Re: [RFC 1/5] locking: MAINTAINERS: Start watching Rust locking primitives

[Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 12:39:44PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 10:04 PM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks! Yes, it'll be great to have more people watching this. And thank
> > you for the review and contribution so far, nice job!
> 
> Indeed -- thanks Lyude!
> 
> > I'm currently waiting for both lock maintainers and Rust maintainers
> > opinions on the particular changes on the MAINTAINERS file (for example,
> > maybe they want something similar to "RUST [ALLOC]" entry, i.e. a
> > standalone entry). My plan is to send the PR after everyone is on the
> > same page. And you're welcome to send a patch adding yourself in the
> > entry afterwards.
> 
> Up to you! :)
> 
> I guess it depends on whether the rest of the locking maintainers want
> to see every patch related to that (which would be great) or not,
> whether you want to have finer-grained control on who gets pinged,
> potentially different "M:" level and so on. For instance, it would
> allow you to have an explicit "L:" for the Rust for Linux list.
> 
> By the way, as a third alternative, you could also consider a
> sub-entry in locking, too, i.e. "LOCKING PRIMITIVES [RUST]" as a
> middle ground, which would allow you to keep routing patches through
> locking but have the benefits of a sub-entry if you need them.
> 

I will keep it as it is because I do want more reviews on Rust locking
parts from the current locking maintainers ;-). We can always change
this in the future.

> Whatever you decide:
> 
> Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> 

Thanks!

Regards,
Boqun

> Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> Miguel