diff --git a/src/concurrency/chunked_ll.rs b/src/concurrency/chunked_ll.rs
index 992640c..f4222ed 100644
--- a/src/concurrency/chunked_ll.rs
+++ b/src/concurrency/chunked_ll.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::mem::{self, MaybeUninit};
 use std::ptr;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -236,14 +235,5 @@ impl<T> ChunkedLinkedList<T> {
 }
 
 fn initialize_values<T>() -> [ArcSwapOption<T>; CHUNK_SIZE] {
-    unsafe {
-        let mut data: [MaybeUninit<ArcSwapOption<T>>; CHUNK_SIZE] =
-            MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init();
-
-        for elem in &mut data[..] {
-            ptr::write(elem.as_mut_ptr(), ArcSwapOption::new(None));
-        }
-
-        mem::transmute(data)
-    }
+    [(); CHUNK_SIZE].map(|_| ArcSwapOption::new(None))
 }
diff --git a/src/smart_ptr/deref_gc.rs b/src/smart_ptr/deref_gc.rs
index df26a17..f1bbce9 100644
--- a/src/smart_ptr/deref_gc.rs
+++ b/src/smart_ptr/deref_gc.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ use crate::{Finalize, Scan, Scanner, ToScan};
 
 use std::any::{Any, TypeId};
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
-use std::fmt;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter};
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::{fmt, ptr};
 
 /// A `Gc`, but with the ability to `Deref` to its contents!
 ///
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ impl<T: Scan + GcDeref + ?Sized> DerefGc<T> {
             direct_ptr: ptr,
         }
     }
+
+    /// `ptr_eq` lets you compare two `DerefGc`s for pointer equality.
+    ///
+    /// This has the same semantics as `ptr::eq` or `Arc::ptr_eq`.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn ptr_eq(&self, o: &Self) -> bool {
+        ptr::eq(self.direct_ptr, o.direct_ptr)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T: Scan + GcDeref + ?Sized> DerefGc<T> {
@@ -281,3 +289,25 @@ where
         (self.deref()).ge(other.deref())
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use crate::DerefGc;
+
+    #[test]
+    #[allow(clippy::eq_op)]
+    fn test_eq() {
+        let a = DerefGc::new(1);
+        let b = DerefGc::new(1);
+        assert_eq!(a, a);
+        assert_eq!(b, b);
+        assert_eq!(a, b);
+        assert_eq!(b, a);
+
+        assert!(a.ptr_eq(&a));
+        assert!(b.ptr_eq(&b));
+        assert!(!a.ptr_eq(&b));
+        assert!(!b.ptr_eq(&a));
+        assert!(a.ptr_eq(&a.clone()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/smart_ptr/gc.rs b/src/smart_ptr/gc.rs
index 66e3ccd..5e2dff3 100644
--- a/src/smart_ptr/gc.rs
+++ b/src/smart_ptr/gc.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display, Formatter};
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::sync;
 use std::sync::atomic;
 #[cfg(feature = "nightly-features")]
 use std::{marker::Unsize, ops::CoerceUnsized};
+use std::{ptr, sync};
 
 use stable_deref_trait::StableDeref;
 
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@ impl<T: Scan + ?Sized> Gc<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// `ptr_eq` lets you compare two `Gc`s for pointer equality.
+    ///
+    /// This has the same semantics as `ptr::eq` or `Arc::ptr_eq`.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn ptr_eq(&self, o: &Self) -> bool {
+        ptr::eq(self.direct_ptr, o.direct_ptr)
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn assert_live(&self) {
         let ordering = atomic::Ordering::Relaxed;
         let is_deallocated = self.backing_handle.data().deallocated.load(ordering);
@@ -623,4 +631,21 @@ mod test {
         let _: Gc<Mutex<dyn NoSize>>;
         let _: Gc<RwLock<dyn NoSize>>;
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[allow(clippy::eq_op)]
+    fn test_eq() {
+        let a = Gc::new(1);
+        let b = Gc::new(1);
+        assert_eq!(a, a);
+        assert_eq!(b, b);
+        assert_eq!(a, b);
+        assert_eq!(b, a);
+
+        assert!(a.ptr_eq(&a));
+        assert!(b.ptr_eq(&b));
+        assert!(!a.ptr_eq(&b));
+        assert!(!b.ptr_eq(&a));
+        assert!(a.ptr_eq(&a.clone()));
+    }
 }