Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] rust: net: introduce minimal rtnl/netdevice abstractions and nlmon reference driver

[Andrew Lunn]

On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 12:36:34PM -0400, Wenzhao Liao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This RFC proposes a minimal set of Rust networking abstractions for
> link-type drivers, together with a Rust implementation of nlmon as a
> reference driver.

nlmon exists. Why would we want a second implementation in Rust?

It seems like we keep getting Rust submissions for the sake of
submitting Rust. We never seem to get Rust code adding something new,
something which does not already exist.

Please, if you want to submit Rust code, find a device which does not
have a driver and write a driver for it, in Rust. Or find a protocol
described in an RFC which we don't implement, and write a Rust
implementation. Or find a new firewall rule which cannot be described
using the current code, and implement it in Rust.

Unless it is something new, i doubt it will get accepted.

       Andrew