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Message-ID: <CAH5fLggdVDccDwBa3z+3YfjKFLegh7ZvcSzfhnEbAGSk=THKrw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 10:58:16 +0100
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, 
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	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [WIP 1/3] rust: Introduce atomic module

On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 12:52 AM Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
>
> > +//! These primitives should have the same semantics as their C counterparts, for precise definitions
> > +//! of the semantics, please refer to tools/memory-model. Note that Linux Kernel Memory
> > +//! (Consistency) Model is the only model for Rust development in kernel right now, please avoid to
> > +//! use Rust's own atomics.
>
> Is it possible to somehow poison rusts own atomics?  I would not be
> too surprised if somebody with good Rust knowledge but new to the
> kernel tries using Rusts atomics. Either getting the compiler to fail
> the build, or it throws an Opps on first invocation would be good.

We could try to get a flag added to the Rust standard library that
removes the core::sync::atomic module entirely, then pass that flag.

Alice

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