linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: cred: update AlwaysRefCounted import to sync::aref

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Message-ID: <CANiq72=qd1E62b1xxXg6_5ihgKG1-ii-6UaM5Gr9M68X+PTccQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 19:01:06 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Shankari Anand <shankari.ak0208@...il.com>, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>, 
	Serge Hallyn <sergeh@...nel.org>, 
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.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 <lossin@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: cred: update AlwaysRefCounted import to sync::aref

On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM Shankari Anand
<shankari.ak0208@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Update the import of `AlwaysRefCounted` in `cred.rs` to use `sync::aref`
> instead of `types`.
>
> This is part of the ongoing effort to move `ARef` and
> `AlwaysRefCounted` to the `sync` module for better modularity.
>
> Suggested-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1173
> Signed-off-by: Shankari Anand <shankari.ak0208@...il.com>
> ---
> It part of a subsystem-wise split series, as suggested in:
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/CANiq72=NSRMV_6UxXVgkebmWmbgN4i=sfRszr-G+x3W5A4DYOg@mail.gmail.com/T/#u
> This split series is intended to ease review and subsystem-level maintenance.
>
> The original moving patch is here: (commit 07dad44aa9a93)
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07dad44aa9a93b16af19e8609a10b241c352b440
>
> Gradually the re-export from types.rs will be eliminated in the
> future cycle.

Cc'ing Paul, Serge and -security, just in case.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel