Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] In-place module initialisation

[Danilo Krummrich]

Hi,

On 4/23/24 02:42, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 8:55 PM Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Wedson Almeida Filho <walmeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Introduce `InPlaceModule`, which allows modules to be initialised
> > inplace, as opposed to the current state where modules must return an
> > instance which is moved to its final memory location.
> >
> > This allows us to have modules whose state hold objects that must be
> > initialised inplace like locks. It also allows us to implement
> > registrations (e.g., driver registration) inplace and have them similar
> > to their C counterparts where no new allocations are needed.
> >
> > This is built on top of the allocation APIs because the sample module is
> > a modified version of rust_minimal, which would be incompatible with the
> > allocation API series because it uses vectors.
>
> For the moment, applied 1/5 and 2/5 to `rust-fixes` (tagged for stable
> too) -- thanks everyone!

What's the status of this series? I'd need this for the device / driver patches.

- Danilo

> Cheers,
> Miguel