From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org, ojeda@kernel.org,
alex.gaynor@gmail.com, boqun.feng@gmail.com, gary@garyguo.net,
bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com, lossin@kernel.org,
a.hindborg@kernel.org, tmgross@umich.edu,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] device: rust: expand documentation for Device
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:03:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aIHa31DiaRvNK1Kb@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250722150110.23565-3-dakr@kernel.org>
On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 05:00:00PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> The documentation for the generic Device type is outdated and deserves
> much more detail.
>
> Hence, expand the documentation and cover topics such as device types,
> device contexts, as well as information on how to use the generic device
> infrastructure to implement bus and class specific device types.
>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
A few nits below, but in general looks good.
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> -/// This structure represents the Rust abstraction for a C `struct device`. This implementation
> -/// abstracts the usage of an already existing C `struct device` within Rust code that we get
> -/// passed from the C side.
> +/// This structure represents the Rust abstraction for a C `struct device`. A [`Device`] can either
> +/// exist as temporary reference (see also [`Device::from_raw`]), which is only valid within a
> +/// certain scope or as [`ARef<Device>`], owning a dedicated reference count.
Doesn't there need to be a comma between "scope" and "or"?
It's possible that I'm confusing the danish and english comma rules, but
I got confused when reading this.
> +/// # Implementing Class Devices
> +///
> +/// Class device implementations require less infrastructure and depend slightly more on the
> +/// specific subsystem.
> +///
> +/// An example implementation for a class device could look like this.
> +///
> +/// ```ignore
> +/// #[repr(C)]
> +/// #[pin_data]
> +/// pub struct Device<T: class::Driver> {
> +/// dev: Opaque<bindings::class_device_type>,
> +/// #[pin]
> +/// data: T::Data,
Should the `dev` field not also be pinned?
Alice
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-24 7:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-22 14:59 [PATCH v2 0/3] Documentation for Device / Driver infrastructure Danilo Krummrich
2025-07-22 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] device: rust: expand documentation for DeviceContext Danilo Krummrich
2025-07-24 6:58 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-08-12 12:52 ` Alexandre Courbot
2025-08-12 13:22 ` Daniel Almeida
2025-07-22 15:00 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] device: rust: expand documentation for Device Danilo Krummrich
2025-07-24 7:03 ` Alice Ryhl [this message]
2025-07-24 16:46 ` Danilo Krummrich
2025-08-12 13:00 ` Alexandre Courbot
2025-07-22 15:00 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] driver: rust: expand documentation for driver infrastructure Danilo Krummrich
2025-07-24 7:05 ` Alice Ryhl
2025-08-12 13:03 ` Alexandre Courbot
2025-08-12 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Documentation for Device / Driver infrastructure Danilo Krummrich
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