linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: pin_init_internal: fix rust-analyzer `mod quote`

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Message-ID: <CAJ-ks9mwNiJbr4MN5jfr7KCJc8j=B5=MUfX9XfhPg6yeRiFK=g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:15:12 -0400
From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
To: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
Cc: 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>, 
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: pin_init_internal: fix rust-analyzer `mod quote`

On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me> wrote:
>
> On Thu Mar 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM CET, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me> wrote:
> >> I'd rather not have this change, since this will introduce a dangling
> >> symlink upstream [1].
> >>
> >> [1]: https://github.com/rust-for-Linux/pin-init
> >
> > I agree it's aesthetically displeasing. I'm not aware of any
> > alternative that fixes the development workflow of this crate in the
> > kernel.
>
> I don't think it's too bad, and this code is going away soon-ish
> anyways.

What would Andreas say? :)

I don't think the going away soon argument is relevant in this case -
the same applies to the dangling symlink.