linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] rust: kernel: add support for bits/genmask macros

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Message-ID: <CANiq72mAmbgoE=1ko5tC5xVjPRYQPA+eAU-uK9Gd6+m3WGBYKQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 10:37:10 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
Cc: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>, 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>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, Fiona Behrens <me@...enk.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] rust: kernel: add support for bits/genmask macros

On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com> wrote:
>
> Like everything else in this module. :)

I meant it in the sense that using `build_assert!` means one cannot
compile down a "concrete implementation" because the value wouldn't be
able to be checked (so it needs to use generics or otherwise be marked
as `#[inline]`).

Cheers,
Miguel