Re: [PATCH 0/1] rust: module_param: support bool parameters

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 02:00:17PM +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> "Greg KH" <greg@kroah.com> writes:
> 
> > On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 09:02:53AM -0400, Wenzhao Liao wrote:
> >> Sorry for the earlier noise and for our unfamiliarity with parts of the
> >> kernel submission process, which created extra burden for maintainers.
> >>
> >> This patch adds boolean module parameter support to the Rust `module!`
> >> parameter path.
> >>
> >> It implements `ModuleParam` for `bool` and wires `PARAM_OPS_BOOL` into
> >> the Rust module parameter machinery, so Rust-side parsing reuses the
> >> existing kernel `kstrtobool()` semantics through `kstrtobool_bytes()`
> >> instead of introducing a separate parser. A boolean parameter is also
> >> added to `samples/rust/rust_minimal.rs` as a small reference user and
> >> build-time validation point.
> >
> > What driver needs this feature?  Module options should be very rare
> > going forward as they are 1990's technology and do not fit the "modern"
> > kernel model at all.
> 
> Rust null block uses module parameters, and was requested to use proper
> boolean parsing rather than overloading u8 parsing for boolean
> parameters [1].
> 
> Best regards,
> Andreas Hindborg
> 
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/abfK4eji5jKSeO_W@google.com/
> 

Ok, then that needs to be said somewhere, and ideally, have the code
that uses that as part of the patch series.

thanks,
greg k-h