linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 0/4] support large align and nid in Rust allocators

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Message-ID: <CAH5fLgjatYenX_xPvRW11BnRw1wP_G19eY-7AqUctnuZ3rGBYA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:14:05 +0200
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se>, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, 
	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>, linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org, 
	bpf@...r.kernel.org, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, 
	Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 0/4] support large align and nid in Rust allocators

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM Andrew Morton
<akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:56:45 +0200 Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se> wrote:
>
> > The coming patches provide the ability for Rust allocators to set
> > NUMA node and large alignment.
> >
> > ...
> >
> >  fs/bcachefs/darray.c           |    2 -
> >  fs/bcachefs/util.h             |    2 -
> >  include/linux/bpfptr.h         |    2 -
> >  include/linux/slab.h           |   39 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> >  include/linux/vmalloc.h        |   12 ++++++++---
> >  lib/rhashtable.c               |    4 +--
> >  mm/nommu.c                     |    3 +-
> >  mm/slub.c                      |   64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> >  mm/vmalloc.c                   |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  rust/helpers/slab.c            |   10 +++++----
> >  rust/helpers/vmalloc.c         |    5 ++--
> >  rust/kernel/alloc.rs           |   54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs |   49 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
> >  rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs      |    4 +--
> >  rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs      |   11 ++++++++--
> >  15 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)
>
> I assume we're looking for a merge into mm.git?
>
> We're at -rc7 so let's target 6.17.  Please resend around the end of
> the upcoming merge window?

I think it would make sense for this to land through mm.git, so yes
that sounds like a good plan.

Alice