Re:[PATCH v2] rust: block: update ARef and AlwaysRefCounted imports from sync::aref

[Shankari Anand <shankari.ak0208@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 07:50:12PM +0530, Shankari Anand wrote:
> Update call sites in the block subsystem to import `ARef` and
> `AlwaysRefCounted` from `sync::aref` instead of `types`.
> 
> This aligns with the ongoing effort to move `ARef` and
> `AlwaysRefCounted` to sync.
> 
> Suggested-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1173
> Signed-off-by: Shankari Anand <shankari.ak0208@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v1 -> v2:
> Rebased it on top of the latest linux-next upstream commit
> Dropped 1/7 from the subject as it might lead to confusion of it being a series
> Link of v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250716090712.809750-1-shankari.ak0208@gmail.com/
> 
> The original patch of moving ARef and AlwaysRefCounted to sync::aref is here:
> (commit 07dad44aa9a93)
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07dad44aa9a93b16af19e8609a10b241c352b440
> 
> 
> Gradually the re-export from types.rs will be eliminated in the
> future cycle.
> ---
>  
>  drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs       | 3 +--
>  rust/kernel/block/mq.rs            | 5 ++---
>  rust/kernel/block/mq/operations.rs | 4 ++--
>  rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs    | 8 ++++++--
>  4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs b/drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs
> index 1ec694d7f1a6..a9d5e575a2c4 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs
> +++ b/drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs
> @@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
>      error::Result,
>      pr_info,
>      prelude::*,
> -    sync::Arc,
> -    types::ARef,
> +    sync::{aref::ARef, Arc},
>  };
>  use pin_init::PinInit;
>  
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/block/mq.rs b/rust/kernel/block/mq.rs
> index 637018ead0ab..1fd0d54dd549 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/block/mq.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/block/mq.rs
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
>  //! The kernel will interface with the block device driver by calling the method
>  //! implementations of the `Operations` trait.
>  //!
> -//! IO requests are passed to the driver as [`kernel::types::ARef<Request>`]
> +//! IO requests are passed to the driver as [`kernel::sync::aref::ARef<Request>`]
>  //! instances. The `Request` type is a wrapper around the C `struct request`.
>  //! The driver must mark end of processing by calling one of the
>  //! `Request::end`, methods. Failure to do so can lead to deadlock or timeout
> @@ -61,8 +61,7 @@
>  //!     block::mq::*,
>  //!     new_mutex,
>  //!     prelude::*,
> -//!     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
> -//!     types::{ARef, ForeignOwnable},
> +//!     sync::{aref::ARef, Arc, Mutex},
>  //! };
>  //!
>  //! struct MyBlkDevice;
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/block/mq/operations.rs b/rust/kernel/block/mq/operations.rs
> index f91a1719886c..8ad46129a52c 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/block/mq/operations.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/block/mq/operations.rs
> @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
>      block::mq::{request::RequestDataWrapper, Request},
>      error::{from_result, Result},
>      prelude::*,
> -    sync::Refcount,
> -    types::{ARef, ForeignOwnable},
> +    sync::{aref::ARef, Refcount},
> +    types::ForeignOwnable,
>  };
>  use core::marker::PhantomData;
>  
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs b/rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs
> index c5f1f6b1ccfb..ce3e30c81cb5 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/block/mq/request.rs
> @@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
>      bindings,
>      block::mq::Operations,
>      error::Result,
> -    sync::{atomic::Relaxed, Refcount},
> -    types::{ARef, AlwaysRefCounted, Opaque},
> +    sync::{
> +        aref::{ARef, AlwaysRefCounted},
> +        atomic::Relaxed,
> +        Refcount,
> +    },
> +    types::Opaque,
>  };
>  use core::{marker::PhantomData, ptr::NonNull};
> 
> base-commit: 2b763d4652393c90eaa771a5164502ec9dd965ae 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
Hello, can this patch be reviewed?

Thanks,
Shankari