Re: [PATCH v13 0/4] support large align and nid in Rust allocators

[Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM Andrew Morton
<akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:56:45 +0200 Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@konsulko.se> wrote:
>
> > The coming patches provide the ability for Rust allocators to set
> > NUMA node and large alignment.
> >
> > ...
> >
> >  fs/bcachefs/darray.c           |    2 -
> >  fs/bcachefs/util.h             |    2 -
> >  include/linux/bpfptr.h         |    2 -
> >  include/linux/slab.h           |   39 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> >  include/linux/vmalloc.h        |   12 ++++++++---
> >  lib/rhashtable.c               |    4 +--
> >  mm/nommu.c                     |    3 +-
> >  mm/slub.c                      |   64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> >  mm/vmalloc.c                   |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  rust/helpers/slab.c            |   10 +++++----
> >  rust/helpers/vmalloc.c         |    5 ++--
> >  rust/kernel/alloc.rs           |   54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  rust/kernel/alloc/allocator.rs |   49 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
> >  rust/kernel/alloc/kbox.rs      |    4 +--
> >  rust/kernel/alloc/kvec.rs      |   11 ++++++++--
> >  15 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)
>
> I assume we're looking for a merge into mm.git?
>
> We're at -rc7 so let's target 6.17.  Please resend around the end of
> the upcoming merge window?

I think it would make sense for this to land through mm.git, so yes
that sounds like a good plan.

Alice