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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Finn Behrens <fin@nyantec.com>
Cc: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Rust PROC FILESYSTEM abstractions
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 11:43:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y7lMtA1OO3NX5bl1@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AE31CB6-53D9-45C9-B041-0D40370B9936@nyantec.com>

On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 11:36:27AM +0100, Finn Behrens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I’v started to implement the proc filesystem abstractions in rust, as
> I want to use it for a driver written in rust. Currently this requires
> some rust code that is only in the rust branch, so does not apply onto
> 6.2-rc2.

Please no, no new driver should ever be using /proc at all.  Please
stick with the sysfs api which is what a driver should always be using
instead.

/proc is for processes, not devices or drivers at all.  We learned from
our mistakes 2 decades ago, please do not forget the lessons of the
past.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-07 10:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-07 10:36 Rust PROC FILESYSTEM abstractions Finn Behrens
2023-01-07 10:43 ` Greg KH [this message]
2023-01-07 10:44   ` Finn Behrens
2023-01-07 11:02     ` Greg KH

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