Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] rust: input: add input device abstractions

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Nov 07, 2026 at 03:30:32AM +0500, clicedvly768 wrote:
> Add safe Rust abstractions for Linux input devices (struct input_dev).
> 
> This provides:
> - `AllocatedDevice`: a newly allocated, unregistered input device handle
>   that allows configuring capabilities (keys, absolute axis limits, parent
>   device) before registration.
> - Safe string methods: `set_name` and `set_phys` accept `&'static CStr`
>   to prevent use-after-free since the input core does not copy strings.
> - `set_phys_from_parent`: dynamic physical location path formatting
>   ("%s/input0") stored safely in an owned kernel heap buffer.
> - Device lifecycle and reference count management: `set_parent` takes
>   a reference count via `bindings::get_device` to avoid dangling pointers,
>   releasing it appropriately on drop or post-registration.
> - Bounds-checked `set_abs_params` validating `axis < ABS_CNT` (0x40)
>   to prevent memory corruption in `dev->absinfo`.
> - `RegisteredDevice`: a registered input device handle providing safe,
>   inlined methods to report keys, absolute coordinates, and synchronization
>   events. Automatically calls `input_unregister_device` on drop (RAII).
> - Constants for bus types (`bus::*`) and event types (`event_type::*`).
> - Alphabetically sorted imports and module entries gated with
>   `#[cfg(CONFIG_INPUT = "y")]` and `#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_INPUT)`
>   to avoid link failures when CONFIG_INPUT is disabled or modular.
> 
> Signed-off-by: clicedvly768 <harepro29@gmail.com>

I am sorry, who??

If you are not willing to put your name when "certifying" a body of code
I am not interested in looking at it.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry