From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Hamza Mahfooz <hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com>
Cc: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>, "Tejun Heo" <tj@kernel.org>,
"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@gmail.com>,
"Alban Kurti" <kurti@invicto.ai>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: rust: add work item runtime modification support
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 08:55:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026020748-italicize-joyride-cb57@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aYZX+8tHkjmBflnh@linuxonhyperv3.guj3yctzbm1etfxqx2vob5hsef.xx.internal.cloudapp.net>
On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 01:07:07PM -0800, Hamza Mahfooz wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 06:24:18AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 01:55:55PM -0800, Hamza Mahfooz wrote:
> > > This feature is required for our Hyper-V VMBus reimplementation effort.
> > > As it provides the ability to modify the running state of work items at
> > > runtime.
> >
> > This is great, BUT we need to see the user of this new code at the same
> > time before adding it to the kernel tree. Why not just submit this as
> > part of your patch series for the rust hyperv stuff?
>
> I don't have the rest fully fleshed out quite yet. So, mostly just
> working on getting the prerequistes in a good state. I can mark it as an
> RFC if that is preferable.
Just send it all when you feel it is ready, no need to ask us to review
an api when you don't even have working code that uses it for you to
determine if it works or not :)
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-07 7:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-03 21:55 [PATCH] workqueue: rust: add work item runtime modification support Hamza Mahfooz
2026-02-04 4:54 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-04 5:24 ` Greg KH
2026-02-06 21:07 ` Hamza Mahfooz
2026-02-07 7:55 ` Greg KH [this message]
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