linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] rust: add `bitfield!` and `register!` macros

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Message-ID: <CANiq72n9tSMFW1KHsLBLM-q47+4f7yM70CVFNVeg_3Q8i3RTvw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:14:34 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 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>, Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>, 
	John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>, 
	Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>, Timur Tabi <ttabi@...dia.com>, Edwin Peer <epeer@...dia.com>, 
	Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@...dia.com>, Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>, 
	Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...bosch.com>, Steven Price <steven.price@....com>, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] rust: add `bitfield!` and `register!` macros

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 7:23 AM Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com> wrote:
>
>       rust: num: add `shr` and `shl` methods to `Bounded`
>       rust: num: add `as_bool` method to `Bounded<_, 1>`

I could apply these two this cycle if that would help, since they are
straightforward and you say in the cover letter that you also use it
in Nova code -- does that mean outside the macro? (I don't see it in
linux-next, but perhaps I am blind...)

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel