Re: [PATCH] lsm: rust: mark SecurityCtx methods inline

Miguel Ojeda
2025-03-04T23:16:38Z

On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks. Yes, I've seen the summary and the recent threads around Rust
> in the Linux kernel. I don't want to drag all of that up here, but I
> will simply say that from the perspective of the LSM framework we're
> happy to work with the Rust devs to ensure that the LSM framework is
> well supported with Rust bindings. However, I will add that my own
> Rust related efforts are going to be very limited as my understanding
> of Rust is still frustratingly low; until that improves I'll be
> reliant on others like Alice and you to submit patches for
> discussion/acceptance when there are issues. Thankfully that has
> proven to work fairly well over the past few months and I would like
> to see that continue.
>
> As far as the mechanics of which tree to merge code, I'll probably
> continue to ask in most cases simply so we are all clear on where the
> patches will land and how they get up to Linus. From my perspective
> there is no harm in asking, and I *really* want to encourage
> cross-subsystem communication as much as I can; I've been seeing an
> increasing trend towards compartmentalization across subsystems and I
> believe the best way to push back against that is to talk a bit more,
> even if it is just a mundane "my tree or yours?".

Definitely agreed on talking more and encouraging more communication,
so if deciding based on a case-by-case is best for you, I think that
is good.

And thanks for helping us here in whatever way you can!

Cheers,
Miguel