Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] rust: add dma coherent allocator abstraction.

Philipp Stanner
2025-01-30T13:43:36Z

On Thu, 2025-01-30 at 10:35 -0300, Daniel Almeida wrote:
>
> >
> > Hallo,
> >
> > would some sort of official statement by the "entire community"
> > reassure you that the burden of keeping Rust abstractions working
> > with
> > any changes on the C side rests entirely on the Rust side's
> > shoulders?
> > (because that's what the statements made by the latter seem to mean
> > to
> > me)
> >
>
>
> This has been offered over and over in this thread, i.e.:
>
>
> ```
> If you don't feel comfortable maintaining the Rust abstraction (or
> just don't
> want to), that's fine. I don't think anyone expects you to do that,
> we can take
> care of that instead.
> ```
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/Z3-NqwAG_96yq8VD@pollux/

Yup, I've read the whole thread. I was referring to the statements in
those mails in my response.

My thinking is that such a file is the most official, most binding
statement / offer the project has.

P.

>
> Communication is not the issue here.
>
> Also, this person waited until v8 to give a single line NAK. This is
> not very nice.
>
> — Daniel