linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] rust: move ARef and AlwaysRefCounted to sync::aref

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Message-ID: <CANiq72k-BaJFzY7bBci3Xqj6UKXEibpu5fGuxa2rkSZdjjvyRg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:28:47 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
Cc: Shankari Anand <shankari.ak0208@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 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>, 
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] rust: move ARef and AlwaysRefCounted to sync::aref

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> `ARef` specifically is about supporting types that already have their
> own "built-in" reference counting. I'm not sure if built-in is the best
> word to describe that, some alternatives are inherent or internal.

Yeah, it is a bit ambiguous (e.g. it could also be understood as that
the code is always built as built-in, which is true currently).

> Maybe we can just expand the module level docs with:
>
>     //! Internal Reference Counting Support.

That would be nice, yeah, please send a patch. I will use "Internal"
for the time being so that it matches what you have here. (Inherent
sounded also good to me.)

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel