linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND 4/7] rust: io: factor common I/O helpers into Io trait

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Message-Id: <DE7E7VHVUUAK.3L556B20VZTJH@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:36:40 +0900
From: "Alexandre Courbot" <acourbot@...dia.com>
To: "Zhi Wang" <zhiw@...dia.com>, <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,
 <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND 4/7] rust: io: factor common I/O helpers into
 Io trait

Hi Zhi,

On Tue Nov 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM JST, Zhi Wang wrote:
> The previous Io<SIZE> type combined both the generic I/O access helpers
> and MMIO implementation details in a single struct.
>
> To establish a cleaner layering between the I/O interface and its concrete
> backends, paving the way for supporting additional I/O mechanisms in the
> future, Io<SIZE> need to be factored.
>
> Factor the common helpers into a new Io trait, and move the MMIO-specific
> logic into a dedicated Mmio<SIZE> type implementing that trait. Rename the
> IoRaw to MmioRaw and update the bus MMIO implementations to use MmioRaw.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Cc: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
> Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhi Wang <zhiw@...dia.com>

This is looking quite good to me! I tried really hard to find stuff to
comment about, but couldn't. :)

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>