linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8] rust: add new macro for common bitflag operations

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Message-ID: <878qdyeyuj.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:38:44 +0100
From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
To: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>, Miguel Ojeda
 <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@...il.com>,
 Miguel
 Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Boqun
 Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Björn Roy Baron
 <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
 Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>, Alice
 Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo
 Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
 felipe_life@...e.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lyude Paul
 <lyude@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8] rust: add new macro for common bitflag operations

"Daniel Almeida" <daniel.almeida@...labora.com> writes:

>> On 15 Jan 2026, at 16:03, Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM Daniel Almeida
>> <daniel.almeida@...labora.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The flags may be in your uapi or they may otherwise come from C. In that case
>>> you’re stuck with a TryFrom or a manual conversion.
>>>
>>> I think a generated TryFrom shouldn't hurt. Just my 0.02c.
>>
>> I would say let's land this patch as-is (with the doc bit I mentioned)
>> and then we can discuss additions on top independently.
>
> Sure, that is also fine.
>
> Thanks for all the work, Filipe :)

Absolutely, I did not intend to stall this series. Just suggestions for
future work.


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg