linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 08/27] rust: adapt `alloc` crate to the kernel

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Message-ID: <CANiq72kDPMKd0qLAMVrd2A3n9aAWhh2ps5DvKos58L=_V2-XwQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:06:43 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Konstantin Shelekhin <k.shelekhin@...ro.com>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>,
        Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, Matthew Bakhtiari <dev@...k.me>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 08/27] rust: adapt `alloc` crate to the kernel

On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 3:52 PM Konstantin Shelekhin
<k.shelekhin@...ro.com> wrote:
>
> Not being able to pass GFP flags here kinda limits the scope of Rust in
> kernel. I think that it must be supported in the final version that gets
> in.

Flags will be supported one way or the other in the future, but I was
requested to do v10 as a v9 with the last nits resolved.

Please see the cover letter for details.

Cheers,
Miguel