linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] Rust support for `struct iov

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Message-ID: <2025090657-laboring-entrap-e323@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 13:23:04 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>,
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
	Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@...gle.com>, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] Rust support for `struct iov_iter`

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 08:42:31AM +0000, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> This series adds support for the `struct iov_iter` type. This type
> represents an IO buffer for reading or writing, and can be configured
> for either direction of communication.
> 
> In Rust, we define separate types for reading and writing. This will
> ensure that you cannot mix them up and e.g. call copy_from_iter in a
> read_iter syscall.
> 
> To use the new abstractions, miscdevices are given new methods read_iter
> and write_iter that can be used to implement the read/write syscalls on
> a miscdevice. The miscdevice sample is updated to provide read/write
> operations.
> 
> Intended for Greg's miscdevice tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> ---

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h