linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: sync: extend module documentation of aref

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Message-ID: <CANiq72nD6qb425Ujkey7KBoGHT=cmgOcAmWHThd5+BktGeQWPA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 01:19:14 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, 
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, 
	Shankari Anand <shankari.ak0208@...il.com>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: sync: extend module documentation of aref

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Commit 07dad44aa9a9 ("rust: kernel: move ARef and AlwaysRefCounted to
> sync::aref") moved `ARef` and `AlwaysRefCounted` into their own module.
> In that process only a short, single line description of the module was
> added. Extend the description by explaining what is meant by "internal
> reference counting", the two items in the trait & the difference to
> `Arc`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>

Applied to `rust-next` -- thanks everyone!

Cheers,
Miguel