Re: [PATCH v14 0/8] Rust support for mm_struct, vm_area_struct, and mmap

[Alice Ryhl]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> * Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> [250213 07:16]:
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 01:03:04PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM Lorenzo Stoakes
> > > <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > > Sounds good, and apologies for being pedantic, but given the recent
> > > discussions, I thought I should clarify just in case others read it
> > > differently.
> > >
> > > In the same vein, one more quick thing (that you probably didn't mean
> > > in this way, but still, I think it is better I add the note, sorry): I
> > > don't think it is true that it will not add workload to Andrew or MM
> > > in general. It always adds some workload, even if the maintainers
> > > don't handle the patches at all, since they may still need to perform
> > > a small change in something Rust related due to another change they
> > > need to do, or perhaps at least contact the Rust sub-maintainer to do
> > > it for them, etc.
> > >
> > >     https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy#didnt-you-promise-rust-wouldnt-be-extra-work-for-maintainers
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Miguel
> >
> > Ack, for the record I'm happy to help with any work that might come up.
>
> Ack, here too.
>
> Without the drama, I'm not sure how we'd feel so alive :P
>
> Can I be added to whatever list so I can be Cc'ed on the changes on your
> side?

I'm happy to format the entries whichever way you all prefer, but for
example it could be a new MAINTAINERS entry below MEMORY MAPPING along
these lines:

MEMORY MANAGEMENT/MAPPING [RUST]
M: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
R: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
R: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
L: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
L: rust-for-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
S: Maintained
F: rust/helpers/mm.c
F: rust/kernel/mm.rs
F: rust/kernel/mm/

Alice