linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/16] rust: introduce `InPlaceModule`

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Message-ID: <2024110425-overfill-follicle-c963@gregkh>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 01:15:59 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, ojeda@...nel.org, rafael@...nel.org,
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	Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/16] rust: introduce `InPlaceModule`

On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 01:45:36PM +0100, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:32 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > From: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
> >
> > This allows modules to be initialised in-place in pinned memory, which
> > enables the usage of pinned types (e.g., mutexes, spinlocks, driver
> > registrations, etc.) in modules without any extra allocations.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@...rosoft.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> 
> Miguel: I think this patch would be good to land in 6.13. I'd like to
> submit a miscdevice sample once 6.14 comes around, and having this
> already in will make the miscdevice sample nicer.

If no one objects, I'll just add this to the char/misc tree that already
has the other misc device rust code in it.

thanks,

greg k-h