linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] rust: kernel: require `Send` for `Module` implementations

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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 14:47:24 +0200
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>
Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	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>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] rust: kernel: require `Send` for `Module` implementations

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 8:55 PM Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com> wrote:
>
> From: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
>
> The thread that calls the module initialisation code when a module is
> loaded is not guaranteed [in fact, it is unlikely] to be the same one
> that calls the module cleanup code on module unload, therefore, `Module`
> implementations must be `Send` to account for them moving from one
> thread to another implicitly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>