linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] rust: device: implement Device::parent()

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Message-ID: <Z9102vdwS0RTwAP7@pollux>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:16:58 +0100
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: bhelgaas@...gle.com, rafael@...nel.org, ojeda@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] rust: device: implement Device::parent()

On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 06:09:06AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 02:03:30PM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> > So, maybe we should make Device::parent() crate private instead, such that it
> > can't be accessed by drivers, but only the core abstractions and instead only
> > provide accessors for the parent device for specific bus devices, where this is
> > reasonable to be used by drivers, e.g. auxiliary.
> > 
> 
> That sounds reasonable, thanks!

Cool, I will drop the patch from this series then, since when being crate
private it needs an #[expect(unused)] until actually being used. So, I rather
add it to the auxbus series.