netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/3] rust: core abstractions for network PHY drivers

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:43:00 -0400
From: Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>
To: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>
Cc: miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, greg@...ah.com, 
	wedsonaf@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/3] rust: core abstractions for network PHY drivers

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:59 PM FUJITA Tomonori
<fujita.tomonori@...il.com> wrote:
>
> >> +#![feature(const_maybe_uninit_zeroed)]
> >
> > The patch message should justify this addition and warn about it.
>
> I added the following to the commit log.
>
> This patch enables unstable const_maybe_uninit_zeroed feature for
> kernel crate to enable unsafe code to handle a constant value with
> uninitialized data. With the feature, the abstractions can initialize
> a phy_driver structure with zero easily; instead of initializing all
> the members by hand.

Maybe also link something about its stability confidence?
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/116218#issuecomment-1738534665

> >> +    /// Executes software reset the PHY via BMCR_RESET bit.
> >
> > Markdown missing (multiple instances).
>
> Can you elaborate?

BMCR_RESET -> `BMCR_RESET` I believe

> > +/// Represents the kernel's `struct mdio_device_id`.
> > +pub struct DeviceId {
> > +    /// Corresponds to `phy_id` in `struct mdio_device_id`.
> > +    pub id: u32,
> > +    mask: DeviceMask,
> > +}
>
> It would be nice to explain why the field is `pub`.

On this subject, I think it would be good to add

    impl DeviceId {
        #[doc(hidden)] // <- macro use only
        pub const fn as_mdio_device_id(&self) ->
bindings::mdio_device_id { /* ... */ }
    }

That makes more sense when creating the table, and `id` no longer has
to be public.

> > This patch could be split a bit too, but that is up to the maintainers.
>
> Yeah.

Maybe it would make sense to put the macro in its own commit when you
send the next version? That gets some attention on its own.