linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] rust: miscdevice: abstraction for uring-cmd

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Message-ID: <CANiq72mUAZhKQbUpa01LxMp56RDYHjB=h7zJX2z38qzpU7yZkg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:00:51 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Sidong Yang <sidong.yang@...iosa.ai>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	io-uring@...r.kernel.org, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, 
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] rust: miscdevice: abstraction for uring-cmd

On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM Sidong Yang <sidong.yang@...iosa.ai> wrote:
>
> Sadly, there isn’t a concrete user yet. I understand that an abstraction by itself
> won’t be merged without a real in-tree user.
> I’ll identify a suitable kernel module to port to Rust and follow up once I have one.

Sounds good, thanks!

(Just in case: maintainers may or may not want to have an equivalent
Rust module for a C one, it is up to them. In that case,
https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-reference-drivers may help.).

Cheers,
Miguel