Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] rust: add system_dfl() around the new system_dfl_wq

From: Marco Crivellari

Date: Wed Feb 04 2026 - 10:27:00 EST


On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 03:53:39PM +0000, Gary Guo wrote:
> > Is there any reason that we cannot migrate the user early by just returning
> > `system_dfl_wq` inside `system_unbound`? (I guess the question also applies on
> > why system_unbound_wq cannot be the same pointer as system_dfl_wq).
>
> I think this is confusing. Let's just rename it here and update the
> callers. Otherwise Rust gets out of sync with C naming-wise.
>
> > Also, I feel that `dfl` is not a very intuitive name. I searched the list and
> > the commit history for a while and cannot find the exact explaination on what it
> > means? Does it mean "default" or something else?
>
> This I agree with. dfl is not a good name. Let's at least call it
> "default" or "unbound" or whatever.

Ok, I will rename system_dfl() to system_default() (to keep consistent
the name with C).

Thanks!

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Marco Crivellari

L3 Support Engineer