linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/17] Rust support

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Message-ID: <YOZNuEtNbsLxRM0R@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 8 Jul 2021 01:58:32 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Finn Behrens <finn@...enk.dev>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        rust-for-linux <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/17] Rust support

On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 10:56:57PM +0200, Finn Behrens wrote:
> There is a more general use driver (network dummy) still in the making, It is fully operational, just the documentation of the rust bindings are not finished yet, so it is not merged into the rust tree yet, also I have to rebase it.

Why are you so resistant to writing a real driver that deals with actual
hardware?  A simple NVMe driver is less than a thousand lines of C.
I know the one in the kernel now is ridiculously complicated and has
been thoroughly messed up with abstractions to support NVMeoF instead
of having a separate driver, but it's really a simple interface at heart.