linux-kernel - [PATCH v17 11/16] rust: sync: Expose lock::Backend

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Message-ID: <20260121223933.1568682-12-lyude@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:39:14 -0500
From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
To: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>,
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
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	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
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	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v17 11/16] rust: sync: Expose lock::Backend

Due to the addition of sync::lock::Backend::Context, lock guards can be
returned with a different Backend than their respective lock. Since we'll
be adding a trait bound for Backend to GlobalGuard in order to support
this, users will need to be able to directly refer to Backend so that they
can use it in trait bounds.

So, let's make this easier for users and expose Backend in sync.

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
---
 rust/kernel/sync.rs | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync.rs b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
index 48a7cae86c50c..ce31154198cea 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/sync.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/sync.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 pub use lock::spinlock::{
     new_spinlock, new_spinlock_irq, SpinLock, SpinLockGuard, SpinLockIrq, SpinLockIrqGuard,
 };
+pub use lock::Backend;
 pub use locked_by::LockedBy;
 pub use refcount::Refcount;
 pub use set_once::SetOnce;
-- 
2.52.0