linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] rust: fs: add new type file::Offset

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Message-ID: <CANiq72mUauK+Z1nqU-m9LeY4mn2NQPHKNY9Psvfcbw+Axbrhhg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:42:40 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rafael@...nel.org, ojeda@...nel.org, 
	alex.gaynor@...il.com, boqun.feng@...il.com, gary@...yguo.net, 
	bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com, lossin@...nel.org, a.hindborg@...nel.org, 
	aliceryhl@...gle.com, tmgross@...ch.edu, mmaurer@...gle.com, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] rust: fs: add new type file::Offset

On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Add a new type for file offsets, i.e. bindings::loff_t. Trying to avoid
> using raw bindings types, this seems to be the better alternative
> compared to just using i64.
>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>

Thanks a lot for this!

Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1198

Cheers,
Miguel