linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 0/8] Rust support for mm_struct, vm_area

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Message-ID: <2d132129-fdf7-404d-b1f1-8ee87b838dcf@lucifer.local>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:16:08 +0000
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        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>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        Balbir Singh <balbirs@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 0/8] Rust support for mm_struct, vm_area_struct, and
 mmap

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 01:03:04PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM Lorenzo Stoakes
> <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Right, I don't mean the rust subsystem, I mean designated rust
> > maintainers. The point being that this won't add workload to Andrew, nor
> > require him nor other mm C people to understand rust.
>
> Sounds good, and apologies for being pedantic, but given the recent
> discussions, I thought I should clarify just in case others read it
> differently.
>
> In the same vein, one more quick thing (that you probably didn't mean
> in this way, but still, I think it is better I add the note, sorry): I
> don't think it is true that it will not add workload to Andrew or MM
> in general. It always adds some workload, even if the maintainers
> don't handle the patches at all, since they may still need to perform
> a small change in something Rust related due to another change they
> need to do, or perhaps at least contact the Rust sub-maintainer to do
> it for them, etc.
>
>     https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy#didnt-you-promise-rust-wouldnt-be-extra-work-for-maintainers
>
> Cheers,
> Miguel

Ack, for the record I'm happy to help with any work that might come up.