Simple SpinLock written by Rust

spin_lock.rs

// https://github.com/koute/memory-profiler/blob/master/preload/src/spin_lock.rs
use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
use std::mem::transmute;

pub struct SpinLock< T > {
    pub value: UnsafeCell< T >,
    pub flag: AtomicBool
}

unsafe impl< T > Send for SpinLock< T > {}
unsafe impl< T > Sync for SpinLock< T > {}

pub struct SpinLockGuard< 'a, T: 'a >( &'a SpinLock< T > );

impl< T > SpinLock< T > {
    pub const fn new( value: T ) -> Self {
        SpinLock {
            value: UnsafeCell::new( value ),
            flag: AtomicBool::new( false )
        }
    }

    pub fn lock( &self ) -> SpinLockGuard< T > {
        while self.flag.compare_and_swap( false, true, Ordering::Acquire ) != false {
        }

        SpinLockGuard( self )
    }

    pub fn try_lock( &self ) -> Option< SpinLockGuard< T > > {
        if self.flag.compare_and_swap( false, true, Ordering::Acquire ) == false {
            Some( SpinLockGuard( self ) )
        } else {
            None
        }
    }

    pub unsafe fn unsafe_as_ref( &self ) -> &T {
        &*self.value.get()
    }

    pub unsafe fn force_unlock( &self ) {
        self.flag.store( false, Ordering::SeqCst );
    }
}

impl< 'a, T > SpinLockGuard< 'a, T > {
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn unwrap( self ) -> Self {
        self
    }
}

impl< 'a, T > SpinLockGuard< 'a, *mut T > {
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub unsafe fn as_ref( self ) -> SpinLockGuard< 'a, &'a T > {
        transmute( self )
    }
}

impl< 'a, T > Drop for SpinLockGuard< 'a, T > {
    fn drop( &mut self ) {
        self.0.flag.store( false, Ordering::Release );
    }
}

impl< 'a, T > Deref for SpinLockGuard< 'a, T > {
    type Target = T;

    fn deref( &self ) -> &Self::Target {
        unsafe {
            transmute( self.0.value.get() )
        }
    }
}

impl< 'a, T > DerefMut for SpinLockGuard< 'a, T > {
    fn deref_mut( &mut self ) -> &mut Self::Target {
        unsafe {
            transmute( self.0.value.get() )
        }
    }
}