Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] rust: zpool: add abstraction for zpool drivers

From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Tue Aug 26 2025 - 06:44:16 EST


On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This patch provides the interface to use Zpool in Rust kernel code,
> thus enabling Rust implementations of Zpool allocators for Zswap.

In v1 the usual use case question was asked -- could we get some more
details in the cover letter or ideally in the patch itself?

> bindings/bindings_helper.h | 1
> helpers/helpers.c | 1
> helpers/zpool.c | 6 +
> kernel/alloc.rs | 5
> kernel/lib.rs | 2
> kernel/zpool.rs | 338 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Should a `MAINTAINERS` change be added? Was maintenance in general discussed?

By the way, the diffstat here in the cover letter seems to be
generated w.r.t. `rust/` for some reason.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel