linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 2/4] `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`.

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Message-ID: <CANiq72kuRNvovHK5r24kh23mo5wp2bpx-EjGMOyNBOF1YzukvA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:50:04 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 2/4] `AlwaysRefCounted` is renamed to `RefCounted`.

On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Since this patch touches so many moving parts of the rust tree, it is
> going to be a cat and mouse game regarding rebasing this thing. It also
> touches a lot if peoples code. I am not sure how something like this
> would merge. Do we need ACK from everyone @Miguel?

Yeah, any rename (or generally namespace/path change) is always
painful due to the flag day change, and thus ideally best avoided if
there is a practical way to do so (e.g. keeping the old name for a
while).

And, yeah, treewide changes generally need Acked-by's from the
relevant maintainers.

Cheers,
Miguel