linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] misc device: support device drivers

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Message-Id: <DA9QPEN1JU9D.B2HDPCQ2ZPDX@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 21:25:13 +0200
From: "Benno Lossin" <lossin@...nel.org>
To: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@...nel.org>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 <rafael@...nel.org>, <ojeda@...nel.org>, <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
 <boqun.feng@...il.com>, <gary@...yguo.net>, <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
 <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
 <tmgross@...ch.edu>, <chrisi.schrefl@...il.com>
Cc: <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] misc device: support device drivers

On Fri May 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM CEST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> This patch series adds support for device drivers to the misc device
> abstraction.
>
> For design details, please see:
>   * patch 5 "rust: miscdevice: properly support device drivers"
>   * patch 6 "rust: miscdevice: expose the parent device as &Device<Bound>"
>
> This patch series depends on the pin-init series from Benno [1] as well as on
> the misc device series from Christian [2], with UnsafePinned replaced with
> Opaque, as suggested by Alice, since UnsafePinned may still take a while to
> land.
>
> A branch containing this series and its dependencies can be found in [3].
>
> Thanks to Benno for his great help with pin-init!

No problem! I also found it very useful to get some more uses for
pin-init. This way future contributors will benefit from the new
features :)

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Cheers,
Benno