linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/13] Samples: Rust examples

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOd=Vo3wwm-egc6fTa7gD4dsrc77OvBhUy8e+VM=LujRCfg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:24:45 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@...reload.com>,
        Finn Behrens <me@...enk.de>,
        Adam Bratschi-Kaye <ark.email@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/13] Samples: Rust examples

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 12:35 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 11:47 AM <ojeda@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > From: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
> >
> > A set of Rust modules that showcase how Rust modules look like
> > and how to use the abstracted kernel features.
>
> Honestly, I'd like to see a real example. This is fine for testing,
> but I'd like to see something a bit more real, and a bit less special
> than the Android "binder" WIP that comes a few patches later.
>
> Would there be some kind of real driver or something that people could
> use as a example of a real piece of code that actually does something
> meaningful?

Are you suggesting that they "rewrite it in Rust?" :^P *ducks*

(sorry, I couldn't help myself) Perhaps it would be a good exercise to
demonstrate some of the benefits of using Rust for driver work?
--
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers