Re: [PATCH 0/8] pin-init sync for v6.16

["Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>]

On Tue Apr 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM CEST, Benno Lossin wrote:
> Synchronize changes from the upstream repository for v6.16. Branch with
> all commits on top can be found at [1].
>
> I did not expect that I would synchronize a lot of changes this soon,
> but here we are. They are pretty conservative, so I don't expect anyone
> to object (if you do find something, of course speak up!). A short
> overview of the changes:
>
> * Make the `Zeroable` derive macro compatible with field visibility and
>   add union support.
> * Add a new derive macro for `Zeroable` in order to allow deriving it in
>   bindgen-generated crates.
> * Add the `Wrapper` trait to allow initializing wrapper types (such as
>   `UnsafeCell` and `UnsafePinned`) via pin-initializers.
>
> [1]: https://github.com/y86-dev/linux pin-init/sync
>
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno
>
> Benno Lossin (4):
>   rust: pin-init: add `cast_[pin_]init` functions to change the
>     initialized type
>   rust: pin-init: allow `pub` fields in `derive(Zeroable)`
>   rust: pin-init: allow `Zeroable` derive macro to also be applied to
>     unions
>   rust: pin-init: add `MaybeZeroable` derive macro
>
> Christian Schrefl (4):
>   rust: pin-init: Add the `Wrapper` trait.
>   rust: pin-init: Implement `Wrapper` for `UnsafePinned` behind feature
>     flag.
>   rust: pin-init: Update Changelog and Readme
>   rust: pin-init: Update the structural pinning link in readme.
>
>  rust/pin-init/README.md                |   8 +-
>  rust/pin-init/internal/src/lib.rs      |   5 +
>  rust/pin-init/internal/src/zeroable.rs |  27 +++++-
>  rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs               | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  rust/pin-init/src/macros.rs            |  91 +++++++++++++++++-
>  5 files changed, 253 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 39051adb070432b283e6c11b2b24937281b9f97f

Applied to pin-init-next -- thanks everyone!

---
Cheers,
Benno