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

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Message-Id: <DC5W42NRS92U.3DYP6CWWHWJSE@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:45 +0200
From: "Benno Lossin" <lossin@...nel.org>
To: "Shankari Anand" <shankari.ak0208@...il.com>, "Miguel Ojeda"
 <ojeda@...nel.org>, "Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@...il.com>
Cc: "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com>, "Gary Guo" <gary@...yguo.net>,
 Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, "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 CEST, Shankari Anand 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.
> ---
>  rust/kernel/cred.rs | 6 +-----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>

---
Cheers,
Benno