linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7] rust: transmute: Add methods for FromBytes trait

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Message-ID: <CANiq72kY=sSnhzYPRo3Zuj-7RjULMpRfCBYfoDDCpCHttX-3-A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:23:30 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Christian <christiansantoslima21@...il.com>
Cc: 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>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ~lkcamp/patches@...ts.sr.ht, 
	richard120310@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] rust: transmute: Add methods for FromBytes trait

On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM Christian
<christiansantoslima21@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I mean, using something like `use core::mem;` globally since we use a
> lot of core stuff and so, it would make the code less verbose just
> importing size_of, align_of and etc.

Do you mean adding some more `core` bits to the `kernel` prelude?
Yeah, we are always considering which ones to add -- if you want to
propose particular ones, then it can be discussed of course. Perhaps
in Zulip?

However, since these are macros, unless we get a proper custom prelude
feature in the compiler (which we requested a long time ago), we
probably want to still to refer to everything in full, even if it is
in the `kernel` prelude.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel