linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] rust: add `Alignment` type

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Message-ID: <CANiq72nP_VwSnFzyM4HKk5GTAwJw+MeX5JXqA-yLBa9JLe9YOQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:59:36 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
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>, 
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] rust: add `Alignment` type

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com> wrote:
>
> The first patch makes two additions:
>
> - Bring an equivalent of the nightly upstream `Alignment` type [1] with
>   an near-identical public interface,
> - Add a new `Alignable` extension trait that provides a way to align
>   values up or down according to an `Alignment`, and implement it on
>   unsigned integer types.
>
> The second patch makes use of these in the Nova driver.
>
> [1] https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ptr/struct.Alignment.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>

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

    [ Used `build_assert!`, added intra-doc link, `allow`ed
      `clippy::incompatible_msrv`, added `feature(const_option)`, capitalized
      safety comment. - Miguel ]

Cheers,
Miguel