linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: num: bounded: add safety comment for Bounded::_

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Message-ID: <CANiq72kyECp8q2q3ySunR-LhQ4t6L1QA2113he1W1s9yrHfxUg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 17:05:38 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>, 
	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	Yury Norov <yury.norov@...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>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Hsiu Che Yu <yu.whisper.personal@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: num: bounded: add safety comment for Bounded::__new

On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM Hsiu Che Yu
<yu.whisper.personal@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I previously believed that a function should only be marked unsafe when
> it directly operates on unsafe code. I now understand that the decision
> should be based on the actual safety implications rather than just
> semantic considerations.
>
> Thank you also for the clarification on the tags. I spent some time
> trying to understand them, and your explanation is very helpful.
>
> I will address this in v2 by making it an `unsafe fn` and documenting
> the safety requirements in the `# Safety` section.

My pleasure, and welcome to the Linux kernel!

Cheers,
Miguel