linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 09/14] rust: gem: Introduce DriverObject::Args

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Message-ID: <936c57e4af2b06a0cc6149d0c5220d25c8104ce1.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:09:29 -0400
From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
To: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/14] rust: gem: Introduce DriverObject::Args

On Thu, 2025-09-04 at 10:42 -0300, Daniel Almeida wrote:
> PhantomData<T>);
> 
> I’m not sure whether this belongs in this patch.
> 
> I agree with the motivation, but where exactly is this used for now? I don't
> see it being passed in a callback, for example. The only way to get one would
> be through as_ref() IIUC, but who would call this and why?

At the moment it isn't - and I'm open to just dropping this for the time being
(TBH, would definitely simplify things anyhow)+.

Also yes - this wasn't supposed to be in this patch, it looks like I squashed
the OpaqueObject work into this commit by mistake - apologies!


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