rt: Unique allocations have -1 ref count

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp b/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp
index 21df231aee7..7a22d5016f9 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp
+++ b/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ exchange_malloc(rust_task *task, type_desc *td, uintptr_t size) {
     void *p = task->kernel->malloc(total_size, "exchange malloc");
 
     rust_opaque_box *header = static_cast<rust_opaque_box*>(p);
+    header->ref_count = -1; // This is not ref counted
     header->td = td;
+    header->prev = 0;
+    header->next = 0;
 
     memset(&header[1], '\0', body_size);