linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 21/28] rust: alloc: remove `GlobalAlloc` and `krealloc

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Message-ID: <CANiq72mc5h1vx+YoX_MxpFcgDEOfuYJNT9986wTjc3oSbVsbVg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 23:14:01 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 21/28] rust: alloc: remove `GlobalAlloc` and `krealloc_aligned`

On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 9:07 PM Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com> wrote:
>
> This can be removed too. liballoc needed it for us to acknowledge that we
> were linking liballoc in a way that isn't guaranteed to be stable, but now
> that we are removing liballoc entirely, this static is no longer necessary.

Thanks Björn, noted in issue #2 (and linked to the new tracking issue).

Cheers,
Miguel