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

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Message-ID: <9179276d-275a-49fd-8697-82283fea4bfb@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:37:22 +0200
From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
To: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
 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 8/26/25 12:43 PM, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> 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?

@Alice: I assume this should go under the Rust MM entry?