From: "Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>
To: "Miguel Ojeda" <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>,
"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
"Nathan Chancellor" <nathan@kernel.org>,
"Nicolas Schier" <nicolas@fjasle.eu>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] `syn` support
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:04:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DE56F8M2XC29.2U6TIDNJ0U6DZ@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANiq72==SimzoQARA5uprXs0-iKnBNS+EiKCz1L9V3K6LO1ftw@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon Nov 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM CET, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
>>
>> Just in case I'm not the only ignorant person who didn't immediately
>> know what "syn" is and why we might want 57,000 lines of it in the
>> kernel... :)
>
> Thanks -- I will add something like that.
>
> It has been such a long and recurrent topic in our discussions that I
> guess I was writing from inside the Rust for Linux's bubble.
>
> Just to give a bit more context, it is the most downloaded Rust crate
> (according to crates.io). It (or something like it) is essentially a
> necessity for writing complex macros without too much pain.
It also is used by the Rust compiler itself for some proc-macros of
their own.
Cheers,
Benno
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-10 17:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-10 9:50 [PATCH 00/18] `syn` support Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 01/18] rust: condvar: avoid `pub` in example Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 10:24 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 11:10 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 02/18] rust: kbuild: introduce `core-flags` and `core-skip_flags` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 10:19 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 11:50 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 10:27 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 19:18 ` John Hubbard
2025-11-12 11:13 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 03/18] rust: kbuild: simplify `--cfg` handling Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 10:33 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 04/18] rust: kbuild: add host library support Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 10:43 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 11:17 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 05/18] rust: proc-macro2: import crate Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 06/18] rust: proc-macro2: add SPDX License Identifiers Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 07/18] rust: proc-macro2: remove `unicode_ident` dependency Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 10:50 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 08/18] rust: proc-macro2: add `README.md` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 10:52 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 09/18] rust: proc-macro2: enable support in kbuild Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 11:38 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 13:10 ` Gary Guo
2025-11-10 13:28 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 13:34 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 19:34 ` John Hubbard
2025-11-12 11:14 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-24 19:36 ` John Hubbard
2025-11-24 20:00 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-24 20:21 ` John Hubbard
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 10/18] rust: quote: import crate Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 11/18] rust: quote: add SPDX License Identifiers Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 12/18] rust: quote: add `README.md` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 13/18] rust: quote: enable support in kbuild Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 11:44 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 13:13 ` Gary Guo
2025-11-10 13:22 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 13:35 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 14/18] rust: syn: import crate Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 10:26 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 15/18] rust: syn: add SPDX License Identifiers Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 16/18] rust: syn: remove `unicode-ident` dependency Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 11:47 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 17/18] rust: syn: add `README.md` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 11:47 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 9:50 ` [PATCH 18/18] rust: syn: enable support in kbuild Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 11:49 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 13:38 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 13:42 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-11-10 19:43 ` John Hubbard
2025-11-10 13:59 ` [PATCH 00/18] `syn` support Gary Guo
2025-11-10 14:20 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-21 4:37 ` Jesung Yang
2025-11-21 5:36 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-21 9:08 ` Jesung Yang
2025-11-23 12:50 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-23 22:46 ` Jesung Yang
2025-11-10 15:59 ` Jonathan Corbet
2025-11-10 16:27 ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-11-10 17:04 ` Benno Lossin [this message]
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