linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] rust: dma: convert the read/write macros to return Result

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Message-ID: <Z_ep1UNeZVsU9E8U@pollux>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:21:57 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Abdiel Janulgue <abdiel.janulgue@...il.com>
Cc: a.hindborg@...nel.org, benno.lossin@...ton.me,
	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>,
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
	Valentin Obst <kernel@...entinobst.de>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, airlied@...hat.com,
	"open list:DMA MAPPING HELPERS" <iommu@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] rust: dma: convert the read/write macros to
 return Result

On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 11:58:17AM +0300, Abdiel Janulgue wrote:
> We could do better here by having the macros return `Result`,
> so that we don't have to wrap these calls in a closure for
> validation which is confusing.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
> Suggested-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/87h63qhz4q.fsf@kernel.org/
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>

I think you can drop this and the Suggested-by tag, since Andreas is also a
co-author.