linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9] rust: transmute: Add methods for FromBytes trait

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Message-Id: <DC8MK2TAQ5D7.GHE5F2OREOD7@nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:09:28 +0900
From: "Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@...dia.com>
To: "Miguel Ojeda" <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc: "Christian" <christiansantoslima21@...il.com>, "Miguel Ojeda"
 <ojeda@...nel.org>, "Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, "Boqun Feng"
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 Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, "Benno Lossin"
 <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, "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>, <~lkcamp/patches@...ts.sr.ht>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] rust: transmute: Add methods for FromBytes trait

On Thu Aug 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM JST, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com> wrote:
>>
>> (adding Miguel as a heads-up, and in case enabling a feature is not as easy as
>> I think :))
>
> Thanks! If it is internal to the crate, i.e. not something generated
> by an exported macro that others can call, then that should be enough.

The methods making use of this feature are definitely usable by other
crates, and can also be inlined by the compiler. Would that be a
problem?