Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] rust: clk: use the type-state pattern

Miguel Ojeda
2026-01-08T13:58:11Z

On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> AFAIU, encoding the state of the clock into the Clk type (and thus
> forcing the structure that holds it) prevents that mutation. If not, we
> should make it clearer (by expanding the doc maybe?) how such a pattern
> can be supported.

One possibility to consider in cases like this is whether supporting
both cases differently makes sense, i.e. one for that covers
easily/safely/... the usual "80%" of cases, and another "advanced" one
(possibly unsafe etc.) for the rest.

While it may be a bit more to maintain, it may pay itself off by
making it easier to review the easy ones if the majority only need
that etc.

Cheers,
Miguel