linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] rust: zpool: add abstraction for zpool drivers

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Message-ID: <CANiq72kQv9nJYyiuHvTdaJs2SvZ_bFAnexoEBgjb0CDzPjBTYQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:43:51 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se>
Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, 
	"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, 
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, Bjorn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, 
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>, Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] rust: zpool: add abstraction for zpool drivers

On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se> wrote:
>
> This patch provides the interface to use Zpool in Rust kernel code,
> thus enabling Rust implementations of Zpool allocators for Zswap.

In v1 the usual use case question was asked -- could we get some more
details in the cover letter or ideally in the patch itself?

>  bindings/bindings_helper.h |    1
>  helpers/helpers.c          |    1
>  helpers/zpool.c            |    6 +
>  kernel/alloc.rs            |    5
>  kernel/lib.rs              |    2
>  kernel/zpool.rs            |  338 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Should a `MAINTAINERS` change be added? Was maintenance in general discussed?

By the way, the diffstat here in the cover letter seems to be
generated w.r.t. `rust/` for some reason.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel