linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: io: rename `io::Io` accessors

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Message-ID: <CANiq72n=a+TjXNe13HuiuiLA+TE4pfMk6SB49AjpHkYju4pVag@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 22:59:58 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>
Cc: Fiona Behrens <me@...enk.dev>, 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>, 
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: io: rename `io::Io` accessors

On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM Daniel Almeida
<daniel.almeida@...labora.com> wrote:
>
> IMHO, the `writel` and `readl` nomenclature is extremely widespread, so it’s a bit confusing to see this renamed.

We could generate `#[doc(alias = "...")]`s if that helps -- it would
appear if you type `writel` in the search, for instance.

(I guess the rename could be justified (just a bit) by the fact that
in Rust we are using fixed-width integers and so on more...)

Cheers,
Miguel