linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] rust: miscdevice: Provide additional abstractions for iov

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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:56:07 +0200
From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
 Björn
 Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
 Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>,
 Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, Alice
 Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Christian
 Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] rust: miscdevice: Provide additional
 abstractions for iov_iter and kiocb structures

"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@...gle.com> writes:

> These will be used for the read_iter() and write_iter() callbacks, which
> are now the preferred back-ends for when a user operates on a char device
> with read() and write() respectively.
>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> Co-developed-by: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg