Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: add rust bindings entry for bitmap API

[Viresh Kumar]

On 24-02-25, 18:39, Yury Norov wrote:
> From: "Yury Norov [NVIDIA]" <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This entry enumerates bitmap and related APIs listed in BITMAP API entry
> that rust requires but cannot use directly (i.e. inlined functions and
> macros).
> 
> The "Rust kernel policy" (https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy)
> document describes the special status of rust support:
> 
>   "Exceptionally, for Rust, a subsystem may allow to temporarily
>    break Rust code."
> 
> Accordingly, the following policy applies to all interfaces under the
> BITMAP API entry that are used in rust codebase, including those not
> listed explicitly here.
> 
> Bitmap developers do their best to keep the API stable. When API or
> user-visible behavior needs to be changed such that it breaks rust,
> bitmap and rust developers collaborate as follows:
>  - bitmap developers don't consider rust bindings as a blocker for the
>    API change;
>  - bindings maintainer (me) makes sure that kernel build doesn't break
>    with CONFIG_RUST=y. This implies fixes in the binding layer, but not
>    in rust codebase;
>  - rust developers adopt new version of API in their codebase and remove
>    unused bindings timely.
> 
> CC: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov [NVIDIA] <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>

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viresh