linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: drm: update ARef and AlwaysRefCounted imports from sync::aref

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <DC5WF7NYTZZN.RQDKGE8FGMCW@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:15:18 +0200
From: "Benno Lossin" <lossin@...nel.org>
To: "Shankari Anand" <shankari.ak0208@...il.com>, "Maarten Lankhorst"
 <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>, "Maxime Ripard" <mripard@...nel.org>,
 "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@...e.de>, "David Airlie"
 <airlied@...il.com>, "Simona Vetter" <simona@...ll.ch>
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>, "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: drm: update ARef and AlwaysRefCounted imports
 from sync::aref

On Fri Aug 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM CEST, Shankari Anand wrote:
> Update call sites in drm to import `ARef` and
> `AlwaysRefCounted` from `sync::aref` instead of `types`.
>
> This aligns with the ongoing effort to move `ARef` and
> `AlwaysRefCounted` to sync.
>
> 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/drm/device.rs  | 3 ++-
>  rust/kernel/drm/driver.rs  | 2 +-
>  rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 3 ++-
>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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

---
Cheers,
Benno