Re: [PATCH 1/7] rust: block: update ARef and AlwaysRefCounted imports from sync::aref

From: Miguel Ojeda

Date: Sun Oct 12 2025 - 14:01:32 EST


On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM Shankari Anand
<shankari.ak0208@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'll resend it on top of -rc1.

Yeah, please, thanks! (in v2 I think you say it is on top of
linux-next -- did you mean -rc1?).

> I also noticed that several files have received new commits using
> types::ARef or types::AlwaysRefCounted.
> I wanted to check if it would make sense to update the documentation
> to reflect their new file location.
> Without clear documentation, it might become increasingly difficult
> to remove the re-export as soon as possible, especially as more such commits are added.
>
> Let me know what you think.

I think it is simpler if I apply (even if temporarily) a commit that
moves everything and removes the re-export in linux-next -- that way
people will notice when they try to introduce the code during the
cycle.

Cheers,
Miguel