linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] rust: fs: add a new type for file::Offset

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Message-ID: <20251105-begibt-gipfel-cf2718233888@brauner>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 11:59:41 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
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	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] rust: fs: add a new type for file::Offset

On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 01:22:48AM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> Replace the existing file::Offset type alias with a new type.
> 
> Compared to a type alias, a new type allows for more fine grained
> control over the operations that (semantically) make sense for a
> specific type.
> 
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
> Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1198
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
> ---

What's the base for this?
If it's stuff that belongs to fs/ I'd prefer if it always uses a stable
-rc* version as base where possible.