linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: sync: fix safety comment for `static_lock

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Message-ID: <CANiq72kgW7oo9XQK7Ea-oaiLVHGH3stdkCtX2c_0vLw1BvD4rQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:54:31 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
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>, Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>, 
	Mitchell Levy <levymitchell0@...il.com>, Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: sync: fix safety comment for `static_lock_class`

On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> The safety comment mentions lockdep -- which from a Rust perspective
> isn't important -- and doesn't mention the real reason for why it's
> sound to create `LockClassKey` as uninitialized memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>

Applied to `rust-next` -- thanks everyone!

Cheers,
Miguel