linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rust: Use `ffi::c_char` type in firmware abstraction `FwFunc`

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Message-ID: <8de46681-18b9-4ab2-a8c4-df6315c2125e@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 17:32:36 +0200
From: Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@...il.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
 Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.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>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: Use `ffi::c_char` type in firmware abstraction
 `FwFunc`

On 13.04.25 5:07 PM, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM Christian Schrefl
> <chrisi.schrefl@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> This causes problems on v6.13 when building for 32 bit arm (with my
>> patches), since back then `*const u8` was used in the function argument
> 
> In v6.13, the function argument used `i8` -- if it were `u8`, you
> wouldn't have had an issue, no?
> 
Ah right that`s a typo. Should have said `i8`.

> 
> Nowadays, in 6.13.y, everything is `u8`, so you shouldn't have a build
> error with your patches.
I'll mention it explicitly that its not a problem in stable 6.13, only
in the v6.13 tag.

Sorry for the confusion, Thunderbird showed this as a response to the
original patch mail, so I thought you were referring to that.

Cheers
Christian