linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: add `CacheAligned` for easy cache line alignment of values

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Message-ID: <CANiq72my6zTs2L6FpGSG=EcnUBWy7Fs9EEJqs3JzbNP0K123=g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:41:11 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
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>, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, 
	Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: add `CacheAligned` for easy cache line alignment of values

On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> I think I wrote this before `kernel::prelude`. I would put it in the
> prelude today instead of here, what do you think about that?

I guess it depends on how much we expect it to be used.

i.e. so far we put things in the prelude if they are both general
("core") enough and frequently used.

Cheers,
Miguel