Re: [PATCH v14 0/8] Rust support for mm_struct, vm_area_struct, and mmap
From: Lorenzo Stoakes
Date: Thu Feb 13 2025 - 06:51:07 EST
On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:32:27PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM Lorenzo Stoakes
> <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > the maintainers for the subsystem generally take series (though of course,
> > it is entirely maintained and managed by rust people).
>
> Just in case: I am not sure what "rust people" means here, but if you
> meant the Rust subsystem, then it is not the case. Maintenance depends
> on what the subsystem wants to do (including how to handle patches,
> but also the actual maintenance), who steps up to maintain it, whether
> the subsystem wants new co-maintainers or sub-maintainers, etc.
>
> https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy#how-is-rust-introduced-in-a-subsystem
> https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy#who-maintains-rust-code-in-the-kernel
>
> That is why the cover letter asks about the `MAINTAINERS` file.
Right, I don't mean the rust subsystem, I mean designated rust
maintainers. The point being that this won't add workload to Andrew, nor
require him nor other mm C people to understand rust.
As stated, I agree we need to add an entry to MAINTAINERS for this, which
is why I explicitly chased this up.
>
> I hope that clarifies.
>
> Cheers,
> Miguel