linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] rust: Use `ffi::c_char` type in firmware abstraction `FwFunc`

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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:41:41 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@...il.com>
Cc: 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,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] rust: Use `ffi::c_char` type in firmware abstraction
 `FwFunc`

On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 09:26:56PM +0200, Christian Schrefl wrote:
> The `FwFunc` struct contains an function with a char pointer argument,
> for which a `*const u8` pointer was used. This is not really the
> "proper" type for this, so use a `*const kernel::ffi::c_char` pointer
> instead.

With the following changes, applied to driver-core-linus, thanks!

  * add firmware prefix to commit subject

- Danilo