linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] rust: alloc: kvec doc example and allocator unit tests

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Message-ID: <aIXSPI3cNfrJITOE@google.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:16:12 +0000
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Hui Zhu <hui.zhu@...ux.dev>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, 
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, 
	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, 
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com, 
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hui Zhu <zhuhui@...inos.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] rust: alloc: kvec doc example and allocator unit tests

On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 03:02:19PM +0800, Hui Zhu wrote:
> From: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@...inos.cn>
> 
> This series includes two Rust patches:
> 
> Patch 1 adds KUnit tests for alignment guarantees in Rust allocators.
> Validates kmalloc handling of standard (128B) and page-size (8KB)
> alignments.
> Confirms vmalloc/kvmalloc reject oversized alignment requests.
> Ensures Rust allocators respect kernel allocation constraints.
> 
> Patch 2 improves the documentation for KVec::as_slice() by adding a
> code example. This shows how to use the method with push operations and
> assertions.
> 
> Both patches are co-developed with Geliang Tang. Tested on x86_64 using
> KUnit.

Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>