Re: [net] Search for net subsystem rust abstractions in-progress

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 09:48:13PM -0500, Lane wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am following up on some advice given from the Rust forums where I am
> trying to move some of my LKM's from C to Rust. These LKM's,basically
> create new address family protocols using (for starters) structs and
> functions like the following:
> 
>     struct net_proto_family;
>     struct proto_ops;
> 
>     // Add a socket protocol handler
>     err = sock_register(&proto_family);
> 
> These do not appear in the kernel crate. Per the
> submitting-new-abstractions-and-modules section for contributions in
> rust-for-linux, the second bullet point says to "check the mailing
> list archive" because "part of the work may be already done or in the
> process of being upstreamed", so I was hoping to see where things
> stand and get advice.

There have not been any contributions on adding new address families
from rust.

It is also somewhat unusual to add new address families. So before you
go too far, you might want to give a high level description of what
you are doing, just to make sure your architecture is correct.

	Andrew