linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] rust: add dma coherent allocator abstraction.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <F2D88DDC-DE2E-4422-9A37-951C28F23A7B@collabora.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:35:00 -0300
From: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>
To: phasta@...nel.org
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
 Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
 Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
 Abdiel Janulgue <abdiel.janulgue@...il.com>,
 aliceryhl@...gle.com,
 robin.murphy@....com,
 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@...nel.org>,
 Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
 Valentin Obst <kernel@...entinobst.de>,
 open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
 airlied@...hat.com,
 "open list:DMA MAPPING HELPERS" <iommu@...ts.linux.dev>,
 Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] rust: add dma coherent allocator abstraction.

> 
> Hallo,
> 
> would some sort of official statement by the "entire community"
> reassure you that the burden of keeping Rust abstractions working with
> any changes on the C side rests entirely on the Rust side's shoulders?
> (because that's what the statements made by the latter seem to mean to
> me)
> 

This has been offered over and over in this thread, i.e.:

```
If you don't feel comfortable maintaining the Rust abstraction (or just don't
want to), that's fine. I don't think anyone expects you to do that, we can take
care of that instead.
```

https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/Z3-NqwAG_96yq8VD@pollux/

Communication is not the issue here.

Also, this person waited until v8 to give a single line NAK. This is not very nice.

— Daniel