linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rust: dma: remove incorrect safety documentation

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Message-Id: <DFARBS5X3XAV.304WNUYV2ES3Q@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:06:59 +0100
From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@...nel.org>
To: "Yilin Chen" <1479826151@...com>
Cc: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@...nel.org>, <abdiel.janulgue@...il.com>,
 <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>, <robin.murphy@....com>,
 <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: dma: remove incorrect safety documentation

On Sun Dec 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM CET, Yilin Chen wrote:
> Removes a safety requirement that incorrectly states callers must
> ensure the device does not access memory while the returned slice
> is live, as this method doesn't return a slice.
>

Fixes: d37a39f607c4 ("rust: dma: add as_slice/write functions for CoherentAllocation")

> Signed-off-by: Yilin Chen <1479826151@...com>

Applied to driver-core-linus, thanks!

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