linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Update thread safety markers

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Message-ID: <CANiq72k6YKjPDqcT9g5BT5pYwypH5rLjwafcEEhddTfErcnNDA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 31 May 2023 19:14:13 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc:     rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Update thread safety markers

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 5:00 PM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> In Rust, the `Send` and `Sync` traits are used to mark in what ways a
> specific type is thread safe. In this patch series, I add some missing
> thread safety markers and improve the documentation related to them.
> This change will let you compile some code that would currently fail to
> compile even though it doesn't actually violate any thread safety rules.
>
> You can find a definition of what these marker traits mean at [1].
>
> Changes since v2:
>
>  * Removed "for example" as suggested in [2].
>  * Added Reviewed-by annotations from v2 review.
>
> [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/68708557/1704411
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230523165027.71600b4b.gary@garyguo.net/

Applied to `rust-next` -- thanks everyone (and Alice for taking the
effort to send this v3 even for the small change)!

Cheers,
Miguel