,24 @@ where
         unsafe { Self::__new(T::from(value)) }
     }
 }
+
+impl<T> Bounded<T, 1>
+where
+    T: Integer + Zeroable,
+{
+    /// Converts this [`Bounded`] into a [`bool`].
+    ///
+    /// This is a shorter way of writing `bool::from(self)`.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use kernel::num::Bounded;
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(Bounded::<u8, 1>::new::<0>().into_bool(), false);
+    /// assert_eq!(Bounded::<u8, 1>::new::<1>().into_bool(), true);
+    /// ```
+    pub fn into_bool(self) -> bool {
+        self.into()
+    }
+}